Learn more about the exhibition at nmuartmuseum.com.
Thursday, October 26, 11 am – 1 pm – BINGO! A Collaborative Drawing
Workshop
Artist Bill Thelen will lead BINGO!, a collaborative drawing workshop
utilizing bingo markers as the drawing media. Thelen will guide participants
with a series of prompts. The workshop will culminate in a collaborative art
installation.
No
experience is required to participate.
Supplies
will be provided.
Thursday, October 26, 6 pm – Join us for an artist talk with Bill Thelen. Thelen will shed light on
his installation, assemblage, and drawing centered practice.
Send questions to: Emily Lanctot, elanctot@nmu.edu
Bill Thelen, born in Milwaukee, WI, holds a BFA from the University of Wisconsin and an MFA from the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. Since 1998, he has shown work in solo exhibitions across the US at venues including the Allcott Gallery at UNC, Allston Skirt Gallery in Boston, The Rubenstein at Duke University, Green Gallery West in Milwaukee, Vox Populi in Philadelphia, and the Branch Gallery and Spectre Arts in Durham, among others. His work has been included in Frieze, the New York Times, Art in America, Time Out London, Sculpture, and other publications. Thelen has held residencies at UNC-Chapel Hill (2005), Obracodobra in Oaxaca, Mexico (2016), and The Rubenstein at Duke University (2018). He has also worked as a curator for institutions including CAM Raleigh and the Flanders Gallery, and served as director of Lump in Raleigh. Thelen lives in Raleigh, NC.
This event was sponsored in part by the Michigan Arts & Culture Council. We are grateful for their support!
