Collaborative Concepts was invited by Sandy Saunders to create an exhibition of outdoor art on his 140-acre historic working farm on Old Albany Post Road in Garrison, NY. Bamana/Bambara features the ntloma/Y-stick form, an architectural pillar, in the form of a forked stick used as the support for traditional Malian adobe houses. They are often quite undulating in form but …
New York artist, Janet Goldner was selected for a Fulbright Specialists project in Bamako, Mali. Goldner conducted a three week seminar for visual art students at Balla Fasseke Kouyate Conservatory of Arts and Multimedia. Inspired by a process originated by the renowned feminist art critic, Arlene Raven, students examined the reasons and context of their artistic production in order to …
Tribeca artist’s massive steel sculptures resonate through two worlds A feature article about Goldner’s sculptures and her relationship to Mali appears in The Villager, and Downtown Express. By Steven Snyder For 35 years, Tribeca artist Janet Goldner has been finding inspiration at opposite ends of the Earth. Intrigued by the tension she’s experienced between her two homes on different continents, …