Visiting Artists Lecture Series: October
WASSAIC, NY— The Wassaic Project announces the beginning of its fall lecture series about contemporary art with these upcoming speakers: Michael Waugh on Monday, October 10th at 12pm, and Mary Birmingham on Friday, October 14th at 12pm. All lectures will be held at Luther Barn. They are free and open to the public.
Mary Birmingham is head Curator at the Visual Arts Center of New Jersey, where she directs an ambitious program of contemporary art exhibitions. She has previously worked at the Whitney Museum, the Montclair Art Museum, and from 2007-2010 was Director of Exhibitions at the Hunterdon Art Museum. She has an MA in Art History from Hunter College, with a concentration in American Modernism. She has organized numerous exhibitions, and has written and lectured on a variety of topics in American and contemporary art. She is the author of Dynamic Impulse: The Drawings of Stuart Davis.
Lecture is on Friday, October 14th at 12pm.
Michael Waugh is an artist based in Brooklyn, NY. He is known for intricate, representational drawings formed from minuscule handwritten words, a practice known as micrography. Waugh transcribes texts—such as government commissions and theoretical books about power and capitalism—into portraits and landscapes. Waugh also explores these themes through mixed-media installations, performances, and videos. The artist was born in Cambridge, MA and earned his graduate degree in painting from New York University in 2000. Waugh also has degrees in writing from Texas State University and history from the University of Texas. He has exhibited internationally and his work has been reviewed by the New York Times, Art in America and ARTNews. He is the recipient of awards from the New York Foundation for the Arts, The Marie Walsh Sharp Space Program, The Galveston Artist Residency, and the Pollock-Krasner Foundation.
Lecture is on Monday, October 10th at 12pm.
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THE WASSAIC PROJECT is a non profit organization founded in 2008 in the heart of the historic hamlet of Wassaic, NY. The Project is an incubator for artists, community, kids and their connections providing an intimate context for art-making and strengthening local community through the creation and promotion of contemporary visual and performing art. Programming is year round and features an annual Summer Exhibition in the Maxon Mills, a repurposed seven-story grain elevator; a year-round free drop-in arts space for kids, the Art Nest; an artist-in-residence program with monthly open studios open; and ongoing community and education programs. In addition, the Wassaic Project partners with local public schools and community organizations to further engage with its communities.
For further information and to make a contribution, please connect with the Wassaic Project at wassaicproject.org, facebook.com/TheWassaicProject
The Wassaic Project
37 Furnace Bank Road (mailing PO Box 220)
Wassaic NY 12592
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