I was visiting with Edith at work today, and I got a peek at one of her “handkerchief delivery systems” for her installation Cry Me a River, from her upcoming show, Salty: Three Tales of Sorrow at El Camino College. I get to install the piece, since it’s based on the the Lim(b)it installation that she did at my gallery in 2003, and we’re going to replicate the overhead hanging system that made that piece possible – probably the most challenging and delicately installed piece I’ve ever hung.
The box above, being held by Betsy Lohrer-Hall contains one handkerchief, a pen and instructions for participating in the piece. Edith has contacted a ton of people, some almost blindly, asking them to participate by using the enclosed ball point pen (she had special pens ordered up from one of those companies that writes stuff on pens, these have the installation and exhibition title on them) to draw on the handkerchief. I thought that the little boxes were such a good idea, and a reminder as to why I work with Edith every chance I get. Hell, these boxes are beautiful multiples in and of themselves.
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I would love to be involved in this installation. Please add me to your contact list!
Peregrine Honig
2139 Summit
Kansas City MO
I’ve passed your info on to Edith.
Naoko Okabe–Yes, I’d like to participate in your project.
Artist
Education:
2008 MFA candidate, California College of the Arts, San Francisco, CA
2005 MA, Art Studio, State UnIversity of New York, New Paltz, NY
1990 BA, American Studies, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA
1986 BS, Science Education, Tokyo Liberal Arts College, Tokyo, Japan
Also studied at the Art Students League of New York, Fashion Institute Technology, the New School, and School of Visual Arts
Exhibitions and Award:
2007 Charles Fiske Memorial Scholarship, California College of the Arts, San Francisco, CA
2007 Future Tense, the Gensler, San Francisco, CA
2006 16th National Ceramic Competition, San Angelo Museum of Fine Arts, San Angelo, Texas
2005 Everything was Perfect, solo exhibition, SUNY New Paltz, New Paltz, NY
2003 Made in Clay, Greenwich House Pottery, New York City, NY
Naoko Okabe was born in Tokyo and had a very happy childhood protected by her angelic mother. Naoko’s challenging spirit was formed through the fights against her 4 year older brother. She met a handful of excellent friends when she joined the Book Club in the fourth grade. Some of them still remain as her closest friends.
She went to Tokyo Liberal Arts College to study Science Education. Her curiosity and ambition soon took her to the U.S., where she received a B.A. in American Studies from Temple University, Philadelphia. She left for New York City to work, where she felt at home.
She kept changing her jobs almost every year until she landed a position as a graphic designer in advertising. She enjoyed the hip creative atmosphere of advertising until she started getting laid off too often from a few different advertising agencies. She freelanced as an art director while she worked with clay intensively in her spare time. She saw the limitation of creativity in advertising and began to spend more time and energy in creating art.
When Naoko received an M.A. in Art Studio from SUNY New Paltz in 2005, she felt she needed more training in order to pursue her career as an artist. She and her husband, Michael, moved from long lived New York City to San Francisco in 2006. Naoko is currently working on her MFA at the California College of the Arts.
I recieved your invitation via CCA. I’m a recent MFA grad and would love to participate. Please feel free to visit http://sites.cca.edu/gradthesisevents/finearts/johnston_marnia_m/1.html for images of my work and artist statements.
Sincerely,
Marnia
I’ll forward these on to Edith!
I also received your invitation via CCA. I’m a second year MFA grad in sculpture, and would love to participate. It sounds like a great project! My website has my artist statement, images, and cv.
I’m a 2003 alumni. I’m interested in drawing on you napkin.
I too, am from CCA, and am a 2nd year MFA grad in painting/drawing. Your project sounds exciting . . . my images/bio/etc. are all on my website.