Artist Talk & Demonstration
with Beth Cavener Stichter
Artist Talk & Reception
Friday, March 27, 6pm
21c Museum, Atrium Gallery
Free and open to the public
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Artist Demonstrations
Friday, March 27, 10am-4pm
Saturday, March 28, 10am-5pm
Hite Art Institute, Ceramics Department (location below)
Free and open to the public
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Co-sponsors U of L Hite Art Institute, Louisville Clay Organization, and 21c Museum
host Beth Cavener Stichter for an artist talk and workshop demonstration. Beth Cavener
Stichter, living and working in the Seattle area, received her MFA from Ohio State
University in 2002 and following an American Crafts Council Emerging Artist Grant
in 2003, has come to produce quite a substantial body of work.
Cavener Stichter's work uses animal body language as a metaphor for human psychology,
including aggression, fear, apathy, violence, and powerlessness – transforming the
animal subjects into human psychological portraits. In her own words: "On the
surface, these figures are simply feral and domestic individuals suspended in a
moment of tension. Beneath the surface they embody the impacts of aggression, territorial
desires, isolation, and pack mentality ... I want to pry at those uncomfortable,
awkward edges between animal and human. The figures are feral and uneasy, expressing
frustration for the human tendency towards cruelty and lack of understanding."
Stichter had numerous group and solo exhibitions with NCECA 2003, 2004, & 2005
Baltimore, MD, SOFA New York, and most recently at the Art Spirit Gallery, Coeur
d'Alene, Idaho. Work by the artist, Spanish Feral Meat Goats (2002), is
currently on display in the Proof on Main restaurant.
The artist demonstrations will be held at the University of Louisville
Hite Art Institute, HPES/Studio Arts Building, 2314 S. Floyd St, 40292. Inquiries
for the demonstration can be directed to Todd Burns at 852-6796.