Fruits of her Labor

Keyholder resident Sarah McDermott has finished the pages for
The Orchard, her book in progress. Find out about her process and progress on the Screenprint Society Blog.

Talk and hands-on activity with Laura Kinneberg

You are invited:
Wednesday, August 11, 7pm-
Current Keyholder Artist-in-Residence, Laura Kinneberg, will talk about her work and present a free hands-on activity:
"Rock, Paper, Scissors"
Participants will screenprint templates onto paper and then cut and fold the geologically-inspired forms. Laura will provide the silkscreen burned with 2-3 templates, ink, and a limited supply of paper. These forms can be turned into mobiles, chandelier-like decorations or even lanterns.

Laura Kinneberg has been fascinated and inspired by geology since her first childhood rock collection. In the past, gravel has been a material central to her work. Recently at Pyramid Atlantic she has developed a series of prints and objects about local fossils and minerals. Laura has exhibited in Texas and the DC area and currently teaches at the University of the District of Columbia.

Artist lecture with Cara Hunt

Cara Hunt, originally from New Zealand, and currently a Pyramid Atlantic keyholder artist-in-residence, will be presenting a free lecture on her work and process. Specifically, she will giving a tutorial on how to create repeating patterns from motifs. How exciting! Please come!
Wednesday, August 4, 7pm
Pyramid Atlantic Art Center
P.S. she also is having an exhibition at Kefa coffee house in August . If you can't make it to her lecture, go check out her show.

Call for Artists

Fall Keyholder Residency, September 13-November 17, 2010
Application due date, July 2nd, 2010.


Current Keyholder Artist-in-Residence Cara Hunt

Keyholder Residency

A program that provides concentrated work time for artists to explore new ideas in one of Pyramid Atlantic's studio disciplines.

Pyramid Atlantic is proud to offer a two month residency opportunity for artists working in the field of printmaking, papermaking, book arts, or digital media. Artists of all career stages are encouraged to apply for this residency. Two artists per session are selected by Pyramid Atlantic’s artistic staff. Resident artists work in a productive community atmosphere alongside other artists, and are expected to be in the studio at least 15-20 hours per week. Technical assistance is not included in the residency, but is available at an additional cost.

Keyholder Resident Artists receive:

• A $200 artist’s stipend
• 24-hour studio access
• Storage space
• Inclusion in Pyramid Atlantic’s permanent collection
• Promotion through Pyramid’s e-newsletter, blog and website

More Information
Application

Congratulations to Pyramid Atlantic Artists!

Three of our very own Pyramid Atlantic artists are included in the juried exhibition, Fantastic Journeys, at the McLean Project for the Arts.

Rebecca Katz, Pyramid Screenprinting Associate
Lindsay McCulloch, former Pyramid Atlantic Artist-in-Residence, and now Pyramid teaching artist
Amy Yang, former Pyramid Atlantic Artist-in-Residence

Congratulations to all three of you!

We hope that you take your own fantastic journey out to McLean, for the opening on June 17th, 7-9pm.

McLean Project for the Arts
Emerson Gallery
1234 Ingleside Avenue
McLean, VA 22101
Open Tuesday-Friday 10am-4pm; Saturday 1-5pm; and by appointment.

Bravo, Amy!

The 2010 Janet and Walter Sondheim Artscape Prize Semifinalists were just announced, and Amy Glengary Yang, one of our Keyholder Resident artists, made the cut!
Big Congratulations Amy!

An exhibition of the remaining semifinalists’ work will be shown during the Artscape weekend in the Decker and Meyerhoff galleries of MICA, located at 1303 W. Mount Royal Avenue. Artscape takes place July 16-18, 2010

JANET & WALTER SONDHEIM ARTSCAPE PRIZE SEMIFINALISTS
Alzaruba, Baltimore, MD
Christine Bailey, Baltimore, MD
Kathryn Bell, Baltimore, MD
Amita Bhatt, Baltimore, MD
Travis Childers, Fairfax, VA
Leah Cooper, Baltimore, MD
Brent Crothers, Bel Air, MD
Oletha DeVane, Ellicott City, MD
Annie Farrar, Baltimore, MD
Shaun Flynn, Baltimore, MD
Dawn Gavin, Baltimore, MD
Breon Gilleran, Baltimore, MD
Amy Glengary Yang, Washington, DC
Ryan Hackett, Kensington, MD
Michelle Hagewood, Baltimore, MD
Matthew Janson, Baltimore, MD
Evan La Londe, Baltimore, MD
Nate Larson, Baltimore, MD
Lawrence Lee, Baltimore, MD
Kim Manfredi, Baltimore, MD
Ben Marcin, Baltimore, MD
Christina Martinelli, Baltimore, MD
Sebastian Martorana, Baltimore, MD
Alexa Meade, Chevy Chase, MD
Maggie Michael, Washington, DC
Ledelle Moe, Baltimore, MD
Cory Oberndorfer, Washington, DC
Matthew Porterfield, Baltimore, MD
Siobhan Rigg, Washington, DC
Michael Sylvan Robinson, Baltimore, MD
Rachel Rotenberg, Baltimore, MD
Adam T. Rush, Baltimore, MD
Christopher Saah, Washington, DC
Hadieh Shafie, Baltimore, MD
Dan Steinhilber, Washington, DC
Melissa Webb, Baltimore, MD
Karen Yasinsky, Baltimore, MD

Interview with Lindsay McCulloch

Lindsay is currently one of our keyholder resident artists at Pyramid Atlantic. Her work has been exhibited nationally at such venues as the Bowery Gallery in New York City, MPG Contemporary in Boston, Carillon Gallery in Fort Worth, and Marist College Art Gallery in Poughkeepsie. McCulloch holds various awards, including a Joan Mitchell Foundation Fellowship, a Virginia Museum of Fine Arts Fellowship for Painting, an Arches Paper Company Printmaking Award, a Purchase Award from the Special Collections at the University of Nebraska in Lincoln, and the Art New England Award at the Boston Printmakers North American Print Biennial. McCulloch has taught at Boston University, the University of Virginia, and Northern Essex Community College.
www.lindsaymcculloch.com

GS: Could you tell us a bit about your work, process, ideas, etc.?

LM: My work uses the suburban landscape to explore feelings of isolation and disquiet. The images that I depict are based on real places – these are streets that I pass down every day. But there is something slightly ominous in this familiarity. There is a sense of claustrophobia – of feeling trapped. I think everyone feels like this sometimes – like they are trapped in a routine and have a desire for escape.

The ideas for my work usually stem from walks or drives. I take lots of photographs of my surroundings, always looking for themes relevant to my art. I use these pictures as a starting point for my prints and paintings - though usually the final image comes out quite different from the photo that inspired it.

GS: What are you working on currently? What are you most interested in exploring in your upcoming projects?

LM: The world is so big. I am really interested in conveying this vastness in relation to the smallness of a person’s individual existence. There are so many interesting and devastating things happening in the world right now that I would like to explore, but I need to focus on finishing my current projects before tackling something new.

One of the projects that I am working on right now is a series of night-time images of neighborhoods. They are mostly aquatint, drypoint, and chine colle’. The second project is a series of large-scale etching diptychs that I hope to also make into a book. My third project is based on numerous photographs I took out train windows on various trips between Boston and Washington, D.C. These pictures were taken during a very significant time period for me, and I’m hoping to turn them into a large silk screen installation.

GS: Who are your artistic influences and why?

LM: My favorite artist is Goya. His etchings and the dark paintings from later in his life really capture an understanding of the human condition. They are so powerful. You really get the feeling that they were deeply personally satisfying for him – that he had something to say and he said it better than anyone else could have.
GS: How have you handled the business side of being an artist?

LM: The business side is not always easy. I would love to just focus on making the work, because that’s the best part. But I want people to see the work, so I have to think about the business end, as well. I have a calendar. I try to plan a couple of promotional things that I’m doing for my art each month. Sometimes I am very motivated and I get a lot more done. I think staying organized helps – it keeps me on top of deadlines and goals.

GS: What advice would you give to an artist just entering the field?

LM: That’s tough. I suppose I would say that generosity is important. Many people in this field act very cut-throat. It doesn’t have to be like that. I think it’s better to help other artists out when you can. You never know when they might be able to repay you the favor in the future.

The Keyholder residency program provides concentrated work time for artists to explore new ideas in one of Pyramid Atlantic's studio disciplines.

Our next deadline for summer residencies is March 5th. Interested in applying? Visit www.pyramid-atlantic.org for more information and application