May 2009 Archives

Vein Dress by Liz Collins/ photo by Greg Cook

This Thursday, May 21, at 7pm artist & designer Liz Collins will talk about her current exhibition and past projects at the AS220 Project Space, 93 Mathewson St. The event is free and open to the public

Liz Collins is recognized internationally for her use of machine knitting to create ground breaking clothing, textiles, and installations. After five years as an independent designer of ready-to-wear collections in New York, in the fall of 2003 Collins returned to her alma mater, Rhode Island School of Design (BFA'91/ MFA'99), as an Assistant Professor in the Textile Department. In addition to teaching,Collins currently designs knitwear and collaborates with other designers, producing signature knit pieces and collections for them. In the spring of 2005, a new facet of Collins' work emerged: a series of performance-based installations called "KNITTING NATION", that employ uniformed machine knitters to create a multi-sensory experience that examines the relationship of humans to manufacturing and the process of machine knitting. Collins is a 2006 United States Artists Target Fellow in Crafts and Traditional Arts and a member of the Council of Fashion Designers of America. Her work was included in the celebrated exhibition "Radical Lace and Subversive Knitting" at the Museum of Arts and Design in 2007, "Evolution/Revolution" at the RISD Museum of Art in 2008, and can be seen the books Fashioning Fabrics, by Sandy Black and Elyssa da Cruz, Knitknit: Presenting 27 Innovative Knitters and Their Projects, by Sabrina Gschwandtner, and Designing a Knitwear Collection:From Inspiration to Finished Garment, by Lisa Donofrio and Marylin Heffernen.

APPLICATIONS FOR FULL FELLOWSHIP AWARDS DUE BY JUNE 15, 2009

The Vermont Studio Center is an international residency program open to all artists and writers. Year-round, VSC hosts 50 artists and writers per month, each of whom receives an individual studio, private room, and all meals. Residencies last from 2-12 weeks and provide uninterrupted time to work, a community of creative peers, and a beautiful village setting in northern Vermont. In addition, VSC's program includes a roster of Visiting Artists and Writers (2 painters, 2 sculptors and 2 writers per month) who offer slide talks/readings and individual studio visits/conferences. Applications and information available at www.vermontstudiocenter.org.

The following Full Fellowships and a variety of special fellowships will be awarded at the June 15th, 2009 deadline: Vermont Studio Center Fellowships (up to 16 awards) Open to all artists and writers, based on merit.

Awards open to artists and writers (4) fellowships based on merit and financial need supported by the National Endowment for the Arts. Includes stipend.

Dedalus Foundation Fellowships 
(2) For painters working in the modernist tradition.

Frankel Anderson Chicago Artist Awards (1) For Chicago area visual artists.

Civil Society Institute Awards 
(3) For East Coast urban minority artists, based on merit and financial need. Includes travel stipend.

New England Artist Award 
(1 or 2) For visual artists living in New England.

Vermont Studio Center / Cave Canem Foundation Fellowship 
(1) For poets who are Cave Canem fellows. Click here for guidelines on specific fellowships and recently added awards.

OPEN SOURCE: A Scheme for art production and curating?

Friday May 8, 2009

10am-Noon

AS220 Performance Space/115 Empire St.

FREE.

LIVE STREAM from Positions in Flux Symposium ,at The Netherlands Media Art Institute in Amsterdam, on the changing role of the artist and art institutes in the networked society.

Open Source - A scheme for art production and curating?

This session deals with the concept of open source for art production and its presentation. The open source movement is driven by the idea of collective, process-based, sustainable production and improvement. In software development this strategy has already proven to be valid; however can this model be applied to other products such as artworks or even exhibitions? In how far does the open source model differ from other forms of artistic collaboration? Is there a new role model for both the artist and the curator in the future? Which (economic) value and impact has expertise in open source production? How could institutions and organisations respond to this trend? How could institutions and organisations respond to this trend and create public domains?

(K. Lenore Siner, acrylic on panel)

Featuring in the AS220 Main Gallery: Jessica New works by Jim Shelton & Joanna Roux and New Paintings by K. Lenore Siner. The Open Window features New Psychedelic PrismaColors by Aaron Marks. Upstairs in the Youth Gallery is the Senior Show: Nine For '09 with Bethany Araujo,Daniel Boccato, Jonilka Calcano, Eliezer DeFaria, Ben Kicic, Mariah LaMontagne, Philip Marchese, Chris Masse and Rose Percy.

At the AS220 Project Space @ 93 Mathewson St. a new installation of work by Liz Collins; Veins/ New Life and Emily Quillen presents The Peaks and Valleys Series.

FREE!