Call for Art

THE BRIDGE SHOW - 07/02/17 DEADLINE

Otto’s Abode invites the submission of artwork depicting and/or inspired by the Wanakena Footbridge for a month-long exhibition to be held in conjunction with the July 4^th dedication and celebration of the newly rebuilt Wanakena Footbridge.

Artists working in the following mediums are encouraged to submit: drawing, painting, sound, photography, sculpture, printmaking, video, and performance.  Otto’s Abode welcomes the submission of artwork from your personal collection made by someone other than yourself.

Work considered for exhibition must be received by Otto’s Abode no later than July 2^nd at 4pm. All work needs to be “ready to hang”. The exhibition will be on view at Otto’s Abode July 4^th – 30^th and will be called THE BRIDGE SHOW.

For more information call 3158483008 email otto@ottosabode.org or visit ottosabode.org

Exhibition Opening

KATIE M. WESTMORELAND - 06/04-19-17

Otto's Abode is pleased to present a exhibition of colorful and ephemeral works by Artist in Residence Katie M. Westmoreland. The exhibition features work previously made by Katie in Cold Spring, NY as well as work made in Wanakena, NY during her residency at Otto's Abode. The work can been seen within the gallery during regular hours as well as outside the gallery anytime on the corner of Hamele and 4th Streets in the village of Wanakena.

To see more of Katie's work visit www.katiemwestmoreland.com.

I paint the light and shadow moving through a place as I exist within it. My work inhabits the overlapping space between nature and the world of consciousness. I intertwine multiple creative languages to commune with and document the natural world. The light and shadow paintings are a reflection of my dreams, my environment, along with the feelings and shifting states of mind that occupy my personal landscape.

My understandings are sifted through synesthesia and ideasthesia. I paint on semi-translucent, tinted fabric in colors chosen to match the atmospheric light of the place. The fabric is treated like a curtain - as both a veil and a surface. Both sides are painted. I utilize photographic materials and processes, often in a raw state, so the paintings can subtly and indefinitely shift in response to the surrounding light. The process of transcribing flickering light and shadow patterns is a manual form of photography. The resulting painted image is influenced by the clouds in the sky that may momentarily obscure the sun, the rotating of the Earth that causes the shadows to shift and stretch, the breeze moving the leaves and the fabric, and the pace at which I see and trace each light or shadow shape.
 
The paintings are made as photographs and function as textiles. I belong to a family of quilters. At a very young age, my mom let me paint on fabric and taught me to sew the paintings into a quilt. This legacy has evolved and intertwined with my fascination with Oulipo literature and my immersion within an active dream life. During waking hours, I engage with light and shadow patterns that mirror the flickering, ungraspable imagery of my layered dreams. My light collection paintings form a prescient response as I negotiate the material and immaterial.

 Katie M. Westmoreland

Artist In Residence

KATIE M. WESTMORELAND - 06/03/-07/17

Upon arrival for her second 5-day visit and continuing her residency, artist Katie M. Westmoreland unrolled and strung up a 12' x 7' sheet of muslin which she had coated with bees wax. Through her direction participants taped glob-shaped paper-forms to the sheet. The paper forms were saved-from-discardation stencil cut-outs from a previous project. Tracing the edge of the paper-forms with an x-acto knife the forms were cut out of the wax-coated panel. This continued into the night by campfire light with intentions of completion before the next day when the panel was to be temporarily installed off-trail in the nearby public wilderness. The panel was installed and remained in a location along the Moore Trail leading out of Wanakena for three days and three nights and removed on the fourth day where it was immediately re-hung in public-view on the Otto's Abode compound. The panel will remain in display and move once more in conjunction with an exhibition of Katie's work on display at Otto's Abode June 4th - 19th.

Katie plans to return to Wanakena for another 5-day visit in conjuntion with the Gateway to Wilderness Residency Program. To see more of Katie's work visit www.katiemwestmoreland.com 

Documentary Film Screening

AWAKE, A DREAM FROM STANDING ROCK - 06/02/17

 Standing Rock North Dakota became one of the most watched places on earth. The Standing Rock Sioux Tribe captured world attention through their peaceful resistance. While many may know the details, Awake, A Dream from Standing Rock, captures the story of Native-led defiance that forever changed how we fight for clean water, our environment and the future of our planet.

Musician in Residence

Mike Hudson - May 2017

In his Gateway to Wilderness residency proposal, multi instrumentalist Mike Hudson of Harrisonburg, VA wrote that he desired a month-long residency experience at Otto's Abode that would allow him to explore the limitations of solely and acoustic guitar, lyric writing and a 4-track tape recorder. His goal was to create and record a body of work based around local inspiration. We are happy to announce his goal was achieved and the project is currently in the post-production phase.

When not writing, performing, recording, or listing to music, Mike found himself climbing low and high peaks, reading up on local history, short-cut driving weary Cranberry Lake 50 hikers, checking out Montreal (for the first time!), whackin' croquet skills with the best of 'em and soaking up the magic of Wanakena.

Be sure to check out recordings of Mike's current band Z-Plan and stay tuned for the finished product of his residency at Otto's Abode. Cheers to new friends!