Cultural Crossroads Artist Residency Program at the Holter Museum is an opportunity to explore the importance of international cultural influences shaping contemporary art. Through raising awareness of how artists and audiences participate in the complex web of culture, the program encourages visitors to appreciate creativity, diversity and collaboration. The residencies offer tours and opportunities for class groups to meet and work with the visiting artist.

We are pleased to announce that the National Endowment for the Arts awarded the Holter Museum of Art a grant for $55,000 in support of the Cultural Crossroads program for 2008-2010. NEA has been a key supporter since the inception of the Holter’s Cultural Crossroad Artist Residency program and is supporting the program for the fifth time.

Cultural Crossroads Residencies 2010

Marie Watt

Marie Watt is a multidisciplinary artist who lives and works in Portland, OR.  She was born to the son of Wyoming ranchers and a daughter of the Turtle Clan of the Seneca Nation (Iroquois/Haudenosaunee).  She identifies herself as “half Cowboy and half Indian.”

Events:

Jan 28 •Community Sewing Circle • 5:30-7:30 (no experience necessary)
Jan 29 • Exhibition Opening • 5:30-8pm
Feb 1-5 • Student Tours
Feb 4 • Artist Talk • 6:30-7:30 pm
Feb 6 • Storytelling with Soft Sculpture, Teacher Workshop • 10am-4pm

Burcu Kinay & Murat Cabuk

Burcu Kinay was born in Istanbul, Turkey in 1983. She took lessons in ebru (marbling) from her master Ayla Makas for 2 years in Caferaga Medresesi which is an historical training place for Turkish arts.

Murat Cabuk was born in 1978 in Turkey. He graduated in Economics from Black Sea Technical University in Turkey. He is  a web application developer as well as a calligraphist.

Events:

Feb 16-19 • Student tours
Feb 18 • Turkish Festival • 6-8:30 pm
Feb 19-20 • Adult Ebru & Calligraphy • 4-7pm & 9-Noon
Feb 20 • Family Day: Turkish Festival • 1-3pm