NADA is excited to announce NADA Market, a pop-up community market showcasing the work of artists and independent makers, taking place this December at NADA East Broadway, NADA’s exhibition space in the Lower East Side.
The Ceramics Edition, co-curated by BKLYN CLAY, will take place from December 13th to December 15th. This event will feature a diverse selection of affordable ceramic art and design pieces. Artists include: Beginner Ceramics, BKLYN CLAY, Cammi Climaco, ceramicism, Christian Moses, Dean Roper x Josh Smith, Julia Elsas, Object & Totem, Matthias Merkel Hess, RECREATION CENTER, Workaday Handmade and more!
SONIC MUD at The Carnegie Museum of Art →
On December 1st, 2024 at the Carnegie Museum of Art in Pittsburgh, PA musicians David Bernabo, Trē Seguritan Abalos, Marina López, and SONIC MUD (featuring Julia Elsas and Kenny Wollesen) will present new music with scores created from the forms, shapes, practice, and sonic landscape of ceramic artist Beate Kuhn during the final day of her solo exhibition, Turn.
Beate Kuhn (1927–2015) was a German sculptor known for her rhythmic ensembles of deconstructed, ceramic forms such as discs, cylinders, cones, and spheres. She also channeled beautiful and sublime aspects of nature with formal allusions to succulents, seeds, mushrooms, and invertebrate animals.
Beate Kuhn: Turn is organized by Rachel Delphia, Alan G. and Jane A. Lehman Curator of Decorative Arts and Design, with Alyssa Velazquez, assistant curator.
Photo by artphoto.biz
SONIC MUD's debut album ABOVE GROUND is out now!
ABOVE GROUND features the sounds of the fantastic and beautiful ceramic instruments made by multi-media artist Julia Elsas.
Musicians: Kenny Wollesen, Kirk Knuffke, Mike Irwin, Doug Wieselman, Madeleine Ventrice, Julia Elsas
SONIC MUD musicians play a range of ceramic flutes, drums, natural trumpets, shakers, clayrimbas, rain machines, water whistles and more, all hand-built by Julia. The performances are unique and one-of-a-kind. The music is improvisational while they bring to life the richly resonant and earthy sounds of clay.
Recorded and mixed by Michael Coleman at Figure 8 Studios in Brooklyn, NY, Spring 2023
Mastered by Bobbi Giel at Welcome to 1979 in Nashville, TN, Summer 2023
Album artwork by Julia Elsas, Brooklyn, NY.
Cassette and sonicmud.com website design by Meg Moorhouse, Brooklyn, NY.
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SONIC MUD at The Bo Bartlett Center and Pasaquan
We invite you to join us from September 15th and September 16, as we embark on an immersive exploration of art guided by the timeless legacy of St. EOM and the transformative energy of Pasaquan. Together, we celebrate the power of artistic expression to transcend time, forge connections across generations, and ignite dialogues about our shared human experience.
- Friday, September 15th, 2023
- Time: 6-8 pm
- Location: The Bo Bartlett Center, Columbus, GA
- Event: Opening Reception and Performance by Sonic Mud
- Saturday, September 16th, 2023
- 5:03pm-Sunset
- Location: Pasaquan, Buena Vista, GA
- Premier and Performance of Commissioned Work by New Future City Radio (Damon Locks and Rob Mazurek)
- Performance by Sonic Mud
These performances are curated by The Fuel and Lumber Company, founded by artists Amy Pleasant and Pete Schulte in Birmingham, Alabama, to facilitate exhibitions and related programming in the Southeast and beyond. Through their distinct artistic voices, these curators pay homage to the spirit of Pasaquan and St. EOM's profound artistic legacy. This exhibition celebrates the power of art to dissolve barriers, foster inclusivity, and spark conversations about the human condition, identity, and spirituality.
