Author: Theda Sandiford

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2023 Exhibition Calendar… so far

I have quite a bit lined up for 2023 , including three solo shows, a return to Governors Island, Fiber Art’s Excellence in Fibers and the group show Dark Matter in LES. There is so much to look forward to in 2023.

Forecast//Recast

Surface Design Association’s juried members’ exhibition

Exhibition Dates: December 6- January 27th, 2023

January 4, 2023: Online panel discussion held as part of Textile Talks

Location: Chehalem Cultural Center; 415 E Sheridan St, Newberg, OR

The Soul of African American Art

Exhibition Dates: January 22-March 5

Location: Mayo Performing Arts Center (MPAC), 100 South Street in Morristown NJ

Dark Matter

Exhibition Dates: January 13- February 11, 2023

Location: Kates- Ferri Projects, 561 Grand St, New York, NY 

Each One Teach One: Preserving the Legacy in Perpetuity 

Exhibition Dates: March 3 – July 30, 2023

Location: The Morris Museum, 6 Normandy Heights Road Morristown, NJ

Theda Sandiford: Triggered, Truth & Transformation

Exhibition Dates: March 25-May 28, 2023

Location: Schweinfurth Art Center; 205 Genesee St. Auburn, NY 13021

2022 New Jersey Arts Annual: Reemergence.  Artist Talk

Artist Talk: March 22, 12:00-1:00pm

Location: New Jersey State Museum; 205 West State Street Trenton NJ

MAFA Virtual Artist Talk

Date: March 28, 2023

Location: Registration for Virtual Zoom details forthcoming

Theda Sandiford: Triggered, Truth & Transformation @ Wa Na Wari

Exhibition Dates: April 22,  2023- July 17, 2023

Location: Wa Na Wari, 911 24th Avenue, Seattle WA 

2022 New Jersey Arts Annual: Reemergence

Exhibition On View: June 18, 2022 – April 30, 2023

Museum Hours: Tuesday – Sunday, 9 am to 4:45 pm; Closed Mondays & all State Holidays

Location: New Jersey State Museum; 205 West State Street Trenton NJ

Lady Whistledown

Sculpture Walk Springfield 2022-2023

Exhibition Dates: April 23,2022- May 21, 2023

Location: 411 N. Sherman Parkway, Springfield MO 65802.

Free Your Mind@ MAFA 2023 Conference

Exhibition Dates: June 22- June 25, 2023

Location: Millersville University, Millersville, PA

Theda Sandiford: Triggered, Truth & Transformation @ The Lab

Exhibition Dates: July 1, 2023- September 17, 2023   

Location: The Lab at Krasl Art Center.  707 Lake Blvd, St Joseph, MI

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Excellence In Fibers

Exhibition Dates:August 23, 2023 – January 7, 2024.

Location: San Jose Museum of Quilts and Textile; 520 S First St, San Jose, CA 95113

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Best of 2022: Top 5

All things considered 2022 was a good year. Here are a couple highlights for me…

I met so many wonderful people at ExpoChicago at my booth, I am still on endorphin high from my visit to the windy city.

I spent most of my Summer with Art Crawl Harlem at Governors Island and can not wait to do it again this year with a new interactive installation.

It was so fantastic to hang with old friends and new, at my solo art show at Ivy Brown Gallery in the meatpacking district.

Being recognized by ADWeek and my peers for my innovation was surprise and trill for me.

And lastly…. my emotional baggage carts made with Fresh Direct bags were mentioned in the NY Times and got picked up by ArtNet News.

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FreshDirect, But Make It Fashion

My Emotional Baggage Carts were featured in New York Times article as one of the inventive examples of designers upcycling and turning FreshDirect plastic totes into trendy accessories and art.

Have a look….

ArtNet News even mentioned my Emotional Baggage Carts sculpture series, addressing the pressures of the pandemic that produced such a surplus of Fresh Direct delivery bags in the first place.

Bottle caps, neon yellow 550 paracord, 200′ neon yellow camo 850 paracord, hollow braided polyurethane rope, solar LED rope lights, recycled Fresh Direct bag and commercial fishing net, zip ties, gold spray paint on recovered shopping cart. Photo by April Tracey
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Put A Mini Under The Tree

There is still time to pick up a mini emotional baggage cart for yourself or someone special.

Annual Affordable Art Show!

Saturdays and Sundays in December –  12pm – 5pm

December 19 – 22 5pm-8:30pm

Holiday Party: Friday, December 23 6pm – 9pm

Saturdays and Sundays in January – 12 to 3pm

Closing reception will be Friday, January 27th from 6:00pm to 9:00pm.

Location: Art House Productions Gallery: 345 Marin Blvd (between Morgan and Bay St.)

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SDA’s Forecast/Recast

The online exhibition page and gallery is now live!

Forecast//Recast brings together artists and artworks that explore ideas of predicting, reshaping, and re-predicting — works that offer a glimpse of possible futures, reexamine historical narratives, shed light on needed social and ecological interventions, and bend inquiry towards new aims to reframe the way we view the world.

Highlighting fiber and textile-based materials and techniques, cross-disciplinary practices, experimental processes, and material innovation, this exhibition prompts a reshaping of the future with works that predict our current trajectories, cast a new gaze on the past, and revise what is to come.

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Get Your Own Mini Emotional Baggage Cart

Annual Affordable Art Show!

Exhibition Dates: December 2- January 27, 2023

Location: Art House Productions Gallery: 345 Marin Blvd (between Morgan and Bay St.)

Opening Reception for JC Fridays is Dec 2, 6pm – 9pm but I won’t be there. I’ll be in Miami for Art Basel at the Satellite Art Show instead.

Additional open dates are as follows:

Saturdays and Sundays in December –  12pm – 5pm

December 19 – 22 5pm-8:30pm

Holiday Party: Friday, December 23 6pm – 9pm

Saturdays and Sundays in January – 12 to 3pm

Closing reception will be Friday, January 27th from 6:00pm to 9:00pm. I will be there for the closing and hope to see you there too.

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Forecast // Recast Opens Next Week

Exhibition Dates: December 6- January 27th, 2023

Location: Chehalem Cultural Center; 415 E Sheridan St, Newberg, OR 

Blackty Black Blanket, 2020, Recycled commercial fishing net and black 4″ zip tie blanket on white leather chaise lounge chair.
120 x 60 x 36 in
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Join Me at the Satellite Art Show

Donda Fresh Direct…

If you are in Miami this week please come see me.

November 29 – December 4, 2022
INDIAN BEACH PARK | 4601 Collins Avenue | Miami Beach, FL 33140

ADMISSION | PURCHASE TICKETS

VIP – First View (week pass) | $100 // General (day pass) | $20

FIRST VIEW | VIP + PRESS PREVIEW

TUE | November 29 | 1pm – 8pm

SHOW HOURS

WED | November 30 | 12pm – 7pm

THU | December 1 | 12pm – 7pm

FRI | December 2 | 12pm – 7pm

SAT | December 3 | 12pm – 7pm

SUN | December 4 | 12pm – 5pm

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Inspired by… Ann Hamilton

I have been interacting with Ann Hamilton’s white marble raised text installation at World Trade Center 1 train stop, to and from Governors Island all year long, before I even realized it was her work.

Before I was aware of the vast scope of Ann’s work, I was fascinated by images of her installation work circling the interwebs for years, which make this opportunity to watch an interview with her even most precious.