Jon Roberts in the ON::View Residency: Jan 9 - Feb 8, 2025
Schedule
Sat, 08 Feb, 2025 at 05:00 pm
UTC-05:00Location
2301 Bull St, Savannah, GA, United States, Georgia 31401 | Savannah, GA
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ARTS Southeast is pleased to host Jon Roberts in the ON::View Residency from January 9th - February 8th, 2025.Artist Talk: Saturday, Jan 18 at 2PM
Project Finale: Friday, Feb 7th from 5-9PM during First Fridays in Starland
www.artssoutheast.org/jon-roberts
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About the Artist: Jon Roberts (Burlington, VT)
Jon Roberts graduated from Bates College in Maine with a double major in Physics and Studio Art. He completed a thesis in both disciplines, with his physics thesis focused on subatomic interactions. While he did not continue in physics as a profession, he was profoundly shaped by the ways in which both physics and art seek to express an essence of the way things are. He has traveled and worked in countries throughout Africa, Asia, Central America, and Europe.
Roberts co-founded Burlington’s first South End Art Hop, one of Vermont’s largest art events. Early in his career, he assisted Pat Parsons of the Webb and Parsons Gallery with her collection and shows, including New York’s Outsider Art Fair and other Vermont exhibits. His most recent work uses mixed media and explores the boundary between object and image. By emphasizing elements of both the figure and landscape, he aims to make his work approachable to a wide range of viewers, regardless of their familiarity with the art world. The tactile quality of many of his pieces further reinforces this accessibility, drawing viewers in through their material presence.
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About the Project:
During his Residency, Roberts will install sculptures around the city and in nearby natural and waterscape locations, photographing these placements to display in the studio. The studio exhibition will include both the sculptures and their images in situ, offering a layered experience of the works’ evolution in relation to their environmental contexts. With many of these pieces visible through the studio window, visitors will be able to see Roberts’ process unfold throughout the month, discovering faces that “seem to mysteriously appear out of the negative space in the material.”
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The ON::View Residency is made possible with investment by the City of Savannah.
This program is sponsored in part by Georgia Council for the Arts through the appropriations of the Georgia General Assembly. Georgia Council for the Arts also receives support from its partner agency - the National Endowment for the Arts.
Special thanks to our local Residency Sponsors: Starlandia Supply, SCAD Museum of Art, Telfair Museums, Green Truck Pub and Starland Yard.
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Where is it happening?
2301 Bull St, Savannah, GA, United States, Georgia 31401Event Location & Nearby Stays:
