Solo Exhibition

Cape Fear Studios presents:

Seeing and the Relevance of the Smallest Things

solo exhibition by

Erica Stankwytch Bailey

June 2011

Reception

Thursday, June 2

6:00- 8:00

I am going back!!!!!!

One week from today I am heading out west- back to the Grand Canyon! WOO HOO!!!! It has been over a year since I left Arizona and I am so eager to get back. My experience there had such a profound effect on me and my work, I just can't wait to be flooded with the overwhelming magnificence of that place again. I will be spending 5 nights in the hole, just enough time to reconnect before returning home to put the finishing touches on a solo show of my Canyon inspired work in Fayetteville, NC.

Handmade Market in Dowtown Raleigh

Join me and 50 other artists tomorrow at the Handmade Market in Downtown Raleigh. This is a one day event put on by the Handmaidens and it sounds like tons of fun! With proceeds from a raffle benefiting Meals on Wheels.

Show at Emerge

If you are near Greenville, NC please stop by Emerge Gallery to view an exhibition of my Grand Canyon works through November 2010. Also in this show are the amazing works of ceramic artist Gillian Parke and the mixed media works of Will Goodyear .

Exhibition of Work

My Grand Canyon works will be on exhibit at Pullen Art Center in Raleigh, North Carolina during October, 2010 and at Emerge Gallery in Greenville, North Carolina during November, 2010.

Grand Canyon Studies

I have been working for some time now on pieces inspired by my artist residency at the Grand Canyon earlier this year. It has been an interesting journey trying to decipher all of the phenomenal imagery that I witnessed at the canyon. I realized quickly that I would not be able to create one object that defined my experience so I decided to do studies. These individual objects may represent a single object or a significant event experienced while there. Below are just a few of my canyon studies...

This piece represents the human hand in the canyon. People have called the grand canyon home for a very long time and it was absolutely amazing to see evidence of some of those original dwellings.

This piece is a part of the modern petroglyph series. Throughout time native cultures have left thier stories all over the canyon walls. I was not bale to leave a permanent record of my time there but saw these silhoette/shadows as my temporary petroglyphs.

Walking on the canyon floor I discovered some of the most amazing textures, this piece is inspired by the remains of a decaying cactus.

This is one of many pieces that I will do about my hike into and out of the "big hole". The rock formations are examples from the beginning and end of my hike and the silhoette in the center represents that moment that I was the farthest from my life and it's normalities than I have ever been.

Seeing and the relevance of the smallest things

Date: Thursday, May 6, 2010
Time: 7:00-8:30 pm
Place: The Arts Council, 301 Hay Street, Fayetteville, NC

In Early 2010 I took a journey to the Grand Canyon to live and work for three weeks as an Artist-in-Residence, and the experience was truly profound. Please join me as I share my adventure! Through photographs and stories I will discuss the artistic journey, the personal journey, the phenomenal beauty of Grand Canyon and the significance of the smallest things.