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Circling the Center, A Residency by Nene Humphrey
January 29 - March 5, 2010
Reception: Thursday, January 28, 4:00 - 6:00 p.m
Performance: Thursday, January 28, 5:00 p.m.

During the summer of 2009, the Sharadin Art Gallery received 167 proposal from artists in 27 countries for our three-week Residency Project. The residency affords the selected artist time, space, and funds to create a site-specific installation. After weeks of deliberation, the exhibition committee selected the collaborative project proposed by Brooklyn-based artist Nene Humphrey in collaboration with artist Julie DeLano, and sound designer Roberto Lange.

Circling the Center is an intersection of performance, installation and collaborative art-making between a sculptor, a weaver, a sound designer and members of the Kutztown community. The piece uses the drum circle, one of the oldest forms of human communication, the craft of Victorian mourning braiding, and the sounds generated during the fabrication process as its conceptual underpinnings and physical structure.

The piece is a continuation of Humphrey’s work that echoes scientific patterns found in DNA. Circling the Center will also incorporate performance and cross-disciplinary elements including sound. For many years, Humphrey has used the human body to explore themes of strength and vulnerability. As an artist-in-residence at Joseph LeDoux’s neuroscience laboratory at New York University, Humphrey has observed and recorded dense images of the amygdala, the part of the brain where fear and anxiety reside. From those images drawn through high-powered microscopes, Humphrey created a series of layered drawings that became the inspiration for Circling the Center. Ms. Humphrey’s work was featured on the cover of the June 2009 issue of ARTnews.

More information on Nene Humphrey

We are actively seeking collaborators. If you're intered in learning traditional braiding patterns and becoming an active co-creator of this artwrork, please contact us.

Gallery Hours:
Tuesday - Friday, 10:00 - 4:00 p.m.
Saturday, Noon - 4:00 p.m.
Sunday, 2:00 - 4:00 p.m.
Monday, Closed

FUTURE EXHIBITIONS

2010 Spring Senior Exhibition Cycle
     Art Education & Crafts
       March 27 - April 4 (Reception: Sunday, March 28, 2:00-4:00 p.m.)
    Communication Design
       April 10 -18 (Reception: Sunday, April 11, 2:00-4:00 p.m.)
    Fine Arts
       April 24 - May 2 (Reception: Sunday, April 25, 2:00-4:00 p.m.)

Adjacencies (working title)
This group exhibition will focus on the work of 12-18 artists from Berks, Chester, Lancaster, Lebanon, Lehigh, Montgomery and Schuylkill Counties, Pennsylvania. All area artists, craftspeople and designers are invited to apply. More information...
September 9 – October 10, 2010
Reception: Thursday, September 9, 4:00 – 6:00 p.m.

Children’s Book Illustrations from the Collection of Robert Dornish (working title)
October 21 – November 21, 2010
Reception: Thursday, October 21, 4:00 – 6:00 p.m.

December Senior Exhibition Communication Design & Art Education & Crafts
December 4 – 12, 2010
Reception: Sunday, December 5, 2:00 – 4:00 p.m.

Residency Project, Part II
Modeled on our 2010 Residency Project, Part II will again identify an artist or artist team to spend 3+ weeks in residency at KU working with selected students to create a site-specific installation. The artist(s) will receive a $10,000 honorarium and housing. Recipient(s) will be expected to work on-site from January 10 – February 3, 2011. Application details will be posted here February 15, 2010.
February 3 – March 4, 2011
Reception: Thursday, February 3, 4:00 – 6:00 p.m.

Spring Senior Exhibition: Fine Arts
March 26 – April 3, 2011
Reception: Sunday, March 27, 2:00 – 4:00 p.m.

Spring Senior Exhibition: Art Education & Crafts
April 9 – April 17, 2011
Reception: Sunday, April 10, 2:00 – 4:00 p.m.

Spring Senior Exhibition: Communication Design
April 23 – May 1, 2011
Reception: Sunday, April 24, 2:00 – 4:00 p.m.

The Sharadin Art Gallery of Kutztown University presents significant and professionally executed solo and group exhibitions of contemporary art in a variety of mediums as well as supporting programs, events, and services that will directly enhance the artistic and philosophical development of our students and will contribute to the lives of residents within our service area. We strive to challenge assumptions and stimulate discussion by presenting artwork and programs relevant to the social and cultural life of the general and special populations within our service area.