The work is here, the lights are re-positioned, the paint is fresh…..
and all roads (especially ones made of yarn) lead to VisionMakers!
Remember, the soft opening is this Friday September 3rd, 5-8 pm and the official Opening Reception and Juror Critique will be next Saturday, September 11th.
VisionMakers is being installed as we speak over at Living Arts in the Brady Arts District….there’s paint, ladders, lights, and a team of people all working to show off this year’s best in fine craft.
Stay tuned for the “before” photos……
VisionMakers was featured in an article written by James D. Watts Jr. for the Tulsa World last Sunday.
Click here to read the article, which covers the history of the show, several quotes from our very own Jean Ann Fausser and Myra Block Kaiser, as well as the juror Jeannine Falino.
Living Arts will be open as a part of the Brady Arts District’s First Friday gallery walk this Friday, September 3rd from 5-7 pm. The official VisionMakers opening reception and juror’s critique will take place Saturday, September 11th. Mark your calendars!!
Are you an artist? Want to work on your artist statement? Probably not, right? But an artist statement is an integral part of showing work and preparing for public relations events during an exhibition.
The Oklahoma Visual Arts Coalition is hosting a workshop on September 11th from 12 - 3 PM to help you put together a cohesive and useful artist statement. A series of interactive exercises led by Elizabeth Downing, artist and writer, and Janice McCormick, writer, will help jump-start your writing process. This event is sponsored by the Arts and Humanities Council and the Visual Arts Center of Tulsa.
Plus, the workshop ends just in time for you to head over to the juror’s talk at 4 PM for VisionMakers…..
Register by September 8 and get additional $5 off. Click here to sign up.
Memberships to the Brady Craft Alliance are now available!
We’ve recently published the membership rates and benefits over on the Support page. You can pay through PayPal at the Tulsa Community Foundation’s website.
Joining the BCA means supporting local art and craft artists, helping bring high-caliber exhibitions to Tulsa, and develop a variety of programs focusing attention on modern craft.
In the ongoing discussion of art and craft, an installation piece at the
Museum of Contemporary Craft has created a bit of a stir and added
another dimension to the issue.
This is an interesting article from Art Ltd that talks about the piece, it’s position in
a craft museum, and curatorial considerations for modern craft exhibitions.
Something to keep in mind for the curatorial talk at VisionMakers on September 11th…..
VisionMakers artists Jean Ann Fausser and Shan Goshorn have already been “in the awards”….before the show even starts!
Fausser’s knotted teapot piece “Let Me Entertain You” recieved the Juror’s Choice award at Fiber Works 2010. If you’re in Oklahoma City anytime soon, the show us up at the IAO Gallery until July 18th.
Jean Ann Fausser, "Let Me Entertain You"
Shan Goshorn showed her talent and versatility by taking home blue ribbons in both photography and basketry at the Red Earth Festival in Oklahoma City. Her “Sealed Fate” basket will be exhibited at VisionMakers 2010.
Shan Goshorn, "Sealed Fate"
Although this is the first year for the Brady Craft Alliance to host the VisionMakers exhibitions, it has a rich twenty-two year history (you read it right – 22 years!!) showing work from the best and the brightest Oklahoma craftspeople.
VisionMakers began in 1988 under the auspices of the Oklahoma Arts Council and its visionary director, Betty Price. Premiering both at Tulsa’s Philbrook Museum and Oklahoma City’s Kirkpatrick Center, it included Philbrook’s Director Marcia Manhart as juror.
Solely in Tulsa the next year, VisionMakes was held at the Bank of Oklahoma Tower where one of Tulsa’s own sons, Kreg Kallenberger, was formally recognized as an award winner (Kreg’s work can also be seen in the VisionMakers 2010 show). The Oklahoma Visual Arts Coalition (OVAC) then assumed sponsorship of VisionMakers and held the next 16 exhibitions in various venues throughout the state.
It is with great pleasure that twenty-two years later, the Brady Craft Alliance returns VisionMakers to Tulsa, making it our signature event!
Juror Jeannine Falino has made her selections from hundreds of submitted pieces and the following artists will be showing their work at VisionMakers 2010:
W. Maurice Clyma
Eric Fransen
Todd Graham
Ken Hager
Heather Clark Hilliard
Pamela Husky
Donna Prigmore
Colleen Stiles
These artists work with materials ranging from felt and porcelain to turned wood and sterling silver. This year’s submissions represent some wonderful pieces and the Brady Craft Alliance would like to thank everyone who submitted. The quality of fine craft happening in Oklahoma now is nothing short of extraordinary.
We hope you can join us to see this wonderful work for the opening in September. Mark your calendars for September 11th from 4-6 for the curator’s talk and 6-9 for the reception at Living Arts.
The Fiberworks 2010 exhibit is opening TONIGHT, June 25th, at IAO Gallery.
This exhibit is sponsored by the Fiber Artists of Oklahoma and includes weaving, needlework, basketry, crochet, felt, and more. This is a great showcase of Oklahoma fiber and craft artists, so stop by and see what your artist neighbors have been “crafting” up recently.
Show runs through July 17th. But if you can’t make it now, this show will be coming to Tulsa in June of 2011.