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This is an educational and interactive
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Paul Hillman
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"Community Arts in Dialog and Action" Artists
- Tom Stephenson :
- 1999 Hearts. Sky Harbor Airport, Phoenix, Az,
- 1998 Myths, Metaphors & Icons. Galeria Mesa, Mesa, Az
- 1997 Arizona Biennial. Tucson Museum of Art, Tucson, Az
- 1996 Losses. Chandler Center for the Arts, Chandler, Az and Tulsa College, Tulsa, Ok
- 1994 Portraits. Grady Gammage Auditorium, ASU, Tempe, Az
- 1993 Tripartite. Alwun House, Phoenix, Az
- 1992 Fouled and Souled Revelations. Alwun House, Phoenix, Az
- 1984 Arizona Biennial. Tucson Museum of Art, Tucson, Az
- 1998 Traveling Exhibition Program. Arizona Commission on the Arts (Hearts series, collaboration with children from the Boys & Girls Club of Phx)
- 1997 Jurors' Recognition Award. Arizona Biennial, Tucson Museum of Art
- 1996 Regional Fellowship for Visual Artists in Painting. WESTAF/NEA
- 1995 Traveling Exhibition Program. Arizona Commission on the Arts (Losses series, solo artist)
- 1994 Project Grant. Arizona Commission on the Arts (for Losses series)
- 1984 Award of Distinction. Arizona Biennial
- Lawrence M. Yáñez , Mesa, Arizona 85202, (480) 966 8878
- Marco A. Albarran
- Gary Avey
- Matt Krise and Chuck Banaszweski
- Anne Coe
- Susan Copeland
- Ralph Cordova
- Kristin Elise Fukuchi
- Zarco Guerrero
- Eugene Grigsby, Jr.
- Tlisza Jaurique
- Barbara Kennedy
- Patsy Skyline Lowry
- Robert Miley
- Martin Moreno
- Gabriella Munoz
- Dennis Numkena
- Tom Stephenson
- Lawrence M. Yáñez
- CAC Exhibition Dress
"I define community art as a piece of work made by someone that creates an emotion in the viewer that
might steer them down a path of positive behavior that will benefit the surrounding community."
Currently represented by Art One Gallery, Scottsdale, Arizona, Kraig Foote, Director
Tom Stephenson was born in 1964 in Phoenix and graduated from Trevor Browne High School in 1982.
- Selected Exhibitions include:
Selected Acknowledgements
Stephenson's artistic expression of photorealism awes anyone who views these paintings. Its subject matter is profound, as in the painting that hangs in the CAC exhibition. It is only one of a series of 12 paintings that focuses on a photograph of a youth killed violently and those persons surrounding the image of the dead loved one who have been significantly affected by this loss. His second series of paintings toured the country as well. It focused on youth in various Boys & Girls Clubs of Metropolitan Phoenix, who found safe havens to live lives guided by loving adults. These adults provide them refuge to mature to young adulthood.
"Cousins Lost Jesse" acrylic and canvas, 72"H X 48"W
Education: Arizona Western College, 1966-1968 music, 1972-1975 art Arizona State University, 1975-1977 BFA sculpture
Occupation: Currently contracted exhibition installer and artist/musician Arizona Commission on the Arts, Arts Coordinator, Traveling Exhibitions Program, 1979-2002
Statement: My artwork is a reflection of growing up Mexican- American. It interprets the everyday activities of a person of mixed culture, living in a society that is culturally mixed. I use different mediums, whether it is poetry, music, or visual arts to convey various aspects of American cultures.
Exhibitions: The Millennium Sideshow, Artlab 16 Phoenix February 1999 ; El Dia de los Muertos, Tohono Chul Park Tucson September 1999; Woodlands: Flora, Fauna & Folk of the Forest, Arizona Museum for Youth Mesa September 1999; Oil and Water, Arizona Museum for Youth,Mesa September1999; Day of the Dead, Artlab 16, Phoenix November 1999: Day of the Dead, Obsidian Gallery, Tucson November 1999; Millennium Reflections, Phoenix Skyharbor International Airport November 1999; Temporary Artworks, East Side Art, East Mesa April 2000; La Phoeniquera XX, Mars Artspace, Phoenix July 2000
Collections: Wight Art Gallery, Los Angeles CA; Denver Art Museum, Denver Co; Albuquerque Museum, Albuquerque NM; San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco CA; Fresno Art Museum, Fresno CA; Tucson Museum of Art, Tucson AZ; National Museum of Art, Washington DC; El Paso Art Museum, El Paso TX; The Bronx Museum of Art, New York City NY; San Antonio Museum of Art, San Antonio TX; The Mexican Museum, San Francisco CA; Galeria Sin Fronteras, Austin TX; Self Help Graphics, Los Angeles CA; Hispanic Research Center, Arizona State University, Tempe AZ; Scottsdale Center for the Arts, Scottsdale.
"Cocina Jaiteca". Serigraph on paper 46 1/2"H 34 1/2"W
Professor Irene Simmons, faculty associate of the Interdisciplinary Arts and Performance Department of ASU West in 2003, took on an encumbering task.
The Gender, Justice and the Border event at ASU West sought to draw attention to various U.S.-Mexican border issues, in particular, the tragic murders of over 300 women in a 10 year period of time. Scholars, community activists, civic leaders and artists participated in public art events, film-showings and panel discussions.
Dr. Bill Simmons, assistant professor of the Social and Behavioral Sciences, and Dr. Carol Mueller, professor of the Social and Behavioral Sciences, both of ASU West, helped students and community members walk away with an increased awareness of what is happening in Ciudad, Juarez Mexico.
Irene Simmons facilitated arts workshops that had community members, with and without art making expertise, create over 200 dresses giving honor to each of the women who died violently in this Mexican community. Members of the Cultural Arts Coalition not only designed and created dresses together, but individually. "Some of the dresses are very graphic. One of them has been burnt to represent the charred innocent bodies discovered. I hope this visual representation will reach others on an emotional level." Irene Simmons
Clay pins and note cards on this subject were created by Irene and sold to make money to sponsor the program. At its conclusion over 200 dresses hung around the school and in the library on pink crosses, a testimony to the community engagement this project generated.
The dresses continue to be exhibited across the country stimulating thoughtful dialog about an issue that is still without resolution. This particular artwork was created by one of Irene's students, Terry Meider, and was purchased at auction by Judy Butzine, co-founder of the Cultural Arts Coalition.
For the latest information on this subject please Google, Border Justice-ASU West Campus.
Dress created by Terry Meider, recycled denim dress, paint and beads
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