Sarah Emerson

Dog Days at Space:Eight June 7th- July 29th 2013

sarah emerson — Sat, 18 May 2013 13:11:48 +0000

MOCA Jacksonville Project Atrium video

sarah emerson — Mon, 25 Mar 2013 13:00:28 +0000

March 2013: MOCA Jacksonville

sarah emerson — Sun, 10 Feb 2013 14:43:51 +0000

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Upcoming mural installation: Museum of Contemporary Art, Jacksonville

Project Atrium, March 23 – July 7, 2013

Underland, Black Sea of Trees, mural on 3 walls in the atrium space of MOCA Jax, 70 feet x 40 feet (very small detail sketch pictured below-I’ll post progress pictures once it’s underway)

About Project Atrium

Project Atrium, MOCA’s bold series, features site-specific and site-sensitive installations by emerging and mid-career artists. The unique placement, dimensions and scale of MOCA’s Haskell Atrium Gallery provide a compelling challenge to the chosen artist—a call to reinvention and active collaboration with the architecture of the museum on a monumental scale.

Dec 2012- Feb 2013

sarah emerson — Sun, 03 Feb 2013 18:45:56 +0000

Art Papers 14th Annual Art Auction, Saturday February 9th, 2013 Mason Murer Fine Art, Atlanta

Also upcoming and ongoing:

Puritan Mill, Beneath the the Setting Sun, November 14, 2012- January 31, 2013

mocajax Atrium Project March 2013

In Unison, Get This Gallery, curated by William Downs up through Feb 16th

Little Things Mean A Lot, Swan Coach House Gallery Dec 2012

Mirus Gallery, December 15, 2012- January 26, 2013

sarah emerson — Wed, 21 Nov 2012 12:54:03 +0000

Living Walls 2012

sarah emerson — Wed, 15 Aug 2012 23:15:38 +0000

I recently completed a mural for the 2012 Living Walls Conference in Atlanta. The walls are below a train trestle on the beltline in Reynoldstown, Atlanta, Georgia on Fulton Tr. between Chester and Holtzclaw. It was really great working in Reynoldstown and I am so thankful for all the people who came out and helped paint. Special thanks to Living Walls for inviting me to participate–So far this conference has been my favorite project to date.

I hope you’ll take a moment to check out the other artists involved in the conference and please take a moment to support future projects by donating to Living Walls.

The Living walls team has been putting together some really great videos of the artists working-Click below to get started on the Living Walls Vimeo site.

Living Walls Day 2 Video

Living Walls Day 6 Video

You can also click on the links below for articles and more information about this years conference.

Huffington Post

New York Times

Atlanta Journal-Constitution

Creative Loafing Article

Living Walls Map via Creative Loafing

Interview with Creative Loafing

12ozprophet/Martha Cooper

Glass and Sable

I’ll be adding more pictures to the site soon.

Shop Give & Get

sarah emerson — Fri, 27 Jul 2012 14:49:10 +0000

Click here to view my Etsy shop: Squares in Process available at my Etsy Shop

I’m trying something new at Etsy. I’m in a position where I need to raise money for various projects I am participating in and I am also looking to raise money for specific organizations that really give a lot back to artists. My plan is to use Etsy as a give and get between my studio and interested viewers. I’ve always liked to collect things; comic books, garbage pail kid cards, records, postcards, old photos, etc. This Etsy shop will be almost like a studio journal of little collections—Each series will represent a set of various concepts from the studio; failed ideas, compositions that serve as templates for big projects, drawings, and prints from specific series of works.

For my first Etsy collection I have created a series of 24 hipstamatic sketchbook prints called “Squares in Process”. Each print is a 4 x 4 inch print, printed in an edition of 3.
“Squares In Process” is a series of snapshots done in the studio as way to work out different compositions in a short amount of time and represents the process of defining imagery through symbolic relationships and context.

New American Paintings #100

sarah emerson — Sun, 20 May 2012 21:04:12 +0000

My work is included in the current New American Paintings issue #100

Juror: Michael Rooks, Weiland Family Curator of Modern and Contemporary Art, High Museum

Click here to purchase a copy

Hambidge 2012 Art Auction

sarah emerson — Mon, 14 May 2012 12:00:54 +0000

I am participating in the upcoming Hambidge Art Auction Saturday May 19, 7-10pm

I am donating 1 painting as well as 1 drawing for the $50 wall.

Stickers Deluxe: From Punk Rock to Contemporary Art

sarah emerson — Tue, 01 May 2012 17:35:39 +0000

I am very grateful to have some stickers included in this book…thanks db

Stickers Deluxe: From Punk Rock to Contemporary Art

Written by DB Burkeman and Monica LoCascio, Contribution by Shepard Fairey and Carlo McCormick

Pub Date: October 5, 2010
Format: Hardcover
Category: Art – Graffiti & Street Art
Publisher: Universe
Trim Size: 9 x 11-3/4
US Price: $250.00
CAN Price: $295.00
ISBN: 978-0-7893-2082-7

About This Book

Stickers features approximately 4,000 stickers from the exploding, vibrant world of street art, DIY culture, music, and branding. Cheap, democratic, easy to “tag,” and not always fast to fade, the sticker has been an ever-present medium—from the New York and London underground punk scene to skate culture and political expression. Celebrating the graphics of this street-art medium, Stickers illustrates the timeline of this pastime, from counterculture to politics. Stickers includes approximately 4,000 sticker graphics organized by categories and themes, with works by such diverse artists as Raymond Pettibon and Jenny Holzer; street artists such as Banksy, Neck Face, and Barry McGee; and amateur artists who “tag” the streets anonymously. With texts from artists and writers, including Swoon, Stanley Donwood, ESPO, Clayton Patterson, Carlo McCormick, and Michael Betancourt, Stickers illustrates not only the visual and social history of sticker art but also the personal relationship that street artists and pedestrians alike have with stickers. Packaged in an oversized clamshell box, the deluxe edition features 23 large, original die-cut stickers, many of which are signed by the artist.

About the Author

DB Burkeman fell in love with stickers and street art at an early age via skateboarding and punk rock, but made a name for himself DJing between his homes in London and New York.

Shepard Fairey is an artist and graphic designer who is known around the world for his “Andre the Giant Has a Posse” sticker campaign and the Barack Obama “Hope” poster.

Carlo McCormick is a curator, cultural critic, and the author of numerous books. He is the senior editor at Paper Magazine.

Click here for more information

Click here to purchase this book on Amazon

Click here to read about the tour