Exhibition

This semester, Kimball Art Center is offering more than 120 classes in media ranging from painting to metals to weaving. This robust schedule of unique and meaningful creative opportunities would not be possible without our instructors. They invigorate the studios with energy, skillfully teach new techniques and perspectives and foster an environment in which others are inspired to create.

Art Starts Here is an opportunity to see work by eight of these instructors, focused on painting, drawing and digital art. Including work by Zac Campbell, Nathan Jarvis, Karen Kurka Jensen, Emily Kerr, Jeanne LaRae, Ali Mitchell, Anna Moore and Heather Stamenov, the exhibition demonstrates the diversity of their passions and talents, and celebrates the impact these artists have on the Kimball Art Center and our larger creative community. They are the driving force behind what we do.

In Groundbreaking, come see historical tableware patterns that have been reimagined across large installations, vessels that have been deconstructed and pushed almost to the point of collapse, and figures that, while rooted in traditional forms, have become canvases for approaches that are psychological, conceptual and abstracted.

For thousands of years, clay has been dug from the ground and transformed into objects of functional, symbolic or decorative use. Groundbreaking presents compelling works by 12 artists turning longstanding traditions upside down. With work by Akio Takamori, Lauren Mabry, Christina West and more, the exhibition brings together nationally-recognized artists from across the country who are creating riveting new compositions and pushing the boundaries of clay.

Exhibiting Artist Workshops & Art Talks:
Two of the exhibiting artists, Giselle Hicks and Lauren Gallaspy, will each be teaching a workshop in our Kimball Clay Studio and are both featured in an upcoming Art Talk. Join us for these exclusive experiences to learn from world-class ceramicists.

These works are for sale. Please view the image gallery or visit us in the Main Gallery for more details.

Participating Artists:

Christopher Boffoli’s photographs feature tiny people in a world of big food. Begun in 2002 and inspired by the films and television shows of his childhood, the Big Appetites series has been published in more than 100 countries around the world, and featured in the New York Times, Washington Post and Village Voice, among many more. His clever photographic vignettes evoke an uncanny likeness to the world at large and, while eminently humorous, also inspire deeper reflections of our relationship to food.

Thirty-Three: Celebrating 33 Years of the Independent Spirit & Sundance Film Festival showcases 33 artists who are at the forefront of contemporary visual art. Curated by 5-time Sundance alum Morgan Spurlock (CNN’s Morgan Spurlock Inside Man, Where in the World is Osama bin Laden, The Greatest Movie Ever Sold, Web Junkie and Super Size Me) with additional co-curation by Jensen Karp and Katherine Sutton of the esteemed Gallery1988 in Los Angeles, the exhibition celebrates the high caliber of diverse and sometimes wild, but always thought-provoking 33 years of Sundance Film Festival. With a collection of artists that embody the Festival’s innovative, edgy, provocative spirit, Thirty-Three unites a group that runs the gamut of contemporary Pop Art and beyond and provides a platform for new thought and conversation. The Kimball Art Center is honored to premiere these artists and their works that celebrate film, vision and independence.

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Participating Artists:

Finances are never easy. Carl Richards, a Certified Financial Planner, is well known for his columns in the New York Times and other national publications where he makes complex financial concepts easy to understand. With a Sharpie^® in hand, Richards’ simple sketches become social commentary at its best. Offering smart, visually compelling and often humorous observations of common behavior, his work helps focus attention on the decisions that really matter when it comes to money.

Holly Manneck’s contemporary Pop Art merges the seminal styles of Andy Warhol, Jasper Johns and Roy Lichtenstein with a unique approach to layering sources and a more personal level of expression. She mines popular culture, combining and recombining elements from our past and present to create a captivating body of work. From historic faces of the silver screen to Tootsie Roll^® Pops and popcorn to social media, Manneck develops new and unexpected visual relationships. Her playful approach injects humor, and with each montage of iconic images, advertisements and objects, a new story emerges. For Manneck, the density and sometimes unexpected nature of the combined images speak to the complexity of everyday life, and the constant layering of stories, experiences, and memories that we experience.