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  • Attention Feeder, 2014

    Attention Feeder, 2014

    The Attention Feeder, 2014 [Workshop Leader]ACRE residency, Steuben, WI The Attention Lab, a two-session workshop that took place at ACRE residency in the summer of 2014, gathered participants in the pursuit of prolonged attention and understanding of the Anthropocene. To help perceive this human made geologic era, we engaged in the shared reading of texts, discussion of…

  • Living As Form (Nomadic Version), 2014

    Living As Form (Nomadic Version), 2014

    Living As Form (Nomadic Version), 2014 [Curator]Antioch College, Yellow Springs, OH In the first decade of the 21st century, a critical mass of culturally infused activism and social engagement emerged. A diverse practice, socially engaged art is shaking up the foundation of art discourse, while sharing techniques and intentions borrowed from fields far beyond the arts.…

  • In Formation, 2014

    In Formation, 2014

    In Formation, 2014Harper College Exhibition SpacePalatine, IL Using individual and shared processes of building and painting, artists Raewyn Martyn and Sara Black created emergent surfaces and structures within the gallery architecture. By allowing the work to unfold throughout the exhibition period in real time, this installation rendered duration and action equally significant to any resulting…

  • The Alexandria Community Art Library, 2014

    The Alexandria Community Art Library, 2014

    The Alexandria Community Art Library, 2014Torpedo Factory – Target GalleryAlexandria, Virginia The Alexandria Community Art Library was created by Roman Petruniak. In celebration of the Torpedo Factory Art Center’s 40th Anniversary, Chicago-based artist Sara Black and the art duo Hideous Beast transformed the Target Gallery into a temporary community library. Constructed from locally sourced building…

  • Reconstructing the Fold, 2013-14

    Reconstructing the Fold, 2013-14

    Reconstructing the Fold, 2013-14Herndon Gallery, Yellow Springs, OH “Build a wall and live in it” – Gordon Matta Clark. In Reconstructing the Fold, Black follows a form of making where the intangible and the handcrafted merge. In an arch of assembly, disassembly and reconstruction, Black began by gathering boards into the form of a small,…

  • Imperfect Symmetry, 2013

    Imperfect Symmetry, 2013

    Imperfect Symmetry, 2013 [Curator]Columbia College A + D Gallery, Chicago, IL Curated by Sara Black and Karsten LundOctober 3-November 7, 2013Opening Reception: October 3, 2013, 5-8 PM with performance by Escape Group For this experimental group exhibition, thirteen artists or collaborators explored manifestations of ‘imperfect symmetry’—a phenomenon emerging at the hazy border of two more familiar…

  • Three Times Around the Long Way, 2013

    Three Times Around the Long Way, 2013

    Three Times Around the Long Way, 2013The Soap Factory, Minneapolis, MN Three Times Around the Long Way begins to listen to and view the human voice as auxiliary to physical presence. People move from no voice, to song, to disembodied singing. A cycle is initiated: past, present, future-past. Over the course of the show we…

  • Antioch College Tea Pavilion, 2012-14

    Antioch College Tea Pavilion, 2012-14

    Antioch College Tea Pavilion, 2012-14 [Design Build Workshop Leader]Antioch College Organic Farm, Yellow Springs, OH On April 14th and 15th, a small collaborative group of professional artists/architects/designers/builders including Rod Northcutt, Charlie Vinz, Jillian Soto and Sara Black led the first part of a design build project with Antioch College students and community members at the…

  • Making History: The Wooden Synagogue Replication Project, 2012

    Making History: The Wooden Synagogue Replication Project, 2012

    Making History: The Wooden Synagogue Replication Project, 2012 [Workshop Leader]Sejny, PolandHandshouse Studios In the summer of 2012, I traveled with several Antioch College students to Poland along with other faculty and students to participate in Making History: the Wooden Synagogue Replication Project. During summers of 2011 and 2012, Handshouse Studio and the Association of the Jewish…

  • Two Histories of the World, 2011-12

    Two Histories of the World, 2011-12

    Two Histories of the World, Part 1, 2011William H. Cooper Mfg. Warehouse, West Humboldt Park, Chicago, IL Two Histories of the World, Part 2, 2012Hyde Park Art Center, Chicago, IL Opening on September 23rd, 2012 at the Hyde Park Art Center is the second part of a two-part experimental exhibition entitled Two Histories of the World curated…