Growing Pebbles: Don Porcaro and Students
March 9 – March 30, 2018
Opening Reception: Friday, March 9th, 6-9pm
New York | 9 Monroe Street, Basement, New York NY 10002 United States.
New York | 58 Ainslie Street, Brooklyn NY 11211 United States.
London | Unit 1, 70 Varden Street, London, E1 2JB United Kingdom
Friday, Mar 9, 2018, 6-9pm
March 9 – March 30, 2018
Opening Reception: Friday, March 9th, 6-9pm
Mar 9 – Mar 30, 2018
SLEEPCENTER is an art space mainly founded and operated by Parsons alumni, with the generous support from Don Porcaro since the beginning. We are honored to present this group exhibition of Don Porcaro’s students, young artists whose works and/or practices are influenced by Don’s teaching and help.
Participating artists (last name in alphabetical order): Elysa Batista, Olufunmilayo Aderiyike Bright, Shuyi Cao, Marina Claire, Ánima Correa, Margaret Friedman, Katie Fuller, Jake Goelman, Ken Goshen, Alex Heine, Sareh Imani Luma Jasim, Juliet Johnstone, Cali Kurlan, Gabby Madden, Kitty Shenlin Mai, Lisa McCleary, Mariel Rolwing Montes, Haleigh Nickerson, Rebecca Ou, Tianyu Qiu, Athena Rigas, Jessica Saldana, Andrew Sapala, Sarah Schulman, Natasha Le Sourd, Yue Sun, Miriam Weeks, and Shunran Xue.
Mar 9 – Mar 30, 2018
Part of Growing Pebbles: Don Porcaro and students
This exhibition showcases key conceptual developments in Porcaro’s creative process and highlights the importance of his works on paper that demonstrate the depth of his mark-making techniques also evident in his sculptures.
In celebration of Don Porcaro’s 43 years of teaching at Parsons Fine Art, and his lasting influence as an artist and educator, SLEEPCENTER is honored to present “Growing Pebbles”, an appreciation exhibition program, comprised of a solo show of Don’s works, and a group show of Don’s current and former students.
Feb 28 – Mar 14, 2016
Curated by Rui Lin
The second exhibition of the CLAPBACK series, features Hao Ni and Blake Hiltunen