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Fresh Paint: Sarah Emerson Creates New Mural at MOCA in Jacksonville


Sarah Emerson’s latest creation in her Underland series is underway in the form of a large mural adorning three walls of the Haskell Atrium Gallery at the Museum of Contemporary Art in Jacksonville, Florida.  The project will be Continue reading

In Case You Missed It! Clips from Constance Thalken’s Artist Talk at whitespace

We were thrilled with both the turn out and the dialogue that ensued at Constance Thalken’s artist talk on February 2nd.  Check out these clips below Continue reading

The Sea by Marcia Vaitsman

A Look Inside: Seana Reilly and Marcia Vaitsman Awarded Idea Capital’s Travel Grant for “Heisenberg Boulevard”

We are pleased to announce that whitespace artists, Seana Reilly and Marcia Vaitsman have been awarded a $2000 Idea Capital Travel Grant for their joint video installation project “Heisenberg Boulevard.”  Reilly and Vaitsman will be traveling out west to complete the project, a large-scale installation showing geographically and chemically active landscapes where evidence of chemo-physical exchanges is visible.  These unromanticized views of nature (volcanoes, tsunamis, earthquakes, geysers, tornadoes, planets, stars and moons) will be presented as sources of energy Continue reading

“1.2 cm =” photography by Constance Thalken on view from January 11th through February 16th

“Illness is the night-side of life, a more onerous citizenship. Everyone who is born holds dual citizenship, in the kingdom of the well and in the kingdom of the sick. Although we all prefer to use only the good passport, sooner or later each of us is obliged, at least for a spell, to identify ourselves as citizens of that other place.” -Susan Sontag in Illness As Metaphor

Constance Thalken with whitespace artist, Suellen Parker at the opening of 1.2cm =

Thank you to everyone who came out for the opening of 1.2 cm = an exhibition of photography by Constance Thalken.  The exhibition addresses the paradoxical relationship between the smallness of an invasive tumor (1.2 cm) and complexity of its impact on the body and mind. The work speaks to Continue reading

AtramentalMain by Seana Reilly

Casey Lynch interviews Seana Reilly for Drain Magazine

Seana Reilly, AtramentalMain, 2012, graphite on dibond, 72 x 48 inches

The Science of Letting Go

In the Black issue of Drain magazine, Casey Lynch interviews Seana Reilly to explore the process and inspiration for her sublime, introspective graphite “pourings.”  Reilly explains in detail her interest in Vipassana meditation, geology, and philosophy, offering readers a glimpse into her artistic journey, while Lynch highlights Reilly’s awareness Continue reading

“An Imagined Decembrist Carol” at whitespace

Marymay Impastato discusses the inspiration for her moving carol: An Imagined Decembrist Carol

A window vignette from “An Imagined Decembrist Carol” at whitespace

With Aqua Art Miami and our December Show, December has been an exciting month full of festivity here at whitespace!  We’d first like to thank everyone who came out for A Moveable Feast, the opening reception for the December Show and holiday party on the first of the month.  We hope everyone enjoyed  Continue reading