Night #85 in my Oda
After a glorious night of sleeping to the rushing Rock Creek just outside my camper window, the blue skies and the Beartooth Pass beckoned...a few skiers jumped into the back of the truck to return to the top of the snow fields ...their faces glowing with excitement in the sun... at the MT/WYO line (as far as we could go) the snow pure and brilliant after recent snowfall, no sign of the pink algae that blooms on it later in the summer.... and then down to Silver Run where I was treated to blooming pasque flowers, which, for several years, I have missed.
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Night # 84 in “Oda”, my T@B camper
Thursday at Hogan and Luce Lakes in Wyoming. I come for the bird song, the wildflowers and the expansive views. Steve for the fishing. We both relish strolling lakeside after the sun sets behind the Absarokas, the primroses glowing like moonlight, a pair of osprey fishing from the tree in front of us, waiting for the stars to come out, so many stars to see, without any visible human caused light. Dinner tonight - wild morels and asparagus courtesy of my hunter-gatherer husband! Using local honey and tarragon, thyme and mint from my garden tonight.
Voluptuous lilacs from my yard - brought in before another round of cold, wetness - fill vases and spread their scent across my home.
My sculpture "Shelter 1: Respite" has found the perfect home at the Speech and Language Ability Center! Thank you to speech pathologists Vicki Andre and Nancy Rice, who specialize in pediatric speech, language and fluency disorders. Within minutes of installing, two of their young clients took turns quietly sitting "criss-cross applesauce" inside, just as I had envisioned.
Views across to the Medicine Wheel plateau in the Big Horns, down the Absarokas by Cody, the cut of the Clark's Fork Canyon and west along the Beartooth front past Granite Peak. Less than two hours from home to camp in the southern Pryor foothills, yet no other humans seen for two days. Blissfully quiet nights. Exploring canyons, climbing whimsical outcroppings to find new vistas, brushing against new growth of sage to release its fresh scent, marveling at the tiny plant worlds near tree line in this high desert land and the evidence of massive geologic events. My soul food reward after turning in my grades from an unexpected, but, in itself, very rewarding semester of teaching and gallery directing.
NYC area friends: the World Premiere of my son Collin Kriner and Josh Murphy (Liars & Thieves) doc for Patagonia is this Thursday at Tribeca! It is getting some serious attention. Wish I could be there!
"Artifishal is a film about people, rivers, and the fight for the future of wild fish and the environment that supports them. It explores wild salmon’s slide toward extinction, threats posed by fish hatcheries and fish farms, and our continued loss of faith in nature." #artifishal Article in the Gardian: https://www.theguardian.com/film/2019/may/08/artifishal-film-fish-salmon-climate-change?fbclid=IwAR1LSbRxEk2OPIqWi9pYy-CXkjwFDOIhzzZHXZVeASyP_QIVBKiZV9siBK8 A 24 hour respite ... snow crystals slowly melt ... my sundry tensions, built up over this long, long winter, release and join the downstream flow... frozen barriers to my favorite mountain waterfalls, creeks, lakes and vistas continue to recede under the longer days of warm, brilliant skies ... I breathe in the spring and light and lightness... I smile and anticipate my sweet reunions with these high altitude havens which feed my soul
Please join Dr. Sue Balter-Reitz, Stephanie Baucus, Reno Charette, Kelly Christy, Brittany Hommer, Juli Pierce, Kassie Runsabove, Chrysti M. Smith, Rian St. Pierre, and Erika Willis and me as we facilitate #HearMeTooMontana table ConverZations at this Zonta Club of Billings event! Framing the #HearMeToo Narrative: Community Engaged Art Sherri Cornett Zonta Club of Billings #HearMeTooMontana ConverZations April 28, 4-5 Social Hour, 5-6:30 dinner and conversations, 6:30-7 final words "With examples of national and international artists and art projects that encourage dialogue and seed social change related to violence against women, artist curator Sherri Cornett will facilitate a conversation exploring ways art could further understanding and action in our region". I am inspired by how many artists I know, at quick glance, who address these issues and whom I will be including in a brochure for my table participants: Suzanne Lacy, Rebecca Belmore, Marita Growing Thunder, Sally Beth Edelstein, Mido Lee, Ianna Brooks, SA Bachman & Neda Nedd Vedd Moridpour, Audrey Chan & Elana Mann, Eva Preston & Joanna Fulginiti, Cat Del Buono, Veronica Cardoso, Carol-Anne McFarlane, , Jane Hickey Caminos, Kay Kang, Kathryn Shinko, Vanessa Filley, Jaime Schaefer ... Here is my info booklet:
In the 50 degree range, the early sign of spring in our yard, the oddly, but propitiously placed, by a previous owner, pussy willow is on the verge of busting out. I cut it for my mother-in-law, whose birthday is tomorrow... an annual tradition. At the same time, I am creating a new public sculpture. My thoughts run as follows: "This is a thicket, a willow thicket, a red twig dogwood thicket, ubiquitous to our creeks and our river... broken, nibbled branches softened by clematis vine and the nests, pods and egg sacks that tie together/bind branches of the thicket and create places for germination within the thicket.... places for incubation, symbolic of our communities, made up of individuals, families, cultures, coming together, binding together, to create our larger collective community."
On this Spring Equinox, I walk while listening to Louise Erdrich’s “Plague of Doves,” in which she describes, and I experience, the snow giving way, unveiling the blond grasses and black branches under blue skies. I am grateful for the warmth and expansive views and promise of wildflowers.
Finally. A ski day. Powder. Cloud shadows dancing on the flats beyond the Palisades. Bits of sunshine and skiing in clouds making more powder.
In Jon Lodge's words, his opening reception of MATRIXXMODULATION was a "beautiful, energized, collective, creative Thing." And it was. Thank you to everyone who braved yet another night of snow to join us. I am most grateful to Jon, who agreed to mount this exhibition at the 11th hour (after the previously scheduled one cancelled) and stepped immediately in to work with Jodi Lightner's and Keeara Rhoades' students on collaborative pieces, shared his experience and unique perspectives and, overall, was an enthusiastic, curious presence on campus. MATRIXXMODULATION is up through March 28th. Gallery hours are M-F 8-4 (except for early closing on Tuesday, March 5th and closure on Wednesday, March 6th. You can call Rebecca in the Art Department office at 657-2324 to confirm). PM me about possible visiting beyond regular scheduled hours. Join us Wednesday, March 13th LI 148 (auditorium just east of the Northcutt Steele Gallery) "JPEG/MPEG Time Window Progression (Life as an Artist)", a performance and talk by Jon Lodge in conjunction with this exhibition. What do the senior art critic of New York Magazine Jerry Saltz and Big Gulp cups have to do with Jon Lodge's JPEG/MPEG Time Window Progression (Life as an Artist) event coming up next week - in conjunction with his MATRIXXMODULATION exhibition, Wednesday, March 13th, 6:30 pm in LI 148, the auditorium just east of Northcutt Steele Gallery at MSU Billings? Hint: it may just be part of the audience participation of this Happening... And it might just have to do with Jon's planned random/stochastic mindset...Come and find out. Thank you to my Intrepid Gallery Warriors (Morgan Syring, Terri Porta, David Correa, Laura Meintjes, Kari Adams, Liz May) who assisted in this fab event and, in particular, David for these photos! And to Jane Waggoner Deschner for her experienced eye. Jon Lodge makes art of randomness by 'tapping into an accident'Anna Paige, Feb 22, 2019, The Billings Gazette https://billingsgazette.com/entertainment/community/jon-lodge-makes-art-of-randomness-by-tapping-into-an/article_f2350b96-999f-5bad-9098-1748d43693f5.html?mode=nowapp&fbclid=IwAR2OL4WKeNbAqMfMkyAlNFkwvceTLL3iKPdftxQ5misBowRbLXA_TRL5qAQ More information at: https://www.sherricornett.com/matrixxmodulation-jon-lodge.html
This song popped up tonight after a day , a week , 3 weeks of unexpected challenge and change. Twice I have heard, with men I have loved, Carlos play this live. Once, I sat on the edge of the stage just feet from this guitar intensely playing to my heart. The second time I stood at the front of the stage with the man who became my husband. This song helped me through my labor with my first child. Tonight, this song & this beautiful guitar again touch my soul and connect me with my spirit, lifting me beyond momentary trials. (Literally, as today marked the end of a three day criminal trial for which I was a juror and, despite much intense and thoughtful deliberation, ended in a deadlock/mistrial) The power of music in my life has been profound and I am forever grateful to the musicians and writers who have provided it.
A week and a half ago, I was asked to step in to teach a gallery professional practices course and run the university gallery for a friend and professor who is on leave. I had a shell of a syllabus, but needed more content. I reached out to my colleagues at Tfap At Rutgers (The Feminist Art Project), Northern California Women's Caucus for Art (NCWCA)and the staff at MSU Billings Art Department. My inbox was soon flooded with encouragement, and resources and articles and books and syllabi. During the same time frame, we installed Jennifer French's beautiful and haunting exhibition in the gallery and put on a successful opening reception. My student gallery assistants were/are so professional and smart and helpful and intuitive. This generosity of human spirit supported me as I navigated the last minute unknowns. In particular, I am grateful to Karen Gutfreund, Priscilla Otani, Patricia Vettel-Becker, Jodi Lightner, Keeara Rhoades, Rachel Epp Buller, Morgan Syring, Terri Porta, Angel Shandy. Mara Pierce, Mark Earnhardt, Rebecca Summers, Nancy Zastudil, Anne Swartz, Brenda Oelbaum, Valerie Garlick, and Elizabeth Bilyeu, Aaron Rosen, Patrick Williams and our Master of Flowers Paul Rudolph. These are the places where the world is so good.
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