LASER Talks: Mystery and Intuition with Artists Joan Stango, Marianne Hornbuckle and Shirley Crow
Three artists from the Woven Skies exhibition will discuss process and inspirations within a frame of mystery and intuition. Art practice can be prompted by an artist’s curiosity and drive to create something that did not exist before. In the cross-pollination of art and science, the elements of mystery and intuition influence this process. Within this context, what are the origins of these inspirations?
Biographies:
Joan Stango is an artist whose explorations have spanned the visual and performing arts. She is currently working in the parallel but distinctly different mediums of printmaking and holography, and pursuing her interests in material processes and perception. Her long-time involvement in the study of music and sound has significantly inspired her visual aesthetic and life. She received a BFA in sculpture from the School of Visual Arts in New York City in 1980, followed by graduate work in sculpture and installation art at the University of New Mexico, Albuquerque.
Marianne Hornbuckle (www.mariannehornbuckle.com) has been "exploring the mystery" for forty-five years in her full-time ArtLife and expressing it in her paintings. The sciences, particularly physics and the cosmos, have been her rabbit-hole of choice for the last ten years. These paintings represent that journey. Her possibilities for exploration are as infinite as her subject and imagination.
Shirley Ann Crow is an abstract artist based in Santa Fe, New Mexico, known for her vibrant, emotionally charged paintings. Originally from Missouri, she holds a degree in Art Education from the University of Missouri and has exhibited her work nationwide. Crow’s art is deeply influenced by her fascination with life’s mysteries and the emotions tied to personal and global experiences. Her style blends landscape, color, and abstract forms, often exploring themes of energy, transformation, and the human experience. Much of her work captures the beauty and unpredictability of life, reflecting both awe and curiosity about the universe. She describes her work as responding to the uncertainties and anxieties of modern times, creating pieces that convey both familiarity and exploration. She has been featured in numerous solo and group exhibitions, including Gerald Peters Contemporary in Santa Fe. The New Mexico Museum of Art has recently acquired one of her paintings into their permanent collections.
In conjunction with the exhibition Woven Skies: SciArt from Air to the Cosmos, SciArt Santa Fe is hosting a series of these presentations called ‘LASERs’. LASER stands for Leonardo Art Science Evening Rendezvous and take place around the world in more than 40 institutions in 4 continents. SciArt Santa Fe represents New Mexico in this prestigious international Leonardo Society for the Arts, Sciences, and Technology initiative. Woven Skies LASERs feature exhibiting New Mexico artists and sciart experts from across the state.
Presented in coordination with Leonardo/International Society for the Arts, Sciences, and Technology (ISAST); the University of New Mexico (UNM), College of Fine Arts; sponsored by Santa Fe Art Institute (SFAI), and supported in part by New Mexico Arts and the National Endowment for the Arts.
Featured Artists in Woven Skies: Established and emerging artists from across the state using a variety of traditional and experimental media featured are: Kirsten Angerbauer, Colin Barker, Fiona Bell, Paul Biagi, Natalie Christensen, Shirley Crow, Jim Eyre, Marianne Hornbuckle, Susan Latham, Andrea Polli, Alyce Santoro, Zuyva Sevilla, Joan Stango, Dora Tass and Isabel Winson-Sagan.
This event is free and accessible to all. If you need more information, contact sciartsantafe@gmail.com with questions related to access and accommodation.
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