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Hannah Newman Stopped By!



Hannah Newman

Hannah Newman dropped by to share their project Shapeshifters: A Guided Meditation… and then we all went outside with our earphones to listen and look at the clouds (as they are looking back at us!). Students then documented the sky above and contributed it to a file to be shown together!

You can find the meditation here: http://www.hannah-newman.com/shapeshifters-a-guided-meditation

 

Hannah Newman is an interdisciplinary artist reuniting digital technologies and experiences with their physical, emotional, and material sources. Most recently she has exhibited in group shows with The Wrong New Digital Art Biennale online, Columbia Center for the Arts in Hood River, OR, Outback Arthouse in Los Angeles, CA, Her Environment and The Yards Gallery in Chicago, Il, and Neon Heater/ Real Tinsel in Milwaukee, WI. Her work has received press from Chicago’s New City Art blog, the Duplex Gallery blog series and the Boston Globe, and the Regional Arts and Culture Council in Oregon awarded her a 2017 Professional Development Grant. Newman received a Master of Fine Arts from Oregon College of Art and Craft and a B.S in Ceramics and Fine Arts with a minor in Art History from Indiana Wesleyan University.

coLAB hosts Hillerbrand + Magsamen



Hillerbrand + Magsamen

We were delighted to be a part of the interactive performance 147 DEVICES FOR INTEGRATED PRINCIPLES a work made by Hillerbrand+Magsamen in collaboration with Kirk Lynn, Peter Stopschinski and their son and daughter Maddie and Emmett.

 

The artistic team of Hillerbrand+Magsamen is the collaboration of Stephan Hillerbrand and Mary Magsamen. Together they create sculpture, installation, performance, video and photographic works they call “Suburban Fluxus”.  Often including their two children, Madeleine and Emmett in their work, the family critiques and playfully scrutinizes contemporary suburban life.

Hillerbrand+Magsamen have presented their videos in international film and media festivals including Houston Cinema Arts Festival, London SciFi Film Festival, WAND V Stuttgarter Filmwinter, New York Underground Film Festival, Ann Arbor Film Festival, Boston Underground Film Festival and MonkeyTown. Their cinematic based installations have been exhibited at the Everson Museum (Syracuse, NY), Center for Photography Woodstock (Woodstock, NY), Diffusion Photography Festival (Wales, UK) and Houston Center for Photography (Houston, TX).

They have received grants from Sustainable Arts Foundation, Austin Film Society, Experimental Television Center, Ohio Arts Council, Houston Arts Alliance and Houston Center for Photography. Their project HIGHER GROUND was a commission from the Houston Airport System and received 1st prize from juror Richard Linklater in the CineSpace program at the Houston Cinema Arts Festival.

Hillerbrand+Magsamen have participated in residency programs including: Lower Manhattan Cultural Council (New York, NY), Experimental Television Center (Owego, NY), Elsewhere (Greensboro, NC), Santa Fe Art Institute (Santa Fe, NM). Stephan Hillerbrand is a recipient of two Fulbright Fellowships (Germany) and MacDowell Colony (Peterborough, NH) residency.

Mary and Stephan live and work in Houston with their two children, Madeleine and Emmett.

Be inspired by more of their work here: http://www.hillerbrandmagsamen.com/

coLAB hosts Nina Elder!



Nina Elder!

We were inspired this week by Nina Elder’s insight, research and artworks during coLAB.

Artist and researcher Nina Elder creates projects that reveal humanity’s dependence on, and interruption of, the natural world. With a focus on changing cultures and ecologies, Nina advocates for collaboration, fostering relationships between institutions, artists, scientists and diverse communities. She is the co-founder of the Wheelhouse Institute, a women’s climate leadership initiative. Nina lectures as a visiting artist/scholar at universities, develops publicly engaged programs, and consults with organizations that seek to grow through interdisciplinary programming.

Nina’s artwork is widely exhibited and has been featured in Art in America, VICE Magazine, and on PBS. Her research has been supported by the Andy Warhol Foundation, the Rauschenberg Foundation award for Arts & Activism, the Pollock Krasner Foundation, and the Mellon Foundation. She has recently held positions as an Art + Environment Research Fellow at the Nevada Museum of Art, a Polar Lab Research Fellow at the Anchorage Museum, and a Researcher in Residence in the Art and Ecology Program at the University of New Mexico. She is based in Albuquerque, New Mexico.

Be inspired by more of her work here: https://www.ninaelder.com/

coLAB hosts Alicia Eggert!


Welcome Alicia Eggert!

Artist Alicia Eggert is our next visitor! Join us next week, Wednesday February 3 at 12:30 for coLAB to learn more about her amazing work! https://aliciaeggert.com/

Alicia Eggert

(b. 1981) is an interdisciplinary artist whose work gives material form to language and time, the powerful but invisible forces that shape our perception of reality. Her creative practice is largely motivated by an existential pursuit to understand the linear and finite nature of human life within a seemingly infinite universe. She derives her inspiration from physics and philosophy, and her sculptures often co-opt the styles and structures of commercial signage to communicate messages that inspire reflection and wonder. Alicia creates neon signs that illuminate the way light travels across space and time, and billboards that allow Forever to appear and disappear in the fog. These artworks have been installed on building rooftops in Russia, on bridges in Amsterdam, and on uninhabited islands in Maine, beckoning us to ponder our place in the world and the role we play in it.

Alicia’s work has been exhibited at notable institutions nationally and internationally, including the CAFA Art Museum in Beijing, the Triennale Design Museum in Milan, the Philadelphia Museum of Art, the Corning Museum of Glass, the Albuquerque Museum of Art and History, the Telfair Museums, and many more. Recent solo exhibitions have been held at Galeria Fernando Santos (Porto, Portugal), The MAC (Dallas, TX), and T+H Gallery (Boston, MA). Alicia is the recipient of numerous honors and awards, including a TED Fellowship, a Washington Award from the S&R Foundation, a Direct Artist Grant from the Harpo Foundation, an Artist Microgrant from the Nasher Sculpture Center, and an Individual Artist Fellowship from the Maine Arts Commission. She has been an artist in residence at Google Tilt Brush, Sculpture Space, True/False Film Festival, and the Tides Institute and Museum of Art. In 2020, she was added to the Fulbright Specialist Roster by the U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs.

Alicia earned a Bachelor of Science degree from Drexel University in 2004, and a Masters of Fine Arts in Sculpture/Dimensional Studies from Alfred University in 2009. She is currently a Presidential Early Career Professor of Studio Art and the Sculpture Program Coordinator at the University of North Texas. Her work is represented by Galeria Fernando Santos in Porto, Portugal, and Liliana Bloch Gallery in Dallas. She lives with her son, Zephyr, in Denton, Texas.

coLAB hosts Ryan Pierce!

A few slides from Ryan’s artist talk.



coLAB welcomed artist Ryan Pierce!

Artist Ryan Pierce inspired the coLAB cohort to think about the ecology and the relationship between things today!

To learn more about his work visit https://ryanpierce.net/home.html and read his bio below!

Ryan Pierce’s vivid, large-scale paintings depict our world recovering from human industry. He draws on influences from ecological theory, literature, and folk art to create scenes that portray the resilience of the natural world.

He has exhibited internationally and his work has been recognized by grants from the Joan Mitchell and San Francisco Foundations, and the Regional Arts and Culture Council, as well as by reviews in Art in America, Art Papers, and The Oregonian. Pierce has been an artist in residence at the Ucross Foundation, Caldera, and Lademoen Kunstnerverksteder in Norway, and a fellow at the Jordan Schnitzer Printmaking Residency at Sitka Center for Art & Ecology. Pierce has taught at colleges and universities throughout Oregon and lectured as a Visiting Artist at more than 30 institutions. In 2012, he was the recipient of an Individual Artist Fellowship from the Oregon Arts Commission. He is represented by Elizabeth Leach Gallery in Portland.

Pierce is the co-founder, with activist Amy Harwood, of Signal Fire, a group that facilitates wilderness residencies and retreats for artists of all disciplines. Pierce currently works as the Director of Signal Fire’s academic program, Wide Open Studios.

 

 

coLAB hosts Katie Zazenski!

Kathryn Zazenski’s Lecture



coLAB welcomed artist Katie Zazenski!

Surface class invited Katie Zazenski to share her work to the coLAB cohort this week. Katie is the co-director of Stroboskop, an independent, alternative project space based in Warsaw, Poland. To learn more about her work visit her website here https://kathrynzazenski.com/

 

NEW CORE Courses added for Fall!

CORE opens 2 more courses, Ideation and Surface

Are you looking for more sections of a CORE class?

Good News!

We just added a section of ART101 Surface and another section of ART 105 Ideation!

Jump onto banner and get your spot and we will see you in September!

GET INVOLVED!

GET READY FOR THE YEAR-END CELEBRATION

This year we're doing something special! Here's how to get involved.

Core year end exhibition plan. A drawing of the project with envelope in the center and all the processes around.
Take me to it!
Information

Missed the presentation by Lo Moran ? Take a moment and scroll through the powerpoint. Watch for hidden surprises!

CORE Year End Exhibition

Get Involved!
1. Your class will be sharing work in the Going the Distance envelope. Use a QR code to share more online!
2. You are invited to submit one original artwork in a #10 envelope. It will surprise a student and you will receive one in return, too!
3. Join others on Tuesdays from 1-2 for studio time! Get in touch with Lo Moran lamoran@pdx.edu

STUDIO TIME!

WE ARE IN THIS TOGETHER!

We all are experiencing something that is new and unique to us—right here right now. These times call us all to do our part, to be generous to ourselves and others. While many things may feel like they are in flux, one thing is not, our commitment to our community. We are pleased that you are part of that community. We want to assure you that we’ll do all we can to make this a rich learning experience..and to be here if you need us.

Check out the resources below.

coLAB Meeting Info

Meet each week for creative inspiration and discussion. This is the Zoom meeting link https://pdx.zoom.us/j/211896442 If you have questions contact professor Brittney Connelly at brit35@pdx.edu.

Art Practice/CORE Student Resources Website

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PSU Remote Learning Kit

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