March 4 - April 10, 2016
707 Gallery
707 Penn Avenue
Pittsburgh, PA
Whose Sleeves - Sept 3 - 28, 2015
WHOSE SLEEVES: A Group Show
Artworks arranged by: Peter Mandradjieff
Visual Artists: Bianca Beck, Jenn Nagle Myers, Leah Patgorski, Amelia Saddington
Response: Craig Fox (essay), Cate Peebles (poem)
At Union Hall, Pittsburgh, PA
From Sept 3 - 28, 2015
You can learn more about the show here
The genre of Japanese painting Tagasode Byobu (Whose sleeves?) depicts elegant fabrics draped on wooden clothing racks. The phrase, which comes from a tenth century Japanese poem, suggests the notion that an individual's personal effects project a more telling portrait than a lifelike depiction. Painted on the panels of folding screens, the viewer is invited to dream about what sort of person the owner might be. Who was just wearing these silks? Where did they go, and why? The suggestive genre seduces - and these art works seduce us, too, but in a way that engages us with intention and emotion.
Through familiar forms, these diverse art works connect us to psychological states and ask us to consider our relationship to personal and political identity, social isolation, ecological destruction, and gender roles. Texture, color, sound, and raw material create mood, scale and a heightened awareness of physicality. Everyday domestic actions, such as digging, sewing, painting, and sitting, are employed by the artists to create unique and powerful narratives within their work. These evocative objects tell compelling stories and elicit emotional reactions that urge us to realign our intellectual questions and experience a refreshed exploration of values, ideals, and love.
Creative NonFiction Magazine Cover and Illustrations
My drawing skills were put to good use recently when I did all the illustrations - including the cover! - for the Summer 2015 issue of Creative Nonfiction. Check it out here! The theme is WAITING. I have 7 full-page drawings in the issue and the experience of working on this was alot of fun!
Awarded $35,000 Residency Grant with Pittsburgh Filmmakers from the Pittsburgh Foundation and the Heinz Endowments
I received the Investing in Professional Artists Grant of $35,000 to support an artist residency with Pittsburgh Filmmakers. The grant will go towards the creation of short cinematic videos that focus on site-specific performances for camera, created in public and private spaces. The entire body of new work that this residency will produce is titled Wild Clarity.
More info on the grant here
https://pittsburghfoundation.org/node/36447
The Art and Inspiration Artist in Residence at Shaler North Hills Library
I am so pleased to announce that throughout the month of March 2015 I will be the official Art and Inspiration Artist in Residence at the Shaler North Hills Library, in Shaler, PA. Art and Inspiration with William Rock is a weekly gathering for artists to talk about process, creativity, and inspiration in their work.
As the Artist in Residence, every Thursday I will be at the library from 1 - 5pm, working with patrons one-on-one as an artist you can "check out" for creative consulting, as well as creating works in collaboration with you that revolve around drawing and collage and self-publishing books. The main focus of my time there will be to continue working on 'The Never-Ending Book of Women's Rights' with people at the library.
The culmination of the residency will become a performance to be held at the end of the month, exact details TBD.
I will also be attending each of the weekly Art and Inspiration Classes that take place from 7-9pm each Thursday night.
More information on the program here:
http://www.shalerlibrary.org
http://artandinspiration.centurymountain.com
Felt Book / January 30 - March 27, 2015
I contributed a home remedy in the form of a short video for the Felt Book, a creation and curated collection by the Institute of New Feeling. This work will be shown at SPACES gallery in Cleveland, Ohio from January 30 - March 27, 2015.
More information on their website here:
http://institutefornewfeeling.com/feltbook
UNLOADED / February 13 - April 26, 2015
New sculptural work will be exhibited as part of UNLOADED, a group exhibition curated by Susanne Slavick at Space Gallery in Pittsburgh, PA. The exhibition explores historical and social issues surrounding the availability, use and impact of guns on our culture.
Show runs February 13 - April 26, 2015
Artists Include:
Lauren F. Adams
Nina Berman
Josh Bienko
Casey Lee Brander
Anthony Cervino
Mel Chin
Cathy Colman
Dadpranks
James Duesing
Vanessa German
Jinshan
Andrew Ellis Johnson
Adrian Piper
Don Porcella
Susanne Slavick
Renee Stout
Stephanie Syjuco
TRANSLATIONS for the New Hazlett Theater debuts Friday December 12, 2014
TRANSLATIONS for the New Hazlett Theater!
Debuts Friday December 12, 8pm
One-Night Only!!
A One-Hour Performance in Six Acts!
Starring: Mimi Jong as the Musician, Jil Stifle and Jasmine Hearn as the Extinction, Joanna Reed as the Slow Activist, Gia Cacalano as the Woman Dancing, Scott Andrew as the Unreliable Narrator, Ricardo Iamuuri as The Weather, Christina Lee as the Artist, Tessa Barber as the Singer, Anqwenique Wingfield as Witness #2, Oreen Cohen as Witness #1, Kylan Bjornson as The Child, and Ji young Nam as the Last One Standing.
Lighting Design: Mark Bailey
Sound Design: SONARCHEOLOGY STUDIOS
Directed and Created by: Jennifer Nagle Myers
It is going to be such an experience! I hope, if you are close, you can come to the show.
The process of preparing for it has been epic!
June 23, 2014: Announced as one of the upcoming artists for the New Hazlett Theater CSA Performance Art series 2014 - 2015 →
Great news! I will be one of the New Hazlett Theater CSA Performing Artists for their 2014-2015 season. They accepted my application to translate my public performances -- Pittsburgh Performance Actions -- for stage. This will be a one-night show that takes place on December 12, 2014. More details will be announced as the date gets closer.
June 13, 2014: New work debuts for CSA PGH 2014! →
I was so glad to be part of the CSA PGH 2014 season, in its second year to encourage people to collect art and support local artists. This is the visual art part of the CSA program, the other part is for performing arts (which I am also part of, coincidentally). This program is very cool, run by some of the best people in the city.
First Place Woman Transformed 50 Times on May 16, 2014 was my contribution. It is the second manifestation of my ongoing series 'First Place Woman' and in this work I took a single trophy and allowed it transform 319 times in my studio with a wide variety of materials. I took photographs throughout the process and printed the 50 best as my contribution for the CSA.
From the website: Community Supported Art (CSA PGH) is a program that builds lasting relationships with artists and cultural consumers. Not unlike the boxes of fruit and vegetables that one might get from a local farm as an agricultural CSA, the CSA PGH creates “shares” of art to feed the public’s cultural appetite. Artists are commissioned to produce one edition-able work in a quantity of 50. Examples of creations might include photographs, small paintings or cast sculpture. These artworks are packaged, collated, and packaged into individual shares. Each share includes one work from each of the artists, and 50 identical shares will be made available to the public for a reasonable price.