EMERGENCY BLANKETS: SHELBY SHADWELL

JULY 28, 2023- SEPTEMBER 3, 2023

EXHIBIT RECEPTION AND DEMO: AUGUST 12, 2023 [6-8 PM] DURING SUMMER ON THE STREETS

The Firehouse Art Center’s Summer exhibit, “Emergency Blankets”, features Shelby Shadwell’s large-scale charcoal and pastel drawings. Creating on surfaces that can reach sizes of more than six and a half square feet, Shadwell’s work in this series depicts space blankets used for warmth in emergency situations. Shadwell juxtaposes monochromatic rendering with meticulous hyper-realism turning precise observation of these highly reflective images into abstractions

SUMMER ARTIST IN RESIDENCE- MAKENZIE DAVIS

IN STUDIO JULY-AUGUST

EXHIBIT OPENS SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

OPENING RECEPTION: SEPTEMBER 8, 2023[VIP: 6-7/PUBLIC 7-9 PM]

The Firehouse Art Center hosts two residencies each year, working in the South Gallery before a culminating solo exhibition in the Main Gallery. The Artist Occupied program at the Firehouse Art Center is intended as a professional development opportunity for emerging and experienced visual artists. Previous resident artists include Heather Kegel, Sean Faling, Jessica Forrestal, Chris Blume, Kaitlyn Tucek, Roberta Restaino, Chelsea Gilmore, Barbara Rudlaff, Amy Hoagland, Janelle Anderson, Jono Wright, and Nancy Eastman.

We are thrilled to welcome Makenzie Davis as an Artist-In-Residence now through September 1. Davis will host open studios on Wednesdays and Saturdays from 12pm-5pm as well as four paper making workshops.

Makenzie Davis is a multimedia artist who creates two and three dimensional work from a reciprocal painting and papermaking process that directly engages the landscape in which it is made. Her practice includes painting large scale abstracted components of the landscape in which she resides, layering her recycled handmade paper with organic elements over the compositions as a way to draw attention to aspects of the land and culture that have been built upon, layered over, forgotten, or rediscovered. Makenzie also constructs paper-based column sculptures that reflect on important landmarks of connection between earth and society, exploring the Axis Mudi of meaning for herself, the cultures she admires, and the communities she engages with.

Info is below and at https://firehouseart.org/exhibitions/artist-occupied/.

JULY 8- PAPER MAKING WORKSHOP- DROP IN DURING SUMMER ON THE STREETS- 4PM

JULY 15- PAPER MAKING WORKSHOP- 5PM

AUGUST 12- PAPER MAKING WORKSHOP- DROP IN DURING SUMMER ON THE STREETS- 4PM

AUGUST 19- PAPERMAKING WORKSHOP- 5PM

Davis is also requesting paper from the community- bring in junk mail, newspaper and other junk mail to be included in Davis' papermaking efforts!