July Issue 1999
SECCA Opens Two New Exhibits
The Southeastern Center for Contemporary Art (SECCA), in Winston-Salem, NC, presents its third biennial Triad Artists Exhibition through Sept. 29. Triad Artists is a juried exhibition featuring works by visual artists from across the Triad region. This exhibition is representative of the area's health and diversity of artistic talent.
This year, Amada Cruz, director of the Bard College Center for Curatorial Studies, Annandale-on-Hudson, New York, juried the exhibition. Cruz was formerly curator at the Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, and assistant curator at the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington, D.C. The exhibition was juried in a two-part process: first through submitted slides and then through studio visits with artists culled from the slide submissions.
Cruz selected eight artists to participate in this year's exhibition. They are: Gregory J. Collins and Rebecca A. Drouhard of Greensboro, and W. Cameron Dennis, Julianna Foster, Richard E. Hackel, Leigh Ann Hallberg, Page Hamilton Laughlin, and Rudy Shepherd of Winston-Salem. Media represents the artistic diversity of the region and includes drawing, painting, photography, mixed media and video.
Also through Sept. 29, SECCA presents Artist and the Community: Mr. Imagination, the ninth project in SECCA's ongoing program of artist residencies and exhibitions. Structured as a series of three-week to three-month-long residencies, SECCA's Artist and the Community program brings together artists with Winston-Salem residents for the creation of art focusing on issues critical to the community. Previous participants in the series include Maya Lin, Fred Wilson, Eleanor Antin, and Willie Birch.
From June 9 - 30, Mr. Imagination ("Mr. I") will have created a memory wall, a concrete structure encrusted with objects of memorabilia, at the Winston-Salem Transit Authority Transportation Center located at North Trade Street in the Downtown Arts District.
Gregory Warmack, better known as Mr. Imagination, is an African-American self-taught artist best known for creating astounding artwork from discarded items. His works can be found at Disney World, The House of Blues in Chicago and Las Vegas as well as playgrounds and community centers Gross the country.
The community was encouraged to donate items which reflect their personal lives or history of Winston-Salem. Decorative items such as bottle caps, broken jewelry, marbles and discarded tile are examples of the items needed.
This project is being developed in collaboration with the Winston-Salem Transit Authority and made possible in part through a grant from the R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Foundation.
SECCA is supported by The Arts Council of Winston-Salem and Forsyth County and by the North Carolina Arts Council.
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