Artists’ Breakfast Club, 20 Years
In celebration of its 20th anniversary, the Valley-based Artists’ Breakfast Club will be featured in a new exhibition by Scottsdale Public Art from Oct. 5 through Dec. 31, 2020, at the Civic Center Public Gallery inside the Scottsdale Civic Center Library.
With the exhibition, titled “Artists’ Breakfast Club, 20 Years,” the group will celebrate a spirit of community and support among a collection of professional Arizona artists who meet regularly to exchange ideas, learn about the art world and become friends.
Participating artists include: Cherie Buck-Hutchison, Sara Reinstein Becker, Kevin Caron, Christine Cassano, Mary Chuduk, Joel Coplin, Barbara Kemp Cowlin, Diana Creighton, Heidi Dauphin, Jill Friedberg, John Haddock, Jerry Jacobson, Christopher Jagmin, Jane Kelsey-Mapel, Art Levy, Jo-Ann Lowney, Emily Matyas, Mary Meyer, John Randall Nelson, Ellen Nemetz, Marnell North, Ann Osgood, Daniel Prendergast, Rembrandt Quiballo, Joe Ray, Patricia Sannit, Melissa Sclafani , Diane Silver, Beth Ames Swartz, Annie Waters and Ellen Wagener.
Through December 31st, 2020
Civic Center Public Gallery
3839 N Drinkwater Blvd,
Scottsdale, AZ 85251
Recurring daily Monday and Wednesday: 10:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m.; Friday and Saturday: 1:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Political Party
Located outside the entrance of the Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art (Scottsdale, AZ), I hope to convey the idea of the sounds of people gathering outside SMoCA on an opening night. Using recordings from current and historical political characters, the listener may question what they are hearing. Is the conversation joyful or anxious?
As this election gets nearer, our news feeds are increasingly filled with the noise of politicians, pundits, and scandals. The pandemic certainly adds to the collective anxiety of American life in 2020. More than ever we are in need of comfort from others, and some escape from the news of the day. This compilation of 80+ news and audio clips from the past year attempts to capture the sounds of a lively opening night at SMoCA, but the listener may question what they are hearing. Is the conversation joyful or anxious?
With the voices of Stacey Abrams, Christiane Amanpour, Prince Andrew, Cardi B, Atty. Gen. William Barr, Beyonce, Joe Biden, Sen. Cory Booker, Pete Buttigieg, Tucker Carlson, Justice Brett Kavanaugh, Hillary Clinton, Ta-Nehisi Coates, Michael Cohen, James Comey, Kellyanne Conway. Rep. John Conyers, Anderson Cooper, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Ben Crump, Sen. Ted Cruz, Stormy Daniels, Louis DeJoy, Betsy Devos, Sen. Tammy Duckworth, Dr. Anthony Fauci, Dr. Christine Blasey Ford, Pope Francis, Morgan Freeman, Bill Gates, Melinda Gates, Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Rudy Giuliani, Rep. Louie Gohmert, Sen. Lindsey Graham, Kimberly Guilfoyle, Sean Hannity, Brayden Harrington, Sen. Kamala Harris, Xi Jinping, Boris Johnson, Kim Jong-un, Rep. Jim Jordan, Larry King, Sen. Amy Klobuchar, Jared Kushner, Rep. John Lewis, Rep. Barry Loudermilk, Sen. Mitch McConnell, Kayleigh McEnany, Angela Merkel, Stephen Miller, Toni Morrison, Trevor Noah, Barack Obama, Michelle Obama, Sen. Rand Paul, Rep. Nancy Pelosi, Mike Pence, Vladamir Putin, Sen. Mitt Romney, Sen. Bernie Sanders, Sarah Huckabee Sanders, Sen. Chuck Schumer, Jeff Sessions, George Stephanopoulos, Greta Thunberg, Chuck Todd, Justin Trudeau, Donald Trump, Donald Trump Jr., Ivanka Trump, Melania Trump, Sen. Elizabeth Warren, Kanye West, Bob Woodward, Andrew Yang, and Mark Zuckerberg.
This sound installation runs 24-7 through October.
2020 Arizona Biennial
October 1, 2020 – January 10, 2021
I will be exhibiting my work, “I Vow” at this year’s Arizona Biennial at the Tucson Museum of Art. It is the oldest Biennial running state-wide juried exhibition featuring exclusively Arizona artists. The work juried into the exhibition was selected by guest juror Joe Baker, Director of the Mashantucket Pequot Museum and Research Center in Ledyard, Connecticut.
Blue
I’m Afraid of Everything, 2020 (micron pen on paper)
September 12, 2020 – January 2, 2021
Available to View by Appointment
Blue, a timely exhibition opening this fall at Lisa Sette Gallery, traces the significance of the color blue in art history, while drawing from it a powerful metaphor for the politics of our time. The exhibition was conceived before the coronavirus pandemic, and was set to open in September, 2020, ahead of the presidential election.
Including works by Christopher Jagmin, Merryn Omotayo Alaka & Sam Fresquez, Maximo Gonzalez, Valerie Hammond, Alan Bur Johnson, Yves Klein, Michael Koerner, Mayme Kratz, Annie Lopez, Matt Magee, Michael Lundgren, Carrie Marill, and Ann Morton, Blue traces the color as an aesthetic or political ideal, and a theme central to each artist’s conceptual intent.