Sean Glover is an artist who lives and works in Boston, MA. His artwork uses materials and processes (both new and old) to investigate the histories of objects, labor, and technology. He has experimented with taking fresco painting off the wall, creating it on alternative surfaces such as foam and burlap.
Glover has been the fresco instructor at Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture since 2008. From 2013-2015, he was the Visiting Assistant Professor in Sculpture at Maine College of Art. In 2005, he was a recipient of a Traveling Scholars award at the SMFA in Boston, which he used to live in Florence, Italy and San Francisco, California. In 2011, Sean received his MFA at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, PA and was a recipient of a Blanche E Colman Award in 2012 and an Artist Resource Trust Grant from the Berkshire Taconic Community Foundation in 2013. He has exhibited in San Francisco, Boston, Galway, Helsinki, New York, and Miami.
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Shane Walsh’s paintings draw upon the history of abstract art, collage, and the xerox photocopy with its ubiquity in 90’s subcultures like punk, hip-hop, skating, and graffiti. The resulting work looks like individual expressive brushstrokes have been enlarged, cut out, and layered on the canvas. Join us to learn more about his process and artistic journey.
Walsh lives and works in Milwaukee, WI. He received his MFA from the University of Washington in 2006 and his BFA from Milwaukee Institute of Art and Design in 2001. Solo exhibitions include The University of Wisconsin-Madison; Artstart, Milwaukee; The Alice Wilds, Milwaukee; Portrait Society Gallery, Milwaukee; Thelma Sadoff Center, Fond Du Lac; and Blindfold Gallery, Seattle. Group exhibitions include Madison Museum of Contemporary Art; Juxtapose Projects at Mana Contemporary, Jersey City; Youngspace, New York; and Museum of Wisconsin Art, West Bend, among others. Walsh is a two-time Mary Nohl Suitcase fund recipient and has received press from Art F City, Artsy, New American Paintings, Shepherd Express, and Journal Sentinel.
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Meghan Sullivan's ceramic sculpture is heavily influenced by her research of classical Roman portraiture and its use as a narrative device of power. She questions what is chosen to be preserved, what is valued, and the ramifications of these decisions on future generations as we frame our personal and cultural histories. Sullivan's work reminds us that while portraiture tells a story, that the story has been altered and subverted by time.
Sullivan is originally from Boston, Massachusetts. She received her MFA from the University of Nebraska - Lincoln, a post-baccalaureate from the University of Florida - Gainesville and her BFA from the Massachusetts College of Art. She has been an artist in residence at several studios in the United States and internationally. From 2014-15, Meghan was the Visiting Artist and Adjunct Professor at Gulf Coast State College in Panama City, Florida. She is currently the Uihlein Fellow of the Studio Arts for Lawrence University in Appleton, WI.
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Dave Beck talks about his latest project, an art video game titled Tombeaux. This interactive experience investigates the convergence between cultures and the environment across a few hundred years of midwestern American history.
Dave Beck is a practicing 3D digital, game, and new media artist and designer, living in Wisconsin. He is the recipient of the 2010 International Science & Engineering Visualization Challenge Award, given by the National Science Foundation. Beck's artwork has been featured in publications such as the New York Times, Sculpture Magazine, National Geographic, the journal Science, and the book GameScenes: Art in the Age of Videogames.
The Singular Adventures of Rabbit and Kitty Boy is a new book featuring intriguing paintings by Kristy Deetz, accompanied by charming and satirical stories by Edward S. Louis. Join us for an inside take on the paintings by Deetz and a reading by Louis.
Kristy Deetz is a Professor in the Art Discipline at the University of Wisconsin—Green Bay. Her extensive exhibition record includes national and international venues.
Edward S. Louis is the pen name for E. L. Risden, a Professor of English at St. Norbert College who has over 20 books of scholarship, fiction, poetry, and translation.
