8PM
8PMa performance and visual art installation by Kate Fauvell and Leanne Schmidt
April 24 - May 6, 2008
chashama 266 Performance Window
266 West 37th Street
New York, NY
Visual artist Kate Fauvell and choreographer Leanne Schmidt will present 8PM, a visual performance installation that does not currently exist. The artists, who share a desire to bring immediacy to their work, will transform chashama's 266 W. 37th St. window, an empty and otherwise still space, into a place where motion and art coexist. They will draw inspiration and life to their work from each other and their surroundings as they make new pieces on the spot. As they create, the audience, time, space and sound will affect their process, and as those variables alter, so will their work. At the end of the opening of this installation, the new work will remain behind in the form of Ms. Fauvell's paintings and Ms. Schmidt's dances caught on video -tape and displayed throughout the space. To experience the creation of the work, please join the artists on April 24th and May 1st at 8PM...Followed by an opening reception at Stitch Bar, 247 West 37th Street.
Leanne Schmidt, a native of Buffalo N.Y., has presented work throughout New York City at venues including Triskelion Arts, Dance New Amsterdam, chashama, Dixon Place, and WAX. In addition to New York City, her choreography has also been seen in Phoenix, Buffalo, Washington, D.C. and at Built on Stilts in Martha's Vineyard. Leanne has received commissions from Kent State University in Ohio and Happendance in Michigan. Leanne holds a BFA in Dance from SUNY College at Brockport and a MFA in Dance from Arizona State University. Leanne is the artistic director of Leanne Schmidt and Company whose mission is to present dance that is human, vulnerable and accessible.
Kate Fauvell is originally from New York City where she was born and raised in Queens. She is a visual artist known for her expressive manner of creation, using drips to paint humanity's insides. In 2002 she received a BFA in Drawing and Printmaking from Binghamton University and in 2004 a MFA in Painting from The Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts. Kate has been involved in shows at PS 122, Artists Space, A.I.R. Gallery, and Galeria Galou to name a few. Most recently she has exhibited her light boxes in a two-person show at Teneleven in the East Village. In addition to her exhibiting, Kate has taught Fine Arts for The Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, Mural Arts in Philadelphia, and for the New York City Department of Education.
www.katecfauvell.com
