Monday, May 2, 2011

EMERGING ARTIST GRANT EXHIBITION - PHOENIX ART MUSUEM - APRIL 29th - MAY 22nd


In the spring of last year I was awarded an "Emerging Artist Grant" from Contemporary Art Forum which is a Phoenix Art Museum group. The grant gave me the final push in my undecided mind to travel to Idaho for the summer and document my Grandparents life and endeavors.

The first project to come out of this endeavor is the documentation of my Grandfathers wood carvings that he created in the last twenty years since his retirement. My Grandfather, Joseph A. Snyder, has always been a folk artist and a story teller but took up wood carving in 1989 when he retired to Idaho City, Idaho.

WHITTLIN'
Is series of photos, a stop animation video and a documentation video was shown at Five15 Arts during the month of November 2010. (Further information below)

Now, two 30 x 40" documentation photos are on display in the Phoenix Art Musuem in fulfillment of my Emerging Artist Grant Award.

Below is the information for the exhibition, the WHITTLIN' Project, as well as the reception on MAY 11th.





PHOENIX ART MUSEUM

CONTEMPORARY ART FORUM

EMERGING ARTIST GRANT EXHIBITION


APRIL 29TH - MAY 22ND




2010 Award Winners:


Claudio Dicochea, Debra Edgerton, Xochitl Higuchi,

Mary Lucking, Adria Pecora, Kris Sanford, Alison R. Sweet




RECEPTION:

MAY 11th, 2011 WEDNESDAY

AN EVENING WITH TANIA KATAN

7PM


A Private Reception for CF Members and their guests will follow in the

Museum Café to celebrate and honor the 2010 and 2011 Award and Grant Recipients.

Phoenix Art Museum – Whiteman Hall

Central at McDowell

Everyone is Welcome – Admission is Free





ALISON R. SWEET

Photos from



WHITTLIN'


in the

Phoenix Art Museum

Emerging Artist Exhibition


Dolby, Digital Photograph 2010
Ma Ma, Digital Photograph 2010


Joseph A. Snyder is a folk artist born in 1919, he created hundreds of wooden carvings for his own enjoyment over the past 20 years of his retirement. Joseph is a passionate story teller and has ever changing stories about each one of the carvings he creates based off his life experiences through the great depression, WW2, working on ranches in rural Montana and driving truck throughout the West, amongst many other things.

Alison Sweet is from the small mountain town of Idaho City, ID. She has spent the last six years in the Phoenix valley and received a BFA in Intermedia from Arizona State University. Alison's primary medium is digital photography and video. She is very interested in history, specifically western United States history and how it relates too and effects our culture today. She is passionate about the documentation of self and our personal existence.

With the grant from Contemporary Forum Alison was able to upgrade her camera equipment and spend the summer back home in Idaho documenting Joseph A. Snyder's folk art and stories through digital photos and video.

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