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The Concept of Place | The Bascom
Written By: Billy Love | Issue: 2021/12 – December
The Bascom’s Winter Resident Artist Colin Dawson brings a critical eye to the concept of Place in art and the world.
Colin Dawson
The Bascom Winter Resident Artist Program, better known as the WRAP, calls on students or faculty from across the Southeast to submit site-specific installation proposals for The Bascom’s Thompson Gallery based on an annual theme.
For 2022, The Bascom will be connecting programming throughout the year to the theme of Place.
This residency provides the selected artist with the opportunity to live and work on The Bascom campus while designing, building, and installing their project proposal in a four week period. As a professional development opportunity, the WRAP allows an artist the time and space to create, document their process, and exhibit their work in a gallery setting.
We enter this winter season by welcoming the latest addition to our Winter Resident Artist Program, Colin Dawson. Competing with applicants from North Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia, Colin’s project proposal was a standout given that he has been exploring the theme of Place for the last few years. Through an investigative lens, Colin researches the historical narrative of specific pieces of land, and documents the discoveries found there through plaster casting, and sculptural assemblages.
Colin is a first year MFA candidate at Western Carolina University. Originally from Pensacola, Florida, he brings with him a background in furniture design, and works in sculpture.
Regarding his view on the arts, Colin says, “I view art as a public service that helps us digest our culture and its effects. Elements of pop culture, art history, literature, film, TV can by synthesized into artistic forms to break down and define their impetus, sources, and affect.”
We are excited to witness the process and result of his work at The Bascom, and in the community.
Please join the Bascom in welcoming Colin Dawson to the Plateau, and be sure to visit The Bascom to view his exhibition, open January 11 through April 2, 2022.
The Bascom, A Center for Visual Arts, is located at 323 Franklin Road in Highlands.
