Please join us in welcoming our May Artist-in-Residence Allison Caplan, Assistant Professor of Art History at Yale University, specializing in the art of Late Postclassic and early colonial Mesoamerica, especially the Nahuas (Aztecs) of Central Mexico.
At the Lab, Alison will be writing the first chapter of her new book, “The Story-Circle Manuscript: Colonial Authorship in the Drafts of the Florentine Codex” which analyzes how colonial collaborations between Nahua and Spanish writers, scribes, artists, and translators over three decades fundamentally shaped and transformed the “General History of the Things of New Spain” (ca. 1559–1585), a monumental, illustrated encyclopedic study of Nahua culture, language, and art. Her project reconstructs the illustrated manuscript as a dynamic, multivocal dialogue between multiple Nahua and Spanish writers, scribes, artists, and translators. By drawing out contributors’ distinctive voices and their interactions on the page, “The Story-Circle Manuscript” shows how scribal and artistic dialogue served as a structure for the work’s colonial creators to engage with and transform the Indigenous knowledge traditions they recorded.
Welcome, Allison!
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A grand gathering of Lost and Found Lab friends participated in a writing workshop and play reading - led by artist in residence @mrdavidamiller Thank you David for conjuring an inspired afternoon steeped in thoughts of color, text and memory. So fun. #synesthesia #artistinresidence #playwright #creativelife
The stage is set for this afternoon’s Open Studio at the Lost and Found Lab. Looking forward to creatively engaging friends of the Lab with color-association playwriting prompts and a reading of a scene from Mystic in the Savage State.
Almost ready to wrap a super productive month with AIR @mrdavidamiller at the Lab for the start of the spring season. David has had every corner percolating in the place as he works on a new play exploring the concept of synesthesia… So good having you at the Lost and Found Lab David 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼 #artistinresidence #synesthesia #playwright
Our current AIR @mrdavidamiller is making it all happen on multiple levels, physically here inside the Lab, and conceptually as he continues work on a play revolving around the concept of #synesthesia Love having David’s boundless energy in the place…. #artistinresidence #playwrightsofinstagram #creativity
Morning meditations on colors and their associations at the Lost and Found Lab, before moving into revisions of my play Mystic in the Savage State, which centers on the study of color-hearing in synesthetes.
Please join us in welcoming David A. Miller @mrdavidamiller , our March Artist-in-Residence at the Lab! David is a theatre artist, educator and director currently serving as a tenured Professor in the Division of Theatre & Dance at Bloomsburg University, where he teaches courses in directing, acting, playwriting and career seminars. Beyond the classroom work, Miller is deeply involved in new-play development: he founded and leads the “Plays in Bloom” residency program at Bloomsburg, mentoring playwrights and directing workshops of emerging works. With a practice that spans directing productions, writing original plays, and shaping theatre pedagogy, Miller’s work emphasizes collaborative creation, mentorship, and innovative models of theatre-making. While at the Lab, David intends to explore the intersection between color and language through playwriting and visual art. During his residency, one project will include developing his play Mystic in the Savage State, which centers on the earliest studies of color-hearing in the United States.
Welcome, David!
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Thanks to all friends who made it out to Lost and Found Lab this weekend for @claytonelvira ‘s open studio gathering as she wraps up her residency at the Lab. Good luck Elvira with your upcoming solo show @opensourcegallery It has been an honor to have you in the Lab studio… #artistresidency #artinstallation #sculpturalart #openstudio
Great day on #yaleuniversity campus with AIR @claytonelvira Elvira who worked with a daguerrotype collection in the Randolph Linsly Simpson Collection at the @beineckelibrary and visited the Mightier Than the Sword bead installation at Dept of Anthropology. Here’s to deep dives and creative ponderings. #artistresidency #artistarchives
@claytonelvira is sending up focused energy vibes from the studio as she prepares for her upcoming solo show, Yearning to Breathe Free. Elvira has been using red, white, blue, and black woven plastic bags, tarps and zip ties as she weaves these stunning totem-like wall sculptures. Visually arresting and provocative. Here’s to celebrating all works-in-progress… #artistresidency #weaving #sculpture #creativelife
