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Wichita Art Museum :  Cameo Glass in Context : June 9 - September 9 :  2018

The Wichita Art Museum is organizing a dynamic contemporary exhibition, Charlotte Potter and April Surgent: Cameo Glass in Context, for the summer of 2018. This national loan exhibition will showcase two exceptional young artists who use the traditional technique of cameo-carved glass to address contemporary issues.

Cameo glass was first invented in ancient Rome and then virtually disappeared until its revival in European Art Nouveau and Art Deco glass in the decades around 1900. Charlotte Potter and April Surgent: Cameo Glass in Context will present a wide selection of the work of two artists along with examples of historical precedents. The exhibition is guest curated by Vicki Halper, a former curator at the Seattle Art Museum who has deep expertise in craft and glass art 

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Research : December 2017 - March 2018
From the beginning of December 2017 to the end of March 2018, I will be working as a Point Blue winter research assistant from the Farallon Islands National Wildlife Refuge. The primary focus  of  the Point Blue winter research crew is population assessment of  the Northern elephant seal population who breed and pup on the islands. Other survey work includes: California sea lions, Steller sea lions, Northern fur seal, cetaceans, shorebirds, seabirds, land birds (including the burrowing owl), crickets and salamanders. The surveys we conduct will build on 50 years of conservation research science and the findings are used to build and improve conservation efforts.

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Fellowship: 
United States Artist : 2016
2016 USA Fellow
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Article:
Australian National University : College of Arts & Social Sciences : Article by Evana Ho

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Research : March - September 2016

From mid March to the beginning of September I will be in the field conducting research for a new body of work with the Hawaiian Monk Seal Research Program [HMSRP]. More information can be found on my blog and FB page. Another good link here.   
Please note that because I will be working in a remote field setting, I will not be reachable during this period.
Thank you for your continued support.

2016 : Exhibitions

April :
Work on display @ Traver Gallery / Seattle / WA

March 13:
Lecture  /   Museum of Northwest Art  /  La Conner  / WA 
Time to be determined

January 9th - March 17: 
Observations of Life on Ice  /  Museum of Northwest Art  /  La Conner  /  WA

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2015

December  1 - 6: 
Art Miami  /  Heller Gallery

November  5 - 8:
​SOFA Chicago  /  Heller Gallery
Saturday Nov 8, 10:30 - 11:30 Room B / Panel Discussion / Icy Inspiration: How Visits to the Antarctic Landscape Transformed Four Artists and Their Work

September 8  -  October 22: 
Life On Ice  /  Heller Gallery  /  NY, NY 

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American Art Collector  /  November 2015  /  Issue 121: 
Caught in the Act of Science: A look at the techniques and inspirations behind April Surgent's cameo engraved glass works  /  Susie Silbert

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