Press for Digital Immigrant

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I had a great interview with Rachel Elizabeth Jones, art writer for Seven Days, a Vermont news magazine. Check out the article by clicking on the image. You can see more of digital immigrant by clicking here. 

I had a great interview with Rachel Elizabeth Jones, art writer for Seven Days, a Vermont news magazine. Check out the article by clicking on the image. You can see more of digital immigrant by clicking here. 

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Kristen M. Watson

Kristen makes and teaches art in a broad range of media. She’s a licensed art educator and masters of Art education candidate at St. Michael’s college. She is also a member of the Vermont Arts Council teaching artist roster. As a teaching artist, Kristen splits her time between her home studio and the classroom. She teaches visual arts at Burlington City Arts and Davis Studio, Burlington. Kristen’s work focuses on mixed media painting and installations. She exhibits her work locally and regionally in both group and solo shows, and has been selected for several juried exhibits. Her work is also held in private collections. She has completed artist residencies at the Vermont Studio Center in Johnson, Vermont and Rensing Center, South Carolina.

Cover of Art Map Burlington, May 2016

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Great news! The assemblage, Visage I, was chosen to be featured on the cover of Art Map Burlington for May 2016. Currently part of the collection of Mark Waskow, the piece was created in 2013 and shown at the Burlington City Arts instructor pop up exhibition at that years South End Art Hop along with other pieces from the Pharma series. check out more of this series by clicking on an image.

 

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Kristen M. Watson

Kristen makes and teaches art in a broad range of media. She’s a licensed art educator and masters of Art education candidate at St. Michael’s college. She is also a member of the Vermont Arts Council teaching artist roster. As a teaching artist, Kristen splits her time between her home studio and the classroom. She teaches visual arts at Burlington City Arts and Davis Studio, Burlington. Kristen’s work focuses on mixed media painting and installations. She exhibits her work locally and regionally in both group and solo shows, and has been selected for several juried exhibits. Her work is also held in private collections. She has completed artist residencies at the Vermont Studio Center in Johnson, Vermont and Rensing Center, South Carolina.

On View Now

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Love & Sunshine (Adolescence), tissue paper collage on board with magazine reproduction of paintings by unknown artist, 12 x 12", ©2015 kristen m. watson

Love & Sunshine (Adolescence), tissue paper collage on board with magazine reproduction of paintings by unknown artist, 12 x 12", ©2015 kristen m. watson

Love and Sunshine (Adolescence), a piece from the Stratum series, was featured in this week's ArtBizBlog post written by Colorado-based art business consultant Alyson Stanfield.

Works from the Stratum series (seen above) as well as selected paintings are on view now through mid-May at the Innovation Center in Burlington, VT. Curated by SEABA. 

Opening April 1st
Selected assemblages will be on view at the SEABA Members' Show. Opening Reception will be April 1st from 5-8pm, and the show runs through June 23, 2016.
I hope to see you there!

 

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Kristen M. Watson

Kristen makes and teaches art in a broad range of media. She’s a licensed art educator and masters of Art education candidate at St. Michael’s college. She is also a member of the Vermont Arts Council teaching artist roster. As a teaching artist, Kristen splits her time between her home studio and the classroom. She teaches visual arts at Burlington City Arts and Davis Studio, Burlington. Kristen’s work focuses on mixed media painting and installations. She exhibits her work locally and regionally in both group and solo shows, and has been selected for several juried exhibits. Her work is also held in private collections. She has completed artist residencies at the Vermont Studio Center in Johnson, Vermont and Rensing Center, South Carolina.

Spreading My Wings

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Detail of 50,900,000 (Emojis speak louder than words), digital collage, 144" x 36" ©2016 kristen m. watson

Detail of 50,900,000 (Emojis speak louder than words), digital collage, 144" x 36" ©2016 kristen m. watson

Hello Friends, 

I hope you have weathered the winter, sprung forward, and are enjoying the increasing daylight
and temperatures.

I've spent that last few months making art in a completely different way than I ever have before. I've always enjoyed the variety and surprise of working with disparate materials, and I'm beginning to answer the questions, "Why did I decide to be an artist?" and "What do I want to say with my work?". I have begun to clarify and align my objectives and my practice of art-making. This has resulted in rather earth-shaking changes in how I make and present my work.  Stay tuned! 

I'm preparing for a solo exhibition opening May 6 at SPACE Gallery in Burlington. The "Digital Immigrant" (as opposed to digital natives- those who were born after about 1980) exhibit is composed primarily ofinstallation works that speak to my observations of transitioning from an "analog" life to a "digital" life and how that transition has changed how we relate to one another and experience ourselves and the world. More information on the "Digital Immigrant" show will be coming as the opening draws near. 

 I hope to see you at an opening, and thanks, as always, for your continued interest and support.

Northern Woodlands Magazine commissioned a piece to accompany an essay in their Spring 2016 issue. The essay, written by local writer, Charles W. Johnson, reflects upon the disintegration of a pair of old chairs set beside a wooded trail he frequents. The process serves as a metaphor for how, as we age and eventually pass, our purpose and how we see ourselves within our community changes. The Forest Grew Up Around Us is a acrylic, pastel, and collage on paper and can be purchased (original or archival print) on my website. 

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Kristen M. Watson

Kristen makes and teaches art in a broad range of media. She’s a licensed art educator and masters of Art education candidate at St. Michael’s college. She is also a member of the Vermont Arts Council teaching artist roster. As a teaching artist, Kristen splits her time between her home studio and the classroom. She teaches visual arts at Burlington City Arts and Davis Studio, Burlington. Kristen’s work focuses on mixed media painting and installations. She exhibits her work locally and regionally in both group and solo shows, and has been selected for several juried exhibits. Her work is also held in private collections. She has completed artist residencies at the Vermont Studio Center in Johnson, Vermont and Rensing Center, South Carolina.