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Manifest Creative Research Gallery: RITES OF PASSAGE | MAGNITUDE SEVEN | MAR 2013/14 - Manifest Artist Residency Showcase Exhibition - 30 May 2014 to 27 June 2014 Current Exhibition |
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Kayla Carlson, Perceptual Uncertainty, 2014
Oil on Panel 36 x 24 x 2 |
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main gallery RITES OF PASSAGE 10th Annual Emerging Artists Exhibition An Exhibit of Works by Current or Recent Undergraduates Initiated in 2005, The Rites of Passage exhibits were developed to support student excellence by offering a public venue for the display of advanced creative research; to promote young artists as they transition into their professional careers; and to bring the positive creative energies of regional and national institutions together in one place. With this tenth annual installment of the Rites series, Manifest offers a $300 best of show award to reward excellence at this career level. The Rites call for submissions was open to students graduating or expecting to graduate in 2013, 2014, or 2015 (undergraduate juniors, seniors, and those who graduated last year). For this exhibit 130 artists representing 76 academic institutions submitted 303 works for consideration. Twelve works by the following 10 artists representing ten different academic institutions are featured in the 10th annual Rites of Passage exhibit. Artists are listed with their academic status as of the dates of their entry into this competition. The best of show award recipient will be announced during the May 30th opening reception. Why is this important? Passing through an acredited college art program is one way among many to become an artist. While it does not guarantee success, it does serve as a measurable achievement, and if the degree granting institution is holding up its end of the deal, each artist who attains a degree through such a program has met or surpassed certain standards. For programs which are appropriately rigorous, passing a student is seriously meaningful business. Manifest's Rites of Passage is meant to serve as an external view into this process, across a broader scope than just one institution, and is offered as a bridge between academic pursuit and the general public. The exhibit catalogs for Rites, and now the Manifest Exhibition Annual, will, over time, become a compelling document framing a view into the state of art in academia, and quite possibly the launching place for future notable artists of the world. Featuring works by: Autumn Bussen 2013 Graduate, Ball State University Kayla Carlson Senior, Clarke University Mary Claus Senior, Ohio University Alexandra Dietz Senior, Eastern Michigan University Tyler Griese Senior, Northern Kentucky University Jamey Hart Senior, Cleveland Institute of Art Chancelor Havlik Senior, University of Wyoming Shannon Lee 2013 Graduate, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Kolton Miller Senior, Clemson University Cassie Shaver Senior, Eastern Kentucky University --- drawing room + parallel space MAGNITUDE SEVEN 10th Annual Small Works Exhibition Back in 2005 we launched the Magnitude Seven project with the idea that small works would be easier and more practical for artists to send to Manifest from anywhere in the world. This proved true, and right off it was this project that lead to Manifest gaining the tag line 'a neighborhood gallery for the world.' This iteration of the exhibit is no different, with works coming together from Alabama, Connecticut, Florida, Indiana, Maine, Michigan, Missouri, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Texas, and the countries of Canada, Scotland, and Slovakia. Inevitably Mag 7 is a melange of various works, including an extremely wide range of media, styles, and artist intents.The exhibit always gains unity from the common scale, so even disparate works seem to engage in playful and tolerant conversation across the gallery or side by side. We have found that having a couple galleries full of hand-sized works is somehow a relief steeped in the joy of small things well made, a menagerie of creativity, and a poignant reminder that bigger is not always better. We are delighted to offer this tenth annual exhibit of works no larger than seven inches in any dimension. For this year's project 183 artists submitted 392 works for consideration by Manifest's rigorous jury process. Twenty-four works by the following 20 artists from 13 states and 3 countries were selected for presentation in the gallery and the new season-documenting Manifest Exhibition Annual. Erin Anderson Bethlehem, Pennsylvania Peter T. Bennett Buxton, Maine Carol Boram-Hays Columbus, Ohio Greg Burak Bloomington, Indiana Spencer Corbett Brighton, Michigan Stacy Elko Lubbock, Texas Donna Festa Bangor, Maine McArthur Freeman Temple Terrace, Florida Phillip Gurrey Glasgow, Scotland Tim Hahn Augusta, Missouri Brandon Hearty Magrath, Alberta, Canada Jean Hess Knoxville, Tennessee Stacey Holloway Birmingham, Alabama Hwayong Jung Jersey City, New Jersey Ria Kmetova Nitra, Slovakia Carole P. Kunstadt West Hurley, New York Terrance Lavin Meriden, Connecticut Vince Natale Woodstock, New York Sara Pedigo St. Augustine, Florida Taylor Woolwine Bloomington, Indiana --- north gallery + central gallery MAR 2013/14 Manifest Artist Residency Showcase Exhibition Artists' Gallery Talk: Saturday, June 14th, 5pm Open to the public! The year-long Manifest Artist Residency was launched in 2012 with the goal to provide artists with a combination of free studio space, supportive resources such as teaching opportunities and free access to life drawing at the Manifest Drawing Center, the powerful creative culture that permeats all Manifest programs, and routine engagement with the gallery-visiting public during each of our nine exhibit receptions each season. This season, afforded by the increase in Manifest's exhibition spaces, we were delighted to be able to add yet another benefit to the MAR program–the MAR Showcase exhibition. This double-solo exhibit features works made by our two 2013/14 Artists in Residence, Nicholas Mancini and Jeremy Plunkett. This marks the culmination of their residency at Manifest which concludes in June, and serves as a celebration of their achievements, learning, and heartfelt adoption into the broad Manifest 'family'. VESTIGE Paintings and Drawings by Nicholas Anthony Mancini A vestige is a trace, mark, or visible sign left by something vanished. Most of the works in this exhibit are singular in nature, focused on one object or figure. A single body is unique for it is absolute, existing independent of relation. Once the experience of painting has expired, the relationship between myself and the object disappears and the piece remains as evidence. It is important that the works illustrate both a first impression and a deep investigation. CONTAINER Paintings by Jeremy Plunkett Container speaks of both the act of containing and a vessel that is used to hold or transport something. I am a container. The subject I am undeniably attracted to and trying to contain is light. This exhibit showcases points of contemplation where an amorphous space or material combined with glaring qualities of light can momentarily spark the sublime (a reminder about our human consumption vs. our residue, our real and our non-real, our mark and our non-mark). |
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