#randy wray

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Offloading some recent art seen from

Hispanic Society

American Academy of Arts and Letters, Teresa Baker, Twenty Minutes to Sunset

Karma Gallery, Randy Wray, Prehistory (Karma’s photos capture the depth of these Much better than my dinky phone)

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Randy Wray

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Randy Wray (’90) and Arthur Simms (’85, F ‘10) DIFFERENT ROADS - SAME DESTINATION Dorsky Gallery Curatorial Programs 11-03 45th Ave., Long Island City, NY 11101 May 8 –J uly 10, 2016

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Randy Wray-intentional community 2

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Sharpe-Walentas Studio Program and NYFA 10/23/15

The Sharpe-Walentas Studio Programs awards an artist free studio space for a year through admission. While there were many artists, we saw only three.

The first artist was Randy Wray who mostly works in sculpture and painting. One particular piece he talked about was in the center of his studio, where he created it with recycled material. He uses the paper as paint and categorizes it by color. Wray believes that the material dictates the piece and that it is one of the most honest mediums. I had no connection with his pieces not because sculpture is not my choice of medium, but just how silly they look. It also didn’t help that before we went into his studio he told everyone that we will all be poor. 

Artist number 2 was Mike Cloud, who works with photo collage and paint. He creates canvas into different shapes from store-bought stretchers. Cloud’s work focuses on symbolism in his art. I actually really enjoyed his artwork and had asked him about a piece he did in 2006 called Chicken on the Star of David Maze where it has a toy chicken stretching his legs against two canvas that have the Star of David on them. He said that he uses sculptures to create a piece that wasn’t inspired in the 1950s. Cloud was also a great speaker in how he talked about history and art. 

The last artist we saw was Jessica Segall. Segall currently has a bee hive in her studio and talked about how she loves hallow, narrow spaces. It’s clear that she is inspired by the environment because of her map of bee keeping and the solar panel that is a ouija board. I found this very interesting and different from what I have been seeing for the past month because while it’s not a grand painting, it’s relevant  to our climate and it helps bring awareness about nature. I feel that people should do more art with the use of materials from nature.

New York Foundation for the Arts(NYFA) is a service organization that provides resources for artists ranging from jobs to grants. One of the speakers Peter Cobbs, who is a Drew alum talked about his experience going from being a musician, to going to law school and eventually ending up at NYFA. It was refreshing hearing about their success and it gives me hope for the future when I’m starting to apply for jobs. 

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Randy Wray Untitled (BFF2)

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Randy Wray Untitled (BFF5) Oil on linen. 60 x 48 inches.