701 CCA offers an Artist-in-Residence (AIR) program in a 1,200 square-foot live/work unit on the second floor of 701 Whaley. Artists in residence at the center create new works while in residence. Generally, an exhibition or some public presentation of these works takes place during or shortly after the residency.
In most cases, artists in residence are also expected to involve the community in some fashion. Professional artists are selected through a competitive selection process and may be local, regional, national or international. Residencies last for six, ten or twelve weeks.
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Current Artist in Residence: DAVID CIANNI
Residency Period: January – March, 2012
Exhibition Period: March 29 – May 31, 2012
701 CCA’s next artist in residence is 50-year-old David Cianni, who lives in Aiken, S.C., and was born in Guatemala. Cianni has been creating life-size, robotic, cyborg-like sculptures from post-consumer, recycled materials for two decades. The sculptures, which include light features, have never been exhibited and will have their world premier during Cianni’s March – May exhibition at 701 CCA. The sculptures also feature in a story written by Cianni that the artist eventually envisions as a comic book. During his January – March residency, Cianni will produce additional sculptures and build an elaborate cave system with light and sound features that together will create a gallery-wide environment for his exhibition. During his residency, Cianni, who owns a metal construction company, will conduct workshops for children about creating sculptures from recycled materials.
Previous Artists In Residence:
David Voros: September – December 21, 2011
Diana Farfán , Ceramic Sculpture Personal Artist Web site: Diana Farfán.
Residency at 701 Center for Contemporary Art: January 24, 2011- April 2011
Diana Farfán. The Toy Republic and The Dream Life of Broken Toys June 16-July 31st, 2011
5:30-7pm, Columbia College: http://www.columbiasc.edu
September 19 – October 28, 2010 Mike Lavine, echoes
August 5 – Sept. 19, 2010. Jan Banning, Bureaucratics:
January 7 – February 7, 2010 (Residency: September 28 – December 21) Exhibition: Gwylene Gallimard and Jean-Marie Mauclet
Multi-media exploration of life and architecture of two of Columbia’s largest 20th-century cotton mills, the Olympia and Granby mills, and their appendages –Olympia and Granby Villages.
August 19- September 24, 2009: Damond Howard: Still America’s Greatest Problem
Large-scale charcoal drawings displayed in the artist’s loft space.
August 6 – September 15, 2009: Phil Moody: As Bees Practise Geometry
Manipulation of photography with mill industry and village imagery. 701 CCA gallery.
May 7 – July 5, 2009: Anne Boudreau: a delicate balance
An installation of suspended mixed media constructions. 701 CCA gallery.
February 5 – April 5, 2009: Ellen Kochansky Embedded Energy
A textile installation celebrating the people, stories, and resources we often overlook. 701 CCA gallery.
October 17, 2008 – January 4, 2009: Textile Tales, 701 CCA’s inaugural exhibition
Exhibition Artists: Ellen Kochansky, Beth Melton, Phil Moody, Scotty Peek. 701 CCA gallery.
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