A.I.R. Prompts: Daily False Twins

In light of the COVID-19 pandemic which is keeping all of us at home for our own safety and the safety of others, A.I.R. has been envisioning ways of maintaining connection outside of the physical gallery setting. In the spirit of intimacy without proximity, we invite you to connect in the ways that we still can, to foster continued, persistent dialogue and community even in the face of fear, isolation, and uncertainty. Drawing its title from a book of the same name by Donna Haraway, STAYING WITH THE TROUBLE: PROMPTS FOR PRACTICE is a prompt-based art project that will span six weeks.

1 - Monday, March 23: Work site specifically

Sara Jones @sarajones00

Shanti Grumbine @shantigrumbine

2 - Wednesday, March 25: Make friends

Diane Bertolo @dianebertolo

Lisa Perez @lperezoo

3 - Friday, March 27: Slow your process

Rebecca Siemering @rsiemering

Sydney Hunter Kleinrock @sydneyhunterart

4 - Sunday, March 29: Collaborate

5 - Tuesday, March 31: Take the easy way out

6 - Thursday, April 2: Memorialize something

7 - Saturday, April 4: Ask for advice

8 - Monday, April 6: Expand the frame

9 - Wednesday, April 8: Embrace repetition

10 - Friday, April 10: Get comfortable with failure

11 - Sunday, April 12: Work with new tools

12 - Tuesday, April 14: Embellish

13 - Thursday, April 16: Make yourself useful

14 - Saturday, April 18: Pay attention to the margins

15 - Monday, April 20: Be a ruthless editor

16 - Wednesday, April 22: Make a guilty pleasure

17 - Friday, April 24: Build on a previous idea

18 - Sunday, April 26: Create temporary structures

19 - Tuesday, April 28: Change direction

20 - Thursday, April 30: Trust your intuition

21 - Saturday, May 2: CELEBRATE!

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Alison Owen is a multidisciplinary artist who lives and works in Brooklyn, NY. She has participated in numerous residencies, including Artists Alliance in the Lower East Side, Wave Hill in the Bronx, LMCC Process Space on Governors Island, The Joan Mitchell Center in New Orleans, and the Bronx Museum of Art. She was a fellow in the A.I.R. Gallery Fellowship Program in 2017. In 2010, she received a New Genres grant from the Rhode Island State Council for the Arts. Owen has exhibited her artwork in galleries across the United States, including Smack Mellon and AIR gallery in Brooklyn, the DeCordova Museum in Massachusetts, and Staple Goods in New Orleans. She also creates site-specific installations in domestic environments, under the title House Work.