Shreepad Joglekar

Art, Kansas State University
Manhattan, KS

Shreepad Joglekar received his BFA from Sir J.J. institute of Applied Art in Mumbai, India, and his MFA from Texas Tech University in Lubbock, Texas. He is an Assistant Professor of Photography at Kansas State University, Manhattan KS. His work has been shown in several galleries in the US, Canada, China, Germany, and United Kingdom. Exploring natural, cultural, and intellectual environments has been a dominant theme in his work.

My project in Paducah involves surveying and documenting the
architecture of the artist studios and galleries in the lower town
arts district. This includes taking high resolution images of the
exteriors of the buildings, and taking measurements of the interior
spaces – especially spaces which function as studios and/or galleries.

This phenomenon (artist revitalizing historic homes and neighborhoods)
is very unique and my project explores the individual stories of the
artist which make this possible. I plan to pair the photographs of the
artist’s spaces with some factual information about the functions the
spaces perform.

Jui Mhatre

Jui Mhatre\’s Performance at the Yeiser Art Center

Jui Mhatre has been practicing classical Indian dance “Bharatanatyam” for past fifteen years, and teaching classical as well as folk dances for ten years. She has also appeared in several solo performances in United States and Canada. She currently lives and teaches dance in Manhattan, Kansas. Apart from practicing classical Indian dance, she also works as an interdisciplinary artist mixing performance with other media such as clay and video.

With my project in Paducah, I intend to mix two art forms- Dance and Clay – which involves a dance performance (barefoot) on a slab of wet clay. I am interested in making a part of this into a community art project where I will teach steps of classical Indian dance to interested people from the Paducah community and they would perform on a slab of clay. After the performance, the slab will be cut into tiles, fired and then installed on an outdoor space/wall in the lower town district.

Pat Kabore, April 2011

Pat Kabore lives and works in Spartanburg, South carolina.  Her work is in the permanent collections with the Washiongton Printmakers fine Art Calendar, i.e. the Smithosnian, the Library of Congress, The National Women’s Museum, The National Fine Art Museum, and other fine art institiutions accross the country. The recipent of 3 The Arts Partnerships artist development grants, Pat was recently featured in the 2010 publicaton, “Artist Among Us”, which is a full color coffetable book highlighting the 100 artist of Spartanburg, South Carolina. She is a multi media artist,working primarily in printmaking and fiber.

During Pat’s residency in Paduach she taught 3 printmaking workshops and one Indigo  dye workshop for the Oscar  Cross Girls/Boys Club. She did 3 Indigo Dye workshops attended by several local fiber artists and  produced a large body of work.  The recipent of 3 The Arts Partnerships artist development grants, Pat was recently featured in the 2010 publicaton, “Artist Among Us”, which is a full color coffetable book highlighting the 100 artist of Spartanburg, South Carolina.

Pat and her daughter Rema had the most wonderful time during Pat’s residency and she looks forward to returning to Paduach.

I’ll also lead a workshop on portrait painting, touching on the reasons why portraits are so important. Continuing with the dream theme, I’ll encourage participants to do an imaginative self-portrait using photographs and mirrors for reference. This will be an all-day workshop at which participants will provide their own materials. The results will be installed at AIR Studio.

Colorado artist Jane Paul Angelhart is offering a workshop focusing on watercolor portraits. Jane’s commissioned portraits are featured in the latest edition of American Artist magazine’s The Best Of Watercolor. The course will cover Jane’s techniques from her DVD, taking great photos for watercolor portraits, how to paint from a computer screen, color theory, and many techniques to result in a great watercolor portrait. The workshop runs March 14-16, 9:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m. with a break for lunch. Class size will be very small for individual attention and critique and lots of painting! Call or email Jane to reserve your spot! 303.910.3739

Bio:
Ian earned his BFA in Ceramic and Painting studies at Slippery Rock University and an MFA in Ceramics at Texas Tech University.  A self-proclaimed pluralist, his research explores traditional and nontraditional ceramics, sculpture, printmaking, painting and installation.  Ian had the opportunity to refine his work while studying at the Academy of Fine Art and Design in Bratislava, Slovakia, The Pottery Workshop Residency in Jindezhen, China, Paducah Art Alliance Artist-in-Residence, Paducah KY, and has worked with the Hub-Bub Residency in Spartanburg South Carolina.  Since 2007 he has conducted over ten workshops across the country. In addition to showing his work nationally and internationally, selected images have also been published in seven major publication including, Screen-print Basics and Image Transfer on Clay.

Artist Statement:
Since my experience in Paducah, my works are associated with the evolution and education of pharmaceutical drug use.  I am looking at the atrophy associated with motivational effects of drug use and its correlation with the stereotypes of the Lazy American and the degenerative effects on memory. Additional research is in the effect pharmaceuticals have on our notions of acceptability and normality and how this defines a quantifiable cross section of our society.

Web: www.ianfthomas.com
email: ian@ianfthomas.com

Marie Weichman was born in Wyoming and raised in Texas.  Since earning an MFA from Texas Tech University, she has been included in numerous group exhibitions throughout the United States as well as international exhibits in China and Peru.  Weichman spent the summer of 2007 in Jingdezhen, China as a resident at the Pottery Workshop and Experimental Sculpture Factory and was included among Ceramic Monthly’s 2008 Emerging Artists.  She is currently on faculty in the Art Department at Olympic College in Bremerton, WA.

During her stay in Paducah, she plans to work with flexible casting materials such as rubber silicones that are cast with an embossed surface in sections.  Each section will be part of a larger mixed media construction that includes stitching, adhesives, and other materials.  The fabric will be constructed in a way that can be hung from the ceiling creating an intimate space through which visitors can walk, such as a long hallway.  Lighting from the outside rather than the inside of the space will be important.  She plans to have a completed installation for the end of her stay that can be exhibited before she leaves.

Sandy Webster is a mixed media artist from North Carolina. In addition to her studio work, Sandy Webster has written articles and served as a juror of fiber-related exhibitions while teaching and exhibiting internationally.

Sandy Webster’s works have been shown throughout the US and internationally. She has been published in Fiberarts Design Books 1V, V, VI; several Lark Publications as well as Handwoven, Shuttle, Spindle & Dyepot, and Textile Fibre Forum. Sandy has taught, lectured and juried throughout the US, Canada, Australia and New Zealand.

Her two week stay in Paducah will include a three day workshop entitled “Exploration with Materials: An Adventure in Creativity”. The workshop will begin with a talk to the public on Thursday, August 12, followed by three days in the studio. There will be an exhibition of completed works on Sunday, August 15th from 5-7 pm.

Time not spent preparing for and giving the workshop will be used to work on her own projects of writing, relief printing and creating materials for future works.

Students will experience various techniques for making marks on cloth and paper including the following:

• Making pigments from gathered soils (clays)
• Gelatin printmaking
• Chemical and object rusting of fabric and paper
• Uses of graphite and shellac combinations
• A variety of transfer techniques
• Altering surfaces of printed matter
• Making a book to house all samples

The cost of the workshop will be $175 per person. There is a limit of 10 students.

Sandy will supply all necessary equipment and tools, chemicals, some clays, metal objects for rusting, small gelatin plates, an assortment of papers, cloth, threads, glues, pastes, gum arabic for making watercolors, etc. The materials fee for this will be $25.

Students should bring their own cloth, papers, brushes, paints if desired, PVA glues, materials to assemble a book of samples. Advanced students may wish to bring a project to work on during the workshop.

The workshop is full, but if you are interested in future workshops, email Sandy for more information.

Niki Litts is an artist from North Carolina who works in many media.

She has a very strong background in non profit community arts management and is committed to the mission of these types of organizations. A community with a thriving arts scene is a vibrant healthy community. As an artist and as an arts administrator, she finds it paramount to share, facilitate and engage. This residency is of particular interest to her, primary because of Paducah’s success with using the arts as an economic stimulus. She feels that getting the opportunity to spend time among the people who helped with that transition would be an honor.

Niki works primarily in 2D with watercolor and graphite, generating realistic portraits, then constructing a sort of surrealist dreamscape around them to give the viewer some semblance of who the character in the piece might be. Recently, she has developed sketches for a series of 2D works that push 2D boundaries and are significantly more tactile than pervious pieces. These works will be her focus during her time in Paducah.

Rick Miller is a documentary filmmaker from Toronto, Canada.

During his residency he will be editing his documentary, The Joy in Rage. This film is a collaboration with Raging Asian Women, a unique taiko drumming group based in Toronto. They are one of several groups in North America who are adapting an ancient Japanese musical tradition for modern audiences. You can read more about their philosophy on their website.

His filmmaking approach is based on a collaborative model where the subjects of the film share creative input with the documentary director. Is this way, the musicians have control over how they are represented on screen and are, in turn, able to explore what is for them a new medium for artistic expression.

The Joy in Rage represents Rick’s thesis project for a Master of Fine Arts in Documentary Media. Upon completion of the project he will be entering the documentary into the festival circuit and will be searching for a broadcaster as well. The documentary will include an appropriate credit for the Paducah Arts Alliance.

While in Paducah, Rick will conduct a workshop on using video to document creative work. Through multiple hands-on sessions, individual artists will learn how to use whatever video and computer equipment they have on hand to make a short video demonstrating their artistic process and/or promoting their work that they in turn can utilize for promotional purposes or to support a grant application.