joana stillwell

we’re more of a breeze will be available at PABF September 9-10, 2023

Huner Francis Publishing
Huner Francis is a slow/small imprint located in the midst of literature, document(ary), film, and collage. Our aim is to produce works that are field-adjacent to our published artists primary output --- whether it be sketches, field recordings, notes, poetry --- the work is often slippery, contaminated, incomplete, and animated across/between disciplines.

16MM DRAW-ON-FILM WORKSHOP | Saturday, July 15 | 12-3 PM | VisArts 155 Gibbs Street Classroom 4

Join Emily and I for another 16mm workshop! Participants will draw on transparent film leader to create a moving image artwork that will be played on a 16mm projector.

This event is free, but to reserve your space, please register here.

MAY 7, 2023: Come check out my studio space and some work in progress!

VisArts Open Studios: Sunday, May 7th, 2023 12pm-4pm
155 Gibbs Street, Floor 2

APRIL 21 - MAY 21, 2023: For A Shared Sense of Time, curator Jeffry Cudlin brings together works by visual artists and musicians who rely on unusual pulses or conceptions of tempo to invite altered states of consciousness. The six participating artists, all connected to or living in the DMV, use field recordings, found biological rhythms, or rules-based improvisation to make disorienting aesthetic experiences out of familiar everyday phenomena. The exhibition asks visitors to engage in what author V.S. Naipaul once described as “finding experience where I thought there had been nothing”—and to contemplate the intersections of domestic spaces, the natural world, and their own mortality.

Featuring
Sara Dittrich, Ledah Finck, Imka, Amy Reid, Davis Salisbury (Dais Queue), Joana Stillwell

Opening Celebration: Friday, April 21, 2023 at 7:00 PM
Artist Talk: Saturday, May 6, 2023 at 3:00 PM
Closing Reception: Sunday, May 21, 2023 at 6:00 PM

DCAC
East City Art
Washington Post

JANUARY 2023 - JULY 2023: VisArts Studio Fellowship
I’ll be in residence at VisArts in Rockville, Maryland. The Studio Fellowship provides time and space to experiment and realize new work. More details soon!

OCTOBER 29, 2022: Fou Gallery welcomes you to attend our 16mm Film Loops Workshop on Saturday, October 29th, from 2 to 4 pm and 4:30 to 6:30 pm. Responding to the current exhibition at Fou, Suyi Xu: All that is Solid Melts into Air, presenters Emily Francisco and Joana Stillwell will guide participants through a lecture and workshop on 16mm filmmaking. After analyzing some classic 16mm film examples, participants are encouraged to take inspiration from the current exhibition and create their own film loops under the instruction. As a result, their works will be projected as animations for everyone to view. The workshop will include a drawing toolkit for every participant.

WORKSHOP: 16mm Film Loops with Emily Francisco and Joana Stillwell

Sunday September 25 * 1pm * REGISTER

Participants will learn about 16mm film projection, create their own hand drawn physical film loops, and see their own film loops projected. Materials will be provided.

DLECTRICITY

Friday, September 24, 2021
7:00 p.m. – Midnight
Saturday, September 25, 2021
7:00 p.m. – Midnight

DLECTRICITY, inspired by Nuit Blanche arts festivals from around the world, has presented three major light-based art + technology festivals in 2012, 2014 and 2017.

DLECTRICITY was inspired by Detroit’s very own Electric Park, formerly located on the site of what is now Gabriel Richard Park. From 1906 until 1928, Electric Park served as a major attraction, beginning as a trolley park and later expanding into a dazzling amusement park with the development of electrification.

AUTUMN 2020: I’ve been included in this issue of UTB centered on installation. Under The Bridge is a portable exhibition featuring an eclectic arrangement of artwork drawn from an international pool of artists. Published quarterly, this magazine is distributed in print and online.

You can find two of my installations included under the section, Liminal Space:

“The artworks in this section are in an intermediate state. Physical unravelling, non-visual sensory input, and kinetics are used to disrupt the stability of the artwork. The resulting uncertainty is then mirrored by the viewer as they are placed at the threshold of understanding without being able to cross it. The artworks in this section feel fluid and illusive, sometimes barely perceptible but always eliciting a response.”

More information: here

JUNE 26, 2020: Tiger Strikes Asteroid is pleased to present YARDWORK. TSA GVL members in Greenville (SC), Charleston (SC), and Asheville (NC) are sharing work from local and non-local artists with their respective communities through public art installations that are visible from a distance. This three-city initiative serves to share art while practicing responsible citizenship, specifically social distancing. Works are installed on porches, lawns, balconies, mailboxes, and exterior walls. With the aid of a map, people may walk, bike, or drive to view each installation.

For specific location information and an ongoing list of artists and projects, go to tigerstrikesasteroid.com/tagged/yardwork

My work will be located in Greenville (SC) at 5 Traction St
(4 pm - midnight)

JUNE 2020: I am now a Post-Studio artist at STABLE where I share space with other artists located in Washington, DC.

Contact me for studio visits!

APRIL 2020: Thank you to the FIL/AM Artist Directory for supporting artists always and especially now!

I’ve re-opened my web shop! Be sure to check out other artists in the directory at https://www.filamartistdirectory.com/web-shop