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Being a Practicing Artist in a Rural Community
Thursday, April 27, 7-8:30p.m.
Studio Articolore
226 E Main St
Walla Walla, WA 99362
In this panel, artists Juventino Aranda, Justin Lincoln, and Nicole Pietrantoni, discuss how to thrive as a practicing artist in rural Washington while building audience for your work beyond the region. Moderated by artist Rachel Smith, the panel will discuss opportunities and challenges for artists living in Eastern Washington and strategies for cultivating community and support.
A happy hour precedes the conversation beginning at 7, and a Q&A follows. The panel is free. RSVPs are encouraged.
Panelists:
Juventino Aranda has a bachelor of fine arts from Eastern Washington University. He has exhibited in the past few years at Terrain and Saranac Art Projects in Spokane, Out of Sight and Center on Contemporary Art in Seattle, and the Northwest Art Now at Tacoma Art Museum. His work is in the collection of Tacoma Art Museum, and he was the recipient of the 2016 James W. Ray Venture Project Award, presented by Artist Trust and the Frye Art Museum. Juventino lives and works in Walla Walla, WA.
Justin Lincoln is an experimental artist and educator. He is a graduate of Virginia Commonwealth University (BFA 2000) and CalArts (MFA 2002.) He teaches New Genres & Digital Art at Whitman College in Walla Walla, WA. His work involves creative computer programming, the online community of tumblr, video montage, and the history of experimental film. He is a prolific presence online and his work shows extensively in international exhibitions and screenings. Recent screenings include The Chicago Underground Film Festival, FILE Digital Languages Festival in Sao Paulo, Brazil, and the exhibition Across Voices: New Media Art 2015 at CICA Museum in Gimpo, Korea.
Nicole Pietrantoni's artwork explores the complex relationship between human beings and nature via installations, artists books, and works on paper. She is the recipient of numerous awards and residencies including a Fulbright to Iceland, a Leifur Eiríksson Foundation Grant, an Artist Trust Fellowship, a Larry Sommers Printmaking Fellowship, the Manifest Prize, and a Graves Award for Excellence in Humanities Teaching. Her work has been in over 80 national and international exhibitions and is in collections around the world. Nicole received her MFA and MA in Printmaking from the University of Iowa and her BS in Human and Organizational Development and Art History from Vanderbilt University. Nicole is currently the President of SGC International, the largest professional organization dedicated to printmaking, book arts, and papermaking in North America. Nicole is an Assistant Professor of Art at Whitman College in Walla Walla, Washington, where she teaches printmaking and book arts. She is deeply committed to arts education and has been a visiting artist at colleges around the country to present workshops and speak about her work. Nicole regards both her professional practice and pedagogy as powerful sites for intellectual, artistic, and ethical transformation.
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Rachel Smith's artwork and academic projects investigate the relationship between memories and marginalization using ephemeral materials. Her work is on permanent collection at the International Museum of Collage, Assemblage and Construction in Fort Worth, Texas, and in numerous private collections. Smith received her Master of Fine Art from the University of Idaho and Bachelor of Art in Commercial Art from Walla Walla University. She currently owns and operates a screen printing company and is an Assistant Professor at Columbia Basin College in Pasco, Washington.
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LocationStudio Articolore (View)
226 E Main St
Walla Walla, WA 99362
United States
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