LuDel Deal Walker re-fuses refuse to create artwork you can't refuse

"Baby Fox"

From a Corridor Gallery press release:

The Corridor Gallery in downtown Casper proudly presents “Refuse”, a solo exhibit of Wyoming artist LuDel Deal Walter. LuDel is an accomplished artist that is following through with her first Corridor solo exhibit after winning “Best In Show” during a past Corridor call-for-entries show based upon the subject of religion. The public and press are invited to attend the opening reception of “Refuse” on Friday, March 30th at 7pm. The exhibit will show only through Sunday, April 1st. The Corridor Gallery appreciates your continued support for local and regional artwork.

Artist statement:

The Refuse of life remains. We Refuse to look at it. This work Re-fuses the discarded object with meaning. My work communicates the boundaries of where time passes into memory and life passes into death. How does memory hold the past captive? How does place tie into time and memory? This body of work refuses the passage of time by freezing the process of decay -- a stop-action of a very slow natural process. Memory seems to work in a similar fashion; as we recall people and events from our memories, they are frozen at a particular time like stop-action movie stills or loops of a single scene. I incorporate objects that are often ignored or overlooked to create meaning. The carcasses and the refuse of our lives are more than simple objects; they connect to the time when life and purpose was contained there. I am using recycled and found objects (hand-made paper, junk, bones, etc.) to represent the passage of time and the space between life and death. I find that by using images of actual carcasses and garbage in combination with textured papers and found objects, I have a stronger connection to the work because I'm forced to consider the feelings of disgust, shame and ambivalence surrounding the objects.  This body of work refuses the inevitability of  loss of meaning and purpose. We no longer revere life enough to consider the process of dying; because we can't embrace death, we can't fully embrace life. Every living thing has a quality that leaves the body at the time of death. Every object has a quality of memory.  What is that liminal quality?  Where is it? These pieces are intended to ask the viewer to consider the life and purpose that once inhabited these images. -- LuDel Deal Walter

Event Details

Event: “Refuse” Original Artwork by Wyoming artist LuDeal Deal Walter
Specifics: Located at The Corridor Gallery: 120 E. 2nd St. Casper, WY 82601
Tickets Cost/Avail: Free Admission
Opening Reception: Friday, March 30th at 7:00pm
Open Showing: Saturday, March 31st 10:00am to 5:00pm
Sunday, April 1st noon to 4pm
Information: For more information, please contact The Corridor Gallery at (307) 333-7035, Reed at (307) 259-8001 or visit www.thecorridorgallery.com

Wilson's Suzanne Morlock featured in March issue of Sculpture Magazine

The March 2012 issue of Sculpture Magazine includes a multi-page feature of Suzanne Morlock of Jackson. It's entitled "The Green Magic of Recycling: Suzanne Morlock," written by Katarzyna Zimna. To view the e-version, go to http://online.qmags.com/SM0312/default.aspx?pg=54&mode=2

Call for entries: Habitat for Humanity's "Salvage Art Show & Auction"

Habitat for Humanity of Laramie County will be hosting a Salvage Art Show & Auction in conjunction with Habitat’s ReStore Annex grand opening in late spring and you are invited to participate! The Salvage Art Show & Sale will focus on pieces made primarily of recycled, salvaged and found objects. If chosen to participate, artists will receive a $15 voucher to use to buy items from the ReStore. If you would like to be a part of the show or have any questions, contact Elizabeth Williams at elizabeth@cheyennehfh.org or 307.637.8067 by Wednesday, February 29.

"Creatures" exhibit at Wyoming State Library Sept. 26-30

Artwork by Paul Clymer, a Wyoming artist from Park County, will be displayed at the State Library Sept. 26 -30.

According to Paul, “My ‘creatures’ are built of tree trimmings, pine burls, scrap wood, dumpster-sourced clothing, antlers, skulls, plaster of Paris, epoxy and paint. I like to think of it as  art with a sense of humor and a nod to Native American Kachinas and other indigenous pre-Christian idols and sentinel figures. They take four to six months to complete after the skulls are modified and painted (three-six weeks) but often more than one are going at once.”

There will be an opening reception for this exhibit on Tuesday, Sept. 27, from 4 to 6 p.m. at the Wyoming State Library, 2800 Central Avenue, Cheyenne, WY. For more information, call Tina Lyles at 307.777.6338. 

Warning to ruminants: Do not eat this silage!

"Silage" by Suzanne Morlock is made from 13 rolls of water barrier fabric used in construction that the artist got at the local Habitat for Humanity ReStore. The artist warns that "you may see this material pop up in other work!" This public artwork is located very publicly at the old Puzzleface Ranch field on the road from Jackson to Wilson. Look for Suzanne's work in the 2010-2011 Wyoming Arts Council fellowship biennial show which opens Nov. 4 at the Arts Association Gallery at the Center for the Arts in Jackson.

Gillette clebrates its "End of Summer Bash" tonight with Jalan Crossland

The AVA Community Arts Center in Gillette invites you to the "End of Summer Bash" with Jalan Crossland and his band.

Here’s the invitation:

Every now and then the workers at the Energy Capitol of the Nation shuts-r-down for a night to kick up their heels and get sloppy with BBQ & Brew!

Since this only happens once a year, you better shut down those drill rigs & park your haul truck on the readyline cause August 19 is the night that we celebrate the hard working people that keep the rest this country going!

Gates open at 6 p.m. at AVA, 509 W. Second St.

$15 tickets available at Coffee Friends and AVA Community Art Center.

FMI: 307-682-9133

While at AVA, take a look at the toilet seat art fund-raiser in the gallery. Bid on a shark or a bucking bronco or a chicken or the pyraminds. Over 40 designs to choose from! Then ejoy the music.

Cheyenne Heritage Quilters annual show, "Recycle Tradition," Aug. 25-27

"This year's Opportunity Quilt is called "Belize." It is approximately 86"x107". The top is bright fabrics with black background. The blocks were sewn by guild members and the top was then pieced by CHQ member Carole Gardner. It was machine quilted by Carole Gardner in a tight stippling in the black area and has an 80/20 blend batting. Tickets for an opportunity to take this beautiful quilt home may be purchased for $1.00 from any member of Cheyenne Heritage Quilters or at the 2011 Quilt Show."

Cheyenne Heritage Quilters' 27th Annual Quilt Show: "Recycle Tradition"

When: August 25-27, 2011
Thursday, August 25, 4-8 p.m., free admission
Friday and Saturday, August 26 & 27, 10 a.m. – 4 p.m., $2 admission
Location: First United Methodist Church, 108 E 18th St, Cheyenne

Featuring:
Quilt exhibits
Opportunity quilt
Silent Auction
Quilt Sale
Free Parking
Handicapped Accessible
Demonstrations
Vendors
Quilt appraisals and critiques
Patchwork Prance

FMI: www.chquilters.org

Call for artists: Renewal Altered Book Exhibit

From the Teton County Public Library:

As the library prepares for an addition and renovation, we invite you take apart and rebuild an old book. Repurposed book art projects will become part of a traveling exhibition opening this fall. Each participant will be given the same set of "starter supplies," including one book and a library-related word. Final projects due September 19. Free. To participate and get instructions contact: Adult Humanities Coordinator, Oona Doherty, 733-2164 ext. 135, odoherty@tclib.org.

Call for entries: Aspen ECO Fest exhibition

The Red Brick Council for the Arts in Aspen, Colo., seeks entries for Aspen ECO FEST Juried Art Exhibition which will take place June 2-23, 2011.

Entries are open to all artists. Art must be made from recycled and/or reclaimed objects.

Entry forms are due on Friday, April 15, 2011. Images will be accepted on CD only. Images must be at least 300 dpi and 1 mg in jpg format. Artists will be notified by email of jury’s results on May 2, 2011. $25 per artist for up to two entries.

FMI: www.aspenecofest.com; info@aspenart.org; 970.429.2777

Wilson artist Suzanne Morlock creates a "Magic Carpet Ride" in Poland

Wilson artist Suzanne Morlock has just completed her latest site specific installation at the Central Museum of Textiles in Lodz, Poland.

The Central Museum of Textiles is a former textile factory and was established to commemorate the long history Lodz has with the manufacture of cotton fabrics. In the 19th century it was decided Lodz would be a textile center for the region with hundreds of factories starting throughout the city. This existed until other markets such as China and India proved to be cheaper sources of material during the next century.

Long since abandoned, numerous factory sites still exist in Lodz. The first factory, the White Factory began in 1835 and was owned by Ludwig Geyer. In 1952 this first textile factory was converted into the Central Museum of Textiles.

With Suzanne's solo exhibition at this venue, she chose to create a temporary "new textile factory". With the assistance of 12 art students from the Academy of Fine Arts in Lodz, they worked a total of 250 hours over a week to create a new kind of textile for a new Lodz.

Using local newspaper, Suzanne used her signature technique of changing the cast off into something new. Via a process of "spinning and knitting" the cast off newspapers became what the artist referred to as a magic carpet.

This site specific installation utilizes the architecture of the space and the social context of the place to help formulate her idea for this site specific installation which she entitled "Magic Carpet Ride".

The piece was approximately 80 feet long and 8 feet wide and while it harkens back to the textile tradition with the creation of a carpet, this carpet does not resemble it's historic predecessors in any other way. The exhibit will be up through March 27.

View photos and read about the installation in Polish (or you can use the handy translation tool):  http://www.muzeumwlokiennictwa.pl/czasowe/1/413,suzanne-morlock-magic-carpet-ride.html