Jane Irish (MFA Program Coordinator) receives the Alfred and Trafford Klots International Program for Artists Residency

Jane Irish (MFA Program Coordinator) recently received the Alfred and Trafford Klots International Program for Artists Residency in
Léhon, France. The residency invites Irish to a five week program beginning May 15th, 2011. In addition it provides artists with notable resources includinng Painting French rooms, WWII landscapes and beautiful churches. In 1989, Isabel Klots founded the Artist Residency Program in Rochefort-en-Terre in memory of her father-in-law, Alfred Klots, and her husband, Trafford Klots, both artists, and of their hospitality to other artists. In 1995, Maryland Institute College of Art began to administer the program. The "Friends of Rochefort" was established in 1998 to support the program as its focus and reputation expanded. Through the generosity of the Friends and of Isabel Klots, MICA has established an endowment fund for the Residency Program. Through 2010, the Residency Program was housed on the grounds of the Château that Alfred Klots created in the early 20th century from medieval structures remaining on the site of an ancient castle destroyed during the French Revolution. Now, because the Château requires extensive renovation and is no longer habitable, MICA has moved the Residency Program to Léhon, another extraordinary medieval village in Brittany. Irish, a painter, received her MFA from Queens College, CUNY, and has exhibited in New York and Philadelphia since 1983. Irish’s ceramic work can be seen in the Institute of Contemporary Art’s exhibition, Dirt on Delight: Impulses Which Form Clay (Jan 16 - Mar 29, 2009), which travels to the Walker Art Center in Minneapolis, MN. In 2002-03, Irish created a large-scale installation for the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts - her first solo museum exhibition, History Lesson. She is currently represented by Locks Gallery, Philadelphia.

In addition to receiving the Alfred and Trafford Klots International Program for Artists Residency, Irish has been named the Bill Co-Organizer of the Bill Walton exhibition opening at ICA in September 2011.

Jane Irish (Graduate Program Coordinator) in Solo Exhibition at Locks Gallery, Opening February 4th, 5:30pm

Jane Irish (Graduate Program Coordinator) will be featured in a solo exhibition titled, "The Home Front: Jane Irish's Art of War" at Locks Gallery, Philadelphia. Locks Gallery is pleased to present this exhibition of new paintings and ceramics by Irish. Irish’s work addresses the representation of the physical and emotional landscapes of Vietnam, both before and after the Vietnam War. The artist’s large scale paintings and decorative vases honor the anti-war legacy, without being consumed in bloody imagery. Irish juxtaposes the writing of a Vietnamese poet with images of American war protesters; poetry of a Vietnam War veteran with lavish rococo interiors that represent a suggested oligarchy. The exhibition will be accompanied by a fully illustrated catalog with an essay by Glenn Adamson, Head of Graduate Studies, Research Department, Victoria & Albert Museum, London.

Jane Irish received her MFA from Queens College, CUNY, and has exhibited in New York and Philadelphia since 1983. Her work has been featured recently in exhibitions at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA; Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, PA; Institute of Contemporary Art, Philadelphia, PA; Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, MN; Delaware Center for Contemporary Art, Wilmington, DE. She is a 2009 recipient of a Joan Mitchell Foundation, Painters and Sculptors Grant. This will be Irish’s third exhibition at Locks Gallery.

Opening Reception: Friday, February 4th, 5:30 – 7:30pm
Exhibition Dates: Friday, February 4th – Saturday, March 12th

Locks Gallery
600 Washington Square South
Philadelphia, PA
Gallery Hours: Tuesday–Saturday, 10am–6pm

To see more of Irish's work, visit http://www.locksgallery.com/exhibits_works.php?eid=120

Pernot Hudson (MFA '06) in Group Exhibition at SINErgy Project Space, Receptions October 14th and November 11th, 5pm

Pernot Hudson will be featured in a group exhibition titled "SYNESTHESIA.2: The Blending of the Senses in Art" at the SINErgy Project Space, Philadelphia. In an ongoing curatorial exploration of perceptual phenomena and the brain’s construction of reality, SYNESTHESIA.2 brings together new and recent work by artists who tantalize our senses through their strategic use of images, lines, scents, colors, sounds, and motion. Curated by Anabelle Rodriguez-Lawton, this second iteration of the SYNESTHESIA exhibition series includes an autobiographical textile-based project by Julie Hoxie representing her synesthetic abilities, new drawings by Chris Kline (Space 1026), recent encaustic paintings and digital transfers by Michelle Marcuse, mixed media by Pernot Hudson, a reprise of the Alter-Integration Altar interactive printmaking installation by Shelley Thorstensen, a new site-specific mural and recent mixed media by Paul Santoleri and “Le Josh” Smith, works on paper by Henry Bermudez, “Macrorganic” photography by Lu Szumskyj, a site-specific installation Bonnie Brenda Scott (Space 1026), a genealogical installation by Jayasihnji Jhala et al, experimental photography by John Schenk aka Tantrum Tonic and Jacqueline Reis, and videos and animations by Rhett Grumbkow, Jason Hsu (Space 1026), Thomas Ross Miller, Paul Osorio, Rafael Rosario, and James Short. SINErgy Project Space and Gallery are multipurpose experimental venues managed by Justin Gibbon + Dan Trevitt Buerk, visionary multimedia producers and INCITING’s founding partners.

Opening Receptions: Thursday, October 14th and Thursday, November 11th, 5:00 - 10:00pm

SINErgy Project Space and Gallery
2310 North American Street (@ DAUPHIN)
Philadelphia, PA 19133
SINERGYSPACE@GMAIL.COM

To view more of Pernot's work, visit http://www.pernothudson.com/

Micah Danges (MFA Photography Technician) in Exhibition at Nudashank Gallery, Opening September 10th, 7pm

Micah Danges (MFA Photography Technician) will be in a group exhibition titled "Doubting Thomases" at Nudashank Gallery, MD. The exhibition will also feature work by artists, Chris Kline, Matt Leines, Isaac Lin, Alex Lukas, Bill McRight, Dan Murphy, Andrew Jeffrey Wright and was curated by Alex Lukas of Space 1026. Nudashank Gallery is a new independent, artist-run gallery space in Baltimore, MD whose mission is to showcase young artists. Founded by Seth Adelsberger and Alex Ebstein, Nudashank hopes to bring new blood into the Baltimore scene, benefiting the regional artists, and providing a new venue for national and international artwork.


To see more of Micah's work, visit http://www.micahdanges.com/project/new-work/index.php

Opening Reception: September 10th, 7:00 - 10:00pm
Exhibition Dates: September 10th - October 8th

Nudashank Gallery
405 West Franklin Street
3rd Floor
Baltimore, MD 31201
http://www.nudashank.com/

Tasha Doremus (Penn Photography Staff) in Solo Exhibit at NEXUS, Opening Thurs, Feb. 11, 6 - 9pm

Tasha Doremus (Penn Photography Staff) has an exhibit of work titled Scars, Caresses and Souvenirs at NEXUS/foundation for today's art, opening Thursday, February 11 from 6:00 - 9:00pm. There will also be a closing reception Friday, March 5 from 6:00 - 9:00pm.

"The experience of human life is a dappled and variegated thing, compromised of so much more than is actually present. Our world is imaginary - an amalgamation of memories, histories, and the constantly overlapping narratives we endlessly build, alter, and raze. From the scars we carry to the memory of a loved one’s caress, from the strange and elusive phenomenology of abandoned spaces to the physical fragments we leave behind, our realities are mapped out onto our bodies, our landscapes, and all the constructions conjured in between."

Opening Reception: Thursday, February 11, 6:00 - 9:00pm
Closing Reception: Friday, March 5, 6:00 - 9:00pm
Exhibition Dates: February 11 - March 5, 2010

NEXUS/foundation for today’s art
The Crane Building
1400 North American Street (Suite 102)
Philadelphia, PA 19122
215-684-1946
www.nexusphiladelphia.org
Gallery Hours: Wednesday - Sunday, 12:00 - 6:00pm

Micah Danges (MFA Photography Technician) in Exhibit at Vox Populi, Opening Fri. Feb. 5, 6:00 - 11:00pm

Micah Danges (MFA Photography Technician) will have work in an exhibit titled Wake Up Sharp at Vox Populi, opening Friday, February 5 from 6:00 - 11:00pm.

Through photographs and sculpture, Micah examines balance and measurement in spaces and environments, natural and man-made. A blurring of material and place portrays a site where the remembered meets the imagined.

Opening Reception: Friday, February 5, 6:00 - 11:00pm
Exhibition Dates: February 5 - 28, 2010

Also, there will be a gallery talk with Luis Gispert (MFA Photography Professor), Sunday, February 28, 3:00pm.

Vox Populi
319 N 11th Street
Third Floor
Philadelphia, PA 19107
215-238-1236
vox@voxpopuligallery.org
www.voxpopuligallery.org

To see more of Micah's work, visit http://micahdanges.org/

Jane Irish (MFA Program Coordinator) Awarded 2009 Joan Mitchell Foundation Grant

Jane Irish, the MFA Program Coordinator, has been awarded a 2009 Joan Mitchell Foundation Painters & Sculptors Grant.

The Painters & Sculptors Grant Program was established in 1993 to assist individual artists. The grants are given to acknowledge painters and sculptors creating work of exceptional quality.

The Foundation selected nominators nationwide dedicated to supporting artists who are under-recognized for their artistic achievements and whose careers would benefit from the grant. The candidates' images were viewed for consideration through an anonymous process by a jury panel, which convened in November at the office of the Joan Mitchell Foundation. Nominators and jurors include prominent visual artists, curators, and art educators.

Additional programs undertaken by the Foundation include free art classes for New York City youth, grants to MFA graduates to aid in their transition from academic to professional studio work, and support to painters and sculptors in the Gulf Coast area.

The Joan Mitchell Foundation was established in April 1993 as a not-for-profit corporation following the death of Joan Mitchell in October 1992. The Foundation strives to fulfill the ambitions of Joan Mitchell to assist the needs of contemporary artists and to demonstrate that painting and sculpture are significant cultural necessities.

Congratulations, Jane!!

For more information on the Joan Mitchell Foundation and its recipients, please visit www.joanmitchellfoundation.org

To see more of Jane's work, visit www.locksgallery.com/artists