Tuesday, April 5th, 2022, 6pm EST

JSTN CLMN

In the Drawn Out Conference’s final artist talk, participant JSTN CLMN breaks down his idea of drawing in three parts: 1) as communication, 2) as a way to learn, visualize, and remember, & 3) to promote focus, meditation and belief.

JSTN CLMN is an Assistant Professor of Studio Art at Denison University working in sculpture and ceramics. CLMN’s art practice works with the cultural relationships to objects and the theoretical redefinition of craft. He is a graduate of the Rhode Island School of Design (BFA 05) and the University of Delaware (MFA 17). His experience includes that of an educator, professional studio assistant, and a practicing artist. His work has been shown in galleries and exhibitions such as Youngstown State University, Wabash College, and with the Occupy Museums “Debtfair” show at the 2017 Whitney Biennial. CLMN had an installation with the Brickscape Residency and was a recipient of an individual artist grant from The Pittsburgh Foundation.

Friday, March 4th, 2022, 6pm EST

Kate Hampel

In this segment of the Drawn Out Conference, multidisciplinary artist and Ohio University art professor, Kate Hampel, shares how a collaborative drawing project with her daughter about migratory vultures in their hometown shifted feelings of revulsion, distaste, mortality and decay.

Kate Hampel holds an MFA in Fiber and Material Studies from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and a BFA from Concordia University in Montreal. Her work has been shown at museums, galleries and art fairs in the United States, Canada, and Asia, and she has participated in residency programs across the United States. She has been the recipient of the Illinois Arts Council Individual Artist Grant and Virginia Commonwealth University’s Fountainhead Fellowship in Craft/Material Studies. She currently lives in Bishopville, Ohio, where she is cofounder of FOLLY, an artist residency for artists, writers, and scholars, and teaches at Ohio University’s School of Art + Design.

Monday, December 13th, 2021, 6pm EST

Emmeline Solomon

Is a hotdog a sandwich and is this conference a drawing? Artist and Albion College art professor, Emmeline Solomon, present on the shared structure and ingredients of both in her Drawn Out Conference artist talk: the absence of a thing is the thing itself, convolution is better than plain speak, and working in ways to keep us unstable is utopia.

Emmeline Solomon is an artist and educator who lives and works in Albion, Michigan. She holds an MFA from Washington University in St. Louis, a BFA in Printmaking from the Maine College of art, and a cup of coffee in her hands at any given time.