Artist Residencies

Past-Artists-in-Residence

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Akiko Jackson
Artist in Residence 2010-2011

Akiko Jackson is from Kahuku, a rural North Shore community on the island of O’ahu, Hawai'i. From 1999-2007, Akiko lived in Los Angeles and San Francisco to focus her studies in the arts. After receiving a Master of Arts degree from California State University, Northridge, she moved to Richmond, Virginia where she received her Master of Fine Arts degree from Virginia Commonwealth University. Coming to Kansas as our Artist in Residence, Akiko teaches Ceramics Handbuilding I & II, Mold-making and Slip-casting, Body Casting, Image Transfer on Clay, The Figure in Clay, an Installation and Multiples course, along with youth classes at the Lawrence Arts Center.

Akiko has exhibited her work nationally and internationally, most notably in the American Museum of Ceramic Art, Los Angeles, CA; Orange County Center for Contemporary Art, Santa Ana, CA; 1708 Gallery, Richmond, VA; the Contemporary Art Center of Virginia, Virginia Beach, VA; the 4th World Ceramic Biennale Korea, Republic of Korea; and the Australian International Ceramics Triennale, Sydney Australia.

Website: www.akikojackson.com

Nicolette Ross
Artist in Residence 2010-2011

Nicolette Ross, originally from South Florida, received a BFA in Printmaking at the University of Central Florida in 2007. This past spring she earned an MFA degree with honors at Washington University in St. Louis, where she had the privilege of building a comprehensive understanding of traditional and non-traditional contemporary art practices with an emphasis on printmaking and the artist book. She is the recipient of the 2009 Belle Cramer Award in Printmaking and the 2010 Nancy Spirtas Kranzberg Award for Excellence in Book Design.

Coming to Kansas as our Artist in Residence, Nicolette teaches Introduction to Printmaking, Introduction to Bookbinding, Book Without Boundaries, an Urban Book course, along with youth classes at the Lawrence Arts Center.

Website: www.nicoletteross.com

Past Artists-in-Residence

Alison Filley www.alisonfilley.com

Sarah Gross www.sarahgrossceramics.com

Lawrence Arts Center Awards First Project Based Residency

The Lawrence Arts Center has awarded its first Project-based Residency to Lawrence artist, Aaron Storck. The goal of this new program, funded in part by a grant from the Lawrence Cultural Arts Commission, is to help support, sustain, and foster growth in local arts and artists by providing material support for development of special projects, with an emphasis on interdisciplinary works, helping local artists to create works competitive on a national scale.

Storck will work in the Lawrence Arts Center to develop a high definition video to coordinate with an installation scheduled in the front gallery of Lawrence Arts Center and a large-scale painting. The works will then travel to a group show at the PAFA Museum, the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Art, opening October 22. The show, curated by Julien Robson of PAFA, and co-curated by Chris Cook of Salina Art Center (among others), is entitled HERE, and features 24 artists from 6 regions around the country.

2010-2011 Project-Based Artist in Residence Exhibition
AARON STORCK Wizard Porch and Garden
OPENING FINAL FRIDAY June 24, 2011