A Retrospective Celebrating A Studio in the Woods’ 10th Anniversary
This October A Studio in the Woods commemorates 10 years of inspiring and supporting artists. Marking the anniversary will be a retrospective exhibition, “10 Years, 47 Artists” at Tulane University’s Carroll Gallery. The show will highlight work by former artists-in-residence, with performances and artist panels throughout the month.
Kicking off the retrospective exhibition is a Patron Party, featuring a performance by former resident Dr. Michael White, which will be held at the home of Tulane President and Mrs. Scott Cowen. The renowned clarinetist and jazz historian Dr. White will debut a composition written in honor of the 10-year anniversary. We invite you to celebrate, too, and join us as a sponsor of the retrospective.
Please email info@astudiointhewoods.org to support the Retrospective and attend the Patron Party.
Exhibition, October 6 – 27, 2011
Carroll Gallery, Tulane University
Enter campus from Willow Street, Woldenberg Art Center will be on your right just before the stop sign.
Patron Party, Tuesday, October 4 (by invitation only)
Retrospective Opening Reception, Friday, October 7, 5:30 – 7:30 p.m. (open to the public)
At Tulane University’s Carroll Gallery, Woldenberg Art Center highlighting the work of former artists-in-residence. Special performances by former residents poet Moose Jackson and performers of ArtSpot Productions.
Process and Practice: a conversation with current and former residents at A Studio in the Woods
Wednesday, October 26, 4:00-5:00 p.m. (open to the public)
At Tulane University’s Stone Auditorium, Woldenberg Art Center moderated by Shawn Hall and featuring current and former residents:
JANE HILL, sculptor, 2007
Jane Hill grew up in Baltimore, MD, and has lived in New Orleans since 1991. She currently works in ceramic sculpture and drawing. Jane Hill is a recipient of a 2011 summer residency Assistantship at Watershed Center for the Ceramic Arts in Maine. In 2010, she created Spirit Vessels, a communal clay project in Bayou St. John to provide solace in the wake of the BP oil spill.
MOOSE JACKSON, poet, 2008
Moose is a Detroit native and ex-military who found his way to New Orleans via squatting, direct activism and trainhopping. His poetry speaks to the spirit of place and to that end his recent play LOUP GAROU won the New Orleans Big Easy Award for Best Original Work of 2009. He continues to write, perform and produce in New Orleans.
BENJAMIN MORRIS, poet, 2011 (current resident)
A native of Mississippi, Benjamin Morris is a writer and researcher whose work occupies the space between cultural and natural worlds. His work — poetry, fiction, plays, and essays – appears in such places as The Oxford American, The Southern Quarterly, Horizon Review, Dark Mountain, and BBC Radio, and has won such awards as the Chancellor’s Medal for Poetry from the University of Cambridge, where he recently completed a PhD in Archaeology. Editor at-large at Forest Publications, and affiliate researcher at the Open University, he lives in New Orleans.
MONIQUE MOSS, choreographer and dancer, 2006
A native of New Orleans, Monique Moss received a B.A. in French and an M.A. in Latin American Studies from Tulane University. She is the Artistic Director of Third Eye Theatre interdisciplinary performance company. Her choreographic works have been performed at the Congo Square Festival, the Essence Festival, the Houston Black Dance Festival, the National Dance Educators Organization Conference, and the Kennedy Center Millennium Stage. This month Monique is presenting her Interdisciplinary Performance MFA Thesis work titled Rumors of War: ceremonial acts of resistance based on the 1811 Slave Revolt which commemorates its bicentennial this year, at the New Orleans African American Museum in the Historic Treme.
SHAWN HALL, moderator
Shawn Hall is a visual artist who sees her practice as an act of participation in the natural world. Originally from Michigan, she’s lived in New Orleans for the past 15 years. She has been in residence at School 33 in Baltimore, in NYC through the LMCC, in Los Angeles at 18th Street Art Center, and the Santa Fe Art Institute in New Mexico. Her work is a part of the permanent collection of the Ogden Museum, Linklaters Corporate collection in NYC, and numerous private collections throughout the United States and Europe. Shawn is represented by G.U.M+D in Dallas and Marfa, TX.
Alumni Artists: Damian Aquiles – Karen Beall – Suzanne Bennett – Ada Bidiuc – Wendy Carlisle – Gianna Chachere – Johnson Chaffin – Peter Coles – William Cordova – Eric Dallimore – Stephen Dankner – Mollie Day – Jean-Luc Delafontaine – Anne Devine – Krista Franklin – Yuki Fukushima – Jon Gross – Brigham Hall – Alex Harris – Jane Hill – Raymond “Moose” Jackson – M. Jude – Jenny Kahn – James Langlois – Deedra Ludwig – Jane Marshall – Aurora Morales – Monique Moss – Andrea Myers – Laura & Bob Perez – Valentine Pierce – Francine Prevost – Kathy Randels – Sharifa Rhodes-Pitts – Rafael Santos – Yvette Sirker – Christy Speakman – Sheryl St. Germain – David Sullivan – Tory Tepp – Elizabeth Underwood – Monique Verdin – Pat Warner – Michael White – Bernard Williams – Daniel Winkert – Alexis Wreden – Reggie Young
Patrons: John & Allison Anderson – Baptist Community Ministries – Dawn Barrios – Raine Bedsole – Ron Bechet – Frances Billes – Shelley Boles – Mr. & Mrs. Ralph O. Brennan – John Bullard – Claude Burgoune & Vicki Smith – Vivian Cahn – Mr. and Mrs. John A. Cain – Joseph Canizaro – Carroll Gallery at Tulane University - Bridget Carter – Courtney Cazden – Suzanne Chabaud – Lou & Mary Len Costa – Luann Dozier – Eleanor Duckworth – Lee Dupont / Power Systems Specialists – Catherine & David Edwards – Jane Eyrich – William Fagaly – Terry & Michael Fontham – Rosemarie Fowler – Carol Gelderman – Dave Giglio / Frames Inc. – Jan Gilbert & Kevin McCaffrey – Okyeame Haley – Bill & Susan Hess – James & Anne Hubbell – Hugh Knox – Celia Kornfeld – Margo Kren – Wayne & Jackie Leonard – Diana & Tom Lewis – Drs. Jamie M. Manders & James M. Riopelle – Eean & Joan McNaughton – Doug Meffert & Lee Ledbetter – Joan Oppenheim – Robert & Pamela Pecquet -Robert & Laura Perez – Mary Reily – Valerie Robinson – Paul Rosenblum – Bill & Jane Sizeler – Clif St. Germain - Dr. & Mrs. Warren Summer - Bob Tannen & Jeanne Nathan – Tulane University - Susan Tucker – Michael White – Lea Young
A Studio in the Woods is dedicated to providing a protected wooded retreat where visual, literary and performing artists can work uninterrupted. We appreciate your support as we honor 10 years in service of this mission.
