RESIDENT SPOTLIGHT 2013: CAROLYN SICKLES

 

Carolyn Sickles is a participant in EFA's 2013 Residency for Arts Workers as Artists. In addition to her art practice, Carolyn is currently the Director of StudioLab at the Abrons Arts Center in Manhattan’s Lower East Side. 

We have already told you about the residents' professional lives here, so we decided to get a little more personal. To learn a little more about them in and outside of the studio we have asked our residents to respond to questions. Here are Carolyn's answers...

PS: What are you working on now?

CS: The majority of my studio time been spent stocking up on drop spindle yarn. These skeins will be dyed and woven into the first of a series of breaching right whale tapestries.  Each image is intended to capture the mimicry of landscape. I have become fascinated with inhabitant responses that echo a specific place, even for a fleeting moment. I have also started the foundation panels for a felted terrain triptych and experimented with small textural panels. Each has a unique improvisational pattern marking identification and the possibilities of communication. 

PS: What is your experience so far?

CS: This has been such a treasured platform for producing new work and processing my thoughts. Each day spent at the residency feels like a rekindling. 

PS: If a celebrity were to play you in a movie, who would it be?

CS: Total bare your soul kind of question. Being a diehard evening soap fan I would insist on auditioning all of my favorite small screen actresses. Alexis Bledel, Katie Holmes, Sarah Michelle Gellar, and Rachel Bilson are top candidates. There is no shame in how I decompress after a long day. 

PS: Tips on staying focused. 

CS: Hydration. Delicious snacks. Keeping a schedule. 

PS: If you COULDN’T work in the arts/be an artist, what kind of work would you do?

CS: Easiest question thus far. I would totally become a food curator and open an entire museum dedicated to the practice of making/sharing/archiving meals. 

PS: What are your creative inspirations?

CS: I have been finding inspiration in the company of my musician/composer studiomate. His improvisational approach has helped loosen up the rigidity I usually associated with my more technical process. 

PS: What is your favorite NYC spot?

CS: Lately I keep finding myself drawn to the Brooklyn coastline. It constantly surprises me how much water surrounds us yet most of the residents resist contact. 

PS: If you could have personally witnessed any event in history, what would you want to have seen?

CS: I would of loved to observe Eva Hesse at work in her New York studio. She was a pioneer in her material approach and stripped down sculptural forms. 

PS: What was your first thought when you woke up this morning? 

CS: Butter + Toast 

Check out Carolyn's website for more about her and her work

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