{"id":14936,"date":"2024-10-04T08:50:54","date_gmt":"2024-10-04T12:50:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/?p=14936"},"modified":"2024-10-04T15:55:08","modified_gmt":"2024-10-04T19:55:08","slug":"margaret-cogswell","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/margaret-cogswell\/","title":{"rendered":"Margaret Cogswell"},"content":{"rendered":"<!--powerpress_player--><div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_1573\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-14936-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interview\/2024\/MargaretCogswell.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interview\/2024\/MargaretCogswell.mp3\">https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interview\/2024\/MargaretCogswell.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_subscribe_links\">Subscribe: <a href=\"https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/interviews-by-brainard-carey\/id1468502583?mt=2&amp;ls=1\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_itunes\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe on Apple Podcasts\" rel=\"nofollow\">Apple Podcasts<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/show\/5ZxsN79E1W6VJOjQF9GNuZ\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_spotify\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe on Spotify\" rel=\"nofollow\">Spotify<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/tunein.com\/radio\/Interviews-by-Brainard-Carey-p1236598\/\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_tunein\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe on TuneIn\" rel=\"nofollow\">TuneIn<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/feeds.podcastmirror.com\/interviews-by-brainard\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_rss\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe via RSS\" rel=\"nofollow\">RSS<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/goo.gl\/xSQrKY\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_more\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click here to  join mailing list\" rel=\"nofollow\">Click here to  join mailing list<\/a><\/p><figure id=\"attachment_14947\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-14947\" style=\"width: 311px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-14947\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/04-Cogswell-M-.jpg?resize=311%2C311&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"311\" height=\"311\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/04-Cogswell-M--scaled.jpg?resize=1024%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/04-Cogswell-M--scaled.jpg?resize=300%2C300&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/04-Cogswell-M--scaled.jpg?resize=768%2C768&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/04-Cogswell-M--scaled.jpg?resize=1536%2C1536&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/04-Cogswell-M--scaled.jpg?resize=2048%2C2048&amp;ssl=1 2048w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/04-Cogswell-M--scaled.jpg?resize=696%2C696&amp;ssl=1 696w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/04-Cogswell-M--scaled.jpg?resize=1068%2C1068&amp;ssl=1 1068w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/04-Cogswell-M--scaled.jpg?resize=1920%2C1920&amp;ssl=1 1920w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/04-Cogswell-M--scaled.jpg?w=1392&amp;ssl=1 1392w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 311px) 100vw, 311px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-14947\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Margaret Cogswell- In Mother\u2019s yukata, giving presentation on my work in Japanese at the opening for my mixed media installation- Karasu to Issyoni Kaerimasyo: A River of Memories in Ichinomiya, Japan- 8\/24\/2024.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.margaretcogswell.net\">Margaret Cogswell<\/a> is a mixed-media installation artist residing in West Shokan, New York. Cogswell is the recipient of numerous awards, including the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation Fellowship (2009),\u00a0 Pollock-Krasner Foundation (2017-18, 1991 &amp; 1987) and the New York Foundation for the Arts (2007, 1993). Cogswell\u2019s most recent project (2024), \u201c Karasu to Issyoni Kaerimasyo: \u00a0A River of Memories\u201d, was made possible by a generous grant from The Tree of Life Foundation.\u00a0Cogswell was born in Memphis, Tennessee, and raised in Japan where she lived until she was 13 years old.<\/p>\n<p>Since 2003, the main focus of Cogswell&#8217;s work has been an ongoing series of <em>RIVER FUGUES<\/em> projects exploring the interdependency of people, industry and rivers. <em>RIVER FUGUES<\/em> began in Cleveland, Ohio with <em>Cuyahoga Fugues<\/em>, a mixed-media installation inspired by and incorporating generations of stories reflecting the life and dreams embodied by the Cuyahoga River.\u00a0 Expanding on this idea, <a href=\"https:\/\/margaretcogswell.net\/ashokan-fugues\"><em>Moving the Waters: Ashokan Fugues <\/em><\/a>was created for a solo exhibition at the Cue Art Foundation in NYC in 2014, and re-created in 2016 for a solo exhibition at the Kleinart \/James Center for the Arts, Woodstock, NY.<\/p>\n<p><em>RIVER FUGUES<\/em> have been commissioned by museums and art centers for exhibitions nationally and internationally including \u00a0<em>Moving the Water(s):\u00a0 Croton Fugues<\/em><strong>, <\/strong>at Mid-Manhattan Library of New York Public Library, in New York, NY ( solo 2017); <em>Water Soundings<\/em>, for the Zendai Zhujiajiao Art Museum, China (solo 2014); \u00a0<em>Wyoming River Fugues<\/em> at the Art Museum, University of Wyoming, Laramie (solo 2012);\u00a0 <em>Hudson River Fugues<\/em> at Tang Museum, Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs, NY, (group 2009-2010); <em>River Fugues<\/em> for a traveling group exhibition at the BOZAR Centre for Fine Arts, Brussels, Belgium (2007), the Monaco Ministry of Culture (2008) and Chicago Field Museum (2009); <em>Mississippi River Fugues<\/em>, Art Museum, University of Memphis, Tennessee (solo 2008); <em>Buffalo River Fugues<\/em> at Hallwalls Contemporary Arts Center, Buffalo, NY (solo 2006); <em>Hudson Weather Fugues<\/em> at Wave Hill, NYC (group 2005), and <em>Cuyahoga Fugues<\/em> at SPACES Gallery, Cleveland, Ohio (solo 2003).<\/p>\n<p>All <em>RIVER FUGUES<\/em> mixed-media installation projects include a <a href=\"https:\/\/margaretcogswell.net\/drawings\">parallel body of works on paper<\/a>. Recent exhibitions of such works include <em>In the Elements <\/em>at Kentler International Drawing Space in Brooklyn, NY (2022); \u00a0<em>Fragile Rainbow<\/em> at Williamsburg Art and Historical Center, Williamsburg, NYC, NY (2022).\u00a0 Upcoming in March, 2023, Cogswell\u2019s work will be included in an exhibition titled <em>This Earth<\/em> at the Concord Center for the Visual Arts (Concord, Massachusetts) for artists who were awarded residencies at the Montello Foundation in the Great Basin of Nevada in 2022.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_14948\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-14948\" style=\"width: 696px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-14948\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/01-Cogswell-M-Karasu.jpg?resize=696%2C522&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"696\" height=\"522\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/01-Cogswell-M-Karasu-scaled.jpg?resize=1024%2C768&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/01-Cogswell-M-Karasu-scaled.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/01-Cogswell-M-Karasu-scaled.jpg?resize=768%2C576&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/01-Cogswell-M-Karasu-scaled.jpg?resize=1536%2C1152&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/01-Cogswell-M-Karasu-scaled.jpg?resize=2048%2C1536&amp;ssl=1 2048w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/01-Cogswell-M-Karasu-scaled.jpg?resize=696%2C522&amp;ssl=1 696w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/01-Cogswell-M-Karasu-scaled.jpg?resize=1068%2C801&amp;ssl=1 1068w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/01-Cogswell-M-Karasu-scaled.jpg?resize=1920%2C1440&amp;ssl=1 1920w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/01-Cogswell-M-Karasu-scaled.jpg?w=1392&amp;ssl=1 1392w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-14948\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Margaret Cogswell, Karasu to Issyoni Kaerimasyo: A River of Memories (2024)<br \/>Mixed-media installation: sunset \u201cpainted\u201d with tulle; river= fishing nets over wire fencing mesh; LED candles on river; fishing nets on floor; black shadow on veneer board; fishing pole with bamboo &amp; wire; photo in white fishing net; grey acrylic ground cloth on walls &amp; bamboo structure; crows painted with sumi on washi paper stitched onto tulle and stretched over bamboo circle frame.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_14949\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-14949\" style=\"width: 696px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-14949 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/02-Cogswell-M-Karasu.jpg?resize=696%2C696&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"696\" height=\"696\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/02-Cogswell-M-Karasu-scaled.jpg?resize=1024%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/02-Cogswell-M-Karasu-scaled.jpg?resize=300%2C300&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/02-Cogswell-M-Karasu-scaled.jpg?resize=768%2C768&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/02-Cogswell-M-Karasu-scaled.jpg?resize=1536%2C1536&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/02-Cogswell-M-Karasu-scaled.jpg?resize=2048%2C2048&amp;ssl=1 2048w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/02-Cogswell-M-Karasu-scaled.jpg?resize=696%2C696&amp;ssl=1 696w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/02-Cogswell-M-Karasu-scaled.jpg?resize=1068%2C1068&amp;ssl=1 1068w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/02-Cogswell-M-Karasu-scaled.jpg?resize=1920%2C1920&amp;ssl=1 1920w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/02-Cogswell-M-Karasu-scaled.jpg?w=1392&amp;ssl=1 1392w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-14949\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Margaret Cogswell, Karasu to Issyoni Kaerimasyo: A River of Memories (2024) Detail of photo of artist at 4 years old with playmate in swing in hometown of Marugame, Japan.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_14950\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-14950\" style=\"width: 696px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-14950 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/03-Cogswell-M.-Departing.2004-.jpg?resize=696%2C388&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"696\" height=\"388\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/03-Cogswell-M.-Departing.2004-.jpg?resize=1024%2C571&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/03-Cogswell-M.-Departing.2004-.jpg?resize=300%2C167&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/03-Cogswell-M.-Departing.2004-.jpg?resize=768%2C428&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/03-Cogswell-M.-Departing.2004-.jpg?resize=1536%2C856&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/03-Cogswell-M.-Departing.2004-.jpg?resize=696%2C388&amp;ssl=1 696w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/03-Cogswell-M.-Departing.2004-.jpg?resize=1068%2C595&amp;ssl=1 1068w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/03-Cogswell-M.-Departing.2004-.jpg?resize=1920%2C1070&amp;ssl=1 1920w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/03-Cogswell-M.-Departing.2004-.jpg?w=2048&amp;ssl=1 2048w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/03-Cogswell-M.-Departing.2004-.jpg?w=1392&amp;ssl=1 1392w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-14950\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Margaret Cogswell, Departing &#8211; Fearlessly Buoyant (2024) Collaged watercolor, sumi ink, acrylic ink &amp; color pencil on paper. 26\u201d x 47\u201d (unframed dimensions)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interview\/2024\/MargaretCogswell.mp3Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | TuneIn | RSS | Click here to join mailing listMargaret Cogswell is a mixed-media installation artist residing in West Shokan, New York. 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