The Joshua Tree Highlands Artist Residency (JTHAR) will host online studio tours to celebrate the achievements of three diverse artists. Hilary Sloane tells you more…
The current artists of this seven-week spring/summer program are Beatriz Cortez, an award-winning multidisciplinary artist based in Los Angeles; Bobby Zokaites, a Tempe, AZ artist, engaged in large-scale, colorful, interactive objects and spaces; and Bernard Ferguson, a Bahamian poet and essayist based in Brooklyn, NY. Ferguson and Zokaites will present their artist talk on Zoom on Wednesday, June 9 at 3 p.m. Cortez will give her presentation on Sunday, June 13 at 3 p.m.
Cortez, an award-winning multidisciplinary artist based in Los Angeles and the recipient of the 2021 Alma Ruiz Fellowship, explores life in different temporalities and versions of modernity. While at JTHAR, Beatriz will work on several large-scale sculptures for upcoming exhibitions.
Zokaites, a Tempe, AZ artist, is engaged in large-scale, colorful, interactive objects and spaces using weaving as a sculptural skin, and continuously testing the craft’s pliancy through scale.
Ferguson, a Bahamian poet, and essayist, based in Brooklyn, NY, is currently working on a nonfiction book about Hurricane Dorian and climate change in small-island developing states across the world. Bernard will take advantage of the JTHAR residency to synthesize and focus his research on his book’s following two chapters.
Ferguson and Zokaites will present their artist talk on Zoom on Wednesday, June 9, at 3 p.m. at http://tinyrl.com/jthar2021.
Cortez will give her presentation on Sunday, June 13, at 3 p.m. at http://tinyurl.com/jtharbeatrizcortez.
