My workshop at Humboldt State will be on papermaking for
large-scale sculpture/installation work. I will lead the students in
designing, making paper and installing a collaborative public art piece on
campus. My most recent works have been outdoor installations with an
environmental focus designed to be biodegradable using paper pulps from native
plants, vines, branches and other natural materials with seeds that will change
over time...as the paper dissolves into compost the seeds sprout and grow into a
new image. My works with handmade paper have been exhibited widely
internationally as well as in New York City and other parts of the
US. I have written articles about my work for HAND PAPERMAKING,
SCULPTURE and ART CALENDAR as well as art reviews and feature articles about
other artists. I have been an artist in residence in Japan, the
Philippines, Nepal and many places in the US such as the Schuylkill Center for
Environmental Education, Harpers Ferry National Historical Park, Franconia
Sculpture Park, Connemara Conservancy and Contemporary Artists Center.
This January and February I will be an artist in residence in Brazil at the
Sacatar Foundation. I have received commissions from the Federal Reserve
Bank of New York, New York City Arts for Transit, Corning Glass Credit Union,
and ASCAP among others. I have taught art courses at colleges and
universities and museums and have led papermaking workshops at the Virginia
Museum of Fine Arts, Women's Studio Workshop, Seastone Paper and Sierra Nevada
College among many others.
I would be available to lead a papermaking workshop/lecture or
more general workshop/lecture that could appeal to those in other areas.
Topics can include Handmade Paper for Sculpture/Installation Art; Paper in
Public (public art with handmade paper); Adapting Japanese and Nepalese
Papermaking Techniques; Hand Papermaking in the Classroom; Writing Proposals and
Grants; Artist in Residency Opportunities; Art in the Environment; the Artist as
Critic; or other topics of interest to your organization. For more
information about my work please check out my website at http://www.janeingramallen.com
I will be happy to answer questions or give a more complete proposal to anyone
who might be interested in having me give a workshop or lecture during this
Spring 2002 trip to Northern California.
Thank you,
Jane
Jane Ingram Allen, P. O. Box 153, Hamilton, NY
13346
phone 315-824-0700