Spring Visiting Artists

Visiting artists-Spring 2012

Casey Doyle and Stacy Isenbarger
jcaseydoyle.com   

www.stacyisenbarger.com
January 9th to February 16th, 2012

Opening and Lecture: January 12th, 6pm Fine Arts Auditorium

Reception to follow

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New Works by Stacy Isenbarger and J. Casey Doyle

New Sculpture/ New Media Faculty from the University of Idaho, Stacy Isenbarger and J. Casey Doyle present works questioning identity through a range of processes and materials. Doyle’s I AM MY OWN CHEERLEADER celebrates empowering the self, while Isenbarger’s I.M.M.G.R.A.N.T. (Environmental Status) addresses effects labeling has on a cultural environment.

Susan Noyes Platt, Ph.D.

http://www.artandpoliticsnow.com/


Lecture: February 16th, 6pm Fine Arts Auditorium

ART AND POLITICS NOW: CULTURAL ACTIVISM IN A TIME OF CRISIS

This presentation examines a selection of the 80 artists included in the book, Art and Politics Now: Cultural Activism in a Time of Crisis (Mid march 2011) emphasizing the wide ranging strategies and media that the artists use to address social issues. The lecture considers practice among contemporary artists who are pursuing social and political engagement both in the US and globally. Topics include opposition to war, terrorism, racism, borders, and the violation of the earth. It ranges from the art of street protest to the international art scene with an emphasis on globalization issues such as the exploitation of women in maquiladoras and the displacement of people in war.  It will also include the Occupy movement. Discussion and debate from the audience is welcome.

 Spencer Moody and Coco Howard
http://softlifeindustry.com

Feb 23rd to March 29th

Lecture February 23rd, 6pm, Fine Arts Auditorium

Reception to follow

Spencer Moody and Coco Howard are Seattle based husband and wife artist dynamo who have collaborated on a variety of projects including installations, music, painting, sculpture, photography, video, and plush toy design. Their February 2012 exhibition at WSU will be an installation titled Into The Woods, which will feature a forest made of burlap coffee sacks, inhabited by witches and bears, the center of which will be a mystic cabin of darkness.