The show took place on November 16th and was well attended considering that there was also an artist lecture that was scheduled shortly after the show opened. I did not have time to take images while people were there because I felt like the camera would separate me from those attending (I felt like a hostess) so I will present images of the paintings here sans people. The names of the artists are beneath the images.
Paintings by Susana Juarez and Erin Harrison
Erin Harrison
Katy Stuckel and Sara Kay
Jesus Carranza
Susana Juarez
Sara Kay
Sam Bishop
Jesus Carranza
Jennifer Lyn Murray
Jesus Carranza
Rodolfo Medina
Deret Roberts
Sam Bishop
Katy Stuckel
Erin Harrison
Sam Bishop
Katy Stuckel
The Painting Workshop Fall 2011. Instructor, Jenna Kuiper
A fine showing by the Painting Workshop which is comprised of three classes of students at differing levels.
Susana Juarez is graduating in December, Sam Bishop (who is taking his first painting class) is majoring in graphic arts and will be graduating nexr spring, May 2012.
I will also be graduating next spring. The rest of the class will be following in a year or two.
challenges why people buy jewelry by her use of fragile and ephemeral materials.
Annika states that "both have an ageing/maturing quality."
The Experience Series explores the tendencies of American consumers, these shortlived luxuy items have been preserved in photographs and video.
The Nurture Necklaces map a timeline of biological desires that we may not be aware of.
Original Photographs by Dylan Thompson and Paul Neff
The Nurture Necklaces were created with wool and eggs from cockatiel, chicken, goose, emu, and ostrich.
The Experience Series necklace: black frosting
Original Video by Dylan Thompson
Music over Video by Gypsy Soul puchased at amazon.com
Betty Burciaga
"We the People?"
In her statement Betty describes her goal: creating a work without making a physical object and exploring the questions of personhood and power by creating a space of a struggle between powers. The images are taken from the likeness of police in riot gear that was taken from a photograph of a political protest in St. Paul Minnesota. An audio plays a collection of sounds of protests that have taken place around the globe in 2011.
A performance by the artist Jessica Pizana is accompanied by a statement in two languages-Spanish and English. In the jostle to read the statements I was only able to photograph the statement in English.
Her performance consists of a costume made of nylon and cheese balls, a stage, and pole dancing - which Jessica endured for the entire two hour opening.
Aubrey de Cheubell's installation of cotton fiber, monofiliment, and plastic sheeting expresses biomorphic forms. The work is titled Lymphokyte, KS-AIDS, 1991.
Her courageous statement describes her experience of her father's death and her families atttempt to "sterilize the situation" to protect her from the stigma surrounding the disease.
There are two installations that I was unable to capture on a still camera-This is About Being Alone-This is About Being Together by artists Steven Jensen and Jolene Castanon and Oil Paint by Katie Hubbel but they are included in the following video montage.
