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Twist – Layer – Pour,

SONDRA N. ARKIN, JOAN BELMAR & MARY EARLY

CURATED BY SARAH TANGUY

September 5–October 22, 2017
American University Museum at the Katzen Arts Center 

September 5–October 22, 2017
American University Museum at the Katzen Arts Center

OPENING RECEPTION

SEPTEMBER 9, 6–9 PM

Mix and mingle with the artists, curators, and fellow museum patrons at the opening of our fall exhibitions. Free and open to all.

GALLERY TALK

SEPTEMBER 28, 6–7:30 PM

Curator Sarah Tanguy discusses process and inspiration for the installations with the artists Sondra N. Arkin, Joan Belmar, and Mary Early. Free and open to all.

ABOUT THE EXHIBITION

In Twist – Layer – Pour, the unexpected grouping of Sondra N. Arkin, Joan Belmar and Mary Early yields a dynamic, site-responsive med- itation on systemized components and accumulated wholes. Step by step, link by link, their obsessive object-making becomes a metaphor for conscious and intuitive gesture, relational interconnectivity, and the passage of time.

At once public and private, monumental and intimate, the works pro- fess an unswerving passion for their chosen materials: steel wire, synthetic papers, and beeswax. Individual variances and details in- vite close attention while, in the aggregate, distilled shapes and rhyth- mic patterns emerge. Whether the viewer roams among the works or stands still, the artwork expands, surrounds and cascades all around.

Together the installations create a kaleidoscope of contrasting per- spectives and engage all aspects of their architectural setting— oor, ceiling, and wall, be it double- or single-height, curved, straight, or glass. The ow of air and the play of light further complicate the in- teraction between actual and implied motion. From humble materials, and from individual units, the artists create a new way of experiencing the space. 

Homage to Mango Street

Chautauqua Institution
Chautauqua, N.Y. 14722

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Wednesday, June 28, 2017
03:00pm

Location Strohl Art Center / Gallo Family Gallery


June 25–August 21 / Opening Reception Wednesday, June 28 /  3–5 p.m.

Curated by VACI Artistic Director Don Kimes, this exhibition presents works by several contemporary Latino artists with roots in Mexico, Chile, Uruguay, The Dominican Republic, Venezuela and Cuba. The show is being presented in conjunction with a visit to Chautauqua by MacArthur Fellow Sandra Cisneros, author of The House on Mango Street (a story about Esperanza Cordero, a young Latina girl growing up in Chicago, inventing for herself who and what she will become). The House on Mango Street is the CLSC and Young Readers selection for Week Four, and Cisneros is speaking at the CLSC Roundtable presentation at the Hall of Philosophy, 3:30 p.m. on Thursday, July 20. A book signing will follow at 4:30 p.m. at the Literary Arts Center at Alumni Hall.