Just Passing Through: February 2020

Thursday, February 27, 2020

Revisiting Previous Works -- Tumbled, Dried, and Softened (2013)

This installation is called "Tumbled, Dried, and Softened." It was first exhibited at Mid-America Fine Arts Gallery, Wichita, KS, as a part of the WSU Sculpture Guild Show in 2013. I collected about 1,500 sheets of used dryer sheets and hand sewed them together.

For more images and the artist statement visit this page on my website: Tumbled, Dried, and Softened on Chiyoko's Website

Guest artist events at Tulsa Community College:

Tulsa Community College, McKeon Center for Creativity, Tulsa, OK
910 Boston Ave, Tulsa, OK, 74119
Dates: March 2, 2020 - March 27, 2020
Opening Reception: March 3, 2020 5:00 pm - 5:30 pm
Artist Talk: 5:30 pm - 6:15 pm
Workshop: 6:30 pm - 7:30 pm
Admission is free.
Registration is required for the workshop.
If you join the workshop, please bring an unopened 2-liter bottle!

For more information, click the TCC event pages:
Reception & Art Workshop with Chiyoko Myose
Chiyoko Myose Installation Exhibit

Tuesday, February 25, 2020

Revisting the Previous Works -- White Bird Parabola (2012)

Continued from the last post -- I've been revisiting my previous works to prepare for a Powerpoint presentation for the Tulsa Community College guest artist talk.

This work is called "White Bird Parabola." I made it in 2012 and it was exhibited in a WSU Sculpture Guild Show at Diver Studio, Wichita, KS. Each feather ball was suspended by thread from the top.

Photo Credit: Nam Le

For more images and the artist statement, please visit my website : White Bird Parabola on Chiyoko's Website

Guest artist events at Tulsa Community College:

For more information, click the TCC event pages:
Reception & Art Workshop with Chiyoko Myose
Chiyoko Myose Installation Exhibit

Wednesday, February 19, 2020

Revisiting the Previous Works -- Snow Ball Tower (2013)

To prepare a Powerpoint presentation for the artist talk at Tulsa Community College Center 4 Creativity, I'm re-visiting my old photos and videos of my works. I am going to share them here, too.

Snow Ball Tower (2013)

In the winter 2013, we had a lot of snow in Wichita. My kids and I started making a snowman, but instead, we ended up with this snow ball tower.

That night, the tower touched the moon...!

Next morning, it fell down unfortunately, but I made more towers after that.

Then we had another round of snow...

Nest morning, it looked like this.

The fresh snow covered all the footprints of mine.

Some animals' footsteps in the fresh snow proved the presence of early risers.

I found that stacking multiple snow balls in cold weather was just a tedious and tiresome job. However, during the process, I encountered things from nature that were alive and interacting with the towers, which made me discover the beauty of this process-oriented ephemeral land art.

For more information, click the TCC event pages:
Reception & Art Workshop with Chiyoko Myose
Chiyoko Myose Installation Exhibit

Tuesday, February 11, 2020

Upcoming Guest Artist Events at Tulsa Community College

I'm so excited and humbled to be invited to Tulsa Community College as the guest artist for March 2020, which is coming very soon! It's the 50th anniversary for the college, so it makes me feel even more special. I was asked to exhibit my work, do a workshop, a couple of lectures, and an artist talk.

If you are in the Tulsa area, please come say hi to me! I would love to see you there. Or if you know somebody who lives in the Tulsa area, please send word to them!

For more information, click the TCC event pages:
Reception & Art Workshop with Chiyoko Myose
Chiyoko Myose Installation Exhibit

Here is the link to a Discover C4C Podcast Interview: Discover C4C