"In late August, RACC announced that she would be working with Travis Stewart and Lillian Pitt on a new large-scale sculpture for Portland International Airport. In September, the Obama Presidential Center in Chicago announced that Marie Watt and Nick Cave had been selected to create a "monumental multimedia textile installation" for the Center's main lobby. A few days later, the Heinz Family Foundation awarded Watt one of its coveted "changemaker" fellowships. It comes with a cash prize of $250,000."
"Storywork: The Prints of Marie Watt, from the Collections of Jordan D. Schnitzer and his Family Foundationopened in late August and continues through December 6th at the Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art at Portland State University. It takes a lot to have enough news to bury a story about an artist's first hometown mid-career retrospective. Watt managed the feat with what seems like ease."
"Visible from the street is the 2023 Chords to Other Chords (Relative), an imposing pennant-shaped work with the words "Turtle Island And" in neon against a collage of community-sourced paper ephemera. Hanging from the ceiling at the entrance is the newly commissioned Forest Shifts Light (Sequoia Crest, Canopy) from 2025. Forest Shifts Light is part of Watt's newer body of work which takes inspiration from the Indigenous cultural practice of jingle dancing."
Marie Watt received multiple major commissions and a $250,000 Heinz Family Foundation "changemaker" fellowship amid a busy season. A new RACC commission will place a large-scale sculpture at Portland International Airport, and a collaborative multimedia textile installation with Nick Cave was selected for the Obama Presidential Center lobby. The Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art at Portland State University opened Storywork: The Prints of Marie Watt, featuring additional prints and two large-scale sculptures from the Jordan Schnitzer Family Foundation. Large sculptural works dominate the gallery, including the 2023 Chords to Other Chords (Relative) and the newly commissioned 2025 Forest Shifts Light, which draws on jingle-dance–inspired forms and community-sourced materials.
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