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[kmsouthwell]

A couple of days ago, I drew some portraits of staff at Elsewhere. The next day, I woke up in a mood and drew this arrangement of squiggles and shapes that I end up drawing here and there. When asked about it, I told Monique “This is kind of what my sadness looks like... and also kinda what my joy looks like too.” I’ve been calling it my self portrait and engraved it on glass and also on the front and back yoke of this denim dress which makes me want to die thinking about HOW CUTE I’M ABOUT TO BE, SO CUTE.

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It’s National Intern Day! Here are Elsewhere’s current Spring Interns!

Koy Smith (San Francisco, CA) | Yansa F. Crosby (Greensboro, NC) 

Sophia Schultz (Sarasota, FL) | Jordan Delzell (NYC)

Ava Zelkowitz (Sarasota, FL) | Adam Matonic (Rock Hill, SC)

[kmsouthwell]

Here is some final documentation of my chair, titled An Invitation That Might Break. It was still intact when I left on Tuesday, though it suffered some cracks in the seat from its opening night which I see as a sort of scarring that the chair will carry to show its interactions with people. As far as how people behaved when sitting on the chair, it was exactly as I hoped: totally reticent and cautious. Here is me taking the first seat of the night, and this is the artist statement that Mona and I co-wrote:

An Invitation That Might Break

An Invitation challenges how our attitudes change about using an object once its vulnerability is exposed. In this case, Southwell has repaired a chair from the collection but replaced its seat with stained glass, with the intention of retaining its functionality.

Southwell invites you to take a seat. Will you take it gently or boldly?

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Saba Taj | Durham, NC | http://www.goelsewhere.org/saba-taj/

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YATTA | Houston, TX | http://www.goelsewhere.org/yatta/

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Joshua Moton | NYC | http://www.goelsewhere.org/joshua-moton/

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Introducing our 2017 Southern Constellations Fellow Artists. This is the 5th cycle of the fellowship and it is partially funded by the National Endowment for the Arts. 

Ash Eliza Smith | San Diego, CA | http://www.goelsewhere.org/ash-eliza-smith/

[kimbermariej]

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