August 2008: One last summer adventure; hiking & swimming at Virginia's spectacular Douthat State Park. Thanks to Richmond's own sustainability guru Lisa Taranto of Tricycle Gardens for the expert tour.
July 2008: Thank you to Volksboutique and friend and proprietor Christine Hill for the inaugural slot in the “Micro-residency”. Berlin, June 29th-July 10th.
July 2008: Please join me for a presentation of my work on July 2nd at 7:30PM at the Bauhaus. Hosted by Volksboutique, the esteemed project of the artist Christine Hill.
June 2008: Mildred's Lane & Spring Hills Farm finally meet. Participants in the Mildred's Lane RETAIL21c. session will take a field trip to “the farm”, where I'll be on hand to introduce them to (among other things) two week-old lambs. On Tuesday the 23rd, I'll do a lecture about Sponge back at Mildred's Lane.
June 2008: Opening Wednesday June 16th from 6-8PM, Mildred's Lane, a group show at Alexander Gray Associates in NYC. June 18th-September 6th, 2008. Works from my project Feltmaking will be on view.
May 2008: spongespace images go live at spongespace.net.
May 2008: Just back from the fantastic grand opening of Mildred's Lane in Beach Lake, Pennsylvania. It's a new educational institute, museum and historical society founded by Mark Dion and J. Morgan Puett.
Spring 2008: "Spongespace Project Revels in Curiosity", a review of the spongespace show at Solvent Space by VCU's Tom Gresham.
Spring 2008: Wool-Felt Kitchen Sponges, a collaborative project with participants in the spongespace Meta-Sponge workshop was on view at 1708 Gallery in Richmond, Virginia, as part of the show, 3D Multiples: The Object of Production.
Winter 2008: Opening Friday January 25th from 6-8pm, spongespace, a solo exhibition with sound design by Stephen Vitiello and wall design by Leah Beeferman. The exhibition will take place at Solvent Space in the Plant Zero arts complex in Richmond VA. Three participatory Sponge workshops, which are free and open to the public, are scheduled. For more information and to register in advance, click here. The exhibition will run through February 23rd.
December 2007: Tim Bowring of WRIR radio in Richmond, interviewed me for his show “Zero Hour” about past and present work, and the upcoming spongespace show. To listen to the interview, click here.
November 2007: Mark Dion and Dana Sherwood bunked at “Grace & Strawberry” in Richmond on the first night of their journey for the project Travels of William Bartram -Reconsidered. The project examines the history and culture of 18th century American naturalists, John (1699-1777) and his son William Bartram (1739-1823).
Fall 2007: The Dean's office at the VCU School of the Arts funded a web-based version of Sponge with a Dean's Exploratory Research Grant. To see the first iteration of the site, click here.
Fall 2007: My role as Assistant Professor began at the Virginia Commonwealth University School of the Arts. My primary appointment is in the Art Foundation Program and my departmental affiliations are with Craft/Materials Studies, Kinetic Imaging, and Painting & Printmaking.
Summer 2007: I learned to “skirt” sheep fleeces at Spring Hills Farm in Dalton, PA. (Skirting is the practice of removing natural debris and waste from the fleece once it has been removed from the sheep. Skirted fleece can be scoured, carded and spun into yarn.)
June 2007: I completed my Master of Science in Visual Studies degree at MIT. For my thesis work, I received the Jerome B. Wiesner Award and the Harold and Arlene Schnitzer Prize in the Visual Arts.