Patterns of Resistance

In the early 1970s, the Pattern & Decoration Movement emerged as an antidote to the vice grip in which abstraction had held American art since the 1950s. Artists like Valerie Jaudon, Joyce Kozloff, and Miriam Shapiro began juxtaposing colors and patterns that critics and artists alike had previously dismissed as feminine to powerful effect. Simultaneously, other feminist artists like Lynda Benglis were consciously subverting clay’s associations as a masculine and/or craft medium.

As the seventies played out, a generation of artists like Andrea Gill, Nancy Selvin, and Betty Woodman did not just embrace the decorative strategies of the Pattern & Decoration Movement, they also sought to place a feminist spin on their work. As ceramics become more common in a fine art context, hierarchies surrounding different materials faded, giving artists the ability to experiment and construct narrative and meaning through pattern. Long denigrated as “decorative” and closely associated with domesticity, patterns are now an integral part of the language of contemporary art.

Nancy Friedeman-Sánchez: Dream Map and Cornucopia

Nancy Friedemann-Sánchez is a Colombian American artist who explores her heritage through works that combine Colombia’s material culture, history, and natural world. For the works featured in Dream Map and Cornucopia, Friedemann-Sánchez begins with an image of a ceramic vessel that speaks to the complex history of Latin America and its diaspora. she then transforms these vessels into bountiful cornucopia, bursting with flora and fauna that evoke Colombia’s rich ecosystems. Together with the Everson’s Paul Phillips and Sharon Sullivan Curator of Ceramics, Garth Johnson, Friedemann-Sánchez has also selected an array of ceramic works from the Museum’s permanent collection that reflect her interest in Latin America’s tapestry of Indigenous and colonial cultures.

City Market - 2ND Sundays at the Everson Plaza

City Market reflects the lifestyle of the curious urban dweller, collector, and bargain hunter. Recognizing the return of the desire to live in a city, City Market engages the spirit of urban creativity and repurposing through its activation of the Community Plaza adjacent to the Everson Museum of Art.

On the 2nd Sunday of the month, 11AM - 4PM June through September, the plaza transforms into an open-air flea market featuring vintage and antique vendors alongside local artisans, live musicians, food trucks, and access to free docent tours and art activities inside the Everson Museum of Art.

A community driven event - City Market allows for a Sunday stroll to include art, music and a bazaar-like atmosphere where visitors can enjoy the plaza at the Everson as it’s transformed into a vibrant opportunity to have direct interactions with interesting sellers of wares. Attendees can find something truly one-of-a-kind and enjoy the experience of browsing this family-friendly festival full of regional Art and Artifacts.

JOIN US on 2ND SUNDAYS: June 8th, July 13th, August 10th & September 14th 11am - 4pm

VENDOR APP LINK: https://forms.gle/ov7Fvg6MvFGwtAqf9

Looking for:
Antique Dealers, Thrifters, Artisan and Craft Vendors, Food Trucks, Live Music, Foodie Vendors
Art orgs/Cultural orgs limited to 5 spaces*