In the Presence of Trees: Curatorial Talk & Performance
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In the Presence of Trees: Performance & Curatorial Talk
Thursday, May 5, 6:30-8:00pm at the Kathryn Schultz Gallery
Curatorial Talk by Robin MacDonald-Foley
Join us for a curatorial talk and live performance in conjunction with CAA's current member's curatorial exhibition, In the Presence of Trees, on view at the Kathryn Schultz Gallery. The live performance will feature two dance artists, Jessi Stegall and Ilya Vidrin, and is choreographed by Jessi Stegall. Bridging together these art forms through modern sculptural-like movements, Stegall and Vidrin personify the life of trees, opening our senses to new ways of seeing and feeling art, as it unfolds in present time.
Pre-registration required.
About Jessi Stegall
Jessi Stegall (she/her) is a dance artist and applied ethicist working at the intersection of art, health, and pedagogy. She trained as an actor at Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing and Visual Arts, Repertory Company Theatre, and Emerson College. She began her dance career in 2019 when she met Ilya Vidrin, whose work in partnering sparked her passion for choreographic research. Jessi has been featured as one of Dance Magazine's "25 to Watch" (2022), and has been an artist in residence at the Harvard ArtLab, National Parks Service, and Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival. Her first choreographic work, Salty Dog, premiered at Motion State Dance Film Festival in 2020. In 2022, she will perform work by Ali Kenner Brodsky and join Ilya Vidrin at his New Museum residency. Jessi holds an M.S. in Bioethics from Harvard University and a B.S. in Expressive Art Therapy from Lesley University.
@fraulein_stegall
About Ilya Vidrin, Phd
Dr. Ilya Vidrin (he/they) is a performer, educator, and researcher at the intersection of performing arts, philosophy, and interactive media. Born into a refugee family, Dr. Vidrin’s research and artistic practice engages with the complex ethics of human interaction, including the embodiment of care, cultural competence, and social responsibility. Ilya has been featured as one of Dance Magazine’s “25 to Watch'' (2022) , and has been an artist-in-residence at L.A. Contemporary Dance Company, North Atlantic Ballet, Ballet Des Moines, Jacob’s Pillow, AREA Gallery, National Parks Service, Harvard ArtLab, The Walnut Hill School, Interlochen Arts Academy, MIT Media Lab, Boston Center for the Arts, Le Laboratoire, Museum of Fine Arts (Boston), and New Museum (NYC).
@ilya.vidrin
About Robin MacDonald-Foley
Robin MacDonald-Foley is a multifaceted artist who prefers working outdoors and considers the natural environment her studio. She is inspired by landscape and the rhythms of nature, from close and distal views, and the endless shapes, textures, and colors along her path. The subtleties and extremes she witnesses have all been part of her reworking of visual imagery in various art forms, including stone and photography.
Climate change has had an impact on Robin’s subject matter. The Boston harbor islands, central to her life, are where she spends many hours over summers documenting the coastal trees and interior islands. In her photographic series, When Trees Cry, she depicts the tide’s encroachment of the bluffs, the shore giving way to the rising sea. Although disheartened as coastal storms add to the severity of erosion at a rapid rate, Robin conveys a sense of beauty in her arrangements of weathered stone, and images of tree decay where “bones” are what remains. Robin’s visual stories seek to reveal the past, present, and the unknown.
Robin received her BFA from The Art Institute of Boston at Lesley University. She is the recipient of a 2019 Boston Harbor Islands Artist in Residence, as well as Mission Hill Fenway Trust Grants for art workshops. Robin is represented by Galatea Fine Art, in Boston’s Art & Design District
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