Critical Line Explained

Critical Line was a contemporary art exhibition center that opened 5 May 2006 in the St. Helens section of Tacoma, Washington.^{[1] [2]} The 1,800-foot redesigned gallery space specialized in installation art, video, performance, sound art, photography, and time-based work, and was devised to "allow for creative exploration, experimentation, and exhibition in a space where artists are encouraged to take creative risks."^{[3] [4] [5]} The gallery operated in partnership with its satellite project the Tollbooth Gallery, under the direction of Jared Pappas-Kelley alongside Michael Lent, and was one of four major projects of the nonprofit art organization ArtRod.^{[6] [7]} These also included the contemporary art journal Toby Room, and the film and video series Don't Bite the Pavement.^[8]

In 2010 an online journal based on the Critical Line exhibition space was launched.^{[9] [10]}

Past exhibitions

• Found Space
• Keeping Score
• Nativity Artists
• New Works: Nicholas Nyland and Ellen Ito
• The End
• Critical Line Invitational

External links

• www.ArtRod.org - The official website of the organisation.
• criticalline.co.uk - The gallery's online curatorial content

Notes and References

1. Web site: ArtRod . 2013-09-11 . https://web.archive.org/web/20130822201638/http://artrod.org/events_calendar.html . 2013-08-22 . dead .
2. Web site: The marvelous Dawn Cerny | Slog | the Stranger's Blog | the Stranger | Seattle's Only Newspaper.
3. Web site: That aroma from Tacoma? It's the smell of artistic success. 12 May 2006.
4. Web site: ArtRod . 2013-09-11 . https://web.archive.org/web/20130822203042/http://artrod.org/criticalline.html . 2013-08-22 . dead .
5. Web site: Curatorial Projects. dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20131226060938/http://pappas-kelley.com/art/Curatorial_Projects.html . 2013-12-26 .
6. Web site: Curatorial Projects. dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20131226060938/http://pappas-kelley.com/art/Curatorial_Projects.html . 2013-12-26 .
7. Web site: ArtRod . 2013-09-11 . https://web.archive.org/web/20130822204617/http://artrod.org/directors.html . 2013-08-22 . dead .
8. http://www.artrod.org
9. Web site: Archived copy . 2013-09-11 . https://web.archive.org/web/20121113200425/http://www.criticalline.co.uk/archive . 2012-11-13 . dead .
10. http://www.artrod.org