{"id":3503,"date":"2019-03-19T17:25:14","date_gmt":"2019-03-19T17:25:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mcelhinneyart.com\/?p=3503"},"modified":"2019-04-02T10:21:24","modified_gmt":"2019-04-02T10:21:24","slug":"update-rio-grande-project","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mcelhinneyart.com\/jlmcelhinney\/update-rio-grande-project\/","title":{"rendered":"UPDATE ON RIO GRANDE PROJECT"},"content":{"rendered":"

FOR GENERAL RELEASE: April 2, 2019 <\/p>\n

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GRAND RIVER SKETCHBOOK<\/a>: Visions and Voices<\/strong>
\n by James Lancel McElhinney \u00a92019<\/p>\n

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\nThe Rio Grande passing through White Rock Canyon, Los Alamos County, New Mexico. SSE from 35.8215-106.1845. March 9, 2019. 3:30 pm<\/em><\/p>\n

In 2009, James Lancel McElhinney revived an historic form of expeditionary drawing, painting and writing in travel journals, focused on waterways, rivers, and coastlines, promoting environmental sustainability through a deeper personal engagement with nature.<\/p>\n

In 2015 McElhinney formed Needlewatcher Editions, a new publishing company specializing in fine-press art-books. Read the feature article by Peter Trippi in Fine Art Connoisseur magazine. In 2017, Needlewatcher Editions produced its first book: Hudson Highlands. North River Suite Volume One, which was acquired by a number of notable museums and rare book libraries across the United States.<\/p>\n

A new project O.T.W. On the Water: The Schuylkill River, was published on October 26, 2018. It too has been well-received. It is now the focus of a new multimedia installation<\/a> organized by McElhinney, now on view through September 2019, at Independence Seaport Museum<\/a> in Philadelphia.
\nAssembled around McElhinney\u2019s Schuylkill River Sketchbook, and a limited edition of archival pigment prints drawn from its pages, the installation brings together a group of living and historic artists engaging the river, including a series of podcast interviews.<\/a> <\/p>\n

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\nLate Light. The Rio Grande Passing Through White Rock Canyon. SSE from 36.8261 -106.1802. March 7, 2019. 5:30 pm<\/em><\/p>\n

McElhinney now turns his attention to the Rio Grande, following the historic waterway across New Mexico. Works from his Grand River Sketchbook project will be on view at Gerald Peters Gallery in Santa Fe, from June 20, to August 4, 2019. <\/p>\n

Recently McElhinney has been working in New Mexico, to explore the Rio Grande Rift, collecting images and stories, with the goal of contributing to a growing number of conversations around one of America\u2019s greatest waterways. A suite of paintings and color intaglio prints are now underway. A new limited edition of archival pigment prints drawn from the pages of McElhinney\u2019s painting journals is planned.<\/p>\n

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\nLooking East from the Western Rim of Rio Grande Gorge. 36.4765 -106.7353. Journal-painting. 3.5 x 10 inches<\/em><\/p>\n

McElhinney is also currently in the process of creating a series of pocket field-guides to mindful travel through drawing and writing for Schiffer Publishing<\/a>, the first three of which will focus on The American Southwest, Hudson Valley, and the New England Coast.<\/p>\n

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\nLooking SSE from SSE from 36.8261 -106.1802. March 11, 2019. 5:00 pm. Watercolor and pen on Arches block paper. 3.9 x 9.8 inches. <\/em><\/p>\n

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\nJames Lancel McElhinney in the Field<\/p>\n

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\nRio Grande Gorge. Photograph by the author.<\/p>\n

James Lancel McElhinney<\/a> is an author, visual artist, oral historian, independent scholar and publisher. He is also the owner of Needlewatcher LLC, a bonded New York State Limited Liability Company specializing in artist estates, art appraisal, art publishing, education and cultural affairs. He who passed the USPAP (Uniform Standards and Practices for Appraisal Professionals) exam, and is an Associate member of the Appraisers Association of America. He holds an MFA in painting from Yale, a BFA from the Tyler School of Art, and attended the Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture. He is the author of numerous essays, articles and several trade books on art. McElhinney has conducted numerous oral history interviews for organizations such as the Archives of American Art, Columbia Center for Oral History, Coleci\u00f3n Patricia Phelps de Cisneros, Frick Center for the History of Collecting, University of Charleston, and the Vermont Studio Center. McElhinney is listed on the Master Artist Advisory Council of The Arthur Miller Foundation. He is the recipient of several fellowships and grants, including a 2017 Pollock Krasner Foundation grant, and a prior Visual Artist fellowship from National Endowment for the Arts. His work has been the subject of nearly fifty solo exhibition and numerous group shows. McElhinney\u2019s work can be found in numerous private collections, and:
\nAlbany Institute of History and Art, Albany, New York<\/a>
\nAsheville Art Museum, Asheville NC<\/a>
\nAvery Fine Art and Architecture Library Columbia University, New York, NY<\/a>
\nBoscobel House and Gardens, Garrison, New York<\/a>
\nChrysler Museum, Norfolk VA<\/a>
\nDenver Art Museum, Denver CO<\/a>
\nUniversity of Denver Library. Special Collections, Denver CO<\/a>
\nFree Library of Philadelphia Print and Picture Collection, Philadelphia PA<\/a>
\nHudson River Museum, Yonkers New York <\/a>
\nHuntington Library and Museum, San Marino, CA<\/a>
\nIndependence Seaport Museum, Philadelphia PA<\/a>
\nNewberry Library. Chicago, Illinois <\/a>
\nNew York Public Library. Wallach Collection of Art, Prints and Photographs, New York, NY<\/a>
\nPennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts. Special Collections and Archives, Philadelphia PA<\/a>
\nTemple University, Samuel L. Paley Special Collections Research Center, Philadelphia PA<\/a>
\nWest Point Museum, United States Military Academy. Highland Falls, NY<\/a>
\nYale Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library. New Haven CT<\/a><\/p>\n

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