Category: Ceramics

Function of Medium: New Works

Function of Medium:

New Works by Auburn Isaak and Kevin Boylan

 

Exhibit opening Friday, October 4 at 7 p.m. and will run until November 16.

About the Exhibit
Working in different mediums, using techniques specific to their own style; Kevin and Auburn have created a unique collection that displays their most recent expirations of materials while referencing the environments that surround them.

function [fuhngk-shuh n] noun
the purpose for which something is designed or exists; role

medium [mee-dee-uhm] noun
instrument by which something is conveyed or accomplished

 

About Artist Kevin Boylan:  “Through the years, my work has evolved from my beginnings as a potter to my current stage as a mixed media sculptor and glassblower.  Exploring new mediums, learning new techniques, and examining my  most immediate surrounds; my process almost always results with a non-objective, abstract form.  

The common thread is that my work is a personal journal.  While my hands are creating an object that I’ve overthrough without sketching; my mind is contemplating ideas, relationships, past experiences, or daily occurrences in my life.

Because I use internal reflection of sorts to create my work, I consider it to be self-portrait work, and my latest body of work has become more figurative.”

About Artist Auburn Isaak: “I draw my color palette from nature in its most elusive form; notes defined realism in its physical form, but as I interpret an depict it in my mind. This allows me to use abstract as a function to create the landscape that surrounds me. I choose to incorporate my movement, discoveries, and intuition during my painting process. The paint becomes the medium that inter-operates the human experience and a record of that occurrence.”

Auburn’s Website

Auburn’s Artist Biography

Kevin’s Website

Kevin’s Artist Biography

Jakob Haßlacher – Through My Filter

The Josephy Center is honored to present a very special exhibit: “Through my Filter… Jakob Haßlacher’s paintings, the LH Project’s Permanent Collection and the work of LH’s new Studio Technician, James Tingey”. The Exhibit Opening will be Friday, September 23 at 7 p.m. with wine, beer, and appetizers. But the bigger and more celebratory event will be at the Closing Reception on Friday, November 18 at 7 p.m. with a no-host bar, catered appetizers, music, and art. All events are free and open to the public.  Jakob’s and James’ works will be for sale.

What is the LH Project? Many locals may ask that question when they see the brand on trucks that drive through town. The founder of LH Project and Executive Director is Jakob Haßlacher, a native of Colorado that’s been entrenched in the Northwest for decades. He found the perfect property nestled into the east moraines just outside of Joseph. It’s the perfect place for a quiet, artistic retreat. After years of attending residencies around the world, Jakob was able to model the LH residency program from the best. Since opening it’s doors, the LH Project has established itself as one of the top ceramics residency programs in the world. Each artist is personally invited to the residency. Jakob says “as an artist-in-residence, each artist bequeaths a ceramic or pottery piece to the LH Project’s Permanent Collection as part of their residency.” Over time, Jakob has collected over 100+ pieces of artwork which for the first time is being exhibited publicly as a collection in Wallowa County.

Jakob will present over twenty-five paintings made from oil sticks. “These paintings represent my first large(r) scale attempts at using oil-based color sticks to capture the moods, lighting, temperament and qualities of the landscapes I cherish the most. Well, not all of them, but…

My dearest Wife once said that I have a unique “filter” that she has always observed, albeit subtle and tempered. I have always loved working in two dimensions. Even four sometimes. During the past Winters I decided to give three dimensional pottery a break and explore the “dark side” [as Ceramicists call it] of using color on canvas to express my relations with the World outside my window – here in Wallowa County and on travels with said Wife to the luscious Islands of Hawai’i and Maui.

I reckon my filter gets employed as I begin to lay down consecutive layers of stick. The original image usually changes; I can’t keep up with fluctuations in natural lighting and day-to-day oscillations of the environment where my easel finds respite. Photographs help, but they merely serve to “slap me upside the head”, to trigger my subconscious filter, chambered deep in my soul.”

As part of the LH Permanent Collection, over twenty works will be on display by artists: Hun Chung Lee, Crystal Morey, Stephen Braun, Lars Calmar, Ryan Matthew Mitchell, Kelly Garret Rathbone Rebo, Josh DeWeese and James Tingey.

Artists included in the exhibit include Korean artist Lee Hun Chung, who spoke at a ‘Live and Up Front’ back in 2014 and will be present at the Closing Reception on November 18. Lee’s work has been exhibited renowned galleries and museums around the world. His work exemplifies traditional Korean art with innate ability of making them unique, modern and personal.

James Tingey is a LH’s new Studio Technician and will have a selection works in the exhibit that will be for sale. James is a native of Corvallis, Oregon. He’s a ceramic artist whose work explores ideas of utility, process, material and landscape. James received his Master’s of Fine Art with a concentration in Ceramics from Ohio University in 2012, and a BS from Oregon State University in 2002, He has exhibited his work widely in over 60 nationally juried and invitational shows, and received awards from Strictly Functional Pottery National, Clemson Ceramics National Exhibition, and Studio Potter Magazine. Prior to joining the LH project, he served as Studio Technician and Instructor of Ceramics and Sculpture at Brookhaven College in Dallas, Texas.

Executive Director, Cheryl Coughlan states, “we are very thrilled to have Jakob’s work alongside the LH Project’s Permanent Collection – I think this show clearly demonstrates Jakob’s love for art and the artists that create it. His hard-work and passion at establishing and managing the LH Project confirms his status as an influential art collector as seen through the professional quality of work in the permanent collection as well as ability to create artwork with ease. As a community we are so lucky to have the LH Project here and hope to continue partnering with them on future endeavors.”

Complimentary programs include a Brown Bag on Tuesday, October 4 at noon with Jakob and James entitled “Ceramics 101”,  a “Live and Up Front with Jakob and James” our artist lecture series on Tuesday, November 15 at  7 p.m. and James Tingey will be teaching a potter’s wheel class for beginners in October (dates to be announce, please contact Josephy Center if interested). Lastly, the Closing Reception with Jakob, James and more artists will be held Friday, November 18 at 7 p.m.

Crystal Morey- LH Permanent Collection
Crystal Morey- LH Permanent Collection

Jakob Hasslacher -oil stick medium
Jakob Hasslacher -oil stick medium4147

LH Veteran’s Ceramic Show

‘Art Out of War’ is an exhibit of ceramic art by veterans from LH Project Residency Program.   The opening reception will be at the Josephy Center for Arts and Culture on Friday, July 10, 2015 with a reception at 7:00 pm. Doors open at 6:30.  The exhibit is in conjunction with the LH Residency Program for the month of July.  Along with the reception, the Josephy Center will present two “Live and Up Front: Artist Lecture Series”, the first on Tuesday, July 14 and the second on July 21 both at 7 p.m., doors open at 6:30 p.m.  In addition to the lectures, the Josephy will also host a tour of the LH Project’s ceramic studio campus on Friday, July 17.  Tour enthusiasts will meet at the Josephy Center at 5:30.  All events are free but donations are welcome.

This exhibit features the work of six artists from across the country – Daniel Donovan, Jesse Albrecht, Ash Kyrie, Giuseppe Pellicano, Jill Allen, and Al Tennant. Each artist draws upon their experience as veterans to create their work. With six artists’ work on display, a central theme is weaved together with a diverse array of artistic styles, personal expression and vet experience. During the month of July, each artist will create a variety of works, as part of their residency program at LH. This new work along with the exhibit at the Josephy Center will become a traveling exhibit. Work is already on display in Los Angeles and San Francisco.

First time resident Jill Allen served as a Supply Specialist in the US Army from 1989-1992 and spent 7 months in Saudi Arabia and Iraq during Desert Storm/Desert Shield.  She is now a studio artist working and teaching in Philadelphia, PA.  Her sculptural pieces reference her interests in the mysteries of “other worlds”, such as micro-worlds, the galaxy, and the world of science fiction. 

Through its residency program, the LH Project offers an intimate, private setting for nationally and internationally recognized artists to nourish their creative process surrounded by the beauty of the Wallowa Mountains. This residency, dedicated to artists who are also veterans, is an opportunity unavailable anywhere else in the country. The work created here arises from deep exploration facilitated by the serene environment, the diverse facility, and the sense of community.

List of Artists:
Ash Kyrie
Giuseppe Pellicano
Jesse Albrecht
Jill Allen
Thomas Dang
Al Tennant

Friday, July 10 at 7, doors open at 6:30 pm – Opening Reception

Tuesday, July 14  at 7, doors open at 6:30 we will host a “Live and Up Front” Artist Lecture with 2 of the residents who will give slide show presentations about their life and work.

Friday, July 17 at 5:30,  LH Project tour

Tuesday, July 21 at 7 “Live and Up Front” – 2 artists

http://www.lhproject.org/

Pottery: Jesse Albrecht

The Art of War

Art Out of War Exhibit Opens at Josephy Center for Art and Culture – Exhibit Opens Monday July 7 with reception at 7 – no-host bar and refreshments.

 

Art Out of War, an exhibit of ceramic art created during the LH Project’s Veteran’s Residency, opens at the Josephy Center for Arts and Culture on Monday, July 7, 2014 with a reception at 7:00 pm. Doors open at 6:30.

This exhibit features the work of four artists who draw upon their experience as combat veterans to inspire and inform their work. During the month of June, each artist has created a variety of work that will debut at the Josephy Center and then become part of a nationally traveling exhibit.

Returning artist Daniel Donovan, who served in the army from 2001-2009 and spent 2003 in Iraq spoke says of his work, “Being a combat veteran, as well as having an unhealthy obsession with existential philosophy and science fiction, has opened my eyes to how truly brief and absurd our lives are…..I work to give these concepts and ideas form, to translate our absurdity into beauty.”

A veteran of the Army National Guard and Operation Iraqi Freedom, Ash Kyrie says in his artist’s statement, “Right now is the first time in American history that the civilian population has almost no sacrifice or connection to the war that it waged.  For example, during WWII Americans made patriot gardens to ease the precious food supplies for the war effort. . . . Are the red strings that connect us to the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq so veiled that we ourselves do not know they exist? I believe that we understand our relationship to the war, but we consciously chose to not recognize it.”

The Josephy Center recently hosted a program and exhibit dedicated to remembering WWII and the impact it had on local veterans, their families and community members. The Art Out of War exhibit brings this awareness to current military conflicts.

“It is important to hear directly from the participants (of military conflict), and the arts provide form where the experience and its result can be remade into something tangible,” said artist Jesse Albrecht, who served from 1996-2006 in the National Guard and was in Iraq from 2003-2004. “Something that allows the outsider – non-combatants – a chance to feel a sliver of our emotions their tax dollars paid for. It is vital to remove the spin from the combatants’ experiences.”

Through its residency program, The LH Project offers an intimate, private setting for nationally and internationally recognized artists to nourish their creative process surrounded by the beauty of the Wallowa Mountains. This residency, dedicated to artists who are also veterans is an opportunity unavailable anywhere else in the country. The work created here arises from deep exploration facilitated by the serene environment, the diverse facility, and sense of community.

For more information on Art out of War or the Josephy Center for Arts and Culture, please contact Amy Zahm at 541-432-0505 or visit www.josephy.org. For more information about the LH Project, visit www.lhproject.org.

Sweethearts

The Josephy Center presents a unique exhibit featuring the work of local artists this February that also happen to be couples. The exhibit is titled Sweethearts: A Couples Art Show. Featured artists include ceramists Jim and Anne Shelly, collage artist Cheri McGee and sculptor Roger McGee, painters Susan and Sam Collett, photographer Marky Pitts and sculptor Ed Pitts, and painters/artists and owners of Aspen Grove Gallery Mark Kortnik and Carol McLaughlin Kortnik.

The show kicks off on Friday, February 7 at 7 p.m. at the Josephy Center with light food, drink and music and will run until February 25. Suggested donation is $7.

Socrates Cafe – Mondays – 2nd & 4th Mondays from 7-9
Yoga with Alysse Shetler – Tuesdays & Thursdays at 5:30
Yoga with Kristin Albee – Saturdays 8:30
Chess Club – Thursdays 4-8

Art Out of War: LH Veterans

Join us for our new Exhibit Opening this Friday, June 28, 7:00 pm. “Art Out of War” features the work of five combat veterans who have recently completed a residency with the LH Project. Working in clay, each artist brings his experiences and insights into form in unique and inspired ways. This unique show stems from the LH Project’s Veteran’s Residency, which is the only one of its kind in the country. Artists featured are Ehren Tool, Jesse Albrecht, Thomas Orr, Daniel Donovan, and Al Tennant. The show will be up until July 17.