FEMALE AGENCY: BETWEEN PATIENCE AND ACTION
The Ladies Literary Club, Salt Lake City, UT November 2019
Waiting is central to female experience. In contrast to ‘men of action,’ literary characters such as Penelope (from the Odyssey) and Patientia (from the Psychomachia), are associated with patience and temperance. This exhibition calls for works of visual, poetic and performative art that explore the role of 'Waiting' as it pertains to the experience of women, wives, mothers and others. Of interest are the psychological dimensions of waiting: when is waiting a virtue and when is it time for action? Where does one’s mind go, when waiting for destinies to manifest, or for society to change? What kind of activities do women invent to pass the time? Does action ever lead to impetuosity? Finally, are these two modes of agency antithetical and irreconcilable? Or are there areas of overlay and commonality that can be imagined, salvaged and celebrated? A broad range of voices are sought, from Mormon to immigrant women, LGBTQi and African-American.
THROUGH THE LOOKING GLASS: Distortion in the Work of Ten Utah Artists
The Leonardo Museum, Salt Lake City, UT. June 1 to October 31, 2019
This exhibition assembles selected works by Utah artists which share a rejection of single point perspective. We see how artists employ swimming pools and rivers, cameras and glass windows, to expand on a surface approach to the urban and natural world. Consequently, the works in this show twist and warp their subjects to create misshapen, contorted and sometimes garbled effects. The results serve a range of goals, from the purely perceptual to the socially critical.
DUNCE SCHOOL for the ARTS (2012-2013)
Co-founder, co-curator of Contemporary Art venue / micro-gallery. Sugarhouse, Salt Lake City.
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CREME de la CREME (2000)
Exhibition featuring contemporary art by ten female artists from three British art schools (St. Martin’s, Goldsmiths and Norwich School of Art and Design) Organization of exhibition (transport, installation, dismantling), catalog essays and artist support. Catalog copy available upon request.
The Ladies Literary Club, Salt Lake City, UT November 2019
Waiting is central to female experience. In contrast to ‘men of action,’ literary characters such as Penelope (from the Odyssey) and Patientia (from the Psychomachia), are associated with patience and temperance. This exhibition calls for works of visual, poetic and performative art that explore the role of 'Waiting' as it pertains to the experience of women, wives, mothers and others. Of interest are the psychological dimensions of waiting: when is waiting a virtue and when is it time for action? Where does one’s mind go, when waiting for destinies to manifest, or for society to change? What kind of activities do women invent to pass the time? Does action ever lead to impetuosity? Finally, are these two modes of agency antithetical and irreconcilable? Or are there areas of overlay and commonality that can be imagined, salvaged and celebrated? A broad range of voices are sought, from Mormon to immigrant women, LGBTQi and African-American.
THROUGH THE LOOKING GLASS: Distortion in the Work of Ten Utah Artists
The Leonardo Museum, Salt Lake City, UT. June 1 to October 31, 2019
This exhibition assembles selected works by Utah artists which share a rejection of single point perspective. We see how artists employ swimming pools and rivers, cameras and glass windows, to expand on a surface approach to the urban and natural world. Consequently, the works in this show twist and warp their subjects to create misshapen, contorted and sometimes garbled effects. The results serve a range of goals, from the purely perceptual to the socially critical.
DUNCE SCHOOL for the ARTS (2012-2013)
Co-founder, co-curator of Contemporary Art venue / micro-gallery. Sugarhouse, Salt Lake City.
www.facebook.com/pg/Dunce-School-for-the-Arts-358731730842649/photos/?ref=page_internal
CREME de la CREME (2000)
Exhibition featuring contemporary art by ten female artists from three British art schools (St. Martin’s, Goldsmiths and Norwich School of Art and Design) Organization of exhibition (transport, installation, dismantling), catalog essays and artist support. Catalog copy available upon request.
