Kit Parks

Sep
9
to Sep 28

Mending the Net

Opening reception: Saturday, September 9, 2023 from 4- 7PM,

The Convent Detroit
13301 Mound Road, Detroit, MI 48212

Mending the Net follows the ethos of inclusion, with the work of 50+ Fiber Club* members, a diverse cross-section of fiber artists in the Detroit metro area, offering the community an opportunity to experience a varied range of textile-based art in one thematically-linked show. In addition to open visiting hours, several workshops and events are scheduled during the show’s run, supporting the goal of developing a new access point for the wider community to engage with a wide array of creative practices and to learn more about art and design that is grounded in fiber and textile-based art forms both traditional and contemporary.

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Apr
21
4:30 PM16:30

Stamps @ Home: Sustainability from Farm to Studio

WHEN
Thursday, April 21, 2022
4:30 – 5:45 pm

WHERE
Virtual Event

DETAILS
Lecture / Discussion
Open to the public
Free of charge

RSVP REQUIRED

Join us for our second annual virtual celebration of Earth Day, as we host our next installment of Stamps @ Home: Sustainability from Farm to Studio.

At Stamps, we believe in the value of creative practice as an engine for cultural and social change. This virtual event provides an exciting opportunity to hear from members of the community who are exploring new technologies and sustainable dyeing practices, and using them to change the way we work in studios and celebrate our graduates. From facilitating a dye garden at U‑M’s campus farm, to creating graduation cords with homegrown materials for students working in sustainability, collaborations across campus are empowering us to engage in this innovative work.

Moderated by Professor Joseph E. Trumpey, Associate Professor of Art, Environment, and Natural Resources and Director, Sustainable Living Experience. 

Speakers include:

  • Alex Bryan (BA LSA ​‘07), Manager, U‑M Sustainable Food Program

  • Ellie Keessen (BFA Stamps ​‘25), Current Student and Sustainable Living Experience (SLE) Participant

  • Kit Parks (BFA Stamps ​’15), 2D/​Fibers Studio Coordinator, Penny W. Stamps School of Art & Design

  • Sherri Smith, Catherine B. Heller Collegiate Professor Emerita of Art, School of Art & Design

  • Jon Zeilinger, Owner & Operator, Zeilinger Woolen Mill in Frankenmuth, MI

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Auto-generated Live Transcript will be available for this Zoom event. If you anticipate needing any additional accommodations to participate, please contact Melissa Herter at arnettm@​umich.​edu. Please note that this event will be recorded.

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May
21
to May 22

What Feels Real: Art in the Time of Impossible Disconnect

WHAT FEELS REAL: ART IN THE TIME OF IMPOSSIBLE DISCONNECT
Presented by The Hosting
Curated by Anya Klapischak

Opening May 21 2021- May 22 2021
Tickets will become available 4.20.21 via ticketleap.com

What Feels Real: Art in the Time of Impossible Disconnect is a collection of singular spirited attempts to address a giant universal discomfort. Confronting the new normal of false realities, virtual commitments, and dumbfounding incongruities, the artists included in this group exhibition take a look at what’s left standing amongst the rubble. We are members of a conversation that aims to question, are we past the point of ever feeling human again? And more importantly- what needs to be addressed before we climb the myriad mountains of healing? 

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Mar
14
5:00 PM17:00

Object-Oriented Feminism Panel

The Stamps School of Art and Design will host a panel on Object-Oriented Feminism and the question of "a feminist object" posed by OOF author Irina Aristarkhova. I will be in discussion with Irina Aristarkhova and two Stamps alumnae, Emily Dibble (BFA 2016) and Kit Parks (BFA 2015), and student Riley Hanson (BFA 2017).

Is painting an object that can be objectified? Should objects give "consent"? This panel discusses these questions within the context of Object-Oriented Feminism (Minnesota University Press, 2016), a new book edited by guest speaker Katherine Behar and including a chapter by Stamps Professor Irina Aristarkhova, and artwork made by Stamps students (Hanson, Parks, Williams, Dibble).

Copies of the book will be available for purchase, signed by the authors, following the event.

Book Panel: Feminist Object / Object-Oriented Feminism
March 14, 2017
5:00-8:00pm

Room 2417, Art & Architecture Building
2000 Bonisteel Blvd
Ann Arbor, MI

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