Critique Group

Since moving to Bloomington I have been graciously welcomed into a critique group of fabulous local artists.  We are working on a drawing project together.  Here are a few images from our first critique of the project.

Yarn Tricks install for Collected at the Anton Art Center

Some of our pieces from the collaborative Yarn Tricks will be included in the Anton Art Center's show Collected. The opening reception will be May 15, 6-9 PM. Julie is hanging some of the last pieces for Story 4. Big thanks to Julie, Sarah, and Alison for helping us pull it all together.

Yarn Tricks: Collaboration with Julie Prokop

These past few weeks I have been working on our collaborative project called Yarn Tricks with Julie Prokop. Our work will be included in "Collected" at the Anton Art Center in May, 2009. I have included a few photos of some of the drawings from Story One in process.

Minkyung Lee, friend and inspriation

Minkyung went to graduate school with me and now lives in Korea. I learned so much from her and continue to be inspired by her new work. Min states: Through the process of becoming a small miniature from an actual room, the room is more simplified. As consciously personal criteria of social and cultural status are removed, places reveal their authentic structure to role frame conveying human beings life.

The work is thoughtful and beautiful.

Amy Sacksteder

Today I had the pleasure of meeting with Amy Sacksteder for coffee. We have a few mutual friends and I have heard of her many times. I am thrilled to have finally met her and to continue our friendship. She teaches at Eastern Michigan University and was recently featured in New American Paintings. We share many similar ideas and aesthetics in our work and it is great that she only lives a few miles away!

No more shopping for me.....

Because I just bought this amazing painting, Veil, by my dear friend Kathryn. I have been pining for this painting since I saw it over a year ago. I am happy she put it on her etsy shop and soon it will be on my wall! Yippee!

Abbie Miller at the Teton Art Lab

Abbie Miller is exhibiting this week at the Teton Art Lab, In Proximity Tender: Render.

I have been to her studio and her work is amazing! This piece was done with fabric, zippers, and a wooden frame. You can see more of her work from a review of Centrifugal Force, a show at Russell Industrial in Detroit.

"Miller’s sewed sheets of vinyl together with an evolving repetition. While building the sculpture, she sewed into it two-hundred-foot-long zippers that, when zipped up, spiral the fabric into cylinder-like forms that rest – or loosely teeter - on two built wooden frames. Each piece has two forms that counterbalance each other with a strand that reaches across the room like pulled taffy.The texture is ribbed with folds of vinyl that sometimes bubble or pock with a vigor that has a mind of its own. The human-scaled forms help viewers relate to the “controlled chaos” or “organized erratics” they exhibit.From the excesses of fashion to the repetition of cancerous growths (like berle wood), references can be drawn from the sculpture. But the artist refused to share her intention, other than to say she was exploring the interactions between materials and focusing on the “ambiguity” of the forms." ...continue reading the review of her current show.

Abbie recently began working with the Teton Art Lab as head of exhibitions. Congratulations on a great show and the future growth of the contemporary art scene in Jackson Hole.

Silver Medal Exhibition in Detroit, Michigan

I attended the opening of the Silver Medal Exhibition at the Scarab Club in Detroit last night. My friend, Julie Prokop won Honorable Mention for her piece titled, How To Ruin A Birthday Party.
The artist serving orange cake with no silver wear at the show opening. My daughterenjoyed eating the frosting.

Night-Minds

My dear friend, Kathryn Knudsen, has a show at the MSC Visual Arts Committee at Texas A&M University Wednesday, Jan. 16- Feb. 29, 2008, at the J. Wayne Stark Galleries. I saw many of these pieces in process this summer while we worked together in the studio and they are amazing. She uses multimedia to create an environment referencing dreams and memories. If you live near Texas A&M I highly suggest you visit!