Updates on Art Activities from Jane Ingram Allen

Papermking Workshops 

Introduction to Papermaking workshop on Saturday, Oct. 2, 10AM to 4pm.  This class was a great group, and here is a photo from the outdoor papermaking workshop.   I will offer more papermaking classes at my Santa Rosa studio in the Fall and Winter.  Send email if you want information about future papermaking workshops. 

Fall 2021 Exhibitions

Gallery Route One Project Space, “WEAD Extraction Exhibition”, Point Reyes Station, CA, opened Sept. 18 and continues to Oct. 24, 2021,  The virtual opening via Zoom was on Sept. 18, and another Zoom program with artists talks about the exhibition was on Sept. 30.  For information about this exhibition see www.galleryrouteone.org and www.weadartistslorg

My work in this show is a site-specific installation titled “Point Reyes Waterways”: https://www.weadartists.org/upcoming-events

I will also make a presentation for local high school students through the Gallery Route One Artists in Schools Program, about my work in the ”Extraction” show and its relationship to extraction water issues and the environment.

Change – 2021 International Paper Fibre Biennale, Taiwan Crafts Research Institute, Exhibition Hall, Caotun, Nantou County, Taiwan, opens November 2021 and closes April 2022.  My work in this exhibition is an interactive sculptural work of handmade paper titled “Scrolls” created during the first 99 days of quarantine in California for the Covid 19 pandemic.  For information about this exhibition in Taiwan: https://biennialartpaperfibre.com/2020/09/24/2021-22-edition-of-the-paper-fibre-art-biennial/

“Living Quilt for Nestucca”, Nestucca Valley K-8 School, Otis, Oregon, public eco-art installation, created as a visiting artist with the Sitka Center for Art & Ecology, Summer Youth Program.  This handmade paper quilt with seeds in the pulp to grow and bloom is sited in the school’s garden and will continue to change over time.   Watch for postings in the Spring when wildflowers begin to bloom.  Here is the Sitka Center website for more information about the summer youth 

program:  https://www.sitkacenter.org/blog/summer-youth-arts-announcement

This art project was featured in ART NEWS on Sept. 8, 2021:  https://www.artnews.com/art-news/artists/jane-ingram-allen-living-quilts-1234603170/

Ongoing Public Art Installations

“Living Quilt for Steckborn”, on the shore of Lake Constance in Steckborn, Switzerland, created in April 2021, in cooperation with Haus zur Glocke Art Center, Steckborn, Switzerland, www.hauszurglocke.ch

“Living Quilt for Sojourner Truth”, Sojourner Truth Park and Community Garden, Sacramento, CA, created as an Artist in Residence for the City of Sacramento Office of Arts & Culture, installed in November 2020 and continuing to change over time.  Here is a link for information about the City of Sacramento program:  https://arts.cityofsacramento.org/Programs/Sacramento-AIR

“Living Quilt for Santa Rosa”, Rincon Ridge Park, Santa Rosa, CA, created in Nov. 2018 with grant from City of Santa Rosa, and continuing to change over time.

Upcoming Art Project , “In Deep Water”, a collaborative ecoart project with printmaker Jami Taback.  This project will explore combining papermaking and printmaking to create a multi-part large scale installation focused on the climate crisis and water.  Jami and I are seeking grants and exhibition spaces for exhibitions of the work created during this collaboration and hope to travel the work internationally in 2022 and 2023.  Follow my Blog at https://janeingramallen.wordpress.com for updates and other art activities.