Curatorial Projects
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African American Artists in Texas
Selections from the John L. Nau III Collection of Texas Art
On view at the African American Library at the Gregory School, Houston, TX
September 9, 2021 - March 12, 2022
Spanning over six decades of cultural production, this exhibition presents paintings, drawings and prints of works by African Americans in Texas with a combination of portraiture, landscape and abstraction. The John L. Nau III Collection of Texas Art, in collaboration with the Houston Public Library and the African American Library at the Gregory School, presents this exhibition featuring works from Texan artists including John Willard Banks, John Biggers, Karl E. Hall, Sedrick Huckaby, Harvey Johnson, and Kermit Oliver, supplemented with special collection materials from the African American Library at the Gregory School.
Interior Interruptions
@ Sabine Gallery at Sawyer Yards, Houston, TX
Fall 2019
New work by Marisa LaGuardia and Ellen Drew Phillips, whose engaged with transitions from printmaking into expanded sculptural forms. Co-curated with Kelly Johnson.
Changing States of Matter
@ at BOX 13 ArtSpace, Houston, TX
January 29 - March 3, 2018
Featuring new work by Hillaree Hamblin and Grace Zuñiga. Co-curated with Kelly Johnson.
Synergy
@ Gallery Q in the Milton S. Eisenhower Library at Johns Hopkins University
April 6 – May 22, 2015
Synergy is an exhibition and Earth Day event at Johns Hopkins University’s Homewood campus. The exhibition, which runs from April 6 – May 22 at Gallery Q in the Milton S. Eisenhower Library, includes four Baltimore artists—Brent Crothers, Leonard Streckfus, Max Shuster, and Bridget Parlato—and aims to initiate conversations about environmental issues. The exhibit will be punctuated by an Earth Day event on April 22nd that will transform Hopkins’ grand lawn (“the Beach”) into a River of Recyclables.
The work of the four artists presented in the exhibition will spark discussion about local environmental issues and current challenges related to consumer waste and fresh water in Baltimore. The artworks will be paired with essays written by Johns Hopkins students who have researched current environmental conservation efforts in Baltimore
“Synergy investigates the ways Baltimore is engaging environmental sustainability, introduced through the exciting artists and inquisitive students that have participated in the exhibition,” says curator Christopher Beer, a Curatorial Practice Master of Fine Arts Candidate at Maryland Institute College of Art. “It is my hope that Synergy catalyzes a larger conversation about not only the many facets and issues relating to environmental conservation and sustainability but also how different communities can come together to respond.”
BAG
@ SOFAChicago, Navy Pier, Chicago, Il
November 1-4, 2012
An art installation created with Ann Savageau, Bob Morgan, [find everyone in the project.] Special exhibition at the Sculputral object (what is it?) Write something nice about this experience.
