Saturday, June 07, 2008

Crystal Bridges at the Massey


I am currently in a show at Crystal Bridges at the Massey. It is called The Reconstructing Art Walk.
Crystal Bridges at the Massey is a temporary exhibition space and educational and community art center.
Crystal Bridges Web site states, "Highlighting the finest regional artists, the annual Bentonville Art Walk festival will take new shape this year as downtown Bentonville undergoes numerous construction projects. The Reconstructing Art Walk exhibition will serve as the cornerstone of activity for this year’s festival and will be comprised of artworks by past participants in Art Walk. Juried by Chris Crosman, chief curator of Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, a wide variety of media will be represented to showcase the diversity of our regional artists. Downtown Bentonville, Inc. and Crystal Bridges at the Massey are joining forces to produce and promote Reconstructing Art Walk, to continue to celebrate and promote artists from our region.
The opening was May 16th and last night was an art walk and artists talk. Ben Edwards, exhibitions assistant and Chris Crossman leading Art Walk artists in conversation about their art regarding use of all sorts of lines in thier work to make shapes, patterns, and outlines.
The event was well attended. The art piece I had selected in the juried show is titled "Pillow Tuck". It is a ceramic and stainless steel wall hanging mounted on wood. I am proud for my art to be selected as only 28 artists are in the show.