Textiles, Multimedia, Religious Research and Writing
Residency Dates: April 2024
Studio H Canada is thrilled to welcome multimedia and textile artist Miriam Shenitzer and her partner Michael Zank, Professor of Religion, Jewish Studies and Medieval Studies from Boston, MA USA.
Miriam Shenitzer’s work is about drawing and connecting. Miriam draws the world around her as a way of seeing that world more clearly. She connects with others as she draws them and draws with them. Most recently, Miriam has become involved in the creation of urban pollinator gardens as a way to support insects, people and plants. She has spent the last four months travelling in India, where she stayed and worked at artists’ residencies, creating fabric gateways to bring viewers’ attention to the plants and trees around them. At Studio H, Miriam has been continuing this project, using the plants and trees native to the area and installing her work on the local trail surrounding the property.
About the Artists
Miriam Shenitzer has shown at the Museum of Women in the Arts in Washington, DC, at the McMullen Museum of Art in Boston, and at the National Library in Ottawa. Her work is in the collections of the Art Institute of Chicago, the New York Public Library, and Yale University, among others. Her work can be seen on @miriam_shenitzer and miriamshenitzer.com. More about her work with gardens can be seen at pollinatornetworks.org and @pollinatornetworks.
Here is a link to an instagram reel with the gateways.
Michael Zank is a German-born American scholar of religion who lives in Boston and teaches at Boston University. At Studio-H, he has worked on a paper on “idolatry.” When not preoccupied with theological ideas, Michael plays clarinet. He enjoys hiking the nearby woods and exploring the BC coast. His favorite moment in beautiful British Columbia was seeing a bear. For more on Professor Zank click here.
The next artists joining Studio H Canada International Residency in May 2024 are Vanessa Valero from Bogotá, Columbia, and Genevie Henderson from Manitoba, Canada. Stay Tuned for more information about these artists.
Artists of all media and disciplines are welcome to apply to Studio H Canada International Art Residency – please check out the link here to apply.
Check out previous posts about artists here.