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De-installing @philamoca was bittersweet. Great show, wonderful people. With the studio building still shut down I had to collapse and pack these two big star maps until I can find another place to show them. I look forward to seeing them again, hopefully soon.

Made a frame for the benefit auction piece today. Last of the hand milled poplar going to a good cause.

New Year's Eve's Eve fire w/ #marcopolo #soundtrack so #meta

#soundtrack #marcopolo #meta

feast turned 1 today!

#tumblr birthday #tumblr milestone

Interview with Feast member Brian Spies

FP: What inspired you to get involved in the Feast portfolio project?

BS: I was inspired by a desire to collaborate, being out in the hinterlands, as I am, one can occasionally feel disconnected from their fellow creatives, which is not necessarily a bad thing in small doses but I digress, and this seemed like an opportunity to recharge my battery.

FP: Describe your experience/process throughout the duration of the project.

BS: My experiences were slightly unique in that I was both creating an edition and printing an edition for two other members so I feel like I got a backstage pass to their process plus I had the experience of creating my own edition, which I had done in the past but never on this scale.

FP: Looking back, how did this experience affect your personal practice?

BS: At first thought it didn't but under closer consideration I think being part of this thing that was bigger than me had long term benefits and continues to remind to feed that particular tree. So my practice, in the studio, wasn't impacted but it did remind of the value of what happens outside the studio, of the bonds and relationships that require nourishing as much as what happens in the studio does...

FP: What have you been up to since the project? (Here it would be great to list any collaborations, exhibitions, etc)

BS: Mostly I've been focused on getting my work done for my just completed solo show. It was two years in the making and hopefully will be leading me in new and interesting directions. Also, as always, I've been keeping my hustle up.

FP: How do you envision this project will evolve? What would be your hopes for the future of this collective?

BS: In the immortal words of george, john, paul and ringo, "obla di obla da, life goes on". In all seriousness though, I have found that attachment is pretty pointless, whatever happens, whether positive or negative, is of little control or concern to me, in general. I just follow Andy Warhol's mantra, "Don't worry about whether it's good or not, just keep making work. When it's done, let other people decide whether it's art or not. While they're busy deciding, make more work."

America: Together, Apart :: artwork by Brian James Spies

Opening July 5th 6-9pm

Closing July 21st 6-8pm

Pajama Factory

1307 Park Ave, Williamsport, Pennsylvania 17701

To find out more about Brian's work, and his current solo exhibition, visit the following link:

http://www.sungazette.com/page/content.detail/id/611751/Q-and-A-with-Brian-James-Spies.html?nav=5016

#BrianSpies #FeastPortfolio #America #collaboration #art #artists on tumblr #artwork

While photographing portfolios to digitize the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Art's permanent collection, Ana Vizcarra Rankin (BA-Art History '10) had the idea to begin her own portfolio project.

Feast Portfolio Signing Ceremony at the PAFA Works on Paper Gallery

#PAFA #works on paper #feastportfolio #ana vizcarra rankin

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FEAST is a limited edition portfolio composed of unique works created by 12 PAFA alumni, featuring various meditations on the consequences of progress to examinations of the role rituals of consumptions have, and continue to play, in our culture. The project was designed and curated by Ana Vizcarra Rankin. The 12 participating artists are: Joon H. Bae Cert ‘14 Jannalyn Bailey MFA ‘12 Marek Danielewski MFA ‘12 Carolyn Garay MFA ‘13 Sandra Gonzales MFA ‘13 Tyler Kline MFA ‘11 Antonietta Kies MFA ‘13 Sofya Mirvis MFA ‘12 Danielle Payne MFA ‘12 Sarah Peoples MFA ‘12 Brian Spies MFA ‘12 Robert Stack MFA ‘12

Stop by unveiling of the FEAST portfolio today, Nov. 15 at 5pm. Signing in The Richard C. von Hess Foundation Works On Paper Gallery followed by a reception in the PAFA Alumni Gallery.

Jannalyn Bailey

The Four Wishes I Won

Artist Stement - Jannalyn Bailey

The furcula, translated from Latin, means "little fork" and is most commonly found in birds. It can be found in the birds' chest. Its purpose is to aid in the engineering of a flying bird and likewise is strong enough to withstand the rigors of flight. The bone works within the birds' recovery stroke, springing back with energy built up by the breast muscles. While it is an important part of many flying birds, some flying birds do not have a furcula. Other species have evolved furculas that are not flexible. After a bird is feasted upon, a wishbone is left to dry out. It becomes brittle, and is wished upon when broken in half by two wishers pulling it apart from the bottom. The individual left holding the larger part of the broken bone will have their wish come true.

Marek Danielewski

Caesar

Artist Statement - Marek Danielewski

When I see Roman Art I immediately think of fancy banquets and the excess in all forms. America of course is viewed as the modern Rome. The American public including writers like Gore Vidal have been for the longest time talking about America's link and similarities and growth toward the Roman Empire. While Hollywood puts out a steady dose of sword and sandal epics for the viewing public to make the same association. In my work I feel I am showing this link in a new media. By engaging the iconic image of the Caesar I feel I am showing the degradation, the excess that is America and Rome.

Sandra Gonzales

Untitled

Artist Statement - Sandra Gonzales

In my artwork, the subject matter and my heritage are joined, creating an interaction of personal ideas and cultural concepts. By being a Mexican-American female artist, one of my artistic efforts comes from restating traditions and family histories. Feast represents tradition, unity, family and abundance. I have never had any materialist wealth in my life, but during our family gatherings there was always an abundance of colors, aromas and textures. The layering of my work is about a collection of these elements of abundance that are a constant reminder of the people who filled many brief moments that make life worth remembering.

Danielle Payne

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Artist Statement - Danielle Payne

Visiting my grandparent's farm as a child, my grandmother would wake me up early to start the biscuit dough. After the ingredients where properly sifted and kneaded, I would cut out individual biscuits from the flattened dough with the same tin can my great grandmother used to make biscuits generations before me. As I did this, my Grandma Ruby would pound the dear steaks from a wild dear hunted on the farm by my father, uncle, or grandfather. This would be a sustaining meal of dear steak, dear sausage, biscuits, white gravy, eggs, and tea from a culture that is being slowly strangled by a fast-paced consumer-based way of life. Today when I think of a feast, I see it as an endangered event. One which I can passively sit and watch die or I actively asphyxiate along with it

Sofya Mirvis

Homecoming

Artist Statement- Sofya Mirvis

Between the surreal and sublime is a place where the imagination can freely roam the fields of illusion. Here, the landscape is used as a vehicle for exploring visions related to current environmental happenings. The human is inseparable from the earth from which she came and to which she will return. In Homecoming, the feast exists within oneself. The practice of self feasting redirects her attention inward and away from foresight, awareness, and intuition. The distraction occurs in a moment of ecstasy. Then, the drones come home.

Tyler Kline

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Artist Statement- Tyler Kline

Feast brings to mind certain associations, family and celebration amongst them, but also the push and pull of consumption, beastial natures, and disorder. My print is an abstracted consideration of this dichotomy. The image attached is a digital moch up, the finished piece will be a wood block print, on block, the half tones achieved through brazing the wood.

Antonietta Kies

Tangle

Artist Statement - Antonietta Kies

When I was young: The children's story of a boy punished for misusing an enchanted pasta pot

he was supposed to look after, inadvertently causing it to erupt in a torrent of pasta which overtook the

house. “Practical magic”... When I was a bit older: An ancient account of Jesus who fed The Five

Thousand with mere leftover scraps of bread. An infinite yet bounded supply - sometimes but not

always enough to sustain us - through which we are inescapably indebted to our host, the earth. A unity

of ingredients which flourish with a verdant outpouring become one, celebratory growth - an

amalgamation which bubbles and burbles, triumphantly.

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