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Georgina Reskala | Kala Art Institute
Georgina Reskala is included in a group exhibition featuring the work by 2023-2024 Kala Fellowship artists at Kala Art Institute, July 19, 2024 — September 20, 2024.
"Kala Gallery is excited to present the exhibition Where the Tree Grows featuring new works by 2023-2024 Kala Fellowship and Media Residency artists: Chia Amisola, Alison Chen, Philip Crawford, Amy Elkins, John Yoyogi Fortes, Charles Lee, Shantré Pinkney, Helia Pouyanfar, Georgina Reskala and rhiannon skye tafoya.
Artists in Where the Tree Grows examine their cultural roots, family lineage, and ancestral connections. Through family archives, rituals, and technology, they investigate the transient nature of diasporic passages and migration, illuminating and reclaiming shared and lost narratives. Many search for notions of selfhood, self care and communal healing reflecting on intergenerational trauma and systemic oppression.
Together these projects invite us to revisit our own connections to the communities and technologies that shape and have the potential to empower us. Art is a powerful catalyst to revisit historical, personal and communal narratives and to create further dialogue, community healing, and support for a more equitable future."
For more information: https://www.kala.org/exhibition/where-the-tree-grows/
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Kala Gallery, 2990 San Pablo, Berkeley, CA 94702
Hours: Tue - Fri: 12-5pmMarjorie Dial | Black Mountain College Museum + Arts Center
Marjorie Dial’s work is included in Robert Chapman Turner: Artist, Teacher, Explorer now on view at the Black Mountain College Museum in Asheville, NC through September 7, 2024
Robert Turner arrived at Black Mountain in 1949 to establish the first studio pottery program at the College. He worked with student architect Paul Williams to design the Potshop and stayed until 1951 as a teacher and potter. There he formed lifelong friendships and was part of the lively mix of art and ideas. This exhibition includes work by Karen Karnes, Daniel Rhodes, M.C. Richards, Peter Voulkos, Marguerite Wildenhain as well as Turner's students and colleagues at Alfred University, Penland, and contemporary ceramic artists whose work fits within the larger context of Turner’s legacy and impact.
For more information: https://www.blackmountaincollege.org/robert-chapman-turner-artist-teache...
Read moreJenene Nagy | Review in Variable West
A review for Jenene Nagy's beautiful exhibition "The Weight" at Helzer Gallery was featured in Variable West.
"Jenene Nagy’s exhibition, The Weight, at the Helzer’s Gallery on Portland Community College’s Rock Creek campus is a welcome dialogue of artistic concept inextricably connected to a profound commitment to artistic making. The word “weight” is commonly related to the measure of relative mass and implies a burden, but also can suggest importance and a quantifier of depth of concept. Materials inevitably weigh on art, affecting both the physicality and the conceptual underpinnings of work. Nagy’s treatment of her materials acutely carries the weight of this exhibition. "
Read the full review here: https://variablewest.com/2024/07/04/the-weight-of-lightness-jenene-nagy-...
Read moreGeorgina Reskala | Lisa Kokin and Georgina Reskala in Conversation
Georgina Reskala will be in conversation with artist Lisa Kokin on Thursday, August 22, 2024, at 11:30am at the Contemporary Jewish Museum in San Francisco, CA. Georgina's work is currently on included in the California Jewish Open on view at the museum through October 20, 2024.
"In this in-gallery talk, artists Lisa Kokin and Georgina Reskala, whose works are featured in the California Jewish Open, discuss their artwork and creative processes. Kokin, known for her fiber-based art and commentary on social justice, and Reskala, whose work deals with ideas of memory, history, and the power of narrative, will explore their artistic practice and how their Jewish heritage influences their art.
Join us to explore how these two artists engage in storytelling through diverse materials and techniques, humor, and empathy."For more information: https://www.thecjm.org/programs/1359
Read moreEllen George | SOLA Award Recipient
Ellen George is a 2024 recipient of the SOLA Award.
Founded in 2016 by Seattle artist Ginny Ruffner and funded by her friends’ generous contributions, the SOLA (Support Old Lady Artist) Awards are five unrestricted awards of $5,000 given annually to Washington State female-identified visual artists, age 60 or over, who have dedicated 25 years or more to creating art. These awards recognize artistic excellence, professional accomplishment, and longstanding dedication to the visual arts.
You can learn more about the award and the recipients here: https://artisttrust.org/2024-th-sola-awards-recipients/
Congratulations, Ellen!
Read moreJeffry Mitchell | Seattle Art Museum
Jeffry Mitchell's work is included in Poke in the Eye: Art of the West Coast Counterculture now on view at the Seattle Art Museum through September 2, 2024.
"Poke in the Eye celebrates the aesthetic practices that emerged across the West Coast in the 1960s and ’70s. Reacting against the sleekness, formality, and coldness of East Coast movements like Pop Art and minimalism, artists on the West Coast—particularly in Seattle and the Bay Area—began creating artwork that was intentionally offbeat. These artists used traditional craft techniques and bold color, centered figuration and narrative, and often employed an irreverent sense of humor. Poke in the Eye draws primarily on SAM’s collection to present an inclusive view of this countercultural style that continues to reverberate today.
Poke in the Eye is the first major exhibition curated entirely for SAM by Carrie Dedon, Associate Curator of Modern and Contemporary Art. Working within the museum’s collection, Dedon brings together compelling examples of these works that together shed fresh light on art movements distinct to the West Coast and its artistic community. Poke in the Eye incorporates works by renowned Northwest artists including Patti Warashina, Fay Jones, and Howard Kottler, whose innovative and playfully garish creations provided the foundations of this alternative movement, as well as more recent artworks by Jeffry Mitchell and Woody De Othello, whose contemporary sculptures have revived a global interest in craft and ceramic art."
For more information visit the Seattle Art Museum website: https://seattleartmuseum.org/exhibitions/pokeintheeye
Read moreTerry Toedtemeier | Oregon Artswatch
Blake Andrews interviews Prudence Roberts about the photographer and curator ,Terry Toedtemeier's, work, approach, and legacy for Oregon Artswatch.
"Terry Toedtemeier (1947-2008) was an Oregon-based photographer and curator. His work is the subject of two shows this spring: Terry Toedtemeier: Photographer at the Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art at the University of Oregon (open through August 11th) and Arches (and apertures) at PDX Contemporary Art in Portland (open through June 1st).
Prudence Roberts is a curator, writer, and art historian based in Portland, Oregon. She and Toedtemeier met while working at the Portland Art Museum and married in 1995. Blake Andrews is a photographer based in Eugene."
You can read the full interview here: https://www.orartswatch.org/terry-toedtemeiers-many-forms/
Read moreJoe Rudko | Heirlooms
JOE RUDKO | Heirlooms
We are thrilled to present you an opportunity to commission well known photography artist Joe Rudko for a unique collage using your family photographs. This is your chance to be a part of his new project titled 'Heirlooms.’
Many of us holds a treasure trove of memories in our personal photo collections, more than what can be neatly arranged in albums. Rudko's new, innovative project will preserve your personal photographs by crafting them into a one-of-a-kind heirloom artwork of your pets, people. and/or places. Each piece will be a treasure of your family's unique legacy, history and memories presented in a fresh and captivating way.
PDX is now accepting commissions and are happy to feature Joe Rudko's project at the 2024 Seattle Art Fair (July 25th - 28th) as the exclusive source for "Heirlooms" at the fair.
If you are interested please inquire by email to info@pdxcontemporaryart.com and we will send you the details on the process, price, and timeline.
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Heirlooms Sample Prices
9" x 12" — $2,520
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15" x 11" — $3,600
30" x 22" — $7,200Heather Watkins | Artist's Book Release
Venice Biennale U.S. Pavilion: "the space in which to place me"
We are honored to be among the sponsors of the U.S Pavilion.
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"The Portland Art Museum and SITE Santa Fe, in cooperation with the U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs, present Jeffrey Gibson as the representative for the United States at the 60th International Art Exhibition of La Biennale di Venezia.
Celebrated for an artistic practice that combines American, Indigenous, and Queer histories with influences from music and pop culture, Gibson creates a dynamic visual language that reflects the inherent diversity and hybridity of American culture. Using abundant color, complex pattern, and text, he invites deep reflection on identity, inspires empathy, and advocates for a widening of access to democracy and freedom for all. On view April 20 through November 24, 2024, Jeffrey Gibson: the space in which to place me provides international audiences with the first major opportunity to experience Gibson’s work outside of the U.S.
For the U.S. Pavilion, Gibson will activate the interior and exterior of the building with a series of new and recent works that invite reflection on individual and collective identities including sculpture, paintings, multimedia works, and a site-specific installation activating the pavilion’s courtyard. The title of the exhibition references Oglala Lakota poet Layli Long Soldier’s poem Ȟe Sápa." PAMTerry Toedtemeier | Talking About Terry: A Conversation about the Terry Toedtemeier Legacy
There will be a talk about Terry Toedtemeier's legacy and current exhibition "Terry Toedtemeier: Photographer" at the Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art on Saturday, May 5, 2024.
TALKING ABOUT TERRY: A CONVERSATION ABOUT THE TOEDTEMEIER LEGACY
Saturday, May 11, 2024 — 2:00pmArtist Terry Toedtemeier (1947-2008) was an influential photographer, curator, and historian who made a lasting impact on the state of Oregon and the Pacific Northwest. Join his colleagues Craig Hickman, artist; Prudence Roberts, curator and partner; John Weber, JSMA Executive Director, in a conversation moderated by Thom Sempere, JSMA Associate Curator of Photography.
https://jsma.uoregon.edu/events/talking-about-terry-conversation-about-t...
Read moreTerry Toedtemeier | Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art
Solo exhibition Terry Toedtemeier: Photographer, will open at the Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art May 4 - August 11, 2024.
"Terry Toedtemeier: Photographer brings together a special collection of prints by the artist, given to the JSMA by his friends, family, and colleagues. Born and raised in Portland, Toedtemeier was a fixture in the Oregon cultural community until his untimely passing in 2008 at the age of 61.
The exhibition highlights the range of Toedtemeier’s photographic work. It begins with his early experimentations made in the 1970s when, as a self-taught artist, he explored the boundaries of the photographic medium. The exhibition culminates with his impeccable later Northwest landscape images, where he balanced a discerning, scientifically-trained eye with an aesthetic interpretation of nature.
The fortuitous combination of art and science in Toedtemeier’s work began when he earned a bachelor’s degree in earth sciences from Oregon State University in 1969. His coursework included experiential learning as students walked the land to understand that observation and description were foundational skills necessary to interpret the meaning of geologic processes. Over time, he came to intuit that perceiving how the land was formed only increased its beauty."
Terry Toedtemeier: Photographer is curated by Thom Sempere, Associate Curator of Photography.
For more information: https://jsma.uoregon.edu/TerryToedtemeier
Read moreMarie Watt | Exhibition and Artist Talk at Carnegie Museum of Art
Marie Watt's exhibition, Marie Watt: LAND STITCHES WATER SKY, will be on view in the Forum Gallery at Carnegie Museum of Art from April 13 - September 22, 2025.
Watt presents a new body of work that explores steel and glass—materials deeply tied to the region’s industrial history—from a contemporary Indigenous perspective, challenging assumed contradictions between visibility and invisibility, strength and vulnerability, and presence and absence.
There will be a conversation in the Carnegie Museum of Art Theater between Marie and her local collaborators on Saturday, April 13th, at 3:30pm, followed by CarnegieLab, multisensory activities inspired by Marie’s practice.
For more information visit: https://carnegieart.org/exhibition/marie-watt/
Read moreJenene Nagy | Helzer Gallery & Artist Talk
Jenene Nagy's exhibition The Weight is now on view at the Helzer Gallery through May 4. There will be an artist talk and Gallery reception on Thursday, April 18, from 11am-1pm.
Included in this exhibition is a decade-long meditation on everything and nothing. The basic materials that comprise the work bind us to this earth and each other. The drawings investigate ideas of labor and ritual while exploiting the physical properties of paper and graphite, resulting in a seemingly unknowable yet familiar surface. The intimacy of this process is a welcoming, a space where quiet contemplation can lead to a deeper understanding of this world.
With these drawings, devoid of narrative, there is no spectacle, only attention. The simple mark is the moment, and the moment an infinite unto its own. Dense yet radiant, the works create an expansive space that opens the door to something unforeseen. The resulting surface is weighted by the patience to allow the poetics of nothingness to navigate uncertainty and instability in the contemporary world.
Jenene Nagy | The Weight
March 6 - May 4, 2024Helzer Gallery
Portland Community College
Rock Creek Campus
Building 3 / Room 102
17705 NW Springville Road
Portand, OR 97229Artist Talk and Gallery Reception
Thursday, April 18, 11 a.m. - 1 p.m.Gallery Hours
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Monday – Friday 9 am – 4 pm
Saturdays 10 am – 4 pm (free parking)Marie Watt | Printing Circle with Marie Watt
Growing out of the sewing circle gatherings that have been integral to the artist’s practice, this printing circle is an opportunity for community members to come together and create printmaking plates and prints that will be integrated into future works by Watt. Attendees can also contribute their prints to an emergent installation in the Center’s Leslie and Johanna Garfield Lobby that will evolve over the course of the exhibition.
Important Notes
No experience is necessary and all ages are welcome. Materials will be provided.While supplies last, participants will receive a small print from Marie Watt in exchange for their time and participation.
RSVP is encouraged but not required; visitors may join at any time as space allows.
RSVP: https://www.printcenternewyork.org/public-programs/printing-circle-with-...
Printing Circle with Marie Watt
Saturday, February 17, 2024
1:00 PM 5:00 PMPrint Center New York
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535 West 24th Street
New York, NY, 10011United StatesMarie Watt | Marie Watt in Conversation (in conjunction with IFPDA Print Fair)
Marie Watt (b. 1967) tells stories not only in her celebrated textile, sculpture, and installation work, but also in print. Over her career, she has collaborated with master printers at Crow’s Shadow Institute of the Arts (on the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation, Pendleton, OR), Sitka Center for Art and Ecology (Otis, OR), Tamarind Institute (Albuquerque, NM), and Mullowney Printing Company (Portland, OR). This conversation with her collaborating printers will illuminate Watt’s enduring engagement with print as a key element of her material, conceptual, and community practice.
Including Julia D’Amario (Sitka Center for Art & Ecology) and Paul Mullowney (Mullowney Printing Company), and moderated by Marjorie Devon, Director Emerita of Tamarind Institute, with a welcome by Jordan D. Schnitzer.
This program is offered in conjunction with the IFPDA Print Fair. A ticket to the Fair is required to attend this program; no need to RSVP separately. Print Center New York Members receive a complimentary pass to the fair.
For information visit: https://www.printcenternewyork.org/public-programs/marie-watt-in-convers...
Read moreHeather Watkins | Artist Talk: Heather Watkins & Katherine Shaughnessy at Sun Valley Museum of Art
Join artists Heather Watkins and Katherine Shaughnessy for a conversation with author Sarah Sentilles about their practices, processes, and the ways that making art has helped each navigate experiences of illness. The talk is part of the exhibition Bodies of Work: Art & Healing on view at the Sun Valley museum of Art through March 23, 2024.
This is a free event with limited space, please register here: https://svmoa.org/exhibitions/2024/bodies-of-work?mc_cid=83a204aee2&mc_e...
Heather Watkins & Katherine Shaughnessy in Conversation with Author Sarah Sentilles.
Saturday, March 9, 2024 at 4:00 pmSun Valley Museum of Art
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United StatesGus Van Sant | Director "Feud: Capote Vs. the Swans"
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"FX is promoting Feud: Capote vs. the Swans as "the original Real Housewives," but it's a lot deeper than that — and infinitely more watchable. Based on the book Capote's Women, by Laurence Leamer, this eight-part series tells of Truman Capote's friendships with, and betrayals of, New York's most prominent society women — the ladies who lunch."Marie Watt | Storywork: The Prints of Marie Watt at Print Center New York
Storywork: The Prints of Marie Watt
January 25 - May 18, 2024Print Center of New York
535 West 24th Street
New York, NY
10011“Print Center New York is pleased to present Storywork: The Prints of Marie Watt, from the Collections of Jordan D. Schnitzer and His Family Foundation, the artist’s first traveling retrospective and the first to reflect on the role of printmaking in her ambitious interdisciplinary work. On view in the Jordan Schnitzer Gallery, the exhibition considers Watt’s printmaking both as a process and a philosophy—a medium that has had a nuanced and enduring impact on her career since 1996. Featuring over 60 works, it presents Watt’s etchings, lithographs, and woodcuts alongside a selection of her monumentally-scaled sculptures and textile works.”
More info: https://www.printcenternewyork.org/marie-watt
Read moreJoe Rudko | Acquisition by The Morgan Library
Joe Rudko’s work Stage has been acquired by the @themorganlibrary in New York City and will be included in Seen Together: Acquisitions in Photography, on view January 26 through May 26, 2024.
“Seen Together showcases over forty previously unexhibited works acquired by the Morgan’s Department of Photography since its founding in 2012. The pieces selected, and their thematic arrangements, reflect the department’s two highest priorities: first, to build a photography collection that converses with other collections at the Morgan, including drawings, printed books, and literary manuscripts; and second, to draw from widely varied historical contexts and traditions for photographs that collectively tell larger stories about the medium.”
Congratulations, Joe!
Joe Rudko
Stage, 2017
32x45 inches
gelatin silver print collage
Courtesy of Von Lintel GalleryMore information: https://www.themorgan.org/exhibitions/seen-together
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