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Conference and Competition
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  • Nigerian artist Layo Bright’s Adebisi VII, 2020, kiln-formed glass, 11.5 x 11.5 x 3 in., appears alongside glass artworks from a global group of Black artists in A Two-Way Mirror: Double Consciousness in Contemporary Glass by Black Artists at the Museum of Glass. Photo courtesy of the artist and Monique Meloche Gallery, Chicago, Illinois.

    Craft Happenings: Fall 2023

    Step into fall with these 23 craft exhibitions and events around the country, organized by the month in which they start.
  • Marie Watt and Cannupa Hanska Luger invited members of the public to embroider bandanas for Each/Other, 2021, approx. 12 x 20 x 9 ft., part of Sharing the Same Breath at the John Michael Kohler Arts Center.

    Craft Happenings: Summer 2023

    Make craft part of your summer plans with these 25 events and exhibitions happening across the country, organized by the month in which they start.
  • Arleene Correa Valencia. Photo courtesy of Adrian Osnaya.

    The Queue: Arleene Correa Valencia

    Arleene Correa Valencia explores the Mexican immigrant experience in textiles, mixed-media sculptures, and paintings. In The Queue, the Napa, California–based artist shares about her use of repurposed work clothing, her Indigenous collaborators in Mexico, and how she came to incorporate textiles into her practice.

  • Hannah Chalew at work in her studio. Photo by Cedric Angeles.

    The Scene: Hannah Chalew

    Chalew’s family moved from Baltimore to New Orleans when she was 12, so “I can’t claim to be a native but I definitely consider myself to be ‘from’ New Orleans.”

  • Matthew Holdren works on a plan while flanked by two handmade chairs. Photo by Cedric Angeles.

    The Scene: Matthew Holdren

    Holdren grew up in Vermont, where his dad built the family home and his mom owned an antique store. He’s lived in New Orleans for 16 years.
  • Seguenon Koné strings a handmade bolon. Photo by Cedric Angeles.

    The Scene: Seguenon Koné

    Koné grew up in northern Ivory Coast, in a village called Gbon. He moved to New York City and then to Orlando, Florida, where he worked at Disney World and toured with the late singer Jimmy Buffett before moving to New Orleans in 2008.

  • The gold horizontal stripes across the top of Arleene Correa Valencia's Un Momento Mas are reflections on the sculpture's mirror-like surface. Photo courtesy of the artist.

    Light Unites Us

    Correa Valencia, who lives in Napa, California, came with her family from Mexico in 1997 when she was 3. She calls her body of work—which includes textile pieces, some made with US flags, and oil paintings—a “love letter” to her father, who migrated first.

  • Fitzpatrick inside a custom oversize tool chest she built for a client, 25 x 52 x 28 in. Photo by Christopher Schwarz.

    The Queue: Megan Fitzpatrick

    Megan Fitzpatrick spreads the word about the joys and peculiarities of hand tool woodworking through purposeful, engaging books and classes. In The Queue, the Cincinnati-based editor, woodworker, and teacher shares about her mutually enriching professions, the publishing project she’s most proud of, and her favorite hand tools.

  • Located in a former church, Mo’s Art Supply & Framing promises, “You will be converted." Photo by Cedric Angeles.

    The Scene: Places and Spaces

    “Most of us get our clay from Alligator Clay Company in Baton Rouge,” says MaPó Kinnord. The company manufactures and distributes over 30 kinds of moist clay...

  • Pippin Frisbie-Calder applies watercolor to her 2017 woodcut Contemporary Heroes, which references Operation Migration and supports conservation groups, 69 x 39 in. Photo by Cedric Angeles.

    The Scene: Pippin Frisbie-Calder

    Frisbie-Calder was born on the north shore of Lake Pontchartrain in Hammond, Louisiana, northwest of New Orleans, but mostly grew up in Maine.

  • Charles DuVernay, a Black Masking Indian, in his home with a spread of his beaded works. Photo by Cedric Angeles.

    The Scene: Charles DuVernay

    DuVernay grew up in the 7th Ward in downtown New Orleans, a cultural hub for Black Masking Indians, also known as Mardi Gras Indians.

  • MaPó Kinnord works on a new sculpture in her studio. Photo by Cedric Angeles.

    The Scene: MaPó Kinnord

    Chair of the Department of Fine Arts at Xavier University of Louisiana, Kinnord has shared her love of clay as an artist and teacher for over 40 years.

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Rosen Outdoor Sculpture Competition & Exhibition
Rosen Outdoor Sculpture Competition & Exhibition