Coined in the South


October 11, 2019 - February 16, 2020

Mint Museum Uptown at Levine Center for the Arts

 

Eleanor Annand. Entropic (detail), 2019, die-cut and laser cut cardboard forms, paint.

Courtesy of the artist.

Instagram: @eleanorannand

Ken West. Father of Man, 2018, metallic paper. Courtesy of the artist.

Instagram: @the_beauty_of_everyday_thangs

Tema Stauffer. Yellow House, Wire Road, Germantown, NY, 2016, archival pigment print. Courtesy of Tracey Morgan Gallery.

Instagram: @temastauffer

 

For the first time, The Mint Museum will partner with the Young Affiliates of the Mint (YAMs) to produce their fourth annual juried exhibition, Coined in the South, which continues a museum tradition of hosting juried exhibitions that dates back to the 1950s. The title, “Coined in the South”, refers to The Mint Museum’s origin as the first branch of the United States Mint, but also to the act of inventing and/or devising – critical to the production of innovative new works of art. The purpose of the show is to bridge the gap between the museum, the gallery, and the studio and to showcase fresh, thought-provoking works that have not yet been seen by a broader audience. Unconfined to any aesthetic, theme, or medium, the show is envisioned as a platform for emerging artists currently working in and/or from the Southeast.

 

The call for entries, which went out in March 2019, resulted in nearly 400 artist entries. Three jurors (Jonell Logan, Adam Justice, and Marilyn Zapf) reviewed the submissions in June and selected the work of approximately 45 artists for inclusion. The artists hail from five different states across the region and work in a wide range of styles and media. Twenty-three of the artists are from North Carolina; seven are from the Charlotte region. The youngest are in their early 20s; the oldest in their early 80s. For the first time the exhibition will feature prizes – a top prize ($10,000) selected by the jurors and a second prize ($5,000) selected by the members of the Young Affiliates of the Mint. The museum plans to have local artists give quick, pop up tours throughout the run of the show and will also host a panel discussion during the run of the show featuring the jurors and the prize winners.

 

 

 

The Artists

 

Deighton Abrams

 

Eleanor Annand

 

Austin Ballard

 

Johannes Barfield

 

Ivana Milojevic Beck

 

Susan Brenner

 

Amanda Britton

 

Danielle Burke

 

Thomas Campbell

 

Erin Canady

 

Micah Cash

 

Erin Castellan

 

Kevin Cole

 

Sarah Elizabeth Cornejo

 

Yvette Cummings

 

Travis Donovan

 

Robert Fritsche

 

Riley Hammond

 

Caroline Hatfield

 

Donna Cooper Hurt

- Profile 

 

Joyce Watkins King

 

Kenn Kotara

 

Nathaniel Lancaster

 


Johannes Barfield. The Green House on Cornell Blvd., 2019, photograph printed on woven fabric, yellow canvas,

hand-harvested red clay soil (Utisol) from Winston-Salem, NC, liquid polymer asphalt, joint compound.

Courtesy of the artist.

 

 

Jasper Lee 

 

Elizabeth Lide

 

Jackson Martin

 

Rachel Meginnes

-NCAC Profile

 

Chieko Murasugi

 

Claire Pope

 

Chloé Rager

 

Adrian Rhodes

 

Kristi Ryba

 

Tom Schmidt

 

MJ Sharp

 

Beverly Smith

 

Katie St. Clair

 

Tema Stauffer

 

Denise Stewart-Sanabria

 

Stephanie Sutton

 

Harrison Walker

 

Jan-Ru Wan

- Interview

 

Shane Ward

 

Ken West

 

Fletcher Williams III

- Interview 

 

Stephanie J. Woods

 

 

 

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Created by  Heather Finke, volunteer for the Mint Museum Library