The recent show at the Las Cruces Museum of Art featured our collaborative piece, Indra’s Net. The work consisted of artwork done by the six members of the Praxis Collective artist group. You can see more about the installation on the blog, Praxis Collective. Now that the show is down I’ll be posting the 50+ […]
Events & Shows
“Out of Place” opening at Unsettled Gallery
Yesterday brought cooler weather and much needed rain just in time for the opening of Out of Place at the Unsettled Gallery in Las Cruces, NM; a two person exhibition by Jenni Higginbotham and myself. About ten of my pieces in the show are images of bird nests atop various man-made bases, containing unexpected objects. […]
Last day of Indra’s Net
Yesterday was the final day of the Indra’s Net exhibition. Artwork by Jean Reece Wilkey at Indra’s Net Many people saw the show during the five weeks it was up and most of the artists were there late morning to talk about the work with the last of the visitors. Thanks to everyone who helped and everyone […]
Indra’s Net opening reception
We had a grand opening reception for Indra’s Net at the Las Cruces Museum of Art last Friday night. Several hundred people passed through and saw the work and enjoyed the live music performance. You can see images of the reception on the Praxis Collectiveblog but I’m posting a few more here. Indra’s net installation […]
Installing Indra’s Net
The paintings are done and the installation has begun! Work by Jacklyn St. Aubyn and Jenni Higginbotham, ready to install Our work will be intermingled along the grid in the final installation. 4 x 4 inch paintings by Jean Reece Wilkey These are small paintings I’ve done, 52 of which will be used in the […]
Praxis Collective artists
I just wrote an article about three of the Praxis Collective artists that will be in the Indra’s Net exhibition at the Las Cruces Museum of Art. The artist’s are Tauna Cole, Robin Wiener Labe and Jenni Higginbotham. Check out the article about their work on the Praxis Collective blog where you can follow the […]
Praxis Collective artists
Jean Reece Wilkey, Kiwi on silver base, oil on panel, 4 x 4 inches Tauna Cole, one of the members of the Praxis Collective, just wrote a blogpost highlighting the work of three Praxis artists, Isadora Stowe, Jacklyn St. Aubyn and me. Read it on the Praxis Collective blog.
Indra’s Net at the Las Cruces Museum of Art
Jean Reece Wilkey, Mango on brass candlestick, oil on panel, 4 x 4 inches In August I will be showing work as one of the 6 artist members of the Praxis Collective, in a collaborative installation called Indra’s Net. The show opens on 3 August and runs through September 8 at the Las Cruces […]
2012 Biennial UTEP Faculty show
The 2012 UTEP Department of Art Biennial Faculty Exhibition at the Stanlee and Gerald Rubin Center for the Visual Arts in El Paso ends today. Gallery director Kate Bonansinga always attracts excellent curators for the show. This year’s choice, Gwen F. Chanzit, Ph.D., is Curator of Modern and Contemporary Art and the Herbert Bayer collection and […]
2012 UTEP Faculty show – Esparza, Jaquez and Parish
Here are a few artists featured in the recent University of Texas El Paso 2012 Biennial faculty show at the Stanlee and Gerald Rubin Center for the Visual Arts, which closes today. Adrian Esparza Sequía de Sueños (Dream Drought) The work of El Paso artists often comments on the border and its challenges. Adrian Esparza’s […]
“The Last Picture Show” at Preston Contemporary Art
In the spirit of a ‘last hurrah’ the Preston Contemporary Art Center has provided us with a sampling of regional artists working in a multitude of media and approaches. It’s the last show before the Preston closes it’s doors; the center which once focused on brining art to the borderland from faraway places, now celebrates […]
Square Foot Art Basel Miami at Projects Gallery
(c) Jean Reece Wilkey 2011 REPOSE Oil on panel, 12″x12″ REPOSE, is one of two paintings featured this past December 2011 along with the works of many talented artists in the group show, “Square Foot Art Miami Basel” at Projects Gallery during the Art Basel Miami festivities. For two weeks, from 29 November to 10 […]