Vermont Studio Center will host a Visiting Artist Talk with Athena LaTocha as a part of the Visiting Artist Program. On Thursday, February 23rd, 7:00 – 8:00 PM, the talk will take place in the Red Mill Building in Johnson, VT. This event is free and open to the public. Limited seating is available. Contact VSC for more information.

Athena LaTocha (b. Anchorage, Alaska) is an artist whose massive works on paper explore the relationship between human-made and natural worlds, in the wake of Earthworks artists from the 1960s and 1970s. The artist incorporates materials such as ink, lead, earth and wood, while looking at correlations between mark-marking and displacement of materials made by industrial equipment and natural events. Her works are inspired by her upbringing in the wilderness of Alaska. LaTocha's process is about being immersed in these environments, while responding to the storied and, at times, traumatic cultural histories that are rooted in place.

LaTocha is the recipient of artist grants, residencies and awards, among them the the Rockefeller Brothers Fund's inaugural Pocatico Prize for visual artists in 2022, Eiteljorg Fellowship and NYSCA/NYFA Artist Fellowship in Painting in 2021, Joan Mitchell Foundation in 2019 and 2016, Wave Hill in 2018, and the Robert Rauschenberg Foundation in 2013. LaTocha received her Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, and a Master of Fine Arts degree from Stony Brook University, New York. The artist divides her time between New York City and Peekskill, New York.

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