Carrie Johansing
Carrie Johansing is an art educator and mixed media artist
Education:
MA in Educational Equity and Cultural Diversity University of Colorado Boulder 2018
BFA in Drawing and Ceramics, Colorado State University 1999.
Teacher Licensure Program/Art Education K-12 Endorsement
Professional Honors:
Teacher of the Year
Office Depot 'Make Their Day Better' Educator Award recipient
Guest lecturer for Student Teacher Seminars at University of Northern Colorado and Colorado State University
Art Source member
Migrant Educator of the Year (CBOCES 2019)
Studio:
Loveland Artworks
310 N. Railroad Ave
Loveland, CO 80537
970.663.5555
970.690.9995
Curator:
Love + Light 2012 (co-creator of this event)
Install at the Loveland Feed and Grain Sept 2012
The Mary Show @ Poudre River Art Center 2010
Exhibitions:
FCMOCA (Fort Collins Museum of Contemporary Art)
Andenken Gallery Denver
Gallery 251/ The Garage Art Cooperative Fort Collins
PS 21 The Schoolhouse Fort Collins
Poudre River Arts Center Fort Collins
El Monte Grill Fort Collins
ArtSpace: Loveland Feed and Grain
Loveland Public Library 2014
Loveland Art Museum 2014
ARTWORKS
Publications:
Sunset Magazine February issue 2014
Artist Statement 2014: Love and Light installation
To me, a true work of art can sometimes be described as a juxtaposition of complexity and simplicity. I believe the strength of these dualities depends on the artist’s intent to acknowledge both, make an attempt at honoring them and in some instances...transcend. Maybe this is the cliched artist’s search for order but it is my voice...currently.
Visually, I respond to the tension of order and disorder/chaos and metaphorically look to the light. This previous sentence could sum up the whole piece and be a portrait of myself in words. However, I believe there is more. My hope is the viewer sees the element of line as massive and complex...overbearing and dominant. A tyrant of mass in a space that is congested.
In contrast, the simplicity is addressed by the uniformity of the line.
The line in itself is the most universal of art elements. As humans in our developmental stages of creating...it is line that surfaces first. The scribble is truly naive. Personally, I have always been drawn to the accessibility of line and as an art educator it is line that starts the journey to expression.
I find this element to be very genuine.
To honor this piece is your doing...if you so chose. It is bringing your narrative, your perception, and your experience to the work. My desire is that this installation elicits a personal narrative that pays homage to (y)our surroundings. One to which the viewer has a intimate connection. I want to be bold and say that the transcendence is referenced in the light. Light is knowledge, light is life, light is love, light is light.
Light is a metaphor of totality. In the beginning is also the now...through light.