The Tomayko Foundation fosters individual creativity through education and the arts.
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Now Open: Today
Today asks us to address the here and now and includes works that are inspired by everyday (or extraordinary) incidents, stories, feelings, anxieties, text messages, diaries, conversations, and routines that make up the quotidian. Juried by Sarah Hall, Director at the Museum of Fine Arts Washington County, in Hagerstown, MD, this exhibition is on view until May 31, 2024.
Congratulations to the winners of the Tomayko Foundation’s 2024 Performing Arts Sponsorship:
Artists Heidi Wiren Kebe, Annie Hui-Hsin Hsieh, and Veronica Santiago Moniello!
Kebe, Hsieh, and Moniello present HORSES & FOXES, a 40-minute durational immersive performance with dance, sound, and sculpture performed live by three artists, three women. This project is a synthesis of choreography and sound composition in which all elements are in constant conversation with one another; the materials used are strong yet elastic: steel, wood, glass, and ice. Depicting the shapeshifting quality of these creatures in folklore and the malleability of women kind. Built on the histories and mythologies of its namesake, HORSES & FOXES will take over Studio A at Pittsburgh’s WQED (The Fred Rogers Studio) and will feature Annie Hui-Hsin Hsieh, Veronica Santiago Moniello, and Heidi Wiren Kebe.
The performance will premier in February 2025.
Image: Courtesy of Brie Ruais and Albertz Benda, New York | Los Angeles
ONENESS: Brie Ruais now open at Contemporary Craft
Made from the artist’s body weight in clay, Brie Ruais’ work inherently addresses the experience of embodiment. Ruais’s solo show will be on view at Contemporary Craft from February 2 - May 4, 2024. The Tomayko Foundation is a sponsor of Contemporary Craft’s Solo Elevation Series.
Congratulations to Kierra Hines, Spring 2024 Point Park Choreography Award Winner!
Kierra’s piece, The "derangement of silence", represents a deep disturbance of tranquility, often emerging as a disquieting state where calmness is disrupted or shattered. It hints at chaos infiltrating serene settings, challenging inner peace and prompting contemplation of life's balance between calm and chaos. This concept implies a departure from expected peacefulness, inviting reflection on the fragile equilibrium within life's complexity. In essence, it symbolizes the intrusion of overwhelming thoughts or turmoil into stillness, disrupting peace of mind.
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