Art Glass Screens 2011

ArtGlassScreens
2011
LaurenAdams
St.Louis,MO
Untitled (Missouri Coverlet Abstraction 1850s to 2010)
ThisdesignisbasedonthepatternofawovencoverletthatbelongedtoBetseyCoryTerhune
ofNodawayCounty,Missouriinthe1850sandisnowinthecollectionoftheSaintLouisArt
M
Museum.Thecoverlet’’
Th
l t’’srowsoftightlypacked,flowerͲfilledrectanglescreateagridͲlike
f ti htl
k d fl
fill d t l
t
id lik
patternthatwastypicalofcoverletsandcarpetsfromthistime.Thecoverletwaspasseddown
throughtheTerhunefamilyanddonatedtotheMuseumin2003.Ihavefocusedononesmall
areaofthecoverletandpaintedanabstractedandaggrandizedinterpretationofthewoven
texturesandcolors.Mypaintingwasthentranslatedintoglass.Mydesireforthisworkisto
create a contemporary awareness of the textile traditions of Missouri, within the context of the
createacontemporaryawarenessofthetextiletraditionsofMissouri,withinthecontextofthe
Airport.
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LaurenAdamsholdsaBFAin
StudioArtandArtHistory
fromtheUniversityofNorth
CarolinaatChapelHillandan
MFAfromCarnegieMellon
University.Sheistherecipient
oftheJoanMitchell
Foundation’’sMFAAwardand
hasexhibitedherwork
nationally,aswellasinSerbia.
SheiscurrentlyanAssistant
ProfessoratWashington
University’’sSamFoxSchoolof
DesignandVisualArtswhere
p
g
sheteachespainting.Lauren
alsorunsacollaborative
storeͲfontgallery,Cosign
Projects,fromherhomeand
studioinSouthCity,St.Louis.
Sarah Giannobile
St. Louis, MO
Dream of Flying
Thispieceiscomposedofthreeseparatedrawingsthatcanbeviewedasinventedlandscapes
andimaginarywebformsfoundinnature. Thedrawingsarelikeexaggeratedandabstract
environments. Inmywork,repeatedshapesandsymbolscansometimesappearlikeanaerial
vieworamap. Forthispiece,Iwantedtomakemydrawingsappeartobegrowingand
multiplyingandweavinginthesurroundingspaces.
Ihopetheviewercanenvisionbusystreetsandsmallhiddendwellingsinthesedifferent
abstractforms.Colorwillbecreatedbypassersby,whosemovementwillbemadediffusewhen
seenthroughthetranslucentwhite.
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SarahGiannobileholdsan
MFAdegreewithanemphasis
inpaintingfromFontbonne
UniversityandaBFAwithan
emphasisinpaintingfrom
WebsterUniversity.Shewas
the2006winnerofGrand
Center’’sVisionaryAwardin
thecategoryofEmerging
Artist.Shehastaughtand
lecturedatmanylocalschools
andcollegesandherworkhas
beenexhibitedwidelyinthe
St.Louisarea.
Joan Hall
St. Louis, MO
The Confluence
MyinterestinsystemsandrelationshipsledmetodesignanartworkfortheAirportthatisinfluenced
bytheconfluenceoftheMississippiandMissouriRivers,twoofthegreatestriversinNorthAmerica.
MyresearchtookmetotheConfluencemultipletimestoobservethespotwherethetworivers
combine into one I made rubbings of native plants while I walked the banks of the river
combineintoone.ImaderubbingsofnativeplantswhileIwalkedthebanksoftheriver.
IalsodiscoveredthatLewisandClarkcollectedover220plantsamplesontheirjourneyuptheMissouri
Riverandthatthesesamplesfaroutnumberotherobjectsintheircollection,asplantswhereextremely
valuabletonineteenthͲcenturyEuroͲAmericanresearchers.Ifoundthattheseexplorersusedplants,
suchastheCompassGoldenRod–– whichalwayspointstotheNorth,tonavigateontheplains.Inmy
work,IhavedepictedtheCompassGoldenRodasaghostͲlikeshape.Rubbingsofothernativeplants
k Ih
d i t d th C
G ld R d
h t lik h
R bbi
f th
ti
l t
areplacedwithinportalsandnavigationalcharts,whichrefertotheimportanceofcommerceonthe
rivers.Theturbulentriversthemselvesarerepresentedthroughthetwocolorsofswirlingbluethat
dominateandflowthroughthedesign.
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JoanHallholdsanMFA
degreefromtheUniversityof
NebraskaandaBFAfromthe
ColumbusCollegeofArtand
Design. Shehasexhibitedher
workinternationally,most
recentlycreatingan
installationinDenmark.Her
workisinthecollectionofthe
SaintLouisArtMuseum,the
FoggArtMuseum,andthe
NelsonͲAtkinsArtMuseum,
amongothers.Joanisthe
KennethE.HudsonProfessor
g
p
ofArtteachingsculptureat
WashingtonUniversity’’sSam
FoxSchoolofDesignand
VisualArts.
Jana Harper
Clayton, MO
Reflections on Clouds
Cloudsaretheeternalsymbolofallvoyaging,ofeveryquestandyearningforhome.Andastheclouds
aresuspendedfaintheartedlyandlonginglyandstubbornlybetweenheavenandearth,thesoulsofmen
aresuspendedfaintheartedlyandlonginglyandstubbornlybetweentimeandeternity.ͲHermannHesse
Iamaverb.ͲBuckminsterFuller
ThesetwostatementshaveinformedandinspiredmyworkforLambertͲSt.LouisInternationalAirport.
Onethingweallhaveincommonisafascinationwiththesky.Cloudsareofuniversalinterestandtheir
significanceandmeaningiswideopentointerpretation.Airtravelenablesustoexperienceashiftin
perspectiveandviewcloudsatathrillingproximity.Cloudsareneverstatic;theyareinconstantflux.
p
p
gp
y
;
y
Thismakesthemtheperfectmetaphorfortravelandvoyaging.LikehumansinBuckminsterFuller’’s
view,cloudsareverbsͲͲ signsofongoingactionandtransformation,departureandpassage.
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JanaHarperholdsanMFAin
PrintmakingandBooksArts
fromArizonaStateUniversity
andaBAinLiberalArtsfrom
theEvergreenStateCollege.
SheisaSeniorLecturerinthe
KranzbergIllustratedBook
StudioatWashington
UniversityinSt.Louisandhas
exhibitednationally,aswell
asinItaly,Sweden,Norway,
Estonia,Lithuania,and
Germany.Janaisalsoa
graduateoftheRegionalArts
y
Commission’’sCommunity
ArtsTrainingInstitute.
Tom Huck
University City, MO
Vivere est Volare
ForthispieceIhavetakentheconceptofoldfashionedtattooflashandcombineditwithimagesof
birdsofprey.Ichosebirdsofpreybecauseoftheirheavyuseintraditionaltattooflashandbecause
theyareinkeepingwiththethemeofflightrelatingtothenatureofthisproject.
Inthecenterpanel,abaldeagleholdsabannerreading:““VIVEREESTVOLARE””–– toliveistofly.The
twosidepanelsdepictbirdsofpreyatdawnanddusk.Asawhole,thedesignofthepanelsrepresentsa
fusionofmyinterestsinstainedglasswindows,traditionaltattooflash,andNorthernRenaissance
woodcutsofthe1400s.
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TomHuckholdsaBFAin
DrawingfromtheUniversity
ofSouthernIllinoisͲ
CarbondaleandanMFAin
PrintmakingfromWashington
UniversityinSt.Louis.His
woodcutprintsarein
numerouspublicandprivate
collections,includingthe
WhitneyMuseumof
AmericanArt,theSpencer
MuseumofArt,theNelsonͲ
AtkinsMuseumofArt,the
SaintLouisArtMuseum,and
y
theNewYorkPublicLibrary.
Forthepastfifteenyearshe
hasrunhisownprintshop
andpress,EvilPrintsin
midtownSt.Louis.
William LaChance
Maplewood, MO
Slipstream
IwantedtocreateanartworkforLambertͲSt.LouisInternationalAirportthatwassiteͲspecificwithout
beingovertlyso,andIalsowantedtocreateanimagewithacomplicatednarrativethatwouldengage
theviewer. Toachievethisnarrativequalitywhilestayingwithintheparametersoftheglasstechnique,
Ipareddownthecompositiontoasinglefigureandcreatedanimagethatrecallsfilmstillsorcinema,
exploitingtheinherentfilmiccharacteristicsofthepiece’’sformat–– itsmoviescreenͲlikeaspectratio,
thetransparencyoftheglass,andthetriptych’’sintermittentdivisions.Thedeadpancompositionand
thekeyedͲupcolorhues,aswellasthegestureofthefigurefacingawayfromtheviewer,areallmeant
toreinforcethismovieͲlikequalityandevokeintheviewerakindofempatheticnarrative.The
y,
,
g
y
g
abundanceofsky,theabsenceofahorizonline,andthegarmentwornbythefigureareallsubtle
referencestoflightandtravel.
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WilliamLaChanceholdsan
MFAfromIndianaUniversity
andaBFAfromtheKansas
CityArtInstitute.Hewasan
artistͲinͲresidenceatthe
ChautauquaInstitutionin
NewYorkandiscurrently
ProfessorofStudioArt,
Design,andArtHistoryat
StevensInstituteofBusiness
andtheArts.Hisworkhas
beenexhibitednationallyand
isinthecollectionsofthe
SaintLouisGalleria,theU.S.
,
,
,
FederalReserve,Nike,Inc.,
andNationalBroadcasting
Company(NBC).
Eva Lundsager
University City, MO
Wherever
““Wherever”” acknowledgesthecenturiesoldexperienceofstainedglasswindowsandactsasacatalyst
fordreamy,inͲtheͲmomentfocus,presentingaplacethatisweightlessandblissfulͲͲ another
world. Theliquid brushstrokes ofwatercolorandtheoverlappingtranslucentcolorstranslate
beautifullyintoglass. Myaimisforavivid,unrealworldthatnevercompletelycoalescesinto
recognizableimagerybutallowstheviewertofindamomentaryescapeintotheirown wherever.
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EvaLundsagerholdsanMFA
fromHunterCollegeinNew
YorkandaBAfromthe
UniversityofMaryland.Her
workhasbeenexhibited
widelyinNewYork,aswellas
hereinSaintLouisandin
Germany,andisinthe
collectionsoftheDallas
MuseumofArt,theDaum
MuseumofContemporaryArt
inSedalia,MO,theSaintLouis
ArtMuseum,andtheWhanki
MuseuminSeoul,South
p
Korea.Evaisalsoarecipient
oftheGuggenheim
FellowshipinPainting.
Edna Patterson-Petty
East St. Louis, IL
A Whimsical View
AsamultiͲmediafabricartist,Iuselotsofcolorfulmaterialsinmydesignconcepts.Forthiswork,I
createdanabstractdesignusingwatercolorpaperandpaintandapproacheditasadeconstructedart
quiltdesign.Iembellishedselectedareasineachpanelwithsmallbitsoffabrictrimasitrelatestothe
designandcolor.Theabstractdesignsfloatseparatelyontheglasspanels,incontrasttothewayfabric
piecesaresewntogethertoconstructquilts.
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EdnaPattersonͲPettyholdsan
MFAinTextileArtaswellasan
MAinArtTherapyandaBFAin
StudioArtfromSouthernIllinois
UniversityͲEdwardsville.Her
workhasbeenexhibitedatthe
MissouriHistoryMuseum,the
SaintLouisArtMuseum,andthe
SheldonArtGalleries,aswellas
inWashingtonDC,NewYork,
Senegal,andWestAfrica.She
was the 2009 recipient of the
wasthe2009recipientofthe
GrandCenterVisionaryAward
andin2008wontheNAACPArts
Award.Shehasreceived
numerousgrantstorunarts
workshopsforchildrenandhas
beencommissionedtocreate
workfortheSIUcampusandthe
FairviewHeightsMetroLink
station.Ednaisalsoagraduate
oftheRegionalArts
Commission’’sCommunityArts
TrainingInstitute.
Mel Watkin
Cobden, IL
Mimic
Thispiece,whichIhavetitled““Mimic,””consistsofthreenearexactcopiesofanItalianCyprustree,each
surroundedbyahaloofLunamoths.Eachtreeisfreestandingonaclearsheetofglass——asiftheyhad
grownoutofthefloor.Myhopeisthatthepiecewillfeellikeahedgetothosesittingorstanding
nearby.
ThescaleofthisworkmimicsthescaleoftheItalianCyprustree,whichonlygrows6Ͳ8feetinheight.
Whiletheydonotglow,Lunamothsareanalmostfluorescentgreenandareoftenaslargeasthepalm
ofyourhand.Ihavegiventhemtheattributesofinsectsthatmimictheshapeandcoloroftheflora
aroundthemtoeludepredators.InthisworktheLunamothsaretryingtohidebymimickingtheshape
yp
yp
g
g
,
oftheCyprustrees.InturntheberriesontheCyprustreesmimicthewingmarkingsoftheLunamoths,
whichlooklikeeyes.
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MelWatkinholdsanMFA
fromtheUniversityof
MontanaandaB.A.from
Bennington College in
BenningtonCollegein
Vermont.Shehasexhibited
herworkwidely,including
recentsoloshowsatthe
IllinoisStateMuseumͲͲ
Chicago,PhilipSleinGallery,
the Sheldon Art Galleries,and
theSheldon
Galleries and
theSalinaArtCenter.
Her art workisin
the collection oftheSpencer
MuseumofArt aswellas
numerousprivate
collections.
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H
Herartists'books
i 'b k
canbefound attheMuseum
ofModernArt’’sLibrary,the
NewYorkPublicLibrary,and
theFoggMuseumofArt.
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