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Not all roads lead to Rome!

Yes, that’s right, some of them bring to Copper Leg as well. We are pleased to introduce two new artists in our residency! Federica Cogliandro & Giulia Lanza, two artists from Rome, Italy. They both have been studying at the Academy of Fine Arts in Rome and have become best friends a long time ago.

Currently, Federica conducts her MA degree in the Department of Jewellery and Blacksmithing at the Estonian Academy of Arts. She is attracted to working with metal, its special features, molding complexity and material resistance. Giulia mainly deals with drawing and installation, and her favorite materials to experiment with are fabric and embroidery. Giulia had the first personal exhibition in EKA Gallery this January, which is an important milestone in the life of a young artist.

Now, however, these two great Italian ladies have taken the initiative to unite their forces in Copper Leg Residency. In cooperation, a work of art will be born in the Rae Schoolhouse’s courtyard. It will be a game with texture, geometric and organic shapes, and the main material is a metal mesh. How all this comes out, you can see today on Copper Leg Residency Open Doors Day starting at 15:30.

You are welcome to Visit Copper Leg Residency today, 09/06/2018, between 15:30 and 18:30.

Event info: https://www.facebook.com/events/551030408623858/

Location: https://goo.gl/maps/iqo3zu7Xmuj

Giulia Lanza website: https://www.giulialanza.com/

Federica Cogliandro instagram: https://www.instagram.com/federicacogliandro_studio/

 

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We are hit by the breeze, from Central Asia or maybe from California.

We do not know exactly where the breeze came, but It’s warm at least! Now let’s give warm welcome to our next Artist in Copper Leg residency. Tara Catherine Pandeya is a California-based second-generation dancer, who is a specialist of Central Asian traditional dance. Tara has been dancing on well-known Cirque du Soleil stage as a principal dancer in show “Dralion” which toured 5 continents, 170 cities and 1,500 performances in 4.5 years. In 2015, she became the first Westerner to perform in the National Ensemble of Tajikistan. The list of her accomplishments is too long to write it all out here. Better come to meet her today (12.05.2018) on Copper Leg Open Doors Day from 15.00 – 18.00 and later stay to see her dance performance in Rae Schoolhouse.

Everything about Tara seems to be significant, but the most significant fact is that she has a grandmother who is 100 years old and despite the honorable age, she is using Facebook, driving a car by herself and helping much younger people to get to the doctor’s appointment. That’s something significant, I would say! Vital granny vs. the Estonian Republic! Long live for both!

Tara homepage: https://taradances.weebly.com

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Every heartbeat is for dance!

Let us greet the next artist in Copper Leg Residency! Outi Elena Valanto is a contemporary dancer born in Finland, she has been living and working many years in Vienna, Austria, but for now, she plans a move to Köln, Germany. Outi has been studying contemporary dance in Finland, Germany, and Austria. This year she starts her Master’s degree studies in the Netherlands.

During her stay in Copper Leg Residency, she has been participating in a public dance project at the festival “Deutscher Frühling”, organized German embassy and Goethe Institute, also she has been taking part of a dance workshop during dance week in Viljandi Culture Academy. Now she is preparing for her own contemporary dance workshop in Rae Cultural Center at May 5th and solo performance in Copper Leg Residency studio room in Rae Schoolhouse on May 12th. Do not hesitate to take part and be there!

What else? So Outi Elena is an energic person, also very communicative and she has a mostly good mood for some reason! She is a true believer in the dance and probably she is right, dancing seems to make her dopamine levels high! Go for it Outi Elena Valanto! Every heartbeat is for dance!

Oops, we almost forgot, happy name day to you Outi!

 

Outi webpage: https://outielena.wixsite.com/mysite

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Today we have a laundry day!

Tomorrow is cleaning day. The day after tomorrow we will open the exhibition in the Rae Schoolhouse and the doors of the Copper Leg Residency for visitors. But that’s not what we wanted to talk about!

In fact, we would like to introduce the next artist in Copper Leg Art Residency. His name is Kåre Holgerson. A versatile artist, printmaker and first-rate art teacher from Kalmar, Sweden.

As for now, he has an exhibition in Pärnu City Gallery and has been giving an excellent photopolymer workshop in Copper Leg last weekend. You know what we are talking about if you visited the workshop.

Kåre is a good communicator and a socially active person, someone who does not find it too much to ache heart about other peoples worries and to help wherever it is possible. In addition, he arranges the work of the Kulturmagasinet, Arts Center in Berkvara and is also one of the founders of this institution.

We are waiting for you on Sunday, April 15 to visit Copper Leg Residency starting at 14:00. Come and say hello to Kare!

PS. There will be soup as well!

Kåre webpage: http://www.holgerson.se/

Location of event:
https://www.google.ee/maps/place/Rae+koolimaja/@59.3572062,24.9512769,17z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m5!3m4!1s0x4692e912995dd701:0x47e7a85b447e9958!8m2!3d59.3572062!4d24.9534655

 

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Be there and be ready to squeeze that sponge!

Let us introduce the next artist in the Copper Leg Art Residency. His name is Wayne Liu and he was born in Taiwan. Wayne is a photo artist who lives and works in New York since the end of the 90s. In his artistic practice, he encompasses the fields of archives, photo-based installations, sound recordings and found objects. During his residency period in Copper Leg, he has been making many expeditions to different places in Estonia, to extract information, first-hand experience and impressions. Wayne describes his creative method as becoming into a sponge that can absorb endlessly information into itself.

Now its time to squeeze a bit out of this sponge! On Sunday 15.04 at 14:00 opens his exhibition in Rae schoolhouse, in Residency studio room on Wormhole road and later will follow Open Doors Day in Copper Leg Art Residency. Be there and be ready to squeeze that sponge!

Wayne Liu homepage: http://www.wayneliu.net

Location of event: https://www.google.ee/…/data=!3m1!4b1!4m5!3m4!1s0x4692e9129…

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Say “ja”and make it five-fold!

Time to introduce the next artist in the Copper Leg Art Residency. Her name is Wang Bei and she is from Shanghai, China! Bei is a painter who has been studying art at Huaqiao  University

Bei is constantly surprised about Estonian weather; how cold it is and how much snow here is. So far she has warmed up herself by painting some abstractions, also landscapes and building an over-life-size snowman. During her time in Copper Leg residency she has been visiting two important cities in Europe, Tallinn and Brussels; and has seen the final destination of bus no. 244 at the end of Aruküla road.

Bei is a person with a positive mindset, she likes to laugh, and her favorite sentence is five-fold “ja” (ja-ja-ja-ja-ja).

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We got outer space visitors!

We are happy to introduce next artist in the Copper Leg Residency. Meet Scott Hawkins from Scotland! Scott is very philosophical and multi-talented man. Scott’s sense of humor seems to be in the right place, he knows what the circus is all about.

Mr. Hawkins has been an aerospace engineer, professor of design and cultural studies, experimental musician, electronic instrument builder, performer and most proudly as he says an artist, painter, collagist and print-maker.

That’s not all – Scott is a man who has already got his 15 min of fame as it was promised to everybody by Warhol back in 1968.  Scott got even 3 min extra on Britain’s National Television.

So far we know that he has a plan to investigate the Estonian cultural particularities and keep a visual diary about his research during the stay at Copper Leg Residency. Also, he has agreed to participate in “The 9th March Performance Art Festival” on 10th March in Gallery Metropol, Tallinn.

It feels as if something significant is going on here! Unknown flying objects have been seen lurking on Wormhole road and peeping right into Scott’s window! If you are just as curious as the visitors from space, then you’ve got a chance to see Scott and his hocus-pocus on Open Doors day, Saturday 3rd March at Copper Leg Residency on the Wormhole road!

Scott’s homepage:
http://www.unsponsoredartist.com

Scott’s 18 minutes of fame:

FB:
https://www.facebook.com/unsponsoredartist

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Seaside tales …

We are happy to introduce next artist in the Copper Leg Residency. Andrea is freelance artist and educator based in Vienna, Austria. She started her studies in technical college for creative metal craft in Steyr, continued her studies in the University of Art and Industrial Design in Linz and has been upgrading her knowledge in different summer universities in the Netherlands and in Great Britain. She has been participating in many exhibitions, Artist in Residency programs, getting awards and winning competitions in her homeland and internationally. Under her skillful hands have been born a wide range of creations, starting from jewelry collections and ending with church bells.

Andrea is a very energetic, focused and well-orientated person. She does not need to be asked for a helping hand – before you think of opening your mouth, the help has already arrived without spending many words. Her interest is all kind of experiments with daily materials in all its forms. In Copper Leg Residency, Andrea experiments with copper corrosion using local organic materials to bring out patina and her experimental copper jewelry workshop take place today evening at 6 PM. Everybody is welcomed to take part!

So what else? Mhm, she has dark blue eyes and she loves the sea.

Happy Valentine’s day to all of you and see you sooner or later!

https://www.andreaauer.at
https://www.facebook.com/andrea-auer-studio-263750560467757

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Long live the fine art photography!

We have the honor to introduce one of our artists in the residency. Meet Tapio Haapalahti from Finland, Tampere. He is a man with no fear – we suspect he’s ancestors were probably real Vikings or maybe they had roots from blacksmith Ilmarinen family tree.

Tapio is Grandmaster of analog photography and he has 40 years of experiences in that field. Whatever you need to know about old and dignified photography techniques, just ask him and you will be enlightened. Tapio is the organizer of Tampere Camera Fair and is teaching analog photography in Tampere and Rovaniemi universities. He is a man who can create images with river water and develop films by eating vitamin C.

He is a great source of disappearing knowledge’s and he’s spreading this knowledge around him with passion. This is his missionary work next to the unique artworks what he creates.

Besides all that he is an extremely kind person, he is too kind! He brought to Copper Leg Residency full darkroom equipment and studio flash lighting kit. He helped to set it up in two intensive weeks and showed how to use the equipment and many good tricks during his workshop in Copper Leg Residency.

We have not enough words to describe our gratitude to Tapio. These may be small steps for Mr. Tapio Klaus Kullervo Haapalahti, but it’s a giant leap for Copper Leg Artists Residency and a great gift for all the future artists who come to work and live here.

Long live the fine art photography!

http://tapiohaapalahti.fi
http://tamperecamerafair.fi