Goings On
October 2022 Artist in Residence
I participated in The Arctic Circle Residency Fall 2020 Expedition, the Art & Science Expedition, which set sail on October 2, 2022 after many necessary delays due to the Covid-19 pandemic. It was an incredible and life-changing experience that is still resonating in me. I look forward to being able to share some small part of the experience through my art and snapshots in the coming months.
Photo above courtesy of The Arctic Circle Residency website, photograph by Beau Carey.
Online Classes through Fleisher Art Memorial
Philadelphia, VT
Dates TBD & will list link to register here.
Step into the world of calligraphy with a short introduction to decorated capitals design. Using a printed exemplar of capital letters from a number of different alphabets, or your own favorite letter as a reference, as well as some examples of decorative motifs from traditional calligraphic styles, you will draw or trace your letter, construct a design around it, and begin to implement color.
Some classes focus especially
Decorated Capitals will introduce the principals of decorated capital design and support students in starting their unique design or multiple designs, as well as answer questions about motifs and media— students will then finish their letters after class, so as to not feel rushed. Requires no prior knowledge of calligraphy technique or material!
In Flourish Capitals, the two week course focuses on elegant ink flourish capitals— a great introduction to pointed pen calligraphy, you'll make one or even two or three beautiful capital letters with flourish lines. We will discuss materials and pen techniques, go over a little bit of pointed pen history, and design a beautiful capital letter with flourishes, step by step.
I will absolutely be running these classes again either in the summer or fall terms at Fleisher. In the meantime, check out their great class offerings from a huge roster of excellent faculty at large:
Candace Jensen, Thomas Little & Coleman Stevenson
at Amos Eno Gallery
56 Bogart, Brooklyn, NY
May 5th - June 5th, 2022
Upcoming Events:
Closing Reception:Sunday, June 5th, 2022 4pm to 6pm
Amos Eno Gallery is pleased to present ReCalling the Chimaera, works on paper, parchment, pellicles and the paper-like, by artists Candace Jensen (VT), Thomas Little (NC) and Coleman Stevenson (OR).
The chimæra: a myth, a monster and child of monsters, a dazzling, implausible corpus formed of parts unalike and unamicable. Elemental, untamable, misunderstood, or obfuscating understandability. Furs and feathers, viscera and aetheria.
To recall: to remember, to recognize. Bringing into focus that which haunts from the edges of memory. To come back to, to open lines of communication once again. Anamnesis.
ReCalling the Chimæra includes griffonage, symbiotic organismic collaborations, abecedary illuminations, bestiaries and visual spellwork by three artists whose interdisciplinary practices defy simple categorization, and deify the rhizomatic, the mycelial, the alchemical, and the holographic. The assemblage of works on view summon the traditions of sigildry, spellwork, erasure, calligraphic illumination, guerrilla gardening, biology, psychology, recursive systems, yantras, poetry, labyrinths, embroidery, mediumship, folk magic, and many other pursuits that bridge the above with the below, contain all, and bind nothing.
At its simplest, Recalling the Chimeæra pursues the aesthetics of complex, polysemic messages, and seeks to present language as a magical question. This exhibition is a ritual, a spell, and likely also a collection of asemic ephemera. The work is nothing more than earth and fibers, slime mold and hammered sheets of metal which allow light to pass through, like stained glass. The artists are devotees to the yellow friend, haphazard sorcerers and cautious Doctors Frankenstein, making a pass at presenting meaning inherent in their material, playfully irreverent of some conventions and deadly serious about the rest of them.
Events:
Opening Reception:Friday, May 6th, 2022 from 6pm-9pm
Solar Return Artist Salon:Saturday, May 7th, 2022 from 5pm to 6pm
The Ides of May Full Moon Ritual (Virtual):Sunday, May 15th 2022 (7pm EST / 4pm PST)
Register below or at https://www.amoseno.org/events
Closing Reception:Sunday, June 5th, 2022 4pm to 6pm
An Interactive Exhibition
Main Street Arts, Saxtons River, VT
April 22nd - May 31st, 2022
Emergence is a multi-artist interactive art show opening April 22 at Main Street Arts. The show will feature the work of Anya Bredbeck, Vale Burns, Candace Jensen, Collin Leech, Evie Lovett, Fiona Morehouse, Amber Paris, Cynthia Parker-Houghton and Rachel Portesi.
Guest artist Meetra Khamoosh will also debut her work here in US.
These local artists seek to explore themes of community and reconnection through an open invitation to the audience to contribute to an evolving Phoenix installation. An opening reception will be held Friday, April 22nd from 5:30-7:30pm.
The show will be on view through Memorial Day weekend. Workshops and events will take place throughout the length of the show.
Follow @emergencemsa for more details about events, the artist collaborators, and the show itself!
Broadsides, chapbooks and books of poetry still available through Iterant Mag at https://iterant.org/
Towards a New Animism & Invisible Hand
Amos Eno Gallery & Remote
January 8th, 2022
Towards a New Animism & Invisible Hand: Artist & Filmmaker Discussion was recorded on 1/8/22 at Amos Eno Gallery, and remotely. Featuring curators Candace Jensen and Joyce Yamada, Filmmakers Melissa Troutman and Joshua Pribanic of Public Herald Studios, and 3 of the exhibiting artists in the show; Grant Johnson, David Nakabayashi & Jo Watko.
The event had to be partially adapted* from a planned live talk in the gallery, in response to the Covid-19 surge in New York this January. Video including the artists at the gallery begins at 22:35, and we note that a couple of comments from curators and artists are a little muffled due to the mask wearing.
*Thanks for understanding! Closed captions and transcription coming soon.
A Solo Exhibition at SVAC
Southern Vermont Arts Center, Manchester, VT
June-July 2021
You can view my artist talk at the show at
Or click the showcard link:
Getting Off the Planet (video)
An Artist Panel Discussion by EcoArtSpace
featuring artists Erika Blumenfeld, Lanny Devuono, Adam Belt, Sandra Taggart and myself
It's been over fifty years since humans left Earth and collectively looked back at the illuminated blue marble floating in space. How has our understanding of Gaia and the Cosmos evolved since then, and what does it mean to be here on now on planet Earth? In this Zoom Dialogue, we considered our human relationship with space while exploring the implications of mining off the earth for resources, as well as the cosmological considerations of seeking out other forms of life in the universe.
Iterant Mag Risograph Broadsides designed by Candace Jensen and featuring unique poetry from the Issues. All proceeds benefit Ruth Stone House programming and Iterant publishing.