The Can(n)on Art Studios
The Can(n)on Art Studios
February 24 – March 23, 2012
Opening Reception: Friday, February 24, 5–7pm
Artists Panel Discussion: Wednesday, March 14, 4:30pm
Featuring: Elizabeth Folk, Saul Gray-Hildenbrand, Kimberly Hahn, Zacarius Paul, Steve Soria and James Van Arsdale
Santa Barbara, CA - In a small industrial complex in Goleta resides The Can(n)on Art Studios. This is not a business but a private art studio complex, normally visited by appointment only. At the Atkinson Gallery, the Can(n)on group goes public, with its six artists exhibiting their inventive, singular works in a range of media, includingsculpture, painting, installation, printmaking, and digital works.
These talented, young artists are representative of the broader contemporary art culture, inclusive and pluralistic, often with a conceptual leaning. Gone are the days of when a student had to choose to be a sculptor or a painter or whatever narrowly defining term was given. While it is certainly fine to work, say, in the painting tradition, many artists are choosing to expand that tradition or selecting the appropriate media for their expression, perhaps just for that particular work. The next project might require an altogether different medium(s) and a completely different aesthetic approach.
The Can(n)on artists are healthily open to a variety of ideas and materials. Our community is the beneficiary of their positive, non-exclusive attitude. Welcome to the Goleta - good land - future.
Wednesday, March 14, at 4:30pm in Rm. H111, the six artists in the Can(n)on Art Studios will participate in a public panel discussion. The artists will speak about their work, sharing a common studio space, how they came to be artists, how they survive as artists, and other topics that should be pertinent to our students.
Opening Reception: Friday, February 24, 5–7pm
Artists Panel Discussion: Wednesday, March 14, 4:30pm
Featuring: Elizabeth Folk, Saul Gray-Hildenbrand, Kimberly Hahn, Zacarius Paul, Steve Soria and James Van Arsdale
Santa Barbara, CA - In a small industrial complex in Goleta resides The Can(n)on Art Studios. This is not a business but a private art studio complex, normally visited by appointment only. At the Atkinson Gallery, the Can(n)on group goes public, with its six artists exhibiting their inventive, singular works in a range of media, includingsculpture, painting, installation, printmaking, and digital works.
These talented, young artists are representative of the broader contemporary art culture, inclusive and pluralistic, often with a conceptual leaning. Gone are the days of when a student had to choose to be a sculptor or a painter or whatever narrowly defining term was given. While it is certainly fine to work, say, in the painting tradition, many artists are choosing to expand that tradition or selecting the appropriate media for their expression, perhaps just for that particular work. The next project might require an altogether different medium(s) and a completely different aesthetic approach.
The Can(n)on artists are healthily open to a variety of ideas and materials. Our community is the beneficiary of their positive, non-exclusive attitude. Welcome to the Goleta - good land - future.
Wednesday, March 14, at 4:30pm in Rm. H111, the six artists in the Can(n)on Art Studios will participate in a public panel discussion. The artists will speak about their work, sharing a common studio space, how they came to be artists, how they survive as artists, and other topics that should be pertinent to our students.