NEW BEDFORD — Director of the Co-Creative Center Dena Haden will probably be honored with the distinguished Biennale Internazionale Dell’Arte Contemporane in Italy on Oct. 14, for her work in set up and fiber artwork.
“I’m actually excited, shocked by it, too, it’s an honor to be a part of it and be invited,” Haden stated.
Also called the Florence Biennale, the eight-day occasion brings collectively a few of the world’s most esteemed up to date artists. Since its inception in 1997, this grand artwork exhibition has showcased the works of luminaries similar to Marina Abramović, David Hockney, Christo and Jeanne-Claude, Gilbert and George and Anish Kapoor.
Haden not solely will probably be acknowledged for her management within the native arts neighborhood, however equally her accomplishments as a superb artist.
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From New Bedford to Italy
Haden stated her artwork explores the pure life cycle of supplies as they remodel and go away their imprints. She creates moments in time to honor nature. Her works are inbuilt a really gradual meditative course of permitting each bit to unfold; embodying an open vessel to carry house, gentle, and moments of therapeutic and what that expression may appear like in a bodily kind.
“These items are primarily based on my expertise in nature, simply observing the way in which spider webs are woven and treats create sure networks,” she stated.
“It’s form of like an ode to Mom Nature.”
She obtained her BFA from UMass Dartmouth and her MFA from the Pennsylvania Academy of Superb Arts in Philadelphia. She has an in depth exhibition file with solo and group exhibitions in Boston, Philadelphia, and across the Northeast of america.
Haden has additionally exhibited internationally in Europe and Japan and labored as an artist in residence at Arrowmount in Tennessee, Baroque Blue Residency in Nardo, Italy, Maria Mitchell in Nantucket, and Primo Piano Initiatives in Lecce, Italy.
How Haden was invited to take part
She caught the eye of the occasion organizers after a two-week residency in Italy, invited to take part by curator Professor Pasquale Celona, a member of the Worldwide Choice Committee.
“It’s all the time been on my radar, however I by no means thought I’d be chosen, so it’s all actually thrilling,” Haden stated, including she will probably be in Italy to put in her paintings and be on-site throughout your complete occasion.
Haden’s Italian journey was made doable partially because of her recognition as an ARTnet #NBCreative awardee, a program funded by the Metropolis of New Bedford’s ARPA (America Rescue Plan Act). The official sponsor of her work on the Florence Biennale is New Bedford Artistic, a dynamic program of the New Bedford Financial Growth Council. This assist underscores the rising affect and worldwide status of the humanities emanating from New Bedford.
“Dena Haden’s participation within the Florence Biennale is a exceptional achievement not just for the artist herself but additionally for the colourful arts neighborhood of New Bedford,” sums up #NBCreative Director Margo Saulnier.
“We stay up for witnessing her inventive journey proceed to flourish on the worldwide stage, making waves on the planet of up to date artwork.”
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