Zet er een bug op
Put a Bug On It
De zomer na mijn eerste jaar van de universiteit, wandelend in de bossen van North Carolina, vond ik een perfect ongerepte maar dode Luna Moth op het pad. Ik bewaarde het en gebruikte het in mijn eerste prentkunstles. Ik was meteen verslaafd aan insecten als onderwerp.
Ik vond het leuk dat ze vaak worden genegeerd of gekleineerd, maar bij nader onderzoek uniek en mooi zijn.
Ik begon insecten te verzamelen en entomologieboeken uit de bibliotheek te controleren. Vrienden en buren brachten me routinematig vreemde beestjes die ze in huis vonden. Ik vond het zo leuk om over insecten te leren dat ik terugging naar de universiteit voor graden in biologie en antropologie. Mijn onderzoek richtte zich op de interacties tussen insecten en mensen. Dit heeft me uiteindelijk geleid tot een doctoraat in governance en duurzaamheid. Nu onderzoek ik milieubeleid en hoe mensen beslissingen nemen over natuurlijke hulpbronnen.
Als prentkunstenaar heb ik veel verschillende media verkend. Af en toe post ik misschien een vintage item dat ik in mijn jonge jaren heb gemaakt (een ets of litho), maar in mijn thuisstudio maak ik voornamelijk hout- en linoleumblokken.
Hier zijn een paar van de plaatsen waar mijn werk is tentoongesteld:
Solotentoonstellingen
2014 Middletown Framing, North End Art Walk, Middletown, Connecticut.
2012 Middletown Framing, North End Art Walk, Middletown, Connecticut.
2002 Hall Gallery, Lowndes Arts Commission, Valdosta, Georgië.
1999 New Works, The College of Charleston, Albert Simons Center for the
Kunst, Charleston, South Carolina.
Groepstentoonstellingen
2015
-----60th Annual Juried Exhibit and Sale, Wesleyan Potters, Middletown, Connecticut.
-----Awagami International Miniature Print Exhibition (AIMPE), oktober-november, Tokushima, Japan.
-----Post Landfill Action Network "The Art of Reuse", 11 oktober, 3S Artspace, Portsmouth, NH.
-----Feet to the Fire: Riverfront Encounter gehouden in Middletown, CT, op zaterdag 9 mei, gesponsord door Wesleyan University's College of the Environment.
-----Annual Member Show, New Britain Museum of American Art, New Britain, Connecticut.
2014
-----Atomic STEaM Photography Show, National Museum of Nuclear Science & History (een aan het Smithsonian verbonden museum).
-----59e jaarlijkse jurytentoonstelling en -verkoop, Wesleyan Potters, Middletown, Connecticut
2013
-----58e jaarlijkse jurytentoonstelling en -verkoop, Wesleyan Potters, Middletown, CT
-----Weird Science, Middletown Artists Cooperative, MAC650 Gallery, Middletown, CT
-----Passionate Waters, Middletown Artists Cooperative, MAC650 Gallery, Middletown, CT
-----The Animals We Love, Gallery Arts Guild, Lakeville, CT
2001
-----Halpert Biënnale, Appalachian State University, Boone, North Carolina.
----- The Young Contemporaries Annual Student Show, The Halsey Gallery, The College of Charleston, Charleston, South Carolina.
2000
-----Rocky Mountain Arts Center 43e jaarlijkse outdoor kunstshow, Rocky Mountain, NC
----- The Young Contemporaries Annual Student Show, The Halsey Gallery, The College of Charleston, Charleston, South Carolina.
1999
-----The Young Contemporaries Annual Student Show, The Halsey Gallery, The College of Charleston, Charleston, SC
1996
-----The Young Contemporaries Annual Student Show, The Halsey Gallery, The College of Charleston, Charleston, SC
1995
-----The Young Contemporaries Annual Student Show, The Halsey Gallery, The College of Charleston, Charleston, SC
Miscellany
2015
-----Houtblokdruk in de Wet Paint op de Weskeag Auction ten voordele van de Georges River Land Trust, 16 augustus, South Thomaston, Maine
-----McLain's Printmaking Online en Print Catalog geselecteerde kunstenaar
2014
-----Commission, handgemaakt houtblok voor Taino Smokehouse, Middletown, Connecticut
-----december. Openbare workshop grafiek in het Green Street Art Center, Middletown, CT, in samenwerking met het North End Action Team
-----november. Openbare workshop grafiek in het Green Street Art Center, Middletown, CT, in samenwerking met het North End Action Team
-----Oktober. "Craftivism on Main Street", openbaar kunstevenement met het North End Action Team op Main Street, Middletown, CT
The summer after my first year of college, hiking in the woods of North Carolina, I found a perfectly pristine but dead Luna Moth on the trail. I kept it and used it in my first printmaking class. I was hooked immediately on insects as a subject matter.
I liked that they are often ignored or disparaged, but when examined closely are unique and beautiful.
I began collecting insects and checking entomology books out of the library. Friends and neighbors would routinely bring me strange bugs they found around the house. I enjoyed learning about insects so much that I went back to University for degrees in Biology and Anthropology. My research focused on the interactions between insects and humans. This eventually led me to a PhD in governance and sustainability. Now I research environmental policy and how people make decisions about natural resources.
As a printmaker I've explored many different media. Occasionally I may post a vintage item made by me in my younger days (an etching or lithograph), but in my home studio I make primarily wood and linoleum blocks.
Here are a few of the places my work has been exhibited:
Solo Exhibitions
2014 Middletown Framing, North End Art Walk, Middletown, Connecticut.
2012 Middletown Framing, North End Art Walk, Middletown, Connecticut.
2002 Hall Gallery, Lowndes Arts Commission, Valdosta, Georgia.
1999 New Works, The College of Charleston, Albert Simons Center for the
Arts, Charleston, South Carolina.
Group Exhibitions
2015
-----60th Annual Juried Exhibit and Sale, Wesleyan Potters, Middletown, Connecticut.
-----Awagami International Miniature Print Exhibition (AIMPE), October- November, Tokushima, Japan.
-----Post Landfill Action Network “The Art of Reuse”, October 11, 3S Artspace, Portsmouth, NH.
-----Feet to the Fire: Riverfront Encounter held in Middletown, CT, on Saturday May 9th, sponsored by Wesleyan University’s College of the Environment.
-----Annual Member Show, New Britain Museum of American Art, New Britain, Connecticut.
2014
-----Atomic STEaM Photography Show, National Museum of Nuclear Science & History (a Smithsonian affiliated museum).
-----59th Annual Juried Exhibit and Sale, Wesleyan Potters, Middletown, Connecticut
2013
-----58th Annual Juried Exhibit and Sale, Wesleyan Potters, Middletown, CT
-----Weird Science, Middletown Artists Cooperative, MAC650 Gallery, Middletown, CT
-----Passionate Waters, Middletown Artists Cooperative, MAC650 Gallery, Middletown, CT
-----The Animals We Love, Gallery Arts Guild, Lakeville, CT
2001
-----Halpert Biennial, Appalachian State University, Boone, North Carolina.
----- The Young Contemporaries Annual Student Show, The Halsey Gallery, The College of Charleston, Charleston, South Carolina.
2000
-----Rocky Mountain Arts Center 43rd Annual Outdoor Art Show, Rocky Mountain, NC
----- The Young Contemporaries Annual Student Show, The Halsey Gallery, The College of Charleston, Charleston, South Carolina.
1999
-----The Young Contemporaries Annual Student Show, The Halsey Gallery, The College of Charleston, Charleston, SC
1996
-----The Young Contemporaries Annual Student Show, The Halsey Gallery, The College of Charleston, Charleston, SC
1995
-----The Young Contemporaries Annual Student Show, The Halsey Gallery, The College of Charleston, Charleston, SC
Miscellany
2015
-----Woodblock print in the Wet Paint on the Weskeag Auction to benefit the Georges River Land Trust, August 16, South Thomaston, Maine
-----McLain’s Printmaking Online and Print Catalog selected artist
2014
-----Commission, hand-made wood block for Taino Smokehouse, Middletown, Connecticut
-----December. Public printmaking workshop at the Green Street Art Center, Middletown, CT, in collaboration with the North End Action Team
-----November. Public printmaking workshop at the Green Street Art Center, Middletown, CT, in collaboration with the North End Action Team
-----October. “Craftivism on Main Street,” public art event with the North End Action Team on Main Street, Middletown, CT
