Photos Courtesy of Tim Amundson
A Tisket A Tasket
Opening March 4, 2016 6-9pm
NCECA reception March 17, 2016 6-9pm
Through combining ceramic and non-ceramic processes, A Tisket A Tasket raises questions of how and why we assign value to objects. Thackston and Six have carefully curated a variety of supposedly “outdated” objects for the viewer to search through, while listening to a musical set of clues. The viewer is asked to find the object the artists have deemed most valuable and take it home. Part scavenger hunt, part installation, A Tisket A Tasket asks the audience to be an active participant in the task of placing significance and meaning on objects. In this way, the work reminds us to ask ourselves how value is imbued in a thing by both its makers and its seekers.
Visit Informality Blog and Ten Millimeters for reviews of the show
About Charity Thackston:
Hailing from New England, Charity Thackston received her BFA from Keene State College in New Hampshire. She then went on to complete a post-bacc program at Louisiana State University, in Baton Rouge and most recently has completed her MFA at Tyler School of Art, in Philadelphia PA. She has had her work displayed in a number of galleries nationally including the Baton Rouge Center for Contemporary Art and most recently at The Knauer Gallery at West Chester University. Thackston is an artist-member of the Philadelphia-based gallery PRACTICE. Charity was born in New Jersey and she loves Bruce Springsteen (he’s like a Boss). She also has a penchant for sharing Dove chocolate (because it’s dark and sweet, just like her).
About Julia Six:
Texas born and raised, Julia Six received her BFA from Sam Houston State University in Huntsville, TX. After graduating, she moved to Boulder, Colorado to complete a post-bacc program at University of Colorado in the ceramics department. And finally, as of 2015, she earned her MFA in Ceramics from Tyler School of Art in Philadelphia -- where she currently lives and works. Six has exhibited work throughout Texas, Philadelphia and New York City. Six juggles between being an adjunct professor at The University of the Arts and a full time nanny -- all of which keeps her on her toes. (Not wearing cowboy boots, for the record.)
