California College of the Arts Sustainability Through Creative Practice

Sat, 22 Sep 2012 12:37:41 -0600

Edie Tsong Mixed Media and Social Practice

Mon, 6 Aug 2012 12:57:45 -0600

The Cut & Paste Society was founded by Edie as a creative forum for women writer and artists, many mothers and teachers, to take their creative practice into the realm of social practice. Their project Snow Poems has garnered much success since their first project with the New Mexico School of the Arts and was nominated as a 2012 finalist for SITE Santa Fe’s SPREAD grant.
During Edie’s stay she worked on a large, amazingly detailed and textural drawing exploring the shape of identity and on her presentation for the SPREAD grant. HEREKEKE staff helped finalize images from her data base and created fine art prints of some of the more ephemeral images. Edie’s stay coincided with the class from the California College of the Arts, who had just been discussing tools for presenting work and entering professional call for entries. Edie went through a trial run of her presentation for the class, and a hugely rewarding and valuable discussion for all ensued.
HEREKEKE is looking forward to having Edie back as a Visiting Artist along with her daughter Che, who joined Edie for the end of her stay.

Dragica Ivanovic & Sonja Hinrichsen Performance and Video

Wed, 20 Jun 2012 12:38:56 -0600

Dragica Ivanovic and Sonja Hinrichsen were at HEREKEKE for a 5-week Artist Residency combining their skill sets in performance/theater, installation art and video/new media to create an interdisciplinary art piece. Their investigations began before arriving at HEREKEKE with a 3-week long journey through ancient Native American historic sites and contemporary villages to investigate the traditional life, ceremonies and mythologies of the Southwestern tribes.

Dragica is the director of Figurentheater Hibisskuss in Stuttgart, Germany and has received several awards and won theater competitions in Stuttgart and other parts of Germany. For the realization of her pieces she collaborates with actors, puppeteers, dancers, visual artists and lighting technicians. She has led several co-productions with Figurentheater Stuttgart and other theaters in Stuttgart, as well as Compagnie Docha in France, and Eclat - a festival for modern music in Stuttgart, the Goethe Institutes of Belgrade and Samara, Russia.

This was Sonja's third Artist Residency at HEREKEKE. Her "Snow Drawings" project has gained much press on NPR, the Discovery Channel, Japanese Public TV, and is featured on several online sites such as the Huffington Post. Sonja is the recipient of several prestigious artist residency awards in America and Internationally, and has exhibited in art and film-festivals in China, Germany and the US. www.s-hinrichsen.net

Elizabeth Haidle Illustration and Design

Sat, 14 Apr 2012 12:52:47 -0600

www.ehaidle.com

Elizabeth Haidle is an illustrator, designer and writer who recently relocated back to the Taos area. It was wonderful having Beth and her eight year old son, Eli, at HEREKEKE while he attended Roots & Wings Community School down the road. As part of her Collaborative Artist Residency, Beth held a weekly ‘Community Doodle’ for adults and a separate youth art afternoon for local residents. Thank you, Beth!

Elizabeth Koerner Furniture

Wed, 4 Jan 2012 16:29:29 -0700

www.liz-koerner.com

Liz Koerner is a sculptor and furniture maker who recently graduated from the California College of the Arts in Wood/Furniture. Her work is at the same time personal and universal, interactive, smart, fun, and technically acute. During her time at HEREKEKE, Liz worked with hand-dyed paper and weathered wood, finding freedom from the perfectly polished surface.
It was wonderful having Liz here as a Collaborative Resident before she accepts a two year Fellowship at the Penland School of Crafts in North Carolina. As part of her Collaborative Residency, Liz helped create furniture for the Printmaking Studio and Digital Lab.