#FirstFriday: October Exhibitions We Love
October 7, 2016Highlighting exhibitions that feature the work of WSW artists, we share the shows, near and far, that make up our monthly must-see list.
“Lady Justice” by Tatiana Klacsmann is showing in Breaking New Ground, celebrating the fifteenth anniversary of Baldwin Ink Ground at the Aberystwyth School of Art in Wales.
New York
Zarina Hashmi (Artist’s Book Grant resident ’91) is showing work in the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s exhibition Workshop and Legacy alongside Stanley William Hayter and Krishna Reddy. Show runs through March 26, 2017.
Kathleen Sherin (Studio Grant resident ’01) is showing work in the Upstate New York Printmaking Invitational at Main Street Arts in Clifton Springs, NY. Hurry—show closes October 7!
Joan Giordano (Studio Workspace resident ’06, Studio Workspace resident ’08) is showing a series of textile and mixed media relief sculptures in the solo exhibition Woven in Time at the June Kelly Gallery in New York City. Hurry—show closes October 8!
Barbara Beisinghoff (Artist’s Book Grant resident ’09) is showing her exhibition When Light Touches Paper at the Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center and the Vassar College Library, Poughkeepsie, NY. Hurry—show closes October 14!
Golnar Adili (Legacy Studio Grant resident ’15) is holding a solo exhibition, Language Landscape, at the Kentler International Drawing Space, Brooklyn, NY. Show closes October 23, 2016; artist talk October 15, 4 p.m.
Tatana Kellner (WSW Artistic Director and Co-founder) is showing work in the group exhibition Transformational Imagemaking: Handmade Photography Since 1960 at the Bevier Gallery, Rochester, NY. Show runs October 7 – November 6, 2016; opening reception October 13, 5 – 7 p.m.
Kate Hamilton (Ora Schneider Regional Grant resident ’12) is showing work in the exhibition Correspondence at SUNY Ulster, Stone Ridge, NY. Show runs through October 21, 2016.
Mindell Dubansky (Artist’s Book Grant resident ’99) is showing Blooks: The Art of Books that Aren’t at the Charles P. Stevenson Jr. Library, Bard College in Annandale-On-Hudson, NY. Show runs until October 14th on the second floor of the library and October 30 in the lobby.
Phyllis Kudder Sullivan (Studio Workspace resident, ’12) is showing work in the group exhibition Hot Pots at the Clay Art Center, Port Chester, NY. Show runs through November 10, 2016.
Jennifer Grimyser (Studio Workspace resident ’07, Artist’s Book Grant resident ‘08) is showing in the group exhibition Work: Reflections on Failure at the Radiator Gallery, Long Island City, NY. Show runs through November 12, 2016.
Linda Montano (Artist’s Book Grant resident ’83) is showing her book The Art / Life Institute Handbook, published by WSW, at the Center for Book Arts’ Enacting the Text, along with WSW alumna Pat Oleszko (Public Art Grant resident ’14). Show runs October 7 – December 17, 2016.
Northeast
Megan Duffy (Art-in-Ed Workspace resident ’16) is showing in Ink, Press, Repeat, a national juried exhibition of print media and book art. The show, at the William Paterson University Galleries in Wayne, NJ. Hurry—show closes October 14!
Eva Mantell (Artist’s Book Grant resident ’96) is showing work at Philadelphia Open Studios the weekend of October 22 – 23, 2016.
Fay Ku (Studio Grant resident ’11) is showing work in the group exhibition I Found God in Myself: the 40th Anniversary of Ntozake Shange’s For Colored Girl at the African American Museum in Philadelphia, PA. Show runs through January 2, 2017.
Midwest
Jen P. Harris (Ora Schneider Grant resident ’12) is showing the exhibition Ghost Prairie at Kansas Union Gallery, Lawrence, KS. Hurry—show closes October 14!
Mary Gordon (Summer intern ’14, Studio intern ’16) is showing work in Fresh Ink 2016 at Wonder Fair Gallery in Lawrence, KS. The exhibition is juried by another WSW alumna, Katie Baldwin. Hurry—show closes October 16!
Fay Ku (Studio Grant resident ’11) is showing a solo exhibition, Raising Children for Strangers, at the Snite Museum of Art, Notre Dame, IN. Show runs through October 23, 2016.
Mary Gordon (Summer intern ’14, Studio intern ’16) and Rachel Kauff (Studio intern ’12) showing work in the Tallgrass Artist Residency Exhibition at the Bank Art Space in Matfield Green, KS. Show runs through November 20, 2016.
South
DM Witman (Studio Workspace resident ’12) is showing work in STUMP at Candela Books + Gallery in Richmond, VA. The exhibition showcases the politically and socially-engaged photography of seven artists. Show closes October 22, 2016.
West
Andrea Chung (Studio Grant resident ’16) is showing a solo exhibition Pride and Prejudice at New Image Art, West Hollywood, CA. Hurry—show closes October 15!
DM Witman (Studio Workspace resident ’12) is showing work in Hot Topic, an exhibit responding to climate change through photography, at Gallery 1/1 in Seattle, WA. Show runs through November 5, 2016.
Diane Jacobs (Artist’s Book Grant resident ’00) is showing in 4th Anniversary Group Show – SLOW at Oranj Studio, Portland, OR. Show runs October 8 – December 31, 2016; opening reception October 8 from 5 – 7 p.m.
Carson Fox (Studio Grant resident ’00) is showing work at the Fowler Museum at UCLA, CA. She was one of 36 artists commissioned to contribute to The Box Project: Uncommon Threads. Show closes January 15, 2017.
Ellen Sollod (Artist’s Book Grant resident ’90) is showing work in Into the Deep, an exhibition featuring the work of sixteen artists at the Museum of Glass in Tacoma, WA. Over 55 artworks will illustrate the visual similarities between glass and water. Show runs through September, 2017.
International
Carly Butler (Parent Grant resident ’15) is showing work in a group show at Georgia Scherman Projects in Toronto. The exhibition, Life Bearings, will feature work she created at WSW. Hurry—show closes October 8!
Antonia Aitken (Art-in-Ed Artist’s Book Grant resident ’11) is showing recent work from her Ph.D. project in the exhibition Tangled/Entangled at the Entrepot Gallery, Hobart, Tasmania. Hurry—show closes October 13!
Diane Jacobs (Artist’s Book Grant resident ’00) is showing her book Hair Talk: Volume II in the group exhibition Hairy Matter at the PLADS Artspace, Aarhus, Denmark. Show runs through October 29, 2016.
Laura Manfredi (Art-in-Ed resident ’16) is showing an engraving at the 8th International Printmaking Biennial of Douro in Portugal. Show closes October 31, 2016.
Tatiana Klacsmann (Studio Workspace resident ’15) is showing work in the juried exhibition Breaking New Ground, celebrating the fifteenth anniversary of Baldwin Ink Ground at the Aberystwyth School of Art in Wales. Show run October 10 – November 18, 2016.
Carly Butler (Parent Grant resident ’15) is showing work in Terroir: A Nova Scotia Survey at the Art Gallery of Nova Scotia in Halifax. Show closes January 15, 2017.