Galleries 2012-2016:

BARAKA RESIDENCY PROJECT 2016

Dedicated to the memory and legacy of Raul Hague

A month long residency was offered to two artists who work in the discipline of direct carving. The mission of the 2016 Baraka Residency was to provide selected sculptors with time in an open, natural environment where they could incorporate into their work the four disciplines of philosophy, science, art, and spirituality. Preference was given to individuals inclined to engage the “Tao of direct carving” and who strive for universality in their work. Each artist was given a log to carve, a workspace, and access to hand and power tools.

70-year old Beech tree	Outdoor studio frame	Building 2nd outdoor studio
Day 1 Gabriel & Sahag cut log lengths for their carvings	Working together to transport logs to their outdoor carving stations	Gabriel experiments with different arrangements
Sahag makes his first cut	Sahag sanding & shaping	Gabriel carving with tools he made & brought from Senegal
Sahag tests the balance	Sahag shaping the bowl interior	A day of dual sanders
Preparing cement for the base	Preparing earth for the base	Blackening with fire
Testing the arrangement of his pieces	Finished piece "c'est ici" By Gabriel
		Guests interact with Gabriel
Gabriel talks about his process	The community viewing the sculptures	Sahag explains his piece
Gabriel & Sahag

Artistication@BARAKA 2012

Artists from throughout the world participated in an exhibition/residency program. The project sought to create place-responsive artworks that incorporated site, its role in community, and the use of dialogue and synergy between artists as critical links to a better understanding of both process and intent. Artists participated in pairs, each for one month. Each pair engaged in dialogue with the community and exhibited their works at the conclusion of their residency.

Francois Fuertie making propeller blades for his Unidentified Flying Cupola	Francois Fuertie sculpting his tree piece	Scultpor Charlie Hachadourian’s lost wax “anti vessels”
Charlie Hachadourian applying wax for earth formed “anti vessels”	Charlie Hachadourian and Ara pouring plaster into an earth “anti vessel”	Edith Abeita preparing tree dome for her performance piece
Poorang Nori building a tonir oven	Poorang Nori covering unearthed roots with common spices from Iran	Poorang Nori baking Lavash bread in a tonir oven
Huckleberry Party Performance Piece	Francois Futerie's Unidentified Flying Cupola (UFC) installed in the town of Stanfordville	Hamlet Hovsepian abstract painter from Armenia
Francois Feutrie from Rennes, France and his Unidentified Flying Cupola (UFC)	Hamlet Hovsepian Russian educated abstract painter from Armenia	Poorang Nori and Owen O'Connor unearth a tree root
Poorang Nori's unearthed root covered in turmeric spice