Travis Janssen
Tempe, Arizona
June 5, 2008 - July 8, 2008
website | travis janssen dot com
Travis Janssen received an MFA in Printmaking from Arizona State University in 2007 and a BFA from the University of Wisconsin, Madison in 2000. His creative practice focuses on printmaking while extending into the mediums of video and installation. Janssen is also engaged with collaborative processes and cross-disciplinary investigation, having collaborated with a variety of individuals on a diverse range of projects including prints and documentary videos. The exploration of perception and reflection within conscious and unconscious viewing experiences is a common thread throughout his work, often distilling events within the human condition. To this end, it is his implicit goal that viewers develop recognition of intriguing phenomena and further understanding about the visual world. Over the last five years he has shown work in over seventy exhibitions across the United States and venues in New Zealand, Russia, Sweden, and the United Kingdom.
Claire van der Plas
Claire van der Plas (Sylva, NC)
“I currently live in Alamosa CO where I am the chair of the Art Department at Adams State University. I have taught in New Zealand, Singapore and North Carolina before moving to Colorado. While primarily a painter I also work in other media including installation, performance and collaborative art when the opportunity arises. I have exhibited in New Zealand, Australia, Singapore, Malaysia and the United States.”
Residency: April 1, 2008 - June 16, 2008
During her residency, Clair created the Totally Nice Travel Agency and helped organize Elsewhere’s participation in Greensboro’s annual Fun Fourth Parade and Festival in 2009. That year, Clair organized a project of mail art of Elsewhere alumni (ETC’s) in New Zealand called “Elsewhen Meanwise Otherwhere” and its exhibition in Greensboro in 2009 called “Messages.”
