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Artist Talk: CraftNOW Exhibitions at Paradigm
November 5, 2023 @ 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm
Artists: Alexis Nutini, Lucha Rodríguez, Kate VanVliet
Moderator: Amze Emmons
Curator: Sara McCorriston
Paradigm Gallery presents a closer look at three exhibitions opening during CraftNOW, featuring collections by Alexis Nutini, Kate VanVliet, and Lucha Rodríguez. All three artists will dive deeper into their collections and discuss how their unique processes tie together fine art and craft techniques, moderated by Amze Emmons, and joined by curator Sara McCorriston.
Sunday, November 5th, 2023 • 1:00 PM
RSVPs are required to guarantee seating.
Location: 12 N. 3rd St, Philadelphia, PA 19106, 2nd-floor gallery
Learn about Kate VanVliet’s “Heirloom Machine”: https://www.paradigmarts.org/blogs/news/kate-vanvliet-heirloom-machine
Learn about Lucha Rodríguez’s Proximity Spectacle: https://www.paradigmarts.org/blogs/news/lucha-rodriguez-proximity-spectacle
Learn about Alexis Nutini’s “Close Reading” here: https://www.paradigmarts.org/blogs/news/alexis-nutini-close-reading
ABOUT THE MODERATOR | Amze Emmons is a Philadelphia-based, multi-disciplinary artist with a background in drawing and printmaking. His research interests include walking and noticing; the politics of architecture; vernacular design; everyday evidence of community; games, play, and generative systems; and tracking the ways Print and Material Cultural history inform our current digital age.
Emmons received a BFA from Ohio Wesleyan University and an MFA from the University of Iowa. He has held solo exhibitions in, Austin, Berlin, Boston, Madrid, Philadelphia, and San Francisco, among other locations. His work has been in group exhibitions in innovative commercial galleries, artist-run spaces, and museums. He has received numerous awards including a Fellowship in the Arts from the Independence Foundation; an Individual Creative Artist Fellowship from the Pennsylvania Arts Council; and Fellowships at MacDowell. His work has received critical attention in Art in Print magazine, The Philadelphia Inquirer, New American Paintings, as well as many other publications. He is currently an Associate Professor and Printmaking Program Head at Tyler School of Art and Architecture at Temple University in Philadelphia.
