Dayton Castleman
While we’ve focused on the some of the more spatial aspects of Nomadic Studio, I’d like to spend today and tomorrow talking about a couple of the large-scale artworks that we had in the Main Gallery. Up first is artist and educator Dayton Castleman’s massive work “Chicken”. Quick note: Dayton ended up re-christening it “Starcross’d […]
Jeff Zimmermann
The first thing anyone saw when visiting Nomadic Studio were Jeff Zimmermann’s gigantic twinned portraits “Norf” and “Sowf”. But they weren’t in front of the entry. They were at the back front wall of the Main Gallery, but they’re so large that your eye was immediately drawn. They’re maybe seven feet square each and are […]
Funderburk & Castleman
This week, we’re going to focus on some of the large-scale paintings we had at Nomadic. It was a big space to work with, and we had the luxury of some on-site murals made by some major talents. Biggest of them all was Rob Funderburk’s “The Robin and the Worm”, which was a ~468 sq […]
Watie White
The next big-ticket item on our tour of the on-site murals is this enormous canvas by Nebraskan Watie White. We met Watie through our co-curator at Stockyard Institute, Jim Duignan. Jim had been in regular contact with Watie regarding an artistic conduit between us in Chicago and him in Omaha. Watie came in for about […]
Lavie Raven and Kat
One of the fun things about hosting an exhibit covering the nomadic nature of artists is having their work move in and out of the space and be a part of other shows and exhibits. At the top of Nomadic Studio, were were loaned this portable mural by Lavie Raven and Kat entitled “Resistance”. It […]
Zebadiah Arrington
Following up with another collaboration with the University of Hip Hop’s alum comes Lavie Raven’s protege, Zebadiah Arrington. Zeb’s a bit of a graffiti wizard and also a bit of a rascal. Jim Duignan introduced him to Beth Wiedner and I when he was maybe fifteen when we were working on “Musical Chairs”. Even in […]
Jay Ryan
As mentioned before, our exhibit changed over and heavily featured flying animals as a new theme. We swapped in several dozen pieces of art, and it changed the entire mood of the space, bringing the action from the back of the Rumpus Room into the front of the Main Gallery. Our first pair of artists […]
Diana Sudyka
Our exhibit changed over and heavily featured flying animals as a new theme. We swapped in several dozen pieces of art, and it changed the entire mood of the space, bringing the action from the back of the Rumpus Room into the front of the Main Gallery. Our first pair of artists featured in the […]
Erik Stenberg w/ Ian Bennett
Back to the birds! As we transitioned from focusing on the Bird Sanctuary for a month, the Rumpus Room stayed in place as a hub for rehearsing and recording. Fortunately the Rumpus had space on the walls, so we were able to decorate the installation with a second layer of art as the months changed. […]
Susan Hall
This is starting to feel like “Clue”! Susan Hall was the second avian artist featured in the Rumpus Room during the Bird Sanctuary, and she loaned us a flock of five exquisite paintings. Her densely detailed works feature layers of stained wood, and hand-painted lacework and tapestry flowers that frame Audubon-Caliber animal portraits in brilliant […]