WOMEN OF METAL PROJECT - Art Jewelry Forum
Transcript of WOMEN OF METAL PROJECT - Art Jewelry Forum
WOMEN OF METAL PROJECT:
A TWO PART INITIATIVE COMPRISING THE WOMEN OF METAL EXHIBITION
AND THE WOMEN OF METAL ORAL HISTORY PROJECT
PROJECT COORDINATORS TERESA FARIS AND SUSAN MESSERUNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN - WHITEWATER
Women of Metal Exhibition
Preparation, Design and Installation Processes:
• Resurface Crossman Gallery walls• Design exhibition layout• Refurnish Gallery with new pedestals, build
risers and display mounts• Install and secure works under new vitrines• Install interpretive text panels
Metalsmiths Holly Cohn, Teresa Faris and Martha Glowacki
Women of Metal: Innovation, Connection, And Education
Crossman Gallery, UW-WhitewaterSeptember 9 – October 18, 2008
Eleanor MotyHandbag, 5 x 4 x 1 ¾”, 1978
Mary Lee HuChoker #78, 1 ¼ x 9 x 6 ½”, 1991
Mary Lee HuForm #3, 5 ½ x 18 x 18”, 1977
Jennifer MokrenRibbed Vessel #1, 3 ¾ x 4 x 4”, 2002
Jennifer MokrenSwell, 2 x 1 ½ x ½”, 2004
Marcia LewisCodpiece, 19 x 24 x ¾”, 1974
Kristie ChijimatsuBeginning, 10 ½ x 3 x 3”, 2004
Hai – Chi JihnMother, A Beautiful Young Lady: Mirror, 23 x 27 x 1 ½”, 1998
Hai – Chi JihnBridal Gloves, 11 x 5 x 3/8” (each)
Lisa GralnickThe Gold Standard Part 1: #7 (Starbucks Coffee), 12 x 24 x 24”, 2004
Lisa GralnickThe Gold Standard Part III: Victorian Chastity Belt Necklace, 1879, 23 x 12 x 1”, 2007
Yevgeniya KaganovitchMouth Piece, 9 ½ x 2 x 2”, 2001
Yevgeniya KaganovitchWhite Mouth Piece: 2, 11 ½ x 11 ½ x 24”, 2002
Women of Metal Exhibition artist participants Opening Night, September 9, 2008
Women of Metal Exhibition participants and metals studentsCrossman Gallery, September 9, 2008
Women of Metal Public Outreach Activities:
Visiting Artist Panel:Eleanor Moty, Teresa Faris, Yevgeniya Kaganovitch, Lisa Gralnick, Moderator: Dr. Melanie Herzog, September 9
Keynote Address:Bruce Pepich, Executive Director Racine Art Museum, September 9
Visiting Artist Workshops:Eleanor Moty, September 10Marcia Lewis, September 11 and 12
Generation Next: Wirework by Whitewater High School Art Students, Whitewater Cultural Arts Center October 10 – 31
Visiting Artist Panel: Lisa Gralnick, Yevgeniya Kaganovitch, Eleanor Moty, and Teresa Faris. Moderator: Dr. Melanie Herzog. Introduction by Susan Messer, September 9, 2008
Visiting Artist Panel: Moderator Dr. Melanie Herzog speaking, September 9, 2008
Keynote Address presented by Bruce Pepich. Introduction by Mike Flanagan. September 9, 2008
Studio workshop with Eleanor Moty
Studio workshop with Marcia Lewis
Announcement for Whitewater Cultural Art Center Exhibition:a Women of Metal community outreach project designed in collaboration with
Whitewater High School and Whitewater Arts Alliance.
Exhibition Announcement designed by Student Research Assistant Tom Kallio
Generation Next: Wirework by Whitewater High School Art StudentsWorks performed by UWW Dance Students at Exhibition Opening, October 10.
Women of Metal Oral History Project:
• Schedule and conduct 30 – 90 minute interviews with participating artists
• Transcription from tape to dvd and text based formats
• Creation of UW-Whitewater Oral History Archive Repository
Metalsmiths Komelia Okim and Teresa Faris, and undergraduate researchers Katie Redford, Barb Knuth, and Erica Meier. SNAG Conference, Savannah, GA, 2008.
Women of Metal Oral History Project Status 3/31/09:
• 28 artists interviewed, three scheduled for upcoming SNAG Conference in Philadelphia
• Transcription process from tape/dvd to text initiated in 2008 and ongoing
• UW-W Andersen Library Special Collections Oral History Archive will be up and running May 2009