CHRISTY SPEAKMAN

The Machine in the Garden, Prospect 1.5

christy — Thu, 23 May 2013 00:28:24 +0000

If there was any question about how much the New Orleans art scene has grown in recent years, it was answered as December 2010 witnessed an art community in overdrive with overlapping major spectacles including PhotoNOLA, DesCours and Prospect.1.5. Although more low-key than its stellar predecessor, Prospect.1.5 is still a big deal and incorporates local and big-city artists in displays of ambitious aesthetic cross-fertilization. Everything comes together cohesively in The Machine in the Garden expo at Octavia Art Gallery, as Brian Borrello, Ralph Bourque, Daphne Loney, Michel Varisco and Christy Speakman all provide poetic explorations of the dark side of Louisiana’s carbon-based economy in contrast to the creative spirit of its people, and the incandescence of the sun, moon and stars.
—D. Eric Bookhardt, Gambit Weekly Art Review, January 03, 2011

WATERSHED

christy — Wed, 16 May 2012 14:38:10 +0000

Visit the Art in Odd Places blog for an abridged interview about USSSA, Watershed, and more: http://www.artinoddplaces.org/blog/?p=1841

Home is Where the Bronx is

christy — Wed, 18 Apr 2012 10:46:12 +0000

Longwood Art Gallery @ Hostos
4/5 train to E. 149th St. & Grand Concourse in the Bronx
On view April 4 – June 6, 2012
BRIO Dialogue – I’ll be at the gallery, along with other artists in the show on Saturday, April 21st, 3-5 pm
Closing Reception: Wednesday, June 6, 5 – 9 pm

Concrete Rainforest Screening

christy — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 23:12:41 +0000

At the NYFA Bootstrap Festival, thru Feb 28:
CSV CULTURAL CENTER
107 Suffolk Street,
New York, NY 10002

Stills from Concrete Rainforest will be at the Bronx River Art Center as part of the culminating event for the Shifting Communities exhibition series on February 24.

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Turning exhibition in Leiden, Holland

christy — Tue, 01 Nov 2011 23:56:17 +0000

Shifting Communities

christy — Sun, 02 Oct 2011 01:33:16 +0000

The Machine in the Garden, Prospect 1.5

christy — Wed, 02 Feb 2011 02:30:44 +0000

If there was any question about how much the New Orleans art scene has grown in recent years, it was answered as December 2010 witnessed an art community in overdrive with overlapping major spectacles including PhotoNOLA, DesCours and Prospect.1.5. Although more low-key than its stellar predecessor, Prospect.1.5 is still a big deal and incorporates local and big-city artists in displays of ambitious aesthetic cross-fertilization. Everything comes together cohesively in The Machine in the Garden expo at Octavia Art Gallery, as Brian Borrello, Ralph Bourque, Daphne Loney, Michel Varisco and Christy Speakman all provide poetic explorations of the dark side of Louisiana’s carbon-based economy in contrast to the creative spirit of its people, and the incandescence of the sun, moon and stars.

—D. Eric Bookhardt, Gambit Weekly Art Review, January 03, 2011

Artist-in-Residence at OCAC

christy — Fri, 21 May 2010 02:39:16 +0000

Photography Artist-in-Residence at Oregon College of Art & Craft in Portland, Oregon, January-May 2010

Full Service Island at Chelsea Carwash

christy — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 02:35:14 +0000

Cosmic Territory, on view at the Bronx Museum through September 13.

christy — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 01:51:31 +0000

Cosmic Territory, 2009. Cibachrome Print, 40 in x 96 in