Paulette Palacios completes her three-month post-MFA residency at the end of March. Hear about the work she created during her time at the Torpedo Factory. She will touch on her work as a printmaker in relation to her heritage and her experiences as a young woman in the arts.
Reception is at 5 pm with a talk starting at 6:30 pm, moderated by Elizabeth Klimek, adjunct instructor at the College of Southern Nevada and former adjunct professor of printmaking at the Corcoran School of Art & Design at George Washington University.
A recurrent theme in Paulette Palacios’ work is her self-portrait. She turns her own visage into a pattern to be repeated over and over again. Regardless of how painstakingly designed and crafted it is, her portrait becomes a background object. Looking at it too long begins to wipe it of its meaning. It is not driven by narcissism, but more as an attempt to understand her own existence.
“The human face is a pattern in itself, as well as an object in the pattern of humanity. At the end of the day, it just becomes a beautiful object. Considering it from this perspective gives it new breath.”
Paulette Palacios
Paulette Palacios earned her MFA from Cranbrook Academy of Art in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan. She received her BFA as well as a MA in teaching Corcoran College of Art and Design in Washington, D.C. Palacios has shown her work in and around the D.C. region at locations like Pyramid Atlantic, Washington Print Makers Gallery, Carol Square, and Hillyer Art Space. She predominately works in printmaking and alternative processes.
Elizabeth Klimek
Elizabeth Klimek is an adjunct instructor at the College of Southern Nevada. She is of Seneca (Cornplanter) descent, but holds no tribal affiliations. In the fall of 2009 she taught in Italy for the University of Georgia’s Cortona Program. She received her BFA from West Virginia University and her MFA from the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. She is the co-curator of the Dog Head Stew Portfolios, an exhibition discussing Native American stereotypes, currently exhibited around the US and other countries.
This event is free, but RSVPs are strongly encouraged for seating.
