Events & Updates | Website Announcement, SatisFACTORY, Ceramic Sale, IG Live w/ Alia Malley
HSCA funds upcoming projects at Costa Rican Art House, satis.FACTORY
Hannah Sloan Curatorial & Advisory is pleased to announce our sponsorship of satis.FACTORY, an independent art-house in Costa Rica that encourages interdisciplinary artistic production and critical thinking in Central America.
This year HSCA is pleased to provide funding for the following programs and exhibitions at satis.FACTORY.
CURRENT
BOCETOS: Kim Torres
July 15 - 28
satis.FACTORY’s local residency program. Currently supporting Kim Torres and Fernando Chaves Espinach. Torres is one of Costa Rica’s most promising female directors and was recently selected for the Locarno Fellowship this year.
UPCOMING
BOCETOS: Priscilla Romero
August 12 - September 1
Local artist-in-residence Priscilla Romero will be occupying the space, giving workshops, and building a site-specific archive in the process.
EnProceso
October (dates TBA)
Ximena Carnevale has been selected as the performing artist for the “EnProceso: solos o monólogos” in satis.FACTORY’s call for artists. Carnevale, an Argentinian dancer and choreographer based in Málaga, will finalize her performance piece CRIOLLA during a two-week residency at satis.FACTORY in October.
PAST
Artist-in-Residency Program
June 19 - July 2
Month-long artist residency for Aisel Wicab, a Mexican audiovisual artist and arts educator, Co-founder of the collectives Luz y Fuerza.
Interview with curator Hannah Sloan &
satis.FACTORY director Erika Martin
EM: You have been visiting Costa Rica for a couple of years, researching the local scene and seeking out artists. What have you discovered or found most interesting thus far?
HS: In general, I have found an exceptionally high level of artistic excellence coming from contemporary artists working in Costa Rica and much like Los Angeles, I see alternative, artist-run spaces as crucial to the developments in art that are happening right now. Despite a limited array of opportunities for artists within Costa Rica, there is an abundance of experimentation within the arts and some of the most powerful work I’ve seen is the least commercially viable. I’ve also been impressed by the awareness of international art trends that many of your artists possess, while they are producing work that is highly individual, and specific to their identity as Costa Ricans. For the most part, there is a camaraderie within the art community and an eagerness to share ideas and support each other that I find refreshing and it makes me optimistic about the direction of the art scene…
Two Day Ceramic
Pop-Up Sale
Join us at Art Division for a special two-day Ceramic Pop-Up Sale featuring recent ceramic sculptures and vessels by some of L.A.’s favorite ceramists. This event is part of the Open House Weekend at Art Division, located adjacent to MacArthur Park.
A portion of all proceeds will support Art Division's continued offering of FREE arts education programs for young adults ages 18-27 from historically under-served communities.
Artists
Alina Kropachova / Brittany Mojo / Bryan Santamaría / Edo Antal / Gina Zycher / Godeleine de Rosamel / Jorge A. Jimenéz Jr. / Lucas Pincer-Flynn / Patricia Yossen / Roger Herman / Stanley Edmondson / Victor Reyes
Artwork Info (From Top) 1: Godeleine de Rosamel, Untitled, 2024, glazed stoneware, 2: Roger Herman, Untitled, 2023, glazed stoneware vessel, 3: Gina Zycher, Dark Brown Weed Pot w/ Carved Circles, 2024, stoneware, 4: Lucas Pincer-Flynn, Sundown Ritual Vessels, 2024, stoneware with gold lustre
Save the Date
HSCA / IG LIVE
Alia Malley
Virtual Studio Tour
Friday, September 6
9:00 AM PST