The ATCTE Exhibition

Hey, hey. Guess what time it is...it's exhibition time! Here is the poster image I created for our first ever event...

If you are in the Baltimore area, please join us! It will take place in conjunction with the 2012 MFA in Community Arts Thesis Exhibition, "Heartland". This exhibition will run April 25 - May 16, 2012 with a reception open to the public on May 12 from 5 - 7 pm. Be there, or be square, Bmore (and really, who needs squares when we have all of these lovely circles).

Hope to see you!

A Modest Form

ATCTE: The Mandala Project

The vague rules:

-Each artist works with me to create two mandala pieces.

-Sizes may vary by pairing. (16x20, 18x24, 8x10, etc.) However, the two mandalas produced must ultimately be the same size, and acceptable to each member within a pairing.

-Any medium can be used, as long as it is able to be mailed easily (i.e. rolled or folded).

-Each artist in a pairing begins one mandala, with the intention of seeing/working on any particular piece, a total of twice. Once the marks have been made, both artists mail the pieces at the same time. This process will occur three times (three mailings total). In the end, each artist will have finished the mandala piece that the other has originally started.

This is a series that travels, not unlike postcards and mail art, but it will be more. This art will circle the earth. I have offered several artists a chance to work with me, on making mandalas. A mandala is both a mystical, and a natural shape, and an archaic, as well as a contemporary symbol. This project is also largely about separate collaborations and the mingling of artistic styles. I have asked for no abandonment of personal aesthetic, just a chance to work with something, and someone new. I have wanted to cross more invisible boundaries with my art for some time. This traveling, collaborative mandala series will be the first hurdle in a literal and metaphoric journey.

(may be altered/continued)