<![CDATA[Megan Lea Mattax - Blog]]>Mon, 20 Nov 2023 04:39:31 -0800Weebly<![CDATA[Tucker High School Artist Talk]]>Tue, 12 Mar 2019 18:34:42 GMThttps://www.mlmattax.com/blog/tucker-high-school-artist-talkText Based Art and Deciphering Knowledge 
Mixed Media:  Drawing and Encaustic
influential artists
Mira Schendel (Brazilian, b. Switzerland)
León Ferrari (Argentine)
Grief and the Cathartic Nature of Working with Your Hands
Ri -ˈlēs (Weightless Whispers)
​influential artists 
Raine Bedsole (New Orleans)
Eva Hess (American, b. Germany)
Anselm Keifer (German)
Books, Text and the Cycle of Discarded Knowledge 
Inherent Knowledge
Archaic Knowledge and the Digital World
pərˈpeCHəˌwāt
Process
Framing
Dissecting Knowledge and Discovering What Lies Beneath 
dəˈstil disˌin(t)əˈɡrāSH(ə)n
Applying for Shows and Exhibition Proposals 
​Call For Entries
in-ˈher-ənt knowledge
​C1: Archaic Inquiries

]]><![CDATA[Glave Kocen's Hung Juried Exhibit]]>Fri, 22 Feb 2019 16:15:54 GMThttps://www.mlmattax.com/blog/glave-kocens-hung-juried-exhibit
​My work has been accepted in Glave Kocen's Hung Juried Exhibit! Come see it in person March 1st at the opening from 6-8PM!
]]><![CDATA[artspace: Within Reach Auction ($45 room)]]>Fri, 08 Feb 2019 18:48:46 GMThttps://www.mlmattax.com/blog/artspace-within-reach-auction-45-room
ˈsalvij: nymph
ˈsalvij: mother
ˈsalvij: crone
]]><![CDATA[Ri -ˈlēs (Weightless Whispers)]]>Wed, 12 Dec 2018 08:00:00 GMThttps://www.mlmattax.com/blog/ri-les-weightless-whispers
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https://www.mlmattax.com/ri--712l275s-weightless-whispers.html​
This work addresses loss and the emotions entangled with grief.  To do this, I incorporate mixed media and traditional fiber techniques with found objects, organic material, and hand-spun threads. I relate these pieces and their creation to the transformation from life to death, as seen in the stages of a woman’s life which is a symbolic reference to the nymph, mother, and crone.

My working process also relates to the cycle of life.  Each piece is delicately bound and shaped to create a changing form that reflects organic materials, such as leaves, petals, and pods.  Then, I transform and shape these structures through the powerful and destructive elements of fire, water, and air.  This process leaves only a memory, whisper, or shadow of the original shape.  Construction and destruction of the pieces emphasizes the brevity of its existence from one stage of life to another.  Each piece is meant to capture the beauty, pain, and release that I associate with the process leading to death.
]]><![CDATA[Concepts (New & Old)]]>Sat, 08 Dec 2018 08:00:00 GMThttps://www.mlmattax.com/blog/concepts-new-old
]]><![CDATA[Best in Show]]>Fri, 30 Nov 2018 08:00:00 GMThttps://www.mlmattax.com/blog/best-in-showMy work won best in show at the Adams State University Suspend Exhibition.  The prize is a solo exhibition.  I have some work to do. 
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]]><![CDATA[Opening of Archaic Inquiry (private-corporate show)]]>Thu, 15 Nov 2018 08:00:00 GMThttps://www.mlmattax.com/blog/opening-of-archaic-inquiry-private-corporate-show
]]><![CDATA[Juror]]>Sun, 21 Oct 2018 07:00:00 GMThttps://www.mlmattax.com/blog/jurorI juried my first exhibition today.  The show will open next Friday (10/26) at Artworks.  I will be giving a juror's talk at 7pm.  The show didn't have theme, but I decided to call it "Surface" based on how I selected the works for the show.]]><![CDATA[Suspend Opening Adams State University]]>Thu, 18 Oct 2018 07:00:00 GMThttps://www.mlmattax.com/blog/suspend-opening-adams-state-universitySuspend Opening Adams State University in Alamosa, Colorado. 
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