Apr 27, 2018 | Inpost Artspace
Developed from a daily drawing practice, With Sprinkles is an adaptation from “The Best Comic Book Ever,” an ongoing body of work from Albuquerque artist Kate Wood. Stricken with a chronic disease, Wood undertook a daily drawing practice to help pass the time while receiving medical attention, and as a way to accept her time spent in treatment. Compiled into 8 sketchbooks, to date, Wood will complete her 500th drawing on January 28th, 2018, coincidentally the day these drawings are installed at the Inpost Artspace. Her practice has developed into a sustained narrative that draws upon a large cast of colorful and amorphous creatures, functioning as symbols and allegory for greater personal themes of health and loss. The pieces in this exhibition focus on a few of the over 200 characters she has been developing, allowing them to explore a more specific narrative than that of her sketchbooks.
Kate Wood is an artist and a farmer, currently working in Albuquerque, New Mexico. She has spent the past decade working in organic agriculture on the east coast, and was most recently the owner/operator of a small farm business in rural Illinois. Chronic health issues forced her to leave her chosen career, but brought her back to a daily art practice. Kate is deeply inspired and influenced by storytelling, folklore, comic books, mythology, and pattern.
Reception: Friday, February 2, 5 – 7pm | Exhibition Dates: January 29 – March 24, 2018
Exhibition may be viewed during the reception, Outpost performances, box office hours, (M-F 2-5:30pm), and by appointment.
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Nov 27, 2017 | Inpost Artspace
Exhibition Dates: December 4 – January 27, 2017
Reception: Friday, December 8, 2017 5 – 7pm (First Friday ARTScrawl)
It Sounds So Simple features the photographic work of dedicated students from Albuquerque Public School’s La Cueva High School. Students are presenting unique artworks in response to an audio soundbite with the phrase “It Sounds So Simple.” The artists are all La Cueva juniors and seniors, and have studied photography for two to four years.
Works will include analog, digital, and alternative-process photography. This collaborative exhibit will highlight the love for image-making fostered under the tutelage of Tamara Zibners, UNM Photography MFA graduate and La Cueva photo teacher.
Exhibiting Artists: Maged Alaini, Emma Allen, Grace Bernhart, Josh Dekleva, Ethan Johnson, Zachary Marshall, Sofia Palacios, Shaun Paques, Sophia Pedroncelli, Ava Pressley, Neha Rajput, Ariana Santistevan, Hannah Schum, Bronwyn Scott, and Reece Wigginsal.
Exhibition may be viewed during the reception, Outpost performances, box office hours, (M-F 2-5:30pm), and by appointment.
Oct 2, 2017 | Inpost Artspace
Reception: Friday, October 6, 5-7pm
EXHIBITION DATES: OCTOBER 2 – DECEMBER 2, 2017
Fun & games features the photographic work of Jamie Kovach and the sculptural work of Cecilia Mckinnon. Each artist explores patterning with and of familiar objects, imparting distinct nostalgias. Through repetition and renewal of commonplace items, the handmade imperfect motifs structure an inquiry into utility and reminiscence, work and play. Cecilia McKinnon grew up in California, and moved to New Mexico in 2010 to complete a BFA at the University of New Mexico. Originally studying sculpture and printmaking, she ultimately branched out into a broader intermedia practice while participating in the Land Arts of the American West program. She has studied puppetry and circus practices with the Bread and Puppet Theater in Vermont, and spent a year at Concordia University in Montreal studying textiles and performance. She has been a member of several collectives, including noise performers Milch de la Máquina, women’s music festival organizers Gatas y Vatas, and most currently Graft Collective, an art and curatorial collective based out of Barelas neighborhood in Albuquerque. Jamie Kovach is an artist living and working in Austin, TX. Born in Washington, D.C., she has spent the last 13 years in the South and Southwest, earning a BFA in photography from the Savannah College of Art and Design and an MFA from the University of New Mexico in 2013. Kovach’s work has been exhibited nationally at numerous galleries, museums, and institutions, including Arizona State University, the Tamarind Institute, the University of North Georgia, and the University of New Mexico Art Museum.
Jul 16, 2017 | Inpost Artspace
Reception: Sunday, July 16, 2-4pm
presented in partnership with the University of New Mexico Art Museum, UNM School of Fine Arts, & the African American Performing Arts Center
Reginald Gammon (1921-2005), originally from Philadelphia, moved to New York City in 1951. He taught in the New York public schools and for 21 years at Western Michigan University. When he retired to New Mexico in 1992 he became active in the arts scene here. Gammon’s paintings and prints often explore aspects of African American life and history. He was a member of the black artists’ collective, Spiral, with Romare Bearden, Norman Lewis, Hale Woodruff and Emma Amos, among others. He was an avid jazz fan and saw many concerts in New York. Gammon made his own bold interpretations of such artists such as Bessie Smith, Louis Armstrong and Lester Young performing. The expressiveness of his lines and color suggest the sounds and cadences of the performances represented on these silent sheets of paper. The juxtaposition of his sensuous nudes with the jazz portraits in this exhibition reflect the multisensory element of jazz syncopation. Gammon once said, “The human physiognomy is as great a landscape as you can find or as great a still life as you can find.” These prints were created at New Grounds Print Workshop & Gallery in Albuquerque located just blocks from the Outpost. Gammon was a founding member of New Grounds in 1996. While in New York the artist had worked as a commercial artist, painter and printmaker. Known mainly as a painter, Gammon revived his interest in making prints when he moved to Albuquerque. In 2007-8 New Grounds Gallery and the Albuquerque Museum and the African American Performing Arts Center held exhibitions to honor Gammon and his legacy. In 1997 Gammon showed in the original Inpost Artspace Gallery at the old Outpost on Morningside Dr. Dr. Kymberly Pinder, dean of the College of Fine Arts at the University of New Mexico has the curated this show on the 20th Anniversary of Gammon’s last Inpost Artspace show.
EXHIBITION DATES: July 9 – September 30
May 22, 2017 | Inpost Artspace
Reception: June 2, 5 – 7pm (First Friday ARTScrawl)
The Inpost Artspace is pleased to present a selection of historical photographs chronicling early days of Cottonwood Gulch, an expedition program that has run in the Southwest since 1926. The Cottonwood Gulch was founded by a teacher from Indiana who led educational summer treks throughout the Southwest. Traveling in a caravan of Model T station wagons, they sought “the remote and generally unknown wilderness regions” to experience a simple life, if only for the summer. The Trek represents a unique experience of place and time — stepping into unfamiliar lands and cultures, being humbled by geologic time, playing off the lore of the Old West, passing down strict traditions of keeping camp. Deep in the Gulch archives are a trove of logbooks and photographs chronicling the history of these expeditions and the evolving cultural landscape the trekkers studied. Co-curators Meggan Gould and Kacie Smith are excited to introduce highlights from the archive as stories of the outdoors, discovery, friendship, and problem-solving.
Exhibition: May 22 – June 24, 2017
