ERNEST Introductions
December 7, 2013–March 22, 2014
c3:initiative is thrilled to announce ERNEST Introductions. On view from December 7, 2013 - March 22, 2014, the show marks the beginning of a two-year residency at c3:initiative for the artist collective ERNEST. The residency and exhibition kicked off with a public reception and first annual holiday party on Saturday, December 7 from 6-9pm at c3:initiative in St. Johns, Portland.
On view in the exhibition will be work by ERNEST, including a site-specific intervention and independent works by Curreri and Fletcher. Exhibited together, these works provide rich insight into the individual voices at play in this residency's iteration of the open collective ERNEST. Curreri's sculptures, paintings, and works on paper, and Fletcher's sculptures and photographs unite in an examination of power structures in their many expressions. Curreri's work implicates personal and social histories, and addresses external power structures using a language of symbolism. Fletcher's work, in turn, speaks to questions of personal empowerment and the possibilities of transformation through sculptures that the viewer inhabits.
ERNEST is a collaborative entity – currently based in the Bay Area, CA – comprised of a flexible group of members. Shifting the focus away from the individual identities of the artists, ERNEST provides a democratic means for artists to make work that challenges dominant ideas about site, body, and power. In Portland with c3:initiative, ERNEST will make a public project over the next two years.
PUBLIC PROGRAMS
Opening Reception and Holiday Party | Saturday, December 7, 6–9pm
Sochi Reel-Time | Thursday, February 27, 7pm
Join ERNEST and c3: initiative for Sochi Reel-Time, a group conversation about the 2014 Sochi Olympic Games. ERNEST members will call in via various locations and present short clips of interest from the Games. This year’s Olympics have become a platform for cultural and political dissent. Clips will be followed by a group discussion around themes of national competition, physical performance, costuming, teamwork, gay rights, politics, democracy, and pedaphilia. Open to the public.
Closing Reception | Saturday, March 22, 3pm
ABOUT THE ARTISTS
ERNEST is a collaborative entity – currently based in the Bay Area, CA – comprised of a flexible group of members. Shifting the focus away from the individual identities of the artists, ERNEST provides a democratic means for artists to make work that challenges dominant ideas about site, body, and power.
Amanda Curreri lives and works in Oakland, California. Informed by social activism and built within the vernacular of visual language, her work creates frameworks for rethinking power relationships. Curreri's work has been exhibited at venues including the Asian Art Museum in San Francisco (2013) and the 2011 Incheon Women's Biennale in Korea. She is also a recipient of a Joan Mitchell Foundation Fellowship (2009) and a SF Guardian Goldie Award (2010). She is the co-editor of an artist publication,Color&Color, which aims to connect artists with new audiences and expand dialogue through the serial print medium of small books. Curreri holds an MFA from the California College of the Arts, a BFA from The School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, and a BA from Tufts University in Sociology and Peace & Justice Studies. Curreri is represented by Romer Young Gallery in San Francisco, California.
Llewelynn Fletcher lives and works in Oakland, California. She creates immersive sculptures to physically inhabit, and investigates the acoustic resonance of materials including basswood, felt, ceramic and lead as part of an exploration of the act of listening. Her work has been exhibited at Berkeley Central Arts Passageway in Berkeley, CA (2013); Kala Gallery in Berkeley, CA (2013); Carville Annex in San Francisco, CA (2011); the San Francisco Arts Commission Gallery (2009); and Swell Gallery, San Francisco Art Institute (2009), among other venues. Fletcher is a 2009 Murphy and Cadogan Fellowship recipient and a 2010 Barclay Simpson Award recipient. She holds an MFA from California College of the Arts and a BA from Dartmouth College.
PRESS CONTACT
info@c3initiative.org
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Image: ERNEST, Chaky Chaky 8am, 2013, Archival digital print mounted on sintra, 40.25 x 28 in, Ed of 5.
On view in the exhibition will be work by ERNEST, including a site-specific intervention and independent works by Curreri and Fletcher. Exhibited together, these works provide rich insight into the individual voices at play in this residency's iteration of the open collective ERNEST. Curreri's sculptures, paintings, and works on paper, and Fletcher's sculptures and photographs unite in an examination of power structures in their many expressions. Curreri's work implicates personal and social histories, and addresses external power structures using a language of symbolism. Fletcher's work, in turn, speaks to questions of personal empowerment and the possibilities of transformation through sculptures that the viewer inhabits.
ERNEST is a collaborative entity – currently based in the Bay Area, CA – comprised of a flexible group of members. Shifting the focus away from the individual identities of the artists, ERNEST provides a democratic means for artists to make work that challenges dominant ideas about site, body, and power. In Portland with c3:initiative, ERNEST will make a public project over the next two years.
PUBLIC PROGRAMS
Opening Reception and Holiday Party | Saturday, December 7, 6–9pm
Sochi Reel-Time | Thursday, February 27, 7pm
Join ERNEST and c3: initiative for Sochi Reel-Time, a group conversation about the 2014 Sochi Olympic Games. ERNEST members will call in via various locations and present short clips of interest from the Games. This year’s Olympics have become a platform for cultural and political dissent. Clips will be followed by a group discussion around themes of national competition, physical performance, costuming, teamwork, gay rights, politics, democracy, and pedaphilia. Open to the public.
Closing Reception | Saturday, March 22, 3pm
ABOUT THE ARTISTS
ERNEST is a collaborative entity – currently based in the Bay Area, CA – comprised of a flexible group of members. Shifting the focus away from the individual identities of the artists, ERNEST provides a democratic means for artists to make work that challenges dominant ideas about site, body, and power.
Amanda Curreri lives and works in Oakland, California. Informed by social activism and built within the vernacular of visual language, her work creates frameworks for rethinking power relationships. Curreri's work has been exhibited at venues including the Asian Art Museum in San Francisco (2013) and the 2011 Incheon Women's Biennale in Korea. She is also a recipient of a Joan Mitchell Foundation Fellowship (2009) and a SF Guardian Goldie Award (2010). She is the co-editor of an artist publication,Color&Color, which aims to connect artists with new audiences and expand dialogue through the serial print medium of small books. Curreri holds an MFA from the California College of the Arts, a BFA from The School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, and a BA from Tufts University in Sociology and Peace & Justice Studies. Curreri is represented by Romer Young Gallery in San Francisco, California.
Llewelynn Fletcher lives and works in Oakland, California. She creates immersive sculptures to physically inhabit, and investigates the acoustic resonance of materials including basswood, felt, ceramic and lead as part of an exploration of the act of listening. Her work has been exhibited at Berkeley Central Arts Passageway in Berkeley, CA (2013); Kala Gallery in Berkeley, CA (2013); Carville Annex in San Francisco, CA (2011); the San Francisco Arts Commission Gallery (2009); and Swell Gallery, San Francisco Art Institute (2009), among other venues. Fletcher is a 2009 Murphy and Cadogan Fellowship recipient and a 2010 Barclay Simpson Award recipient. She holds an MFA from California College of the Arts and a BA from Dartmouth College.
PRESS CONTACT
info@c3initiative.org
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Image: ERNEST, Chaky Chaky 8am, 2013, Archival digital print mounted on sintra, 40.25 x 28 in, Ed of 5.
c3:initiative is thrilled to announce ERNEST Introductions. On view from December 7, 2013 - March 22, 2014, the show marks the beginning of a two-year residency at c3:initiative for the artist collective ERNEST. The residency and exhibition kicked off with a public reception and first annual holiday party on Saturday, December 7 from 6-9pm at c3:initiative in St. Johns, Portland.
On view in the exhibition will be work by ERNEST, including a site-specific intervention and independent works by Curreri and Fletcher. Exhibited together, these works provide rich insight into the individual voices at play in this residency's iteration of the open collective ERNEST. Curreri's sculptures, paintings, and works on paper, and Fletcher's sculptures and photographs unite in an examination of power structures in their many expressions. Curreri's work implicates personal and social histories, and addresses external power structures using a language of symbolism. Fletcher's work, in turn, speaks to questions of personal empowerment and the possibilities of transformation through sculptures that the viewer inhabits.
ERNEST is a collaborative entity – currently based in the Bay Area, CA – comprised of a flexible group of members. Shifting the focus away from the individual identities of the artists, ERNEST provides a democratic means for artists to make work that challenges dominant ideas about site, body, and power. In Portland with c3:initiative, ERNEST will make a public project over the next two years.
PUBLIC PROGRAMS
Opening Reception and Holiday Party | Saturday, December 7, 6–9pm
Sochi Reel-Time | Thursday, February 27, 7pm
Join ERNEST and c3: initiative for Sochi Reel-Time, a group conversation about the 2014 Sochi Olympic Games. ERNEST members will call in via various locations and present short clips of interest from the Games. This year’s Olympics have become a platform for cultural and political dissent. Clips will be followed by a group discussion around themes of national competition, physical performance, costuming, teamwork, gay rights, politics, democracy, and pedaphilia. Open to the public.
Closing Reception | Saturday, March 22, 3pm
ABOUT THE ARTISTS
ERNEST is a collaborative entity – currently based in the Bay Area, CA – comprised of a flexible group of members. Shifting the focus away from the individual identities of the artists, ERNEST provides a democratic means for artists to make work that challenges dominant ideas about site, body, and power.
Amanda Curreri lives and works in Oakland, California. Informed by social activism and built within the vernacular of visual language, her work creates frameworks for rethinking power relationships. Curreri's work has been exhibited at venues including the Asian Art Museum in San Francisco (2013) and the 2011 Incheon Women's Biennale in Korea. She is also a recipient of a Joan Mitchell Foundation Fellowship (2009) and a SF Guardian Goldie Award (2010). She is the co-editor of an artist publication,Color&Color, which aims to connect artists with new audiences and expand dialogue through the serial print medium of small books. Curreri holds an MFA from the California College of the Arts, a BFA from The School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, and a BA from Tufts University in Sociology and Peace & Justice Studies. Curreri is represented by Romer Young Gallery in San Francisco, California.
Llewelynn Fletcher lives and works in Oakland, California. She creates immersive sculptures to physically inhabit, and investigates the acoustic resonance of materials including basswood, felt, ceramic and lead as part of an exploration of the act of listening. Her work has been exhibited at Berkeley Central Arts Passageway in Berkeley, CA (2013); Kala Gallery in Berkeley, CA (2013); Carville Annex in San Francisco, CA (2011); the San Francisco Arts Commission Gallery (2009); and Swell Gallery, San Francisco Art Institute (2009), among other venues. Fletcher is a 2009 Murphy and Cadogan Fellowship recipient and a 2010 Barclay Simpson Award recipient. She holds an MFA from California College of the Arts and a BA from Dartmouth College.
PRESS CONTACT
info@c3initiative.org
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Images L to R: ERNEST, Chaky Chaky 8am, 2013, Archival digital print mounted on sintra, 40.25 x 28 in, Ed of 5. ERNEST,
On view in the exhibition will be work by ERNEST, including a site-specific intervention and independent works by Curreri and Fletcher. Exhibited together, these works provide rich insight into the individual voices at play in this residency's iteration of the open collective ERNEST. Curreri's sculptures, paintings, and works on paper, and Fletcher's sculptures and photographs unite in an examination of power structures in their many expressions. Curreri's work implicates personal and social histories, and addresses external power structures using a language of symbolism. Fletcher's work, in turn, speaks to questions of personal empowerment and the possibilities of transformation through sculptures that the viewer inhabits.
ERNEST is a collaborative entity – currently based in the Bay Area, CA – comprised of a flexible group of members. Shifting the focus away from the individual identities of the artists, ERNEST provides a democratic means for artists to make work that challenges dominant ideas about site, body, and power. In Portland with c3:initiative, ERNEST will make a public project over the next two years.
PUBLIC PROGRAMS
Opening Reception and Holiday Party | Saturday, December 7, 6–9pm
Sochi Reel-Time | Thursday, February 27, 7pm
Join ERNEST and c3: initiative for Sochi Reel-Time, a group conversation about the 2014 Sochi Olympic Games. ERNEST members will call in via various locations and present short clips of interest from the Games. This year’s Olympics have become a platform for cultural and political dissent. Clips will be followed by a group discussion around themes of national competition, physical performance, costuming, teamwork, gay rights, politics, democracy, and pedaphilia. Open to the public.
Closing Reception | Saturday, March 22, 3pm
ABOUT THE ARTISTS
ERNEST is a collaborative entity – currently based in the Bay Area, CA – comprised of a flexible group of members. Shifting the focus away from the individual identities of the artists, ERNEST provides a democratic means for artists to make work that challenges dominant ideas about site, body, and power.
Amanda Curreri lives and works in Oakland, California. Informed by social activism and built within the vernacular of visual language, her work creates frameworks for rethinking power relationships. Curreri's work has been exhibited at venues including the Asian Art Museum in San Francisco (2013) and the 2011 Incheon Women's Biennale in Korea. She is also a recipient of a Joan Mitchell Foundation Fellowship (2009) and a SF Guardian Goldie Award (2010). She is the co-editor of an artist publication,Color&Color, which aims to connect artists with new audiences and expand dialogue through the serial print medium of small books. Curreri holds an MFA from the California College of the Arts, a BFA from The School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, and a BA from Tufts University in Sociology and Peace & Justice Studies. Curreri is represented by Romer Young Gallery in San Francisco, California.
Llewelynn Fletcher lives and works in Oakland, California. She creates immersive sculptures to physically inhabit, and investigates the acoustic resonance of materials including basswood, felt, ceramic and lead as part of an exploration of the act of listening. Her work has been exhibited at Berkeley Central Arts Passageway in Berkeley, CA (2013); Kala Gallery in Berkeley, CA (2013); Carville Annex in San Francisco, CA (2011); the San Francisco Arts Commission Gallery (2009); and Swell Gallery, San Francisco Art Institute (2009), among other venues. Fletcher is a 2009 Murphy and Cadogan Fellowship recipient and a 2010 Barclay Simpson Award recipient. She holds an MFA from California College of the Arts and a BA from Dartmouth College.
PRESS CONTACT
info@c3initiative.org
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Images L to R: ERNEST, Chaky Chaky 8am, 2013, Archival digital print mounted on sintra, 40.25 x 28 in, Ed of 5. ERNEST,