Jennifer Chenoweth
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Quality time interests: family, pets, swimming, snorkeling, hiking, mentoring youth, honky tonk dancing, gardening, cooking, playing 42
Professional interests: community building, collaboration for social good, geospatial data, equity Curriculum Vitae
EDUCATION + PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT 2022 Undoing Racism, Austin, Texas 2014 Artist INC, Austin, Texas 2012 Leadership Austin, Essential Class, Austin, Texas 1999 M.F.A., Studio Art, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas 1996 Private studio courses with painter Sam Scott, Santa Fe, New Mexico 1995 M.A., Liberal Arts, St. John’s College, Santa Fe, New Mexico 1992 Private summer intensive course in ancient Greek, Elizabethtown, Pennsylvania 1991 B.F.A., Studio Art, Kansas City Art Institute, Kansas City, Missouri 1987 Oklahoma City Community College, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, coursework in graphic design PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE 2019– Museum Site Coordinator, Oakwood Cemetery Chapel, Parks and Recreation Department, City of Austin, Austin, Texas Curate digital history exhibits for visitors center at historic cemetery. Accountability, equity and social justice projects for segregated burials that represent systemic and institutional racism. Mentor youth in professional development. Collaborate with subject matter experts and community organizations 1999– Artist, Fisterra Studio/Fisterra Projects, Austin, Texas Design and create art and architectural elements in all media. Collaborate with artists, architects and subject experts on unique projects including commissions, installations, community art projects, and exhibitions. Write and execute grant funded projects, produce community collaborations for social good. Detailed experience in construction project management, bookkeeping, and fabricating commissioned artworks. Mentor emerging artists; advocate for diversity and representation in the arts 2016-2017 Specialist, Austin Convention Center, City of Austin, Austin, Texas Curated and commissioned original art, art-furniture, photography and video to represent Austin art and culture on display in public areas to visitors of the Austin Convention Center 2010–2015 Art Futurist, Generous Art, Austin, Texas Founded nonprofit to empower artists and sustain communities. Developed concept, site, relationships with nonprofits, artists, and hosts. Produce events as pop-up gallery to raise funds for specific nonprofits and studio sales for artists. Led professional development workshops for artists 1993-1996 Director of Career Placement, St. John’s College, Santa Fe, New Mexico Counseled and advised students and alumni about careers, graduate school, scholarships, fellowships, and internships. Supervised 22 employees. Designed and implemented innovative college work/study and community service programs and audited budget 1992-1993 Graduate Admissions Secretary, St. John’s College, Santa Fe, New Mexico Managed applicant files and correspondence. Facilitated grants to fund outreach program to teachers. Assisted director, staff and students in graduate educational programs from recruitment to housing 1991-1992 Catalog and Research Assistant, Nelson Atkins Museum of Art, Spencer Art Reference Library, Kansas City, Missouri Researched and created authority records of artists and institutions for a large, private library with an extensive archive. Audited records and solved systemic problems, proofread and filed. Repaired and restored damaged books and special collections TEACHING EXPERIENCE 2011–2012 Mentor, Studio M.F.A Program, University of the Arts, Philadelphia 2004 Instructor, Department of Art and Art History, The University of Texas at Austin: Creative Entrepreneurship 1996–1999 Teaching Assistant, Department of Art and Art History, The University of Texas at Austin: 2D Design, Painting and Drawing, Intermediate and Advanced Sculpture, Transmedia, Ceramics, Printmaking, and Photo/Design; assistant for UT Study in Italy program 1995–1996 Senior Art Assistant, Artist-in-Residence, St. John’s College, Santa Fe, New Mexico GRANTS 2021-2023 National Endowment for the Humanities, Digital Humanities Advancement Grant to City of Austin for Oakwood Cemetery Chapel 3D Modeling of Segregated Burial Grounds, Austin, Texas 2017 National Endowment for the Arts, Challenge America, Bryan/College Station, Texas 2016 Mid-America Arts Alliance, Artistic Innovations, Bryan/College Station, Texas; Austin Parks Foundation, Austin, Texas 2014 ArtPlace America Grant, “Drawing Lines,” Austin, Texas 2013 Cultural Arts Division Partners in the Arts Award, City of Austin, Texas 2012-2017 Cultural Arts Division Grant, City of Austin, Texas SELECTED RECENT EXHIBITIONS 2018
SELECTED PRESENTATIONS 2023
SELECTED PROFESSIONAL SERVICE 2015–2016 City of Austin Arts Commission, District 3 Commissioner and Vice-Chair 2011– PechaKucha, Austin, Texas, Board Member 2009–2012 Art in Public Places, City of Austin, Texas, Panelist 2012 Art in Public Places, Austin, Texas, Selection Panel Advisor, African American Cultural and Heritage Facility Public Art Project 2011 Art in Public Places, Austin, Texas, Selection Panelist, Central Library Public Art Project PUBLIC COLLECTIONS Houston Hobby Airport, by Houston Art Alliance City of Austin, Parks and Recreations Department |
Robert Whitehurst
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Quality time interests: family, pets, friends, travel
Professional interests: mastering all blue collar skills, converting classic cars into EVs EDUCATION
Austin Community College, Austin, Texas; coursework in core classes and Blacksmithing PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE 2014– Self employed contractor and fabricator, Austin, Texas. Clients include SXSW, Harvey-Cleary Builders, Pink Avocado, East Side Kings, Steve Parker, L. Renee Nunez, Emily Hoyt, Cristina Valdez, and many private home remodels 2006-2013 Employed at various fabrication, technical repair, and cabinet making companies. Trained in high end finish carpentry, sign-making, welding, hydraulic trouble-shooting and repair |
Jennifer Chenoweth's artist's statement
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My artistic medium is change; my artistic inquiry parallels the philosophic inquiry of becoming and being. I began using art as a way to change me. Each artwork is record of growth, one marker along a path, indexing a moment in time. Now my art also embraces change in my community and world, marking a moment in our collective experience.
I start with an idea from my life or my research, such as the color of my child’s eyes or a topographical map. By holding an intention for each piece, I can evaluate each choice by its trueness to the intention. I work in whatever material is right for the idea: paper, metal, fabric. I collaborate with professionals when the expertise is out of my range: GIS specialists, engineers, cartographers, psychologists, anthropologists, industrial fabricators, and writers. My artistic process depends on persistence, perception, and discovery. I may begin with quick calligraphic ink drawings that lead to a large kinetic steel sculpture. I connect ideas, forms, and colors to synthesize something new; I am an active agent of growth. I get really excited by finding connections: observing geometric patterns in nature like the fractals in Romanesco broccoli, relating ideas in different fields of thought like Plutchik’s chart of emotions and a Tibetan mandala, or noticing similarities in casting concrete and making waffles. My work includes gestural marks as a unique movement of my hand and ideas that are ignited by my experiences. My art process is evidence of my inner life– the transcendent, the sensual, the hard to pin down. My artworks are devotionals, like portraits, to ideas I have considered before, was always considering, am now considering more deeply. I am ripening into something in my deeper truer nature, what I am becoming more of. |
And finally, Jen's recipe for northern New Mexico style posole blanco
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“Big-Party-Feed-a-Lot-of-People” two batches: one chicken and one vegan, GF
INGREDIENTS 4 15 1/2 oz. cans white hominy, drained and rinsed 1 13 oz. container Bueno roasted and chopped Hatch green chiles (available at Fresh Plus or check store locator on buenofoods.com) 4 large carrots, peeled and chopped 8 cups vegetable stock (or 4 bouillon cubes and 8 c. water) 2 bay leaves 6+ tablespoons olive oil 1 large white onion, chopped 4 large garlic cloves, smashed and minced 1 tablespoons fresh rosemary, chopped (or 1 t. dried) 1 tablespoons fresh oregano, chopped (or 1 t. dried) 1 teaspoons crushed red pepper flakes sea salt and freshly ground black pepper, to taste 2 pounds organic boneless, skinless chicken thighs, chopped into bite-sized pieces juice of 1 lime 1 bunch fresh parsley, chopped 1 bunch fresh cilantro, chopped INSTRUCTIONS
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