Rosie & Ann Villano: Between Bodies, Between Places
Rosie & Ann Villano: Between Bodies, Between Places
Join us via Zoom Wednesday, February 19th, 7 pm ET
Join Rosie Villano and their mother Ann as they reflect on their ongoing inter-generational creative conversation about perception, people and the places they love. Using their “Between Bodies” portfolios Unearthed and Common Ground as a starting place, they will share their experiences together from a beloved house in Maine and their explorations in Mexico. Along the way, they will consider two questions:
How does collaboration influence individual creativity? and What does it take to share a creative space or time?
In Un-Earthed, Rosie Villano investigates the question: what does it mean to embody a relationship to the earth? For them, that means learning about the land they live on, knowing the food they eat, and appreciating the bounty. These photographs are an expression of their love and reverence for the land.
Several years ago, Ann Villano became obsessed with taking photos of decaying edifices: barns, old houses, falling stone walls. In Common Ground, she focused on images where she saw a transference of energy between two entities. In these photos, trees or plants are giving, taking, and supporting. They stand guard over a cemetery, beam energy onto a decaying house, or hold up decaying walls. In some cases, one cannot be sure where one material starts and the other ends.
rosie villano is a non-binary multidisciplinary artist, born and raised in the Berkshires of Connecticut. They are a photographer, writer, painter, and designer, interested in the cross sections between mediums. rosie’s work explores people, light, and structures caught in liminal spaces. They earned a BFA in Drama and a Minor in History at Carnegie Mellon. During their time in an intensive theatre program, rosie designed for theatre, opera, and film productions. rosie’s photographs have been featured in the fall issue of Meliorism Magazine and MFA Photography Reviews’ ‘Homecoming Classes of 2020 & 2021.’ Most recently, their work was included in Vestige Concept Gallery’s ‘Stripped Down’ exhibit.”
Instagram: @rosie_villano
Ann Villano grew up in Washington, D.C., and has pursued work in filmmaking, education, and photography. She earned a BA in English from Colby College in Waterville, ME., an MFA in filmmaking from Columbia University, School of the Arts, and completed coursework in ceramics at the Corcoran School of Art. She currently lives in Lakeville, CT with her family and teaches in the Photography, Film, and Related Media program at The Hotchkiss School. Much of her photography is inspired by her summers in Blue Hill, Maine and her visits to San Miguel de Allende.
Instagram: @AnnVillo
