solo exhibition:
all the windows in my mother’s house
August 23 – October 22, 2023
VisArts Gibbs Street Gallery
we’re more of a breeze will be available at PABF September 9-10, 2023
Huner Francis Publishing
Huner Francis is a slow/small imprint located in the midst of literature, document(ary), film, and collage. Our aim is to produce works that are field-adjacent to our published artists primary output --- whether it be sketches, field recordings, notes, poetry --- the work is often slippery, contaminated, incomplete, and animated across/between disciplines.
16MM DRAW-ON-FILM WORKSHOP | Saturday, July 15 | 12-3 PM | VisArts 155 Gibbs Street Classroom 4
Join Emily and I for another 16mm workshop! Participants will draw on transparent film leader to create a moving image artwork that will be played on a 16mm projector.
This event is free, but to reserve your space, please register here.
MAY 7, 2023: Come check out my studio space and some work in progress!
VisArts Open Studios: Sunday, May 7th, 2023 12pm-4pm
155 Gibbs Street, Floor 2
APRIL 21 - MAY 21, 2023: For A Shared Sense of Time, curator Jeffry Cudlin brings together works by visual artists and musicians who rely on unusual pulses or conceptions of tempo to invite altered states of consciousness. The six participating artists, all connected to or living in the DMV, use field recordings, found biological rhythms, or rules-based improvisation to make disorienting aesthetic experiences out of familiar everyday phenomena. The exhibition asks visitors to engage in what author V.S. Naipaul once described as “finding experience where I thought there had been nothing”—and to contemplate the intersections of domestic spaces, the natural world, and their own mortality.
Featuring
Sara Dittrich, Ledah Finck, Imka, Amy Reid, Davis Salisbury (Dais Queue), Joana Stillwell
Opening Celebration: Friday, April 21, 2023 at 7:00 PM
Artist Talk: Saturday, May 6, 2023 at 3:00 PM
Closing Reception: Sunday, May 21, 2023 at 6:00 PM
JANUARY 2023 - JULY 2023: VisArts Studio Fellowship
I’ll be in residence at VisArts in Rockville, Maryland. The Studio Fellowship provides time and space to experiment and realize new work. More details soon!
OCTOBER 29, 2022: Fou Gallery welcomes you to attend our 16mm Film Loops Workshop on Saturday, October 29th, from 2 to 4 pm and 4:30 to 6:30 pm. Responding to the current exhibition at Fou, Suyi Xu: All that is Solid Melts into Air, presenters Emily Francisco and Joana Stillwell will guide participants through a lecture and workshop on 16mm filmmaking. After analyzing some classic 16mm film examples, participants are encouraged to take inspiration from the current exhibition and create their own film loops under the instruction. As a result, their works will be projected as animations for everyone to view. The workshop will include a drawing toolkit for every participant.
WORKSHOP: 16mm Film Loops with Emily Francisco and Joana Stillwell
Sunday September 25 * 1pm * REGISTER
Participants will learn about 16mm film projection, create their own hand drawn physical film loops, and see their own film loops projected. Materials will be provided.
Small Scale Site Specific Sculpture Show // SSSSSS
March 5 - April 9, 2022
Opening Reception: Saturday, March 5, 2022 from 4-6pm
Artist Talks: March 17 and April 7, 2022
but, also: 1418 North Capitol Street NW, Washington, D.C. 20002
DLECTRICITY
Friday, September 24, 2021
7:00 p.m. – Midnight
Saturday, September 25, 2021
7:00 p.m. – Midnight
DLECTRICITY, inspired by Nuit Blanche arts festivals from around the world, has presented three major light-based art + technology festivals in 2012, 2014 and 2017.
DLECTRICITY was inspired by Detroit’s very own Electric Park, formerly located on the site of what is now Gabriel Richard Park. From 1906 until 1928, Electric Park served as a major attraction, beginning as a trolley park and later expanding into a dazzling amusement park with the development of electrification.
AUTUMN 2020: I’ve been included in this issue of UTB centered on installation. Under The Bridge is a portable exhibition featuring an eclectic arrangement of artwork drawn from an international pool of artists. Published quarterly, this magazine is distributed in print and online.
You can find two of my installations included under the section, Liminal Space:
“The artworks in this section are in an intermediate state. Physical unravelling, non-visual sensory input, and kinetics are used to disrupt the stability of the artwork. The resulting uncertainty is then mirrored by the viewer as they are placed at the threshold of understanding without being able to cross it. The artworks in this section feel fluid and illusive, sometimes barely perceptible but always eliciting a response.”
JUNE 26, 2020: Tiger Strikes Asteroid is pleased to present YARDWORK. TSA GVL members in Greenville (SC), Charleston (SC), and Asheville (NC) are sharing work from local and non-local artists with their respective communities through public art installations that are visible from a distance. This three-city initiative serves to share art while practicing responsible citizenship, specifically social distancing. Works are installed on porches, lawns, balconies, mailboxes, and exterior walls. With the aid of a map, people may walk, bike, or drive to view each installation.
For specific location information and an ongoing list of artists and projects, go to tigerstrikesasteroid.com/tagged/yardwork
My work will be located in Greenville (SC) at 5 Traction St
(4 pm - midnight)
JUNE 20, 2020: Happy to be included in the inaugural exhibition SUPERDOMESTIC. This exhibition explores how contemporary art is created, performed, and perceived in the home space.
Asukal Space is an experimental online platform that serves as a launchpad for new directions in curation and being together in the art world. Asukal centers artists and curators of color with the perspectives of women at the forefront.
JUNE 2020: I am now a Post-Studio artist at STABLE where I share space with other artists located in Washington, DC.
Contact me for studio visits!
APRIL 2020: Thank you to the FIL/AM Artist Directory for supporting artists always and especially now!
I’ve re-opened my web shop! Be sure to check out other artists in the directory at https://www.filamartistdirectory.com/web-shop
FEBRUARY 2020: I’ll have a video piece playing at the Vermont Studio Center Galleries, February 22 - April 22, 2020
Curator talk: Saturday, February 22 at 8:00 PM
This video show, Videos on Loop, is a group exhibition consisting of time-based work by recent residents of Vermont Studio Center, opening on February 22, 2020 at 8:00pm, in the Wolf Kahn Studio building. The work for the show was selected by guest curator Sandrine Schaefer, who is an artist, writer, and educator living and working in Massachusetts.
NOVEMBER 2019:
https://huner-francis.info/
we’re more of a breeze is now available
published by Huner Francis
DECEMBER 2019: https://www.office-space2.com/os-212-letters-from-home
You can read we’re more of a breeze at Office Space 2’s reading room accompanying the show, Letters From Home.
46 Bayard Street, Suite 309
New Brunswick, NJ 08901
December 12, 7—11PM & by appointment
OPENING: December 6th, 2019 5:30pm - 7:30pm
LOCATION: GEORGETOWN LUTHERAN CHURCH (1556 WISCONSIN AVE NW)
Come see a new piece at this year’s Georgetown GLOW. I have an illuminated poem, every day on Wisconsin and Volta.
Press: Washington City Paper, The DC Line, wtop - Washington’s Top News, East City Art
NOVEMBER 2019: http://www.cabf.no-coast.org/
Chicago Art Book Fair 2019 at the Chicago Athletic Association
12 S Michigan Ave
Friday, Nov 15th: 5-9p
Saturday, Nov 16th: 11-7p
Sunday, Nov 17th: 12-6p
https://www.filamartistdirectory.com/
I’ll have a window the color of her sunburn for sale at the Filipino American Artist Directory table
https://huner-francis.info/
Also available for the first time is we’re more of a breeze through Huner Francis
OCTOBER 2019: Received a grant from The Arts and Humanities Fellowship Program!
As part of the selection process for The Arts and Humanities Fellowship Program I am part of this group show Synergy
CLOSING RECEPTION:
Friday, July 19, 2019, 6 - 8 pm
I Street Galleries
200 I Street, SE, Washington, DC 20003
OCTOBER 2019: One of my pieces will be on auction at this year’s Transformer Auction!
AUGUST 2019: I have been included in the Filipino-American Artist Directory! https://www.filamartistdirectory.com/joana-stillwell
Filipino American Artist Directory is a participatory project by St. Louis-based artist Janna Añonuevo Langholz to connect and make visible the broad community of visual artists of Filipino heritage living and working in the United States.
JULY 2019: One of my pieces will be for sale at a FLAT RATE PRICE
https://www.flatratecontemporary.com/
DECEMBER 2018: In residence at the Studios at MASS MoCA
OPEN STUDIOS: December 18, 2018 6pm followed by artist talks
NOVEMBER 2018: One of my pieces will be for sale at a FLAT RATE PRICE
https://www.flatratecontemporary.com/
AUGUST 2018: I'll be in Cobh, Ireland for a collaborative residency at Sirius Arts Centre with Kelsey Sheaffer
July 20 - September 2: I'll have a piece in this group exhibition at the Torpedo Factory Art Center in Alexandria, VA
Illuminate
Exhibition Dates: July 20 – September 2, 2018
Opening Reception: Friday, July 20 7 – 9 pm
Juried by Emily Smith, Executive Director of 1708 Gallery
The show and my piece are mentioned in The Washington Post.
MARCH - MAY 2018: I'll be a part of a two person show, Sure Thing as part of the Capital One Art Program in McLean, Virginia with Isabel Manalo. Curated by Naoko Wowsugi
MARCH 2018: I'll be in residence at VSC
I have a piece in Transformer's 14th Annual Silent Auction and Benefit Party! Come drink with me! More info here
Excited to be teaching Video Art at American University this upcoming Fall!
#vignettesweekender #joanastillwell
April 28 - 30
I just wrapped up a weekend takeover of @vignettes.us!! You can check out my latest work there before I officially upload it on my website.
Spring 2017 MFA Thesis Exhibition (Round Two)
April 28 @ 12:00 pm - May 7 @ 5:00 pm
The Anderson, 907 1/2 Franklin Street
Richmond, VA 23284
The exhibition is on display April 28-May 7 at The Anderson. Visit The Anderson Monday - Friday 10am-5pm and weekends 12-5pm.
April 7, 2017 // Virtual Landscapes: aTravel Through // 7:00 PM // Woodland Pattern Book Center // 720 E Locust St Milwaukee, WI 53212
James Cabell Library Big Screen / Photo by Julia Rendleman
February 6th - February 27th, 2017
An iteration of my recent piece, we are slowly approaching a solstice every day will be shown at VCU's James Cabell Library Big Screen. A sequence of sunrises will play from dusk to dawn. The new 400 square foot outdoor screen is a venue to display art, animation, video, and scholarly work.
(I was also interviewed here about it)
I am so happy to report that I am one of twelve recipients of the VCUarts Graduate Research Grant Awards!
(More details linked in the image above)
We are slowly approaching a solstice every day
InLight Richmond: November 11, 2016
1708 Gallery, Richmond, VA
7p-Midnight in Scott's Addition
Juried by Ellina Kevorkian, Artistic Director at Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts
InLight 2016 is 1708 Gallery's 9th annual exhibition of light-based art and performances and will feature curated and juried light-based artworks and performances.
Opening reception on Friday, September 2nd from 6-9pm
Closing event on Friday, October 7th from 6-9pm
“A lot of what we call interpretation is really just paying close attention”
-David Salle
Paying Attention is an exhibition presenting the various research strategies and preliminary processes artists utilize in order to give form to their experiences, interests, and current events. Invited artists were asked to share some aspect of their ideations that are integral to how they foster introspection and divergent thinking in their art making. Works presented in the exhibition include the traditional sketchbook, digital archives, material experiments, and writing exercises. Paying Attention offers a glimpse into how artists understand their work as a conversation within art and social history.
Featuring process works by: Jon Duff, Bryan Lewis Saunders, Joana Stillwell, Joe Yorty, Christopher Mahonski, Catherine Fairbanks, Brianna Rigg, Josh Thorud, Nicolas O’Brien, Sara Clarken, Carl Marin, Suzuki Elico, Yasuto Yura, Jon-Phillip Sheridan, Courtney McClellan, Alexandra de Leon
Paying Attention runs through October 9th.
This is Everything That One Needs: July 30, 2016
Group show curated by the Jacob Lawrence Gallery at MIGHTY TIETON Tieton, Washington
Mildred's Lane: July 18-24, 2016
Attention Lab Session
MILDRED’S LANE is a rustic, 96-acre site deep in the woods of rural northeastern Pennsylvania, in the upper Delaware River Valley, which borders New York state. It is an ongoing collaboration between J. Morgan Puett, Mark Dion, their son Grey Rabbit Puett, and their friends and colleagues. It is a home and an experiment in living. Mildred’s Lane attempts to coevolve a rigorous pedagogical strategy, where a working-living-researching environment has been developed to foster engagement with every aspect of life.
Read more about my time here here
May 2016: Welcome to my new website!! Sign up for updates here