Workshop:
Kara Rooney
Workshop: Movement(s) in space|time by Artist Kara Rooney
Friday, May 30 1-5 pm
Marion Ady building, Room 101
555 Indiana Street | Ashland OR 97520
FREE, Registration Required, Limited Space
Open to SMA Members and SOU Students
This experiential workshop is meant as an introductory investigation of performance art and movement. Via a combination of improvisatory and instructed physical exercises, participants will explore the use of their bodies in space, the use of the body to draw space, and the body’s relationship to architectural structure/weight/time. Key to this exploration is the notion of the unidealized body and its enactment of everyday movements as a means of accessing creative expression. Simple props will be used for certain exercises along with sound and textual prompts.
Participants need not have any prior experience with dance or movement-based practices to attend. Maximum number of participants: 12 (open to SOU students and museum members).
Suggested reading: Richard Foreman “The Carrot and the Stick”
About the Artist
Kara Rooney is an interdisciplinary artist and critic working in performance, sculpture, and site-specific installation. Language is the driving force behind her work, which aims to provide meaningful and distinct encounters between individuals through the creation of built environments, collaboration, poetry,y and movement. Recent exhibitions and performances include: Fridman Gallery, NY; TOTAH, NY; Driscoll Babcock Gallery, NY; A.I.R. Gallery, NY; the Chelsea Art Museum, NY; the Montclair Art Museum, NJ; the Pera Museum, Istanbul, Turkey; and El Museo de la Ciudad de México, among others. Rooney is a grant recipient of the Jumex Foundation (2025), Foundation for Contemporary Arts (2020), the DUMBO Cultural Space Subsidy Program (2017 – 2020) and The Santo Foundation (2014).
In addition to her visual work, Rooney has held various positions as an art critic, visiting lecturer, and guest curator, most notably as Artseen Editor for The Brooklyn Rail from 2009 – 2016. Her critical writings have been published in Art in America, The Brooklyn Rail, Hyperallergic, and M/E/A/N/I/N/G, as well as included in publications by David Zwirner Publishing, Whitechapel Gallery, London, and MIT Press. Rooney earned her MFA from the School of Visual Arts in 2009 where she serves as a longstanding faculty member and is the curator and programming director for CLEA RSKY CDMX.
Learn more at karalrooney.com
Free event parking is available in designated lots.
