About the Artists

Carrie Baker

Montpelier, Vermont-based photographer Carrie Baker has a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from Rhode Island School of Design (RISD). She served as artistic director for the Hacienda Historical Park in Oakland, California where she oversaw art and history programs for at-risk youth. Carrie also was a teaching assistant for RISD's photography and illustration courses for adults and high school students and an arts educator at RISD's art museum.Her work has been exhibited in alternative spaces in several group shows in the Bay Area.

William R. Bergman

William R. Bergman, a sculptor from Albany, New York, has a Master of Fine Arts degree in sculpture from Alfred University. He is a sculpture technician at the College of Saint Rose, Albany, New York. His work has been exhibited in group exhibition in such galleries as the Arts Center of the Capital Region, Troy, New York; Chesterwood, Stockbridge, Massachusetts; Tang Teaching Museum at Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs, New York.; Albany International Airport Gallery, Albany, New York; University of Hawaii Art Department, Honolulu, Hawaii; and the Williams College Museum of Art, Williamstown, Massachusetts.

Pedro De Movellan

Pedro S. De Movellan, a sculptor from East Chatham, New York, has a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in sculpture from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst. His work is in private and corporate collections in the United States, as well as Switzerland, Germany, and Saudi Arabia. De Movellan's work has been exhibited in solo and group shows at the Herter Gallery, University of Massachusetts at Amherst, and the Grinnell College Art Gallery, Bucksbaum Center for the Arts. He is represented by the Maxwell Davidson Gallery, New York.

Tim Prentice

Tim Prentice, a sculptor from Cornwall, Connecticut, has a Master's degree in architecture from Yale University and co-founded the award-winning firm of Prentice and Chan in 1965. Ten years later, he established a studio in Cornwall, Connecticut to design and fabricate kinetic sculpture. His corporate clients include American Express, Bank of America, Mobil, AT&T and Hewlett-Packard. In the last few years, he has completed installations in Japan, Korea, Northern Ireland, and Australia. His work has been exhibited in public venues such as the New York Public Library, New York; Chesterwood, Stockbridge, Massachusetts; Jacob's Pillow, Lee, Massachusetts; Bradley Airport, Hartford, Connecticut; and the Aldrich Museum, Ridgefield, Connecticut. He is represented by the Maxwell Davidson Gallery, New York.

Wind Farm

March 4 - September 6, 2004

For the second part of the Earth, Wind, and Desire project, a sea of metallic, wood and feathered kinetic sculptures juxtaposed with large photos of wind turbines transformed the Kidspace gallery into an indoor "wind farm". This group exhibition featured photographs by Carrie Baker, and kinetic sculptures by Tim Prentice, Pedro S. De Movellan, and William R. Bergman-all artists representing an interest in wind and movement in their work.

Did you know that...

... a single wind turbine blade shown in Carrie Baker's photographs is between 65 and 100 feet long, or is about 3/4 the length of the Kidspace gallery?

... the feathers used in Tim Prentice's sculpture are originally from domestic turkeys, but that these large creatures can not fly?

... the title of Pedro De Movellan's sculpture, "Levanter," means a strong easterly wind that often blows in the Mediterranean region?

... the herb thyme, which William R. Bergman uses in his sculpture "Last Breath," was considered a symbol of courage by the Ancient Greeks?

Earth, Wind, and Desire: Wind Farm was organized by Laura Thompson, Amanda Potter, and Barbara Robertson with Carrie Baker, Tim Prentice, William R. Bergman, and Pedro De Movellan. Special thanks to Henry Art and Steve Zottoli of Williams College; Maxwell Davidson of the Maxwell Davidson Gallery, New York City; Peter Devereaux and Edwina Prescott of BP Independent Reprographics, New York City; Nancy Nylen of the Center for Ecological Technologies, Pittsfield, Massachusetts; and the MASS MoCA staff.