RESIDENT: JODY AND LOIS SERVON
Jody Servon was born in New Brunswick, New Jersey and currently lives and works in Blowing Rock and Greensboro, North Carolina. She is an associate professor and director of the Catherine J. Smith Gallery at Appalachian State University in Boone, NC. Servon received a MFA in New Genre from The University of Arizona and a BFA In Visual Art from Mason Gross School of the Arts at Rutgers University in New Jersey.
Servons recent projects include sculptures, installations, drawings, photographs and videos. Her work has been included in exhibitions and screenings throughout the US and Canada. Venues include: ArtCenter/South Florida, FL; 5ive & 40rty Gallery, Winston Salem, NC; University of Tulsa, OK; Space1026, Philadelphia, PA; Tucson Museum of Art, AZ; Contemporary Museum, Baltimore, MD; Museum of Contemporary Art, North Miami, FL; Noyes Museum, Oceanville, NJ; Time Warner Cable, New York, NY; and Locust Projects, Miami, FL. She has completed public art projects in Delray Beach, FL, Charlotte, NC, and Cleveland, TN.
Servon attended residencies at Vermont Studio Center, Atlantic Center for the Arts, and Contemporary Artists Center and is a recipient of two fellowships from the North Carolina Arts Council. Articles and reviews have appeared in: The New York Times, Sun Sentinel, The Palm Beach Post, The Miami Herald, Arizona Daily Star and New American Paintings. Servon also curates exhibitions focused on contemporary art. Exhibition reviews have been appeared in Artnews, South Florida Times, Palm Beach Daily News, The Miami Herald, Neural Online, and El Pais. Servon is currently on the advisory board for Elsewhere Collaborative in Greensboro, NC and Turchin Center for the Visual Arts in Boone, NC. She was on the policy board for the Center for Craft, Creativity and Design in Hendersonville, NC from 2004-2010.
Lois Servon was born in North Dakota and raised in northern Minnesota. She earned a BS in education from Bemidji State University and was employed as an elementary school teacher for thirty-five years. She was awarded a Christa McAuliffe Fellowship, honored as Teacher of the Year, and served on numerous educational committees during her career. Servon is a member of the New Jersey Retired Teachers Association and a lifetime member of the National Educators Association. She was recently accredited to teach T’ai Chi Chih and Sejaku.
Servon started a quilting club in New Jersey comprised of women who sewed together for 30 years. She continues to actively quilt in her community at the Jersey Shore. She belongs to a canasta group that has been meeting for over 20 years, a golf foursome that has been playing together for 10 years, and has sung in church choirs for more than 40 years. Servon was a board member and performed with a community theater group The Stage Crafters.
Scarlet Electric
May 12-18thRachelle Beaudoin, Jeanne Jo and Mary Burge
Sarah Hillenbrand
June 12-18thSarah Hillenbrand is Managing Director for Touring Theatre of North Carolina
Stephen Holder
May 12-18thStephen Holder is an amateur ornithologist
Sam, Josh and Roxy
May 12-18thLocal creative culture shifters in action
Shaine Swaim
June 12-18th, 2010Local folk singer and songwriter
School For Creative Activism
May 12-18th, 2011Super G is invited to workshop on creative activism.
Conflux NY
May 12-18th, 2010Super G is invited to present at Conflux
Design Art Technology Symposium
May 12-18th, 2011Super G speaks at conference on "Food in the Piedmont"
Josue Roman
May 12-18th, 2011Roaming Resident develops a book project on Greensboro's immigrant community
Jody and Lois Servon
May 12-18th, 2010Mother and daughter perfect a traditional family scone recipe
Terra Cotta Museum
May 12-18th, 2011Super G talks to Dennis Wadell to create a short film for the Museum
Flux Factory
May 12-18th, 2011Flux Factory visits from NY to create a working cardboard village
Kay and Carly
May 12-18th, 2011The Collections Department of Nostalgia Processing
Anya Russian and Al Brilliant
May 12-18th, 2011Playful musings and writings reflect on the experience of the Flea Market
UNCG Photo Interaction
May 12-18th, 2011Sarah Martin and her students strut thier stuff and engage the regulars