Spring Semester 2025
Join us this spring at the Martin Art Gallery for talks, lectures and workshops with artists and art educators.
ARTIST TALK: RAIN BLACK
January 27, 2025, from 5 p.m. - 6 p.m.
CA 166 & via Zoom
Rain Black, M.P.H., CPH (They/He) is a mixed indigenous 2 Spirit autistic watercolor artist and forager who uses horror themes to depict hope after trauma and life from death. In Kommichi: A Continuous Ache, Rain explores reconnecting to indigenous community, queerness, and survival through figurative watercolor painting and beading. Am I native enough? Queer enough? Was it bad enough? These themes are explored through expressive color and fine detail that help people see themselves and their experiences in the pieces.
ARTIST WORKSHOPS: MALLORY ZONDAG TEACHES FIBER ARTS
Janaury 31, 2025, from 5 p.m. - 7 p.m. - Sculpting with Wool in Makerspace
Limited to 20 participants, register here.
Explore creating abstract, three dimensional forms in wool. During this workshop you will learn the technique of wet felting, about contemporary fiber art, the sustainability of wool and how to create a three dimensional form in handmade felt. Felted wool can behave similarly to clay, it is moldable, it can be shaped into any form imaginable and your piece can be anything from a bowl to a fully abstract sculpture.
February 6, 2025 from 5 p.m. - 7 p.m. - Painting with Wool in Makerspace
Limited to 20 participants, register here.
Explore the art of needle felting, a way to both draw, paint and sculpt with wool using a specialized felting needle. This art form is extremely cathartic, freeform and accessible. Drop in at any point from 5pm-7pm to get a tutorial in needle felting techniques and to create your own image, pattern or texture using the versatile technique of needle felting. You will leave the workshop with your own small piece of felted artwork.
February 10, 2025 from 2 p.m. - 4 p.m. - Floral Felting in Makerspace
Limited to 20 participants, register here.
Create your own unique felted flower during this two hour workshop. Using the ancient art of wet felting, you will learn how to sculpt wool into three dimensional forms, specifically floral forms! Using your hands, soap, hot water and wool you will create a multi-layered flower, learn how to mix colors, shape and sculpt the wool and leave the workshop with a unique piece of felted floral art.
ARTIST PERFORMANCES: THE FOREST PRIMEVAL
February 19, 2025 at 7 p.m. in MAG
February 21, 2025 at 7 p.m. in MAG
The Forest Primeval is the product of an ongoing collaboration between musician and composer Alex Luquet (aka Sailcloth) and filmmaker Daniel Paashaus (aka paas-haus). These original live performances and gallery installations showcase the duo’s short films, soundscapes, photography, spoken word, sculptural work, and live music, including live film scoring. All of these elements come together to form a thought provoking and intimate study on humanity’s relationship with nature and a meditation on human impact and legacy. More information is available on paas-haus.com.
ARTIST TALK: MITCH MYERS
March 3, 2025 from 5 p.m. - 6 p.m.
CA 166 & via Zoom
Quiet Corners by Mitch Myers invites you on a profound journey through the empty spaces behind us—the sleepless territories where shadows reflect passing wanderers. This exhibition delves into the universe's fundamental dualities: good versus evil, freedom versus oppression, and the eternal dance of creation and destruction. Each artwork serves as a mirror, capturing the multifaceted nature of existence and the resilience of the human spirit, intricately tethered to the vast cosmos. Experience each piece visually and as an immersive gateway into the complexities of our inner and outer worlds. Explore the enigmatic liminal spaces where life and death, existence and nonexistence converge, revealing realms of possibility and transformation.
JOBS IN THE ARTS TALK: AUCTION HOUSES WITH SEBASTIAN CLARKE
February 5, 2025 from 5 p.m. - 6 p.m.
CA 166 & via Zoom
Sebastian Clarke is the Managing Director for Heritage Auctions, Palm Beach. With nearly 30 years of experience in the auction industry, he has served as a Senior Vice President at Doyle Auctioneers and Appraisers and the Director of the English and Continental Furniture and Decorative Arts department, Specialist in the European Furniture department at Sotheby’s, Director of the English and Continental Furniture department at Freeman’s and as Director of Trusts and Estates at Rago Auctions. He is a past member of the Board of Directors for the Appraisers Association of America and a USPAP compliant certified member of the association. Mr. Clarke has also been a featured appraiser on PBS’ Antiques Roadshow for over 17 years where he serves as a specialist in furniture, decorative arts, sculpture, metalwork and silver.
