The Failure Collective Collection of Failures

The Failure Collective Collection of Failures is a group show celebrating the generative power of failure. Initiated by a collective of artists dedicated to sharing failed projects with one another, this exhibition is an invitation to grow the collective by embracing the joys that come with acknowledging the many ways in which we fail.

To that end, on March 14th from 6pm-9pm, the Failure Collective is welcoming new members during an intake session at Generator Space. If you would like to join, please bring at least one of your favorite failed, half-finished, or dissatisfying projects to donate to the collection. (Individual pieces will be returned to collective members at the conclusion of the exhibition).

Artists working in any discipline at any stage in their career are welcome to contribute work to The Failure Collective Collection of Failures.

The collection will then be installed in gallery space before an opening reception on April 11th from 6pm-9 pm. Join us to honor these failures and their important place in artistic practices and help us, in the words of Samuel Beckett, "Fail Better".

• Intake Session: March 14th; 6pm - 9pm
• Opening Reception: April 11th, 6pm-9pm

Registration for both dates is appreciated but not necessary to participate or attend!

Generator Space is wheelchair accessible and located on a fairly busy street with a decent amount of traffic. Please use crosswalks for safety. Unmetered street parking is available on Vinton Street, 18th Street, and neighborhood streets to the north and west of the space.

Generator Series programming is presented with support from the Nebraska Arts Council and the Nebraska Cultural Endowment.

The Failure Collective Members:

Natalie Hanson/Facade Queen is a multidisciplinary music, theater and movement artist from Tacoma, Washington residing in Omaha. She came to Omaha in 2014 to study Musical Theatre and Dance and is also a self taught musician and producer. In Omaha, Natalie has performed with the Bluebarn Theatre and The Rose Children’s Theatre, where she recently served as a full time company member and Associate Director of Early Childhood Education. Her solo project “Facade Queen” was nominated for Outstanding New Artist and Outstanding Pop from the OEAA awards and her duo project “Twin Pages” was recently nominated for Outstanding Alt/Indie. Natalie has performed professionally in Chicago, Illinois with Comedy Dance Chicago and Teatro Vista Theatre. Natalie has also collaborated with her sister, Emilie and local artists on their experimental music duo “Court The Muse” and has been a past recipient of Amplify Arts Generator Grant Series. Natalie is interested in exploring many topics in her work including mixed race identity, art for the very young, food, dance accessibility and connecting the community.

Alina Nguyễn was born and raised in Los Angeles, CA. She is the proud daughter of Vietnamese immigrants. She earned her B.A. in English Literature and Asian American Studies from the California State University, Northridge, and her M.F.A. in Creative Writing from the California State University, Long Beach. Her risograph chapbook, Before There Were More Ghosts, was published by Tomorrow Today. She is currently pursuing her Ph.D. in Creative Writing at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln with interests in Poetics, Ethnic Literature, Queer Theory, and Printmaking.

Carlie Waganer is a collector, weaver, and perpetual novice. She received her BFA in Fiber arts from Massachusetts College of Art and Design and her work has been shown at Distillery Gallery, Gallery@ArtBlock, Women’s Studio Workshop, Store_Space Gallery, and the Nichols House Museum. Waganer has worked as an administrator at residency centers in Tennessee, New York, and now Nebraska. In her professional life, she considers herself an “artistic administrator,” where the support of artists and the realization of their goals are integral to her own artistic fulfillment. Her material practice includes categorizing, collage, coding, baking, drawing, fabric manipulation, journaling, list-making, marbling, and weaving. She is mostly interested in interconnectedness and impermanence.

Ella Weber is a basement-based artist who uses humor, performance, and storytelling within her practice. Playfully upending the existential fabrics of daily life, Weber transforms her minimum-wage day jobs into her studio. Across the counter and screen, Weber blurs the line between employee and customer, performance and reality, art and life. Trained in printmaking, Weber received an MFA from the University of Kansas. She has attended residencies at MASS MoCA, The NARS Foundation, Rogers Art Loft, PrattMWP, Ox-Bow School of Art, The Wassaic Project, and Anderson Ranch. The artist has exhibited widely in exhibitions at Contemporary Arts Center (Cincinnati, OH), IPCNY (New York, NY), Everson Museum (Syracuse, NY). Recent solo shows include exhibitions at Western Exhibitions (Chicago, IL), Munson (Utica, NY), The Union for Contemporary Art (Omaha, NE), and Plains Art Museum (Fargo, ND). Her debut novel The Deli Diaries is published with Latah Books.

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