Contents for July 17, 2023
CONTENTS (please click on the links or scroll down for complete information on each post):
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
1. Tony Whitfield, FF Alumn, receives 2023 Kresge Artist Fellow
2. Theresa Hak Kyung Cha, FF Alumn, now online at NYTimes.com
3. Emireth Herrera Valdés, Brendan Fernades, FF Alumns, 601Artspace, Manhattan, opening July 21
4. Dominique Duroseau, FF Alumn, at Latchkey Gallery, Brooklyn, thru July 27
5. Hector Canonge, FF Alumn, at Smack Mellon, Brooklyn, thru Aug. 6
6. Frank Moore, FF Alumn, new publication
7. Mira Schor, FF Alumn, at Lyles & King, Manhattan, thru August 12
8. Mira Schor, FF Alumn, Provincetown Art Association and Museum, MA, thru September 17
9. Dee Shapiro, FF Member, receives Pollock-Krasner Foundation Grant 2023
10. Agnes Denes, FF Alumn, at The Hayward Gallery, London, UK, thru Sept. 3
11. William Scarborough, FF Alumn, launches new website at www.williamscarbrough.com
12. Rod Summers, Anna Banana, Mike Dyar, FF Alumns, at Bonnefanten, Maastricht, The Netherlands, thru March 31, 2024
13. Veronica Vera, Gloria Leonard, Candida Royalle, Annie Sprinkle, FF Alumns, now online at TheRialtoReport.com
14. Jaye Alison Moscariello, FF Alumn, at Sandisfield Arts Center, MA, thru August 15
15. Andres Serrano, FF Alumn, now online at NYTimes.com
16. Allan Moore, FF Alumn, now online at https://www.stiftung-buchkunst.de/
17. Erin McGill, FF Member, at Books of Wonder, Manhattan, July 28
18. Susan Newmark, FF Alumn, at M David & Co, Brooklyn, opening July 21
19. Iris Rose, David Cale, Joseph Keckler, Watchface, FF Alumns, at Howl!, Manhattan, July 19 and more
20. Ann Rosen, FF Alumn, at Five Myles Gallery, Brooklyn, thru Aug. 13
21. Sabrina Jones, R Sikoryak, Kriota Willberg, FF Alumns, at City Reliquary, Brooklyn, July 19
22. Brooke Singer, FF Alumn, at White Feather Farm, Saugerties, NY, July 21-23
23. Doug Beube, FF Alumn, Mary M. Toggler Fine Arts Center, Newport News, VA, Oct. 15 and more
24. Mitzi Humphrey, FF Alumn, at Artspace, Richmond, VA, opening Aug. 25
25. Theodora Skipitares, FF Alumn, at La MaMa Theatre, Manhattan, July 22-29
26. Barbara Rosenthal, FF Alumn, at the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum, Washington, DC
27. Lucy Helton, FF Alumn, at Penumbra Foundation, Manhattan, thru July 31
28. Mark Bloch, FF Alumn, now online in WhitehotMagazine.com
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
1. Tony Whitfield, FF Alumn, receives 2023 Kresge Artist Fellow
Please visit this link:
https://www.kresgeartsindetroit.org/2023/06/29/2023-kresge-artist-fellows
Thank you.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
2. Theresa Hak Kyung Cha, FF Alumn, now online at NYTimes.com
Please visit this link:
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/07/13/books/review/hua-hsu-interview.html?searchResultPosition=1
Thank you.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
3. Emireth Herrera Valdés, Brendan Fernades, FF Alumns, at 601Artspace, Manhattan, opening July 21
Please visit this link:
https://601artspace.org/INVISIBLE-HANDS
Thank you.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
4. Dominique Duroseau, FF Alumn, at Latchkey Gallery, Brooklyn, thru July 27
Please visit this link:
https://www.latchkey-gallery.com/
Thank you.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
5. Hector Canonge, FF Alumn, at Smack Mellon, Brooklyn, thru Aug. 6
Homorientalism
June 23–August 6, 2023
Group exhibition guest-curated by Noor Bhangu
Homorientalism brings together the work of nine artists turning to the visual repertoires of orientalism to excavate the mixing of gender, race, sexuality, and empire. Returning to archives and lost desires, this exhibition hopes to make sense of the residue of Western imperialism in queer lives and after-lives of the twenty-first century. This exhibition is guest-curated by Noor Bhangu and features work by artists: Damien Ajavon, Aika Akhmetova, Hector Canonge, Jin-Yong Choi, Banyi Huang, Maya Jeffereis, Jongbum Kim, Zahra Pars, and Sa’dia Rehman.
While homosexuality was not altogether absent from the cultural canons of the West, Western erotics were primarily confined to “heterosexual love” until the late nineteenth century, when, according to Foucault, the homosexual was born as a species. In the Age of Discovery, the homoerotics of the non-Western world were translated to Western audiences through the lens of Orientalism, what Edward Said later theorized as the fictions of exaggerated difference between the deviant Oriental others and the superior Western self. During the aggressive colonization of the nineteenth century, the West pathologized the sexual economies of brown and black bodies to cast them outside the path of human progress. The result of these ventures has resulted in homophobias and transphobias at home alongside racisms in the diaspora, which continue to restrict and threaten the lives of the queer postcolony.
Smack Mellon | 92 Plymouth Street, Brooklyn, NY 11201
Thank you.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
6. Frank Moore, FF Alumn, new publication
We now have our first copies of The Frank Moore History Tapes – Volume 3 and Volume 4! This is the third and fourth of a multi-volume set of books of the transcriptions of the tapes recorded by Corey Nicholl in 1995 and 1996. They are only available through us if anyone is interested mac@eroplay.com
Here is the Preface from the book:
The documentation in these volumes is the result of a series of interviews, conversations, and sessions between Frank Moore and Corey Nicholl, as part of Nicholl’s shamanistic apprenticeship with Moore. These interviews explore Moore’s history in enormous detail and depth. Most of these interviews took place in the living room of Moore’s house in Berkeley. The interviews were recorded on a little Radio Shack cassette tape recorder with a microphone. The first tape is from July of 1995, and the last tape recorded was in November of 1996.
Also included in these volumes are interviews with people from Moore’s life history, especially people who still lived in the San Francisco Bay Area, who were part of the cast of the Outrageous Beauty Revue and the intimate community that Moore created during the late 1970s and early 80s. These interviews mainly occurred in 1996, although a handful of them were recorded in 1997 and 1998.
Some of these sessions consist of Nicholl pulling original archival letters, essays, articles, calendars, etc. out of file folders and reading the contents together, with Moore adding commentary and explanation along the way. There are also sessions where Moore and Nicholl would watch videos and talk about them. During some sessions, Moore “interviewed” Nicholl in an effort to show Nicholl how to do an interview.
The beginning sessions are presented in a kind of narrative format, with titles and descriptive paragraphs, telling different stories from Moore’s history. Nicholl transcribed the sessions directly into this format when he first started. This proved hard to maintain and Nicholl transitioned into simply transcribing the sessions as they happened – the narrative structure fell away.
No attempt has been made to organize this material. It is presented in its raw form in the hope it will be valuable for future researchers interested in Moore’s life.
Thank you.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
7. Mira Schor, FF Alumn, at Lyles & King, Manhattan, thru August 12
Synthetic Bodies
Akea Brionne, Alex Carver, Aneta Grzeszykowska, Anne Libby, Ben Gould, Chris Dorland, Coady Brown, Eunnam Hong, Fabian Marcaccio, Isaac Soh Fujita Howell, Lee Bontecou, Lindsay Burke, Michelle Uckotter, Mira Schor, Monsieur Zohore, Paul Thek, Peter Nagy, Pieter Schoolwerth, Rachel Rossin, Sabrina Ratté
June 29 – August 12
Opening reception: June 29, 6-8pm
Technology is always an extension of the human body, even when it seems to be very mechanical and non-human. … At this critical junction in human history, one wonders – can the human body evolve to solve problems we have created? Can the human body evolve a process to digest plastics and artificial materials not only as part of a solution to the climate crisis, but also, to grow, thrive, and survive?
—David Cronenberg
Lyles & King
19 Henry Street
New York, NY 10002
646-484-5478
Gallery hours:
Tuesday – Saturday: 11am – 6pm
Thank you.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
8. Mira Schor, FF Alumn, Provincetown Art Association and Museum, MA, thru September 17
Summer Studio: Mira Schor in Provincetown, Solo show, Provincetown
Summer Studio: Mira Schor in Provincetown is a solo show curated by Breon Dunigan
Art Association and Museum, July 14, 2023 — September 17, 2023, Provincetown, MA.
Mira Schor is a contemporary artist, writer, teacher, and feminist based in New York City and Provincetown, where she has been creating art for more than 40 years. The exhibition includes work spanning 50 years including political, sexual, literal, natural and biological subjects that define the career of Mira Schor.
Thank you.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
9. Dee Shapiro, FF Member, receives Pollock-Krasner Foundation Grant 2023
David Richard Gallery is pleased to announce that Dee Shapiro has been awarded a Pollock-Krasner Foundation Grant for 2023. The grants were established in 1985 by Lee Krasner. The individual artist grants provide financial resources for artists to create new work, acquire supplies, rent studio space, prepare exhibitions, attend a residency, and offset living expenses, allowing them to better pursue their art. The Foundation has awarded 5,000 grants to artists and organizations in 79 countries. (Source: https://pkf.org/)
David Richard Gallery celebrates this significant accomplishment and praises Shapiro for her five decades of creativity and exploration of patterns in various media and on diverse supports. She investigates not only new and different compositions, but unique approaches and viewpoints that imbue her artworks with subtle content and meaning. Ever evolving, Shapiro not only explores the formal aspects of the art form of patterning, but leveraging patterns to deconstruct, educate, and comment on issues concerning feminism, the female body, cultural constructs of gender and race, as well as the male gaze throughout art history.
Shapiro started her professional career as an artist after raising her children, thus, later in life then most artists fresh out of an MFA program. Influenced by sewing and working with textiles throughout her life, she met Miriam Shapiro, the two became fast friends and she was on her way. Through much of her career, Dee Shapiro’s work focused on geometry, the Fibonacci progression, color, textiles, and patterns.
Something remarkable happened in 2018 as Shapiro embarked on an entirely new and different body of work, her first time working with and exploring the human figure. Specifically, she focused on iconic female nudes throughout art history, but with her own unique take and leveraging pattern. She gave the nude models identity and personality using appropriated photographic imagery, textiles, found objects, beads, artificial flowers, pubic hair, and other unconventional supports and materials.
Shapiro has pushed the boundaries in her most recent series of classical female nudes, as noted above, just as she did with her series of “Sexy Drawings” in 2010 – 2013. The latter, exquisitely detailed renderings on paper of male and female genitalia, shifted the attention away from objectifying and essentializing the female body to a focus on playful and decorative depictions of genitalia as the functional and organic structures they are, with of course, a dose of innuendo.
Dee Shapiro is one of the most innovative and creative artists we have ever met, she is tireless and works constantly on textiles, drawings, collages, paintings, and curating exhibitions. She is an ideal candidate for a Pollock-Krasner Grant and we expect to see much more energizing, challenging, provoking, and thoughtful work come from Shapiro utilizing these resources.
Thank you.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
10. Agnes Denes, FF Alumn, at The Hayward Gallery, London, UK, thru Sept. 3
Leslie Tonkonow Artworks + Projects
Agnes Denes
The Living Pyramid
in
Dear Earth: Art and Hope
in a Time of Crisis
at
The Hayward Gallery, London
June 21 – September 3, 2023
Originally commissioned by Socrates Sculpture Park, and presented there in the spring, summer, and fall of 2015, The Living Pyramid was Agnes Denes’s first major public work in New York City since 1982 when she enacted her iconic Land art work Wheatfield – A Confrontation in lower Manhattan.
Thirty feet high, and spanning thirty feet at its four-sided base, this monumental sculpture was created from wood and several tons of soil. It was planted with local grasses and wildflowers by the artist and the public during the opening ceremony in May.
In 2017, The Living Pyramid was presented again at documenta 14 in Kassel, Germany where it was erected in a local park and planted with flowers, grasses, and vegetables. In the fall of 2022, it was exhibited on the grounds of the Sakip Sabanci Museum in Istanbul where it featured a lush presentation of indigenous vegetation.
We are now extremely pleased to announce that for the first time, The Living Pyramid will be seen within an indoor setting as a highlight of the exhibition Dear Earth: Art and Hope in a Time of Crisis at The Hayward Gallery in London.
Organized by Hayward Gallery Chief Curator Rachel Thomas, the exhibition focuses on the ways in which artists are helping to reframe and deepen the psychological and spiritual responses to the climate crisis, hoping to inspire joy and empathy as well as promoting a sense of political and social activism. It features works in a wide range of media by a diverse group of 15 artists including Andrea Bowers, Imani Jacqueline Brown, Agnes Denes, John Gerrard, Cristina Iglesias, Aluaiy Kaumakan, Jenny Kendler, Richard Mosse, Otobong Nkanga, Cornelia Parker, Himali Singh Soin, Hito Steyerl, Daiara Tukano and Grounded Ecotherapy.
The Living Pyramid will appear in its own dedicated gallery space where its foliage will grow under a ceiling skylight and the walls will be hung with enlarged images of other significant Land art works by the artist. A selection of Agnes Denes’s prints, drawings and photographs will be installed in an adjacent gallery space.
Works by Agnes Denes are also currently on view in Coded: Art Enters the Computer Age, at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (through July 2, 2023); Chaleur Humaine Triennale Art & Industrie, Frac Grand Large – Hauts-de-France, Dunkirk, France (through January 14, 2024); Adaptation: A ReConnected Earth, Museum of Contemporary Art and Design, Manila, Philippines (through July 23, 2023); The Material Revolution, E-Werk Luckenwald, Germany (through July 7, 2023); and Schema: World as Diagram, Marlborough Gallery, New York (through August 15, 2023)
Leslie Tonkonow Artworks + Projects
401 Broadway, Suite 411
New York, NY 10013
212 255 8450
Thank you.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
11. William Scarborough, FF Alumn, launches new website at www.williamscarbrough.com
Please visit this link:
Thank you.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
12. Rod Summers, Anna Banana, Mike Dyar, FF Alumns, at Bonnefanten, Maastricht, The Netherlands, thru March 31, 2024
Please visit this link:
Thank you.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
13. Veronica Vera, Gloria Leonard, Candida Royalle, Annie Sprinkle, FF Alumns, now online at TheRialtoReport.com
Veronica Vera. FF Alum. Highlights from the “Veronica Vera’s New York”, the illustrated column VV wrote monthly, documenting the sex life of the City 1983-92 are online at https://www.therialtoreport.com/2023/06/04/veronica-vera-2/
Included are photos of FF Alumns Gloria Leonard, Candida Royalle, and Annie Sprinkle who often partnered with Veronica as a high heeled journalist. Also included are pix of Joey Arias, Denis Florio 1980’s “picture framer to the stars,” and artist Steve Gianakos. Plus columns about Plato’s Retreat, SCREW Magazine and tattoo artist Spider Webb.
Thank you.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
14. Jaye Alison Moscariello, FF Alumn, at Sandisfield Arts Center, MA, thru August 15
.My event is a solo show:
What: “People and Places” – Paintings from a new life and its surroundings
Who: Artist: Jaye Alison Moscariello Contact: (310) 970-4517
When: July 16 – August 15, 2023
Opening reception: July 16th, 2023 from 2-4pm
Where: Sandisfield Arts Center
5 Hammertown Road
Sandisfield, MA 01255
Exhibition is open during events at the Sandisfield Arts Center and by appointment. Contact the artist @ (310) 970-4517 or email artisall@earthlink.net
Jaye
Thank you.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
15. Andres Serrano, FF Alumn, now online at NYTimes.com
Pope Hosts Artists in Sistine Chapel, Even Some Who Attracted Controversy
Thank you.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
16. Allan Moore, FF Alumn, now online at https://www.stiftung-buchkunst.de/
Please visit this link:
https://www.stiftung-buchkunst.de/die-schoensten-deutschen-buecher/die-praemierten/
Thank you.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
17. Erin McGill, FF Member, at Books of Wonder, Manhattan, July 28
Double launch event with Drew Sheneman and Erin McGill
Friday July 28, 6 pm est
Books of Wonder, 42 W. 17th Street NY NY 10011
Thank you.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
18. Susan Newmark, FF Alumn, at M David & Co, Brooklyn, opening July 21
Please visit this link:
Thank you.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
19. Iris Rose, David Cale, Joseph Keckler, Watchface, FF Alumns, at Howl!, Manhattan, July 19 and more
Howl! Arts/Howl! Archive (HA/HA) announces the acquisition
of the Watchface Archives and the Watchface Archives website.
The website’s launch as part of Howl!’s permanent collection and its new home on their website are being marked by the following events, all of which are free.
Wednesday, July 19, 7pm
A screening of Sodomite Warriors, 1989, plus an additional LIVE performance by Chazz Dean and Kurt Fulton.
Followed by a screening of Amelia Earhart from Pioneers of Aviation, 1991, plus a new LIVE performance by Iris Rose.
Friday, July 21, 7pm
A screening of the complete Watchface reunion and tribute show at Dixon Place, recorded on April 1, 2016. It marked the only time all members of Watchface had performed together since the 1980s. They were joined by many special guests including David Cale, Nancy Howell, Joseph Keckler, Carol Lipnik, Yael Nachajon Dance Company, and Helen Russell.
July 1 to July 30
A small-scale exhibit of selections from the Watchface Archives will also be on display throughout the month of July. Since Watchface did much of its early work at the Pyramid Club, it compliments the current major exhibition Brian Butterick (Hattie Hathaway) and all they loved, which continues in the main gallery through July 30th.
Howl! Arts/Howl! Archive is located at 250 Bowery, 2nd Floor.
Gallery is open Wed-Sun 11am to 6pm.
All events are free to the public.
Thank you.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
20. Ann Rosen, FF Alumn, at Five Myles Gallery, Brooklyn, thru Aug. 13
Dear friends,
I’m excited and honored to announce my solo exhibition –Being Seen Part II, curated by Charlotta Kotik– is now on view at Five Myles Gallery from July 8th through August 13th, 2023!
Please join me for the opening reception this Sunday, July 9th, from 5:30-8:00pm. Curator Charlotta Kotik and I will also hold an artist conversation at the gallery on Saturday, July 22 at 4:00pm. See below for more information and directions to the Five Myles.
Being Seen, Part II
Ann Rosen
Curated by Charlotta Kotik
Five Myles Gallery
July 8th-August 13th
Opening reception:
Sunday, July 9th, 5:30-8:00pm
Artist conversation with Charlotta Kotik & Ann Rosen:
Saturday, July 22, 4:00pm
Woman in Red, Afghan refugee, Rochester, 2022, 24” x 24”
Fanny, Brooklyn Shelter, 2016, 17” x 23”
Tonya, Brooklyn Shelter, 2018, 17” x 23”
Melanie, HousingPlus tenant, 2022, 17” x 17”
Excerpt from Charlotta Kotik’s essay for the exhibit, “Art That Matters!”:
“I believe that the approach Rosen is taking in her work matters greatly, and is strengthened by her new series’, Being Seen, Part I, and Being Seen, Part 2, both exhibited in Brooklyn’s iconic Five Myles gallery. In our current socio-politically challenged times, when the whole world is reeling from the economic impacts of the recent pandemic, while simultaneously dealing with the grave impacts of a multitude of international and domestic conflicts, Rosen’s visual testimonies are essential tools for understanding the world we live in. Rosen is not just a professionally trained photographer; she is an accomplished story teller and dedicated educator who engages many different tools to probe the depths of the human experience.
As clearly seen in the work she has produced over the past few years, Rosen does not shy away from focusing on the overwhelming complexities of individual or communal lives. In fact, she seeks out instances of human resilience, as seen in her portraits of women who joined her art and photography workshops, conducted in shelters throughout the United States. The present state of deepening homelessness and the exasperating lack of accessibility to mental health care are forceful invitations to document the situation. Rosen works closely with women who themselves see participation in various learning and art activities as a possibility to expand their existing agencies, and she capably develops deep and meaningful rapports with her subjects.
Before photographing these women, Rosen seeks to engage them in in-depth discussions to establish how her subjects want to be seen. For the first iteration of her series, Rosen stated, ‘the women collaborated with me on the portraits which reflect the way they want to be seen – with strength and grace – but also reveal the instability, uncertainty and complexity connected with shelter living.’ These principles of cooperation and the establishment of full trust between subject and photographer guide the work shown in the present exhibition as well.”
-Charlotta Kotik
Curator Emerita, Contemporary Art, Brooklyn Museum
Five Myles Gallery
558 St Johns Place
Crown Heights, Brooklyn
718-783-4438
Gallery hours:
Thursday – Sunday, 1-6pm, or by appointment. Please email hanne@fivemyles.org, or call 718-783-4438.
Directions:
Take 2, 3, or 4 trains to Franklin Avenue. Walk two blocks against the traffic on Franklin. Walk 3⁄4 block to 558 St. Johns Place. Five Myles is within easy walking distance from the Brooklyn Museum.
Thank you.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
21. Sabrina Jones, R Sikoryak, Kriota Willberg, FF Alumns, at City Reliquary, Brooklyn, July 19
Carousel returns with new comics readings, projections, and live music from cartoonists, graphic novelists, visual artists, and musicians.
Featuring
Leela Corman and Thalia Zedek
Marcellus Hall
Sabrina Jones
Ellen Lindner
Elizabeth Trembley
Kriota Willberg
Hosted by R. Sikoryak
The show will be followed by a book signing.
At The City Reliquary 370 Metropolitan Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11211
Wednesday, July 19, 2023
https://www.cityreliquary.org/
Times: 7:30pm door 8:00pm show
Tickets: $10 in advance, $12 day of
Please visit this link for tickets: https://withfriends.co/event/16434044/carousel_comics_performances_and_picture_shows
Thank you.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
22. Brooke Singer, FF Alumn, at White Feather Farm, Saugerties, NY, July 21-23
About Soil Fest
Soil Fest is a three day celebration of soil at White Feather Farm in Saugerties, NY. This second annual festival includes live performances, workshops and food intersecting art, science and ecology. Performing live are the Dust Bowl Faeries, Arm of the Sea Puppet Theater and Lisa Schonberg. We’re excited to offer artist-led workshops with Claire Pentecost, Brooke Singer and Allie Wist. Experience making biochar with Bill Hilgendorf and tasting alternative grain beers with Kevin VanBlarcum of West Kill Brewing. Food demos and offerings will be provided by Atina Foods and Ground Up Food Truck.
Please visit this link for ticket/info:
https://www.whitefeatherfarm.org/2023-events/soil-fest
Thank you.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
23. Doug Beube, FF Alumn, Mary M. Toggler Fine Arts Center, Newport News, VA, Oct. 15 and more
Dear friends,
I’m sharing three upcoming group exhibitions of my artwork over the next few months. You can also find most of my recent projects and artwork on my website at https://dougbeube.com/home.html
With the success of the New Zealand installation for WASH at the Wellington Performance Arcade 2020, I’m looking for another venue to exhibit the social justice project. If you have any suggestions please contact me.
Wishing you a wonderful, productive, and relaxing summer.
Doug
The Possibilities of Paper
June 30 – October 15, 2023
Mary M. Torggler Fine Arts Center
Newport News, VA
Several of my bookworks and stop-motion animations are included in this exhibition. “Featuring thirteen artists hailing from across the United States and Canada, this exhibition examines paper as a versatile medium that both defies expectations and expands upon conventional perceptions. Exploring diverse techniques and sweeping content through works ranging from massive installations to intimate constructions, The Possibilities of Paper offers a glimpse of current trends in contemporary paper-based art.” Torggler Museum
and
BANNED
August 7 – September 8, 2023
Traffic Zone Gallery
Minneapolis, MN
“An international exhibition inviting artists to consider the banned book. Books have been banned in the United States since the 17 th century. Book banning is the most widespread form of censorship in the United States, with children’s literature being the primary target. Book bans in schools increased by 28% in the first half of the 2022-23 academic year according to Pen American. Controversy over banned books continues today as a widespread form of global censorship.” Traffic Zone Gallery
and
Art of the Book
September 18, 2023 – January 8, 2024
Rochester Public Library
Rochester, NY
I’m pleased to be part of this exciting venue, three of my bookworks were accepted in the 12th International Juried Exhibit. “Books continue to ensnare the imagination, both for their form and content. Artists manipulate those two components to create breathtaking, mind-bending works of art that tease and cajole people to consider the intricacies of paper, ink, words, and meaning.” Rochester Library
Thank you.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
24. Mitzi Humphrey, FF Alumn, at Artspace, Richmond, VA, opening Aug. 25
August/September 2023 exhibitions at Artspace
Three artists feature limited edition prints, paintings and video at the nonprofit gallery in Richmond, VA
July 10, 2023
Contact:
Dana Frostick: 804-338-8032
Email: artspaceorg@gmail.com
Richmond, VA
Artspace presents new exhibitions in our Main Gallery featuring digital prints, paintings and video from August 25 – September 16, 2023. The opening reception, scheduled for Friday, August 25, 2023, 6-9 p.m., features artwork by solo artists Robert Meganck, Donny Nie and Patrick Gregory. An artist talk by our featured artists will take place on Saturday, August 26, 2023 beginning at 2 p.m. Also on view will be a group exhibition by Artspace Artist Members and in the Elisabeth Flynn-Chapman Gallery, three Spotlight exhibitions of work from Artspace Artist Members, Elaine Rogers, Joy Black and Martha Prideaux.
Robert Meganck presents See What I Hear, a portfolio of images inspired by song lyrics.Robert says, “In early 2020 COVID-19 hit us like pins in a bowling alley. Except for social media, our ability to interact with others outside of our immediate household immediately stopped. We waited each day for the next shoe to drop, and then John Prine succumbed to the virus.” A fan of his music since his first album release, Robert was stuck trying to figure out how to cope with the fact that there would be no more John Prine songs after his death. He took the lyrics from his song “Hello in There,” printed them on a 12”x12” page (the size of a 33 RPM album), and then drew an image inspired by the lyrics on top. This gave him a sense of closure. He followed this up with Leonard Cohen’s “The Ballad of an Absent Mare.” While we were still sequestered in our homes, Robert began posting a new song from his library each week. The result is a collection of images titled “See What I Hear.”
Robert Meganck is Professor Emeritus of illustration, graphic design, color theory, and digital imaging in the Department of Communication Arts at Virginia Commonwealth University, and a freelance illustrator. He is a former chair of the department and past president of Communication Design, Inc. He received a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from the Center for Creative Studies in Detroit, Michigan, and a Master of Fine Arts degree from Cranbrook Academy of Art in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan.
Robert has received over 300 regional, national, and international awards for his research and professional practice in illustration and graphic design and has been recognized for excellence by such organizations as The Society of Illustrators New York, The Society of Illustrators Los Angeles, American Illustration, and The Illustrators Club of Washington D.C., Maryland, and Virginia. His work has been included in a variety of national reviews including Communication Arts Magazine’s Illustration and Design Annuals, American Illustration Annuals, Print Magazine’s Regional Design Annuals, The Society of Illustrators Annuals, and 3×3 The Magazine of Contemporary Illustration.
Style Weekly (September 5, 2007) named Robert Meganck one of Richmond’s top 25 most influential artists.
Simultaneous Land(ing) is an exhibition of painting and drawing by Donny Nie. Nie says, “Painting is the matrix within my practice, a device to process time in various rhythms: stretch one mark into an animation, or condense one memory to an impression. My research ponders painting as a virtual identity, a persona with encoded privacy and portals of disclosure. The abstraction incorporates subtle figurative scaling in brushstrokes (fingertip, tongue, pupil, etc.) to draw attention onto a sensual experience. The larger pieces obsessively collect enormous colors and tissues to map out the exhaustion and exuberance in performing.”
Donny Nie (b. 1997) is a Chinese-Canadian interdisciplinary artist. She received an MFA from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, and a BFA from OCAD University. Nie is a visiting assistant professor in the Studio Art Department at University of North Texas. She has participated in solo and group exhibitions in Canada, the United States, and China.
In Past to Presence, Patrick Gregory presents a show that revolves around film and video concepts that were conceived in the past, yet were never realized until now. Patrick states, “When exploring ideas about “Past to Presence,” I reflected on many past pieces that had been conceived that were never realized. One common thread I discovered was a consistency in my aesthetic and worldview that really hasn’t changed. Nature and one’s environment, and my desire for absolute attention in those settings, are two of those common threads. It is often an outlook that shows itself in a meditative way. I recall those moments of its original experience and that need for me to be absolutely present. With the incubation of the concept over many years (or decades), I recall that no matter when a particular piece becomes something more than an idea or a sketch, the need for my absolute attention returns, relative to then and now. Surprisingly, I also find myself mentally and emotionally returning to that moment of its original inception.”
Patrick Gregory has been visually storytelling for over twenty five years. After graduating from Virginia Commonwealth University in 1993, he worked as a lighting technician on Hollywood films while expanding his own artistic sensibilities by shooting and directing his own documentaries, and experimental films and videos. Over the last twenty five years, he has established himself as a director, cinematographer and editor in the professional community working on a variety of projects. His work has taken him to over 20 countries around the world.
As a video and film fine artist, Patrick has also participated in numerous gallery shows in Virginia, including 1708 Gallery’s, world renowned, InLight. He has also collaborated with other artists using film and video mixed with other mediums. In addition to being a two time recipient of the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts Fellowship for Filmmaking, Patrick was awarded the Theresa Pollak Award for Excellence in the Arts for Filmmaking and has also received multiple grants for his documentary filmmaking. His work often revolves around nature, history, human interest and international perspectives. His company Flexible Cinema, has a mission to explore interesting topics and be an advocate for change through education and enlightenment. This is his third showing at Artspace.
Rounding out our August-September shows in the Main gallery, Artspace Artist Members will present a group exhibition of artwork in all media.
Also on view during the August-September exhibition period, Artspace presents three spotlight exhibitions of work in the Elisabeth Flynn-Chapman gallery from Artspace Artist Members, Elaine Rogers, Joy Black and Martha Prideaux.
More information is available online: https://www.artspacegallery.org/art-exhibitions
Exhibition Dates: August 25 – September 16, 2023
Opening Reception: Friday, August 25, 6-9pm
Artist Talks: Saturday, August 26, 2pm
Address: 2833-A Hathaway Rd., Richmond, VA 23225 in the Stratford Hills Shopping Center.
Gallery Hours: 12-4pm Tuesday-Sunday or by private appointment.
Website: https://www.artspacegallery.org/
More information is available on our website. Please visit the links to each artist’s exhibition page provided below. High resolution images are available upon request. Examples of artwork by our featured artists are attached to this email.
Artspace is a nonprofit and artist-run organization, populated with experienced professionals as well as emerging artists. These artists work in a variety of mediums including clay, encaustic, interactive installations, mixed media, painting, photography, printmaking and more.
The public is encouraged to support our exhibiting artists by visiting the gallery and purchasing their artwork. Our online store is updated with new artwork available for sale each month.
Visit: https://artspacerva.square.site/
Exhibition webpages:
Robert Meganck / See What I Hear
https://www.artspacegallery.org/robert-meganck-aug-sept2023-exhibition
Donny Nie / Simultaneous Land(ing)
https://www.artspacegallery.org/donny-nie-aug-sept2023-exhibition
Patrick Gregory / Past to Presence
https://www.artspacegallery.org/patrick-gregory-aug-sept2023-exhibition
Artspace Artist Members / August-September Group Exhibition
https://www.artspacegallery.org/artspace-artist-members-august-september-2023-exhibition
artspace
https://www.artspacegallery.org/
2833-A Hathaway Road
Richmond, VA 23225
804-232-6464 (office)
Thank you.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
25. Theodora Skipitares, FF Alumn, at La MaMa Theatre, Manhattan, July 22-29
Dear friends,
I’m excited to tell you that my recent exhibition at 15 Orient Gallery:
“Views from a Miniature City” has moved to La MaMa Theatre
for 6 performances only on July 20 – 22, and 27-29. ”
The exhibition/performance features scenes from my 1981 show
“Micropolis: 6 Portraits and a Landscape,” in which a host of figures
appear within various interiors characteristic of downtown New York.
The exhibition in June marked the first time in over 30 years that the
works were exhibited publicly. Reviewing the show at 15 Orient Gallery,
the New York Times called the show “a marvel which argues for the
power of puppetry” as a contemporary art medium.
For ticket information, please visit: https://www.lamama.org/now-playing
Thank you.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
26. Barbara Rosenthal, FF Alumn, at the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum, Washington, DC
Two videos by Barbara Rosenthal, FF Alum, have been acquired by the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington D.C. These are:
Leah Gluck: Victim of the Twins Experiments, 1986, VHS video to .mov. (color and BW) Leah Gluck tells Barbara Rosenthal about the experiments performed on her and her twin brother, at age 10, by infamous Nazi Dr. Mengle in Auschwitz, located in Oświęcim, southern Poland,the most notorious of Europe’s 8,000 Concentration Camps. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IAD4w4eUGIo
Women in the Camps: Fanya Fenelon and Frieda Sitko, 1976, 1/2″ open reel video to .mov. (B&W) Fanya Fenelon, when, as a young, Jewish, Parisienne chanteuse incarcerated in Auschwitz, n Oświęcim, southern Poland,the most notorious of Europe’s 8,000 Concentration Camps, where she became the orchestrator of Dr. Mengele’s sadistic orchestra. She tells Barbara Rosenthal of her gruesome experiences in the Concentration Camps. Frida Sitko, a typical Polish Jew, tells of her experiences there. Both relate their events with heroic irony. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=saNLxHsljeohttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=saNLxHsljeo
Oral History Collection
David M. Rubenstein National Institute for Holocaust Documentation
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
100 Raoul Wallenberg Place, SW
Washington, DC 20024-2126
More info and stills: https://barbararosenthal.org/frameEleven.htm
Thank you.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
27. Lucy Helton, FF Alumn, at Penumbra Foundation, Manhattan, thru July 31
Please visit this link:
https://www.penumbrafoundation.org/project-gallery-current
Thank you.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
28. Mark Bloch, FF Alumn, now online in WhitehotMagazine.com
Please visit this link:
https://whitehotmagazine.com/articles/museum-show-for-sari-dienes/5895
A report by Mark Bloch on a new book and a museum show for Sari Dienes(1898-1992). A definitive 112 page survey “Sari Dienes: Who I Am?!“ was edited by Barbara Pollitt, one of the dedicated keepers of her legacy, with 175 illustrations and 144 comprehensive endnotes that make it an indispensable document for both scholars and strictly visual types looking to revel in the inspiring results and creative process of Dienes’ penetrating output. Her work and ideas also reach us via two essays. Sid Sachs, curator of the Philadelphia Art Alliance at University of the Arts, provides a thorough chronology with the assistance of scholar Kate Zeller. Then the late Henry Martin, author of several important, unorthodox books on Duchamp, Fluxist George Brecht and others, illuminates the spiritual quest behind Dienes’ endeavors. A film, Sari Dienes: A Life In Art accompanies the book and “Sari Dienes: Incidental Nature“ is also on display at the Boca Raton Museum of Art from Jun 14 – Oct 22, 2023.
Thank you.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
For subscriptions, un-subscriptions, queries and comments, please email
Please join Franklin Furnace today:
https://franklinfurnace.org/membership/
After email versions are sent, Goings On announcements are posted online at https://franklinfurnace.org/goings-on/goingson/
Goings On is compiled weekly by Kate Liu, FF Intern, Summer 2023
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
~~end~~
