small stories exhibit opening.

Finally, I have gotten the images from small stories up and online, see them here. I am so behind this week simply recovering and making up for a lot of neglected things this week. But alas the images are up.

The opening was so much fun, as big group shows always are, you get to meet so many artists and see so many artist friends that it just leads inevitably to great conversation and a fun time. We had a great turn out and a few works have already had a lot of interest from buyers, so fingers crossed.


The installation was a bit of a challenge as I am use to only curating for clean white gallery spaces so having to work around shelving units and needs of the retail part of this space was a creative endeavor. But never the less the show turned out great, the party was fun, so fun that it moved out onto the sidewalk and now I am breathing a sigh of relief.


I am not super happy with the photos of the install so I will also be doing a post with clean good images of each work in the show with artist names so that you can see them all.


The show is up until the end of July so check it out. See the install photos here.

Future Heirlooms- Ruth Tabancay

Check out my interview with the wonderful Ruth Tabancay over at Mr. X Stitch.

Read here.

out of the fog...

Oh, I feel like I am coming out of a fog. I have been so busy, overwhelmed, and distracted from the NYC shows along with so many other things. But now that the shows are hung I feel an incredible sense of relief. I can actually return some attention to the state of my home, love, son, and life.
NY was wonderful. My opening was great, though it was 100 degrees outside. And as always it was so fascinating to discuss what people thought about the work and which works they were drawn to. The small stories opening was SO much fun and I will share images and such of that tomorrow.
This week is mainly all about catching up on life, my house is a disaster, my email box full, my laundry pile huge, and my deadlines looming. So I am excited to chip away at getting all of these things under control again and to be frank take a week or so off from my making.
I hope to feel refreshed and relieved from that and am looking forward on getting some new works started. I have at least 2 more Sleepers that I would like to get done for my solo show in September and am really looking forward to a new series of objects.

walking through "the space between..."

Here are some shots from my solo show, the space between, currently on view at the Textile Arts Center in NYC. The exhibit is up for the month of July so go visit. The opening was wonderful with friends and art supporters. It is always interesting and rewarding to hear what works people are responding to and how. Enjoy the walk through.

Opening Tonight see you then!!!!

Come one, come all!!! Spread the word, spread the love....

the space between...
a solo exhibition by Joetta Maue

Opening Thursday June 21, 7-9pm
On view June 21-July 27, 2012

Oak Knit Gallery
at the Textile Arts Center
505 Carroll St, Brooklyn NY 11231
2nd Floor

More info at www.joettamaue.com
and
www.textileartscenter.com

sneak peeks.

I am totally exhausted but both of the shows are installed. The group show got done yesterday and my solo show today. Both installs went smoothly and much quicker then I expected. YAY!


small stories stressed me out a bit as I was concerned about fitting all the work, but with creative problem solving it got done and for such a small and quirky space I think it looks great. The window will draw people in for sure.

My solo show was the opposite, I was afraid I would not have enough work. But I really wanted to treat the works as paintings and drawings and give them room to breathe. And though it feels a little sparse in comparison to other shows of mine, I feel that it is exactly as it should be.

I truly hope to see many of you at either opening and pictures of the installations will follow the openings. Now I need to get to the labels.

the space between...

a solo exhibition by Joetta Maue

Opening Thursday June 21, 7-9pm

Oak Knit Gallery
at the Textile Arts Center
505 Carroll St, Brooklyn NY 11231
2nd Floor

small stories

an exhibition of fiber work
curated by Joetta Maue

at the Urban Alchemist Design Collective
343 5th St, Brooklyn, NY 11215

Opening Saturday June 23, 2012, 6-9pm

home is...

Nice article on the exhibit "Home is where the needle marks" which features my work and a lot of other super wonderful folks I know. See it if you are in LA.

Read here.

over...whelmed...

I just want so say I am SO sorry for being totally away from here. I am just crazy overwhelmed with having both my solo show and the small stories curatorial endeavor opening and installing in Brooklyn next week.
Not to mention a full schedule, a commission and article deadline, a kiddo and husband. But this is an excellent time to explore the archives and get caught up on older posts right??? wink, wink.

I am really looking forward to both shows as the artwork comes in I get more and more excited for small stories. I am just excited to be done with my show and let it go... though I am still working on a few pieces.

I promise after next week things will get a little back to normal. I swear!!! Fun posts, images of all the work, features on the artists, and other fabulous things will happen until then here are some great blasts from posts in the past.

something sweet.

something colorful.

and some gorgeous photos.

the space between: Joetta Maue solo show exhibition

the space between...
a solo exhibition by Joetta Maue

Opening Thursday June 21, 7-9pm
On view June 21-July 27, 2012

Oak Knit Gallery
at the Textile Arts Center
505 Carroll St, Brooklyn NY 11231
2nd Floor

More info at www.joettamaue.com
and
www.textileartscenter.com

so close and so so far...

from being finished....

delighted to have my work as part of this show, opening tomorrow....

“Home is Where the Needle Marks”

June 9th / (Sub)Urban Home / 501 Main St. Los angeles CA. / Opening Reception

June 16th / Pop tART Gallery / 3023 W. 6th St. Los Angeles CA. / Opening Reception

Curated by: Ellen Schinderman

The Pop tART Gallery in association with (Sub)Urban Home are pleased to present “Home is Where the Needle Marks.”This group exhibition will explore the concept of home and all that the word connotes, highlighting the contrast of contemporary artists using stitch vs. preconceived notions of “Home Sweet Home.” The artist was asked to submit works that deal with the idea of how they interpret their own place of refuge. Specifically as a place of old routines, identities, shelter or whatever resonates personally. The show will embody all types of stitch works including crochet, knitting, embroidery, cross-stitch, needlepoint, quilting, and applique.Rather than one opening reception, this special show will hold two opening receptions to celebrate the work that has been submitted from all over the world. The first exhibition reception will open with smaller to larger handmade pieces that will be displayed in an actual home furnishings store to support the theme of the show. The second show will open a week later at Pop tART Gallery with larger scale installation style pieces and will stay up for three weeks for public viewing.

Participating Artists Include: Sarah Terry of Guerilla Embroidery, Bren Ahearn, Iviva Olnick, Suvi Aarnio, Ruth Tabancay, Brian Schetzsle, Penny Mateer, Joy Ude, Rebecca Ringquist, Sarah Corbett, Yu Cotton-well Alaina Varrone, Xiang Gao, Yarn Bombing LA, Ashley Blalock, Kathy Halper, Robert Marbury, Joetta Maue, Julie Jackson, Bascome Hogue, Ben Cuevas, Luke Haynes, Drucilla Petitbones, Tod Hensley, Erin Daniels Endicott, Mark Bieraugel, and Ellen Schinderman

The Pop tART Gallery and Ellen Schinderman (www.schindermania.com) in association with (Sub)Urban Home are pleased to present “Home is Where the Needle Marks.”

About Pop tART Gallery:
Pop tART is a gallery with a dream: to get people excited about art again. More than a mere gallery, it is an experimental arts venue where just about anything can happen. Pop tART recognizes the infinite possibilities of the creative process and intends to instigate opportunities for the creative community and to engage audiences with dialogue, art, ideas, and complete self-expression. It supports risk takers, boundary breakers, and a new generation of artists whose work challenges the concept of art. Pop tART celebrates the power of contemporary art to enhance the experience of the individual and contribute to the diversity and cultural landscape of Los Angeles and the world

For More Information Contact:
Ellen Schinderman
Schindermania@gmail.com

text and materiality...

One of the artists that I got to discover through the last curatorial project is the incredibly interesting artist and writer Jody Oesterreicher. I could not select her work as it is all pretty huge and I realized that it would be perfect for an upcoming show that I am curating for the winter. So I really look forward to working with her then.


Jody's work hit me as very honest work with an incredible sensibility of materials. What I love most about her work is how she takes a very ordinary material and transforms it through her techniques of sculpture and installation.


yet, she keeps the familiarity of the object right there in the forefront.


She says this about her work:

I am both a writer and visual artist. Text and materiality are central to my art. I am interested in the verbal and visual nature of thought; the mysterious relationship between language and consciousness; and the interplay between conscious and unconscious knowing. Wordplay creates linkages between images and words and is an important aspect of my artistic practice....

The media and tools I use to make my art is the stuff of everyday life: Cardboard boxes, sheets and blankets, needles and thread, pencils and paper, scissors and glue. Though the subject matter of each work may vary, implicit in my use of vernacular media is a validation of the creative potential in the ordinary, and the age-old tradition of commingling art and everyday life. My techniques speak to the significance of touch and ”doing” that honors “being.”

Cannot wait to see what comes next for her and to work with her.

6 of me?

Slowly I am getting some progress done for this piece, which will be part of my solo show. It opens in just a little more then 2 weeks and I have 2 pieces that I have to finish and one more piece that I would like to include. I am feeling oh so overwhelmed.

I am always working and adding things until the very last minute. I also know that nothing except finishing the above piece is necessary but deeply feel that more work on the other pieces will simply make the show better. If only there were 6 of me, one to work and make money, one to be mama, one to be wife, one to be curator, one to be an administrative assistant, and then finally one in the studio. But there is just one of me so I am simply working my hardest to find balance and embrace whatever I manage to get accomplished.

"cloth that is laden"

The work from recent MFA graduate Lauren Louise deSerres Kelischek is very compelling and fraught with emotion. Her use of found fabrics and installation evokes an exploration of human dynamics.



She states this:

Cloth is a substance that is made of thousands of little threads, made of thousands of even smaller threads. I use fiber and cloth that is laden with the history of other people. I use old sheets and old cut-up sweaters, and wool from local farms, and lace from my grandmother’s sewing room and wood (which is made of fibers too). I use these materials because they seem to encompass the gravity and enormity of the human relationships that I am addressing- fibers woven together make a cloth, which is strong, yet pull one string and you can unravel the whole thing. It is easily worn and stained. It can be soft and comforting, but when there is too much of it, it can be stifling and smothering. I’m using fiber as a metaphor for relationships and how they comprise and individual or even a family. I’m using fiber to recreate stories from my own experiences.

I really find her statement to be quite excellent in its clarity and succinctness. As I myself am exploring my own relationships in my work and have always been drawn to fibers for the same reasons I am drawn to understand her work more deeply.


She has work at an exhibit here in Boston and I very much want to make it to the show in time so I can see the work in person.


See more of her work here.

Did you miss my interview with the incredibly wonderful artist Allison Watkins on Future Heirlooms at the Mr. If so run over and read it. Her work is so beautiful.

Read all about it here.

small stories exhibition

small stories

an exhibition of fiber work
curated by Joetta Maue

at the Urban Alchemist Design Collective
343 5th St, Brooklyn, NY 11215

Opening Saturday June 23, 2012, 6-9pm
On view June 20 - July 22, 2012.

Featuring work by:
Neta Amir, Sarah Bahr, Kristy Bishop, Millicent Bradleigh, Danielle Burgos, Nathan Carnes, Marcy Chevali, Marie France Cournoyer, Julie Anne Danylewich, Jane Waggoner Deschner, Autumn-Grace Dougherty, Ann Duggan, Di Ellis, Kelly Fleek, Veronica Fuentes, Peg Grady, Eileen Hoffman, Jane Lee Horton, Jan Johnson, Caroline Kirton, Susan Lenz, Skid Lo, Sanna Majander, Anny Mefford, Laura Mongiovi, Nicole Monjeau, Ruth Moskell, Meg Pierce, Astrid Philipps, Patricia Reis,
Laura Reyes, Lora Rocke, Dawn Rogal, Rachel Rose, Bonnie Sennott, Beverly Y. Smith, Ruth Tabancay, Katya Usvitsky, Ansie Vanderwalt, Leni Levenson Wiener