ARCADE: Weaving a New Kind of Seattle Art Fair

Hello friends!

I am glad to share ARCADE has written a feature article about my Jean Body Engagement with Method Gallery during the Seattle Art Fair this summer 2024. The article is included in the fall issue of the quarterly digital design magazine. Read the article here and check out the other amazing articles on the local art scene.

Prince talks with a visitor in her booth with Method Gallery at the Seattle Art Fair, Seattle, WA 2024. Photo by J. Troff

Join the next Jean Body Engagement at Mini Mart City Park on Friday, October 18th from 4-8pm.

Breaking News! I'm to be the first pilot artist for the new AIR program at MMCP!

I'm ecstatic to announce I'll be returning to Mini Mart City Park as one of the first artists in residence! Stay tuned for all the fun, and plenty of sneak peaks, on Instagram as I pilot this new program at MMCP this fall and explore all it offers. I'll be there throughout October and November.

Two things you can start looking forward to while I'm there: I'll be holding my next "Jean Bodies Engagement" and have an on-site dropbox for used jean donations as part of my time there. More to come!

Installation view of Megan Prince’s exhibition Jean Bodies and Friends at Mini Mart City Park, Seattle, WA 2022. Photo by Mark Woods.

"Connector: a survey" at Rudloph Blume Fine Art, Houston, TX

I am excited to share two of my "Remnant Bodies" will be featured in "Connector: A Survey" curated by Tommy Gregory. This is my first exhibition in Texas and has an incredible artist roster!

Opening Reception on September 14 from 5-8pm.

Rudolphh Blume Fine Art, 10771 Westpark Dr., Houston, TX

This exhibit is one example of the kinds of webs of connections that artists make, influencing one another in a visual conversation. 38 artists from 10 different cities throughout the country will exhibit their work at Rudolph Blume Fine Art beginning September 14 and closing November 9.

Meredith, reclaimed speaker wire, dimensions variable.

Seattle Art Fair with Method 7/25-28

 I am pleased to share Method Gallery will feature the continuation of my Jean Bodies Project at Seattle Art Fair THIS WEEK. Visit us in booth D13!

Kicking off a new iteration, my Jean Bodies will be on view and I will be on-site further developing works in progress in a public engagement component in the booth. Seattle Art Fair attendees are invited to participate; bring your jean donations to booth D13 and join the process of tying them together with me at various points throughout the fair. Together we will create sculptures as relics of real communities and hold space for conversation around what reuse can look like in daily life.

Detail of Children live up to what you believe of them, 2021, reclaimed and cut children’s denim, 9x17x46 inches

Opening Evening for VIP and Fair Pass Holders

Thursday, July 25: 6—9pm

All Public Days
Friday, July 26: 11am—7pm
Saturday, July 27: 11am—7pm
Sunday, July 28: 11am—6pm

Lumen Field Event Center 800 Occidental Ave S, Seattle, WA 98134

Chrysalis with Method Gallery, 6/15 from 6-10pm

Read on for all the dates and info on where to find me and my work!

June 15th promises to be an amazing evening. CHRYSALIS will be a vibrant showcase of METHOD Gallery’s mission, featuring an evening of art, fashion, performance, and dancing. I’m excited to, once again, be working with METHOD Gallery, exhibiting and pushing the boundaries in my work. In addition to showing a curated selection of artworks, I am creating some wearable pieces for the fashion show. Tickets are pay-what-you-can and it’s sure to be fun! (Get your tickets here)

CHRYSALIS

Saturday, June 15th @ 6-11PM

Europa Gallery

401 2nd Ave South

Seattle, WA 98104

Embodiment group show at AMcE Creative Arts

I am happy to announce my participation in Embodiment, a group show at AMcE Creative Arts! I’ll be sharing a selection of my Communities in this exhibition.

Community #29, 2021, Gauche, oil pastel and graphite on Rives paper, 22 5/8 x 29 in. (framed) Photo Mark Woods

AMcE Creative Arts is pleased to present Embodiment – a group show of works that touch on memory and history

May 18 – June 30, 2024

The works in Embodiment contend with personal and collective histories, relationships, and memory. Through varying media, the six featured artists reflect on the past’s influence on our present modalities and whether it offers confluence or opposition. Our human connection to the intricacies of external and internal systems and environments are also considered. The work’s elements and imagery serve as puzzle pieces of a bigger picture perspective.

Opening Reception: Saturday, May 18, 5p – 7p

Saturday, June 8, 3p: Curatorial walk through and an afternoon of artist talks with Alfred Harris, Rachel Maxi, Megan Prince, and Cara Tomlinson.

Sunday, June 30, 3p – 5p: AMcE’s third anniversary celebration and closing reception for Embodiment

Megan Prince at "the vatican"

This month one of my Remnant Body sculptures is at studio e gallery. Stop by anytime, the work is accessible 24 hr in the miniature gallery, the vatican.

location: studio e gallery, 609 S Brandon St, Seattle, WA 98108

Out of the Box: METHOD Silent Auction & Gala

My contribution for Method Gallery “Out of the Box” is made out of the box.

What happens when you give an artist that likes to use reclaimed materials a specific material? They use it. I applied time and fire with woodworking tools and finished with tung oil. My piece “Time Burns Away” is part of my current series “1,000 Paintings of Love” and available for bidding online 12/2 and viewing at Method during First Thursday and at the Gala.

Learn more. Check it out. Get your tix.

Artist Talk with Ellen McGivern 10/20

Hi Friends!

Here’s a link to my Artist Talk about my durational work Tying/Untying and my closing exhibition Build Time at Prairie Underground. Enjoy and thanks to all that made it out!

Prince and McGivern chat about Prince’s exhibition Build Time and the end of Tying/Untying. Prairie Underground, Seattle, WA 2023.

Build Time at Prairie Undergound

I am pleased to announce my solo exhibition, Build Time, at Prairie Underground, featuring the third phase of Tying/Untying alongside a selection of new works in fibers and on paper. All of the fibers materials in this show are reclaimed from Prairie Underground, “a socially progressive apparel manufacturer committed to designing modern uniforms that evoke sensuality in daily self-expression.” Prairie Underground  designed my performance costume for Tying/Untying.

DEFINITION BUILD TIME (noun): the time taken to put together something such as a new building or a model, or to create a new version of something 

Show Dates: September 2nd - 30th, 2023

Prairie Underground

940 S Harney St, Seattle WA

Artist Reception, Saturday, September 9 from 4-8pm (during Georgetown Art Attack!)

Tying/Untying echoes the frustration and reward of working together, a three part durational performance taking place over the course of 2023. Starting with phase one this past January at The Vestibule Gallery and continuing in a window front on 5th Avenue in phase two this summer. This work culminates at Prairie Underground in its third phase, a large textile wall sculpture which links both Prince’s 1,000 Paintings of Love series which points to the individuality and importance of each of us in this life and Prince’s Remnant Relationships, a series of hand-woven wall sculptures made from remnant materials.

Learn more about Tying/Untying

BELIEVE WOMEN

It is with a heavy heart that I share my final performance hours for phase two of “Tying/Untying” happened Thursday, July 27, from 4-7pm. This final performance was done in solidarity with women.

Believe Women; Women: if you think or feel strange about something, TRUST YOURSELF.

“Tying/Untying” echos the frustration and reward of working together. Performance materials and costume generously donated by @prairieunderground

Prince performs Phase Two of Tying/Untying in a window front on 5th Avenue and Pike Street for XO23 at the Coliseum Theater, Seattle, WA, 2023. Photo Elisa Huerta-Enochian

XO23 has closed early due to recent developments in the leadership of the XO community, all of the exhibition events are cancelled going forward. Visit my IG @meganprinceart for more information.

Tying/Untying Performance at XO23

On Thursday July 13th, Phase Two of my performance work, Tying/Untying, begins at XO23! Stop by the 5th Avenue window during one of the 12 scheduled performances between July 13-30th. Additional featured works will include a selection of my Jean Bodies, Love Paintings, and Remnant Relationships.

Performance Dates: July 13th - 30th, 2023

Historic Coliseum Theatre

5th Avenue & Pike Street, Seattle WA

Be sure to pick up your event tickets and check out XO23, a celebration of life, art, and passion featuring 60+ local and national artists.

Artist Reception, Transcending Perception, and performance for XO23!

Megan Prince
Red Ratchet Strap Remnant Relationship (RRSRR2)
June 1 - July 22 , 2023

ARTIST RECEPTION: First Thursday Art Walk
July 6th, 5-8pm

TRANSCENDING PERCEPTION: A Multisensory Art Experience
Saturday, July 8th, 3-4pm

Artist Megan Prince will discuss her work, Red Ratchet Strap Remnant Relationship, and encourage engagement with the piece through touch, sound, smell, etc. This event is geared toward community members who are blind or have low vision, but is open to all.

NEXT WEEK: Phase 2 of my performance work Tying/Untying begins for the massive group show XO23! Featuring a selection of my Jean Bodies, Love Paintings and Remnant Relationships, alongside works by over 60 national artists, I’ll be sitting in my 5th Avenue window July 13-30 at the Coliseum Theater, 500 Pike Street for 12 scheduled performance times. For this performance I’m trying something new, you can donated now and support my performance hours! Also, while you’ll be able to walk by my window and see many of my works anytime, you can pick up your event tickets here. More info soon!

Upcoming Artist Talk at METHOD Gallery

Please join me at METHOD Gallery this Tuesday, June 27 at 5pm as I chat with Seattle Gallerist and Curator, Kasha Semonovitch, about my exhibition Red Ratchet Strap Remnant Relationship. Livestream is available from @methodgallery on Instagram.

The installation at METHOD Gallery features the second iteration of my large reconfigurable soft sculpture Red Ratchet Strap Remnant Relationship (RRSRR2) and Impermanent, a wall-size Sharpie drawing on photography seamless that continues to degrade with time.

Exhibition dates: June 1 - July 22, 2023.

METHOD Gallery

106 3rd Ave S, Seattle WA

Press for RRSRR at Method this June and July!

7 art shows to see in Seattle in June 2023 by Margo Vansynghel for The Seattle Times, Seattle, WA

ArtSEA: Seattle artists are sending textile messages by Brangien Davis for Crosscut, Seattle, WA

Detail of Megan Prince’s Red Ratchet Strap Remnant Relationship (2023, 12,000 ft of reclaimed ratchet straps, dimensions variable) to be installed at Method this June and July 2023. Photo Mark Woods.

It is a privilege and an honor to be an actively working artist. To be recognized by my community is a sweet and wonderful thing. Thank you to Margo and Brangien for including me amongst artists I admire. Thank you to all of your out there supporting my work. I appreciate each of you!

Megan Prince
Red Ratchet Strap Remnant Relationship (RRSRR)
Method Gallery

June 1 - July 22 , 2023

ARTIST TALK:
Tuesday June 27th, 5pm (in person and virtual)

ARTIST RECEPTION
First Thursday Art Walk
June 1st  and July 6th
5:00-8:00pm *

RRSRR2 coming to Method Gallery June & July 2023!

I am excited to announce the next iteration of my multi-component soft sculpture Red Ratchet Strap Remnant Relationship (RRSRR2) alongside my wall-sized work on paper Impermanent, will be installed at Method Gallery this summer!

Detail of RRSRR1 installed at KCLS, Kirkland Library, Kirkland, WA 2023. Photo by Mark Woods.

Join me for the opening at Method Gallery, Seattle, WA for the first Thursday art walk, June 1, 2023 from 6-8pm!

More soon!

Seeing Remnants in Life extended through April 2023!

FUN NEWS: MY INSTALLATION HAS BEEN EXTENDED ONE MONTH!

My installation Seeing Remnants in Life, featuring Red Ratchet Strap Remnant Relationship ((RRSRR), reclaimed red ratchet straps, 92 x 339 inches, 2023) and Impermanent (red Sharpie on photography seamless, 80x105 inches, 2022) at Kirkland Library, KCLS with the Kirkland Arts Center. My installation will now be up through May 2, 2023.

If you haven’t made it yet make a trip to go see it!

This project was supported, in part, by a grant from 4Culture.

Press for my installation Seeing Remnants in Life, my recent performance Tying/Untying and Soft Touch!

Recent mentions in The Seattle Times and Crosscut! (Click the links to read the articles.) It was fun to be out of town and find a copy of the article on Buy Nothing in the Sunday Seattle Times with a reproduction of my Jean Body sculpture, You’ve Been On My Mind! There something about being with something physically, holding it in your hands, that makes it feel real.

Virtual Book Club this Wednesday, March 1 from 6-7pm; join us on Instagram LIVE. Ellen McGivern and I will be discussing Circe by Madeline Miller. Check my companion book list for an insight into what inspires me! If you haven’t been to the Kirkland Library yet to see my installation, Seeing Remnants in Life, make sure you head over this month! It’s open through March 30.

Remnants are the leftovers in life. Frequently seen as invaluable and discarded. Remnants can be powerful when given a voice or even our attention. Choosing to notice and acknowledge what we throw away can inform what we take in. I ask myself what have I discarded recently and wasted without need? What do I take for granted, as a given? If I put in a little effort can I make that remnant a desired whole again? Reestablishing its value? Or give new life?

Megan Prince: Seeing Remnants in Life, featuring two large-scale works, is up now through March 30, 2023 the Kirkland Library, KCLS in partnership with The Kirkland Arts Center. This project is also supported, in part, by a grant from 4Culture.

Upcoming Event! Seeing Remnants in Life: Studio Visit

Watch and chat with Kirkland Library Exhibiting Artist, Megan Prince as she creates small works on paper and with fiber, during this two-hour mini studio visit inside the library, where her exhibit, Seeing Remnants in Life, can also be viewed.

Installation view of Seeing Remnants in Life by Megan Prince at the Kirkland Library, Kirkland, WA 2023.

Additional Events for Seeing Remnants in Life:

VIRTUAL Book Club: Wednesday, March 1, 2023 from 6-7pm; join us on Instagram LIVE. We will be discussing Circe by Miller, Madeline Check my companion book list for an insight into what inspires me!

Friendship Bracelet Workshop: Sunday, March 19, 2023 from 1-3pm at the Kirkland Library (Registration is requested, but not required.)

Megan Prince: Seeing Remnants in Life, featuring two large-scale works, is up now through March 30th, 2023 at the Kirkland Library in partnership with the Kirkland Arts Center.

Impermanent, 2022, red Sharpie on photography seamless, 80x105 inches. Impermanent is the largest from Prince’s 1,000 Paintings of Love series, each unique piece points to the individuality and importance of each of us in this life. This large-work on paper was made with non-archival materials and will degrade with time from the acids in both the Sharpie marker and photography seamless paper. The photography seamless used to make this work was donated by John and Nichelle Keatley.

Red Ratchet Strap Remnant Relationship (RRSRR), 2023, reclaimed red ratchet straps, 92 x 339 inches. RRSRR is the largest from Prince’s Remnant Relationships series, hand-constructed wall sculptures. Her material choice speaks to accessibility and inclusion of all people and being a steward of our world. Frequently made from leftover pieces of cast-off or remnant fiber materials which the artist gathers from her community at large. The 12,000 feet of reclaimed red ratchet straps used to make this work were donated by SuttonBeresCuller.

Sponsored, in part, by The Kirkland Arts Center and 4Culture.

This is event is free and open to the public. Registration is not required.

Tying/Untying Video is live!

Tying/Untying, my month-long performance during Reworked at The Vestibule gallery, is finished. It was such a joy to make this participatory durational performance piece with you and for you. Thank you to everyone that came out and participated! Those of you that happened to come during my weekly performance sessions will be able to catch glimpses of yourselves in my Time-lapse videos on my IG @meganprinceart. I will be consolidating them into one full video piece soon. I have many many other pieces of documentation from this time and I will be adding them here on my website as quickly as I can. You will be able to find it all together under the Videos and Performance tab in the WORK section of my website soon. In the meantime here is a video that was made about this performance. Enjoy!

This is a video of Tying/Untying a performance by Megan Prince at The Vestibule gallery, Seattle, WA 2023.