Lori Gordon is a mixed media artist and writer on the arts who grew up in the Northern Plains. She began moving west and south as a teen, spending years in the Black Hills of South Dakota and the high desert of Arizona. Along the way, she picked up a bachelor's degree in political science and a master's degree in religious studies, all the while pursuing her love of art. Largely self taught, Gordon works in many medias including graphite, acrylic, handmade paper, fabric and polymer clay. Her work may be found in galleries along the Gulf Coast, in museums in South Dakota, and in public and private collections around the country. Recently, one of her pieces was acquired by the Smithsonian Institution for inclusion into their permanent collection.
In 2003 Gordon began capturing the local landscapes of her beloved Mississippi Gulf Coast in acrylic, and continued that work until Hurricane Katrina upended her life on August 29, 2005. With her home, studio and all of her supplies washed away by the 35 foot storm surge and 150 mile per hour winds which obliterated her community, Gordon returned to work using the only materials which were available to her. Five weeks after the event, Gordon began collecting rubble and transforming it into works of art.
“The Katrina Collection” is the name she has given to this new series of mixed media collages and assemblages. The series first garnered national attention when MSNBC.COM featured the work in their series “Rising From Ruin.” National Public Radio featured The Katrina Collection on their program "All Things Considered", and her work was also covered by the Associated Press. Since then, Gordon has exhibited The Katrina Collection in venues around the nation.
To see more of Gordon's work, please click on the links located on the upper right section of this page. To watch a 20-minute film on Gordon and her work, scroll down.
Monday, October 11, 2010
Film on the Work of Lori K. Gordon
This is a twenty minute film on the work of Lori K. Gordon. It focuses on The Katrina Collection and the Labat Project.
Unless marked "SOLD", all pieces are available for purchase. Please email me for prices:
lorikgordon@gmail.com
lorikgordon@gmail.com
Friday, December 19, 2008
Following is a new bunch of small pieces that are built around relief images in polymer clay. The icon pieces were made from molds I fashioned from brass icons; some contemporary and some 200 years old (Russian in origin). I surrounded them with various other elements, from damaged frames from Katrina debris piles to bits of ribbon and beads, They vary in size, but most are around 4" x 6", with a couple that are larger.
Friday, August 1, 2008
RELIQUARY: IMAGES OF THE SACRED
Reliquaries are repositories for relics or other sacred objects. In this series, I have interpreted the reliquary in both a traditional and an avant-garde fashion. Many pieces in the series revolve around Christian themes. For some of these pieces, I have started with carved wood
Monday, July 28, 2008
I have begun creating some new pieces I am calling Amulet Series. The most basic definition of an amulet is something that attracts good and repels bad, and I have long been fascinated with the magic elements of different beliefs around the world. I have also long been a victim of bead lust; I can't get enough of the beautiful textures, shapes and colors of beads from around the world. By combining amulets on leather thongs and other wearable art pieces with wall art, I am able to indulge my enthrallment with all of these elements. In this series, each work has at least one neck piece which may be removed to be worn, then returned to again be wall art.
Sunday, July 27, 2008
"Yavapai" is another survivor, and is named after the area in Arizona where I was fortunate enough to live for several years. It is a mixed media construction with canvas, acrylic, leather, amber, and turquoise. It features two removable neckpieces with beads of turquoise and amber.
Cochise started with the beautiful pendant which makes the "head" of the figure. I paired it with another gorgeous stone, on the second neck piece, and a carved Chinese pendant on the third one. Beads are of bauxite, acrylic, glass, wood, and bone. I added pieces of dyed cheesecloth, handmade paper, a fossil fragment, Chinese clay and a hand of polymer clay to complete the piece. 22" x 16"
Goddess was inspired by the metal pendant which hangs down with the beads, I repeated the shape in the torn paper that covers the plywood support. I used several handmade papers, and stamped them with gold text. Chinese coins support the leather, and a face of polymer clay was added. Beads on the amulet neck piece are of glass, brass, resin and metal. 13" x 10"
Saturday, July 26, 2008
Leda and the Swan. This piece was made from a beautiful ceramic tile from Cyprus, a fragment of a small drawer, and a slate roof tile from New Orleans. 11" x 15"
Novena was created from a printers traywithin which are nestled crosses, rosaries and other religious items including novenas printed up on paper, rolled up and painted. The wood Santo is mounted on a window guard.
Monday, July 21, 2008
Tuesday, December 25, 2007
St Francis of the Woods. My husband and I collaborated on this piece. Cairo is a very talented woodworker, and he carved the niche in the log , as well as the cross that graces the top. I designed the piece, painted the Santo, and carved the relief crosses in the bottom portion of the piece. 21" diameter and 28" tall. SOLD
Buddha in Temple was made from an acrylic Buddha and three dimensional frame, painted plywood, forks, Chinese coins and beads of bone and recycled glass from Ghana. SOLD
Sacred Heart was created from a wood Santo, a Mexican wood and metal cross, and a piece of painted plywood. 27" x 33" SOLD
Angel of Mercy was great fun to put together. I began with a series of tiles fashioned from polymer clay. I took the images from molds I had made from 200 year old Russian brass icons, and painted them with acrylics. They were glued to a support of mat board and plywood. I made the face and hands out of the clay also, and the body is an old tin ceiling tile that was liberated from pre-Katrina New Orleans. 12" x 14 1/2"
Old Timers' Cafe came together so easily, it almost made itself. The support piece is the back of a foundry mold which I hauled back from Virgina. The old photos were picked up in an antique shop in Richmond, and the clock came from a junk store in this area, as did the wooden alphabet block. The rusty bottle cap and screen door hook are bits of Katrina debris from my backyard.
Mystic Doll features two necklaces which may be removed from the piece. The doll figure of the central necklace was purchased in a Fair Trade store; it was made in Africa. I added the beads for the hair. The other necklace has beads of glass and lapis chips, as well as glass charms. The support is made from paper I have painted, as well as handmade papers, mounted on a plywood support, and glass "beach stones". 21" x 12"
"Ghost Shirt" is a mixed media construction which incorporates wood, leather, nails, seed pods, African carved and painted face, horsehair, tin cones, bovine teeth, and beads of bone, glass and shell, as well as African trade beads.
It is inspired by the Ghost dance movement which swept the indigenous peoples of the Northern Plains in the late 1800s. The piece combines "wall art" with "wearable art" in that it features a removable neckpiece.
Thursday, October 11, 2007
Zodiac features three removable neck pieces. It was created from two pieces of plywood supports which were covered with a variety of hand made papers and coated with medium. The face of the figure was formed from polymer clay and painted with acrylics, and mounted on top of a brass crab which my friend Brenda recovered from her property after Katrina. The Body was once a tin ceiling tile that graced a house in pre-Katrina New Orleans. The arms are fragments of one of my bracelets which my husband found in the back almost a year after Katrina, and the leaves were taken from a smashed basket. The neck pieces include beads of stone, glass, and acrylic, as well as African brass kirdi beads and African trade beads, and a Chinese coin. 28" x 28" SOLD
Sunday, March 25, 2007
Ghost Dance is a survivor of Hurricane Katrina, one of the few pieces of art with which I evacuated. It is the first one of a series I did about the Ghost Dance phenomenon. Growing up in South Dakota, I was heavily influenced by the culture of the Plains Indians. My fascination with Native culture is apparent in much of my work, and especially in this series.
I began this piece with an unusually shaped scrap of iron I picked up in a salvage yard. I layered the metal with a thin silver piece of sheet metal, an oversized reproduction of an Indian Head penny, a cylindrical metal choker and another odd shaped piece of metal, a hoop of copper tubing and sheet metal copper cut in the shape of sun rays, two metal Turkish crosses, a bent fork, and copper flashing strips and nails. The beads are of stone, glass and ploymer clay, and the support for the piece is painted plywood.
The Ghost Dance was a phenomenon which swept the Western Native American communities in the late 1800s. It began when a Paiute prophet named Wovoka prophesied a nonviolent end to white American expansion while preaching messages of clean living, an honest life, and cross-cultural cooperation. During a vision, Wovoka stated that he was given the Ghost Dance and commanded to bring it back to his people. He preached that if this five day dance was performed in the proper intervals, the performers would secure their happiness and hasten the reunion of the living and deceased. As the Ghost Dance spread from its original source, Native American tribes synthesized selective aspects of the ritual with their own beliefs–often creating change in both the society that integrated it and the ritual itself.
The Lakota interpretation of Wovoka's message was drawn from the idea of a “renewed Earth” in which all evil was to be washed away, including the European presence on their homelands. By 1890, this seemed to be the only way out of a desperate situation, and the Ghost Dance began to be performed frequently among the Lakota. The dances alarmed many reservation officials, and troops US troops were called in to discourage the events. On December 28, a small band of Sioux erected their tipis on the banks of Wounded Knee Creek. The following day, US forces opened fire on the camp. When the fighting had concluded, 25 U.S. soldiers and 153 Lakota-mostly women and children- lay dead. The Massacre at Wounded Knee effectively ended the Ghost Dance phenomenon, and Native resistance on the Plains.
"Fertility" is a piece which did not survive Katrina. I keep hoping that I will find one of the necklaces which graced this assemblage-especially the lower one, which was modeled after a fertility necklace from Nepal.
Saturday, March 24, 2007
"Lakota" was a mixed media construction which was built around a traditional, ceremonial "dance stick" of the Lakota people. It was comprised of wood, leather, trade cloth, copper, acrylic, buffalo teeth, feathers, and beads of glass and bone, including some old trade beads. It featured a removable neckpiece with beads of bone, glass, wood, and old African trade beads. Adios to this one too.
"Mask"is another one that didn't make it through the storm. Haven't seen any part of this one, either.
Tuesday, March 20, 2007
"Three Virtues of a Chinese Gentleman" was a mixed media construction which included handmade paper, wood, carved bone, turquoise, amber, African brass kirdi beads, Chinese coins, and sterling silver beads from Asia. It featured a removable neckpiece for personal adornment. It was another one of Katrina's victims.
"Totem" is still with me. I evacuated with this one because it was one of my favorites, and it has been in storage ever since Katrina. It is a mixed media construction which includes trade cloth, burlap, turtle shell, pottery shards, old brass thimbles, Indian head pennies, feather, and beads of glass, turquoise and amber. Much of the inspiration for this piece comes from the Lakota culture of the Northern Plains. The turtle symbolized long life for the Lakota, and and the trade cloth, thimbles, and beads were important elements in the people's economic well being in the 1800s. It features a removable neckpiece for personal adornment.
Monday, January 1, 2007
The Santo in Seventeen Crosses is mounted upon painted plywood and surrounded by crosses made of wood and polymer clay. A milagro rests upon the Santo's chest, and copper nails further embellish the piece. SOLD
Icon and Altar began with the small three paneled folding icon. I placed it on top of an altar fashioned from polymer clay, and nestled in a niche formed from a box salvaged from a Katrina debris pile. The support for the piece is plywood, and the small icons are of polymer clay. 15" x 19" x4" SOLD
Prayer Beads was a delight to make. I did a lot of it on the Amtrack, going to and from a show in Georgetown. I made the beads and the medallions on the way there, and painted them on the way back. The support is a board collaged with copies of the Dead Sea Scrolls. I molded the beads from the same 200 year old brass Russian icons which I used for the medallions. SOLD
The Elder features two removable neck pieces with large natural stones. Other beads are of bone, bauxite, glass, wood, and metal.The face of the elder is polymer clay, and I have added Chinese coins and a variety of hand made and hand painted papers over a plywood support. 24" x 18" SOLD June 2008
Godhead has three neck pieces which may be removed and worn. The support for the piece is of plywood, covered in handmade paper which I stamped with various Chinese chops, and some Chinese coins. The Buddha face is of plaster which I painted. The center neck piece has beads of polymer clay, glass and recycled glass beads and brass kirdi beads from Africa. The beads on the other two neckpieces are of lapis, brass kirdi, amber, recycled glass, African trade beads, turqoise and fine silver from Thailand. 21" x 16" SOLD
Gail's Hope Angel. My Richmond friends BJ and Jennifer asked me to contribute to a fundraiser for their sister, who is battling breast cancer. I created two pieces, based around the Christmas ornament given me by anither dear friend.
Thursday, December 21, 2006
Wednesday, July 26, 2006
New Orleans Saint was made from a carved wood santo, window guard and a piece of plywood textured with grass and painted. SOLD 7 /08
Saturday, January 21, 2006
Lori K. Gordon
6170 Clermont Blvd
Bay St. Louis, MS 39520
228.466.9253 or 228.342.0877
lorikgordon@gmail.com
Lori K. Gordon is an artist and writer on the arts who has exhibited her work in various galleries around the nation, and has work in private and public collections throughout the United States. Her work may also be seen in museums in both Custer and Deadwood, South Dakota. One of her works was recently acquired by the Smithsonian Institution for inclusion into their permanent collection. To see recent work by Gordon, visit her website at http://lorikgordon.blogspot.com/. Gordon’s new series of mixed media work, “The Katrina Collection” is currently being featured on the world wide web by MSNBC; go to http://risingfromruin.msnbc.com/, and on National Public Radio's All Things Considered (http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5620537). The Katrina Collection in its entirety may be viewed at http://thekatrinacollectionbylorikgordon.blogspot.com/.
Exhibits/Events:
May 2006: Featured artist at Fleur de Lis Festival, Natchitoches, Louisiana.
May 24, 2006: Participating artist in Wednesday on the Square, New Orleans, LA.
May 12 and 13, 2006: Exhibiting artist at Spring Around Downtown, Gulfport, MS.
April 7, 2006: Public speaking engagements at Augsburg College, Minneapolis, MN.
April 2006: Exhibiting artist at Third Floor Gallery of the Northrup King Building, Minneapolis, MN
March 2006: Exhibiting artist at Frank Stone Gallery, Minneapolis, MN
March 2006: Exhibiting artist in “Hearts for Arts” inaugural art show at the William Jefferson Clinton Presidential Library in Little Rock, Arkansas.
February 2006: Co-organizer and featured artist for “Beauty After the Storm” art exhibit and sale, Moss Beach, California.
February 2006: Featured artist during Gallery Groove, Northrup King Building, Minneapolis, Minnesota.
February 2006: Featured Artist exhibiting “The Katrina Collection” in the Third Floor Gallery of the Northrup King Building, Minneapolis, Minnesota.
February 2006: Work from The Katrina Collection chosen for the brochure and other literature for the Mississippi Humanities Council's Annual Awards Banquet, Jackson, MS.
January-April 2006: The Arts, Hancock County Mississippi organizer for traveling exhibit of Gulf Coast artists to Minneapolis, MN
January 2006: Work from The Katrina Collection chosen to be reproduced on the Annual Report of the Mississippi Humanities Council, Jackson, MS.
December 2005: Participant in grand re-opening of Martha Mabey Gallery in Gulfport, Mississippi.
November 2005: Featured artist during the annual “Fondren Unwrapped” show at Fondren Traders, Jackson, Mississippi.
October 2005: Participant in “The Artists of 220 Main Street” in Bay St. Louis, a community of artists resuming work after Hurricane Katrina.
August 2005: Participant in Jane and Friends Art Gallery’s grand opening exhibition during White Linen Night, New Orleans, Louisiana.
June 2005: One person exhibition, “End of the Road”, at Quarter Moon Gallery, Bay St. Louis, Mississippi
June 2005: Instructor for a five day collage d’art workshop at Lynn Meadows Discovery Center, Gulfport Mississippi
May 2005: Co-founder of Coastal Community Watch, an internet activist organization based out of Hancock County, Mississippi.
May 2005: Participant in group show celebrating the opening of two new salons at Martha Mabey Gallery in Biloxi, Mississippi.
May 2005: Instructor/host for workshop on collages d’art at Martha Mabey Gallery in Biloxi, Mississippi.
May 2005: Guest speaker at monthly meeting of the Jefferson Art Guild in Jefferson Parish, Louisiana.
April 2005: Participant in group show “Works on Paper” at Wave Gallery in Waveland, Mississippi.
March 2005: Participant in “Celebrating the Art of Women” group show at Martha Mabey Gallery in Biloxi, Mississippi.
March 2005: Instructor/host for workshop on collages d’art at The Lumberyard Art Center, Bay St. Louis, Mississippi.
January 2005: Elected to the Board of Directors of The Arts, Hancock County Mississippi. Continues as Publicity Chair.
November 2004: Participant in The Arts, Hancock County Mississippi’s inaugural show at The Wave Gallery in Waveland, Mississippi.
November 2004: Featured artist in The Arts, Hancock County Mississippi ArtsAlive! Studio Tour.
October 2004: Co-organizer of Artists for Kerry, a fundraising effort for the Kerry-Edwards presidential campaign.
September 2004: Special events committee member for ArtsAlive! Studio Tour. Responsible for researching, compiling and editing articles for 16-page supplement of Sea Coast Echo.
May 2004: Invited by the Honorable J.P. Compretta to address the closing session of the Mississippi House of Representatives, Jackson, Mississippi.
May 2004: “Labat: A Creole Legacy” acquired by the Smithsonian Institution’s Anacostia Museum and Center For African American History and Culture for inclusion into their permanent collection.
April, 2004: Exhibitor, The Arts Hancock County Mississippi Spring Celebration, The Depot, Bay St. Louis, Mississippi
March 2004: Presentation given to the Pass Christian Art Association’s monthly meeting, Pass Christian, Mississippi.
February 2004: Presenter at The Arts Hancock County Mississippi “focus meeting” on painting, Bay St. Louis, Mississippi.
January 2004: Selected as Publicity Chairperson for The Arts, Hancock County Mississippi.
December 2003: One-person show at Serenity Gallery, Bay St. Louis, Mississippi.
December 2003: Exhibitor, The Arts Holiday Show, The Depot, Bay St. Louis, Mississippi
November 2003: Show with David Wheeler at Under Canvas Studio and Gallery, Ocean Springs, Mississippi.
October 2003: Participant in group show “Gnostic: Devotions” at Morgan West Studio and Gallery in New Orleans, Louisiana.
May 2003: Participant in North Bay Elementary’s “Career in the Arts Day”, Bay St. Louis, MS
April 2003: Chosen as artist to create original painting and prints for the annual St. Rose de Lima Church fundraising campaign, Bay St. Louis, MS
April 2003 to present: Contributing writer on the arts for The Focus, Bay St. Louis, MS
February 2003: Unveiling and reception for 7 ½’x 91/2’ fabric collage “Labat: A Creole Legacy”, Bay St. Louis, MS
February 2003: Lecture on “Labat: A Creole Legacy”, fabric collage by the artist, to Job Core students of Biloxi, MS
February 2003: Lecture to Elderhostel group on “Labat: A Creole Legacy” in Bay St. Louis, MS
January 2003: Painting selected for inclusion into the Hancock Medical Center’s public collection.
December 2002: One-person show at Serenity Gallery, Bay St. Louis, MS
November 2002: Participant in “Phoenix” group show at Quarter Moon Gallery, Bay St. Louis, MS
December 2001: One-person show at Serenity Gallery in Bay St. Louis, MS
October 2001: Participant in group show at Antiques and Interiors of Pass Christian, MS
November 2000: One-person show at Serenity Gallery in Bay St. Louis, MS
July 1999: Participant in show sponsored by the Arts Guild in Aberdeen, South Dakota
March 1988: Pieces chosen for inclusion in Arizona State University Museum Gift Shop
February 1997: One-person show at the gallery of the J.R. Scott Marine Center in Biloxi, MS
1980: Art instructor for Girls Club of Rapid City, South Dakota.
List of recent donations to non-profit/charitable organizations:
December 2007: Piece from The Katrina Collection donated to The Green Project, New Orleans LA. Value $300.
November 2007: Piece from The Katrina Collection donated to March of Dimes, value $500.
November 2007: Piece from The Katrina Collection donated to New Learning Center of Decatur, GA. Value $500.
November 2007: Piece donated to Bay High School, value $50.
June 2005: One giclee print donated to the Southern Mississippi Aids Task Force, value $60.
April 2005: One giclee print donated to the American Heart Association, value $60.
April 2005: One giclee print donated to the Lions Club of Hancock County, value $60.
February 2005: One original acrylic painting donated to the Sierra Club’s fundraising effort in Bay St. Louis, value $250.
February 2005: One giclee print donated to the Boys and Girls Clubs of Hancock County; value $60.
February 2005: One giclee print donated to the Lynn Meadows Discovery Center; value $60.
February 2005: One original painting donated to Sierra Club Fundraiser, $200 value.
January 2005: One giclee print donated to the annual fundraising drive for East Hancock Elementary School, Hancock County Mississippi. Value $60.
January 2005: One giclee print donated to the American Red Cross’ fund for tsunami victims, $60 value.
December 2005: Contribution of $23,000 worth of prints and original paintings to the medical fund for Richard Gordon.
October 2004: One giclee print donated to Artists for Kerry, $60 value.
September 2004: One giclee print and 10 cards donated to St. Rose De Lima Annual Fundraiser, value $125
August 2004: One original acrylic painting donated to the Hancock Medical Center Fundraising Campaign, value $300.
July 2004: One original acrylic painting donated to Southern Mississippi Aids Task Force, $300 value
June 2004: Two paintings donated for benefit auction for WYES, Public Television in Louisiana, value $550
April 2003: Donation of original painting and limited edition prints for the annual St. Rose de Lima Church fundraising campaign, Bay St. Louis, MS value $3000.
December 2001: Donation of sale of one painting to the American Red Cross, value $500.
Awards/Grants/Commissions:
May 2006: Juried into SouthernArtistry, a showcase for outstanding southern artists.
March 2006: Grant from The Gottlieb Foundation, New York, New York.
December 2005: Purchase Award from the Mississippi Humanities Council.
December 2005: Grant from Mississippi Arts Commission.
November 2005: Grant from The Pollack-Krasner Foundation, New York, New York.
November 1981: Purchase award for commemorative poster for Women Against Violence, Inc., of Rapid City, South Dakota.
1980: Outstanding Amateur in Visual Arts Award, Central States Fair, Rapid City, South Dakota.
Memberships:
South Arkansas Art Center, September 2006
SouthernArtistry.org, May 2006
The National Museum of Women in the Arts, January 2006
The Arts, Hancock County Mississippi, 2004
Media features about the work of Lori K. Gordon:
"Hancock County Artist honored by March of Dimes" in Sea Coast Echo, November 7, 2007.
"Biloxi Breezes Back into the Picture in Travel Mail, United Kingdom, October 2007
Podcast on Southern Artistry (Southern Arts Federation), September 2007.
"Gordon Creates Mumford Awards" in The Bay Press, Ocean Springs, MS June 15, 2007.
Artists of 220 Main Celebrate Lori Gordon" in Sea Coast Echo, Bay St. Louis, MS 6 June 2007.
"Expatriates of the Arts"" in Sun Herald, Gulfport, MS 22 April 2007.
Surviving Katrina" in Richmond Times Dispatch, Richmond, VA April 15, 2007
"Bay Artist's 'Katrina Collection on display in Museum of the Southwest" in Sea Coast Echo, March 21, 2007.
"After the Storm:The Katrina Collection"in Midland Reporter-Telegram, March 4, 2007.
Artists of 220 Main Celebrate Lori Gordon" in Sea Coast Echo, Bay St. Louis, MS 6 June 2007.
"Expatriates of the Arts"" in Sun Herald, Gulfport, MS 22 April 2007.
Surviving Katrina" in Richmond Times Dispatch, Richmond, VA April 15, 2007
"Bay Artist's 'Katrina Collection on display in Museum of the Southwest" in Sea Coast Echo, March 21, 2007.
"Bay Artist Tours with Katrina" in Sea Coast Echo, September 23, 2006.
"Stung by Katrina, Artist to Showcase Work at Art for the Sangres" in Wet Mountain Tribune, September 21, 2006.
"Wind and Water Colors: Healing Through Art" in Rome News-Tribune, http://www1.romenews-tribune.com/katrinaArtists/artist.html
"Katrina's Art" in Lost Magazine, September 2006, located on the web at http://www.lostmag.com/issue8/katrina.php.
"New Exhibit on display at SAAC" in El Dorado News-Times, El Dorado, Arkansas, September 1, 2006.
"Mosaic of Hope: Arts Community Helps Chronicle New Normal" in Herald News, West Patterson, New Jersey, August 27, 2006.
"Making Art from the Wreckage of Katrina" on National Public Radio's All Things Considered, August 5, 2006.
"Eyes on the Storm" in Minneapolis Star Tribune, August 3, 2006
"Mosaic of Hope: Arts Community Helps Chronicle New Normal" in Herald News, West Patterson, New Jersey, August 27, 2006
"Bara odetomter utmed kusten" in Svenska Dagbladet, Swedish Daily Newspaper, June 1, 2006.
“Bay Art Shops Reopen” in Sun Herald, Biloxi, MS on May 11, 2006.
“Angels in Old Town” in Sea Coast Echo, Bay St. Louis, MS on Wednesday May 10
“A Brave New Art” in Natchitoches Times, Natchitoches, Louisiana on May, 2006.
“The Katrina Collection” in Pulse, Minneapolis, Minnesota, April 5, 2006.
“Local Galleries Welcome Displaced Artists” in Minneapolis Star Tribune, Minneapolis, MN March 30, 2006.
Walking on Water, a book on Coast artists, March 2006.
“Rising From the Ashes”: in Sun Herald, Gulfport, Mississippi, March 1, 2006
“Woman Masters the Fine Art of Lending a Hand” in Half Moon Bay Review, February 22, 2006.
“The Art of Hurricane Katrina” on Twelve TV, Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota, 9 February 2006.
“Group Finds Creative Way to Help Artists Hit by Katrina” in Minneapolis Star Tribune, January 28, 2006.
“Mississippi Art on the Road” in St. Paul Pioneer Press, January 29, 2006.
“Katrina Inspires Coast Artist” on WLOX Television, Biloxi, Mississippi, December 10, 2005.
“Coast Artists Find Help from Afar” in The Sun Herald, Gulfport, Mississippi on January 10, 2006.
“From the Wreckage of Katrina to the Walls of Local Art Centers” in Minneapolis Star Tribune, January 11, 2006.
“Area Art Galleries to Host Gulf Coast Artwork” in Minnesota Sun, January 20, 2006.
“Area Galleries Offer Refuge for Artwork” in Sun Sailor, Wayzata, Minnesota, Janueary 19, 2006.
“Katrina Debris Gives Rise to Art-and Hope.” in Jackson Clarion Ledger, November 17, 2005.
“Objets D’espoir” in Jackson Free Press, November 17, 2005
"Lori Gordon: Creating Treasures from Trash" on MSNBC.com's series Rising From Ruin, November 2005
“Preserving a Legacy” in Art Gulf Coast: a Quarterly Review of Art along the Gulf Coast, Summer 2004 issue.
Gambit Weekly, New Orleans, Louisiana: 9 December 2003, 16 December 2003, 23 December 2003, 30 December 2003.
Sun Herald, Biloxi, Mississippi: 26 May 2002; 31 January 2003; 30 November 2003; 21 December 2003; 7 May 2004; 9 February 2003; 21 February 2003.
Sea Coast Echo, Bay St. Louis, Mississippi: 5 November 2000; 6 December 2001; 21 April 2002; 12 December 2002; 2 February 2003; 9 February 2003; 13 February 2003; 20 February 2003; 28 September 2003; 2 October 2003; 1 December 2003; 9 May 2004.
Sea Coast Extra: 17 April 2004; 8 July 2004.
The Bay Press, Ocean Springs, Mississippi: 28 November 2003; 2 April 2004; 7 May 2004, July 16, 2004
The Focus, Bay St. Louis, Mississippi: 24 September 2003; 17 December 2003; 19 May 20004.
Clarion-Ledger, Jackson, Mississippi: 13 May 2004.
Black Hills Pioneer, Spearfish, South Dakota: 6 May 2004.
Argus Leader, Sioux Falls, South Dakota: 18 June 2004.
The Historian, Bay St. Louis, Mississippi; June 2004.
Articles on the arts written by Lori Gordon:
" Mississippi Son" in South Mississippi Living, July 2007
"Alice Moseley House" in South Mississippi Living, May 2007.
"Jay MacAniff" in South Mississippi Living, April 2007.
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"Spencer Gray Jr." in South Mississippi Living, March 2007.
"Dwight Issacs" in South Mississippi Living, February 2007.
"Carter Church" in South Mississippi Living, January 2007.
“Art in the Aftermath; From the Rubble, Beauty and a new Beginning” in Art Gulf Coast: A Quarterly Review of Art Along the Gulf Coast, fall/winter 2005.
“Artist Liz Schafer Lets the Music Move Her” in Art Gulf Coast: A Quarterly Review of Art Along the Gulf Coast, fall/winter 2005.
“Standing Ovation: Shirley Heitzman” in Art Gulf Coast: A Quarterly Review of Art Along the Gulf Coast Summer 2005
“South Mississippi’s Longest Running Community Theatre” in Art Gulf Coast: A Quarterly Review of Art Along the Gulf Coast”Summer 2005.
“Community Support Organizes for the Arts” in Art Gulf Coast; A Quarterly Review of Art Along the Gulf Coast Spring 2005.
“Journey Home” in Art Gulf Coast: A Quarterly Review of Art Along the Gulf Coast Winter 2005.
A series of articles written over a two year period for The Focus, a bi-monthly newspaper out of Hancock County, Mississippi.
6170 Clermont Blvd
Bay St. Louis, MS 39520
228.466.9253 or 228.342.0877
lorikgordon@gmail.com
Lori K. Gordon is an artist and writer on the arts who has exhibited her work in various galleries around the nation, and has work in private and public collections throughout the United States. Her work may also be seen in museums in both Custer and Deadwood, South Dakota. One of her works was recently acquired by the Smithsonian Institution for inclusion into their permanent collection. To see recent work by Gordon, visit her website at http://lorikgordon.blogspot.com/. Gordon’s new series of mixed media work, “The Katrina Collection” is currently being featured on the world wide web by MSNBC; go to http://risingfromruin.msnbc.com/, and on National Public Radio's All Things Considered (http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5620537). The Katrina Collection in its entirety may be viewed at http://thekatrinacollectionbylorikgordon.blogspot.com/.
Exhibits/Events:
January 2008" Solo show "Reliquary: Images of the Sacred", Bay St. Louis, MS
November 2007: Featured Artist at "Laughter in the Gallery" fund raising event for the New Learning Center, Decatur, GA.
November 2007: Honoree at "Spotlight on Success", Biloxi, MS
September 2007: Collage d'art workshop, St Francisville, LA
September 2007: One person exhibit at DeSoto Theatre, Rome, Georgia .
September/October 2007: Show at Nacul Center Gallery, Amherst, Ma.
August 2007: Podcast interview with Hannah Leatherbury on Southern Arts Federation at http://www.southarts.org
August 2007: Featured artist at exhibition at Southern Governors Convention, Biloxi, Mississippi.
August 2007: Featured artist at Rome International Film Festival, Rome, GA
August 2007: Exhibition in New Harmony, Indiana
August 2007: Exhibition of Safeco Corporate Collection, Seattle, Washington
July 2007: Show at Gallery X, New Bedford, Massachusetts
June 2007: Show with Mary-Pat Forrest, Pendleton Art Center, Cincinnati, Ohio.
May 2007: Screening of "Mississippi Son", Telly Award-winning documentary featuring The Katrina Collection, Tupelo Film Festival, Tupelo, MS
May 2007: Two screenings of "Mississippi Son" at Little Rock Film Festival, Little Rock, Arkansas.
May 2007: One woman show at GumTree Museum of Art, Tupelo, MS
2007: Documentary"Mississippi Son" produced by Americana Media, Los Angeles, CA. Winner of three Telly Awards.
May 2007: Show with Cairo at Frank Stone Gallery, Minneapolis, Minnesota.
April 2007: Participant and co-organizer of "Surviving Katrina" show at Rentz Gallery in Richmond, Virginia.
March 2007: Presentation and screening of documentary "The Art of the Storm" to volunteers from California working with the National Relief Network, Westwego, Louisiana.
March 2007: Featured artist for 2007 Contemporary Series "In the Eye of the Beholder", Museum of the Southwest, Midland, Texas.
March 2007: Presentations and screenings of documentary "The Art of the Storm" to Museum of the Southwest, the West Texas Aphasia Center, and the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship, all in Midland, Texas.
February 2007: Collage d'art workshop held at Del Ray Artisans in Alexandria, Virginia.
February 2007: Two screenings of documentary "The Art of the Storm" at Del Ray Artisans, Alexandria, Virginia.
February 2007: Participating artist in "Southern Surge" show held in Alexandria, Virginia.
January 2007: Collage d'art workshop, Ocean Springs, Mississippi.
January 2007: Featured artist in the Museum Store' Online Gallery at the Walter Anderson Museum of Art in Ocean Springs, MS.
January 2007: Participating artist in "Landscapes" at Wave Gallery, Waveland, Mississippi.
December 2006: Image from The Katrina Collection chosen by the Southern Arts Federation for inclusion into their holiday card.
December 2006: Commissioned by the State of Mississippi to create 20 pieces from The Katrina Collection as gifts fro journalists visiting from six Western European countries.
December 2006: Piece from The Katrina Collection chosen for inclusion into the Safeco Corporate Art Collection, Seattle, Washington.
November 2006: Participating artist in "Substance, Spirit and Survival",
November 2006: Participant in ArtsAlive! Studio Tour,
November 2006: Featured artist for
October 2006: Participating artist in Yellow Leaf Festival,
October 2006: Presenter, "The Labat Project" at the Creole Heritage Festival sponsored by Northwestern State University, Natchitoches, Louisiana.
October 2006: Participating artist in the Saint Paul Art Crawl, St. Paul, Minneapolis.
September/October 2006: Participating artist in “Mac and Andy” juried show sponsored by the Andy Warhol Foundation and the Mississippi Arts Commission.
September/October 2006: Participating Artist in juried show at Fingerhut Gallery,
September/October 2006: Participating artist in juried show in
September 2006: Contributing Artist in Art Across Arkansas, sponsored by the Thea Foundation and the William J. Clinton Foundation, Little Rock, Arkansas.
September 2006: Exhibiting artist in Impact on the Gulf, 45 Bleeker Street, New York, New York
September 2006: Exhibiting artist in Art for the Sangres Exhibit and Sale, Westcliffe, Colorado.
September 2006: One person show at
September 2006: Collage d'Art workshop, South Arkansas Art Center, El Dorado, Arkansas
September 2006: Series of presentations to schoolchildren, El Dorado, Arkansas.
August 2006: Exhibiting artist in Art of the Storm, Hennepin County Gallery, Minneapolis, MN
November 2006: Documentary "The Art of the Storm" produced by Watts Up Video Productions,
June 2006: Exhibiting artist in juried show at Foundry Gallery in
May 2006: Featured artist at Fleur de Lis Festival, Natchitoches, Louisiana.
May 24, 2006: Participating artist in Wednesday on the Square, New Orleans, LA.
May 12 and 13, 2006: Exhibiting artist at Spring Around Downtown, Gulfport, MS.
April 7, 2006: Public speaking engagements at Augsburg College, Minneapolis, MN.
April 2006: Exhibiting artist at Third Floor Gallery of the Northrup King Building, Minneapolis, MN
March 2006: Exhibiting artist at Frank Stone Gallery, Minneapolis, MN
March 2006: Exhibiting artist in “Hearts for Arts” inaugural art show at the William Jefferson Clinton Presidential Library in Little Rock, Arkansas.
February 2006: Co-organizer and featured artist for “Beauty After the Storm” art exhibit and sale, Moss Beach, California.
February 2006: Featured artist during Gallery Groove, Northrup King Building, Minneapolis, Minnesota.
February 2006: Featured Artist exhibiting “The Katrina Collection” in the Third Floor Gallery of the Northrup King Building, Minneapolis, Minnesota.
February 2006: Work from The Katrina Collection chosen for the brochure and other literature for the Mississippi Humanities Council's Annual Awards Banquet, Jackson, MS.
January-April 2006: The Arts, Hancock County Mississippi organizer for traveling exhibit of Gulf Coast artists to Minneapolis, MN
January 2006: Work from The Katrina Collection chosen to be reproduced on the Annual Report of the Mississippi Humanities Council, Jackson, MS.
December 2005: Participant in grand re-opening of Martha Mabey Gallery in Gulfport, Mississippi.
November 2005: Featured artist during the annual “Fondren Unwrapped” show at Fondren Traders, Jackson, Mississippi.
October 2005: Participant in “The Artists of 220 Main Street” in Bay St. Louis, a community of artists resuming work after Hurricane Katrina.
August 2005: Participant in Jane and Friends Art Gallery’s grand opening exhibition during White Linen Night, New Orleans, Louisiana.
June 2005: One person exhibition, “End of the Road”, at Quarter Moon Gallery, Bay St. Louis, Mississippi
June 2005: Instructor for a five day collage d’art workshop at Lynn Meadows Discovery Center, Gulfport Mississippi
May 2005: Co-founder of Coastal Community Watch, an internet activist organization based out of Hancock County, Mississippi.
May 2005: Participant in group show celebrating the opening of two new salons at Martha Mabey Gallery in Biloxi, Mississippi.
May 2005: Instructor/host for workshop on collages d’art at Martha Mabey Gallery in Biloxi, Mississippi.
May 2005: Guest speaker at monthly meeting of the Jefferson Art Guild in Jefferson Parish, Louisiana.
April 2005: Participant in group show “Works on Paper” at Wave Gallery in Waveland, Mississippi.
March 2005: Participant in “Celebrating the Art of Women” group show at Martha Mabey Gallery in Biloxi, Mississippi.
March 2005: Instructor/host for workshop on collages d’art at The Lumberyard Art Center, Bay St. Louis, Mississippi.
January 2005: Elected to the Board of Directors of The Arts, Hancock County Mississippi. Continues as Publicity Chair.
November 2004: Participant in The Arts, Hancock County Mississippi’s inaugural show at The Wave Gallery in Waveland, Mississippi.
November 2004: Featured artist in The Arts, Hancock County Mississippi ArtsAlive! Studio Tour.
October 2004: Co-organizer of Artists for Kerry, a fundraising effort for the Kerry-Edwards presidential campaign.
September 2004: Special events committee member for ArtsAlive! Studio Tour. Responsible for researching, compiling and editing articles for 16-page supplement of Sea Coast Echo.
May 2004: Invited by the Honorable J.P. Compretta to address the closing session of the Mississippi House of Representatives, Jackson, Mississippi.
May 2004: “Labat: A Creole Legacy” acquired by the Smithsonian Institution’s Anacostia Museum and Center For African American History and Culture for inclusion into their permanent collection.
April, 2004: Exhibitor, The Arts Hancock County Mississippi Spring Celebration, The Depot, Bay St. Louis, Mississippi
March 2004: Presentation given to the Pass Christian Art Association’s monthly meeting, Pass Christian, Mississippi.
February 2004: Presenter at The Arts Hancock County Mississippi “focus meeting” on painting, Bay St. Louis, Mississippi.
January 2004: Selected as Publicity Chairperson for The Arts, Hancock County Mississippi.
December 2003: One-person show at Serenity Gallery, Bay St. Louis, Mississippi.
December 2003: Exhibitor, The Arts Holiday Show, The Depot, Bay St. Louis, Mississippi
November 2003: Show with David Wheeler at Under Canvas Studio and Gallery, Ocean Springs, Mississippi.
October 2003: Participant in group show “Gnostic: Devotions” at Morgan West Studio and Gallery in New Orleans, Louisiana.
May 2003: Participant in North Bay Elementary’s “Career in the Arts Day”, Bay St. Louis, MS
April 2003: Chosen as artist to create original painting and prints for the annual St. Rose de Lima Church fundraising campaign, Bay St. Louis, MS
April 2003 to present: Contributing writer on the arts for The Focus, Bay St. Louis, MS
February 2003: Unveiling and reception for 7 ½’x 91/2’ fabric collage “Labat: A Creole Legacy”, Bay St. Louis, MS
February 2003: Lecture on “Labat: A Creole Legacy”, fabric collage by the artist, to Job Core students of Biloxi, MS
February 2003: Lecture to Elderhostel group on “Labat: A Creole Legacy” in Bay St. Louis, MS
January 2003: Painting selected for inclusion into the Hancock Medical Center’s public collection.
December 2002: One-person show at Serenity Gallery, Bay St. Louis, MS
November 2002: Participant in “Phoenix” group show at Quarter Moon Gallery, Bay St. Louis, MS
December 2001: One-person show at Serenity Gallery in Bay St. Louis, MS
October 2001: Participant in group show at Antiques and Interiors of Pass Christian, MS
November 2000: One-person show at Serenity Gallery in Bay St. Louis, MS
July 1999: Participant in show sponsored by the Arts Guild in Aberdeen, South Dakota
March 1988: Pieces chosen for inclusion in Arizona State University Museum Gift Shop
February 1997: One-person show at the gallery of the J.R. Scott Marine Center in Biloxi, MS
1980: Art instructor for Girls Club of Rapid City, South Dakota.
List of recent donations to non-profit/charitable organizations:
December 2007: Piece from The Katrina Collection donated to The Green Project, New Orleans LA. Value $300.
November 2007: Piece from The Katrina Collection donated to March of Dimes, value $500.
November 2007: Piece from The Katrina Collection donated to New Learning Center of Decatur, GA. Value $500.
November 2007: Piece donated to Bay High School, value $50.
October 2005 : Piece of Katrina Collection donated to Toast to the Coast, Pass Christian, MS; value $125.
September 2007: Piece donated to Gulf Coast Women's Shelter Fundraiser, Biloxi, MS. Value $125
September 2007: Piece donated to Hancock medical Center Fundraiser, Bay St. Louis, MS $125 value.
August 2007: Piece donated to
August 2007: Piece donated to St. Rose annual fundraiser, Bay St Louis, MS. Value $125
July 2007: One piece from The Katrina Collection donated for fundraiser for Randy Hilton, value $125
July 2007: One piece from The Katrina Collection donated to Bid For Life Art Auction for the South Mississippi AIDS Task Force, value $300
March 2007: One collage d'art donated to the Waveland Flea Market, value $25
March 2007: One collage d'art donated to the Rotary Club of Stennis Space Center, value $25.
September 2006: One mixed media assemblage from The Katrina Collection donated to Art Across Arkansas, sponsored by The Thea Foundation and The William Jefferson Clinton Foundation,
July 2006: One mixed media assemblage from The Katrina Collection donated to benefit auction for the Walter Anderson Museum of Art in
June 2005: One giclee print donated to the Southern Mississippi Aids Task Force, value $60.
April 2005: One giclee print donated to the American Heart Association, value $60.
April 2005: One giclee print donated to the Lions Club of Hancock County, value $60.
February 2005: One original acrylic painting donated to the Sierra Club’s fundraising effort in Bay St. Louis, value $250.
February 2005: One giclee print donated to the Boys and Girls Clubs of Hancock County; value $60.
February 2005: One giclee print donated to the Lynn Meadows Discovery Center; value $60.
February 2005: One original painting donated to Sierra Club Fundraiser, $200 value.
January 2005: One giclee print donated to the annual fundraising drive for East Hancock Elementary School, Hancock County Mississippi. Value $60.
January 2005: One giclee print donated to the American Red Cross’ fund for tsunami victims, $60 value.
December 2005: Contribution of $23,000 worth of prints and original paintings to the medical fund for Richard Gordon.
October 2004: One giclee print donated to Artists for Kerry, $60 value.
September 2004: One giclee print and 10 cards donated to St. Rose De Lima Annual Fundraiser, value $125
August 2004: One original acrylic painting donated to the Hancock Medical Center Fundraising Campaign, value $300.
July 2004: One original acrylic painting donated to Southern Mississippi Aids Task Force, $300 value
June 2004: Two paintings donated for benefit auction for WYES, Public Television in Louisiana, value $550
April 2003: Donation of original painting and limited edition prints for the annual St. Rose de Lima Church fundraising campaign, Bay St. Louis, MS value $3000.
December 2001: Donation of sale of one painting to the American Red Cross, value $500.
Awards/Grants/Commissions:
July 2007: Artist Fellowship from Mississippi Arts Commission.
May 2006: Juried into SouthernArtistry, a showcase for outstanding southern artists.
April 2007: Commission from Architects, Designers and Planners for Social Responsibility to create the Mumford Awards for 2007. Three awards created.
April 2007: Commission from the State of Mississippi to create award binder for tourism awards.
December 2006: Business Recovery Grant from the Mississippi Arts Commission.
November 2006: Commission from the State of
July 2006: Grant from The Andy Warhol Foundation,
May 2006: Juried into SouthernArtistry, a showcase for outstanding southern artists.
March 2006: Grant from The Gottlieb Foundation, New York, New York.
December 2005: Purchase Award from the Mississippi Humanities Council.
December 2005: Grant from Mississippi Arts Commission.
November 2005: Grant from The Pollack-Krasner Foundation, New York, New York.
November 1981: Purchase award for commemorative poster for Women Against Violence, Inc., of Rapid City, South Dakota.
1980: Outstanding Amateur in Visual Arts Award, Central States Fair, Rapid City, South Dakota.
Memberships:
South Arkansas Art Center, September 2006
SouthernArtistry.org, May 2006
The National Museum of Women in the Arts, January 2006
The Arts, Hancock County Mississippi, 2004
Media features about the work of Lori K. Gordon:
“The Work of Lori K. Gordon” on WLOX TV, Biloxi/Gulfport
“Reinventing Rubble” in
“Sacred Images” in
“Artist’s Work to Open in Bay St. Louis”, Mobile Press-Register, December 23, 2007.
"Artists Among Us" in South Mississippi Living, October 2007."Hancock County Artist honored by March of Dimes" in Sea Coast Echo, November 7, 2007.
"Biloxi Breezes Back into the Picture in Travel Mail, United Kingdom, October 2007
Podcast on Southern Artistry (Southern Arts Federation), September 2007.
"Gordon Creates Mumford Awards" in The Bay Press, Ocean Springs, MS June 15, 2007.
Artists of 220 Main Celebrate Lori Gordon" in Sea Coast Echo, Bay St. Louis, MS 6 June 2007.
"Expatriates of the Arts"" in Sun Herald, Gulfport, MS 22 April 2007.
Surviving Katrina" in Richmond Times Dispatch, Richmond, VA April 15, 2007
"Bay Artist's 'Katrina Collection on display in Museum of the Southwest" in Sea Coast Echo, March 21, 2007.
"After the Storm:The Katrina Collection"in Midland Reporter-Telegram, March 4, 2007.
Artists of 220 Main Celebrate Lori Gordon" in Sea Coast Echo, Bay St. Louis, MS 6 June 2007.
"Expatriates of the Arts"" in Sun Herald, Gulfport, MS 22 April 2007.
Surviving Katrina" in Richmond Times Dispatch, Richmond, VA April 15, 2007
"Bay Artist's 'Katrina Collection on display in Museum of the Southwest" in Sea Coast Echo, March 21, 2007.
"Europeans Get a Piece of the Coast" in The Bay Press, December 8, 2006.
Artist From the Coast pop over to the Big Apple for opening" in Sun Herald, December 24, 2006.
“Celebration of Art” in
"The Art of the Storm" on WLOX Television,
"Bay Artist Tours with Katrina" in Sea Coast Echo, September 23, 2006.
"Stung by Katrina, Artist to Showcase Work at Art for the Sangres" in Wet Mountain Tribune, September 21, 2006.
"Wind and Water Colors: Healing Through Art" in Rome News-Tribune, http://www1.romenews-tribune.com/katrinaArtists/artist.html
"Katrina's Art" in Lost Magazine, September 2006, located on the web at http://www.lostmag.com/issue8/katrina.php.
"New Exhibit on display at SAAC" in El Dorado News-Times, El Dorado, Arkansas, September 1, 2006.
“Beach Houses” from The Katrina Collection featured in Mississippi Magazine, September /October 2006.
"Mosaic of Hope: Arts Community Helps Chronicle New Normal" in Herald News, West Patterson, New Jersey, August 27, 2006.
"Making Art from the Wreckage of Katrina" on National Public Radio's All Things Considered, August 5, 2006.
"Eyes on the Storm" in Minneapolis Star Tribune, August 3, 2006
"Mosaic of Hope: Arts Community Helps Chronicle New Normal" in Herald News, West Patterson, New Jersey, August 27, 2006
“Lori Gordon” in Going Coastal,
"Bara odetomter utmed kusten" in Svenska Dagbladet, Swedish Daily Newspaper, June 1, 2006.
“Bay Art Shops Reopen” in Sun Herald, Biloxi, MS on May 11, 2006.
“Angels in Old Town” in Sea Coast Echo, Bay St. Louis, MS on Wednesday May 10
“A Brave New Art” in Natchitoches Times, Natchitoches, Louisiana on May, 2006.
“The Katrina Collection” in Pulse, Minneapolis, Minnesota, April 5, 2006.
“Local Galleries Welcome Displaced Artists” in Minneapolis Star Tribune, Minneapolis, MN March 30, 2006.
Walking on Water, a book on Coast artists, March 2006.
“Rising From the Ashes”: in Sun Herald, Gulfport, Mississippi, March 1, 2006
“Woman Masters the Fine Art of Lending a Hand” in Half Moon Bay Review, February 22, 2006.
“The Art of Hurricane Katrina” on Twelve TV, Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota, 9 February 2006.
“Group Finds Creative Way to Help Artists Hit by Katrina” in Minneapolis Star Tribune, January 28, 2006.
“Mississippi Art on the Road” in St. Paul Pioneer Press, January 29, 2006.
“Katrina Inspires Coast Artist” on WLOX Television, Biloxi, Mississippi, December 10, 2005.
“Coast Artists Find Help from Afar” in The Sun Herald, Gulfport, Mississippi on January 10, 2006.
“From the Wreckage of Katrina to the Walls of Local Art Centers” in Minneapolis Star Tribune, January 11, 2006.
“Area Art Galleries to Host Gulf Coast Artwork” in Minnesota Sun, January 20, 2006.
“Area Galleries Offer Refuge for Artwork” in Sun Sailor, Wayzata, Minnesota, Janueary 19, 2006.
“Katrina Debris Gives Rise to Art-and Hope.” in Jackson Clarion Ledger, November 17, 2005.
“Objets D’espoir” in Jackson Free Press, November 17, 2005
"Lori Gordon: Creating Treasures from Trash" on MSNBC.com's series Rising From Ruin, November 2005
“Preserving a Legacy” in Art Gulf Coast: a Quarterly Review of Art along the Gulf Coast, Summer 2004 issue.
Gambit Weekly, New Orleans, Louisiana: 9 December 2003, 16 December 2003, 23 December 2003, 30 December 2003.
Sun Herald, Biloxi, Mississippi: 26 May 2002; 31 January 2003; 30 November 2003; 21 December 2003; 7 May 2004; 9 February 2003; 21 February 2003.
Sea Coast Echo, Bay St. Louis, Mississippi: 5 November 2000; 6 December 2001; 21 April 2002; 12 December 2002; 2 February 2003; 9 February 2003; 13 February 2003; 20 February 2003; 28 September 2003; 2 October 2003; 1 December 2003; 9 May 2004.
Sea Coast Extra: 17 April 2004; 8 July 2004.
The Bay Press, Ocean Springs, Mississippi: 28 November 2003; 2 April 2004; 7 May 2004, July 16, 2004
The Focus, Bay St. Louis, Mississippi: 24 September 2003; 17 December 2003; 19 May 20004.
Clarion-Ledger, Jackson, Mississippi: 13 May 2004.
Black Hills Pioneer, Spearfish, South Dakota: 6 May 2004.
Argus Leader, Sioux Falls, South Dakota: 18 June 2004.
The Historian, Bay St. Louis, Mississippi; June 2004.
Articles on the arts written by Lori Gordon:
" Mississippi Son" in South Mississippi Living, July 2007
"Alice Moseley House" in South Mississippi Living, May 2007.
"Jay MacAniff" in South Mississippi Living, April 2007.
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"Spencer Gray Jr." in South Mississippi Living, March 2007.
"Dwight Issacs" in South Mississippi Living, February 2007.
"Carter Church" in South Mississippi Living, January 2007.
“Art in the Aftermath; From the Rubble, Beauty and a new Beginning” in Art Gulf Coast: A Quarterly Review of Art Along the Gulf Coast, fall/winter 2005.
“Artist Liz Schafer Lets the Music Move Her” in Art Gulf Coast: A Quarterly Review of Art Along the Gulf Coast, fall/winter 2005.
“Standing Ovation: Shirley Heitzman” in Art Gulf Coast: A Quarterly Review of Art Along the Gulf Coast Summer 2005
“South Mississippi’s Longest Running Community Theatre” in Art Gulf Coast: A Quarterly Review of Art Along the Gulf Coast”Summer 2005.
“Community Support Organizes for the Arts” in Art Gulf Coast; A Quarterly Review of Art Along the Gulf Coast Spring 2005.
“Journey Home” in Art Gulf Coast: A Quarterly Review of Art Along the Gulf Coast Winter 2005.
A series of articles written over a two year period for The Focus, a bi-monthly newspaper out of Hancock County, Mississippi.
Sunday, January 1, 2006
Four Crosses is built around the carved wood santo, which has been embellished with a milagro and copper nails. 14 1/2" x 23" x 3" SOLD
Reliquary II is about the interstices between science and religion in the technological age. I began with the box to a terrific old chemistry set. I placed in the box some of the elements to the set, and an array of Christian artifacts including milagros and crucifixes. In the icon-like frame in the upper right, the face of Thomas Edison looks out to the viewer while holding a portrait of Loren Eiseley, a naturalist and poet. On the bottom left is a small frame with text from Catholic theologian James Gustafson. He advanced a theory he called the "God of the Gaps" which had a strong impact upon me when I read it some 20 years ago. 20" x 15" opened. SOLD
Reliquary I is about the importance of our cultural lives. I started with a salvaged painter's box, and added some debris paintbrushes I purchased from a Waveland craft store that was flooded in the storm. The carved wooden piece with it's columns and the brass fragment symbolizes architecture, and the miniature, leather bound copy of "Midsummer's Night Dream" points to great literature. The back of the box is covered with some old sheet music from a debris pile in Waveland and the rusty key in the box tells us that it is our culture that makes us who we are. 17" x 13" opened. SOLD May 2007
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