Zip Ties
The most ambitious photography project yet with design company Actual.
The most ambitious photography project yet with design company Actual.
One of the trademark products from Oakland-based Actual has been the clever Zip Tie. Previously only available in a grey classic cut, our task was to introduce both a selection of new colors and a skinny complement. Inspired in part by my From the Weeds series, we called upon local friends and colleagues to model the tie while performing their creative pursuits: a painter / an engineer / a musician / an architect.
Next up...handbags!
Actual Lamps
The local product photography continues. Our most recent subject: LAMPS!
The local product photography continues. Our most recent subject: LAMPS!
Oakland-based design company Actual features a line of lamps it calls the Stola, and they have just rolled out a large table lamp version. Made with recycled P.E.T., these objects are meant to have a dynamic sculptural presence when illuminated. Below are a few of my personal favorite takes. See the official selections at the source: www.actualsf.com. Profiled at Inhabitat.com.
Next up: Zip Ties!
East Bay Open Studios
Since 1979, East Bay artists have thrown open the doors of their studios in concert to welcome visitors to tour their work spaces and buy art directly from the maker during Open Studio weekends.
Since 1979, East Bay artists have thrown open the doors of their studios in concert to welcome visitors to tour their work spaces and buy art directly from the maker during Open Studio weekends. For this -my first!- Open Studio event, I will be assisting artist Jane Norling, my earliest ambassador to the Bay's art scene when we arrived here last autumn, at her newly reopened studio on Lakeshore Ave in Oakland.
After a frenzy of inventory taking and packing, we temporarily moved Jane out of her space for a building renovation in the late winter. The work is complete, and now she is back just in time for this annual event! The paint on the walls is fresh and things are still being unwrapped, but there is lots of remarkable and diverse work to be seen. (I am especially partial to some new small paintings that bring together Jane's digital work and painting in an interesting new way...)Jane's studio-mate Judy Levit will also be present showing her work, so it's two for the price of one!
Details below...
Who: Jane Norling | Judy Levit
What: East Bay Open Studios
When: June 8th & 9th, 11a - 6p (final weekend!)
Where: 3298 Lakeshore Ave, 2nd Floor, Oakland
Actual Photography
New work-for-hire collaboration project
New work-for-hire collaboration project! Design photography for neighbor Josh Jakus's company Actual. Based out of Oakland, Actual has an varied and ever evolving line of meticulously-designed and made-here products. Many have been featured in the press, and items are available in stores all over and online.
We are going to be working together on some new lamps, zip ties, and whatever else Josh comes up with throughout the summer and beyond. To follow what's going on with Actual, check out: blog.actualsf.com.
"Year in Color" exhibit opening with "Painting Time" book
Since moving out to Oakland, I have been doing arts consulting work with some really great local artists…
Since moving out to Oakland, I have been doing arts consulting work with some really great local artists. On Thursday, a solo exhibit for one of those artists opens along with the premier of the exhibit catalog, which I designed!
YEAR IN COLOR/LUNAR CYCLES: New Work by Carol Ladewig
SLATE contemporary, 473 25th Street, Uptown Oakland
Opening Thursday, February 28th, 6-8p
Show runs through March 3rd
In conjunction with the exhibit, the book Painting Time has been published, for which I did the design work and some of the photography. The book is both an exhibit catalog and a wider examination of the featured work within the context of Carol's art practice as well as modern art history. The text contains essays by art critic DeWitt Cheng and SLATE director Danielle Fox.
Come check it out! And be prepared for COLOR.
New exhibit on children's literature: Wardrobes and Rabbit Holes
Now showing at Cornell Library’s Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections.
Showing at Cornell Library's Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections...
Wardrobes and Rabbit Holes: A Dark History of Children's Literature.
November 7, 2012 - March 22, 2013
It promises to be a spectacular exhibit and opens with a lecture by author M.T. Anderson!
Enormous congrats to former colleagues (and always friends) Eisha Prather and Fredrika Loew. It was a privilege to serve as your AC.
Collecting Imagination: Treasures from the Walker Library of the History of Human Imagination
Now showing at Cornell Library's Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections!J
Now showing at Cornell Library's Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections!
June 7, 2012 - Oct 29, 2012
Hirshland Gallery, Carl A. Kroch Library
Through a remarkable array of rare books, manuscripts, and artifacts from the collection of Jay (’77) and Eileen (’76, ’78) Walker, this exhibition showcases imagination as a driving force throughout history and celebrates the adventure of discovery, learning, and creativity. Collecting Imagination features such treasures as an original Soviet Sputnik alongside a U.S. Vanguard satellite, a cuneiform cone from 2000 BC, and a leaf from the Gutenberg Bible. This exhibit marks the first time an extensive selection of objects from this unique private collection has been on public view.
Click here to view the exhibit website.
Exhibit Project Manager: Jillian Piccirilli
Press for The Art and Life of Alison Mason Kingsbury
“You’ve seen her murals around campus — now she’s rediscovered in a new book…” - Published in the Cornell Chronicle
You’ve seen her murals around campus — now she’s rediscovered in a new book
Published in the Cornell Chronicle
By Gwen Glazer
Jillian Piccirilli ’08 formed a close relationship with a woman she’ll never meet: Alison Mason Kingsbury, an accomplished artist, dedicated Ithacan and wife of Cornell historian and professor Morris Bishop.Alison Jolly, the artist’s daughter, began working with Piccirilli in 2008 to create a complete catalog of her mother’s work. The catalog grew into a book, “The Art and Life of Alison Mason Kingsbury,” published in 2010 by Cornell University Library.
The Art & Life of Alison Mason Kingsbury
To celebrate the publication of The Art & Life of Alison Mason Kingsbury by Jillian Piccirilli, Cornell Library's Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections will host a one-day exhibition of the artist's collection.
Exhibition of the Alison Mason Kingsbury Collection & Book Signing
Thursday, December 2, 20104:00p, Lecture Room 2B49
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
Carl A. Kroch Library
An online exhibition is available through the Cornell Library's website.
An image database of Alison Mason Kingsbury's artwork is available through the Library's LUNA database.