Nancy Cohen, Only Connect, 1995, Handmade paper installation at the Greenhouse at Staten Island Botanical Gardens.
Link to the captioned recording.
In celebration of the 30th anniversary of the Dieu Donné Workspace Program, we are pleased to present Inside the Workspace, a virtual conversation series featuring artists who have participated in the residency over the years. On October 7th join Nancy Cohen (1992 Workspace Resident) and Mina Takahashi (Dieu Donné Executive Director from 1990-2004) for a conversation led by Re'al Christian (Writer & Curator) about the Workspace Residency Program at Dieu Donné.
Since its inception, the Workspace Program has attracted a collection of artists who resist easy categorization—thematically, stylistically, and representationally different, our residents’ individual practices reveal the broad range of possibilities inherent in hand papermaking. Throughout this conversation series, we will look back on the history of the residency and its artists, while reflecting on the theme of collaboration in a socially distant world.
This online event will take place on Wednesday, October 7th from 2 PM—3 PM EST. This conversation will last approximately 40 minutes, followed by questions. To attend, register via this Eventbrite Portal, as space is limited.
Past Inside the Workspace conversations can be viewed here, with closed captioning available.
This program is pay-as-you-wish, with a suggested minimum donation of $5.00. After registering, attendees will automatically receive a registration confirmation from Eventbrite and a direct email from Zoom with the webinar link and password to join the program.
About the Artists:
Jersey City based artist Nancy Cohen’s work examines resiliency in relation to the environment and the human body. Recent exhibitions include a solo show at Kathryn Markel Fine Arts, and group exhibitions at Accola Griefen, BioBAT, Dorsky Gallery and The Montclair Museum. In 2021 she will have a residency at Women’s Studio Workshop and a solo exhibition of large-scale paper works at The Visual Arts Center of NJ. For more information, please visit Nancy's website.
Mina Takahashi is editor of Hand Papermaking magazine, a nonprofit biannual publication dedicated to advancing traditional and contemporary ideas in the art of hand papermaking. Previously she was the executive director of Dieu Donné from 1990 to 2004. She lives in upstate New York.
Re’al Christian is a writer and curator based in Queens, NY. Her work has appeared in Art in America, Art Papers, Art in Print, The Brooklyn Rail, and BOMB Magazine. She has contributed artist texts to recent and forthcoming catalogues with the CUE Art Foundation, Performa, and Leubsdorf Gallery, Hunter College. She is a Curatorial Fellow at the Hunter College Art Galleries, and an MA candidate in art history at Hunter College.
Special thanks to the NYC COVID-19 Response & Impact Fund and the Windgate Foundation for funding this series.