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Zach StormOctober 21 through November 18, 2007About the Artist - Zach Storm, a Los Angeles native, received his BFA in 2005. His worked has been exhibited at the Curator’s Office and Conner Contemporary in Washington, DC, as well as in Seattle, Atlanta and Galerie Klara Wallner in Berlin, Germany. About the Program - Storm’s own work, which uses drawing and implied narrative, has inspired a new direction for ArtLab. Using the exhibition of recent acquisitions as the centerpiece for the program, Zach encouraged students to broaden their notions of what a "drawing" is, and, in a time when photography and video are at the forefront of the art world, to consider the role that drawing plays in contemporary art. Students completed the session with a portfolio of two and three dimensional works based on museum visits and class discussions. |
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Samantha MoyerJuly 30 through August 3, 2007About the Artist - Samantha Moyer is an artist who lives and works in Brooklyn, NY. Her work was recently included in a group show at Andrew Kreps Gallery, and in the exhibition Coercive Atmospherics, at Dumbo Arts Center. She received her MFA from the Yale School of Art. About the Program - In the week long program, artist Samantha Moyer introduced participants to a variety of alternative artmaking techniques, encouraging students to step outside the more traditional modes of expression, such as drawing and painting. Museum visits focused on some of the more unusual works on view, and the class experimented with a variety of methods and materials as they developed and created projects motivated by specific personal interests. |
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Piero Passacantando & Breck BrunsonMarch 4 through April 1, 2007About the Artist - Breck Brunson’s work has been exhibited at Transformer and Scope Miami. In 2005, Brunson opened his own gallery in his apartment where he showed new art by innovative young artists. He is also the singer for the DC-based rock band, The Apes. Piero Passacantando was born in Rome, Italy and currently lives and works in Washington, DC. He has taught with the Urban Artist Coalition and at the Perry School, where he taught Graffiti Art. His work has recently been exhibited at Transformer, The Warehouse, and The Corcoran Gallery of Art. About the Program - The spring season of ArtLab introduced students to modern and contemporary “light works” from the Hirshhorn’s collection. The exhibition Refract, Reflect, Project, which featured works that use light or take on light as a subject, served as the inspiration for the students’ individual projects. Work in the studio was complimented by visits to the museum and lively discussions of their own work as well as the works on view in the museum. |
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Erin RootOctober 22 through December 2, 2006About the Artist - Erin Root received her BFA in 2003, and, while maintaining a rigorous studio practice, has taught full time at the Washington International School as well as the Corcoran College summer programs. Erin has spent the last year as a resident at the Cub Creek Foundation, a secluded studio space in Appomattox, VA for emerging artists. About the Program - The inaugural session of ArtLab brought students face to face with modern and contemporary sculpture and ideas and issues surrounding the state of sculpture today. The exhibition The Uncertainty of Objects and Ideas served as the inspiration for the students studio work. Participants work with the artists to develop individual projects, compare and contrast modern and recent sculpture, and to look critically at their own work and the work on view at the museum. |
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