Perspectives: Panel on Artists’ Residencies
Perspectives: Panel on Artists’ Residencies, February 1, 2024, 12:00 – 1:00 p.m.
The Department of Studio Arts is thrilled to announce a special Perspectives panel discussion on Artists’ Residencies with faculty Omid Shekari, Bryan Martello, Delanie Jenkins, and Aaron Henderson. The panelists will discuss their recent time at artist residency programs and other non-conventional studio settings and how such experiences impact their art practices. The panel will take place in Frick Fine Arts Studio B42 and simultaneously on Zoom.
Collectively these four faculty members have held numerous such artists’ residencies. Their conversation will include experiences at Sculpture Space, Utica, NY (Omid Shekari), Bunker Projects, Pittsburgh (Bryan Martello), the Arctic Circle Art & Science Expedition (Delanie Jenkins), and the Fullbright-Hays program to Kenya (Aaron Henderson).
Please join us in person in Frick Fine Arts studio B42 or on Zoom. Register for Zoom here: https://pitt.zoom.us/j/98313954059
The Artists
Aaron Henderson participated in the Fulbright-Hays program to Kenya last summer. He traveled with a group of other educators from the SW PA region visiting schools, universities and studios. His focus was in developing relationships with artists and hopefully fostering future collaborations and opportunities between Nairobi and Pittsburgh.
Delanie Jenkins participated in the Arctic Circle Art & Science Expedition in October 2022. Sailing the high Arctic waters of the international territory of Svalbard, while living and working aboard a three-masted polar expedition vessel, she pursued independent projects and explored collaborations with fellow participants onboard and during daily landings ashore. Delanie continues to work with material in and around this residency experience.
Omid Shekari was a resident at the Sculpture Space which offers a large, shared studio where highly equipped metal shop, wood shop and other tools and materials are located. Within that space each artist gets a spacious individual studio. It is a very supportive environment and staff help artists-in-residence with materials and enough support to materialize their project. There is housing provided within 5 minutes of the studio where artists live. It’s not huge but it covers all the necessary needs. There is a $750 stipend to help cover food expenses.
Bryan was invited to Bunker Projects last fall to finish work on his latest photographic project "The Front Yard" and prepare for an exhibition at the space.
Image Credit: Aaron Henderson, Mukuru Art Collective, Nairobi, Kenya
