A.I.R.

Liz Vaughn

2011-10-06T13:58:00.001-07:00

PAA resident artist at AIR, Liz Vaughan

October 17 to October 25, 2011

This proposal is designed to last the duration of one week. My goals for my

stay in Paducah will include working on pieces that are in progress for

future exhibition, public demonstrations and to photograph the surrounding

area and city. My preferred starting time would be the first week of

November. I am flexible when the residency occurs as long as it is

between the months of November and January.

My work is mostly concerned with emotional relationships with

landscape and urbanscape. My process starts with photographing an area.

This allows a real intimate relationship to be formed between me and my

surroundings by way of camera. I photograph things like abandoned

buildings, old vehicles, vegetation and any object that seems to stand out

to me. In the studio I use a hybrid combination of digital negatives and

historic process printing. Mainly I work with cyanotypes which I sometimes

tone or manipulate. After I have acquired photographic imagery I collage 2-

d works in compositions that are layered and intricate. I also will animate

the collage pieces in order to produce stop-motion animation that are

accompanied by sound compositions made by guitars, found objects and

ambient sound.

My stay at Paducah will consist of as much of this process as

appropriate. The residency will be mostly focused on photographing

Paducah and working on the end stages of a body of work that will already

be in progress. So I will be in transition of ending one and starting another.

In order to help fulfill PAA's focus on including the public in the

residency program I will have scheduled times each day when the

residents of Paducah my visit me in my studio. I will offer demonstrations

of stop-motion animation, cyanotype printing, digital negatives and have a

collage party at the end of my stay.

Resident Artist Elisabeth Melkonyan

2011-10-06T08:35:00.000-07:00

Elisabeth Melkonyan, Artist, curator, educator

Innsbruck, Austria

AIR/PAA Resident Artist: Sept 15 thru 30

As a PAA resident artist in the AIR studio, Elisabeth Melkonyan created a body of work informed by the local people and landscape. Her work begins with direct observation, and continues to develop visually from the memory of the experience, which involves feeling as well as seeing. Elisabeth held a workshop, allowing the attendees to work with the material “hemp” to make books and develop sculptural objects.

“She dedicates her life to culture….as an artist, as a curator of the Nothburga Gallery, and as an art teacher", Hilde Zach; Mayor and Culture Consultant of Innsbruck, regional capital of Tyrol

“Elisabeth Melkonyan does not work in a linear way. She continues to work from the impetus of her personality…vulnerable, but ever full of curiosity and trust in daring to try out something new, and take steps towards the unknown into the foreign, to break free from overbearing intimacy”, Mag.Dr. Roswitha Mair; art historian

Following her stay in Paducah, Elisabeth travels to New Orleans for an exhibition reception of her work, then on to NYC before heading home to Innsbruck.

Upcoming Artist 2011

2011-02-24T07:03:00.000-08:00

March 2 -31 2011
Amazing water colorist Jane Angelhart.

April 2011
Traditional indigo artist Pat Kaborie visits AIR during quilt week.

May 2011
Shree and Jui return to finish up their two-part residency of installation and traditional Indian dancing with community members.

June 2011
The dynamic duo Ryder Richards and Piotr Chizinsk from Texas not to be missed or messed with.

Mid/Late Summer 2011
Co-creators of the Clamp Light Gallery and Artist Studios Kimberly Rumfelt and Brianna Burnett.

AIR Fellows and former Residents!

2011-01-22T13:28:00.000-08:00

Former A.I.R. Fellows: I need your help!

I am the new web master for this A.I.R. Studio site I will be contacting you for more information about your stay at A.I.R and linking to your website. Please email me new information, professional news, website info and new images to Diane Hoffman at dianehoffman@earthlink.net.

Thanks in advance!

Fellowship for a Book Artist

2011-01-22T09:55:00.001-08:00

Free two week studio residency at A.I.R.

Book Artist! A.I.R. Gallery is offering a free two week studio residency for a "book artist". Contact Alonzo Davis for more information at alonzodavis@yahoo.com

Happy New Year!

2011-01-01T12:24:00.000-08:00

Happy New Year from A.I.R. Studio
A New Year and a new Look! Tell us what you think of the new look. Tell us what would you like to see on these pages.