Ursula Von Rydingsvard and Guerra De La Paz Fountainhead Studios 7339 NW Miami Ct

2013 International Sculpture Symposium: Makers & Shapers

December 1-4, 2013 Miami, FL

Presented by the International Sculpture Center, in collaboration with Florida International University, The Patricia & Phillip Frost Art Museum, The Fountainhead Residency, Bollinger Atelier, Brand Metal Works Inc., and The Knight Foundation. This program is made possible in part by funds from the New Jersey State Council on the Arts/Department of State, a Partner Agency of the National Endowment for the Arts and by funds from the National Endowment for the Arts. International Sculpture Center AD.pdf 1 8/5/13 2:06 PM

2013 International Sculpture Symposium: Makers & Shapers

December 1-4, 2013

Miami, FL

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The Patricia and Phillip Frost Art Museum welcomes you to the 2013 International Sculpture Symposium

The Frost Art Museum sculpture park allows visitors to study contemporary sculpture from a variety of different artistic styles and movements. The sculptures are placed throughout 26 acres of FIU’s subtropical landscape. There are sculptures by celebrated artists such as Steve Tobin, John Henry, Rafael Barrios, Jacques Lipchitz, and many others.

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On behalf of the International Sculpture Center’s Board of Trustees and Chairman Marc LeBaron, welcome to Miami and the ISC’s 2013 International Sculpture Symposium: Makers & Shapers. ISC Board of Trustees and Staff 6

The next few days promise to be rich in educational and social activities with plenty of networking opportunities for participants and presenters alike. This is an occasion for learning and Collaborating Institutions and Sponsors 7 enrichment through panel discussions and the sharing of ideas and stories with your peers and colleagues. This symposium, with events at Florida International University; The Patricia & Phillip Acknowledgements 8 Frost Art Museum; Wynwood Gallery District; Fountainhead Studios; and other exciting sites throughout Miami, will be an influential and inspirational experience. Symposium Information 9

We would like to thank the city of Miami, as well as the local arts community, for embracing this • Who’s Who?: Badge Color Codes event and welcoming us to their city. We would like to express deep appreciation to our sponsors • Symposium Locations (confirmed at the time of this printing), especially Bollinger Atelier, Brand Metal Works, Florida • Transportation International University, The Patricia & Phillip Frost Art Museum, The Fountainhead Residency, The Knight Foundation, and the New Jersey State Council on the Arts. Wynwood Gallery Hop Directory 14

Thank you also to our keynote speaker, Janet Echelman, and to all of the panelists and moderators who have donated their time and knowledge to come together for this inspiring Panels and Events: Detailed Schedule 22 symposium. In addition, thank you to ASU Metal Works, Duval Carrie, Carolina Sardi, Haligon Fine Art and Frederico Uribe for hosting our symposium members in their studios. And to the Miami Art Fair Directory 27 Miami Design Preservation League who generously designed an Art Deco walking tour with our members in mind. We also thank Kathryn Mikesell and the artists at Fountainhead Studios for generously hosting our littleSCULPTURE show and providing an open house event, and Biographies 37 the numerous galleries in the Wynwood Arts District, listed on page 14, who participated in our gallery hop. A big thank-you to R.F. Buckley and Coral Penelope Lambert and all of her student assistants who came down from Alfred University to run the cast iron workshop and iron pour. We thank the Art Miami fair for offering special VIP passes to all of our symposium participants. A special acknowledgement goes to those on the symposium Advisory Committee, listed on page 8 whose dedication and expertise were essential to the planning of the program. Thank you also to Marc LeBaron and the ISC Board of Trustees for their continued support of this amazing symposium and all of our programs.

We invite you to enjoy the 2013 International Sculpture Symposium: Makers & Shapers, and the events we have planned, and hope that you find some time in the midst of all the symposium excitement to explore some of this fabulous host city on your own. Visit our Mobile Symposium App for updates, directions, maps and more! Share your photos and comments on our twitter! #SculptureMiami If you are unable to read this program, large print copies are available. Johannah Hutchison See any volunteer in a bright turquoise t-shirt, who will be happy to assist you. Executive Director International Sculpture Center

4 5 ISC Board & Staff Collaborating Institutions and Sponsors ISC Board of Directors ISC Staff

Marc LeBaron, Chairman Johannah Hutchison Executive Director Ree Kaneko, Vice Chair Support provided in part by: Robert Edwards, Treasurer Alyssa Brubaker Executive Assistant Chakaia Booker Florida International University, The Patricia & Phillip Frost Art Museum, The Fountainhead Jeff Fleming Denise Jester Residency, Bollinger Atelier, Brand Metal Works Inc., and The Knight Foundation. This Ralfonso Gschwend Office Manager program is made possible in part by funds from the New Jersey State Council on the Arts/ Carla Hanzal Erin Gautsche Department of State, a Partner Agency of the National Endowment for the Arts and by Paul Hubbard Conferences and Events Manager funds from the National Endowment for the Arts. Gertrud Kohler-Aeschlimann Deedee Morrison April Moorhouse Conferences and Events Coordinator Prescott Muir George Neubert Manju Philip Andrew Rogers Membership Manager F. Douglass Schatz Kristy Cole Frank Sippel Membership Associate Boaz Vaadia Karin Jervert Philipp von Matt Web Manager Lucas Antony Cowan Richard Dupont

Chairman Emeritus Sculpture Magazine Staff Robert Duncan Glenn Harper J. Seward Johnson Editor John Henry Peter Hobart Twylene Moyer Managing Editor Josh Kanter Robert Vogele Amanda Hickok Production Assistant

Founder Elena Goukassian Elden Tefft Editorial Assistant

Brenden O’Hanlon Advertising Sales Manager

Jeannette Darr Advertising Associate

6 7 Acknowledgements Symposium Information

A special thanks to the following individuals and Who’s Who: Important organizations who contributed to making this event Badge Color Codes Symposium Locations: possible, and of course the Advisory Committee, Each attendee has a colored border on the who helped put together an outstanding program: bottom of their badge identifying their affili- Hyatt Regency Miami ation as they indicated when registering for 400 SE 2nd Avenue the symposium. We hope this color-coding Miami, Florida, USA 33131-2197 Advisory Committee Alejandra von Hartz Gallery will help with networking opportunities and (305) 358-1234 Ombretta Agró Andruff serve as an icebreaker for meeting new http://miamiregency.hyatt.com/ R.F. Buckley ASU Bronze people! Robert Chambers Black Square Gallery The Patricia & Phillip Frost Carol Damian Eduardo Duval Carrie • RED: Artist Art Museum at Florida Erin Gautsche The Chill Concept • BLUE: Museum Staff / Curator / Arts International University Carla Hanzal Kevin Dartt Administrator 10975 SW 17th St. Glenn Harper David Castillo Gallery • YELLOW: Student Miami, FL 33199 Paul Hubbard Dina Mitrani Gallery • ORANGE: Arts Advocate / Educator (305) 348-2890 Johannah Hutchison D. Wicki Studios • GREEN: Art Enthusiast/ Collector Mark Lyman Janet Echelman Florida International University – Emmett Young Becca Flis Wertheim Auditorium Haligon Fine Art How to find a 10910 SW 17th Street Kelley Roy Gallery volunteer: Miami, FL 33199 Coral Penelope Lambert (305) 348-2896 Jessica Lettsome Look for someone in a bright turquoise Kathryn Mikesell Sculpture t-shirt! Volunteers will be at every Fountainhead Studios Miriam Muchado official symposium location to help you with 7339 NW Miami Ct. Lori Nozick registration, directions, and more. Miami, FL 33150 Rosemary Oakman Pan American Art Projects Art Miami PSH Projects The Art Miami Pavilion Tamsie Ringler For Additional Midtown I Wynwood Arts District Carolina Sardi Assistance: 3101 NE 1st Avenue Federico Uribe Miami, FL 33137 Zadok Gallery You may contact April Moorhouse, Conferences & Events Coordinator while in Miami at: [email protected] Tel: (609) 575-7852

8 *All information correct at the time of printing. Information subject to change. 9 Transportation

Metro Trolley

If you choose not to rent a car in Miami, there are plenty of options for getting around the The City of Miami trolley makes three loops around Downtown Miami: one around Mary Brick- city! The Miami-Dade Transportation System offers: ell Village, another out to Brickell Key, and a third past Margaret Pace Park (near Arsht Center for the Performing Arts). The Downtown Miami trolley will also stop at or near Metromover and Metrobus – offers county-wide service from Miami Beach bus stations, the Jackson Memorial Hospital health district and the Miami Marlins ballpark. to West Miami-Dade and from the Middle Keys to Broward Note: The City of Miami trolley permits bicycle riders to store their bikes on a storage rack Boulevard. All buses are wheelchair accessible. In addition, located at the front of the vehicle. The air-conditioned trolleys are FREE and will run 6:30 a.m. Metrobus connects with Metrorail and Metromover. More than until 11 p.m. every day but Sunday. Special runs will be added for Sunday Miami Heat playoff 90 Metrobus routes travel approximately 29 million miles per games. For maps and additional information please visit www.miamitrolley.com. year using over 800 buses. Find maps of the Metrobus routes on the mobile app. Walking Metrorail* – an electric rail system through Miami at $2.25 per ride. Find map of the Metrorail routes on the mobile app. To ride You can certainly walk in Miami, though the city is not the most pedestrian friendly. Pay Metrorail, you will need an EASY card or EASY Ticket as the fare careful attention to cross-walks and walk signals, and avoid highway areas. gates do not accept cash. To obtain an EASY Card or EASY Ticket, walk over to one of the EASY card vending machines located at the entrance of each rail station. Obtain and load a Taxi card or ticket using cash or a valid credit card. Then use the Central Cab: (305) 532-5555 card or ticket to pay your fare at the fare gate, by tapping the Coral Gables Taxi: (305) 444-2828 EASY Card or EASY ticket. Metrorail operates from 5 a.m. to Tropical Taxi: (305) 945-1025 midnight, seven days a week approximately every 15 minutes. Water Taxi Miami (from Biscayne Bay): (305) 600-2511 Swoop (Miami Beach): (305) 409-6636 (Free golf cart rides for up to 6 people--requires tip) Metromover* – a FREE electric people-mover system that travels through central Miami, and to-and-from the Airport. The Metromover station connected to the Hyatt Regency is called Airport Shuttles Knight Center. A map of the Metromover line can be found on From the Miami Airport (MIA): American Transportation shuttle: (305-871-1000). the mobile app. No reservation required from airport to hotel, but is required from hotel to airport. 24-hour *Please note that Metrorail and Metromover trains often use the same station. notice required.

From the Fort Lauderdale Airport: The Hyatt Regency Miami recommends the Go Shuttle (954-561-8888). No reservation required from airport to hotel but is required from hotel to airport. 24-hours notice required.

Airport Taxi

Fort Lauderdale taxi is approximately $75-$80 one way. Port of Miami taxi is approximately $15 one way.

10 *All information correct at the time of printing. Information subject to change. *All information correct at the time of printing. Information subject to change. 11 Public Transportation Key Locations In Miami to/from Airport

• Take the Orange Metrorail line from the Miami International Airport Station (fare $2.25 one way) • Pass Earlington Heights, Allapattah, Santa Clara, Civic Center, and Historic Overtown/ Lyric Theatre • Get off at Government Center Station • Take the Inner Loop Metromover (pink line, no fare) • Pass Miami Avenue • Get off at Knight Center • Take the escalator down one level to the lobby of the Miami Towers • Follow the exit to Hyatt Regency Miami • Hours of Operation for both trains are from 5:00 a.m. until midnight.

Metrorail Metromover

1. Hyatt Regency 400 SE 2nd Ave Miami, FL 33131

2. Knight Center Metromover Station Follow walkway to Hyatt

3. Government Center Metrorail Station

12 *All information correct at the time of printing. Information subject to change. *All information correct at the time of printing. Information subject to change. 13 Wynwood Gallery Hop Wynwood Gallery Hop Map Participating Galleries

1. Alejandra von Hartz Gallery 10. Zadok Gallery 2630 NW 2nd Avenue 2534 N. Miami Avenue Miami, Fl 33127 Miami, Fl 33127 (305) 438-0220 (305) 438-3737

2. Black Square Gallery 11. David Castillo Gallery 2248 NW 1st Place 2234 NW 2nd Avenue Miami, Fl 33127 Miami, Fl 33127 (305) 424-5002 (305) 573-8110

3. Collection Privée Gallery 12. Dina Martrani Gallery 2301 NW 2nd Avenue 2620 NW 2nd Avenue Miami, Fl 33127 Miami, Fl 33127 (786) 276-7600 (786) 486- 7248

4. Ermerson Dorsch 13. D. Wicki Studios NW 24th Street 525 NW 2nd Avenue Miami, Fl 33127 Miami, Fl 33127 (305) 576-1278 (305) 606-5392

5. GAB Studio 14. Gregg Shienbaum Fine Art 105 Northwest 23rd Street 2239 NW 2nd Avenue Miami, Fl 33127 Miami, Fl 33127 (305) 200-5349 (305) 456-5478

6. Hanger Gallery 15. Kiwi Gallery 2235 NW 2nd Avenue 50 NW 29th Street Miami, Fl 33127 Miami, Fl 33127 (305) 510-6800 (305) 200-3047

7. Miami 3D 16. The Chill Concept 3900 N. Miami Avenue 119 NE 20th Street Miami, Fl 33127 Miami, Fl 33137 (786) 442-8843 8. Kelley Roy Gallery 50 NE 29th Street Miami, Fl 33137 17. PSH Projects (305) 447-3888 72 NW 25th Street Miami, Fl 33127 9. Pan American Art Projects (786) 521-1147 2450 NW 2nd Avenue Miami, Fl 33127 Visit our Mobile Symposium App for updates, directions, maps and more! (305) 573-2400

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16 *All information correct at the time of printing. Information subject to change. *All information correct at the time of printing. Schedule subject to change. 17 Sunday: Schedule at a Glance* Monday: Schedule at a Glance*

8 8 a m a m 8:00 a.m. Buses leave from Hyatt Regency to FIU

9 9 a m a m Keynote Address: Janet Echelman 10 10 a m a m

Break 11 11 a m a m Symposium Artist Talks: Check-In and Steve Tobin & 12 Registration 12 John Grade p m p m Optional Trip** Cuban-Inspired Optional Trip** Lunch 1 Food Tour 1 p m Little Haiti p m Studio Tours

Optional Optional 2 2 p m p m Activity: Activity: FIU Collections Tour ARTSlams!

3 3 p m p m Optional Trip** 3:00 p.m. Meet outside the Auditorium. Buses leave FIU campus Art Deco Walking Tour 4 4 p m p m

5 5 p m p m Gallery Hop in the Wynwood Gallery District 6 6 p m p m Welcome Miami 3D and Opening 7 Reception 7 p m p m

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18 *All information correct at the time of printing. Schedule subject to change. *All information correct at the time of printing. Schedule subject to change. 19 **This activity requires a RSVP. Tuesday: Schedule at a Glance* Wednesday: Schedule at a Glance*

8 8 a m a m 8:00 a.m. Buses leave from Hyatt Regency to FIU 8:00 a.m. Buses leave from Hyatt Regency to FIU

9 9 a m a m Artist Talks: Panel Discussion: Ursula von Artists Reclaim the Commons 10 Rydingsvard and 10 a m Guerra de la Paz a m

Break Break 11 11 a m a m Panel Discussion: Panel Discussion: Patron: New The Art & Act of 12 Models in Emerging 12 Making p m Artist Support p m

Lunch 12:30 p.m. Meet outside the Auditorium. Buses leave FIU campus 1 1 p m p m

Optional Activities: Iron Pour 2 2 p m FIU Collections p m Tours and Optional Trip** Optional Trip** ARTSlams! South Beach ASU Foundry Tour Food Tour 3 3 p m p m

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Art Miami 6 6 p m VIP Preview p m littleSCULPTURE show and Fountainhead 7 7 p m Studios Open p m House

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20 *All information correct at the time of printing. Schedule subject to change. *All information correct at the time of printing. Schedule subject to change. 21 **This activity requires a RSVP. Schedule:* Schedule:*

Transportation will be provided to and from FIU. Please note the departing times listed in the schedule. Monday, December 2nd

8:00AM Buses leave from the Hyatt Regency Saturday, November 30th Meet in the lobby early as buses leave promptly 9:00AM – 10:30AM Keynote Address: Janet Echelman 4:00PM – 8:00PM Symposium Check-In and Registration Florida International University – Wertheim Auditorium Hyatt Regency, Japango Room 10910 SW 17th Street Miami, Florida 33199 (305) 348.2896

Keynote sponsored by the Knight Foundation Sunday, December 1st

11:00AM – 4:00PM Symposium Registration 10:30AM – 11:00AM Break Hyatt Regency, Japango Room 11:00AM – 12:30PM Artist Talks: Steve Tobin & John Grade 12:00PM – 4:00PM Optional Trip* Cuban-Inspired Food Tour Florida International University – Wertheim Auditorium 10910 SW 17th Street Meet in Hyatt Regency Lobby Miami, Florida 33199 *This activity requires a RSVP (305) 348.2896 12:30PM – 4:00PM Optional Trip* 12:30PM – 1:30PM Lunch Little Haiti Studio Tours The Patricia & Phillip Frost Art Museum, Cafe Room Meet in Hyatt Regency Lobby 10975 SW 17th St. *This activity requires a RSVP Miami, FL 33199 3:00PM – 4:30PM Optional Trip* 1:30PM – 3:00PM Optional Activities at FIU Art Deco Walking Tour Meet at the Miami Design Preservation League FIU Collections Tour 1001 Ocean Drive, Miami Beach, FL 33139 Tours meet at the Frost Information Desk (305) 672-2014 | [email protected] *This activity requires a RSVP ARTSlams! The Phillip & Patricia Frost Art Museum, Room 105 6:00PM – 8:00PM Welcome and Opening Reception 3:00PM Meet Outside the Auditorium Hyatt Regency Buses return to the Hyatt Regency Hotel Lower Level and Promenade 5:00PM – 8:00PM Gallery Hop in the Wynwood Gallery District For Additional Assistance: Transportation is not provided. You may contact April Moorhouse, Conferences & Events Please see the provided Gallery Hop map. Coordinator while in Miami at: 6:00PM – 10:00PM Miami 3D Opening Reception [email protected] Tel: (609) 575-7852 3900 N. Miami Avenue Miami, Fl 33127

22 *All information correct at the time of printing. Schedule subject to change. *All information correct at the time of printing. Schedule subject to change. 23 Schedule:* Schedule:*

Tuesday, December 3rd 4:00PM Buses Return to the Hyatt Regency Hotel Meet in front of the Auditorium 8:00 AM Buses leave from the Hyatt Regency 6:00PM – 9:00PM littleSCULPTURE show and Fountainhead Studios Open House 9:00AM – 10:30AM Artist Talks: Ursula von Rydingsvard and Guerra de la Paz Fountainhead Studios 7339 NW Miami Ct. Florida International University – Wertheim Auditorium Miami, Florida 33150 10910 SW 17th Street Miami, Florida 33199 Hyatt Regency Lobby (305) 348-2896 Buses will run on a loop between the Hyatt, 10:30AM – 11:00AM Break Fountainhead Studios, and Art Miami from 5:30 P.M. to 8:30 P.M. 11:00AM – 12:30PM Panel Discussion: Patron: New Models in Emerging Artist Support 5:30 – 10:00PM Art Miami VIP Preview Florida International University – Wertheim Auditorium The Art Miami Pavilion 10910 SW 17th Street Midtown I Wynwood Arts District Miami, Florida 33199 3101 NE 1st Avenue (305) 348-2896 Miami, FL 33137 Moderator: Dennis Scholl Panelists: Heinz Aeschlimann Maggy Cuesta Kathryn Mikesell Wednesday, December 4th This panel will examine new ideas in artist patronage as well as current methods utilized by the artists seeking support. Recent 8:00 AM Buses leave from the Hyatt Regency to FIU international models for arts patronage and the changing relationship between artist and patron will be considered. Artist 9:00AM – 10:30AM Panel Discussion: Artists Reclaim the Commons representation, networking, and fundraising for public projects will be explored, before inviting comments, questions, and audi- Florida International University – Wertheim Auditorium ence discussion of best practices. 10910 SW 17th Street Miami, FL 12:30PM – 1:30PM Lunch (305) 348-2896 The Patricia & Phillip Frost Art Museum, Cafe Room 10975 SW 17th St. Moderator: Patricia C. Phillips Miami, FL 33199 Panelists: Mel Ziegler Brandi Reddick 1:30PM – 4:00PM Iron Pour Caoimhghin Ó Fraithile Florida International University, Sculpture Studio, Building W-1 Based on the recent ISC publication Artists Reclaim the Com- 11200 SW 8th Street mons: New Works/ New Territories/ New Publics, this panel Miami, FL 3319 discusses contemporary methods of creating and working in 1:30PM – 3:00PM Optional Activities at FIU: the public sphere. The future of public art will be considered, as FIU Collections Tour it travels beyond the plaza to include the neighborhoods, back Tour meets at the Frost Information Desk streets, vacant lots, and suburban hinterlands of our everyday lives. The transformation of site specific artworks will be exam- ARTSlams! ined, as they become sites of resistance, experience, catalyst, The Phillip & Patricia Frost Art Museum, Room 105 and consciousness.

24 *All information correct at the time of printing. Schedule subject to change. *All information correct at the time of printing. Schedule subject to change. 25 Schedule:* Miami Art Fair Directory

10:30AM – 11:00AM Break Thursday, December 5th Miami Art Week Officially Begins!

11:00AM – 12:30PM Panel Discussion: The Art & Act of Making December 5 - 8, 2013 Art Basel Miami Beach Convention Center Florida International University – Wertheim Auditorium Miami Beach 1901 Convention Center Dr. 10910 SW 17th Street Miami Beach, FL 33139 Miami, FL (305) 348-2896 December 4 - 8, 2013 Design Miami Meridian Avenue & 19th Street Adjacent to the Miami Beach Convention Panelists will discuss diverse approaches to the process, prac- Center tice, and interaction of their work as makers, instigators, and Miami Beach, FL facilitators. The role of both the artists’ hand and mind as trans- formers and collaborators to produce art is examined through December 5 - 8, 2013 NADA Art Fair- The Deauville Beach Resort the act of making in the studio, alongside hired artisans, with Miami Beach 6701 Collins Ave industrial production, or utilization of the ‘readymade’ in a lively Miami, FL 33141 discussion. December 4 - 8, 2013 Brazil Art Fair NW 36th Street, Midtown Blvd. Moderator: Coral Penelope Lambert Miami, FL 33137 Panelists: Harry Abramson Tamsie Ringler December 5 - 8, 2013 Pulse Miami The Ice Palace Magnus Sigurdarson 1400 North Miami Avenue Ben Woodeson Miami, FL 33136

12:30PM Buses return to the Hyatt Regency Hotel December 4 - 8, 2013 Art Miami The Art Miami Pavilion Midtown | Wynwood Arts District 2:00PM – 4:30PM Optional Trip* 3101 NE 1st Avenue ASU Foundry Tour Miami, FL 33137

Meet in Hyatt Regency Lobby December 4 - 8, 2013 Aqua Art Miami The Aqua Hotel *This activity requires a RSVP 1530 Collins Avenue Miami Beach, FL 33139 2:00PM – 4:30PM Optional Trip* South Beach Food Tour December 4 - 8, 2013 CONTEXT The Art Miami Pavilion Midtown | Wynwood Arts District Participants meet at the designated location in South Beach 3101 NE 1st Avenue *This activity requires a RSVP Miami, FL 33137

3:30PM – 5:00PM Optional Trip* Art Deco Walking Tour And Many More! Visit our Mobile Symposium App for a complete list of Miami Art Fairs! Meet at the Miami Design Preservation League 1001 Ocean Drive, Miami Beach, FL 33139 (305) 672-2014 | [email protected] *This activity requires a RSVP

26 *All information correct at the time of printing. Schedule subject to change. *All information correct at the time of printing. Schedule subject to change. 27 Enhance your experience at the Save the Date 2013 International Sculpture Symposium 24th International Sculpture Conference The end of the conference does not New Orleans, Louisiana mean the end of your experience! October 1–4, 2014 Now is the time to make the most of your ISC Membership Call for Papers Opens January 2014 For submission updates, check the website at www.sculpture.org/nola2014 ...... A picture is worth a thousand links ...... In Collaboration with: The Ogden Museum of Southern Art The Contemporary Art Center New Orleans Capitalize on your new connections and Renaissance New Orleans Arts Hotel develop business prospects with your New Orleans Arts District ISC Portfolio Listing Sponsored in part by: A searchable online directory New Jersey State Council on the Arts/ Department of State, offering a look at selected works a Partner Agency of the National Endowment for the Arts and by funds from the National Endowment for the Arts. ISC member sculptors

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Harry Abramson Urban, a unique art and cultural center in St. Urban, Lucerne, with an integrated museum, Harry Abramson is the Director of Art Services sculpture park and projects for artist-in residence. for Direct Dimensions, a leading provider of 3D He has received international recognition for scanning technology and services across all his strong support and promotion of programs industries. With 20 years of experience, the most for young artists in art and music. He lives and advanced and extensive arsenal of 3D scanning works in Switzerland, in the towns of Zofingen, St. technology, and a full time technical staff of over Urban, Stansstad and Monte Ceneri (Ticino). 20 3D engineers, artists, and designers, Direct Dimensions develops and executes project specific solutions that are not limited to any one Maggy Cuesta technology, scale, expertise or application. As the Maggy Cuesta was born in Cuba and grew up Director of Art Services, Harry has spent the last in Texas, graduating from Texas Tech University 10 years working closely with artists, foundries, with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Graphic Design. fabricators, galleries and museums to deliver She moved to Houston, Texas where she worked projects that rely on 3D scanning, digital modeling, professionally, before receiving her Masters and digital fabrication technology for both creative Degree in Graphic Design from California Institute and conservatorial purposes. Harry’s work with of the Arts [CalArts]. In 1988 Maggy relocated to Direct Dimensions has resulted in publications Miami where she worked for a local firm before with The National Gallery of Art, the Museum establishing a partnership in The Image Designers of Modern Art, The Art Institute Chicago, The Group. She worked both professionally and as Baltimore Museum of Art, and The Norton Simon Associate Professor Senior at New World School Museum. In Addition, his Art Services team of the Arts, until 2005. Maggy has served on has supported the works dozens of major artists the board and as President of the American including Jeff Koons, Matthew Day Jackson, Urs Institute of Graphic Arts [AIGA]-Miami Chapter. Fischer, Teresita Fernandez, Do Ho Suh, Barry X She serves the director of World Day of Design, Ball, and Rob Pruitt. and Across States Across Cultures. Her work has been published in Communication Arts, Print, Print Casebooks, AIGA, Graphis, Graphic Design Heinz Aeschlimann USA, Texas Art Directors Club, Creativity Award, Heinz Aeschlimann is a Swiss artist and Typographers International Competition, and Hot successful entrepreneur. His approach to both Graphics USA. his business concerns and his artistic production is focused and directed, ensuring success Janet Echelman and quality on both fronts. Educated as a civil engineer, since 1970 Aeschlimann has created Janet Echelman builds living, breathing sculpture numerous steel sculptures, ranging in size from environments that respond to the forces of small to monumental. The latter weigh in at nature -- wind, water and light -- and become several tons and appear in many sculpture parks inviting focal points for civic life. Exploring the and famous collections. He has been invited by potential of unlikely materials, from fishing net to distinguished curators to participate in exhibitions atomized water particles, Echelman combines in the USA, Europe and Asia. In 2005, with his ancient craft with cutting-edge technology to wife, he founded and began to manage Art-St- create her permanent sculpture at the scale

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of buildings. Experiential in nature, the result is exterior) installations to a more intimate scale. at the University of Minnesota from 95 -98, the landscape, and the intersection of these areas. sculpture that shifts from being an object you look Grade recently exhibited at Galerie Ateliers L’H Du realm of metal casting has remained a consistent Her essays and reviews have been published in at, to something you can get lost in. Recipient Siege in France, Fabrica in the UK, and Cynthia investigation in process and material ever since. Artforum, Art in America, and Sculpture, as well of the Guggenheim Fellowship, Echelman was Reeves Gallery in New York. CYNTHIA-REEVES As a recipient of Awards from the Gottlieb, as books and collected essays published by named Architectural Digest’s 2012 Innovator for represents John Grade on the East Coast. He has Jerome and Joan Mitchell Foundations, Lambert Rizzoli International Publications, M.I.T. Press, “changing the very essence of urban spaces.” Her been exhibiting with the gallery since 2010. is recognized for working on an ambitious and Routledge. She is the author of Ursula TED talk “Taking Imagination Seriously” has been scale. International exhibitions include: ‘The von Rydingsvard: Working (New York: Prestel, translated into 33 languages and is estimated to Avant Garden’ at The Barbican Center, London, 2011) and It is Difficult, a survey of the work of have been viewed by more than a million people Guerra de la Paz The National Metals Museum, Memphis, and Alfredo Jaar (Barcelona: Actar Press, 1998). She worldwide. Janet Echelman is represented by the Guerra de la Paz is the composite name that ‘IronStone’ at Kidwelly Castle, Wales. She is a recently completed essays on artists Mel Chin, gallery CYNTHIA-REEVES. represents the creative team efforts of Cuban member of the New York Sculptors Guild. Alfredo Jaar (for the 2013 Venice Biennale), and born artists, Alain Guerra and Neraldo de la Paz- temporary public art for a forthcoming Companion who live and work in Miami, Florida- and have to Public Art by Wiley Publishers. Her curatorial Caoimhghin Ó Fraithile been consistently producing collaboratively since Kathryn Mikesell and design projects include Disney Animators and The Irish artist Caoimhghin Ó Fraithile (Quee- 1996. Their work is based on a combination of Kathryn Mikesell wears many hats. She’s Animation (Whitney Museum of Art, 1981), The veen O Fra-ha-la) makes sculptures and traditional disciplines and experimentation with a mother, wife, supporter of the arts and a POP Project (Institute for Contemporary Art/P.S. drawings all over the globe—in Asia, Europe, dimension and the use of conventional materials. technology consultant. She, along with her 1, 1988), and Making Sense: Five Installations and America. A reticent, monk-like personality, It is inspired by an essential familiarity with the husband Dan and two children Galt and Skye, on Sensation (Katonah Museum of Art, 1996.) he maintains his peripatetic lifestyle by taking ready-made and the archeological qualities that has been collecting art for over 15 years. In From 2002-2007, she was Editor-in-Chief of on residencies in different parts of the world. found objects possess. Their close proximity to 2008, she and Dan founded The Fountainhead the Art Journal, a quarterly on contemporary art Despite his wanderings and the temporary the Pepe businesses that once thrived in Little Residency, an artist residency program, the first published by the College Art Association. She was nature and sometime remote locations of his Haiti have been a major source of inspiration. of its kind, in the heart of Miami’s burgeoning appointed Dean of Graduate Studies at Rhode large-scale work, a geographically diverse group Gaining access to an overabundance of discarded art scene. Later that same year, they opened Island School of Design in August 2009. of critics is bringing his wooden structures clothing- relics that once helped define an The Fountainhead Studios, providing low-cost, and exquisite drawings to the attention of the individual’s personality and communally speak of flexible studios to Miami based artists. To date international art world. environmental issues, mass consumption, and the Fountainhead Residency has hosted over 200 Brandi Reddick disposability- opened the doors for them to work artists from more than 20 countries. In addition Brandi Reddick is an arts administrator, curator with garments as a material. Guerra de La Paz’s to artists invited directly, the residency supports and art historian with fifteen years of professional John Grade work has been exhibited throughout the United Miami’s alternative art spaces and museums experience working in nationally and internationally John Grade received his BFA from the Pratt States and Europe, including; Saatchi Gallery, by hosting artists and providing them a truly recognized arts organizations. Since 2003, Institute, NY in 1992, and has traveled extensively Chicago Cultural Center, and John Michael Kohler unique, “local’s” experience. After expanding the Ms. Reddick has served as the Curator and following his graduation, gaining critical exposure Arts Center, WI. footprint four times, the Fountainhead Studios Visual Artists Manager for Miami-Dade County to the cultures and environments that have now provides workspace to more than 40 artists. Art in Public Places. She has overseen the come to shape his artistic vision. Over the past Her personal goals through the Fountainhead commissioning process for multi-million dollar, decade, Grade has earned numerous grants and Coral Penelope Lambert are to create environments and opportunities for highly integrated works of public art, including awards including the 2010 Metcalf Award from British Sculptor Coral Penelope Lambert is Head artists to improve their practice and thrive in the artworks for the Miami Marlins Stadium, the American Academy of Arts and Letters (NY), of Sculpture at Alfred University, New York, where “business” of art, nurture Miami’s growing cultural PortMiami, Zoo Miami, Jackson Memorial Hospital a Tiffany Foundation Award (NY), an Andy Warhol she also directs the National Casting Center community, and inspire people to collect and and Miami International Airport, among other Foundation Award (NY), and two Pollock Krasner Foundry. Born in the UK, she studied at Central take up their own initiatives to support the arts. public institutions. She has contributed essays Foundation Grants (NY). Grade’s perennial School of Art, London, Canterbury College of on public art, emerging and mid-career artists focus is on environmentally related works, often Art, Kent and received her MFA in Sculpture from to exhibition catalogues and other publications inspired and extracted from microscopic points Manchester in 1990. She specialized in cast metal Patricia C. Phillips including “From Vision to Reality: Public Art at of view, that range from monumental (interior and sculpture as an International Research Fellow Patricia C. Phillips’ research and writing involve the Arsht Center of Performing Arts” (2006); and contemporary public art, architecture, sculpture, “New Art in New Public New Places.” In addition

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to her work in public art, Ms. Reddick oversees collections, including the Metropolitan Museum Arts and Crafts, Reykjavik, Iceland (1992, BFA institution. The works are frequently fragile, professional development opportunities for visual of Art and the Museum of Modern Art. She has in Mixed Media) and Mason Gross School of unstable and kinetic, experimenting and exploiting artists and directs the South Florida Cultural received two grants from the National Endowment the Arts, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, material, physical and psychological qualities in Consortium Fellowship Program for Visual and for the Arts, a Guggenheim Fellowship, the NJ (1997, MFA). He is a Fulbright Scholarship the creation of sculptures that both attract and Media Artists, an annual program which offers the Skowhegan Medal for Sculpture, three awards Recipient with multiple grants and awards on repulse the viewer. In recent years Woodeson has largest regional, government-sponsored artists’ from the American section of the International his resume. His performances and video works been working on two overlapping projects. The grants in the United States. Association of Art Critics, and is a member of have been on display at venues like, MoMA PS1; Health & safety Violations are a series of randomly the American Academy of Arts and Letters. The New Museum, New York; and the Museum activated kinetic works that aggressively confront Her current projects include commissions for a of Contemporary Art, N. Miami. His works are and affect the viewer’s physical and mental state. Tamsie Ringler Princeton University complex designed by Tod included in the collections of: Collezione La By contrast, The Damage/Harm Joy series made Tamsie Ringler works in the environmental and Williams and Billie Tsien, a permanent outdoor Gaia, Busca, Italy; The Icelandic National Gallery, primarily from sheet glass are quieter, inherently populist traditions of public art. Her installations sculpture in front of the East Wing of the National Reykjavik; the private collections of Emmanuel vulnerable but arguably more directly dangerous and sculptures integrate process, space and Gallery in Washington DC, and an outdoor Javouge, Miami, and Debra and Dennis Scholl, to the viewer’s well-being. Woodeson has viewer; as elements and witnesses. Through sculpture for the Barclays Center in Brooklyn. Miami Beach to name but a few. exhibited extensively in Europe and America and iron casting, video, and interactive works she April 3, 2014 will be the opening of a retrospective was recently The Theodore Randall International fuses public spectacle with the production of exhibition at Yorkshire Sculpture Park in England. Chair in Sculpture at Alfred University, New York. contemplative spaces and objects. Recent Steve Tobin Born and working in London, England, Woodeson projects explore our relationship with land and the Steve Tobin was born in 1957 in Philadelphia. studied at Glasgow School of Art in Scotland and environmental impact of our hunger for natural Dennis Scholl He earned his B.S. from Tulane University of is the grandson of the artist Jack Bilbo. resources. Tamsie Ringler studied Art at the Dennis Scholl is the Vice President / Arts for the New Orleans in 1979. Tobin is best known for University of Wisconsin and received her MFA in Knight Foundation. He oversees the foundation’s his bronze-cast root sculptures. Tobin created Sculpture from the University of Texas at Austin. national arts program, including the Knight Arts what would become the first memorial for 9/11, Mel Ziegler Currently she teaches Sculpture at St. Catherine Challenge and Random Acts of Culture. He is Trinity Roots, which is inspired by the sycamore Widely known for his collaborative work with his University in St. Paul, Minnesota. She serves on well known as a collector of contemporary art for tree that fell during the attacks and shielded St. late partner Kate Ericson, Ziegler was integral to the Board of Directors of Franconia Sculpture Park over three decades. Dennis is also the founder Paul’s Chapel from flying debris. Tobin’s works are the emergence of social and integrated practice and leads their annual Community + Collaboration of a series of initiatives dedicated to building represented in collections including: the American and community engagement as vital forms of Hot Metal Pour. She is serving as Co-Director of the contemporary art collections of museums, Center and Finair, Helsinki; the Boca Raton contemporary art. Ziegler is the current chair of the 7th International Conference on Contemporary including the Guggenheim, the Tate Modern Museum of Art, Florida; King Faisal’s Palace, the Department of Art at Vanderbilt University, in Cast Iron Art to be held at the Pedvale Open-Air and the Miami Art Museum. He is a three time Saudi Arabia; the Musee des Arts Decoratifs, Nashville, Tennessee. America Starts Here, the Art Museum in Latvia in 2014. Her work can be regional Emmy winner for his work in cultural Lausanne, Switzerland; the Philadelphia Museum Ericson Ziegler retrospective, was co-organized by seen at Franconia Sculpture Park in Minnesota, documentaries. Dennis is also the co-founder of of Art; the Retretti Museum, Punkaharju, Finland; the The Frances Young Tang Teaching Museum Touhy Park and Skokie Northshore Sculpture Park Betts and Scholl, an award winning wine project. and The White House, Washington D.C.. His vast at Skidmore College and List Visual Arts Center in Chicago and on the MAX Light Rail System in In 2012, he was a Harvard University Advanced repertoire includes works in glass, clay, bronze at MIT and toured the country. Ziegler has Portland, Oregon. Leadership Fellow, focusing on the role of culture and steel. He explores natural forms and cites presented solo exhibitions at venues including in community engagement. Dennis is currently a nature as his earliest influence, one that continues Secession, Vienna; Artpace, San Antonio; and Visiting Scholar at the Massachusetts Institute of to inform his work. Tobin, who has been referred Canadian Center for Architecture, Montreal. In Ursula von Rydingsvard Technology (MIT) Media Lab. Previously, he was a to in print as a “visual philosopher,” is based in the broadest sense, Ziegler’s work asserts the Ursula von Rydingsvard is best known for practicing attorney and CPA. Coopersburg, Pennsylvania. value of rural identities and aesthetics and aims creating large-scale, often monumental sculpture to locate authentic spaces within the increasingly from cedar beams, which she painstakingly fragmented American experience. cuts, assembles, and laminates, finally rubbing Magnus Sigurdarson Ben Woodeson powdered graphite into the work’s textured, Magnus Sigurdarson was born in Reykjavik, Artist and lecturer Ben Woodeson makes faceted surfaces. Ursula von Rydingsvard’s Iceland, in 1966 and currently lives in Miami, deliberately dangerous sculptures that set out sculpture is included in numerous permanent Florida. He attended The Icelandic College of to challenge both viewer and the exhibiting

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