Never Broken: Visualizing Native American Histories
September 2023 -January 2024
Michener Art Museum
Doylestown, Pennsylvania
EXPO Chicago 2023 with Center For Native Futures
EXPO CHICAGO
13–16 APRIL 2023
NAVY PIER | CHICAGO
Seen UnSeen by Holly Wilson at the Duhesa Gallery Colorado State University Fort Collins Colorado
Seen Unseen
Duhesa Gallery
Feb 21 – July 14
Opening and Talk 4:30 -6pm, Feb 21, 2023
DUHESA GALLERY
LORY STUDENT CENTER at COLORADO STATE UNIVERSITY
1101 Center Avenue Mall
8033 Campus Delivery
Fort Collins, CO 80521
970.491.6444
Duhesa Gallery can be found on the 300 level of the LSC near the Grand Ballroom and the Native American Cultural Center.
The Duhesa Gallery
Created in 1986, the Duhesa Gallery acknowledges the significance of Native American heritage in the United States. The gallery exhibits works of Native artists throughout North America. Duhesa (Dew-He’-Sah) means ‘One Who Appreciates Beauty’. Therefore, the goal of the LSC Arts Program is to highlight artists who thrive within the realms of both contemporary art practice and traditional methods.
A look inside my studio process
by Holly Wilson
I came from a world of working in clay. I began using bronze when I had the need to make my figures stand on a single delicate toe and balance as if caught in mid air.
While many other bronze artist work in multiples’, I made a decision at the very beginning to never make a copy or edition. That is how I worked in clay and I feel that each piece is a spirit and a life of its own, I am telling a story with each work and feel I cannot repeat that story.
Here are some images of the process in the studio.
It is the simple moments in the day that spark my imagination: the way a certain stick looks like a bird in flight, or the amazement of my son when he saw the inside of a geode rock for the first time. These moments begin to intersect, and the work grows from the many elements seen, found, remembered, or felt. These are the moments I hold in my mind when I create the work.
Finding Form, Encaustic in the Third Dimension
Teaching this summer at Idyllwild Summer Arts in Idyllwild California
Finding Form, Encaustic in the Third Dimension
By Holly Wilson
June 26 – June 30, 2023
Colored wax on a flat surface is just the beginning! In this workshop, we will look at materials and forms to bring your ideas to life, allowing you to create fascinating structures that leave the two-dimensional plane.
Material is an essential part of our visual language, so you will want to choose the materials you wish to speak with carefully. Along with your ideas, you will bring various materials; these could include wood, cardboard, metal, unglazed fired clay pieces, dried plasterwork, fiber, string, paper, objects from nature, or treasures you have held onto (a complete list of suggestions to follow). You will learn exciting ways to weave these objects into your work.
Experiment with how the materials may be dipped, painted, wired, glued, hammered, but most of all, waxed. You will start by making the encaustic medium to which you will add your pigment. Encaustic is a wax-based paint composed of beeswax, resin, and pigment, which is kept as a hot liquid on a heated palette, and then applied to an absorbent surface. In addition to safety practices, you will learn various techniques, including fusing, using transparencies, glazing, layering, building up texture, line making, carving, image transfer, mold making, and resin application with different surfaces. Returning students will learn new methods and may choose to work on advanced projects if they wish. Each student will finish up to two pieces during the week (using 3D and relief techniques).
Skill Level: All levels
Age: 19 years and above
Dates: June 26 – 30, 2023
One week session
Tuition, room, and board: $1719
Day student tuition: $840
Lab Fee: $120 – includes: encaustic wax, pigments, 2 12”x16” wood panels, propane, Rebound 25 Brush-able, resin, liquid plastic, use of wood-burning tools, griddles, propane torches, alcohol lamp, two metal tools.
You will be asked to bring additional materials.
Materials List: Coming Soon
Enrollment limited to 8 students
New link to the enrollment
Click here
The Thread that Connects, Holly Wilson at Spiva Art Center, January 14 – March 4, 2023
The Thread that Connects-Gallery
Holly Wilson
The Thread that Connects
January 14 – March 4, 2023
Spiva Center for the Arts
212 W. 7th Street
Joplin, M0 64801
417.623.0183
Hours: Tuesday – Saturday
Located inside the Harry M. Cornell Arts and Entertainment Complex
2nd floor
The Thread that Connects-Gallery view 1
On Turtle’s Back, Solo Exhibition September 8 – October 11, 2022
Solo Exhibition
“On Turtle’s Back”
September 8 – October 11, 2022
Pauly Friedman Art Gallery
Misericordia University
301 Lake Street
Dallas, PA 18612
1.570.674.8420
For inquiries, please contact:
The Studio
Mustang, OK 73064 | 405.308.0239
100TH SANTA FE INDIAN MARKET, SWAIA
August 20 – 21, 2022
100th Annual Santa Fe Indian Market on the Plaza
I am so thrilled to announce that I will be at this year’s SWAIA Market!
I hope you will stop by my new booth and see what I have been working on for the last year. I will have new Jewelry, Drawings, Bronze, and Paintings. It is a joy for me to see all the smiling faces and hear how you have been, so please stop by and say hello.
Booth #LIN W 719
Saturday Aug 20, 8:00am-5:00pm
Sunday Aug 21, 8:00am-5:00pm
There will be performances, music, food, and artists through out the Santa Fe plaza and surrounding area. This is a community event that has always been filled with amazing art, artists, camaraderie, performances, a place to meet new and old friends, and a celebration of diverse Indigenous cultures and creativity.
Wednesday, August 17th
Indian Market 2022 Private Preview & Artist Reception
6:00 pm – 8:00 pm
Thursday, August 18th
Art Indigenous
6:00 pm – 10:00 pm
Friday, August 19th
Best of Show Ceremony and Luncheon
12:00 am – 2:30 pm
Members Only: Sneak Peek of Award-Winning Art + Silent Auction
2:00 pm – 4:00 pm
General Preview of Award-Winning Art + Silent Auction
4:00 pm – 6:00 pm
Sunday, August 21st
Native American Clothing Contest
9:00 am – 12:00 pm
Plaza Entertainment
9:00 am – 4:00 am
V.I.P. Indigenous Fashion Show Pre-Party
Time To Be Determined
Indigenous Fashion Show
3:00 pm
Indigenous Fashion Trunk Show
Directly Following The Fashion Show
All info for the events can be found at this link on SWAIA events page
UPTURNED FLOWER THAT TRAVELS, HOLLY WILSON AT THE VOLLAND STORE
The Volland Store presents:
November 6. 2021 – December 5 2021
The Volland Store, 24098 Volland Road, Alma, KS
Narrative is central to my work. I am interested in stories—the stories of my parents, my ancestors, my family, my community. I am a storyteller; through my work, I weave together the threads of these various narratives to create a tapestry that tells stories that are sacred and precious, personal and universal, powerful and at times volatile. Telling them brings to life things sometimes kept secret, hidden, and not permitted to be said because they challenge the status quo or reveal realities that neither side wants said. -Holly Wilson
Opening Weekend Programming
Saturday, November 6 – The artist will explain her process, using examples of the various stages of bronze casting. In the Blacksmith Shop at The Volland Store, 2 pm.
Sunday, November 7 – Artist remarks followed by conversation. In the gallery at 2 pm.
A selection of Wilson’s sterling silver jewelry, echoing the exhibition’s themes, will be available for sale during the exhibit.
Free admission. Refreshments will be served.
For your protection, and the safety of others, masks are required inside the gallery.
“Bloodline” Return to Lenapehoking, Holly Wilson at Bonner David New York City
February 10th – 26th, 2022
“Bloodline”, Solo Exhibition
Artist Reception from 6-9 pm, February 10th
