One of my favorite banjo-plucking female folkies (honeywell), and probably my current favorite visual artist (rojas) just published her second childrens book and completed an installation at Ikon Gallery in the UK. That last bit of info is of importance because that's who you can buy the book from. The book's called Pidgy (as in pigeon), and someone buy me one already because the copy I buy will certainly end up in my handsome nephew's hands. It's vintage Clare Rojas, heavily influenced by textiles and folk-art as well as the whimsy of her husband, Barry McGee.
Pidgy even looks a little Charley Harper influenced if you ask me, and that's not a bad thing.
Better still Miss Rojas has a show stateside this spring in Savannah, a mere seven hour drive from Knoxville and it's Big Ears Music Festival.
April 1
Performance by Peggy Honeywell (Clare Rojas)
ACA Gallery of SCAD, Woodruff Arts Center, 1280 Peachtree St., Atlanta, Ga.
SCAD exhibitions department presents "Through the Woods," (Feb 12 - April 2) a solo exhibition by California-based artist Clare Rojas traversing five years of the artists productionfrom painting and printmaking, to installation and sculpture. A careful blend of comedy and tragedy, past and present, Rojas imaginative landscapes are peopled with stylized human and animal characters playing out poignant and witty allegorical narratives. "Through the Woods" showcases Rojas distinct iconography, inspired by folk art, street art, quilting and cartoons, that evocatively connects themes of history, community, feminism and ecology in an unforgettable folklore entirely contemporary and unique. The performance is free and open to the public.
Roadtrip anyone?
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