Jeff Badger

CURATORIAL PROJECTS

MAPS (Maine-Aomori Printmaking Society)

MAPS is an ongoing exchange of art and artists between the sister-states of Maine, USA and Aomori, Japan. MAPS was created and supported by Friends of Aomori, the all-volunteer non-profit that supports the sister state relationship in the US, and the leadership of the Munakata Shiko Memorial Museum of Art in Aomori. Launched in 2015, the MAPS collection has grown to over 100 prints and has been exhibited in twenty-five different venues all over the state of Maine (from York to Eastport to Fort Kent) and the prefecture of Aomori. An artist delegation from Japan visited Portland in 2016, and a Maine delegation is scheduled to visit Aomori in 2019.

Esta Tierra Plana / This Flat Earth

A collaborative exhibition featuring American and Spanish artists exhibited in Portland, Maine and Madrid, Spain in which the the artists created new works on paper in response to the “flattening” of the earth, from the colonial history between the two countries beginning with first contact, to the transformation of economy and culture as a result of global interconnectivity.

The exhibition was co-organized by Portland-based Jeff Badger and Madrid-based Rubicon1. Artists include: Anne Buckwalter, Borondo, Carrie Scanga, Cassie Jones, Ciril23, Colleen Kinsella, Chylo, Dingo Perro Mudo, Eduardo Bertone, Irene Blanco, Irina Skornyakova, Jeff Badger, Justin Richel, Kenny Cole, Kimberly Convery, Kyle Bryant, Pincho, RBN, rHo, Rubicon1, Ruina, Seann Brackin, Sabek, Toño, Zé Carrion, and Zuza.

Peace through Friendship / Yūjō ni yoru Heiwa

A juried exhibition organized by Tetra Projects and the Friends of Shinagawa at June Fitzpatrick Gallery in Portland, Maine 2014. Works by: Judith Allen-Efstathiou, Kyle Bryant, Sissy Buck, Laura Dunn, David Estey, Christian Farnsworth, Alison Hildreth, Erin Leon, Johanna E. Moore, Kit Pike, Lisa Pixley, Debbie Schmitt, and Henry Wolyniec. “They Pull Back” by Kyle Bryant was selected for purchase as a gift to the citizens of Shinagawa, Japan.

PORTES

A 2012 exhibition of fifty works on paper by Maine artists in Greece presented by the Hellenic Society of Maine and Tetra Projects in Portland’s sister city of Mytilene. Exhibited at the Municipal Art Gallery of Mytilene during events celebrating the 100th anniversary of the liberation of the City of Mytilene and the island of Lesvos from Turkish authority. A preview exhibition was held at Space Gallery Annex in March-April 2012.

Artists: Judith Allen-Efstathiou, Lydia Badger, Melinda Barnes, Stephen Benenson, Elizabeth Bieber, Kyle Bryant, Cole Caswell , Crystal Cawley, Tim Clorius, Kimberly Convery, Patrick Corrigan, Michel Droge, Nathan Eldridge, Christian Farnsworth, Lauren Fensterstock, Rebecca FitzPatrick, Aaron Flacke, Jim Flahaven, Clint Fulkerson, Alina Gallo, Mike Gorman, Tonee Harbert, Mary Hart, Charles Hewitt, Alison Hildreth, Thurston Howes, Hilary Irons, Tyson Jacques, Lis Janes, Kris Johnson, Rachel Katz, Joe Kievitt, John Knight, Mike Libby, Matthew Meyer, Nathaniel Meyer, Bennett Morris, Charles Ott, Lisa Pixley, Alex Rheault, Matthew Robbins, Andy Rosen, Alex Sax, Slop Art (Adriane Herman & Brian Reeves), Aaron T Stephan, Ling-Wen Tsai, Chad Verrill, Shoshannah White, Henry Wolyniec & Jeff Woodbury.

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