SHAPE 1 : AUGUST 2020
Shape is a series of virtual residencies for artists, creatives, and culture-makers.
The inaugural Shape residency in August 2020 was an open-ended exploration of art, activism, agency and accountability.
Shape was a virtual residency that offered an open-ended exploration of art, activism, agency, and accountability. Vinegar offered this residency in response to a palpable urgency in the community to channel art and creative efforts towards social progress. Vinegar's staff and board members participated as resident artists alongside everyone else. Together, considered creative approaches toward social progress cultivated tools to enact our values in our art, lives, and communities. The residency concluded with an online exhibition and reception
Four Tuesday meetings in August 2020, plus work behind the scenes in our studios.
Throughout the month of August 2020, the residency took place on Zoom and in each artist’s studio (wherever that may be), and concluded with a virtual exhibition of projects and ideas at vinegarprojects.org. The four Zoom sessions offered insights from artists and scholars (15 minute lectures) followed by group discussions, coordinated by Vinegar but led by all participants.
Shape was FREE* and open to any and all artists, creatives, and culture-makers from any location. The residency was conducted in English and American Sign Language.
Itinerary:
All sessions were moderated by Voice Porter (he/him), Director of The Color Project Ensley
Each session began with an embodied grounding practice led by dance artists Fen Kennedy (they/them) and Jamorris Rivers (he/him).
American Sign Language interpretation by Kenton Myers (he/him) and Amber Robinson (she/hers).
Tuesday, August 4, 2020, 6–7:30pm CST
Art, Trauma, and Politics
Ashley Jones (she/her), poet
Julie Watters (she/her), trauma-informed practice
Tuesday, August 11, 2020, 6–7:30pm CST
Historical Perspective
Tony Bingham (he/him), sculptor
Shanna Ketchum-Heap of Birds (she/her), art historian
Tuesday, August 18, 2020, 6–7:30pm CST
The Individual in Community (+ introduce creative project prompt)
Celestia Morgan (she/her), photographer
La’Tanya Scott (she/her), environmental justice advocate
Tuesday, August 25, 2020, 6–7:30pm CST
Critical Self-Examination
Meagan Hill-Carroll (she/her), artist and writer
Remainder of session devoted to workshop/criticism of creative projects.
September 16, 2020
Virtual Exhibition + Reception of residency projects (artworks or concepts/proposals) at vinegarprojects.org.
We offered this residency series free of charge, and paid all contributors a fair wage for their labor.