Friends,
I hope you are all well and safe.
Despite the current...everything...I'm so happy to announce a group show 2 years in the planning: Fragile Domestic, on Friday, October 2, at the Bunnell Street Arts Center in Homer, Alaska, featuring the work of 5 Alaskan women artists Sonya Kelliher-Combs, Keren Lowell, Hollis Mickey, Susan Joy Share and myself. This exhibition roams a literal and emotional landscape, exploring the female experience within domestic spaces and our relationship to materials, women’s work and expectation.
Please join us for any or all of the related programming:
Artist Talk: October 2, 6 pm AKST/10 pm EST, streamed on Bunnell's FB or via Zoom registration.
Workshop: Personal Symbology in Stitch, presented by Amy Meissner and Hollis Mickey, Sunday, October 4, 1-3 pm AKST/5-7 pm EST (2-hour Zoom session/$25). This online workshop will focus on using personal symbols, repetition and mark-making in embroidery to explore symbology, meaning, metaphor and mysticism. Tarot reading included! Recommended materials include paper and pen, needle and thread, and a piece of cloth in an embroidery hoop for small scale experimenting. Register here: (https://www.bunnellarts.org/events/symbology-workshop-with-amy-meissner-and-hollis-mickey-october-4-2020/.)
Inspiration and Adaptation Podcast Series: Friday, October 9, 11-12 AKST/3-4 EST. From the current pandemic to social unrest, recession and planetary collapse, the Bunnell Arts Center's “Inspiration and Adaptation,” explores themes of challenging times. This weekly conversation with Alaska artists offers strategies and perspectives that everyone can learn from. To join our conversation about Fragile Domestic, please register here: (https://www.bunnellarts.org/inspiration-and-adaptation/)
Workshop: Scene From Home, presented by Susan Joy Share, Sunday, October 11, 1-3 pm AKST/5-7PM EST (2 hour Zoom session / $25). Learn several simple paper pop-up mechanisms and create a vignette that highlights views in, around or from your home. Please have the following materials and tools on hand – scissors, glue stick, white glue, 8.5” x 11” paper (text and card weight). Optional materials include old drawings/paintings on paper, ephemera, photos, cereal box cartons, office envelopes, drawing/painting supply. Register here: https://www.bunnellarts.org/events/bookarts-workshop-with-susan-joy-share-october-11-2020/
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In the gallery, I will be showing a series of new large wall work as well as a series of 10 small "Tripping Hazards." (haha!) Work by all artists will be for sale on the Bunnell online art store beginning October 2: https://bunnell-street-arts-center.square.site/
Be well, all.
Amy
