The 2017-2019 Archive
It’s been a long time since we made a blog post and many of you are probably wondering: what happened to SOIL SERIES? Although our silence might indicate that we are no longer working on the project, it would be more accurate to say that SOIL SERIES has evolved. Almost two years ago, we became birds.…
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This is a very special post because it was co-authored by Tegan Recker, a sophomore at West Clermont High School and a participant in The Newport/Bethel Project in June and July of 2018. The Newport/Bethel Project was a collaboration between Francesca Fiore and Hillary Wagner of SOIL SERIES: A Social Drawing and Steven Finke of…
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In the summer of 2018, we held our second Community Studio session at the Empower Youth Ranch. Community Studio was a free public art program for all ages offered in partnership with Empower Youth. The program, which had its first session in the summer of 2017, offered local residents a dedicated time and site for creativity. Guided…
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Hello everyone! Francesca and Hillary here. We would like to break our recent silence by catching you up on what’s been happening with SOIL SERIES. It’s no secret – we love conversation. We spend so many hours in conversation: brainstorming, problem solving, honing ideas and ethical positions, discussing research, and sharing and working through our…
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Bird Closet Schnormeier Gallery, Mount Vernon Nazarene University August 27th – September 28th, 2018 Gallery Talk: September 7th 5 – 6pm / Reception: September 7th, 6 – 9pm Bird Closet is a collective of young people that developed organically from the relationships established as part of SOIL SERIES: A Social Drawing, an ongoing socially engaged…
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As July comes to a close along with many of our summer programs, we are excited to finally share our work with you. The truth is, our three summer programs have kept us so busy we have hardly had any time to post on our blog or social media platforms. Now as we prepare for…
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In May, the contemporary art podcast, Bad at Sports, invited us to participate in a discussion around soil and social practice at Open Engagement 2018. Bad at Sports was founded in 2005 by Duncan MacKenzie, Richard Holland, and Amanda Browder. It now features over 20 principal collaborators and is a weekly podcast, a series of…
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Join us this summer for our 2018 Community Studio program at the Empower Youth Ranch (2800 State Rt. 125, Bethel, OH 45106)! Community Studio 2018 Flyer **UPDATE: Wednesdays, June 6th – July 25th from 10am – 1pm** IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT: Unfortunately due to unforeseen circumstances we will be cancelling the final two Community Studio lessons of 2018 (Quilting),…
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by Francesca Fiore
This is the second installment of the “Francesca’s Notebook” series, which looks back at…
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SOIL SERIES: A Social Drawing 