Artist in Residence Show
June 7th, 2019
Averill Park, NY, United States
On June 7th, Ariana, Rachel and Stacy collectively presented their own works at the Artists in Residency Show. The following is from the artists:
Ariana Martinez is an artist of Puerto Rican descent based in Bronx, New York. In 2017, Ariana graduated from the Brown University | Rhode Island Dual-Degree program with a B.A. in Urban Studies and a B.F.A. in Sculpture. Ariana works as a radio producer and documentarian and has created work for BBC Radio 4's Short Cuts, KCRW's The Organist, and WFMU's The Blind Tourist. In 2018, Ariana received the Signal to Noise Award from Union Docs and Gilded Audio, which funded a reporting trip to Puerto Rico, where Ariana began work on the audio/visual series No Hay Palabras / There Are No Words. Ariana has continued to develop this series at Arts, Letters, & Numbers. In this exhibition, Ariana will present In-progress drawings, and storyboards, audio documentary samples, and short animated videos from this project.
While at Arts, Numbers, & Letters, Rachel Trusty has continued her Friends and Lovers Series through experimentations with hand-embroidery on found photographs. Until now, the Friends and Lovers Series has consisted of mixed-media paintings which feature same-sex female relationships. Trusty wished to broaden the series by combining actual photographs of couples or friends with her love of embroidery. The small stitches and detailed patterns, along with the colorization of the photographs with ink, act to give the photographs and relationships within them new life.
Stacy Seiler is a multi-disciplinary artist based in New York City. Her work explores the psychological impact that architecture plays upon its inhabitants in states of both presence and absence. Inspired by the history of Faith Mills, she has created a series of sculptural objects and woven historic photographs, using materials and weaving methods that reference the late 19th and early 20th century textile industry.
Photo by Jennifer Park
