Friday, March 25, 2022 2pm to 6:30pm
About this Event
15 Gilmer St SE, Atlanta GA, 30303
The Ernest G. Welch School of Art & Design and the School of Film, Media & Theater are excited to present the inaugural event for the new Ferrer Visiting Artist Program. In March 2022, the schools will host artist and filmmaker Kevin Jerome Everson for multi-day programming, screenings and a reception. Everson will be the first artist participating in the micro-residency.
Kevin Jerome Everson is known for his work in photography, sculpture and film. Both his themes and practice overlap with student interests and he has been internationally recognized for his contributions in both fields. He is a Guggenheim Fellow, an NEA Fellow, an NEH Fellow and an Alpert Award recipient. He has exhibited work in notable biennials, museums, and festivals world-wide including the Sundance Film Festival, Berlin Film Festival, International Film Festival Rotterdam, Oberhausen Film Festival, Toronto International Film Festival, New York Film Festival, The Museum of Modern Art in New York, the Whitney Museum of American Art in New York, Whitechapel Gallery in London, National Gallery in Washington DC and Centre Pompidou in Paris. He is represented by Picture Palace Pictures and Andrew Kreps Gallery, both in New York.
The artist/filmmaker was born and raised in Mansfield, Ohio. He has an M.F.A. from Ohio University and a B.F.A. from the University of Akron. He is currently a Professor of Art at the University of Virginia in Charlottesville Virginia. He has made eight feature length films and over one-hundred and twenty short films, including such award winning films as Park Lanes (2015)The Island of Saint Matthews (2013), Erie (2010), Quality Control (2011), Ten Five in the Grass (2012), Cinnamon (2006), Spicebush (2005), Stone, Pictures From Dorothy (2004), Century (2013), Fe26 (2014), Sound That (2014), Sugarcoated Arsenic (2013) with Claudrena Harold and Emergency Needs (2007). Most recently he has presented the eight-hour long film, Park Lanes (2015). He also has a DVD box set of his films called Broad Daylight and Other Times with a catalog distributed by Video Data Bank.
2:00 p.m. - 4:30 p.m. Everson will screen one of his short films and give a talk about his artistic practice in Kopleff Recital Hall
4:30 p.m. - 6:30 p.m. Reception in the Welch School Galleries