Hey Madison friends,
This Saturday 3-6pm is the reception for the Communication Madison
Pop- up at Garver Canvas!! The exhibition titled Call and Response: Building relationships Between Artists and With Community has received a great response from the community ❤️
Help us celebrate the work of over 50 artists from the 5hop and even more work from @artworkingmadison artists for the entire day!
I have a few works on view including this original Wellness #1, a woodcut print on clothing pattern paper on canvas. It's a nest of birds that have kept my mental well-being in check during these past few years 🕊️
Hope to see both artists and community alike!
* Masks are and will continue to be required in this space*
Wellnest
Messages in the nest
This nest sat in an exhibition for a little over a month. I think many thought the nest looked complete, but this piece was meant to invite reflection, interaction. Perhaps it looked too finished.
Much like every other piece of work I create/ collaborate on I have to release expectations and stand with curiosity.
With a social practice piece like this nest where the artist isn't there in person it's hard to gauge how much participation there will be. I'm glad to see even a few answers woven into the nest when I arrived to dismantle the work.
Prompts :
What ideas, thoughts, actions do you want to incubate for the future?
What makes a safe space, and/ or home?
How do we build on/ with what we already have to create new pathways for connection?
A message from the nest:
"Things are rarely easy at the start. When we learn something new, there comes a time when the enormity of the task is realized.. " I will never be that good" we think. And so we sink back into the familiar. Build on mistakes- that's how you reach new heights."
This message is the very message I needed to see when I started reflecting about the success of this piece.
Keep building folks!
Image Description: a tangle of electric cords in different colors surrounds a handwritten message on paper, the words quoted above"
Wellnest #3
Tonight is the opening reception of the Symbiosis exhibition at Communication in Madison
To celebrate showing my most recent woodcut alongside other amazing shop artists I dropped some limited edition risograph Wellnest prints in the shop 🎉
2 different nests only 13- 11"x8.5" prints available in the shop so get them while they last
All sorts of color backgrounds available.
See you tonight. I'll be wearing a bird dress 🐦
Wellnest #1
Original woodcut " Wellnest #1" is on view at Wisconsin Lutheran College, Schleuter Art Gallery now through Oct 15th.
You can see prints of this piece up during Interconnected as well but if you're in the Madison area you can spy a special floated print up at Symbiosis opening this Saturday 3-8pm at Communication, Madison, WI This is a group show celebrating shop artists that have helped my home away from home ( Communication) continue thriving during uncertainty.
Hope you can stop by!!
Image Description: A piece of woodcut with painted black background has a nest like structure cut out of the middle, it's a lighter sepia tone. Within thr nest structure are black outlines and characteristics of 25 birds found in Wisconsin that overlap and blend into one another
Wellnest Installation
Interconnected exhibition brought to you by the made up term/ definition
Wellnest:
Where creating safe space and mental well-being intersect.
Image Descriptions:
A sculpture of a large scale nest of tied electric cords is placed on top of a pedestal.
3 pieces of art nests hang on a wall their details barely discernable
Close-up of a black and cream printed nest of birds on canvas
Close-up of Art installation that shows interconnected branching pattern. Parts are cut out so you can see through the piece.
Various risograph prints ( gold and black) of mirrored birds form nests on various colors of paper and backgrounds
Tomorrow is opening day! Snag your risograph nest and other printed goodies during the reception at Wisconsin Lutheran College, Schkueter Gallery MKE WI
And join me also in celebrating the work of Beth Stoddard
Work in Progress - Wellnest #1
Building nests on many levels. Trying to hold a space for myself so I don’t burnout
This is an act of preservation, and of self care.
As yet another wave of COVID-19 descends and we live a daily unknown, this is a reminder that we are connected.
Even the smallest action of care, of presence matters. These tiny moments with nature are monumental. They provide clues to our own survival.
What moments do you include in your nest, your place of being?
Birds are experts of intuition. They buildand care for the future, utilizing whatever detritus they find in their ecosystems. How can we use what is already on hand to build for future generations?
This and other nests will be on view at the Schlueter Art Gallery, Wisconsin Lutheran College, Milwaukee Sept 10 - Oct 15 along with the work of Beth Stoddard in our combined exhibition “Interconnected”.