Verge Artists’ Salon
Wednesday, July 19
5:30-7:30PM
Art discourse is an important part of the cultural community, sharing a space to vocalize ideas and challenging oneself to go beyond self imposed barriers has the potential for growth in practice and in connection to other artists.
July’s Salon Topic: Ephemeral Art
Description: Ephemeral art incorporates a layer of liveness to a broad set of art practices in many traditions. This month we are looking at the temporary nature of a variety of artworks, to examine the impact of time, decay, and the implications of life cycles of the works.
Articles:
David Best: ‘My favourite material is people’ by Anna McNay, Studio International
Hundreds of Melting Ice Figures Echo the Intensifying Threat of the Climate Crisis in Néle Azevedo’s Public Works by Grace Ebert, Colossal
A 639-year-long John Cage organ piece had a very rare chord change. And it was quite an event. by Kyle MacDonald, Classic FM
Madeline Hollander Beach Sessions/ARENA
Felix Gonzalez-Torres, a Master of Mutability by Holland Cotter, The New York Times
Additional Supporting Links:
This Burning Man Artist Built a Temple and Set It on Fire This Weekend to Honor Victims of the Parkland Shooting by Sarah Cascone, Artnet
Madeline Hollander’s ARENA at Beach Sessions Traces and Erases by Candice Thompson, DIYdancer
This is a FREE event that reoccurs every 3rd Wednesday of the month.
Light refreshments will be provided. Come chat with us!
These monthly art salons will be co-hosted by Michael LaHood and Jillian Bruschera.
Co-Hosts Biographies:
California native, Jillian Bruschera is an interdisciplinary artist and arts-activist, who creates works in visual art, writing, public installation, body performance, and social practice. As founder and proprietor of The Mobile Mill, she travels teaching the art of hand papermaking. She holds BAs in Studio Art and Visual Communications from Loyola University Chicago and a MFA in Interdisciplinary Arts from Columbia College Chicago, where she also served as Adjunct Faculty in the Center for Book and Paper Arts.
Michael LaHood is an interdisciplinary artist whose inquiry focuses on how we interact as individuals, and how those granular interactions accrue and take on life of their own. Fire, biorhythms, interactivity, and the nature of epiphanies are a few topical probes for him in that pursuit. He has a BA in Human Biology and an MA in Media Studies from Stanford University and an MFA in Interdisciplinary Art from Columbia College Chicago.
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Flyer Image: David Best, Temple of Juno, 2012