Exhibition postcard. Object photography by Megan DeSoto.
I am very pleased to announce the opening of my solo show at the Mesa Contemporary Arts Museum in Mesa, Arizona. The space is lovely and the staff have been wonderful to work with. Stop by if you get the chance!
Thanks to the hard-working folks at the Appalachian Center for Craft, you can get a sense of the exhibition!
My show at the Appalachian Center for craft, Invisible Metal, is being installed right now. Through the perseverance of Director Debra Ruzinsky and Artist in Residence of Exhibitions Glenna Dame Baker, my long hoped-for installation is being realized. The show will be in the Front Gallery of the Appalachian Center for Craft from July 1 through August 15, 2020. They plan to create a video tour of the show, which I look forward to sharing as well when the time comes. Visiting hours are Monday to Saturday 10 am to 5 pm, Sunday 12 to 5. For now, be well, be safe, make art.
The event of a move often brings re-discoveries. When the Metalsmithing and Jewelry program at the University of North Texas moved into new facilities last summer, we found all kinds of things hiding in obscure storage areas. Among them was a box of my work from my years as an undergraduate student. I was simultaneously delighted by the find, confounded by what now seems like poor craftsmanship, and led to compare that work to what I have been doing lately. While my skills have changed, much of of the imagery and formal language that I am drawn to has not.
This prompted my interest in inviting a group of mid-career makers to exhibit one newer work paired with something they had made more than ten years previously. I hoped to provide them with an opportunity for the same moment of reflection that I had in being reunited with a box of dubious treasures from the past.
I would like to thank all the artists who agreed to participate in the exhibition. Mounting of the physical exhibition was supported with a UNT Small Grant and my travel to the conference received assistance from the College of Visual Arts and Design at the University of North Texas. I would particularly like to thank my Chair, Lauren Lake, for looking under all the couch cushions.
Circling Back was organized in response to the Society of North American Goldsmith's call for proposals for the Adorned Spaces segment of the 2019 conference. It will be taking place in Chicago, Illinois from May 23rd through the 24th at the Palmer House Hilton with a reception from 5-8pm on Friday the 24th. The theme of the conference is "The Loop: Coming Full Circle. 50 Years of SNAG."
The website for this exhibition will remain active through April 2020.
The wall piece, Louver: Houston, has made its was to Nacogdoches for the biennial Refined Exhibition at Stephen F. Austin State University. This year’s Juror was Perry A. Price, executive director of Houston Center for Contemporary Craft. I feel very fortunate to have had a piece selected. I will not be able to make it to the reception but perhaps you will! Its Friday the 26th at 6pm at the Reavley Gallery in The Cole Art Center @ The Old Opera House. Price will give a talk at 5:15. The Cole Art Center is located at 329 E. Main St. For more information, call (936) 468-1131.
