Harbinger of Birds
UW-Stout Student Artist-In-Residency
With Ray Pagenkopf
Beckoning
The greatest technology humanity has is the means to communicate with the body. How we act in the world around us serves as evidence to others of existence. Felting is inherently performative. Every prick of a needle into raw wool contains an ounce of effort that builds and bends to my imagination. My body aches with
effort.
The hand specifically has created art, furthered modern technologies, and has served as an original language. Highlighting the role of the hand through creating with my own hands, creates space to consider the enormous weight that nonverbal actions have upon the world.
Confronted with such a specific gesture, the piece beckons one to come closer. It invites curiosity to understand the artist and be confronted by intercultural experiences. Beckoning is unavoidable in the room. Humanoid in form, it portrays humor in the most tangible and visceral way. It may be unreal but does not leave room to deny its reality.
May 2023
Confronted with such a specific gesture, the piece beckons one to come closer. It invites curiosity to understand the artist and be confronted by intercultural experiences. Beckoning is unavoidable in the room. Humanoid in form, it portrays humor in the most tangible and visceral way. It may be unreal but does not leave room to deny its reality.
May 2023
The Bud and Betty Micheels Student Artist-In-Residence program provides an opportunity for UW-Stout students of all majors to explore the relationship of art and technology.
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Recipients of this grant each receive a stipend for the academic year. Award winners are honored by two exhibitions: a year-end exhibition of their work in the Furlong Gallery in Micheels Hall as well as the University Library. One piece from each recipient is donated for the permanent collection housed in the University Library. The Student Artist-in-Residence Program is a valuable learning experience for all recipients and a continuous and growing aesthetic resource for the University of Wisconsin-Stout and the community.