DEVOTION/DESTRUCTION: CRAFT INHERITANCE

Dorsky Gallery Curatorial Programs
January 17 - March 27, 2016

Devotion/Destruction: Craft Inheritance exhibits artworks created as a result of formal investigations into the materials and methods historically affiliated with craft. Artists exhibited are those whose intense study of traditional means for producing functional objects, or whose extended relationship with such objects and ornamentation, has led them to a place of intimate inquiry into their chosen materials. Through their work, each artist makes visible the physicality of de/construction and the visceral effects of their actions. In their making, the artists also carve a space for the re/consideration of the socio-historical constructs of traditional craft production. 

Alexandra Ben-Abba, Alyssa Casey, Colby Claycomb, Crystal Gregory, Elana Herzog, Joan Lurie, Michael Milano, John Paul Morabito, Armita Raafat, Cheryl Ann Thomas

Programs
3/13/16
Destruction: Objects & Materials
Panel discussion moderated by Rebecca Pristoop with presentations by Alexandra Ben-Abba, Elana Herzog, & Armita Raafat

2/28/16
Material/Gender/Labor
Panel discussion moderated by Shannon Stratton with presentations by Crystal Gregory, Michael Milano, & John Paul Morabito
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1/31/16
Disruption in Devotion/Destruction
Performance by Alexandra Ben-Abba followed by a Curator/Artists Tour with curator, Rebecca Pristoop & artists, Alexandra Ben-Abba, Alyssa Casey, & Crystal Gregory​

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​Dorsky Gallery Curatorial Programs, Essay, GalleryELL Review, Textile Art Center Review