James Company Contemporary Art Projects, together with Nonstop, is building a bespoke public art program for this historic multi-use building in the heart of Chelsea, Manhattan, slated for unveiling in early 2026.
James Company Contemporary Art Projects, together with Nonstop, is building a bespoke public art program for this historic multi-use building in the heart of Chelsea, Manhattan, slated for unveiling in early 2026.
Jay Sugarman talks with Aurora Robson and Katherine Gass Stowe—both of whom are associated with the extremely engaging and very thoughtful exhibition entitled Human Nature Walk—which is on display at the Brattleboro Museum & Art Center until February 11. Aurora is a highly accomplished environmental artist whose work is being featured and Katherine is the Founder and Chief Curator of the James Company and she also served as the curator of the Human Nature Walk installation. During the program, we'll be learning why and how the exhibition came about, we'll go on a behind-the-scenes tour, and, in the process, come to better understand and appreciate Aurora’s masterful use and transformation of plastic debris into exquisite and captivating artwork.
Aurora Robson, who works with plastic debris, will create an immersive installation inspired by the Connecticut River, local flora, and the immediate surrounding areas of Brattleboro. Robson will construct a reimagined environment made solely out of reclaimed plastic, transforming this chaotic, ubiquitous material into contemplative and colorful spaces of beauty that allude to our experience in nature while inviting a wider dialogue around our role in, and struggles with, climate change. Robson says, “My goal is to highlight the increasing and growing issue of plastic pollution but also the vast potential of this material to be used for art applications through a wondrous and whimsical installation that invites engagement, interaction, human connection and movement.” The exhibition is curated by Katherine Gass Stowe. For more information on the exhibition, essays, events and images, please click here.
Included along with Alison’s incredible images and writing, a foreword by the Dalai Lama, quotes and poems by Michelle Obama and Maya Angelou, among others, Katherine Gass Stowe is deeply touched to have been asked by Alison to contribute an essay to this beautiful book. Alison suddenly passed away in March 2022 and wouldn’t see this extraordinary publication come to light, but she worked tirelessly on it and we know she’d be thrilled. Please order a copy here. Some images included in this book were exhibited at The Brattleboro Museum & Art Center in 2020. It was Alison’s first museum show, which opened in March, and of course was the start of the pandemic, but it was also during Women’s History Month and on the 100th occasion of women suffrage in America and we all loved that timely fact. To see images of the exhibition please click here.
Co-curated with Director of Exhibitions Sarah Freemen, Felt Experience is a group exhibition of today’s leading artists working exclusively in felt and includes Marjolein Dallying, Ruth Jeyaveeran, Melissa Joseph, Liam Lee and Stephanie Metz. To see images and details about the exhibition, watch a panel with the artist’s moderated by Sarah Freeman, and watch Katherine Gass Stowe lead a curator’s tour, please click here.
Chairs and Tapestry by Liam Lee
Read an interview between the curator and artist about artist Jessica Judith Beckwith’s site specific installation in an apple orchard in Walpole New Hampshire titled The Seed, 2021 here. A video of the installation by Little Pond Digital can be viewed here.
See a virtual tour led by Katherine Gass Stowe of Sequences: Ode to Minor White at The Brattleboro Museum of Art, Vermont with guest appearances by artist Kevin Larmon and Andrea Belag here.
A group exhibition curated by Katherine Gass Stowe of works by Andrea Belag, William Eric Brown, Niqui Carter, Kevin Larmon, featuring a selection of vintage photographs by Minor White, generously on loan from the Bank of America Art Collection, and including an offsite sculpture and projection installation by Jessica Judith Beckwith in an apple orchard titled The Seed, 2021, commissioned by James Company. Installation views by Erin Jenkins. See images and details about the exhibition along with a virtual tour here.
It was a magical evening as we celebrated summer, being able to be together again, and the exhibitions freshly opened at BMAC, including Sequences: Ode To Minor White! A private viewing of The Seed, 2021, by Jessica Judith Beckwith closed out the beautiful evening.
We are currently filming tours that we will upload soon! Watch this space…
See the beautiful map we commissioned of lower Manhattan titled Buttermilk Channel on permanent view at The Beekman, A Thompson Hotel, New York the beekman.com
UNFOLD Art Beyond The BRICS, Dubai, UAE
Inaugural Edition March 19 - 22, 2018
Katherine Gass Stowe, Guest Interviewer and Panel Moderator for Hotel XChange. Discussions on the role of art in guest experience and brand marketing for global hotels (pictured Founder 21C Hotels, Steve Wilson).
A group exhibition curated by American artist Alexis Rockman and Katherine Gass Stowe to be held in its galleries in Reading, Vermont from 12 May – 25 November 2018. Approximately twenty-five artists are represented in The Solace of Amnesia, which includes over thirty paintings, photographs, works on paper and sculptures selected from the Hall and Hall Art Foundation collections.
UNFOLD Art Beyond The BRICS, Dubai UAE
Katherine Gass Stowe, Guest Interviewer and Panel Moderator for HotelXChange
Art Talks I: Art, Real Estate and The Built Environment
Learn All About The Conference Here
Interpreting Contemporary Art
A tour of the exhibitions, Hope and Hazard: A Comedy of Eros and Ready. Fire! Aim., followed by a lecture by Katherine Gass, who will speak about certain works on view as they relate to an introductory understanding of contemporary art.
