National Conference on Contemporary Cast Iron Art Practices April 3
Virtual Resident Exhibition
2019-2020
The Steel K's Residency Plan assists artists in growing and strengthening their art practise in a supportive, cooperative surround through access to the studios, tools, resources, and back up. We've curated a collection of works showcasing the diverse and phenomenal talents of the 2019-2020 Resident Artists.
EMILY Baker
Annoying disk, cast porcelain
2019
Chiffon on steel
2019
Cast Fe
2019
Emily Baker was born in Grass Valley, California, and received her BFA in Interior Design from California State University, Chico. Upon graduating, she worked in the fabrication manufacture, predominantly in steel and mold making. She received her MFA from the Academy of California, Santa Barbara in 2016 where she focused on performance, installation, and bronze casting.
Throughout her practice, she plays upon sensibilities gained from her background as a competitive gymnast. Her piece of work focuses heavily on the idea of identity, repair, and retroactive healing, both within the body and of identify.
Emily has shown her work nationally and regularly participates in workshops at arts and crafts schools such every bit Haystack, Penland, Anderson Ranch, and The Corning Museum of Glass. She has spent time as the Foundry Studio Artist at Salem Fine art Works in Salem, NY, a Visual Artist at The Vermont Studio Center in Johnson, VT, and was the recipient of a micro-residency at The Steel Yard, in Providence, RI. She has also been awarded a residency at The Santa Iron Art Establish during the 2020 Labor theme. In her spare time, she travels to attend cast iron pours and conferences throughout the United States, most recently the National Conference on Gimmicky Cast Atomic number 26 Art Practices, Western Bandage Atomic number 26 Brotherhood Conference and the International Conference on Contemporary Cast Atomic number 26 Art.
AJA BLANC
48" x 46" x 2"
Mirrored drinking glass, silk, mohair, wool, and brass.
22" x 44" x 2"
Clear, grayness, bronze, black, or peach mirror. Black, blonde, or table salt and pepper Mongolian horsehair.
xxx" 10 27.5" 10 one.5"
Peach mirror and antique gold mirror.
2019
Ben & Aja Blanc take been collaborating on projects since their time together as graduate students at the Rhode Island School of Design. Aja Blanc brings her unique background in fine arts and career in the museum profession, including the Yale University Art Gallery and RISD Museum, to the design process. Together, their work and design process reflects a mutual pursuit of beauty through the cosmos of form and refinement of material, along with a perpetual attraction to collection and curation. Their piece of work has been featured in Architectural Digest, Faddy, Elle Décor, and The New York Times. They live together with their two daughters in Providence, RI.
ERICA COMPTON
Copper, Sterling Argent
nine"
2018
Sterling Silver
22"
2019
Steel, Sterling Silver, Lapis Lazuli
xviii"
2018
Erica is a southern tornado, born and raised in Savannah, Georgia. She studied anthropology at the University of Georgia where she sweet-talked her way into her first metalsmithing form and kickstarted her passion for the arts. She followed her love of community-based art spaces all over the country including Oakland, Seattle, and New York where she further adult her artistic toolkit. She fell in dear with big-calibration fabrication and foundry work which she would eventually move to Providence Rhode Isle to pursue every bit a Resident at The Steel Thou. She is currently in her second yr as a Sculpture Resident. Her electric current practice is varied and stems from a love of exploring new materials and methods of making. Erica'due south recent areas of focus take been woodturning, blacksmithing, steel fabrication, silversmithing, and lapidary.
TOPHER GENT
slip-cast porcelain
varying tabletop dimensions
2015
light amplification by stimulated emission of radiation cut and welded steel, various patinas
varying dimensions (tables, seating)
2015-2019
laser cutting and welded steel, patina, stainless steel
18.25" H & 12" H
2018
Topher Gent is a designer from Providence, Rhode Island, United states of america. With a BFA in Furniture Pattern from the Rhode Isle School of Design, Topher has a diverse background in pattern and development ranging from jewelry and luxury goods to furniture and lighting, all of which influence his interdisciplinary practice. Using a combination of traditional craft and modern technology, his work explores the cross-sections of fine art, craft, and design through a variety of media, though he is best known for his sculptural and functional piece of work in steel. His work explores personal and external relationships to making, as he is interested in why nosotros make and why it matters. Through objects and class, Topher explores internal conflicts of excess and minimalism, joy, and expression.
In 2015 Topher founded Gent Design Company in order to create limited edition and one-of-a-kind creative person quality piece of furniture, lighting, and objects. In 2016 was awarded a Fellowship in Craft from the Rhode Island Country Council on the Arts. He has created multiple public installations throughout the Northeast and has been commissioned for private collections throughout North America. In addition to his studio practise in Providence, he manages operations at Studio Dunn and is an adjunct teacher in continuing education at the Rhode Island School of Blueprint.
TOM HUBBARD (MERIT FELLOWSHIP)
TOMHUBBARD.COM
17" x 5" 10 2" / 8.five" x 12" x 2.v"
Ceramic: slab built. Soda fired stoneware/porcelain with stamped graphics and Mishima (slip inlay) technique.
2020
12" ten iii" x 8"
Ceramic: slab built. Soda fired stoneware with stamping and black slip.
2020
24" x 5" bore
Ceramic: extruded. Soda fired stoneware.
2020
Tom Hubbard is an interdisciplinary artist. With an arroyo rooted in his design preparation, his practice includes ceramics, photography, mixed media works, and public art installations. Tempered by a minimalist approach, history, memory, and the passage of time are threads often running through Hubbard's work. Recent commissions include a ceramic installation at the Indianapolis Museum of Contemporary Art and public art commissions for the Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority and the City of Columbus, OH. Hubbard's piece of work has been published in Ceramics Monthly and Ceramics: Art & Perception. His work has been exhibited widely in both the U.S. and Holland and is included in several private and corporate collections including the Fort Wayne Museum of Art. Tom Hubbard was born in San Francisco, CA, and received a BFA from Indiana University. Hubbard grew upwardly in the midwest and lived in Maine, The Netherlands, Ohio, and Georgia earlier moving to Massachusetts in 2018.
DAVID KAROFF
Size: 16″ Ten 16″ X 16″
Materials: Steel, paint, soot, robin's nest and eggs
2020
Size: 16″ X 16″ X 16″
Materials: Steel, paint, soot, robin's nest and eggs
2020
Size: 16″ X 16″ X xvi″
Materials: Steel, paint, soot, robin'southward nest and eggs
2020
David Karoff has lived in Providence and worked in Rhode Island's nonprofit sector as an Executive Director, manager, and independent consultant for over thirty-v years. For much of that time, he fix aside the making of art for other preoccupations. When, over a decade ago, he had the opportunity to take a year off and explore some of the many things put on the back burner during a busy career (with children), he began making sculpture. Some of the ideas had been dormant on moldering scraps of paper for decades.
He'due south also worked extensively on a professional basis with dozens of Rhode Island arts organizations. As a volunteer, he served for ii years every bit an Artist Mentor at New Urban Arts in Providence and for half dozen years on the Board of the Steel K. He began a three-month metals residency at the Steel One thousand in Feb.
SCOTT KEELEY
scottkeeley.com
Mixed Media
four' x ii' x ii'
Mixed Media
84" x 36" 10 36"
Carved Maple Forest
l" Ten 18" Ten 24"
Scott Keeley graduated from Syracuse Academy in 1989 with a bachelor of Industrial Design. By graduation, Scott had exhibited works at the National Sculpture Middle, Washington D.C., and held a senior sculpture exhibition aside from an Industrial Design Portfolio. He began my career in product design in Barcelona with Bernal Isern Design, a small consultancy. The range of products varied from small electronics products to furniture, lighting, and glassware. While in Barcelona, Scott completed several murals in Barcelona's central shopping district and from 1989 to 1996 and exhibited steel, rock, and ceramic sculpture in Barcelona, Berlin, Milan, Venice, and Moscow. In each of the cities, he became a well-known street painter.
Returning to the United States to consummate an MFA in sculpture at Texas Christian University in 1994 Scott began to expect for a way to bring his creative and technical interests together. Integrating abilities as creative person and enquiry designer, Scott taught blueprint, drawing, history of blueprint, and computer-aided blueprint at the Kansas City Fine art Establish and in 1997 joined Southern Illinois Academy, a Carnegie II institution with abundant back up for creative scholarly research. Scott completed 4 design research projects involving the incorporation of flywheel energy storage in powered wheelchairs. Scott was Manager of International Workshops in sculpture, painting, and design and brought two groups of 12 students to Barcelona for a 3-week workshop and exhibition.
In 2000, Scott began to blend the applied and academic aspects of sculpture and industrial design. Equally a practicing designer, he has managed projects involving the design of products as varied every bit a line of hydrogen production appliances to a new bowl design for the Ovation Guitar. In 2007 Scott joined OGIN Inc. as a designer and patent draftsman. In 2016 he completed studies and passed the patent bar. Scott at present works as a sculptor and patent agent. Recent exhibitions include a number of mixed media exhibits at the South Canton Arts Association and a workshop and exhibition in Rathenow Germany.
BRI LARSON (ALLOY FELLOWSHIP)
Chocolate-brown stoneware, slips, mason stains and coat fired to cone
7 H x 6 Westward x four.5 D inches
2018
Brown stoneware, slips, mason stains and glaze Fired to cone 6
seven H x 8 Westward x 3.v D inches
2018
Brown stoneware, slips, mason stains and glaze Fired to cone 6
viii H x 5 W ten 4 D inches
2018
Bri earned her BFA from the University of Wisconsin-River Falls in 2013 with a major in ceramics and a pocket-sized in painting. She has been a teacher of adults and children alike at local fine art centers. Originally from the great state of Minnesota, Bri relocated to Providence, RI in 2018 where she started her residency at The Steel M.
Her ceramic work has been featured in galleries and art shows across the nation and she has even made an appearance in the October 2019 issue of Ceramics Monthly. Bri is a current 2019-20 Steel Thousand resident where she focuses on functional ceramics in improver to ceramic jewelry. She is currently exploring new ideas, colors, and patterns that translate into porcelain and metal. When not working in the studio, you tin can notice Bri exploring the outdoors, hanging out with her circus true cat, crafting something handy for the home, or even playing the occasional video game.
BEN LEVINE
Constitute Metal
1'-6" x 6" x 6"
2017
Found Metal
two' x 3'-6" x 1'-6"
2016
Found Metal
1'-6" x two'-six", 2'-6"
2013
Ben Levine is an emerging creative person and engineer. His passion for art started at age 15 when he took a welding workshop grade at The Steel Yard where he presently became a welcomed member of the community. Working at The Steel G as a volunteer, teaching assistant, shop hand, and commissioned artist, Ben is driven by a strong sense of community, ownership, and responsibleness to the Providence arts community every bit it has truly shaped him into the joyful and driven artist he is today. Outside of The One thousand, Ben earned his degree in Mechanical Applied science at Iowa State University which has profoundly informed his work. Ben looks forward to melding his passion for art and engineering while settling into Providence every bit a young professional.
DANIKA NOTAR (KILN FELLOWSHIP)
Stoneware
17"x11"x11"
Stoneware
ii"x10"x8"
Stoneware
2.5"x13"x13"
Danika Notar is a ceramic artist that cruel in love with fine art at an early age. She attended Moore College of Art and Design where she studied photography and ceramics. Later graduating she connected to refine her craft by apprenticing, teaching, and managing clay studios such as Chester Springs Art Center, The Fine art League Schoolhouse, Frederick School of Pottery, Bill van Gilder and The Steel One thousand. She is inspired by traditional Japanese pottery, nature, and everyday man-made objects. She elevates her wheel driven forms into contemporary vessels. Currently, she lives in Massachusetts with her married man and son where she exhibits and sells her piece of work.
HENRY ROBINSON
four"h x4"westward x3.5"d
Glazed ceramic
2020
five"h x 7.v"west x two.75"d
Glazed ceramic
2020
12"h x five"w x 3.25"d
Glazed ceramic
2020
Henry Robinson is a Rhode Island-based creative person primarily working in ceramics. He holds a BA in Ceramics from Marlboro Higher. He is currently a resident creative person at The Steel G.
ELLEN ROGERS
Steel
xi' x 7' x 4',
2010
Mixed media
200' x 120' ten 4'
2018
Mixed media
200' ten 120' ten iv'
2018
Ellen Rogers is an artist and former wild animals veterinarian. Rogers earned her BFA in sculpture at the Maine College of Art (Portland, ME) and her MFA in Studio Art from the University at Buffalo ( Buffalo, NY).
Rogers has shown her artwork in Maine, Michigan, New York, Tennessee, Rhode Isle, Canada, and China, with pieces in the permanent collections of Paul Smith'due south College (Paul Smiths, NY), the Allan Brooks Nature Eye (Vernon, BC, Canada), and Rock Hill Quarry Art Park (Cazenovia, NY), every bit well as private collectors. Rogers completed one-month residencies at the Vermont Studio Heart (Johnson, VT), the Caetani Cultural Centre (BC, Canada), and a 2-calendar month residency at The Steel Yard (Providence, RI), plus a year-long residency at Paul Smith's College (Adirondacks, NY). She is currently 7 months into a 12-month residency at The Steel G.
Rogers has taught visual fine art (the University of Buffalo and the State University of New York at Morrisville), and a science and fine art human being biology form at Colgate Academy (Hamilton, NY).
Prior to becoming an artist, Rogers earned her Bachelor's caste at Harvard University and her Md of Veterinary Medicine caste at Tufts University, U.s.. As a veterinarian, Rogers trained in wildlife medicine fieldwork in South Africa working hands-on with elephants, lions, rhinos, hippos, giraffe, zebras, and more. Rogers has been featured in several wild fauna television shows, including starring in The Great African Wild animals Rescue (xiii episodes, Animal Planet) and four episodes of Brute Face-Off (Discovery Channel).
Currently, and for the past three years, Rogers has cared (full-time and office-fourth dimension) for her 89-year-quondam female parent who has dementia and lives in Massachusetts. This responsibility has made her art career difficult, but not impossible. She at present lives in Northward Providence, RI, and Amesbury, Massachusetts.
Source: https://www.thesteelyard.org/news-article/2019-2020-virtual-resident-exhibition/
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