Taking Care: Ryan Crowley, Loc Huynh, and Jamire Williams

Taking Care: Ryan Crowley, Loc Huynh, Jamire Williams 2021/2022 Artist Studio Program Exhibition John M. O’Quinn Gallery Lawndale Art & Performance Center Feb 26 – May 14, 2022

Taking Care: Ryan Crowley, Loc Huynh, Jamire Williams 2021/2022 Artist Studio Program Exhibition

The artist’s studio should be a generative space, one meant for growth, abundance, and nourishment. While these spaces may not provide physical nourishment, they can offer metaphorical food for an artistic practice. Over these last six months, three artists who are part of Lawndale’s Artist Studio Program—Ryan Crowley, Loc Huynh, and Jamire Williams—have taken care of their studio practice during a time when care is needed most. A time for self care and care for community health. It has been restorative to have a space dedicated to artistic making and practice and the fruits of these labors are unveiled in Taking Care: Ryan Crowley, Loc Huynh, Jamire Williams.

About the Artist Studio Program The nine-month Artist Studio Program supports three artists annually with an honorarium, project grant, studio space, and curatorial support, culminating with an exhibition of the artists’ new works.

Major support for the Artist Studio Program is provided by Kathrine G. McGovern/The John P. McGovern Foundation.

Winter/Spring 2022 Artist Talks with 2021/2022 Artist Studio Program participants Ryan Crowley, Loc Huynh, and Jamire Williams; Angelica Raquel; and Ann Johnson Saturday, March 26 from 3 - 5 PM 2

Jamire Williams is a multidisciplinary artist whose practice spans experimental jazz, performance, and sculpture. His work is grounded in an investigation of the Black diaspora and driven by a deep faith and sense of the immaterial. He has performed and presented nationally and internationally at venues including The Whitney Museum of American Art, Lawndale Art and Performance Center, Bim Huis, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Montreal Contemporary Art Museum, Stony Island Arts Bank, Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall, Michael Todd Gallery, Theatre des Bouffes du Nord, and Brookfield Place. In his music and performance, Williams has collaborated Loc Huyhn received his MFA in drawing with such luminaries as Solange Knowles, and painting from the University of North Kara Walker, Jason Moran, Dev Hynes, Texas in 2020 and his BFA from Texas State Robert Glasper, Julie Mehretu, Moses University in 2016. Huynh has exhibited work Sumney, Kahlil Joseph, Jamal Cyrus, Ari at numerous venues nationally, including Marcopoulos, Christian Scott, and Chassol.

Baby Blue Gallery in Chicago; Wilkinson Gallery (New York Academy of Art) in New York; Inpost Gallery in Albuquerque; among many more. He is the recipient of the Voertman-Ardoin Fellowship, Hixson-Lied Fellowship, and Vermont Studio Residency Fellowship. His work has been featured in New American Paintings and Glasstire.

Ryan Crowley is a sculptor who likens his process of making sculpture to dancing with an off-kilter washing machine. He has exhibited nationally at institutions including Hometown Gallery, Brooklyn; Coustofwaxman, Manhattan; Wayfarers, Brooklyn; TSA Chicago; Julius Caesar Gallery, Chicago; 4th Wall Project, Boston; 1708 Gallery, Richmond; Mass Gallery, Austin and TANK Space, Houston. In 2014, he was the recipient of a Virginia Museum of Fine Arts Fellowship grant. Crowley studied sculpture at Massachusetts at Massachusetts College of Art and Design and Virginia Commonwealth University.

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Taking Care: Ryan Crowley, Loc Huynh, Jamire Williams Exhibition Checklist

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01. DAILY BREAD, 2022 Chair, cymbal, Holy Bibles, and plastic wrap 02.

SPEAK O’ LORD, 2022 Wood, soil, microphones, microphone stands, chords, and gauze Dimensions variable

03. ELSALI, 2022 Holy Bibles, rock, circuit board, and tweeter speaker 04. THE TESTAMENT & THE TRANSFIGURATION, 2022

Fiery Darts: Marching hat and vintage darts

Scores 1-10: Acrylic paint on manuscript paper and charcoal on manuscript paper

Transfiguration: Printed photographs 12 x 18" each

The Anointing: Glass cylinder, olive oil, and book

Psalms 150: Speaker box, pedal, tambourine, cotton stalk, gauze, and soil

05. FROM GENESIS TO THE MAPS, 2022 Hymnal and plastic bag 06. BEAUTY FOR ASHES, 2022 Black construction paper 07. IN RETROSPECT: A BFA IN LORD HELP US, 2017

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Directed by Jamire Williams & Asia Nicole Williams Choreography by Marlon Taylor-Wiles Edited by Ivan Cortez Dancers: Marlon Taylor-Wiles, Ade Chike Torbert

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Skewedelabra (and Smoked), 2021-2022 Carved willow oak burl, live oak galls, incense sticks, painted and smoked poplar, sawdust, aluminum screws, steel bracket, and Danish oil 29 x 16 x 8"

09. Untitled, (Ball), 2021 Plywood and pigment 9” diameter 10.

Roomba Stealth, 2021 Found and upcycled painting boards, Inlays: found carved wood panels, brass from bathroom door kicks, modified steel shelf bracket, MDF, dried lemon end, screw tip, cactus needles, tooth pick, charcoal, and graphite 40 x 29 x 7”

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Weed #1, 2022 Carved pine, bass wood, cherry, cast aluminum, solid worked borosilicate glass, sheet glass, fabric, found carved wooden hand signs, and steel 20 x 11 x 10”

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Weed #2, 2022 Blown borosilicate glass, cast aluminum, paint, and MDF 7 x 5 x 4”

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Weed #3, 2022 Cherry, sheet glass, silicone, smoke, sawdust, and paint 15 x 11 x 9”

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Untitled, 2022 Paper clay, pine, maple, scagliola plaster, dried lemons, silicone, sheet glass, wire, zip ties, foil, resin, fabric, dyes, ink, paint, rust, and sawdust 117 x 108 x 40”

21. Greetings From America, 2021 Acrylic and enamel on canvas 60 x 40"

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Weed #4, 2022 Plaster, urethane clay, steel wire, rust, and paint 13 x 10 x 7”

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Moth Breaks, 2021 Cast aluminum disc, plywood, carved cherry and pine, cork, steel, head glass, carved willow oak burl, sandblasted glass sphere lamp fixture, electrical lighting elements, toothpick, and paint 56 x 23 x 17”

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Weed #5, 2022 Charred, carved pine, poplar, and mirror polished brass 11” x 6” x 5”

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Book, 2021-2022 Plywood, scagliola plaster, paper clay, charcoal, sand, stained glass, Moretti glass insect with incense, watercolor on paper under back painted glass, tree branches, shower curtain rings, inlayed rolled aluminum foil, rust paint, ink, acrylic paint, and Xerox transfers 59 x 36 x 23”

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Envelope / Lung, 2021-2022 Delaminated, reversed and riveted aluminum sheet, rivets, resin clay, string, pine, brass grommets, cast aluminum disc, live oak galls, plaster, threaded rod hardware, rust paint, carved plywood balls, and paint bushes 61 x 56 x 23”

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Guard, 2021-2022 Carved and painted willow oak burls, maple, cherry, cambia poplar, pine, found faux bamboo wood table legs with nails, stained glass, sawdust, wire, paper clay leaves, steel grommet, carved plywood balls, and pigments 103 x 61 x 56”

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Grandma in Jade, 2021 Acrylic on canvas, metal hardware, and enamel on plastic chain Dimensions variable

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Grandpa in Jade, 2021 Acrylic on canvas, metal hardware, and enamel on plastic chain Dimensions variable

24. Still in Saigon, 2022 Acrylic and enamel on canvas 60 x 40" 25.

The Ocean Between Us (Biển hai bên Chúng ta), 2022 Inkjet print on paper and glue 4 1/4 x 2 3/4"

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Eldest Child (A Portrait of my Mother as a Child with My Grandpa and Grandma), 2021 Acrylic and enamel on canvas 48 x 36"

27. Bà Ngoại, 2021-2022 Acrylic, cardboard, and glue 48 x 48 x 36" 28.

An Altar (Remembrance and Reverence), 2018-2022 Acrylic on panel, rubber band balls, melamine plates, ceramic vessel, rice, and incense Dimensions variable

29. Ông Ngoại, 2021-2022 Acrylic, cardboard, and glue 48 x 48 x 36" 30.

I Waited for You, 2022 Acrylic and colored pencil on paper mounted on panel 9 x 12"

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Mission Lawndale is a multidisciplinary contemporary art center that engages Houston communities with exhibitions and programs that explore the aesthetic, critical, and social issues of our time.

About Lawndale believes in the role of art and artists to inspire and inform the world around us. By serving as an intimate gathering place to experience art and ideas, Lawndale seeks to foster connections between communities in Houston and beyond. Lawndale presents a diverse range of artistic practices and perspectives through exhibitions and programs, including lectures, symposia, film screenings, readings, and musical performances.

Through exhibition opportunities, the Artist Studio Program, institutional collaborations, and the engagement of an advisory board comprised of artists, curators, and scholars, Lawndale seeks within its mission to support all artistic and cultural communities of Houston.

Supporters Lawndale’s exhibitions and programs are produced with generous support from The Anchorage Foundation of Texas; The Brown Foundation, Inc.; David R. Graham; The Joan Hohlt and Roger Wich Foundation; The John M. O’Quinn Foundation; The John R. Eckel, Jr. Foundation; Houston Endowment; Humanities Texas and the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) as part of the federal ARP Act; Kathrine G. McGovern/The John P. McGovern Foundation; The National Endowment for the Arts; The Alice Kleberg Reynolds Foundation; The Rose Family Foundation; the Texas Commission on the Arts; The City of Houston through Houston Arts Alliance; and The Wortham Foundation, Inc. Additional support provided by Lindsey Schechter/Houston Dairymaids, Saint Arnold Brewing Company, and Topo Chico.

Additional support provided by Lindsey Schechter/Houston Dairymaids, Saint Arnold Brewing Company, and Topo Chico.

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