Pedagogy as Art

Pedagogy as Art: the art, science, or profession of teaching; especially : education 2

Aaron AndersonEric Timothy Carlsonhttp://madmuseum.org/sites/default/files/styles/popup/public/2013/01/GreenScreen04.jpg?itok=1OaCDYhI

Sketch for belisks (after Hipgnosis & R. W. McAloon), 2013, image courtesy of the artist

Exploring the possibilities of producing open material, NYC based artists Aaron Anderson and Eric Timothy Carlson take residence at MAD through the winter and spring of 2013 as they construct their project, Excess of Void.A manifestation of potential energy that, over time, finds definition as culturally relevant forms of object, painting, structure, and surface, Excess of Void utilizes the museum as an incubator for the pre-form stage of realization through which Carlson and Anderson explore the museums role in the trajectory of creative output.

Keetra Dean Dixon

Extruder Concept Illustrations 2013http://fromkeetra.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/BeyondExtrd1_KeetraDDixon.jpg

Layered Wax Type, 2008

New York Times Treatment, Election Day, 2008

Finding Direction, Illustration, 2013Comforter AKA Everything Will be OK Blanket2006, An exercise re-contextualizing an interpersonal phrase + personifying a domestic item in exchange for the reassurance of an intimate relationship. The blanket was made to function as both a sweet gesture & as an amplification of the superficial comfort of consoling phrases a literal play on the blanket as an emotionally comforting facade.

Keetra Dean Dixon straddles a wide set of mediums in her playful and process-oriented work. With a foothold in graphic design, she often reaches into speculative terrain including experiential work, installation, and sculpture. By leveraging emergent technologies and shortcomings in ubiquitous creative tools Dixon evolves form and integrates discovery into the design process. Her projects are spurred on by the fallibility of communication and attempts to connect. By utilizing the flicker between concise communication and confusion, Dixon hopes to provide surprising and mesmerizing moments in the discord between intention, action and interpretation.

Superscript, 2013, Neil Donnelly, on Display at Museum of Arts and Design

Rudi Stern (80s)