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Week 2: Maikoiyo Alley-Barnes Wednesday, January 15th, 2020, 11:30-1pm in the Recital Hall of the COM Building

June 15, 2021 /

Maikoiyo Alley-Barnes is an artist, filmmaker, writer, and designer who explores the resonance of genetic cultural memory through the mystical and the mundane. The child of two prolific creators, he developed his practice under the tutelage of his parents, Curtis R. Barnes and Royal Alley-Barnes. He is part of the Black Constellation, a collective that also includes Shabazz Palaces, THEESatisfaction, and Nep Sidhu. Alley-Barnes has exhibited sculpture and films in numerous traditional and new-media-based settings. He has been, and continues to be, instrumental in the creation of seminal cultural spaces in Seattle, including the influential mixed-use space pun(c)tuation, among others. In 2014, Alley-Barnes was the recipient of the Neddy Artist Award in the open medium category. Alley-Barnes lives and works in Seattle.

Jovencio de la Paz: Wednesday, April 20th, 11:30-1:00 pm in the 2nd floor Recital Hall of the COM Building

June 14, 2021 /
Jovencio de la Paz is an artist, writer, and educator working at the intersection of contemporary art, craft, and textile. His work, which is committed to the ancient technologies and processes of textile, engages notions of identity, immigration, and the terrain of thought around human interaction with the landscape. Working with a range of materials, including indigo dye, traditional batik, textile printing, and multimedia strategies, Jovencio seeks to work in an expansive way, engaging highly specific materials and processes as sites to confront larger concerns of human migration and the narratives associated with such movement.
Jovencio was born in Singapore, and became a citizen of the United States in 1994. He received a BFA from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago in 2008, and an MFA from the Cranbrook Academy of Art, Department of Fiber, in 2012. Recent solo and group exhibitions include shows at ThreeWalls, Chicago, IL; The Museum of Contemporary Craft, Portland, OR; 4th Ward Projects, Chicago, IL; PDX Contemporary Art, Portland, OR; The Sculpture Center, Cleveland, OH; SOIL Gallery, Seattle, WA; Roots & Culture Contemporary Art Center, Chicago; The Hyde Park Art Center, Chicago; MessHall, Chicago; Uri Gallery, Seoul, South Korea, among others. He regularly teaches at schools of art, craft, and design throughout the country, including the Ox Bow School of Art in Saugatuck, MI and the Arrowmont School of Craft in Tennessee. Jovencio de la Paz is Assistant Professor and Curricular Head of Fibers at the University of Oregon. He is also a co-founder of the collaborative group Craft Mystery Cult, established in 2010.
https://youtu.be/BquzYI4Fi1E

Janice Arnold: Wednesday, November 20 11:30-1:00, Lecture Hall 1

June 14, 2021 /

Photo by Shauna Bittle, courtesy of The Evergreen State College

Janice Arnold’s art and installations have been redefining the boundaries of handmade FELT since 1999.  The daughter of a cartographer, she learned a global perspective and scale as second sense. Arnold’s virtuosity is evident in the multifaceted character of her work. She creates permanent and temporary installations, and public events, ranging from intricately executed pieces to elaborate environments incorporating her handmade textiles. The textures range from supple and luminous to dense, resilient and complex.  Her work honors an ancient tradition yet stretches it to new places with innovation, exploration, quality and scale putting her in a league of her own as an artist and designer. Beyond beauty, her work transfigures spaces in ways that are thought-provoking, ethereal and sensuous.  She has shown in several major museums, and her work is in the permanent collection of the Smithsonian Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum, the Gates Foundation, Nordstrom Corporation, and the Lumber Room Foundation.

The work of Janice Arnold ’78 is currently on display in The Evergreen Gallery, on the main floor of the Library building.  The exhibit, “Palace Yurt: Deconstructed,” continues through December 11, 2013.  Additionally, the  Tacoma News Tribune ran a nice story on Janice Arnold’s exhibit now showing in the Evergreen Gallery.

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