PAST PROJECTS
View past projects and collaborations organized by Skowhegan Alumni and Faculty.
2022
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May 18–June 9, 2022
The first exhibition of the five two-person series, CONFERENCE CALL, features the works of Pío Galbis (A '82, '21) and Buster Graybill (A '07) organized by Alliance member and alum, Jesus Benavente (A '12).
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June 23–July 22, 2022
The second exhibition of the five two-person series, CONFERENCE CALL | Waterways, features the work of Gwendolyn Kerber (A '79) and Rocío Olivares (A '18), and is curated by Alliance members Annette Cyr (A '76, '21) and Rebecca Shippee (A '18).
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August 4–August 25, 2022
The third exhibition of the five two-person series, CONFERENCE CALL | Worldbuilding, features the work of Baxter Koziol (A '17) and Molly Springfield (A '06), and is curated by Alliance member Michael Scoggins (A '03).
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September 8—September 30, 2022
The fourth exhibition of the five two-person series, CONFERENCE CALL , features the work of Pallavi Singh (she/her) (A '15) and Jing (Ellen) Xu (she/her) (A '16), and is curated by Alliance members Danny Greenberg (they/them) (A '18) and Eleanor Kipping (she/they) (A '18).
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October 12 –November 19
The fifth and final exhibition will feature the work of Hetty Baiz (she/her) (A '69) and Jordan Seaberry (he/his) (A '15), and is curated by Alliance member and Skowhegan Alumni & Archives Manager, Paige Laino (she/they). The show will have an opening reception on October 13 from 6:00–8:00PM and will take place at the Skowhegan Office in Chelsea, New York.
2021
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October 9, 2021
Organized by the Alumni Alliance and the Skowhegan Council, the Block Party, performances, and activations will be free of charge, and food and drinks will be available on a donation basis. The outdoor festival will celebrate Skowhegan’s expansive artistic community and will feature work from over 40 participating alumni artists.
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January 7, 2021
The Skowhegan Alliance presents an exhibition of recent works Skowhegan Alumni made during the 2020 COVID-19 Pandemic. Juried by Xinyi Cheng (A '14), Yui Kugimiya (A '10), and Jagdeep Raina (A '17), this is the first exhibition of its kind to be organized by Skowhegan.
2020
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April 2020–May 2021
The Alumni Alliance is establishing online programming to connect alumni across years and geographic locations during this time of social distancing due to the Coronavirus.
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February 28, 2020
An interview with Skowhegan Fresco Instructor Sean Glover (A ‘03).
2019
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February 17–April 07, 2019
Curated by Betsy Alwin (A ‘01, Dean ‘05-06) and Steve Locke (A ‘02, Dean ‘04-’09), Distance features works on paper by Skowhegan Alumni.
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January 6–February 1, 2019
After an immeasurable amount of dedication, labor, and optimism from the project’s organizer Gregory Kalliche (A ’15), advising from other Alliance members, critical support from staff Chris Carroll (A ’08), and patience from the participating artists, we have something to show you: four weeks of two-channel video art, in three different configurations, from 23 artists.
2018
2017
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May 4, 2017 – Jun 15, 2017
A show of small objects on a large table curated by the Skowhegan Alliance Small Objects Committee: Barb Smith (A '12), Gabriela Salazar (A '11), and Sarah Mattes (A '15).
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Tarot is a game of pictures: a mysterious template that seeks to offer guidance through the murky, devastating ecstasy that is human existence. Start at zero, gather all of your tools and begin stumbling, unraveling and ascending your way through it. Who needs a map?
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.WATCH is a website launched by the Skowhegan Alliance in Spring of 2016. The site functions as an online archive of videos by Skowhegan alumni. New works are accumulated through trimonthly solicitations which remove a large portion of the curatorial hand. For the first five solicitations, artists are invited based on the last number of their Skowhegan summer year.
2016
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November 28, 2016 - February 4, 2017
The School of Visual Arts presents SVA x Skowhegan, an interdisciplinary exhibition that explores the effects an increasingly global society has on contemporary artistic practice.
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November 21, 2016
For the fifth edition of the Skowhegan Interview Project, Becky Sellinger (A '12) spoke with 2010 resident faculty member Martin Kersels outside a bowling alley in Yonkers, NY. This interview was coordinated and edited by Don Edler ('12).
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March 15, 2016
For the fourth edition of the Skowhegan Interview Project, Jamie Felton (A '14) spoke with 2006 participant Sarah Cain at her studio in Los Angeles. This interview was coordinated and edited by Don Edler ('12).
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February, 2016 - April, 2017
In(Queer)y is a collectively led, intersectional discussion project that took place between 2016–2017 at the New York Skowhegan office.
2015
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November 21, 2016
For the second edition of the Skowhegan Interview Project, Don Edler (‘12) spoke with Alumnus (‘96) and Resident Faculty (‘14) Jennie C. Jones just before she left for Maine in early June.
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November 21, 2016
For the first edition of the Skowhegan Interview Project, Don Edler (A '12) spoke with 1994 alumni Rebecca Morris.
