MADE IN NEWPORT NEWS: A Pop-Up Exhibition
Sponsored by The City of Newport News
August 12, 2023 - November 19, 2023
Viewing Hours:
Thursdays 4 pm - 7 pm
Saturdays 11 am - 2pm
Location: 701 Mariners Row, Suite 104, Newport News, VA
(in City Center, across from TASTE)
The CAN Foundation presents ‘Made in Newport News: A Pop-Up Exhibition’. The group exhibition features artists from and based in Newport News and artwork created in Newport News, including select works from the CAN Collection. The exhibition features the work of Wade Mickely, Karen Freidt, Andrew Samuel Harrison, Asa Jackson, Ryan Lytle, Malik Zagman Mills, Markis Bowers-Dunlap, Nadd Harvin, Mahari Chabwera, Mark Anthony Wilson Jr, Jadea Knight, John Miles Runner, Yusuf Abdul Lateef, Dathan Kane, Kendrick Hopkins Jr, Chip Jackson, Jenn Clemons, and Tremaine Etheridge.
The CAN Collection is an artist-built collection consisting of the multidisciplinary work of artists who have participated in CAN Foundation residencies, workshops, programs, and exhibitions. It represents the CAN’s investment in the artists we support and work with, the artists’ investment in themselves, and in one another. The collection began in 2020 at the CAN Headquarters, in Newport News, Virginia. A portion of the CAN Collection is currently on view at the Virginia MoCA. ‘Made in Newport News’, the pop-up exhibition is a demonstration of the globally competitive talent and artwork that exists and is made in Newport News.
INCLUDED ARTISTS AND WORKS
JENN CLEMONS
Jenn currently lives in coastal Virginia. Growing up in the mountains of New Hampshire she has always been drawn to adventures in the outdoors. Before living in Virginia, she lived on a sailboat in the Florida Keys where she also worked for Outward Bound. A teaching position at Hampton Roads Academy brought her to Newport News where she continues to teach as the chair of the visual art department. Jenn is inspired by forms she finds in nature, as well as the energy and talent of her students.
@jennclemonsart
Synergy, 202140 x 48 inches$4000
Conservancy of Memory, 202140 x 48 inchesoil, acrylic, graphite and pastel on plywood$4000ANDREW SAMUEL HARRISON
At the heart of Andrew Samuel Harrison’s practice is a driving confrontation of self. Engaging the physicality of medium and examining body image as it relates to identity enables him to find expression of personal vulnerability and to open empathetic channels. His work spans abstract figure drawing and painting, biomorphic color-block collage, ready-made assemblage, and studio photography.
@andrewsamuelharrison
Competitive Edges, 202348" x 60"Oil Stick, Cold Wax and Bristol on CanvasFramed in Painted PineCAN Collection, Price upon requestMARKIS BOWERS-DUNLAP & MALIK ‘ZAGMAN’ MILLS
Markis Bowers-Dunlap is a muralist, painter, and author from Newport News, Virginia. A Fine Arts major from Norfolk State University, Markis paints in an abstract style, while using color as a means of expression. He has numerous murals in the Hampton roads area. His work has been displayed at the James Wise Gallery at NSU, The Contemporary Arts Network, The Barry Art Museum, and many more. Outside of the visual arts space, he illustrates and writes children’s books. Markis also received his graduate degree from Old Dominion University where his children’s book, “Asking about Art!” was created. Children's books are another way for Markis to reach the youth and help others around the world.
@kis.b_
Malik ‘Zagman’ Mills is an illustrator based in Hampton Roads, Virginia. He works in pen, ink & occasionally digital mediums. Malik considers himself an urban surrealist, recreating his urban experience with symbolism & mythological comparisons. He does so to understand the nuances & ideals of black America.
@_zagman
Evolution, 2023 45 in x 32 incharcoal pastel, ink, brown paper, pen ink$1600WADE MICKLEY
Wade Mickley works across diverse media, including assemblage, sculpture, paint, print, drawing, installation, and animation. Highly crafted and deeply imaginative, his practice draws inspirations from folk art, comic books, nature, graphic design, and his own anxieties. Wade’s work is societal, and his work can be humorous, but it’s very serious. Sometimes he starts with scavenged or bought disparate elements and sometimes he starts with an idea, especially shaped by language, words, and phrases that he hears or song lyrics that he jots down in his sketchbook. Mickley has exhibited in both group and solo exhibitions where has won numerous awards for his fine art and illustration work. His unique talents have grown from a variety of institutions and experiences. He studied fine art and communication arts at Christopher Newport University, Virginia Commonwealth University, Old Dominion University, and the Darden School of Business at UVA. His career as a multi-media artist at NASA Langley Research Center in Hampton, VA. has required learning a multitude of skills which also compliment his work.
@wademickley
HORIZ. TONE. BRIGHT. VERT.Repurposed vintage television set35” x 74” x 19.5”$850
FeralMixed Media22” x 37” x 6”$3750
The Space Around YouMixed Media34” x 34” x 3”$3500
SolitudeMixed Media32” x 32” x 7”$3750
SpecimenIllustration/Giclée print on vintage projection screen36” x 60” x 28”$750MAHARI CHABWERA
Mahari Chabwera is an American born visual artist, curator and facilitator working at the intersection of mysticism and Black Women’s wisdom traditions. Born in DC in 1995 and raised in the South, Chabwera currently lives and works in Baltimore, Maryland pursuing an art practice rooted in womanist principles.
Chabwera is the founding director of STUDIOHOUSE in Baltimore, a residency project that provides studio space, housing and the opportunity to gather in a 4-story corner row home in East Baltimore. As STUDIOHOUSE’s founder, Chabwera organizes programs with local and regional artists and arts organizations as professional development initiatives.
Mahari is the recipient of the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts 2019-2020 Professional Fellowship, The Visual Art Center in Richmond’s 2020 Emerging Artist Award, Maryland State Art Council’s 2023 Creativity Grant, and The Peale’s 2023 Grit Fund. She has been featured on the cover of New American Paintings, has exhibited works nationally, and received her BFA in Painting and Printmaking from VCU in 2017. Since then she's curated projects at Sediment Gallery and 1708 Gallery in Richmond, along with NomuNomu Artspace in Baltimore. Mahari thinks about her artwork as talismans, medicine bags or protective gestures. Her paintings and bead weavings explore color, energy bodies, and the process of making as meditation. Chabwera's work is speculative, seductive and fundamentally Black.
@maharichabwera
Beaded Sun #212 x 12 inchesOil,acrylic, and beads on canvas$1000ASA JACKSON
Asa Jackson is an American artist, curator, and director based in Virginia. His work has been exhibited in solo and group exhibitions across the United States, including at Museum of Contemporary Art Arlington, Virginia Museum of Contemporary Art (Virginia Beach, VA), Hodges Taylor Gallery (Charlotte, NC), Harvey B. Gantt Center (Charlotte, NC), 1708 Gallery (Richmond, VA), and Samuel Owen Gallery (Greenwich, CT), among many other venues. His work is a part of various prominent collections including the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, the Capital One Corporate Collection, and the Hascoe Family Collection.
Jackson founded 670 Gallery in Virginia, leading the gallery as its director from 2014-2017. Jackson is the co-founder and executive director of the CAN Foundation, a not-for-profit arts organization in Newport News, Virginia, with a focus on artist development, arts education, and public projects. He served on the board of the Virginia Commission for the Arts from 2018-2023 where he acted as chairman for FY 2022.
@asajacksonart
The King’s Cord, 2023Corduroy, mudcloth, reused textile95 x 75 inchesPrice upon requestYUSUF ABDUL LATEEF
Yusuf Dubois Abdul Lateef is a visual artist and educator residing in Toledo, Ohio. Co-founder of Radiant City Arts and the Toledo Black Artist Coalition, his work explores ways in which fundamental principles of art hold spiritual implications and points of connection as tools for community building. Radiant City Arts is a For Profit organization that develops arts programing and creative sustainable curriculums for Juvenile detention centers in lower Michigan. Yusuf is also an active member of the Rasqauche artist collective. Lateef uses his love of the creative process to find ways to engage youth and the public at large. With a Master's degree from Bowling Green State University in 2d studies and social engagement as art practice, Lateef uses making as a vehicle for processing information and problem solving through art production. He has completed over 30 murals and has participated in several collaborative projects in communities in Ohio, Michigan, Charlottesville Virginia, Puebla Mexico, Bilbao and Toledo, Spain. Lateef is currently an adjunct instructor at The University of Toledo, School of Art and Letters and Bowling Green State University School of Art. His focus is 4d art and developing curriculum for experience based art practices. He also conducts arts programming in treatment centers and is involved in juvenile justice reform in both Ohio and lower Michigan.
@yusufalateef
Vicegerent 23.5’ x 2’ x 3”Acrylic on plywood and cardboard concrete formMade in Newport News during ‘The Residency Exchange’, a residency exchange collaboration between The CAN Foundation (NN, VA), and Visible Records (Charlottesville, VA)CAN CollectionCENTER
MARK WILSON
Mark Anthony Wilson Jr (b. 1995, Hampton, Virginia) is a self-taught artist, activist, and therapist. Mark's practice marries the unveiling of African American heritage with Afrofuturism through multimedia. After playing football at the University of Cincinnati and earning a master's degree (2018) in Applied Behavior Analysis, he found his passion for art while working as a therapist. Inspired by the Indigenous Totem Poles in Washington, he developed an identity in masquerade. Encouraged by the relationship between Black and Indigenous cultures. He uses an assortment of materials to create a utopian nature. Mark's masquerade serves to unify and empower Black bodies across time. Finding empowerment in historical moments of Black resilience to bear arms in self-defense and militant duties. He utilizes the references to establish new tools for liberation through Afrofuturism.
Mark's art was recognized by The Black Artist Fund in 2020. In 2021, his mural won 1st place at LAAMS NYC. The following year 2022, he completed an international residency in Oakville, Canada with The Contemporary Arts Network and international group exhibition in Abuja, Nigeria at the Thought Pyramid Art Centre. In 2023, he exhibits at The Virginia Museum of Contemporary Art, and commercially with Jenkins Johnson and Marc Straus galleries in New York. Mark Anthony Wilson Jr is a 2023, AIR: Artist In Residency at The Contemporary Arts Network and Worthless Studios. He served as the co-facilitator for the 2023 The Young Artist of Color Fellowship at FAB NYC.
@markwilson.jr
When Heaven Touches the Earth, MaskMade in Newport News during A CAN Foundation Continued Work Residency, CAN Collection
The Eagle Has Been Captured, MaskMade in Newport News during A CAN Foundation Continued Work Residency, CAN Collection
100 + Years in Woodland, MaskPhotographer: Nalan Smartt
Home by the Sea, Mask, 2023Photographer: Nalan SmarttCHIP JACKSON
Tristan “Chip" Jackson is a nationally-recognized photographer, videographer, program director, and promoter from Newport News, VA. As a teen, he discovered his passion for film and photography by documenting sports events at Phoebus High School. He began work in video production in 2006 with national recording artists Ink, Quan, and Pusha T. In 2016, he produced training videos for NASA’s ADSP Program. In the same year he co-founded a workshop-style program FAMM (Future Actors and Media Makers) designed to teach participants usable trades and skill sets while developing their creative voices and perspectives through film and photography. In 2020 Chip worked as a unit still photographer on the AMC show, The Walking Dead: World Beyond season 2. This year, Chip collaborated with the CAN Foundation to develop the FAMM House Apprenticeship and Residency in the Washing DC area, a program providing training and paid field experience for multimedia artists interested in the film, television, and AV industries. He currently works as the head of videography and photography for Richmond Public Schools.
@chipbringthecamerasout
Follow Through, 202232 x 24 inches Photograph$700JADEA KNIGHT
Jadea Knight is a multi-disciplinary artist born and raised in Newport News, Virginia. Through visual mediums such as motion picture and film photography, she highlights experiences that connect with her most and is passionate about the movement of black women having the chance to narrate their own stories.
@spiritchiild
Black and White Portrait of Elbert Watson, 202230 x 30 inchesHand developed black and white film photographCAN CollectionKAREN FREIDT
Whether her canvas is traditional, an engineer’s mind, a comedic sketch, a lens, or a pie, Karen Freidt inspires viewers with a child-like curiosity and innovative approach. Her diverse successes span the gamut from winning juried art competitions to creating new NASA programs. Freidt studied and has collaborated with the University of VA, Longwood University, NYC School of Visual Arts, and Parsons School of Design, among others. In 2020, Freidt began baking pies that soon went viral and received international attention. Her pies were part of New York City’s Spring Fashion Week in 2020. She has used her baking success to lift spirits and raise money for the Foodbank, Ukraine Refugees, and the National Kidney Foundation.
@kfreidt
Nasa16 x 20 inchesB&W Framed Print$125
On the Fence16 x 20 inchesB&W Framed Print$125JADEA KNIGHT AND TREMAINE ETHERIDGE
Tremaine Etheridge is the Founder and Chief Creative Officer of PHOND.
Before starting PHOND in 2020, Tremaine freelanced in brand development and marketing for small to medium sized brands. Harnessing his love for authentic storytelling and keen intuition he has grown a reputation of having the golden touch, where he has helped his clients generate more than $300k in revenue. Along his creative journey he has partnered with brands like Bevel, Homes.com, Sauer Brands, American Eagle and ActBlue.
A native of Virginia Beach, VA, Tremaine developed PHOND as a way to invest in and support creative communities. PHOND is a media and entertainment platform aimed at establishing vertically integrated creative communities around the world and assisting in the cultivation of sustainable careers for creatives of all disciplines. By journeying into segments of the entertainment industry like music and film,Tremaine hopes that PHOND grows into an ecosystem where creativity, ideas, and innovation are the driving force in the modern world.
@tremaineethridge
Letter to a Familiar Stranger, Film, 2023
NADD HARVIN
Nadd Harvin is a self taught painter, illustrator, and teaching artist based primarily in Richmond and Hampton Roads, Virgina. As a teacher and prolific sketchbook artist, Nadd’s work is heavily process based and influenced by the act of creating and mark making. Their work is also deeply interested in utilizing realism as a vehicle for abstract expression and creating compositions that open up a world of endless storytelling possibilities. These elements bleed through into their large-scale mural work, creating a style that seeks to balance elements of chaos, centered around a personal narrative of creation and holding time and space. Self actualization, community and world building, time, space, ego, and identity are a few of the themes central to their work.
@naddthenomad
blue veins: epilogue, 2023
Installation
BACK GALLERY
JOHN MILES RUNNER
John Runner is a Hampton Roads based artist. He graduated with a BA in Studio Art from the University of Texas at El Paso and received his MFA in Visual Studies through a joint program with Norfolk State University and Old Dominion University. He is currently an art teacher at Woodside Arts Magnet High School and co-owner of Little Light Film Lab in Norfolk, VA.
https://www.johnmilesrunner.com/
@johnmilesrunner2
Plan A 44 x 60 inchesWoodcut Print8290 x 88 inchesWoodcut Print
(Left to Right)Missing the Mark 642 x 42 inSilver gelatin print with screen print$3500Missing the Mark 742 x 42 inSilver gelatin print with screen print$3500Missing the Mark 342 x 42 inSilver gelatin print with screen print$3500Missing the Mark 4 42 x 42 inSilver gelatin print with screen print$3500Missing the Mark 242 x 42 inSilver gelatin print with screen print$3500KAREN FREIDT
(Left to Right)Brooklyn Bridge11 x 4 inchesPhoto on Metal$175Brooklyn Carousel11 x 14 inchesPhoto on Metal$175Brooklyn Brewery11 x 14 inchesPhoto on Metal$175Manhattan Street Art 11 x 14 inchesPhoto on Metal$175Manhattan 11 x 14 inchesPhoto on Metal$175Brooklyn Bakery11 x 14 inchesPhoto on Metal$175
(Left to Right, Top, Middle, Bottom Row)Feeling Good8 x 8 x 4.5 inchesMixed Media Sculpture$295Pitch12 x 8 x 5 inchesMixed Media Sculpture$295Roy14 x 8 x 4.5 inchesMixed Media Sculpture$295Infectious19 x 8 x 4 inchesMixed Media Sculpture$400Jack13.5 x 8 x 5 inches Mixed Media Sculpture$295Algae17 x 8 x 4 inchesMixed Media Sculpture$295Kidney Stone8 x 9 x 4.5 inchesMixed Media Sculpture$295(Starting Middle Row)Hot Diggity15 x 11 x 4.5 inchesMixed Media Sculpture$295Speed Racer15 x 12 x 4.5 inchesMixed Media Sculpture$295I Scream13 x 25 x 5 inchesMixed Media Sculpture$325Noise Maker20 x 8 x 4.5 inchesMixed Media Sculpture$295Charlie23 x 9 x 4.5 inchesMixed Media Sculpture$295(Starting Bottom Row)Moonbeam18 x 8 x 5 inchesMixed Media Sculpture$295Number 8Approx 50 x 24 x 5 Mixed Media Sculpture$650Sprung14 x 8 x 5 inchesMixed Media Sculpture$295
(Left to Right)Spreading Love16 x 20 inchesB&W Matted Framed Print$125Inside Out16 x 20 inchesB&W Matted Framed Print$125Alive16 x 20 inchesB&W Matted Framed Print$125Animated Blueberry PieKENDRICK HOPKINS
Kendrick Hopkins Jr, Multimedia Producer at WHRO, is a 9x Capital Emmy award winner, 20x Telly Award Winner, & recipient of the Inside Business Forty Under 40 award in 2016. During his time at WHRO, Hopkins has worked on projects such as The Scene, Curate 757, & American Evolution, while also directing the Goode Family Foundation documentary series which includes Comedy Bootcamp: The Documentary, #YoungSingersProject, Dancing on the Shoulders of Giants & City Voices: Homelessness to Hopefulness. Hopkins is also the co-founder & Executive Director of the Mark Edwin Lee UNC Basketball Camp Scholarship, a foundation which sends youths from Newport News to basketball camp at the University of North Carolina annually.
@kendrickhopkinsjr
(Black Wall Video Installation, Emmys)
Left to Right
Top Row
Emmy, Norfolk Street Choir, Curate, 2018
Emmy, Dancing on the Shoulders of Giants, 2019
Emmy, Chuck Dickerson, Curate, 2019
Emmy, Curate Season 6, Episode 8, 2021
Emmy, Mascon Leather, Curate, 2021
Middle Row
Emmy, The Scene, 2015
Emmy, The inHEIRtance Project, 2022
Bottom Row
Emmy, Wayne White, Curate, 2018
Emmy, City Voices: Homelessness to Hopefulness, 2019
Video projects in the exhibition were featured by WHRO in their arts series Curate 757 (formerly known as the Scene). The documentaries highlight Newport News artists, Asa Jackson, Karen Friedt & Wade Mickley, Masego, & also include Emmy award winning works on Charlotte Potter, Wayne White, Chuck Dickerson, The Norfolk Street Choir Project, Dance Theatre of Harlem, Richard Alston Dance Company, Mascon Leather, Kenny Jones & The InHEIRitance Project.
DATHAN KANE
Dathan Kane (b. 1991) is a contemporary abstract painter and muralist based in Hampton Roads, Virginia. He holds a BFA in Art & Design from Virginia State University. His work focuses on the constant duality of life's choices using bold, organic, black and white shapes to explore this complexity and gain a sense of balance. Dathan‘s work is included in many collections including Germany, France, Dollar Tree HQ, Work Programs Architects at Assembly in Norfolk, Within Interior Design Firm in Norfolk, PMA Architecture in Newport News, Commune in Virginia Beach/Norfolk, and the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts. He has exhibited at the Chrysler Museum (Glass Studio) Gallery, Virginia Museum of Contemporary Art , Hermitage Museum & Gardens and the Sichuan Contemporary Institute in China. Dathan has participated in the RVA Street Mural Festival, Three Notchd "Leave Your Mark!" Mural Festival in Richmond and has completed a two week residency program at Studio House in Baltimore contributing two murals. He was a recent participant in the annual "Cabin Fever" auction held at 1708 Gallery in Richmond VA. His recent documentary film, CURATE, produced by P.B.S "WHRO Media" in Norfolk has aired throughout Hampton Roads, Boston, and North Carolina (2022). Dathan recently completed a mural project for White Claw during Pharrell's "Something in the Water Festival" in VA Beach (2023). He currently serves on the board of the Hermitage Museum in Norfolk, and works on the Contemporary Arts Network exhibition team in Newport News.
@_dkane
‘Shapes in Newport News’, 2023Indoor Mural Something Pt 260in x 72inAcrylic on CanvasCAN CollectionRYAN LYTLE
Ryan Lytle is a Newport News based sculptor from the Hampton Roads, Virginia area. He earned a B.A. in Studio Art from Christopher Newport University and his MFA from the Rinehart School of Sculpture at the Maryland Institute College of Art. He currently is interested in the process of needle-felting and how the medium can provide a nostalgic comfort reminiscent of his extensive childhood stuffed animal collection.
@_ryan_lytle_
Under Pressure (Act II), 2023Wool, Faux Fur, PLA Plastic, Felt7’ x 13’ x 6.5’
Tether, 2023Wool, Faux Fur, Rope72” x 46” x 36”$2500
Untitled, 2020Wool36” x 8” x 10” $500
Phases of Intuitions (The Moon), 2021Wool42” x 26” x 11”$1200
Direction of the Unknown (The Fool), 2021Wool28” x 40” x 8”$1200