Matthew Mazzotta
Americans for the Arts: 2011 Public Art Network Year in Review
Steeped in Exploration was awarded the Americans for the Arts: 2011 Year in Review Public Art Award for Community engagement and social activism by jurors Gail Goldman, Kendal Henry, and Richard Turner
Cittadellarte-Fondazione Pistoletto June 15 - October 15 2011
Going to Biella, Italy to be part of the Cittadellarte-Fondazione Pistoletto Residence program called UNIDEE – University of Ideas
Pier Shear April - June 2011
In Rijeka, Croatia doing research for a new project called Pier Shear - Bringing sheep to the recently appropriated public pier, so their wool can be transformed into new artworks made as collaborations between local artists and craftsman to reveal the complexity of Rijeka's transitioning future.
Moving to Utica, NY for a couple of Months
Sculpture Space - Feb and March 2011
South Korea Oct 1st - Dec 20 2010
I will take part in a residency at Gyeonggi Creation Center
Park Spark Project - Aug 2010
Installing the Park Spark project involving methatne digesters in dog parks
The Park Spark Project is the transformation of dog waste (dog poo) into energy (methane) through a publicly fed methane digester as an interactive urban intervention that questions our current waste system, and at the same time creates an opportunity for others to participate in the (re)imaging of the byproduct energy (methane).
Steeped In Exploration - The Netherlands - March - April 2010
"Steeped In Exploration" is a teahouse powered by a methane digester in a remote community in the Netherlands. The digester transforms cow manure into methane gas, which will be burned to boil water for tea.
Steeped In Exploration is an invitation to the local people to join me on public outings to gather edible plants from the local landscape to make tea. http://www.peergroup.nl/pair/
Show runs outside March 15th-April 5th 2010 (Smalle Ee, NL) then goes to De Galerij (Gallery) April 11th - May 30th (Drachten, NL)
Vermont - Oct 2009
At the Vermont Studio Center making another methane digester
Skowhegan - summer 2009
This summer I was a participant at Skowhegan school of Painting and Sculpture - very fun
Massachusettes Institute of Technology - June 2009
I just graduated from MIT's Visual Art Program this June after two years of cranking out a bunch of projects and traveling around the world.