Susan Still Scott in Conversation with Kianga Ellis at LABspace, Saturday April 20th, 1pm

Join us This Saturday, April 20th at 1pm for a conversation with Susan Still Scott and Kianga Ellis about Susan’s solo exhibition, Arrows in my Quiver.

ARTIST TALK THIS SATURDAY APRIL 20 1PM 🎙️ SUSAN STILL SCOTT in conversation with KIANGA ELLIS

Join us This Saturday, April 20th at 1pm for a conversation with Susan Still Scott and Kianga Ellis of Kianga Ellis Projects.

Hello friends, Please join us This Saturday April 20th at 1pm for a conversation in the LABspace courtyard with solo artist Susan Still Scott, and guest speaker Kianga Ellis of Kianga Ellis Projects! We are thrilled for Susan and Kianga to discuss the work on view in Susan’s solo exhibition, Arrows in my Quiver See you here 1pm Saturday for a lively outdoor conversation, and freshly baked muffins + coffee courtesy Cook & Larder THANK YOU Susan Still Scott and Kianga Ellis! Please stay tuned for an upcoming talk with solo artist Pearl Cowan, details to be announced soon! XO Ellen + Julie

Susan Still Scott, Seated Painting, 2022, oil, acrylic and vinyl paint, rabbit skin glue, canvas, wood, maple veneer, staples, 16 x 8.5 x 8 inches. On view in Arrows in my Quiver through April 28. Inquiries: julielabspace@gmail.com. Full checklist here.

Rooted in the tradition of abstract painting, Susan Still Scott makes constructed paintings that explore how materials communicate, and how formal relationships develop into narratives. Urgency is expressed in quick repairs, ripped edges, and parts that do not quite meet. Colorful exteriors belie an undercurrent of anxiety by reanimating used, neglected or otherwise damaged materials. Structures are covered and revealed by layers of paint, tape and cloth. Scott posits that the presence of a painted object is felt within the body. Through her work, she reflects the contradictory emotional and physical states that shape our lives and decisions. Susan Still Scott was born in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania, and currently lives and works in the Hudson Valley, New York. She has a Bachelors of Fine Art from Tyler School of Art in Philadelphia and attended Tyler School of Art in Rome, Italy. Scott received a Masters of Fine Art from Massachusetts College of Art and Design in Boston. Scott’s first solo exhibition in New York City was at Heskin Contemporary in 2011, entitled Corporeality and Other Things of Grace and Beauty. The title references her ongoing visual play with materials combined with carefully considered responses to modern painterly abstraction. She has exhibited throughout the United States and in Europe. Recently she has shown at several galleries and arts organizations in Massachusetts, Connecticut, Pennsylvania and New York. She is the recipient of residency fellowships at Yaddo and The MacDowell Colony. Susan Still Scott: Arrows in my Quiver exhibition checklist

Kianga Ellis, of Kianga Ellis Projects, is an Art Evangelist and creator of the Harbinger Art Trust. We met Kianga 15 years ago in the early days of the Bushwick art scene. It has been wonderful to reconnect with her in the Hudson Valley this past year, and we are thrilled to welcome Kianga for her first talk at LABspace.

SATURDAY APRIL 20TH, 1PM ARTIST TALK WITH SUSAN STILL SCOTT AND KIANGA ELLIS

LABspace 2642 NY Route 23, Hillsdale NY 12529 julielabspace@gmail.com 917-749-2857 10 Exhibitions To See In Upstate New York on Hyperallergic, by Taliesin Thomas Hudson Valley Selected Gallery Guide on Two Coats of Paint, by Karlyn Benson

LABspace is located below Hillsdale General Store, and Cook & Larder 17 miles east of Hudson NY 17 miles north of Millerton NY 11 miles west of Great Barrington MA LABspace was founded and directed by artist Susan Jennings 2014-2018, and has been the curatorial project of artists Ellen Letcher and Julie Torres since April 2018. We are now celebrating our sixth year of programming since taking the reins, thanks to all of you and SJ!