Calendar of Events for 2010 Studios Midwest Residency Program

Tuesday June 29th – 7pm–The Box Gallery* - Meet and welcome  Michelle Dickson at her slide presentation.

Friday, July 2nd – 5-8pm–First Fridays on Seminary Street** – see Michelle at the GCAC booth

Thursday, July 15th – 5-8pm–The Box Gallery – See the progression of Michelle's work at the studio open house

Tuesday, July 27th – 7pm – The Box Gallery – Join us for the Clare Smith Memorial Lecture by Mark Holmes

Saturday, August 7th – 7-9pm – The Box Gallery – Studios Midwest 2010 Exhibition Reception featuring the
works of Michelle Dickson created while in residency.

Tuesday August 10th, Noon – The Box Gallery – Join us for Lunch at the Box where Michelle will talk about the
exhibition.

*The Box Gallery is located at 306B E. Simmons Street in downtown Galesburg

**First Fridays takes place on Seminary Street between Man St. & Simmons St.

Studios Midwest 2010
In its long-standing tradition of welcoming exciting artists into the Galesburg community, the Galesburg Civic Arts Center is pleased to announce that Michelle Dickson, an installation artist from Amherst, MA, will be our Studios Midwest artist-in-residence this summer.
A community-run visual arts residency from its inception in 1986, Studios Midwest has been administrated by the Galesburg Civic Art Center for the past seven years. During its tenure, the program has fostered the independent visions of 97 artists from across the United States, and globe, as they have shared their talents and worked with the Galesburg and surrounding communities. Like all highly regarded arts programs, Studios Midwest is committed to ensuring both quality of work and the perpetuation of the residency.
In these uncertain times, when arts programs nationwide are facing funding issues even as more and more artists seek the creative prospects of residencies themselves, it only makes sense to take a moment to be sure that Studios Midwest continues to attract the best artists and the most support. Last year, Studios Midwest began a two-year review to plan the residency’s next steps carefully and creatively.
We are pleased to announce that Fall 2010 will see the roll-out of a reimagined and revitalized Studios Midwest residency, one which we believe will ensure Galesburg’s connections to the larger art world for years to come.
Michelle Dickson - Bio

I am currently based in Amherst, Massachusetts working on my MFA at the University of Massachusetts. I was born in Jacksonville, Florida and I received my BFA from the University of Florida in 2008. Although my background comes out of painting and drawing, in the last couple of years I have been exploring more sculptural and installation methods. My work is autobiographical and deals with concepts of personal memory and temporality. Working in a site-responsive manner, I attempt to create installations that have a specific relationship with the physical scale of the viewer's body and relevant speculation about the real world.  I want to achieve a reconnection to the interior self through triggered memory.