THE MUSEUM OF ARTS AND DESIGN

sonic arcade: SHAPING SPACE WITH SOUND

studio views: CRAFT IN THE EXPANDED FIELD

Sonic Arcade: Shaping Space with Sound
September 14, 2017 to February 25, 2018

Sonic Arcade is a multi-component exhibition featuring interactive installations, immersive environments, and performing objects that explore how the ephemeral and abstract nature of sound is made material. At a time when so much visual information is being dispatched, consumed, and digested, the auditory provides a compelling sensory experience that is capable of reorienting the body to consider spatial and interpersonal relationships anew.

Sonic Arcade: Shaping Space with Sound is curated by Shannon R. Stratton, MAD’s William and Mildred Lasdon Chief Curator, with the support of Curatorial Assistant and Project Manager Angelik Vizcarrondo-Laboy.

Leading support for Sonic Arcade: Shaping Space with Sound is generously provided by The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts and Michele and Marty Cohen. The Museum of Arts and Design also gratefully acknowledges the support of exhibition co-chairs Andi Potamkin Blackmore and Jordan Blackmore and Laura and Lewis Kruger, MAD's Chairmen's Council and Director's Circle, Paul Kasmin Gallery, the Consulate General of Israel, and the Danish Arts Foundation. In-kind support for this exhibition is provided by KEF and Turnstyle. In-kind support for the exhibition's education and public programs is provided by littleBits Electronics, Inc.

Studio Views: Craft in the Expanded Field 
August 22, 2017 to January 7, 2017

Studio Views: Craft in the Expanded Field features interdisciplinary artists at work on large-scale, immersive, and community-engaged installations that challenge and expand the boundaries of traditional craft-practice. Over the course of nineteen weeks, a total of four alumni of the Museum’s Artist Studios Program—Xenobia Bailey, Maria Hupfield, LJ Roberts, and Sarah Zapata—will be invited back to MAD for two cycles of micro-residencies, with two artists working in the gallery at a time. Alongside the gallery-situated studios will be a lounge featuring small displays of ephemera, research materials, drawings, and studio experiments, providing the public with a deeper view into the process and transdisciplinary interests of each artist.

Studio Views: Craft in the Expanded Field is co-curated by Carli Beseau, MAD’s Manager of Artist Studios and Docent Programs, and Danny Orendorff, MAD’s Manager of Public and Community Engagement Programs.

Leading support for Studio Views: Craft in the Expanded Field is provided by Marcia and Alan Docter. MAD also thanks Marcia Docter for being the Trustee Chair for the exhibition. Sarah Zapata’s work is supported by the Foundation for Contemporary Arts Emergency Grant.