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Red Clay 2020_INSIDE COVERS:Layout 1 7/22/20 3:44 PM Page 1 The Red Clay Survey: 2020 Exhibition of Contemporary Southern Art August 9 — October 4, 2020 Lead Sponsor: The Kuehlthau Family Foundation Awards Sponsors: Alice Chang Huntsville Museum of Art Docents Huntsville Museum Association Susan and Robert Kuehlthau Rosemary and Joe Lee Kelly and Randy Schrimsher Sasha and Charlie Sealy Anne and Ed Uher Wendy Yang and Rick Myers Additional Supporters: Alabama State Council on the Arts Huntsville Museum of Art Guild 1 Copyright © 2020 Huntsville Museum of Art All rights reserved ISBN 1-885820-48-8 Catalogue Design: Panciera Design, Huntsville, AL Photography: The Individual Artists Printing: Colonial Printing, Huntsville, AL HUNTSVILLE MUSEUM OF ART 300 Church Street SW Huntsville, AL 35801 USA 256.535.4350 www.hsvmuseum.org The Red Clay Survey is organized by Peter J. Baldaia, Director of Curatorial Affairs of the Huntsville Museum of Art, and David J. Reyes, Curator of Exhibitions and Collections of the Huntsville Museum of Art, to highlight outstanding regional contemporary art. 2 Contents 4 - Foreword and Acknowledgements 5 - Museum Purchase Awards 9 - Jurors’ Awards 15 - Comments 17 - The Exhibitition 76 - Exhibition Checklist 3 foreword & acknowledgements The Huntsville Museum of Art is very pleased to present the 2020 edition of The Red Clay Survey exhibition of contemporary Southern art. Since its inception in 1988, this recurring competition has provided a showcase for current art in our region through a critical selection of work from across the South. This year’s Survey features 85 works by 67 artists, juried by myself and my colleague David Reyes, Curator of Exhibitions and Collec- tions. As always, the exhibition took shape through a comprehensive two- fold process. The first stage review of images reduced an initial field of 1,246 submissions to 102 works by 77 artists. The second stage, on-site review of actual works determined final inclusions and cash awards. The responsibility of sifting through such an abundance of material to distill the exhibition is formidable. In our jurying, David and I endeavored to fashion a diverse and eclectic show that would reflect this unique histor- ical moment and also celebrate maturity of vision, mastery of materials, and the unique artistic voice. For the Museum, the logistics of organizing and managing a multi-faceted project of this scale requires great team effort. Many thanks go to the entire staff — with special thanks to David Reyes and Katherine Purves of the Curatorial Department — for their hard work on behalf of this endeavor. Thanks also to graphic designer Scott Panciera for providing a handsomely designed exhibition announcement and catalogue, and for his supervision of all aspects of their production. Public and private support provides the foundation for this exhibition. We are honored to recognize The Kuehlthau Family Foundation as the lead sponsor of The Red Clay Survey. We are also grateful to The Alabama State Council on the Arts and The Huntsville Museum of Art Guild for providing project support. Additional thanks go to the following generous underwriters of artist awards: The Huntsville Museum Docents and The Huntsville Museum Association — Museum Purchase Awards; Susan and Robert Kuehlthau — Juror’s Choice Award; Sasha and Charlie Sealy — Alabama Artist Award; Rosemary and Joe Lee — Merit Award; Kelly and Randy Schrimsher — Merit Award; Anne and Ed Uher — Merit Award; Wendy Yang and Rick Myers — Merit Award; and Alice Chang — People’s Choice Award. Finally, we extend our appreciation to each artist represented in the 2020 Red Clay Survey, for providing impressive evidence of the unique strength and enduring vitality of contemporary Southern art. Peter J. Baldaia, Director of Curatorial Affairs Huntsville Museum of Art 4 Fractious Division, 2019 MUSEUM PURCHASE AWARD cast iron, honey locust thorns, Sponsored by The Huntsville Museum of Art Docents 42 x 42 x 8 inches Michael Baggarly born in 1970, Hartford, Kentucky 2017 45th Mid-States Craft Exhibition, Evansville lives in Murfreesboro, Tennessee Museum of Arts, History & Science, Evansville, IN 1998 BFA Studio Art, Western Kentucky University, 2016 From Far to Near (solo exhibition), Gail Art Bowling Green, KY Museum, Gapyeong-gun, Gyeonggi-do, 2000 MA Sculpture, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA South Korea 2001 MFA Sculpture, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA 2002 — Present, Associate Professor of Art, Middle Honors/Awards 2020 Second Place, Irene Rosenzweig Biennial Tennessee State University, Murfreesboro, TN Juried Exhibition, Arts & Science Center for Recent Exhibitions Southeast Arkansas, Pine Bluff, AR 2019 Art in the Age of Anxiety: UNCP 10th Annual 2019 Honorable Mention, MSA Select LexEx Exhibition, International Juried Exhibition, University of Pam Miller Downtown Arts Center, North Carolina Pembroke, Pembroke NC Lexington, KY Transformation-Verwandlung, Mönchskirche 2018 Professional Development Grant, International Museum, Salzwedel, Germany Exhibition Support, Middle Tennessee State 2018 Quiet Observations, Flying Solo Series (solo University, Murfreesboro, TN exhibition), Nashville International Airport, 2017 Florita Eichel Memorial Merit Award, 45th Nashville, TN Mid-States Craft Exhibition, Evansville Verklaren, Atelierhaus Hilmsen Residency, Museum of Arts, History & Science, Hilmsen, Germany Evansville, IN 5 Beyond Symbolic Shrines MUSEUM PURCHASE AWARD to Thirst, 2019, acrylic, Sponsored by The Huntsville Museum Association red clay on canvas, 52 x 40 inches John “Jahni” Moore born in 1967, Huntsville, Alabama lives in Huntsville, Alabama Southern Artists, Rosa Parks Museum, Montgomery, AL 1991 BS Art, Alabama A & M University, Normal, AL 2018 Remote Castration, LAXART, Los Angeles, CA 2007 MEd Art Education, Alabama A & M University, 2014 Group Exhibition, Centennial Park Gallery, Normal, AL Nashville, TN 2019 MFA Studio Arts, School of the Art Institute of The Red Clay Survey: 2014 Exhibition of Chicago, Chicago, IL Contemporary Southern Art, Huntsville 2015 — Present, Art Instructor, Lee High School, Museum of Art, Huntsville, AL Huntsville, AL 2013 Incantations of a Native Son (solo exhibition), Recent Exhibitions Alabama A & M University, Normal, AL Solo Exhibition, Mary G. Hardin Center for 2020 57th Annual Juried Competition, Masur Cultural Arts, Gadsden, AL Museum of Art, Monroe, LA 2019 Jahni: Notations of A Native Son (solo exhibition), Museum/University Collections Troy University, Troy, AL Alabama A & M University, Normal, AL Ground Zero: Afrofuturism Now, New Orleans Oakwood University, Huntsville, AL African American Museum, New Orleans, LA School of The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL 6 MUSEUM PURCHASE AWARD Urn for 10,000 Year Old Sharks, 2019 ceramic, sand, animal bones, fossilized Sponsored by Huntsville Museum of Art Docents shark teeth, 27 x 13 x 7 inches and the Huntsville Museum Association Leandra Urrutia born in 1970, San Antonio, Texas 2018 Invisible Borders Clay Invitational, Community lives in Memphis, Tennessee College of Baltimore County, Catonsville, MD 1994 BFA Drawing / Ceramics, Texas State University, 2017 Vision of the Future, Cutler Crane Gallery, San Marcos, TX Memphis, TN 1999 MFA Ceramics, University of Mississippi, 2016 Moving Boundary, Jigang Galleries, Oxford, MS Nanning, China Sunset/Sunrise: Work from Studio Nong, 2002 — Present, Associate Professor of Studio Art, Weinberger Fine Art Gallery, Kansas City, MO Memphis College of Art, Memphis, TN Recent Exhibitions Honors/Awards 2019 McKnight Artist Residency, Northern Clay 2019 Enough: Me Too Exhibition Invitational, Center, Minneapolis, MN Memphis College of Art, Memphis, TN 2014 Emmett O’Ryan Award for Artistic Inspiration, Horn Island 35, Memphis College of Art, ArtsMemphis, Memphis, TN Memphis, TN The Sound of the Gulf: Memphis College of Art Museum/University Collections Horn Island Retrospective, Walter Anderson Indiana University Bloomington, Museum Of Art, Ocean Springs, MS Bloomington, IN 7 Saint Dorothy, 2019, ink, paper, gold MUSEUM PURCHASE AWARD leaf, acrylic on canvas, 72 x 32 inches Sponsored by The Huntsville Museum Association Cynthia Wagner 2018 ECHOES – Alabama Women’s Caucus for Art, born in 1960, Denver, Colorado Wiregrass Museum of Art, Dothan, AL lives in Huntsville, Alabama Uncommon Territory: Contemporary Art in 2001 AAS Visual Communications, Ivy Tech Alabama, Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts, Community College, Columbus, IN Montgomery, AL 2006 BFA, Herron School of Art and Design, Indiana 2017 Guestroom in The Unconscious Mind (solo University-Purdue University, Indianapolis, IN exhibition), Wiregrass Museum of Art, Recent Exhibitions Dothan, AL Melted Wax, Alabama State Council on the Arts, 2020 Feminist Goddesses and Rebel Saints: Hacking Montgomery, AL Away at Gender Subjugation and the M Word – 2016 B16: Wiregrass Biennial Exhibition, Wiregrass Misogyny (solo exhibition), Lowe Mill Arts & Museum of Art, Dothan, AL Entertainment, Huntsville, AL Itineraries of Escape, Gadsden Museum of Art, Third LaGrange Southeast Regional, LaGrange Gadsden, AL Art Museum, LaGrange, GA (also 2018) 2019 On the Edge of Magic, Young Harris College, Museum/University Collections Young Harris, GA Wiregrass Museum of Art, Dothan, AL 8 The Space Between the Stars, 2018 JURORS’ CHOICE AWARD mixed media, 144 x 240 inches Sponsored by Susan and Robert Kuehlthau Janice Kluge born in 1952, Berwyn, Illinois lives in Birmingham, Alabama 1974 BFA, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign,