April 22 – June 25, 2011
at University Mall
Online Catalogues: Print Version (19 MB) or Web Version (2MB)
Opening Reception Video Links on YouTube
In association with the ongoing Scrapel Hill Exhibit, an exhibit to make us think creatively about reuse, University Mall is hosting free programs for the community, and site specific installations created solely by discards by The Scrap Exchange.
Reviews & Publicity:
June 12, 2011 - The Daily Tarheel - Art walk highlighted by Scrapel Hill Awards
May 15, 2011 - Chapel Hill Herald - Watching our Wasteline
May 12, 2011 - Herald Sun - Art work you can join in on
May 3, 2011 - Herald Sun - Scrapel Hill honors best artists
April 26, 2011 - News & Observer - Scrapel Hill Art Competition Winners Announced
April 25, 2011 - 1360 WCHL - UNC Student Takes 3rd In Scrapel Hill Awards
April 24, 2011 - nc artblog - Public Art + Earth y = Scrapel Hill at University Mall
April 22, 2011 - Herald Sun - At Scrapel Hill, scrap becomes whimsical, imposing art
April 19, 2011 - Chapel Hill Magazine Blog - Scrapel Hill Opens Friday
March 25, 2011 - Herald-Sun Newspaper, Art Briefs - Scrapel Hill exhibit comes to University Mall
January 4, 2011 - News & Observer - Scrapel Hill Art Contest, Exhibit Focused on Reuse
Press Release:
At an Opening Reception held last Good Friday evening (4/22), Ackland Museum Chief Curator and Scrapel Hill Juror, Peter Nisbet, lead a public tour and critique of the 15 works which make up the 3rd Annual Scrapel Hill Exhibit on display through June 25, 2011 at University Mall at 201 S. Estes Drive.
The 1 ½ hour tour, which included commentary of the participating North Carolina and Virginia based artists, piqued and retained the interest of an estimated 100 guests to the center. Awards for 1st, 2nd and 3rd place winners were announced at the stage afterwards. Awards went to: 1st to Durham Landscape Architect, Tom Dawson for his elegant recycled piano sculpture, pianoNovo; 2nd to UNC Greensboro MFA graduate student, Paul Howe for his large patinaed rebar sculpture, Let’s Cool One; and 3rd to former UNC Chapel Hill student, Mia Drabick for her maze of pvc pipes featured in Cleanliness Is… Award amounts were $2,500, $1,500 and $1,000 respectively.
Scrapel Hill, an annual exhibit dedicated to make people think creatively about reuse, features works from discarded objects and materials. Scrapel Hill is an ongoing partnership between the Town of Chapel Hill’s Office of Public Art and University Mall’s Arts Initiative Program. The exhibit and associated programs are free and open to the public.
Participating Scrapel Hill Artists will be available to demonstrate their techniques at the May 13th 2nd Friday ArtWalk between 6 – 8 pm. In addition, visitors are encouraged to vote for their favorite piece for the People’s Choice Award ($500) which will be announced at the June 10th, 2nd Friday Artwalk between 6 - 8 pm. These events are free and open to the public. Maps and ballots are available at each entrance into the mall. Voting will end at 9:00 pm, Wednesday, June 8th.
For information or images contact Jennifer Collins-Mancour, Arts Initiative Director at jcollins@mmrs.com. To view an online catalogue of Scrapel Hill and learn about related programming visit, www.UniversityMallNC.com/ScrapelHill.
A Unique Opportunity for Artists
Of thirty-five submissions, fifteen artists from across North Carolina and beyond were chosen for exhibit by a Selection Committee made up or artists, curators, educators and representatives from University Mall and the Town of Chapel Hill’s Public Art Office. The setting at University Mall offers artists with a unique opportunity to have their work seen in an unconventional venue, as artist Carter Hubbard explains, “Scrapel Hill affords a multifaceted opportunity to exhibit artwork; specifically, this show expands the idea of what art is, how it is evolving. The mall provides a unique setting for the artist and the viewer. The sheer physical dimensions of the space allows for large scaled installations that are most often otherwise prohibitive in a smaller, gallery like setting. Exhibiting in a public space, such as this, challenges the notions of ‘art for a select few’ thus removing the stigma as such that can be associated with a museum or gallery. People from all walks of life come to the mall having free access to art without being charged a fee. It is seamlessly incorporated into the fabric of the mall, enhancing and educating by proxy and this benefit is reciprocated to the artist.”
About the Juror, Peter Nisbet:
Peter Nisbet, formerly the Daimler-Benz Curator of the Busch-Reisinger Museum at the Harvard Art Museum, and current Chief Curator of the Ackland Art Museum at The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, holds a BA and MA from Cambridge University and a PhD in the History of Art from Yale University. Nisbet held assistantships at the Metropolitan Museum of Art and at Yale University Art Gallery prior to his appointment at the Harvard Art Museum. At the Busch-Reisinger Museum he was responsible for a collection of 39,000 works of art ranging from the Middle Ages to the present and played a leading role in the reconceptualization and revitalization of the museum, leading to its relocation in 1991. A leading expert in Russian and German art of the twentieth century, Nisbet has organized several major international traveling exhibitions on European art between the wars and has published catalogues and essays on Russian and Soviet Modernism, El Lissitzky, German Modernism, contemporary art, and on issues of museum history, theory, and practice. (Provided by artdaily.org)
