Wednesday, May 19, 2010

ARTISTS-IN-RESIDENCE: WILLIAM LAMSON AND JAY SHINN

Marty Walker Gallery artists William Lamson and Jay Shinn will be traveling this summer to participate in artist residencies to develop current projects - Lamson to Utah to continue exploring interactions with the environment and Shinn to Berlin to explore spatial relationships of geometric designs.

WILLIAM LAMSON

WILLIAM LAMSON

Brooklyn-based William Lamson will be participating in the Wendover Residency with the Center for Creative Land Use Interpretation in Wendover, Utah. Established in 1997, the program has included prominent and international artists, researchers, and land use enthusiasts to develop engaging, innovative, and compelling interactions with Utah's regional geography, including the Great Salt Lake, desert and salt flats, to reveal new perspectives about the built environment.




Dallas-based Jay Shinn is among the artists selected for the Takt Kunstprojecktraum residency program this summer in Berlin, Germany. Started in 2003 and autonomously run, the residency program intends to provide support to artists and foster creative minds. Having access to Berlin and an international community of artists, the residency will allow Shinn to develop his current investigation of two- and three-dimensional spatial relationships to create new geometric structures and prints.