Travis Boyer: Bidi Bidi Pom Pom

Saturday, November 13, 2021

Silver Street Studios

2000 Edwards St. Houston, TX 77007

FotoFest is closing In Place of an Index with a pompom-making, photograph-taking workshop led by artist Travis Boyer. Inspired by his work featured in the current FotoFest exhibition in which Boyer examines the legacy of Tejano pop-icon Selena through the lens of her DIY fashions and fashion boutique. Boyer will lead guests of all ages through the process of making their own decorative pom poms using basic craft materials and work with guests to photograph their creations in portraits and still-life images. Guest-made items and photos will go home with their maker! Join us and make something fun for yourself or as a gift for friends and family in time for the upcoming holidays.

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About the artist

Travis Boyer (born 1979, Fort Worth, Texas) received his MFA from Bard College in 2012. Boyer’s practice employs a range of media and methods: from painting, textile, sculpture, cyanotypes and video, to idiosyncratic collaborative projects. While diverse in form, this body of work is fundamentally grounded in performance. By drawing structure from familiar contexts (such as craft workshops, drinking games, and group fitness), Boyerʼs performative works dissolve the barriers separating the private and the public, the intimate and the unknown. Boyer has exhibited internationally at museums and institutions including The Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam; The New Museum, New York; Kunstverein, Amsterdam; The Goethe Institut, New York; High Desert Test Sites, Joshua Tree, California, SOMA Arts, San Francisco; Contemporary Arts Museum Houston; Participant Inc., New York; Dumbo Arts Center, New York; Andrew Kreps Gallery, New York, as well as Galleria Glance, Torinoand Piso 51, Mexico City, among others. He was among the first artists awarded the Fire Island Artist Residency. Boyer has been invited as guest lecturer and performer at Yale University's MFA program, California College of the Arts, Oakland and Rhode Island School of Design, Providence. Boyer lives and works in New York City.