Save the Date: Second Exhibition Scheduled for May 21

The second Porch Projects exhibition will go on view May 21, with an opening reception in the evening.

Featuring artists Chanan Delivuk (DC) with collaborators Shannon Young and Jaimes Mayhew (Baltimore), the show will explore issues of food access, activism, and communication via sound, installation, and social practice projects.

Stay tuned for more details. Contact porchprojectsdc [at] gmail [dot] com to join our email list.

A Nest, a Shell, a Corner, a Drawer: Culminating Discussion with the Artists

The first Porch Projects exhibition is drawing to a close. Please join us on Thursday, March 31, 2011, for a last look at the show and a culminating discussion with the artists. This forum will be a chance for me, you, and the featured artists (Kendall Nordin, Magnolia Laurie, and Leigh Davis) to have a broad discussion about art issues, conceptual frameworks, and studio life.

We will begin the discussion at 7 pm. Arrive a bit early to view the show and mingle.

Email porchprojectsdc [at] gmail [dot] com to RSVP and for directions.

Press!

Porch Projects has received some nice mentions on local art websites.  Thank you!

Pink Line Project

Hatchets & Skewers (look for entry from 2/25/11)

Installation Images: A Nest, a Shell, a Corner, a Drawer

Installation images from Porch Projects' first show, featuring:

Kendall Nordin:  After the fire, we used a flashlight to find our way.

Leigh Davis:  The Burrow Study (H.H.)

Magnolia Laurie: Trails in Nesting; For my Protection, For your Attention...

Work by Kendall Nordin (upper right) and Leigh Davis (center)

Work by Leigh Davis and flashlight for Kendall Nordin's piece

Work by Magnolia Laurie

Work by Kendall Nordin

Work by Magnolia Laurie

Work by Magnolia Laurie

Work by Kendall Nordin

Work by Leigh Davis

Work by Kendall Nordin (with flashlight beam)

Porch Projects Presents: A Nest, a Shell, a Corner, a Drawer

"We comfort ourselves by reliving memories of protection."

"A nest—and this we understand right away—is a precarious thing, and yet it sets us to daydreaming of security."

-Gaston Bachelard, The Poetics of Space

Porch Projects' inaugural show brings together the work of three artists working in the Washington region: Kendall Nordin (DC), Leigh Davis (DC/NYC), and Magnolia Laurie (Baltimore).  These artists explore the creation of makeshift or provisional structures and dwellings through diverse media, from painting and photography to installation.  They are interested in adaptive ways of existing in the world and in the idea of "home," wherever it can be found.

Opening Reception: February 26, 2011, 4-7 pm

Closing Discussion Group: March 31, 7 pm

Open by appointment at other times.

Email for directions or to schedule your visit:

porchprojectsdc (at) gmail (dot) com

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Kendall Nordin is an artist based in Washington, DC. Her installations and works on paper have appeared in Australia, Estonia, and locally at Container Space at George Mason University and in Arcade, a window exhibition at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center produced by the Washington Project for the Arts.

Learn more at www.kendallnordin.com

Leigh Davis is an artist splitting time between Brooklyn, NY, and Washington, DC. She has completed artist residencies around the country and shown her photography-and-video-based installations extensively in New York.  Her work will appear in the 2011 Solos this spring at the Arlington Arts Center.

Learn more at www.leighdavisprojects.com

Magnolia Laurie is a painter and installation artist living and working in Baltimore, MD. Her work has been shown throughout the East Coast, and she has been a Hamiltonian Fellow Artist since 2009. She recently presented a new series of paintings at Hamiltonian Gallery in DC.

Learn more at www.magnolialaurie.com

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Images, from left: photograph from The Brothers, Leigh Davis; detail of installation Kunstkammer or Dear Guest, if you should happen to knock something over, please put it back, Kendall Nordin; detail of installation It’s a Fragile Structure Between Us, Magnolia Laurie)

Save the Date

The first Porch Projects show has been scheduled!

The exhibiting artists are Kendall Nordin (DC), Magnolia Laurie (Baltimore), and Leigh Davis (DC/NYC).  The show will open with a reception for the artists on February 26.

More details will be available soon.

Hello There

The Porch Projects space is nearing completion.  The walls have been patched and painted, and a new floor has been installed.  Window coverings and a 2011 schedule are in the works.  In the meantime, click on the links under "information" to learn more.