Exact exhibition schedules and further information about all exhibitions will be posted when known.
- Scottsdale Civic Center Library (Scottsdale, AZ)
From April through July 2009 the Crochet Reef will be showing at the Scottsdale Civic Center Library in Scottsdale, Arizona. This will be the first exhibition of the Crochet Reef in a desert state and we know the Reefs will look thrilling in these dry environs. The exhibition will feature the debut of the Scottsdale Reef, which is currently under development, plus all the IFF's Core Reef Collection. More information coming soon.
April 11 - July 11, 2009
Opening Reception: Saturday April 11, 2009
- TRACK 16 Gallery (Santa Monica, CA)
During Jan/Feb 2009 the Crochet Reef will be showing at Track 16 Gallery in Santa Monica. On show along with the IFF's Core Reef Collection will also be the Chicago Reef, the New York Reef and parts of the UK Reef. The exhibition will also include several new Reef constellations by individual contributors, including an incredible white reef by Dr Axt, a miniature grove of coral spires by Arlene Mintzer, and Nadia Severn's plastic+yarn Bottle Tree Garden. The exhibition will also debut an expanded version of the IFF's gigantic plastic-trash-agglomeration, the Toxic Reef.
Jan 10 - Feb 28 2009
Opening: Saturday Jan 10, 6-9pm
www.track16.com
- SHOW Gallery
(Staten Island, NY)
Following the triumphant debut of the New York Reef in the IFF Crochet Reef exhibition at the World Financial Center, Winter Garden, during the Summer of 2008, this magnificent creation by New York crafters will be on exhibition at SHOW Gallery on Staten Island during Fall 2008. Along with the New York Reef will also be the Chicago Reef, which made its debut at the Chicago Cultural Center in Fall 2007. Both reefs are the result of vast collective citizen energies - in each case more than 100 people have contributed models - and we are delighted that they will be on-show together here in Staten Island, overlooking the water just a hop, step and skip from the world famous Staten Island Ferry.
156 Stuyvesant Place
Staten Island, NY 10301
Closing Party: Saturday Dec 20, 7-9pm
(the gallery will be open all day from 11am)
http://www.showhownyc.com
- Hayward Gallery (Southbank Center, London, UK)
During Summer 2008 the Hyperbolic Crochet Coral Reef will be showing in London at the Hayward Gallery. The exhibition will include an expanded version of the Bleached Reef, a new configuration of the Ladies Silurian Reef, the beautifully archaic Branched Anemone Garden, and the ever-growing Toxic Reef. On show for the first time will also be the amazing new Chicago Cambrian Reef (curated by IFF contributor Aviva Alter), plus a new incarnation of the Beaded Reef (by master beaders Rebecca Peapples and Sue Von Ohlsen). The exhibition will also feature a new, all-plastic installation entitled The Exploding Plastic Inevitable (with pink crocheted sand by Kathleen Greco, craft-lace corals by Evelyn Hardin and bottle trees by Christine Wertheim.) Hanging elements in this exhibition will include the Rubbish Vortex by Australian contributor Helle Jorgensen, a cloud of jellyfish made from recycled packaging materials by Irish crafter Inga Hamilton, and Dr Axt's psychedelic coral-cloud Reefer Madness.
In addition to the IFF, reefs the Hayward exhibition will also see the debut of the UK Reef, which is currently being constructed by crafters and crocheters across the UK.
June 10 - August 18th 2008
www.haywardgallery.org.uk
- New York University "Broadway Windows" (NYC, NY)
In conjunction with the New York Institute of the Humanities and the Steinhardt School at NYU, a selection of the IFF's most complex and delicate sub-reefs will be on exhibition in the Broadway Windows space - across the road from historic Grace Church (at the corner of Broadway and 10th Street). The exhibition will include the Bleached Reef, the Branched Anemone Garden, and the Ladies Silurian Reef.
April 5th - May 18th 2008
Location: Broadway Windows, at the corner of Broadway and 10th St.
http://www.nyu.edu/pages/galleries/home/index.html
- World Financial Center, Winter Garden (Battery Park City, NYC)
As a sister exhibition to the Broadway Windows site, a second exhibition of IFF crochet corals will be staged at the World Financial Center, Winter Garden. On display here will be the IFF's yarn-and-plastic-extravaganza, the Toxic Reef. The Winter Garden show will mark the debut appearance of the Rubbish Vortex crocheted entirely from used plastic shopping bags by IFF Australian contributor Helle Jorgensen, and The Other Crochet Reef by the mysterious Dr Axt. On display will also be a large cloud of plastic jellyfish forms by Irish contributor Inga Hamilton, Cambrian Explosion forms by Aviva Alter, hyperbolic octopii by Helen Bernasconi, and beaded hyperbolic marvels by Rebecca Peapples and Sue Von Ohlsen. The WFC show will also debut the New York Reef, currently under construction, and will see the New York premier of the Chicago Reef. This exhibition is presented by arts>World Financial Center, in conjunction with the New York Institute of the Humanities at NYU.
April 5th - May 18th 2008 (The New York Reef and Chicago Reef will remain on display through August 31)
Location: World Financial Center Winter Garden (beside staircase)
220 Vesey Street, New York, NY 10281
www.worldfinancialcenter.com
- Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs (Chicago,
IL)
In conjunction with the Chicago Humanities Festival and in association with the Jane Adams Hull-House Museum
October 14 – December 16, 2007
On display: Ladies Silurian Atoll, Branched Anemone Garden, Bleached Reef, Red Reef, Blue Reef, Toxic Reef, The Chicago Reef
- The Andy Warhol Museum (Pittsburgh, PA)
6 Billion Perps Held Hostage! Artists Address Global Warming
March 11 – June 17, 2007
On display: Kelp Garden, Branched Anemone Garden, Crochet Coral
and Anemone Garden with Sea Slug by Marianne Midelberg and shells
by Sarah Simons
- Track 16 Gallery (Santa Monica, CA)
The
Powder Room
April 21 – May 19, 2007
On display: Crochet Coral Mounds by the IFF - with Marianne Midelburg, Shari
Porter and Sarah Simons
- MAN Museum (Sardinia)
Confini - Boundaries
October 13, 2006 – Jan 7, 1007
On display: Kelp Garden
- Los Angels County Fair and Millard Sheets
Gallery (Pomona, CA)
Fair Exchange
September 8 – October 1 2006
On display: Kelp Garden, Cactus Garden (this is a sibling of the
reef proper) |
