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About Uncharted Territories
STEAMROLLER GROUP, in collaboration with the HUNTERDON ART MUSEUM and RIVER UNION STAGE invites a living dialogue among poets, printmakers and book artists in service of creating artwork that speaks to the relevant issues of our time.
Uncharted Territories, the first in a proposed series, will incorporate imagery created by artists responding to the written word, using a variety of traditional printmaking techniques. Broadsides will be handbound into a limited-edition artist book and exhibited in a group exhibition at the Hunterdon Art Museum in Clinton, NJ.
Steamroller Group, currently led by local artists Val Sivilli, Susan Mania, Kazaan Viveiros, Bonnie Berkowitz, and Cay Maria Adams has collaborated with Vasiliki Katsarou to curate a collection of 20 poems that explore ideas of navigation, being lost, being found.
The book design has been created by Val in collaboration with Ulla Warchol. Overall, the project involves 40 participating poets and artists.
Val Sivilli, Steamroller: “Artist to Artist collaboration is at the heart of this project. We are excited to work together to achieve something truly remarkable as a variety of experts engaging through their chosen art form, each of us lending a unique voice to the process.”
Laura Swanson, River Union Stage: “This marks another creative milestone for our organization and the wider community. Two decades in, we remain dedicated to making a lasting cultural difference, and this initiative embodies our values of community, collaboration, and an unwavering commitment to excellence. Welcome, Steamroller!”
Art Materials to be given freely; take home what feels compelling!
Artists from our region are invited to bring materials, tools, or any unwanted studio items in good working condition to give away or swap with others. Through the trading of supplies, we can create a web of connection throughout our arts community, foster our own practice, and find new inspiration.
Do you have something larger to sell or swap? Please bring a photograph to post on the shareboard.
Please be sure to carry out whatever you carried in should it not be taken!
Feel free to share this invite with other artists in your circle of creatives!
*Light Refreshment and Cash Bar
HUNTERDON MUSEM OF ART • DECEMBER 3rd 2024 • 5-7PM
Exhibition Dates • March 1st -16th 2024
Opening Party • Friday March 1st 6-9pm
Steamroller Group's newest exhibition is a vibrant convergence of six diverse artists uniting six individual voices into one powerful, collective voice. Along with our individual work, we are presenting our first collaborative piece, COLLECTIVE BODY. This piece was fueled by examining the most essential of all elements - the relationship - and resulted in forming a web of supportive and dynamic exchange. Creating art as a group is a challenging process of exploration and cooperation. This ongoing dialogue navigates the language of these specific materials - ink, thread, silk, natural dye, cotton, and wood. Through this process, a symbolic vocabulary of imagery, texture, and color has emerged, demonstrating the transformative power of collaboration.
To celebrate our local museum’s 70th anniversary, Steamroller coordinated a printmaking event that included over 20 artists creating and/or collaborating on prints inside of the museum’s three classrooms for one really fun, day celebrating our diverse artist community. A print was offered as a gift for donations over $70.
THE HUNTERDON MUSEUM OF ART
MAY • 2023
