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Self-Made:15 Years of eye lounge
1/7/2015 5:48:30 PM
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Topics: Exhibitions
As a current member of eye lounge, I am honored to be a part of this historic group of artists making work in Phoenix and supporting the growing cultural community on Roosevelt Row. I am thankful for the opportunity eye lounge has provided me to further develop my work and to share it with a wider audience. Working as part of this collective to present quality exhibitions with professionalism while maintaining the standards past members have set has been an enriching experience and is invaluable to my journey as a professional contemporary artist.
Self-Made: 15 Years of eye lounge
Vision Gallery / 10 E. Chicago St. / Chandler, AZ
January 24 – March 8, 2015
Reception: Friday, January 30, 2015 from 7-10 PM
Featuring current and past eye lounge members
eye lounge was excited to partner with Vision Gallery to present “Self-Made: 15 Years of eye lounge,” a retrospective of works produced by past and present members of the downtown Phoenix artist collective. The exhibition featured a variety of boundary-pushing works from over sixty artists. I worked on the Exhibition Committee along with Cherie Buck-Hutchison, Christina You-sun Park and Mimi Jardine. We are proud to be a part of this legacy and created an on-line catalogue to commemorate the event and highlight this diverse group of professional artists.
eye lounge is a collective, artist-run, contemporary art space committed to fostering emerging and established visual artists. The collective was founded by Cindy Dach and Greg Esser, together with a group of other equally passionate member artists. The gallery has hosted numerous group exhibitions at its own gallery as well as at other venues in and around the valley. Since its launch, eye lounge has provided numerous artists with creative, collaborative and entrepreneurial opportunities and has been an integral part of the art community in downtown Phoenix. eye lounge has been featured in local and national press including Art In America, ArtNews, Phoenix New Times, Sunset Magazine, Java and many others. The collective participates as a shuttle stop for Artlink First Fridays and is a founding member of Roosevelt Row. The gallery is located at 419 East Roosevelt St.
Current members of the collective include: Cherie Buck-Hutchison, Turner G. Davis, Mimi Jardine, Keith Laber, Constance McBride, Merkel McLendon, Abbey Messmer, Teresa Moralez, John Randall Nelson, and Christina You-sun Park.
The exhibition was held from January 24 to March 8, 2015 at Vision Gallery,10 East Chicago Street, Chandler AZ.
(phone: 480.782.2695 | website: http://www.visiongallery.org)
pictured left to right back: Cherie Buck-Hutchison, Joe Willie Smith, David L. Bradley, Lee Davis, Nic Wiesinger, Daniel Funkhouser, John Randall Nelson, Lara Plecas, Christopher Jagmin, Thomas Stritch, Emily Matyas, Mimi Jardine, Mary Meyer. pictured left to right front: Christina You-sun Park, Keith Laber, Constance McBride, Rebecca Ross, Dain Q. Gore
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