Sculpture
Code: A03W01-21
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Students of any skill and knowledge level.
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Virtual Workshop
Virtual Workshop, learn from the comfort of your own home.
VIRTUAL WORKSHOP
Fluid Sculpture: object making, installation and performance
Apr 19 - May 19, 2021
Monthly- Third Monday & Wednesday, 3PM-4PM MST
Concept
Anderson Ranch invites you to join our online community to participate in a stimulating and interactive Critical Dialog Program about the spacious world of contemporary sculpture, installation and performance. Through lectures, readings and discussions with leading contemporary artists, this monthly virtual course explores process, spacial considerations and community activations/engagements. Topics for discussion and exploration include maintaining inspiration within a studio practice, intentional materials choices and strategies for collaboration, participation and intervention. All are welcome to join us in this conversation.
January 18 & 20, 2021 – Arthur Simms – An Artist in a Time of Isolation
Arthur Simms tells his personal story of maintaining a studio practice while in isolation through using available resources and motivating himself to continue to develop a visual narrative through found objects. Arthur is best known for his found-object sculptures composed of everyday objects such as bicycle wheels, bottles, stones, chairs, rope and wire, his work connects the disparate elements of the diasporic experience.
February 15 & 17, 2021- Kalup Linzy – Crossing Boundaries and Merging Media
Kalup Linzy discusses how his work explores cultural identities, gender fluidity, and boundaries across various mediums—including video, performance, photography, collage, fashion, television, music, and film.
March 15 & 17, 2021 – Cesar Cornejo – Social Practice and the Studio
Cesar Cornejo addresses the relationship between the solitude of studio practice and the collaborative spirit of social based practice, focusing on how each feeds into the other and their particular challenges and possibilities when tackling larger problems like a global pandemic.
April 19 & 21, 2021 – Kelly Taylor Mitchell – Sensory Installation and its Potential for Creating an Immersive Experience
Kelly Taylor Mitchell discusses the elements of an installation that can entrench a participant in time, space, smell, texture and imagery to captivate both physically and emotionally.
May 17 & 19, 2021 – Gracelee Lawrence – Digital Erotics: The Biocyborg’s Dilemma
Gracelee Lawrence explores the notion of biocyborgism in the tensions between digital and physical materiality. Using the lens of the erotic, or being in relation to the unknown, the idea of biocyborgism is embodied in the fantasy or human evolution choosing soft rather than hard technology.
Media
This workshop meets via Zoom Video Conferencing software (download free from Zoom.com). An Anderson Ranch staff member co-teaches the class and coordinates the online platform. Further details will be emailed to registrants.
Faculty
Arthur Simms
Jamaican by birth, Arthur Simms resides in Staten Island. His work has been presented at the Jamaica Pavilion at Venice Biennale, Venice Italy, as well as the Brooklyn Museum of Art., the Neuberger Museum, and the American Academy in Rome.
Kalup Linzy
Born in Stuckey, Florida, Kalup Linzy received his MFA from the University of South Florida and attended the Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture. He has been the recipient of numerous awards including the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation fellowship, Creative Capital Foundation grant, a Jerome Foundation Fellowship and is currently a Tulsa Artist Fellow.
Cesar Cornejo
Cesar is an interdisciplinary artist and activist, whose work deals with the relationship between art, architecture and society. He has been influenced by the experience of living and working in Peru, Japan, England and the U.S. He is the founder of Puno MoCA and is represented by gallery Ed Cross Fine Art, London.
Kelly Taylor Mitchell
Kelly Taylor Mitchell is an installation, paper, and book artist currently based in Atlanta, GA. Kelly earned her MFA from the Rhode Island School of Design. She is an Assistant Professor of Art and Visual Culture at Spelman College.
Join Waitlist for VIRTUAL WORKSHOP
Fluid Sculpture: object making, installation and performance
Thank you for your interest in the waitlist. When space in a workshop or program becomes available, registration will open on the website. Everyone on the waitlist will be emailed to alert them of the opening. This ensures that everyone has an equal opportunity to register for the workshop or program.
Workshop Details
Scholarships, College Credit & Discounts
Making Art Accessible
Applications for scholarship support are encouraged. Specific scholarships are funded by Ranch supporters, either through endowed funds or special gifts.
Many colleges and universities offer college credit for workshops taken at Anderson Ranch. Discounts are available for students and teachers.
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