Melissa Vandenberg

artist + educator + curator

[Melissa Vandenberg @movanart]

Snakes at the #TorgglerFineArtCenter in #FloraFaunaFiber
W/
#VANESSABARRAGÃO #HEATHERBEARDSLEY #HILLARYWATERSFAYLE #AMYGROSS #EMILYJAN
#ALEXANDRAKEHAYOGLOU #AMANDAMCCAVOUR #CAITLINMCCORMACK #MULYANA #SUIPARK #CLAIRECTAYLOR #STEPHENTOWNS #MELISSAVANDENBERG
#softscultpture

[United Campus Workers for EKU @UCWEKU]

We are just getting started. https://t.co/eyHoTNePer

[Melissa Vandenberg @movanart]

As expected... fashionably late to party but here is a linky thing: https://t.co/kdODTVplWr

[Melissa Vandenberg @movanart]

#EKUSchoolofArtandDesign invites you to support our students on #EKUGivingDay. I donated, can you? Any donated amount counts towards our goal of receiving a matching gift!!! Link to donate: https://t.co/sx9YemFTmF to School of Art and Design.

[Art21 @art21]

Diana Al-Hadid captures the liquid energy and lyricism of her painting gestures to create a floor-to-ceiling architectural sculpture.

📺 https://t.co/hZpzoy5uTM

[Melissa Vandenberg @movanart]

Documentation of my soft sculpture included in 'Of Care and Destruction', curated by Dr. #JordanAmirkhani at @atlcontemporary until August.
Photo Credit #KaseyMedlin

‘They Watch US Fall Apart’
Canvas drop cloth, zippers, thread, and polyester with weighted fill
58 x 25 x 25 in.

[Dr. Tenley Bick @tenleybick]

My review of the excellent 2021 Atlanta Biennial (“Of Care and Destruction,” curated by @JAmirkhani with project spaces by T. K. Smith, @atlcontemporary) is now up at @newartexaminer. In print Apr. 1. https://t.co/icTPQ0ZlIA #atlantabiennial #contemporaryart #atlcontemporary

[Melissa Vandenberg @movanart]

#magichour light happening in the studio. #workinprogress #softart #isurrender #handkerchief #trappedtears #vintagetextiles

[Melissa Vandenberg @movanart]

#nightinamerica is closing at #mauscontemporary
‘PREY’ (for US)
crowd sourced quilt fragments, 4 individual elements, 2020
14 x 36 x 9 in. (ca. 35,5 by 91,4 by 22,9 cm)
Deep thanks to those that donated quilts 💕
#textileart #quiltart #textart #softsculpture

[Melissa Vandenberg @movanart]

#MausContemporary
"Capitolism—The Normalization of Political Violence in the US" w/ #AlánCarrasco #WillieCole #DerekCracco #ErinFostel #FlorianHeinke #DariusHill #MathiasKessler #DawnKramlich #SonjaRieger #BayetéRossSmith #TravisSomerville, #CatherineTafur #MelissaVandenberg

[Guido Maus @UrPersonalGuido]

Artist News | Maus Contemporary https://t.co/bmWp5TmwIR

[Melissa Vandenberg @movanart]

#obeseturtleonitsback
-Anderson Cooper 2020

[Guido Maus @UrPersonalGuido]

Newsletter | Maus Contemporary https://t.co/s6A1iQvcwr

[Melissa Vandenberg @movanart]

#humbled to exhibit alongside these power houses in #2021AtlantaBiennial, thank you Jordan Amirkhani for including me in #OfCareandDestruction at #AtlantaContemporary

[Melissa Vandenberg @movanart]

‘PREY’ (for US)
found, donated, crowd sourced quilt fragments, four individual elements
2020
approx. 14 x 36 x 9 in.
(ca. 35,5 by 91,4 by 22,9 cm)
Special thanks to those that have shared quilt scraps with me.
#NightInAmerica #MausContemporary #textileart #quiltart

[Melissa Vandenberg @movanart]

New Work & Studio Play
#brabröd #DISTANCIO #workinprogress #breadface #brödansikte #surdeg #sourdough #artinthetimeofcorona #artinthetimeofcovid #maskup #wearableart #pandemia #gummifabriken #covidartmuseum #mauscontemporary #newwork #digitalphotography

[Melissa Vandenberg @movanart]

Working from home...
#brabröd #DISTANCIO #workinprogress #wip #breadface #brödansikte #surdeg #sourdough #artinthetimeofcorona #artinthetimeofcovid #maskup #wearableart #pandemia

[Melissa Vandenberg @movanart]

@WKYT Yes, it is unequivocally to right think to do. Thank you Beshear.

[Melissa Vandenberg @movanart]

Let’s do this.

‘Pat•Riot’
Army Surplus shelter halves, polyester, & thread
2017
3 X 3 X 16 feet

#protest #protestsigns #protest2020 #artforchange #softsculpture #demandchange #breonnataylor #happybirthdaybreonnataylor

[Melissa Vandenberg @movanart]

“Thanks For The Memories”
match burn on wallpaper & Arches
22 X 30 inches
2020
#georgefloyd #justiceforgeorgefloyd #JusticeforBreonnaTaylor #JusticeForAhmaud #protestsigns #artinpaper #mauscontemporary #burndrawing #BlackLivesMatter #artasactivism