Exhibition Design: Gabe Kean, Jacob McMurray, Steven Berardelli
Venue:
Richard Hugo House, Seattle, WA
Synopsis:
Eight Essential Ingredients featured new collaborative literary artworks created by acclaimed poet Marvin Bell in partnership with artist Steven Berardelli and by celebrated poster designer Mike King in collaboration with writers Angela Jane Fountas, Bret Fetzer, Bob Redmond, Suzanne Stockman and Therese Littleton.
ABOUT THE ARTISTS
Steven Berardelli is a sculptor, designer and photographer. His artwork has been exhibited by the Seattle Art Museum and G. Gibson Gallery. His designs have been seen at On The Boards in performances by Foot in Mouth, the Crispin Spaeth Dance Group, Alice de Muizon, Paige Barnes and Vanessa DeWolf. He is currently involved in the design of public art projects and exhibitions.
Marvin Bell is the author of 16 books of poetry, including "Stars Which See, Stars Which Do Not See" (1977), which was a finalist for the National Book Award and "A Probable Volume of Dreams" (1969), which was a Lamont Poetry Selection of The Academy of American Poets. Marvin Bell's work appears in hundreds of anthologies of poetry and essays. His former students include James Tate, Jorie Graham and John Irving. His honors include the American Academy of Arts and Letters Award in Literature, Guggenheim and National Endowment for the Arts fellowships, and Senior Fulbright appointments to Yugoslavia and Australia. He is a longtime member of the faculty of the University of Iowa Writers' Workshop, where he is the Flannery O'Connor Professor of Letters. In March 2000 he was selected to be Iowa's first poet laureate.
Mike King is a designer and poster artist who has worked in the music industry for the last two decades. He started his "career" by making posters for punk bands at local clubs in his hometown of Portland, Oregon in exchange for admission. Since then he has gone on to design posters, records and CD covers, t-shirts and print advertising. His work is featured in the book "Swag the Art of Modern Rock" as well as Experience Music Project's traveling show "Paper, Scissors, Rock!"
L. Suzanne Stockman tutors young scribes and writes big and small from a desk in Seattle. She has contributed to Cranky, Nylon, Monkeybicycle.net, Spin, and McSweeney's Internet Tendency, among others. Her headphones are plugged in right now.
Therese Littleton is the program manager at the Science Fiction Museum and Hall of Fame. She writes in her spare time and is an intern at the Seattle office of the notable publishing house Payseur & Schmidt.
Bret Fetzer writes plays and fairy tales. His late night storytelling show, "Bedtime Stories," will run from January 20 to February 11 in the Hugo House cabaret. His new play, "Passport"-actually a collection of eight linked 10-minute plays-will be produced by Annex Theatre in the late spring of 2006.
Angela Jane Fountas writes, reads and runs WriteHabit.org in Seattle. Her work has recently appeared in Monkeybicycle, The Bitter Oleander, Pindeldyboz, and Syntax. She is the editor of "Waking Up American" (Seal Press, 2005).
