Lonnie Holley Studio Residency
c3:initiative is pleased to host Lonnie Holley at Camp Colton as a studio resident while he prepares for his exhibition with Elizabeth Leach Gallery at the KSMoCA International Art Fair.
Opening Reception at PICA | August 10, 2018 , 3-7 pm
Open Hours | August 11-12, Noon-5 pm
Performance by Lonnie Holley | August 11, 3:30 pm
ABOUT THE KSMoCA International Art Fair
The 2018 KSMoCA International Art Fair is organized by Harrell Fletcher and Lisa Jarrett, co-curated by Roz Crews and Amanda Leigh Evans, and produced in collaboration with MLK Jr. School students, PSU students, and community partners. This kid-scale art fair, hosted this year by the Portland Institute for Contemporary Art, is the culmination of a special 3-week summer program that pairs each booth exhibitor with 3rd-7th grade MLK Jr students and PSU students, who participate as gallerists, artists, exhibitors, and curators in artistic and curatorial projects.
The KSMoCA International Art Fair runs from August 10-12, 2018 in partnership with Converge 45 and includes programmed panels, activities and performances throughout the weekend. All portions of the fair are free and open to the public.
ABOUT LONNIE HOLLEY
Lonnie Holley was born on February 10, 1950 in Birmingham, Alabama. From the age of five, Holley worked various jobs: picking up trash at a drive-in movie theatre, washing dishes, and cooking. He lived in a whiskey house, on the state fairgrounds, and in several foster homes. His early life was chaotic and Holley was never afforded the pleasure of a real childhood.
Since 1979, Holley has devoted his life to the practice of improvisational creativity. His art and music, born out of struggle, hardship, but perhaps more importantly, out of furious curiosity and biological necessity, has manifested itself in drawing, painting, sculpture, photography, performance, and sound. Holley’s sculptures are constructed from found materials in the oldest tradition of African American sculpture. Objects, already imbued with cultural and artistic metaphor, are combined into narrative sculptures that commemorate places, people, and events. His work is now in collections of major museums throughout the country, on permanent display in the United Nations, and been displayed in the White House Rose Garden. In January of 2014, Holley completed a one-month artist-in-residence with the Robert Rauschenberg Foundation in Captiva Island, Florida, site of the acclaimed artist’s studio.