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SUMMARY:Angela U. Drakeford: In bloom at the end of the world
DESCRIPTION:For her evocation of a sanctuary space\, In bloom at the end of the world\, Angela U. Drakeford calls forth stillness and rest. \nWith books\, comfortable seating\, bird song recordings\, and an abundance of plants that fill the gallery\, Drakeford prioritizes an atmosphere that allows for processing grief of all kinds—including loss of memories\, cultural traditions\, and communal support. \nIn bloom at the end of the world will be on view during colder months\, when gray skies and dormant outdoor plants can be seen through the windows of the Glass Gallery\, where Drakeford’s immersive installation resides. The strong contrast between the outdoor surroundings and the inviting interior acts as a reminder for the warmth and growth to come—both environmentally and personally. The promise of this comfort stimulated by nature and prioritizing wellbeing\, however\, requires time to witness the processes of rejuvenation. \nDrakeford will lead a series of workshops at JMKAC focusing on tending to plants and grief (view artist page below for details). Attendees will be guided in cultivating their own awareness of changes in themselves as well as in plants that surround them every day. Workshops will include exploring processes of wellness\, communication\, and self-love as they too grow and form roots. Therapeutic groups will also be invited to meet in the gallery to discuss death and strategies to understand loss. \nIn bloom at the end of the world is part of JMKAC’s Ways of Being theme\, wherein artists ask\, “What if?” Through the interplay of invitation and engagement\, Drakeford posits\, “What if we took respite?” \nhttps://www.jmkac.org/exhibition/angela-u-drakeford-in-bloom-at-the-end-of-the-world/ \nImage: Angela U. Drakeford: In bloom at the end of the world installation view at the John Michael Kohler Arts Center\, 2022
URL:https://artinamericaguide.com/event/angela-u-drakeford-in-bloom-at-the-end-of-the-world/
LOCATION:John Michael Kohler Arts Center\, 608 New York Avenue\, Sheboygan\, WI\, 53081\, United States
CATEGORIES:Exhibition
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SUMMARY:Sky Hopinka: I’ll Remember You as You Were\, Not as What You’ll Become
DESCRIPTION:An elegy to the late Native American poet Diane Burns\, Sky Hopinka’s I’ll Remember You as You Were\, Not as What You’ll Become is a meditation on mortality\, reincarnation\, and the forms the transcendent spirit takes while descending upon landscapes of life and death The film continues Hopinka’s exploration of the ways his indigenous homeland\, language\, and identity interconnect. \nIn his carefully composed and thickly layered film\, Hopinka weaves together original and found images and sounds to form a visual and aural montage that is sublime and otherworldly\, yet grounded in reality. Archival footage of Burns—a poet known for challenging Native American stereotypes—is punctuated with powwow dancers filmed by Hopinka\, and ethnographic texts on Ho-Chunk concepts of rebirth and the afterlife written by American anthropologist Paul Radin. The rhythmic sound of Sacred Harp singing and ambient electronic music form the film’s soundtrack. \n  \nImage: Sky Hopinka\, I’ll Remember You as You Were\, Not as What You’ll Become\, 2016; HD video; 00:12:31. Image copyright of the artist\, courtesy of the Video Data Bank at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago\, www.vdb.org.
URL:https://artinamericaguide.com/event/sky-hopinka-ill-remember-you-as-you-were-not-as-what-youll-become/
LOCATION:John Michael Kohler Arts Center\, 608 New York Avenue\, Sheboygan\, WI\, 53081\, United States
CATEGORIES:Exhibition
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SUMMARY:Otis Houston Jr.: My Name is My Word
DESCRIPTION:Living in Harlem\, New York\, Otis Houston Jr. acts as an alchemist. He mixes everyday items\, movements\, and thoughts to create multimedia assemblages\, paintings\, performances\, and text-based signs. \nHouston is best known for his public performances and installation work on FDR Drive by New York’s East River\, where he has been working since 1997. These site-specific installations include his writing\, poetry\, singing\, found objects\, and fruit\, which are used as both props and materials. Otis Houston Jr.: My Name is My Word will be the artist’s first museum exhibition. \nHouston’s artistic journey began in the 1990s when he worked on a series of print-media collages while incarcerated. Since then\, he has cultivated an ongoing journaling practice\, recording his experiences and beliefs. These insights are some of his many missives and protests spray-painted on a series of towels and canvases and displayed in public spaces and performances. His work often addresses racism\, poverty\, and addiction\, while promoting messages of health\, love\, and self-acceptance. \nThe fluidity of his practice generously invites viewers to both give and receive. He encourages public engagement and accepts environmental influences in his open-air studio and stage. \n*Houston will be at the John Michael Kohler Arts Center October 3–7\, sharing his assemblage work and performances. He will be working with the exhibitions team to install some of his existing work\, while also making new work on-site. During that time\, he will have open hours to share his process and converse with visitors. After he leaves\, the gallery will close for a week as we prepare to open an exhibition of this work\, on view from October 15\, 2022–January 14\, 2023.  \n  \n  \nImage: Otis Houston Jr.\, The Thangofmajig\, 2018; found and altered objects and mixed media; 38 x 26 3/4 x 14 1/2 in. Courtesy of Gordon Robichaux\, NY. Photo: Gregory Carideo.
URL:https://artinamericaguide.com/event/otis-houston-jr-my-name-is-my-word/
LOCATION:John Michael Kohler Arts Center\, 608 New York Avenue\, Sheboygan\, WI\, 53081\, United States
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SUMMARY:SPACES Spotlight: Vollis Simpson
DESCRIPTION:In the mid-1980s\, retired repairman Vollis Simpson (1919–2013) began using his collection of old farm equipment to construct monumental whirligigs in the fields around his Lucama\, North Carolina\, home. The site became a tourist attraction\, enticing visitors to his rural property. In 2010\, the nearby town of Wilson announced a plan to work with Simpson to move\, restore\, and reinstall thirty of the sculptures in a new park in its unpopulated downtown district. Kohler Foundation\, Inc.\, joined the project in 2016.  After the restoration\, the Arts Center was the recipient of several Simpson works\, including the large piece installed in front of the Art Preserve. Since the park’s opening\, Wilson has experienced a revitalization\, with over $3 million annually brought in by associated tourism. \nThis spotlight features the work of several photographers\, including Larry Harris\, and documents the evolution of Simpson’s whirligigs from a private passion to a source of communal pride and benefit. \n  \nImage: Vollis Simpson\, untitled (detail)\, n.d.; metal\, paint\, and reflectors; 300 x 144 x 144 in. John Michael Kohler Arts Center Collection\, gift of Kohler Foundation Inc.
URL:https://artinamericaguide.com/event/spaces-spotlight-vollis-simpson/
LOCATION:John Michael Kohler Arts Center\, 608 New York Avenue\, Sheboygan\, WI\, 53081\, United States
CATEGORIES:Exhibition
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SUMMARY:Alexander Stewart: Void Vision
DESCRIPTION:Alexander Stewart’s Void Vision is an abstract science-fiction short film in which the line between the real and the simulated are blurred and distorted; a space where doubles\, twins\, duplicates\, re-creations\, and copies merge. \nCombining a science-fiction sensibility with the aesthetic of early CGI animation experiments\, Stewart presents rotating arrangements of lasers and duplicated women that fade in and out\, appearing as both photographed scenes and computer-modeled recreations. The audio track\, incorporating text from Philip K. Dick’s 1981 novel Valis\, features an improvised electronic score and a voice articulating theories about the mind and the universe. \nAlexander Stewart: Void Vision is part of the Arts Center’s Ways of Being theme. The featured visual and performing artists recontextualize our past\, reorient our present\, and project new\, viable futures. Collectively they ask\, what if? \nhttps://www.jmkac.org/exhibition/alexander-stewart-void-vision/ \nImage: Alexander Stewart\, still from Void Vision\, 2018; 16mm as digital file; 7:45. Photo courtesy of the artist. \nTuesday\, Wednesday\, Friday 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.\nThursday 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. extended hours\nSaturday and Sunday 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
URL:https://artinamericaguide.com/event/alexander-stewart-void-vision/
LOCATION:John Michael Kohler Arts Center\, 608 New York Avenue\, Sheboygan\, WI\, 53081\, United States
CATEGORIES:Event
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SUMMARY:Ways of Being Celebration
DESCRIPTION:Enjoy an evening at the Arts Center exploring reimagined ways of being in our world. Join us as we celebrate the launch of the Ways of Being exhibitions. \nSaturday\, May 21\, 2022\n7:00–9:00 p.m.\nConversation\, appetizers\, cash bar\, and music\nFree\nOpen to the public \nReserve your tickets for the Ways of Being Celebration at: https://www.jmkac.org/engage-events/ways-of-being-celebration/! \nWays of Being exhibition series is supported by the Kohler Trust for Arts and Education\, the Frederic Cornell Kohler Charitable Trust\, Kohler Foundation\, Inc.\, and the Wisconsin Arts Board with funds from the State of Wisconsin and the National Endowment for the Arts. \nImage: Regina Broussard\, untitled\, n.d.; ink on paper; 22 x 30 in. Photo courtesy of Creative Growth.
URL:https://artinamericaguide.com/event/ways-of-being-celebration/
LOCATION:John Michael Kohler Arts Center\, 608 New York Avenue\, Sheboygan\, WI\, 53081\, United States
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SUMMARY:Creative! Growth!
DESCRIPTION:Creative! Growth! will be the first exhibition to consider the history of Creative Growth Art Center in Oakland\, California. \nFounded in 1974 by artist Florence Ludins-Katz (1912–1990) and her psychologist husband Elias Katz (1913–2008)\, Creative Growth emerged from the larger social\, cultural\, and political narratives associated with the Bay Area in the late 1960s and early 1970s—including the women’s\, gay\, and civil rights movements. The arts and disabilities movement\, which championed the civil rights of disabled persons and fought against their marginalization in arts and culture\, flourished during this era. The Katzes were among that movement’s most farsighted and committed advocates. \nCreative! Growth! is curated by Matthew Higgs and will consider the organization’s history and legacy through the lens of the present. Now approaching its fiftieth anniversary\, Creative Growth is the preeminent center for artists with disabilities in the United States\, and has\, in turn\, become a model for similar centers nationally and internationally. At Creative Growth\, the Katzes established a unique and fiercely independent environment where disabled individuals are empowered to explore their creativity at their own pace. \nThe staff at Creative Growth\, almost exclusively practicing artists\, are not teachers in any conventional sense\, as no formal instruction takes place. Rather\, the staff members work alongside the artists with disabilities\, introducing them to new materials and processes\, offering practical and technical assistance where necessary\, and supporting their idiosyncratic approaches to self-expression. \nCreative! Growth! will consider the organization’s history and legacy through the lens of the present. There are a number of discrete solo presentations by key artists who were—or remain—affiliated with Creative Growth\, including Judith Scott (1943–2005)\, Dwight Mackintosh (1906–1999)\, William Scott\, Dan Miller\, Monica Valentine\, Tony Pedemonte\, Nicole Storm\, and John Martin. Photographer and documentary filmmaker Cheryl Dunn will present a selection from her twenty-plus-year archives documenting the artists at Creative Growth. \nhttps://www.jmkac.org/exhibition/creative-growth/ \nImage: Creative Growth studio interior. Courtesy of Creative Growth. Photo: Ben Blackwell. \nTuesday\, Wednesday\, Friday 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.\nThursday 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. extended hours\nSaturday and Sunday 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
URL:https://artinamericaguide.com/event/creative-growth/
LOCATION:John Michael Kohler Arts Center\, 608 New York Avenue\, Sheboygan\, WI\, 53081\, United States
CATEGORIES:Exhibition
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SUMMARY:Archive Dive: Eccentric Machines
DESCRIPTION:In 1987\, the Arts Center organized Eccentric Machines\, a group exhibition including twenty-six large-scale sculptural works created by twenty artists\, including internationally renowned artists Alice Aycock\, Dennis Oppenheim\, and Jonathan Borofsky. The show presented a range of contemporary mechanical and kinetic artworks highlighting the complex\, ever-evolving relationship between machines and humans. \nThe interconnections of mechanics and daily life were further explored through the Great Cardboard Boat Regatta and in-gallery performances by Kanopy Dance Company. In addition three artists collaborated with area residents in the creation of Mechanical Marvels\, a large assemblage of mechanical waste and objects on the Art Center’s east lawn. \nArchive Dive: Eccentric Machines revisits the 1987 exhibition through a selection of archival materials\, including photographs of the Mechanical Marvels installation\, public programs\, and events; artist correspondence; and curatorial writing. \nThis dive into the archive reflects on the continuing conversation about technology. How do these moments of movement\, tinkering\, and discovery between human and object from more than three decades ago connect with our current engagement with technology? How do these kinetic artworks change our perspective of contemporary devices? How do artists encourage us to examine technology’s role in our lives? \nImage: Lewis Alquist\, States of Matter Undergoing Habitual Rotation\, 1983; welded steel bed frames\, glass\, electric motors\, and milk substitute. \nArchive Dive: Eccentric Machines \n \nTuesday\, Wednesday\, Friday 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.\nThursday 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. extended hours\nSaturday and Sunday 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
URL:https://artinamericaguide.com/event/archive-dive-eccentric-machines/
LOCATION:John Michael Kohler Arts Center\, 608 New York Avenue\, Sheboygan\, WI\, 53081\, United States
CATEGORIES:Exhibition
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SUMMARY:In the Adjacent Possible
DESCRIPTION:In the Adjacent Possible is a response to sociologist Ruha Benjamin’s suggestion to “imagine and craft the worlds you cannot live without\, just as you dismantle the ones you cannot live within.” \nEach of the five artists’ installations provides a vantage point for viewing the many potentialities that lie just beyond what we know. They conjure worlds that are not quite here\, yet are within our grasp. They place us in the adjacent possible\, a space where we can dream alternative ways of being in the world. \nThe exhibition forms a speculative architecture that explores myriad approaches to and understandings of proposed and promised strategies of living. These artists offer prospective blueprints of other worlds\, often constructed from the remnants of our current one. Engaging issues of colonialism\, feminism\, queerness\, identity\, and stereotypes\, In the Adjacent Possible suggests ways we can reimagine the present and explores the infinite horizon of opportunities at the boundaries of our reach. \nhttps://www.jmkac.org/exhibition/in-the-adjacent-possible/ \nImage: In the Adjacent Possible artists (clockwise from upper left): Suchitra Mattai\, Haleigh Nickerson\, Yasmine K. Kasem\, Nyugen E. Smith\, and Jessica Campbell. \nTuesday\, Wednesday\, Friday 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.\nThursday 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. extended hours\nSaturday and Sunday 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
URL:https://artinamericaguide.com/event/in-the-adjacent-possible/
LOCATION:John Michael Kohler Arts Center\, 608 New York Avenue\, Sheboygan\, WI\, 53081\, United States
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