Events: CXF

Frustum

by Alex Cogbill and Paul Siebenthal

Paul and Alex are interested in things that surround us in our daily lives, but are often too small, invisible to the human eye, or are hidden beneath the earth’s surface and go unnoticed.

Frustum is a study and abstraction of a naturally occurring geometric configuration found in stone and minerals. Its color palette is such that it reflects ideas of inclusion and childhood memories.

 Alex Cogbill, owner of the Local Color Studio in Fayetteville offers rotating art exhibitions, kids art classes, seminars for adults ranging from welding to painting and is an accomplished 3D sculptor working in metal and wood. Alex has a BFA in Art Education from the University of Arkansas and has installed sculptures in many public spaces in the region and commissions for private citizens. Alex Cogbill assisted in designing with Jason Jones the “Rise and Shine” field trip – a giant robot in north Bentonville off of McNelly Road, along the greenway.

Paul Siebenthal is a metalsmith, blacksmith, artist, sculptor, fabricator, designer, and maker. He lives in Northwest Arkansas. Paul has an MFA in Sculpture from Notre Dame (2004) and a BFA in Metasmithing and Blacksmithing from SIU-C (2000). He has worked in Germany, the US, and Austria in blacksmith shops, in a museum making mounts for artwork, in an architecture firm making furniture and artwork, and has more than a decade of custom commission work. Paul has a full CV of solo and group exhibitions, as well as a number of public sculpture pieces, and artworks within museum collections.

Artists Alex Cogbill and Paul Siebenthal recently collaborated with Octavio Logo and other local artists on a mural at Railyard Park in downtown Rogers, Arkansas. The artwork is on one of three painted towers overlooking the park and features a covered area for events, a stage, a farmers market, water features, play areas, and orchards. They also recently completed a multidimensional sculpture titled “Arkansas Halite, Quartz, Bauxite” for the Greg Smith River Trail in Fort Smith, Arkansas. 

This Outdoor Curation is on display and open to public Tuesday – Thursday through March 18.

Jay Roff-Garcia presents Revolca’o at The Medium for the Create Exchange fund with CACHE. “Revolca’o” is an audio-visual performance piece that explores themes of migration, belonging, and translation through costume, projection design, and musical performance. “Revolca’o” or Recolvado means “to roll or flip over”; It can mean vanquishing an opponent, throwing yourself upon and over a surface, or an object or thing that has been tumbled and flipped. Part research project and part exploration of relational aesthetics, this one act play will express personal narratives through an abstract theatrical lens. 

You can attend the performance at 214 S Main St, Springdale, AR 72764 on March 8th at 7pm 

The Creative Exchange Fund (CXF) is presented at The Medium in partnership with the Tyson Family Foundation.  To learn more, visit https://cachecreate.org/cxf/.

Jay Roff Garcia’s “Revolca’o” is an audio-visual performance piece that explores themes of migration, belonging, and translation through costume, projection design, and musical performance. “Revolca’o” or Recolvado means “to roll or flip over”; It can mean vanquishing an opponent, throwing yourself upon and over a surface, or an object or thing that has been tumbled and flipped. Part research project and part exploration of relational aesthetics, this performance will express personal narratives through an abstract theatrical lens.

Moonsong will be performing a new set, soaked in psychedelia and featuring never before heard music, as well as new arrangements on old material. For the first time, Moonsong will collaborate with a local visual artist to help create visible stimuli in to enhance our live performance and further immerse the audience.

FREE TO ATTEND at The Medium

March 8, 2023 7:00-9:00p

Serene Excess is a series of large scale oil paintings completed during Anna’s CXF residency at The Medium. Anna’s work centers fat and queer figures with the intentions of representing the embodied self, reclaiming space, and fat / queer liberation. Please join us to celebrate their completion of this project as well as the beauty of big bodies! 

Join the company of 
Growing Our Own Gardens
for a 
Docu/Dance Community Workshop

March 18 & 19 
12:30pm – 2pm

CACHE Studios 
1004 SE 5th Street 
Bentonville, AR 72712
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Join us as we move through and reflect on the rich and vibrant LGBTQ histories of Arkansas, and find connection with our own stories. In these workshops, we will use movement and storytelling to explore how our creative capacities can help us imagine and enact the worlds we want and need, all while bringing our bodies to this conversation. All are welcome! Come as you are!

Join the company of 
Growing Our Own Gardens
for a 
Docu/Dance Community Workshop

March 18 & 19 
12:30pm – 2pm

CACHE Studios 
1004 SE 5th Street 
Bentonville, AR 72712
​
Join us as we move through and reflect on the rich and vibrant LGBTQ histories of Arkansas, and find connection with our own stories. In these workshops, we will use movement and storytelling to explore how our creative capacities can help us imagine and enact the worlds we want and need, all while bringing our bodies to this conversation. All are welcome! Come as you are!