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DIRECTOR'S NOTE
As I began to edit this newsletter, it came as somewhat of a shock to me that this is the ten-year anniversary of my service as Director of SPACES, a position I assumed after the death of our founding Director Seymour Rosen. And while I have been documenting, studying, and writing about art environments for – yikes! – almost 45 years, the intensity of my work for SPACES has driven my passion for this field to a new and extremely gratifying level.
Over this past decade we have experienced an upwelling of interest in art environments from a variety of global artistic and cultural players, and this has helped animate some major successes in saving or bringing long-delayed recognition to some sites whose very existences were being threatened. This will ensure that our children and our children’s children will also have the opportunity to share in the joy that interacting with these very special spaces provides. In addition to our strong work in advocacy, over the past ten years SPACES has curated or supported the curation of numerous museum and gallery exhibitions both here and abroad; provided access to our archival documentation for museums, galleries, filmmakers, authors, and graduate students; lectured and published on art environments internationally; and had our work cited as globally important, particularly as our increasingly-robust website – supported by an enthusiastic cadre of writers, researchers, and photographers from all over the world – broadens the reach of our efforts.
So I would like to take this opportunity to thank you, once again, for your support of our work in this genre-bending field. We are honored by your confidence, and, with your help, look forward to continuing to make major strides in our goals to identify, document, and advocate for art environments worldwide.
And, as always, we are also delighted to accept donations of archival materials as you visit sites, take photos, collect publications, or clip articles. We couldn’t do what we do without you!
Thanks again, and warmest wishes for the holidays and the upcoming new year!!
– Jo Farb Hernández
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SPACES Director Jo Farb Hernandez met with representatives of the Kohler Foundation, Inc., and the John Michael Kohler Arts Center earlier in November. While enjoying a visit to James Tellen’s art environment outside of Sheboygan, she had an opportunity to review the gallery space that is being allocated to SPACES in conjunction with JMKAC’s 50th anniversary celebration next fall. Included in that display will be photographs, archival materials, and artworks, all from the collection of SPACES.
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featured site:
Mary Tillman Smith
An artist in the South Mississippi town of Hazlehurst, Mary T. Smith (1904-1995) was known for repurposing discarded scrap metal as a canvas for her brightly colored portraiture, arranged thoughtfully along her white picket fence.
"Her yard show was an installation that faced out to the public and was meant to be an expression of herself to the world." — Jay Wehnert
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