Chloe Bischoff Residency Capstone Potluck & Presentation

Celebrate the unveiling of Artist-in-Residence Chloe Bischoff’s residency project at their capstone potluck!

Join Lanesboro Arts at 6 pm on Wednesday, April 29th at the Sons of Norway Lodge to see the culmination of Bischoff’s early career residency.

The tokens and stories collected throughout their residency will be assembled into a monument documenting Lanesboro’s relationship with the land which Chloe will reveal at the event. Chloe will also present about the project and their residency experience. Bring a dish to share and enjoy this first look at the completed project!

Folks who participated in the token-making workshop are invited to pick up their unique creations at this event.

About Chloe Bischoff:

Chloe Bischoff is a sculptor and ceramicist whose work investigates the millennia-old relationship between humans and clay. Their work investigates this relationship, beholding clay as an emissary of matter through which to explore themes of animism, selfhood, and queer ecology—concepts that dissolve boundaries between living and nonliving entities and reimagine nature as an non-hierarchical, entangled network of vibrant matter. Chloe sees their process as reciprocal interaction between themself and the clay, a series of ritual encounters between two entities rather than as a utilization of an inert medium.

About the Residency:

Chloe’s residency project examines the relationship between the inhabitants of a place and the physical materials of that place. Everything from Lanesboro’s geography to its built environment have been shaped by the people and materials which exist there, from the steep bluffscapes that shape the river valley to the rich historical brick facades downtown. To explore this entanglement, Chloe will invite community members to collect soil samples from significant places in their lives, and incorporate them into clay to create a series of ceramic tokens. The resulting collection of sculptures will tell a story about Lanesboro’s human and material community. Learn more about Chloe and their residency here.

All residency events are free and open to the public.

The Lanesboro Early Career Artist Residency Program is supported by the Jerome Foundation.