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NEW INSTALLATION: Thirst
Thirst an installation by J.J. McCrackencurated by Claire Huschle January 7 through February 18, 2012 opening reception Saturday, January 7, 5:30-8 pm artist talk Thursday, February 16, 7 pm
39th Street Gallery second floor Gateway Arts Center 3901 Rhode Island Avenue Brentwood, MD 20722
Gallery hours: Thursdays and Fridays 7-9 pm Saturdays 12-3 pm
“Thirst is a response to McCracken's two-person
performance Thirst, and the
Martyr. Both works draw attention to access to resources, asking
viewers to consider scarcity and abundance, both locally and globally. Where the performance
allowed for a passive reception, however, Thirst places performative
responsibility on the audience. Viewers
are required to keep their attention fixed upon their senses, movement, and
personal space. In this light, the installation invokes experiences both
familiar and foreign.”
—Claire
Huschle, Curator
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RED DIRT OPEN STUDIO
Sunday, November 13, 2011noon to 5 pm
Red Dirt Studio 3706-08 Otis Street Mt. Rainier, MD 20712 |
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ARTIST TALK: Busboys & Poets
Friday, November 5 at 5:30 pm
Busboys & Poets Hyattsville Howard Zinn Room 5331 Baltimore Avenue Hyattsville, MD 20781
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LECTURES: Corcoran
Two lectures on HUNGER project to food justice classes taught by Professor Laura McGough at the Corcoran School of Art in Washington, DC
Thursday, October 13, 2011
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PERFORMANCE: Thirst, and the Martyr
Thirst, and the Martyr
To be performed during the (e)merge art fair
September 22-25, 2011
Performance: SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 24, 3 PM
(e)merge art fair
Capitol Skyline Hotel
10 I (Eye) Street SW
Washington, DC 20024
Admission fees and info at
www.emergeartfair.com
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Ancient Ceramics, Contemporary Response
A virtual exhibition of J.J. McCracken's Mold Series, in conjunction with Ancient Iranian Ceramics at the Smithsonian's Sackler Gallery; curated by Alexander Nagel
July 2011-2012
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In J.J. McCracken's Mold Series, clay reproductions of ancient vessels are housed under antique bell jars, referencing the museum culture of specimen-collecting, of preservation. But, unfired and therefore ever-changing, the objects deteriorate and mold, reminding us that ancient artifacts such as the ones in this exhibition are not static, but have changed over the nearly 3,000 years of their existence.
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Launching a NEW T-SHIRT LINE!
EARTH TO TABLE t-shirts:
To fund summer enrichment programming at Stenton Family Manor Homeless Shelter--stay tuned for details about how to donate to the project...
T-shirts are $20-25, depending on style
ALL PROCEEDS GO TO:
BRINGING ART EDUCATION TO HOMELESS CHILDREN
SUPPORTING IMPROVED FOOD QUALITY IN A BLIGHTED URBAN NEIGHBORHOOD
All drawings on t-shirts are original works by shelter children fully aware they are working to raise funding to improve food quality at the shelter
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GRANT: Puffin Foundation
To fund new work:
The Urban Biomonitor Project, 2011
COMING SOON!
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EXHIBITION, LECTURE: at The College of William & Mary, Williamsburg, VA
The Old Power Plant: 35 Years of Ceramics at William and Mary
March 31-April 22, 2011
Andrews Gallery
The College of William & Mary
Williamsburg, VA
Artist Talk: J.J. McCracken
April 21, 4:30 pm
This exhibition offers a look back at Professor Marlene Jack’s decades-long career as an artist-educator, revealing ripples of influence that have traveled far and wide and celebrating the achievements of several former students.
View Exhibit Gallery
Professor Jack invited former students who have followed a career path in ceramics – as teachers, as full-time studio artists, or in some other significant direction involving artistic work in clay.
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AWARD: MARYLAND STATE ARTS COUNCIL
2011 Maryland State Arts Council Individual Artist Award in Visual Arts: Sculpture
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YoYoMagazine LAUNCH
Winter 2011 brings the inaugural issue of YoYoMagazine, AT ZERO, including an article on the HUNGER project.
Fantastic reading, free at this link! (click LAUNCH above)
From the editors:
YoYoMagazine is a journal publishing art, narrative, and poetry, with each issue centered on a theme. YoYoMagazine is unique in that our structure is inherently conversational. Beginning with excerpts of a conversation amongst the editors, we ask for contributions that extend our interpretations of the theme. We think of this first issue as the initial iteration: the Yo. The entire first issue becomes a call to all readers for responses. So often, one reads or sees something and thinks, I wish they knew about my work. If you think your work is in conversation with our theme, send it to us. The second iteration, which are selected responses to the first issue, comprises the second Yo in YoYo.
We are interested in all kinds of art, including that which can be easily categorized and that which defies labels; we publish a variety of poetry, sculpture, prose poetry, short fiction, flash fiction, myth, nonfiction, installations, photography, socially-engaged research, personal essays, editorials, and interdisciplinary creations. Our online format allows for creative display of multimedia and visual works.
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CLIMATE, CONTROL at Civilian Art Projects, Washington, DC
climate, control
featuring:
j.j. mcCracken
jan razauskas
millicent young
January, 21 - February 19, 2011
opening reception January 21, 7-9 pm
artist talk February 19, 4 pm
Civilian Art Projects
1019 7th Street NW Washington, DC 20001
(202) 607.3804
www.civilianartprojects.com
exhibition curated by Karyn Miller & Kristina Bilonick
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ESSAY: STUDIO POTTER
"Teach Them to Fish," by J.J. McCracken
Published in Vol. 30, No. 1 of Studio Potter, a journal promoting discussion of the technology, criticism, aesthetics, and history of ceramics.
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JUXTAPOSITION at the Morris & Gwendolyn Cafritz Foundation Arts Center in Silver Spring, Maryland
December 10-January 28, 2010
Juxtaposition: The Annual Faculty & Staff Show
King Street Gallery
Morris & Gwendolyn Cafritz Foundation Arts Center
Mongtomery College, Takoma Park/Silver Spring, Maryland
An exhibition featuring works created by the faculty and staff of the Department of Visual Arts and Design, and faculty and staff from the School of Art + Design at Montgomery College on the Takoma Park/Silver Spring Campus.
Reception: Thursday, December 10, 2009, 5:30-7:30 p.m.
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RED DIRT OPEN STUDIO
November 14, 2010, 1-5 pm
Our annual fall open studio at Red Dirt: come see all the new work, new ideas, work-in-progress by
Director Margaret Boozer and Artists-In-Residence Kate Hardy, J.J. McCracken, Siobhan Rigg
with Irma Alba, Graham Boyle, Barry Goldstein, Ben Graham-Putter, Sean Lundgren, Ume Hussain, Lindsay Rowinski, Tetyana Wittkowski
And in the Red Dirt Gallery: Alexa Meade
RED DIRT STUDIO
3706-08 Otis Street, Mt. Rainier, MD 20712
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ARTAXIS.ORG
October 2010
artaxis.org is a growing catalog of contemporary ceramic artists and their work, a resource that can be used by academia as well as the general public. The goal of artaxis.org is to create an online community of artists thus promoting discussion, interaction, and collaboration.
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LECTURE: MICA
October 27, 2010: noon
Artist's talk at Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD.
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EARTH TO TABLE (a fundraiser for the HUNGER, PHILADELPHIA project)
October 1-31, 2010
with a First Friday opening sale on October 1 from 6-9 pm
The Kathryn E. Narrow Educational Resource Center
The Clay Studio
137-139 N. 2nd St.
Philadelphia, PA 19106
EARTH TO TABLE is a sale of drawings (on handmade plates) by children, designed to raise funding in support of the Hope Farm’s efforts to feed children and their families at Stenton Family Manor, a homeless shelter for families in Philadelphia. The Hope Farm was built by Weavers Way Community Programs (WWCP) and is the shelter’s sole source of fresh produce in a struggling urban neighborhood.
Each drawing is an original work by a child-resident of Stenton Manor, or by a child living in the region produced on behalf of the children at Stenton Manor and improving their food quality.
ALL donations, including proceeds from drawing/plate sales, go to Stenton Manor/WWCP’s Hope Farm. The impact is twofold; this fundraiser supports the improved quality of food served at the shelter, as well as the Hope Farm’s programs that enrich the lives of resident children (and especially their shelter experience) by teaching them about growing their own food.
Supporters offering a $100 donation will receive a drawing/plate of their choice from the available works, along with a series of EARTH TO TABLE images by project creator/artist J.J. McCracken.
The work may be retrieved directly from the gallery, or add $25 for shipping & handling. (Gallery address above)
Individual EARTH TO TABLE drawings are viewable at www.theclaystudio.org, click on exhibitions and then EARTH TO TABLE (or click image above).
TO DONATE, or to order a specific drawing/plate, log on to www.jjmcCracken.com and click on FUNDRAISER. Donations are payable through PayPal (we accept all major credit cards and you don’t need a PayPal account) or by check (payable to: Weavers Way Community Programs, with Hope Farm in the memo; checks may be mailed to the address above).
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MADE AT THE CLAY STUDIO: Work by Guest Artists-In-Residence 2009-2010
August 6 - September 12, 2010
Opening Reception:
First Friday, August 6, 5-9pm
An exhibition featuring artists who worked in Philadelphia during the 2009-2010 exhibition season as Guest Artist-In-Residence at The Clay Studio; Reed Smith Gallery (at The Clay Studio, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania).
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ART SCOUTS at Arlington Arts Center, Arlington, Virginia
June 18-August 21, 2010
OPENING RECEPTION WITH LIVE PERFORMANCES:
June 18, 6-9 pm
For ART SCOUTS, six accomplished artists with strong presences in the D.C. metro region explain how and why they make their art—by presenting other artists who use the same materials or methods.
These six artists all work in different (but related, sometimes overlapping) disciplines: Zoe Charlton (drawing), Mary Early (sculpture), J.J. McCracken (performance and installation), Maggie Michael (painting), Jefferson Pinder (video), and Kerry Skarbakka (photography).
Each ART SCOUT will curate one of the AAC’s separate gallery spaces. The resulting show will highlight six distinctive points of view, explain what it means to take a contemporary approach to a particular medium, and underscore the ways in which artists forge relationships and define their own peer groups within the art world.
There will be two live performances during the opening reception on June 18:
In the Smith Corridor Gallery on the main floor, Philadelphia artist Ryan Kelly will produce cardboard cutouts and wall drawings onsite in order to construct his own impromptu version of Superman’s Fortress of Solitude. Kelly will be wearing his own hand-sewn Superman costume.
And downstairs in the Truland Experimental Gallery, fellow Philadelphia artist Jerry Kaba will offer a performance piece involving children in hazmat suits made from fleece and flannel (see image above) romping on playground equipment bolted into the gallery’s concrete floor.
Below is a complete list of ART SCOUTS artists:
Selin Balci, Christian Benefiel, Sally Bozzuto, Michael Paul Britto, Dustin Carlson, Magali Duzant, Suzi Fox, Nicholas Frank, Loren Gold, Michelle Grabner, Felicity Hogan, Jason Hughes, Jerry Kaba, Laura Jean Kahl, Ryan Kelly, Kevin Kepple, Brad Killam, Michele Kong, Elin Lennox, Jackie Milad, David Page, Matt Ravenstahl, John Riepenhoff, José Ruiz, Chris Ruppenthal, Oscar Santillan, James Robert Southard, Madeline Stillwell, Bill Thelen, Austin Thomas, Rene Trevino, Elena Volkova
Look for upcoming ART SCOUTS events in July and August hosted by Philippa Hughes’s PINK LINE PROJECT: Speed Dating, July 21; Critique the Critics, Aug 3; Field Day, Aug 14.
Arlington Arts Center, 3550 Wilson Blvd, Arlington, VA 22201
Contact: Jeffry Cudlin, Director of Exhibitions
jeffry.cudlin@arlingtonartscenter.org
703-248-6800
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18th SAN ANGELO NATIONAL CERAMIC COMPETITION at the San Angelo Museum of Fine Arts, San Angelo, Texas
April 16-June 20, 2010
The National Ceramic Competition is a juried exhibit that features work from leading ceramic artists as well as undiscovered new talent from across the nation, Canada and Mexico.
The juror for the 2010 competition is Sherman Hall, Editor of Ceramics Monthly and Co-Host of CeramicsArtsDaily.org.
The Eighteenth San Angelo National Ceramics Competition will continue on display through June 20, 2010. Information on all events can be obtained by calling the museum at 325-653-3333.
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ARTISTS OF THE GATEWAY ARTS DISTRICT at the new Gateway Arts Center at Brentwood, Brentwood, Maryland
March 19-April 10, 2010
AT OUR BRAND NEW ART CENTER IN BRENTWOOD!
The Brentwood Arts Exchange presents its inaugural exhibition: ARTISTS OF THE GATEWAY ARTS DISTRICT.
Juried by Lenny Campello, the show offers an impressive highlight of the art and artists who make the Gateway Arts District great. The exhibition features work by 26 artists; brand new faces as well as well-known DC/Metro arts powerhouses.
Including work by Mt. Rainier Aritsts: Alan Binstock, Kyan Bishop, Margaret Boozer, Kate Hardy, Michael Janis, J.J. McCracken, Lindsay Sherman, Shahin Shikaliyev, Tim Tate, Valerie Theberge, Erwin Timmers, Sarah Wegner, and Ellyn Weiss. Also important and in the show are: Laurie Breen, Ed Burck, Katie Dell Kaufman, Alison Duvall, Pete Duvall, Cheryl Edwards, Joe Hicks, Tom Hill, Jonathan Kellogg, Davide Korte, and John Paradiso.
Brentwood Arts Exchange
at the Gateway Art Center
3901 Rhode Island Avenue, Brentwood, MD 20722
301-277-2863
email contact: phil.davis@pgparks.com
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SMALL FAVORS V at The Clay Studio, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
May 7 – 30, 2010
Small Favors V highlights small works, sculptural, functional and decorative objects. Each artist was asked to create a work using a wall mounted plexi-glass cube, 4"L x 4"W x 4"H. What they chose to do with the cube was up to them. Most created objects that fit comfortably within the confines of the box. Some chose to break out of these confines. All however, celebrate the diminutive object and truly demonstrate that size doesn't always matter.
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HUNGER, PHILADELPHIA Exhibition Catalog
March 31, 2010
HUNGER, PHILADELPHIA exhibition catalog available for purchase, with essay "Let Them Eat Clay," by John Perreault.
Contact The Clay Studio at 215.925.3453 or info@theclaystudio.org to order.
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HUNGER, PHILADELPHA at the Painted Bride in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
March 31-May 15, 2010
HUNGER, PHILADELPHIA: solo exhibition at the Painted Bride Arts Center, Philadelphia, PA
The installation will be active (performances):
Thursday and Friday, April 1-2 from 6:30-8:30 pm and
Friday, May 7 from 5-7:00 pm
Closing ceremony: Saturday, May 15 at 1:00 pm
Visual artist J.J. McCracken spent the summer of 2009 as Guest Artist-In-Residence at The Clay Studio in the Old City neighborhood of Philadelphia laying the foundation for this upcoming active installation. The project will be exhibited at The Painted Bride Art Center from March 31 to May 15, 2010 and directly responds to the issue of hunger in Philadelphia. It is one of 92 exhibitions that are part of the 44th Annual National Council on Education for the Ceramic Arts (NCECA) conference taking place in Philadelphia from March 31 – April 3, 2010, for which The Clay Studio is serving as the onsite liaison and organizing body of the exhibitions program.
Calling attention to need as an under-discussed issue in society, the HUNGER project juxtaposes plenty with value, immediate gratification with sustainability.
McCracken’s other recent project-scale works probe interests in accumulation, the ideal of perfection, and decay. Per installation, each project reflects observations on the passage of time, mass production, and consumption/consumerism. The artist often inserts repeated, cyclical human action into either highly sterile, factory-like production settings or arid, geologic landscapes to set the act of attempted preservation against struggle, loss, and ultimately, futility.
Here, focus shifts toward repair and tending as this new project develops in response to Philadelphia’s urban community.
McCracken is partnered with The Clay Studio, The Arlington Arts Center, The Painted Bride, and Weaver’s Way Community Programs for the execution of this project.
The installation will be active during the evening hours of Thursday and Friday, April 1 and 2, and Friday, May 7, 2010. During a closing celebration on Saturday, May 15, all project proceeds, including a fully-functioning community garden, will be gifted to Stenton Family Manor, a homeless shelter in Philadelphia’s Mt. Airy neighborhood.
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HUNGER, PHILADELPHIA was commissioned by The Clay Studio (Philadelphia, PA) and by New York art critic John Perreault with support for development and planning provided by the Philadelphia Exhibitions Initiative, a program of the Philadelphia Center for Arts and Heritage, funded by The Pew Charitable Trusts and administered by the University of the Arts.
HUNGER, PHILADELPHIA was funded in part by the Harpo Foundation (Los Angeles, CA and Coconut Grove, FL) under the sponsorship of the Arlington Arts Center (Arlington, VA). Additional funding was provided by the William Penn Foundation (Philadelphia, PA).
Special thanks for plant/garden donations to Glenn Brendle & Green Meadow Farm (Gap, PA) and to Whitney Scott & Delaware Valley College Horticulture Production Unit (Doylestown, PA).
Special thanks for materials donations to Stancill’s, Inc. (Perryville, MD), and Margaret Boozer & Red Dirt Studio (Mt. Rainier, MD).
The HUNGER soundscape was designed for the project and will be performed live by INNERLOOP (Marc Blackwood & Joe Herrera).
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RED DIRT OPEN STUDIO
Saturday, December 12 , 2009
Open Studio Exhibition/Sale
12 - 5 pm
Margaret Boozer and Artists-In-Residence
Kate Hardy, Ani Kasten, and J.J. McCracken
with Irma Alba, Graham Boyle, Sandy Dwiggins, Leila Holtsman, Ume Hussain, Rachel Kofahl, Sean Lundgren, Linsday Sherman, Tetyana Wittkowski
Red Dirt Gallery is pleased to present
HAND OF FATE,
an installation by visiting artist
Lily DeSaussure
RED DIRT STUDIO
3706-08 Otis Street, Mt. Rainier, MD 20712
202.607.9472
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TRANSFORMER AUCTION 2009, Transformer Gallery, Washington, DC
November 7, 2009
WITNESS TO THE PASSING OF THE WORLD, ed. 2/6
Sold at Transformer's annual auction in Washington, DC.
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MATERIAL BEHAVIOR: A workshop on contemporary ceramics and non-permanence
November 2009
Lecture at the Alan Leis Center in Falls Church, Virginia, with a workshop on observing the ever-changing behavior of raw clay.
Following a lecture about my work, the workshop involves activities that examine and respond to the works of several important contemporary artists working in clay: Walter McConnell, Andree Singer Thompson, Jeanne Quinn, Neil Tetkowski, Clare Twomey, and Todd Leech.
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GRANT: HARPO FOUNDATION
October 15, 2009
With sponsorship from the Arlington Art Center and an invaluable partnership with its Executive Director, Claire Huschle, the HUNGER project has been awarded funding by the Harpo Foundation. We will use this grant to help build HUNGER, PHILADELPHIA (to be exhibited in April-May 2010) and extend the contribution this project will make to Philadelphia's urban community.
The project has many amazing partners, united to build an education garden for Stenton Family Manor, a homeless shelter for families in the northwest section of the city. We seek to enrich lives, empowering people so that they may gather the tools necessary to feed themselves fresh, local, affordable, culturally appropriate foods.
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GUEST ARTIST-IN-RESIDENCE: The Clay Studio
July-August 2009
Getting ready to spend the summer in Philadelphia as Guest Artist-In-Residence at The Clay Studio. This residency will allow me to lay the foundation for an upcoming solo exhibition/project.
Of all the proposals on the table, we are all most interested in a project I've designed about hunger. The exhibition phase of the project will occur at the Painted Bride in April-May 2010.
Now to make it Philadelphia-specific...
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LECTURE: The Clay Studio
July 23, 2009
Slide lecture about my work at TCS, Philadelphia, PA; free and open to the public.
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