AVAM Exhibition:A Visionary Spirit for InventionRunning until November 2021, "A Visionary Spirit for Invention” is a bespoke art exhibition selected from works within the permanent collection of The American Visionary Art Museum (AVAM) and assembled out of a great shared respect and affection between the State of Maryland and the EU, bolstered from a tour of AVAM by all twenty-seven EU Ambassadors to the US, that occurred in December 2019.
Orville Wright's American Flyer, Julian Harr (2003). Carved pine, 44 in.Hosted at the EU Embassy Residence in Washington, D.C. at the invitation of Ambassador Stavros Lambrinidis and his wife, Phoebe Kapouano, “A Visionary Spirit for Invention” is an art exhibition dedicated to illuminating the role that resourceful, self-reliant, and resilient visionaries have played throughout humanityʼs upward evolution and in underscoring that same spirited vision embedded in the founding heart of the American
experiment.
Gabriel's Last Call, Howard Finster (1984). Carved and painted wood, 11.75 x 48.25 in. Curated by AVAMʼs Founder and Director, Rebecca Alban Hoffberger, “A Visionary Spirit for Invention,” is joyfully devoted to deepening the mutual goodwill between America and its caring allies of the European Union, and in the hope of inspiring ever new creative partnerships toward a better and kinder world.
The Gateway, Antar Mikosz (2013). Acrylic, oil, markers on canvas, 56.25 x 80.5 in. Photos courtesy: EU Delegation to the United States
Cavin-Morris Gallery: Call for entries: Puppets exhibition In late spring or early summer 2021, Cavin-Morris Gallery will present a hopefully live exhibition of puppets made by artists. The exhibition is open to all artists who wish to participate. It is open internationally. "We are very excited about this project. Trained and untrained artists invited. No restrictions on subjects or materials. They may be ventriloquist dummies, hand puppets or marionettes or even bunraku."
Photo of Paul Klee puppets; courtesy of Calvin-Morris Gallery "We ask that you get the puppets to us by late April. Please limit it to two per artist. They will be for purchase to the public; there will be an online catalog. We cannot put stands on them so please keep their presentation in your minds if you participate. "E-mail animismcmg@gmail.com before shipping as there may be
an address change. We look forward to receiving your submissions!"
Virtual Gallery tour: All Claws Crossed:An Exploration of the Creative ProcessGigi Spratley and Jack Waltrip have been collaborating on art, music, animation and writing for two decades. This unique exhibition curated by St. Stephen's School provides a glimpse into their creative process as well as a relative retrospective of Gigi’s art oeuvre.
All Claws Crossed: Odyssey of the Beasties Vol. 1 "The paintings, drawings and mixed media works were drawn from Gigi's creative output dating from 1983 to current works in progress. The process of collaboration involves Jack's scanning and photographing of Gigi's art and digitally manipulating the color, texture and composition to create a new image. Gigi likes to call this process binary alchemy."
KunstMatrix virtual gallery space image courtesy of artspaces.kunstmatrix.com "The art is out of this world – a melange of sharp organic graphite forest creatures and flying machines superimposed and synthesized with mesmerizing digital landscapes hyper-colored in 3 Dimensions … It is Ancient Noveau Futuristic Timeless Surrealism."
Colin Rhodes:Joe Minter's 'African Village in America'Writer, artist and
curator Colin Rhodes has published a new article on the website Art School to Art World about outsider artist Joe Minter. In the late 1980s Joe Minter discovered there were plans to build a Civil Rights Museum in his hometown of Birmingham, Alabama. Although he welcomed this development in a part of the United States with a particularly dark history
in respect of its treatment of Black Americans, he quickly realised that the stories it would tell would privilege those of the leaders of the Civil Rights movement.
Joe Minter. Photo: C. Rhodes, 15 May 2014 As he put it, "The main characters were left out of the history," namely the "foot soldiers", the thousands of ordinary people who participated in the emancipatory struggle, and without whom the changes made would not have been achieved. In response to this, Minter resolved to create an outdoor sculpture park or environment. It would tell that other story, beginning with the arrival of Africans in America in the 16th Century.
The Price to Vote, The Price to be Human (The Selma March), Joe Minter (1995). Photo: C. Rhodes 15 May 2014 He credits the inspiration and prosecution of his creative mission to Divine forces working through him: "God gave me the mission of art, to link that 400-year journey to the Africans in America ... and I decided to name what I create The African
Village in America. It explained the story of the life and struggle we have undergone here in America."
Entrance sign to the "African Village in America", Joe Minter. Photo: C. Rhodes, 6 April 2012 Situated on a plot of land next to his home at the edge of the city, and backing on to the New Grace Hill Cemetery, Minter's sprawling creation is at once history, memorial and sacred art.
Read the full article here: artschooltoartworld.com Learn more about Minter here: soulsgrowndeep.org/artist/joe-minter Joe Minter was featured in Raw Vision #68.
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