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Casual Encounters install and opening

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This week I'll be installing work for my upcoming show in Richmond, Casual Encounters, which is the cherry on top of a year of working here at VCU. I'll be showing with my fellow Fellow, Ben Stout, at ADA Gallery at 228 W Broad St. Come by for the official First Friday opening on May 3 from 7-9. Here's a sneak peek of what's been happening behind the curtains:

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Casual Encounters: Kate Hampel and Ben Stout

Archetype Drift

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Nikon SLR_0125.tif by D.E. Todd I've been stopping by the gallery over the last couple of days and can't wait to see the projectors up and running tomorrow night for Archetype Drift, curated by Jason Lazarus and organized by my favourite people at Filter Photo. The space looks amazing---if you are in Chicago tomorrow night please stop by Johalla Projects for a visit!

There's a great preview of the exhibition on Image 37, so if you can't make it take the tour:

"It’s interesting to note that some of the less obviously photographic pieces are the ones most concerned with the historical and cultural aspects of the medium, such as Shannon Benine’s Central Light (No. 2), 2009, which attempts to reconnect photography to some of its early mystical uses, and Molly Brandt’s 1895-1946, a “direct positive print from a rubbing of László Molohy-Nagy’s grave.” Several other members of the cannon are referenced in Archetype Drift: John Baldessari’s Throwing Three Balls… is comically re-performed in Jeremy Chiu’s video Throwing Three Cameras in the Air to Get a Straight Shot (Best of Thirty-Six Attempts), and Nan Goldin’s Nan One Month After Being Battered sits in the background of Kate Hampel’s interrogative piece, Something you can believe in. These videographic takes on classic photography projects celebrate the originals while seeking ways to keep their intentions relevant in the contemporary world." (James Pepper Kelly)

November news

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This month I've been busy--the changing weather in Richmond means I have to judge every day's biking gear by the colour of the sky through the skylight, and I've been figuring out what to do with all the squash that my CSA has given me. Also though, I've been working on shows in both Chicago and Richmond. As an ACRE summer resident, I was given the opportunity to participate in this fall's MDW fair in Chicago, located at Mana Contemporary. ACRE curator Alicia Eler put together a booth of artists that she'll be working with for a show in the spring, and helped co-ordinate my participation at a distance, and luckily I have an amazing studio/life partner who could shuttle work and large bags of rock salt around the city! (thanks JMPK!) I am so glad this all came together, and it was really great to see my work featured in Newcity's review of the event. (Jason Foumberg named my piece best in show, you can read his whole review here).

Last night was great

This weekend I was setting up another show, this time in Richmond. Derecho opened last night at VCU and featured the work of the visiting faculty members in each area of the Craft/Material Studies department. The show looks great, and will be up until December 6th in the Fine Art Building at 1000 W. Broad St.

Kominy - Richmond Threshold, 2012, by Heath Matysek-Snyder, installed at VCU.

Artist Story on Chicago Artists Resource

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Last week I was invited to submit an artist story Chicago Artists Resource, and to share my thoughts on balancing part-time teaching with a studio practice. This is something I've been thinking about a lot lately, so it seemed like a great opportunity to spend a little bit of time with my ideas.

"It’s a privilege for me to be able to write this. Someone asked me a few months ago what I wanted to do with my life and I could, perhaps for the first time, say that I was already doing it. I’m teaching two classes a semester and working in my studio—on the surface an entirely sweet deal, and it is, but the reality of teaching is a little different than I imagined it to be. " Read the entire post here.

Erica Scourti on the Artist in Residence

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Check out what artist Erica Scourti has to say about our month at the Vermont Studio Center in this post from LABKULTUR.TV: Artist in Residence: an inside view "Welcome to the parallel reality of the artists’ residency, a cross between art school, summer camp and (working) holiday resort for time-pressed artists and writers.

Here at Vermont Studio Centre, everything an artist needs for maximum creative output is catered for. Three home-cooked meals a day, spacious individual studios, workshops and equipment, a meditation hall, yoga studio and a well-stocked art store that- rather like a bar and just as dangerous- allows a running tab. ..."