Artist Talks and Demos
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Watch short demos by Pyramid’s Artistic Associates as they guide us with helpful tips for in-studio art making. Also below are in-depth artist talks by Pyramid’s Artists-in-Residence and exhibiting artists in the Helen C. Frederick Gallery.
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Art Demos
Paper Couching with Selene
Emulsion Screen Coating with Korey
Getting Ink Out of Its Can with Niki
Artist Talks
“Paravisions: Sketching an Alternate Art(World)” by Imar Hutchins, Zoma Wallace and Matthew Gordon
Using our panelists’ recent project honoring the Windrush Generation in Birmingham, UK, as a point of entry, we consider questions such as: Is Art (as we experience it today) exclusively the province of the wealthy? Is it a status symbol? A commodity to be hoarded and flipped? Is Art trapped in a space of monetary concern, or does it still have room to move as a vehicle for something else? How should we (can we) consider work by Black artists, as we deal with the current “mainstream” fascination with it? And how should we (can we) protect it? … Our panel seeks to question the ways that Art can be experienced, presented, collected, utilized and/or understood.
SANA(A) – Print Works by Jessica Sabogal and Shanna Strauss
SANA(A) debuts the six-year collaboration between life partners and artistic duo Jessica Sabogal and Shanna Strauss. Together, they meticulously hand-print their individual and collaborative works on paper, encompassing an array of techniques.
Between Two Fires Artist Talk with Sue Carrie Drummond
Sue Carrie Drummond gives us an in-depth look into her process for creating the pieces in the exhibition Between Two Fires. The exhibition features meticulously layered work using different process combinations, including hand dying, screenprinting, stitching, bookmaking, and handmade paper with blowouts, the last being a process for which Drummond is particularly known.
Over the Rainbow Artist Talk with Gail Shaw-Clemons
Washington, D.C. Artist Gail Shaw-Clemons’ mastery of the rainbow roll technique is on full display in this vibrant exhibition of her monotype sculptural prints. Her work challenges the eye to see color not experienced before. Nearly 50 of these vivid works comprise the exhibition, dominant in the series are sculptural assemblages that twist paper and color into even more high-contrast rainbows.
Artist Talk with Etai Rogers-Fett
Watch Etai talk about the work he completed during his Keyholder Artist Residency at Pyramid Atlantic during 2022/23.
Artist Talk with Winston Harris
Watch Winston talk about the work he completed during his Keyholder Artist Residency at Pyramid Atlantic during 2022/23.
Artist Talk with Curlee Holton on Printmaking with David Driskell
From the Collectors' Preview Reception of A COLLABORATION OF CREATIVITY: PRINT WORK BY DAVID C. DRISKELL. Dr. Curlee Holton who curated this show talks to us about his printmaking collaboration with David Driskell.
PASTPORTS Artist Talk with Rosa Leff
In her meticulously hand-cut streetscapes, Rosa Leff explores changing cities and the concept of time. Her subject matter is drawn from photos she took during her travels, including the destinations of Japan, China, Puerto Rico, and the U.S.
The exhibition features work Leff made pre-pandemic based on these images, alongside new work based on photos from the same travels. With a post-lockdown eye, she has discovered new details in the source material that were seemingly insignificant before and are now beautifully intriguing.