Current & Upcoming Exhibitions:
Unraveling Tradition • Contemporary Artists Working with Fiber Media
July 17 – September 11, 2010
In the downstairs gallery, Unraveling Tradition focuses primarily on sculpture and installations, featuring the work of artists who use fabric, yarn, thread and various fiber media to create nontraditional objects and assemblages. They convey contemporary ideas and concerns, using traditional handwork techniques such as weaving, sewing, embroidery, felting, knitting and crochet. Artists from across the country include Mandy Greer, Miya Hannan, Sarah Hewitt, Lisa Kellner, Beili Liu, Tristin Lowe, Yelizaveta Nersesova, Ellen Rothenberg, Valerie Roybal, Alyce Santoro, Loren Schwerd and Jerilea Zempel. This exhibition is curated by 516 ARTS, and is in conjunction with Convergence: Albuquerque 2010 the International Fiber Arts Conference (July 18-24, 2010). More Details.
Restoration • Creative Work by Textile Conservators & Restorers
July 17 – September 11, 2010
In the upstairs gallery, Restoration features contemporary work by artists who have also worked in the antique textile restoration and conservation fields. In their own artwork, these artists reference traditional textile materials and techniques, the practices and metaphors of restoration/conservation and the beauty and inspiration of the artifacts with which they work. Artists from New Mexico and across the country include Laura Center, Frank Connet, Norma Cross, Kristal Hale, Jessie Hennio, Joyce Hulbert, Bojana Leznicki, Ilona Pachler, Kayla Paul and Chris Rolik. The exhibition is curated by Rufus Cohen, and is also in conjunction with Convergence: Albuquerque 2010 the International Fiber Arts Conference (July 18-24, 2010). More Details.
Street Text • Art from the Coasts & The Populist Phenomenon
October 2 – December 11, 2010
Street Text is a two-part exhibition examining Street Art and its evolution into a world-wide cultural movement. The upstairs portion of the exhibition titled Art From the Coasts is curated by Andrew Connors, Curator of Art at The Albuquerque Museum. He compares masters of graffiti art from New York and Los Angeles, including the work of Chaz Bojorquez, Gajin Fujita, John Lorne and Lady Pink, as well as the documentary photography of Henry Chalfant. It focuses on educating audiences about this highly developed international art form in contrast to tagging and vandalism. The downstairs portion of the exhibition titled The Populist Phenomenon is curated by Francesca Searer of 516 ARTS. It includes a mix of local, national and international artists, and examines the artists’ work as a means of expressing a message to the masses. Featured New Mexican artists include Ernest Doty, Jaque Fragua, Stevan Gutierrez, Thomas Christopher Haag, and Albert Rosales; and guest artists include Shepard Fairey, Gaia, Mark Jenkins, Alexandre Orion, Chris Stain, Slinkachu, SWOON and Chip Thomas. Work will include on and off-site installations, photographic documentation, portable representations of wheat-paste, stencil and canvas work methods and video clips and films of street artists in action. The Street Text exhibition is the center of a city-wide series of events titled Street Arts: A Celebration of Hip Hop Culture & Free Expression during October and November, presented in partnership with the ACLU-NM and local arts organizations. The project celebrates art in the urban environment and explores issues of free expression.
