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james turrell & the henry art gallery Art:21 helped bring artist James Turrell, featured in Program Two of Season One, to the Henry Art Gallery for a residency which included several components: a major public lecture at the University of Washington, Turrell’s participation in classroom conversations with university art students, a special patron event about Turrell’s work on the Roden Crater, and discussions which lead to the Henry commissioning the artist to create a site-specific work for the gallery. In celebration of the 75th anniversary of the museum, featured Art:21 featured artist James Turrell was commissioned to design a permanent work in the Henry Art Gallery’s Illsley Ball Nordstrom Sculpture Court. The Henry Art Gallery "Skyspace" is the first Turrell artwork ever to combine two key aspects of the artist’s work in one installation: skyspace and exterior architectural illumination. This combination results in a unique work that provides both an interior gallery experience and a public art component that can be viewed day and night from multiple vantage points. In conjunction with the construction and opening of this space, The Henry Gallery continuously screened the Art:21 Turrell segment from the Season One Spirituality hour to provide viewers with additional information about Turrell’s work and his long term project at Roden Crater. During and after Turrell’s residency, Art:21 educational programs served high school students, college students, and classroom teachers. As part of the Henry's museum-school partnership with Roosevelt High School, students trained to become peer docents at the Henry Art Gallery. Participating students attended workshops utilizing Art:21 resources to learn how to look at and discuss contemporary art. For the University of Washington Freshman Seminar at the Henry, a course that focused on contemporary art through Henry exhibitions, the Art:21 series extended the range of the curriculum. The Henry continues to show Art:21 videos during sessions for pre-service and in-service teachers as a means for introducing contemporary art. The Henry also integrates the series into their ongoing training of Gallery exhibition guides |
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