2013 Core Exhibition March 15–April 21, 2013
Jang Soon Im, The Immortal Lee Soon-Shin, 2013, video still. © 2013 Jang Soon Im
Anna Elise Johnson, Rubble, from the series If they were able to conceive or dream another time, perhaps they would be able to live in it, 2012, acrylic sheets, archival digital prints, and resin. © Anna Elise Johnson
Anthea Behm, Object with the Sound of Its Own Discourse, 2013, cardboard Amazon box, internal speaker, www.youtube.com/watch?v=MJlwwJLNZbI, and pedestal. © Anthea Behm
The acclaimed MFAH Core Program awards postgraduate residencies to exceptional visual artists and art scholars. Each spring, the participants present an exhibition of work created during that year’s residency.
The 2013 Core Exhibition features work by artists-in-residence Miguel Amat, Anthea Behm, Jang Soon Im, Tatiana Istomina, Anna Elise Johnson, Senalka McDonald, Madsen Minax, and Ronny Quevedo. Core critics-in-residence Sally Frater, Patrik Haggren, and Philip Kelleher contribute essays, based on their independent research, to the Core 2013 Yearbook, which is published in conjunction with the exhibition.
Established within the Glassell School of Art in 1982, the Core Program is designed for highly motivated artists who have completed their undergraduate or graduate training and are working to develop a sustainable practice. The residencies encourage intensive and innovative studio practice through the elaboration of an intellectual framework. In 1998, the program added critical-studies residencies as an opportunity for writers to pursue independent curatorial and writing projects and to broaden the scope of the critical dialogue that is central to the practices of all the residents.
The Core Program at the Glassell School of Art receives generous funding from:
The Joseph and Sylvia Slifka Foundation
Andy Warhol Foundation
The National Endowment for the Arts
The following donors have underwritten a 2012-2013 Core fellowship:
Allison and David Ayers
The Dickson-Allen Foundation
Hamptons Expo Group, LLC
Scurlock Foundation
Joan and Stanford Alexander
Leslie and Brad Bucher
Bettie Cartwright
The Francis L. Lederer Foundation
Meredith Long
McClain Gallery
The Powell Foundation
The Arch and Stella Rowan Foundation, Inc.
Additional support is provided by:
Lea Weingarten
Barbara and Michael Gamson
Karen S. Pulaski
Heidi and David Gerger
Penelope Gonzalez and Lester Marks
Rick and Nancy Rome
Leigh and Reggie Smith
Reid Sutton and Brad Nagar
Cheri and Andrew Fossler
Nancy Powell Moore
Jeff Beauchamp
Beverly and John Berry
Kelli and Eddy Blanton
Ms. Clare Casademont and Mr. Michael Metz
Jereann Chaney
Victoria and Marshal Lightman
Judy and Scott Nyquist
Louis H. Skidmore, Jr.
Raymond F. Stainback
Hiram Butler and Andrew Spindler-Roesle
Karol Kreymer and Robert Card
Gail Merel and Chris Dack
Cynthia Toles
The Core Program receives endowment income from funds provided by:
Leslie and Brad Bucher
Eliza Lovett Randall
The children of Eliza Lovett Randall in honor of their mother
The Eleanor and Frank Freed Foundation
Herbert C. Wells and gifts in his memory
Gifts in memory of Warren A. Hadler
The Estate of Margaret H. Gillingham
Gifts in memory of Laura Lee Blanton