Rich Bowman + Emily Johnson + Julie Sneed

NEW WORKS

First Friday October 6, 11 – 7 pm

exhibition runs through October 28, 2023

Open to the Public

Thursday – Saturday 11 – 4 pm

We are Happy to Serve you by Private Appointments

If you wish to set up an appointment to view the exhibition, either in the gallery or via FaceTime, please give us a call at #816.527.0823, or click the below link.

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Hope to see you soon!

Kelly + David

An exploration of experimenting with textile materials and combining different textile techniques such as weaving, quilting, and embroidery. The intertwining of these elements creates a narrative, a platform on which I use to create my stories inspired by myths within America and from other folklore from across the sea. The creatures in my work have been warped, changed, and altered. They are reimagined to tell a new story.

Though traditionally, I am a printmaker, and I began to explore the art of textiles after being introduced to weaving through the use of a small frame loom gifted to me by a dear friend. It was a great tool for me to create and I enjoyed the flexibility and ease of being able to make my designs. I loved the ability to be able to draw using yarn in its various textures, colors and different properties that bring to life these fabled creatures. Often the creatures would be inspired by the material, and it gave great influence on how they were created. I also began the art of quilting and became fascinated by the elaborate geometric patterns and designs of quilt blocks. The history of the quilt block designs and the stories they told, inspired me to create and design my own. The quilting patterns and designs add and embellish the woven creatures. The combination of weaving, quilting and embroidery have been bastardized in a playful mix of fascination and whimsy while working with the material in creating these stories of these creatures of myth.

Artist Statement 

Throughout my work I have been captivated by storytelling using visual representation as a vessel to talk about my life experiences, and other topics such as industrial farming. My love of drawing is present throughout my work in the different mediums I work in. I am a printmaker and I practice in lithography, intaglio, and monotype. I expanded my art practice to working with textile mediums such as quilting and weaving. Through my art mediums I tell my stories and capture the feeling of how I see the world through my eyes.

Bio

Sadie Goll was born and raised in eastern Iowa. She studied printmaking at the University of Iowa and received her Bachelors of Fine Arts in 2019. She completed her Master of Fine Arts at the University of Kansas in 2022. Throughout her undergraduate and graduate career her work has been focused on industrial hog farming and her

experiences with the industry as she grew up in Iowa. She works in a variety of printmaking techniques such as lithography, intaglio, relief and monotype. Her recent work has been using textiles mediums such as weaving and quilting.

Terrain is a collection of landscape images created using the Wet Plate Collodion method of photography. Invented in the 1850s, wet plate collodion is an entirely hands-on process that allows me to connect to each step. From mixing my own chemistry to utilizing my portable darkroom to sensitize and develop each image, I am deeply involved from start to finish. Much like the wet plate photographers that came before me, I travel with my large format wooden cameras, my darkroom and chemistry, and a passion for landscapes larger than I can imagine. Instead of a covered wagon, I travel in my 1979 Chevy camper van, creating images of the world around me that can be held and shared for hundreds of years. 

Artist Statement 

My current work is about preservation, storytelling, and the connection between the community and the individual. Through working with nearly 200-year-old photographic processes, my work evokes a sense of longevity and timelessness. In a world that seems to never slow down, I ask myself and those who sit for my camera to take a moment to connect to each other and to ourselves to tell a story that can be held and seen for generations. Creating images of the natural world that surrounds me feels similar to photographing the humans that inhabit it. With an actively changing planet, the landscapes we see today may be gone tomorrow. Tintypes created in the 1800s by early explorers show us views of a world much different than we see today. I strive to not only preserve historical photographic and artistic processes but to use these techniques to preserve the stories of the modern world. 

Bio

I was biorn and raised in the Kansas City area. From the moment I stepped into a darkroom in high school, I knew analog photography would be my lifelong companion. I never wavered from my desire to have my hands in every step of the process. Learning to make tintypes was equal parts a fascination with the historical significance of wet plates and a love for tangible handmade objects. For over a decade, I have crisscrossed the country, living out of whatever vehicle I owned at the time. Hundreds of rolls of film have turned into solitary successful images made over the span of several days, a lesson in letting go of control and trusting in my intuition and skills.

Time is a Circle: Generational Craft Practices, includes the work of Mona Cliff, Wansoo Kim, Hùng Lê, Jada Patterson, Jason Wang, and Aleah Washington.

The public is invited to the exhibition’s opening reception from 6 to 8 pm. The exhibition includes work by Mona Cliff, Wansoo Kim, Hùng Lê, Jada Patterson, Jason Wang, and Aleah Washington, and runs through February 3, 2024.

For centuries craft practices have been passed from generation to generation keeping traditions alive and preserving history, while building communities through the making process. These shared practices are a testament to the resilience and perseverance of many cultures throughout the world.

The six artists in the exhibition use craft traditions to carry on generational practices while unearthing aspects of their own histories within a broader historical and artistic context.

Mona Cliff is an Aniiih, Nakota, and Eastern European artist whose beadwork and fabric applique are the foundation of her practice and heavily based in generational knowledge. Hung Le combines textile traditions with photography to examine his family history in the backdrop of the Việt Nam War and their immigration to the United States. Material culture and personal histories are at the center of Jada Patterson’s work. Using braided sweetgrass, Patterson references ritualistic healing and imparts power onto the mundane object. Wansoo Kim uses traditional ceramic Korean vessel forms and unorthodox ornamentation, to invite viewers to consider the revealed and the hidden, the internal versus the external. By embellishing the inside of his vessels, he reminds us to examine what is beyond outward appearances. Jason Wang draws on his Chinese heritage to create functional ceramic vessels that revolve around experiencing community. His textured teapots, cups and saucers, are intended to create a sensory experience that invokes a strong emotional response to further dialogue about identity, mental health, and mindfulness. Aleah Washington explores identity, environment, and community through her abstract wall hangings and functional ceramic work. She shares personal memories and reflects on shared histories using bold color on her quilted wall hangings and stitched pattern designs on her ceramics.The artists in the exhibition demonstrate a command of craft and a deep understanding of their role in safeguarding craft traditions and histories.

Jones Gallery October Art Show!
First Friday come meet the Artists from 5 till 9pm.
All welcome and always free.
Showing over 150 pieces, from both Local and National Artists.
Show runs thru October 26th.
Regular Gallery hours are from 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. Closed Sunday
Jones Gallery 1717 Walnut, KCMO. 64108
816 – 421‑2111
https://jonesgallerykc.com/