Possibilities : Rising Stars of Contemporary

Craft in North Carolina

June 7 – November 30, 2008

MMCD: Jones Gallery

 

The exhibition focuses on the recent work of six North Carolina craft artists working in a range of media. They represent the vitality, diversity and complexity of work presented by a new generation of North Carolina artists. Selected for the quality of their work, the artists, visually and conceptually, exemplify the rich future of craft history in this region. The artists are Vivian Beer, Devin Burgess, Cristina Córdova, Anne Lemanski, Brent Skidmore, and Jerilyn Virden.

 

Vivien Beer, 2004, Filled with Birds and Beasts, detail, (36”x54”x92”each) steel, paint.

 

 

 Possibilities exhibition page on the Mint Museum website

 

 

 

Vivian Beer - Metal - Linear designs evolving into sculptural forms that function as seating

 

Devin Burgess - Glass - Elegant groupings of blown glass bridging the gap between the vessel and the sophistication of high design

  • Website - db glassworks
  • 2007 Craft Show Artist - Annual Philadelphia Museum of Art Craft Show. Scroll down to view.

 

Cristina Córdova - Ceramics - Latin American images evoking powerful emotions exploring the macabre and the surreal

  • Artists' website . Artist in Residence at the Penland School of Crafts, July 2002- July 2005.
  • Two articles from Ceramic Art & Perception reviewing Cordova's sculptures.
  • Workshop at the Mudfire Pottery Center in Atlanta

 

Anne Lemanski - Paper - Complex three-dimensional constructions of animal forms with politically charged images on hand printed fragmental surfaces

  • An example of Lemanski's art at the Asheville Art Museum. She recently completed her artist residency at Penland.
  • A larger image of the same piece from the Turchin Center for the Visual Arts. Anne Lemanski, (Mitchell County). "Shirley." Copper, vintage photos, and sinew. Photo courtesy of the artist.
  • "Got Bovine Growth Hormone ?" by Anne Lemanski
  • A brief description and a photo of Lemanski's Battle Zone, which she says is is “the result of sitting in my studio listening to NPR and being bombarded with talk and analysis about pulling troops out of Iraq.” Scroll halfway down the page.

 

Brent Skidmore - Furniture - Functional furniture with Stone Age influences playing archeological games with the Flintstones and funky humor

 

Jerilyn Virden - Ceramics - Sandblasted clay forms bridging the gap between the vessel and modernist sculpture

  • Jerilyn Virdin website . She was artist-in-residence at Penland School of Crafts from 2001-2004.
  • Virdin's Two Chambered Bowl which won the National Council on Education for the Ceramic ArtsPurchase Award in 2003.

 

 

Online and print resources

  • The Nature of Craft and the Penland Experience. New York : Lark Books, 2004. TT157 .N326 2004 - Many of the artists in this exhibition have been artists in residence or conducted workshops at Penland. The book, which was published in conjunction with an exhibition at the Mint Museum of Craft + Design in 2004, provides a history and describes attending the school. Available at the Mint Museum of Art Library.
  • The Creative Crucible at Penland by Christina Shimgel (pdf) which features three of the six Possibilities artists and provides images of each of them.
  • North Carolina Arts Discover Crafts Online : Dubbed "a traveler's guide", use it to search for galleries, workshops, etc. throughout NC.
  • Information on all of the artists can be found in the Arts Directory at the North Carolina Arts Council site. Use the Search site box at the top right corner of the page.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Page Created by Joe Eshleman, Library Assistant for The Mint Museum of Art.

 


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