VIdeo Archive

Wooden Boast as Matrix

The Panel will focus on how and why the artists use found surfaces as matrices in their work, and why they were drawn to the surfaces of wooden boats in Newfoundland. Jerome will speak to the craft and history of wooden boat building in NL. While the fishery and small wooden boats have long been a subject in local art, Charley and Sylvan chose to make prints directly from the source. These are not representations of boats, but a recording of a surface that reveals the texture of the wood, life of the boats and the hands that created them. The artists will talk about what drew them to the island, subject matter, and why it was important to take imprints, which serve as a kind of documentation of the boats. They will discuss why they chose to go to the source as a print matrix, why this is important to their practice and what it means to transform these surfaces into art through printmaking.

Trazandos las Linaes/ Tracing the Lines

Trazando las Líneas / Tracing the Lines is a portfolio co-organized by Corinne Teed and Dr. Sandy Plácido, a historian of Puerto Rican social movements. The prints in this portfolio act as a testament to the survival, healing and rebuilding of Puerto Rican communities and connects to other communities surviving the devastations of climate change and global capitalism, recognizing the role that printmaking and graphic arts have played in struggles for autonomy and survival.

This portfolio was made in partnership with CEPA (Center for Embodied Pedagogy in Action) In Puerto Rico. CEPA’s mission is to decolonize in mind-body-spirit through a diverse array of healing practices and encounters grounded in community care, embodiment and reclamation of ancestral (afroindigenous) traditions. It’s part of a movement of people working to transform their relationships and everyday life centering the visionary leadership of Puerto Rican femmes, gender nonconforming, trans, and queer folx.

Join us online for a conversation about how the portfolio came together, about CEPA and their important work in PR, as well as from artists in the portfolio about their print and art practice. You will hear from the organizers of the portfolio Sandy Plácido and Corinne Teed, CEPA organizers Melissa Rosario and Lau Pat RA and artists Andrea Narno and Christeen Francis.