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Monday, May 4, 2015
Wednesday, April 8, 2015
Temporary Shelter: Renae Barnard's MFA Exhibition
For
Immediate Release: April 8, 2015
Contact: Jennifer Gracia
Exhibition: Temporary Shelter: MFA Thesis Exhibition of
Artist Renae Barnard
Dates: April 27- May 1, 2015, 10am-5pm
Opening Reception: Tuesday, April 28, 2015, 6-8pm
Location: Claremont Graduate University, East Gallery
251
E. Tenth Street, Claremont, CA 91711
Claremont, CA –Claremont Graduate University presents Temporary Shelter: MFA Thesis Exhibition of
Artist Renae Barnard, a solo exhibition of sculpture and installation. Many of Barnard’s sculptures are worked
within inches of collapse. The meticulously folded, twisted and sewn objects
are both destroyed by and reinforced with the repetitive gestures by which they
are made.
Barnard has been the recipient of many awards including but not limited to Outstanding Experimental Film, Sue Arlen Walker and Harvey M. Parker Memorial Fellowship, Armory Center for the Arts Teaching Artist Fellowship, Ahmanson Annual Fellowship, Christopher Street West Art & Culture Grant, Lincoln Fellowship Award and the Pasadena Arts Council Fiscal Sponsorship. Barnard has spoken about her work at the Open Engagement Conference at the Queens Museum, NY, The Long Beach LGTBQ Film Festival, Shoshana Wayne Gallery and Los Angeles Municipal Gallery.
About Claremont Graduate University
The MFA program at
Claremont Graduate University begins with the conviction that art is an
enterprise that is intimately linked to the individuals who make it, often in
ways that are not yet known to themselves or others. CGU is one of the seven
members of the Claremont Consortium, which includes the five Claremont Colleges
(Claremont McKenna, Harvey Mudd, Pitzer, Pomona, and Scripps) as well as the
Keck Graduate Institute. The faculty, facilities and resources of these
world-class institutions are available to MFA students
Claremont Graduate University's 2015 Open Studios
Join us at Claremont Graduate University's 2015 Open Studios Event. Sunday May 3rd, 2015 from 11am-5pm. Art Studios are located in the CGU Art Department building at 251 E. 10th Street Claremont, CA 91711. For more information visit www.cgu.edu/art or call 909-607-3631.
Open to the Public. Free of charge.
Thursday, March 5, 2015
Almost Home: An Exhibition of Paintings by Emerging Claremont Artists
Almost
Home: An Exhibition of Paintings by Emerging Claremont Artists
Free art exhibit to take place at City Hall from March
23rd 2015 – September 11th 2015.
Almost
Home presents fourteen works by ten
emerging artists currently enrolled in Claremont Graduate University’s MFA
Program. This exhibition continues a long tradition of highlighting MFA
candidates in the galleries of Claremont City Hall. Almost Home was curated by Renae Barnard and Jonathan Elder. It
will be on display from March 23rd
2015 – September 11th 2015.
Almost Home celebrates
the process of exploration and recognizes the intricacies involved in the movement
from the conceptual to the physical. These experimental practices and
open-ended methods of discovery allow viewers the opportunity to engage with a
broad range of materials and artistic approaches. Abstract paintings by Hazzar
Samman, Devin Johnson, Lara Salmon, Jonathan Elder, Lei Shen, Elizabeth
Hoffman, Hessah Alajaji, Lana Duong and Alana Medina are in quiet conversation
with representational works by Raheem
Fadul and Yehsiming Jue.
General
Information:
Claremont City Hall
207 N Harvard Ave, Claremont, CA 91711
Telephone: (909) 399-5444
Monday –Friday 7:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.
Admission: Free of charge
Contact:
Wednesday, February 18, 2015
Les Femmes Folles: The Women, 2014
Happy Women’s History Month! Available March 1 on Blurb.com:
Les Femmes Folles: The Women, 2014, is the fourth annual anthology including art, interview excerpts, poetry and short-form writing by women in all forms, levels and styles of art from around the world. Cover art by Christine Stoddard.
Writes author Cat Dixon (catdix.com): "Again Les Femmes Folles (now in its fourth year) delivers powerful poetry and inspiring art from some of the finest women producing creative work. From Laura Carlson's studio shot that begins the book to Susan Bee's bright collage and oil on canvas to Selima Dawson's powerful black, gray and red painting to the raw poetry of Andrea Potos…every page vibrates with intensity and vulnerability. Make no mistake: these women are proud, strong and fierce. The end of the book features a quote from beloved artist Wanda Ewing that says "You be you." Here each artist is herself and the book embraces the individual styles of the artists and writers. When these different artists are combined in one collection, the result is passionate and memorable."
Writes poet Sara Henning (sarahenning.net): "In Les Femmes Folles: The Women, 2014, expect to encounter a literary feast of feminism, a cornucopia of works and interviews from female artists and writers, a soirée of the divine feminine spirit that has always surged from patriarchy’s confining thumb-hold. Here, the fourth annual edition continues a lineage of female empowerment vetted in the previous editions, drawing on the sage guidance that women have shared with each other, words that have kept us alive. ‘Resist that anxious feeling that time is running out,’ Stephanie Kadel Taras tells us in one interview, ‘your artistic life lasts your whole life.’ Or as Ayn Frances dela Cruz tells us, ‘If art does things to you, makes you see and feel things, makes your heart beat you know, if you live it and breathe it, then maybe you could have a fuller, happier life in pursuing it.’"
Contributors include: Linda Adato, Beatriz Albuquerque, Renae Barnard, Sharon Louise Barnes, Susan Bee, Sandra Bouguerch, Tracy Brown, Jessica Burke, Laura Carlson, Amy Cerra, Olivia Ciummo, Tusia Dabrowska, Andrea Davis, Selima Dawson, Ayn Frances dela Cruz, Aster V. Delgado, Karen Fitzgerald, Sheila Grabarsky, Zoe Hawk, Megan Hildebrandt, Cindy Hinant, Breanne Holden, Patricia Izzo, Nugent Kos, Alinta Krauth, Melissa Ann Lambert, Erin Leland, Robin Little, Amelia Marzec, Rachel Mindrup, Mother Art Collective, Ellen Mueller, Christie Neptune, Christy Nicholas, Jane Odartey, Cathleen Parra, Stacey Piwinski, Joyce Polance, Caroline Record, Cindy Rehm, Martha Rial, Lauren Rinaldi, Elizabeth Ross, Marisol Salanova, Asia Scudder, Evelin Stermitz, Christine Stoddard, Simone Stoll, Brenda Stumpf, Bonnie MacAllister, Katrin Talbot, Cendres Lavy, Isabel Perez del Pulgar, Susana Amundaraín, Marlana Adele Vassar, Amy Gigi Alexander, Liz Axelrod, Tanaz Bhathena, Susana H. Case, Sarah A. Chavez, Carol Ciavonne, Kirsten Clodfelter, SuzAnne C. Cole, Julie Schwietert Collazo, Sally Cooper, Kate Falvey, Jamie Feldman, Sherese Francis, Sara Henning, Fran Higgins, Patrina Jones, Stephanie Kadel Taras, Kelli Stevens Kane, Sandra Gail Lambert, M. Mack, Mariana McDonald, L.Nahay, Andrea Potos, Nicole Provencher-Natale, Vanessa Raney, Gabrielle Selz, Emma Jo Stankiewicz, Donna Steiner, Jennifer MacBain Stephens, Judith Gold Stitzel, Nicole Tong, Joanna Valente, Deb Vanasse, Saira Viola, Amy Schriebman Walter, Phyllis Wax, Patricia Wellingham-Jones, Allison Wilkins, Laura Madeline Wiseman, Sara Landas and Holli Rae, Muriel Louveau, Mary Carrick and Maia Kumari Gilman.
Les Femmes Folles is a volunteer organization founded in 2011 with the mission to support and promote women in all forms, styles and levels of art from around the world with the online journal, print annuals, exhibitions and events; originally inspired by artist Wanda Ewing and her curated exhibit by the name Les Femmes Folles (Wild Women). LFF Books is a micro-feminist press that publishes 1-2 books per year by the creators of Les Femmes Folles including Intimates & Fools (Laura Madeline Wiseman, 2014) and The Hunger of the Cheeky Sisters: Ten Tales (Laura Madeline Wiseman/Lauren Rinaldi, 2015). Other titles include Les Femmes Folles: The Women 2011, 2012 and 2013, available on blurb.com, including art, poetry and interview excerpts from women artists. A portion of the proceeds from LFF books and products benefit the University of Nebraska-Omaha’s Wanda Ewing Scholarship Fund.
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