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“Art washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life.” – Pablo Picasso FOREWORD artistsat work 2010-2011 Exhibition Celebrates Employee Creativity, Partnership and Promising Future for UAW-Chrysler Our new gallery of employee art continues a union-management tradition that began in 1999 and continues to reveal the diverse talents that exist among our workforce, from the shop floor to executive offices. This exhibition is a tribute to the creative energy among employees that will help to fulfill the promise of a bright future for the UAW and Chrysler Group LLC. It also is a celebration of our UAW-Chrysler partnership and working together to achieve a shared vision of success. The 2010-2011 Artists at Work Exhibition is the eighth juried art show sponsored by the UAW-Chrysler National Training Center. It is the only employee art program of its kind in the country jointly sponsored by a major corporation and a labor union. Judges from the professional art community selected 85 pieces in various visual media created by 39 UAWrepresented and non-bargaining unit employees who represent a cross section of the Chrysler Group workforce. Twenty-three of the artists are UAW members from 12 locals, while 16 are management or other non-represented employees. They work at 15 Chrysler Group locations in the United States. Judges chose first-, second- and third-place award winners and eight honorable mention recipients for 2010-2011. Their artwork will be exhibited at the UAW-Chrysler Technology Training Center in Warren, Mich., for the next year. CREDITS: Photography of Art: R.H. Hensleigh Other Photography: Ron Perry, UAW Local 140 Joseph R. Losier, UAW Local 869 Greg Bridges, UAW Local 1268 For the first time, Artists at Work extends into the community by recognizing the artistic talent of inner-city kids through a partnership between the UAW-Chrysler NTC and the Woodbridge Community Youth Center in Detroit. The exhibition includes photographs by children from the center’s after-school program. Marilyn Finkel, an art consultant and art history professor at Oakland Community College in Farmington Hills, Mich., serves as advisor for Artists at Work. The judges for 2010-2011 were Gilda Snowden, a professional artist; Paul Holoweski, an art consultant, and Joseph Sim, an artist and art installer who teaches at Oakland Community College. Since its inception, Artists at Work has showcased 1,017 pieces of art by 486 Chrysler Group employees. October 14, 2010
1st-place winner Dennis Sabatowich Darfur Welded Sculpture 48” x 12” x 12” UNIQUE Metal Sculpture RAISES AWARENESS OF Humanitarian Crisis IN AFRICA Whether he’s working in the metal shop at Warren Truck Assembly or in an artist’s studio, Dennis Sabatowich elevates welding to its highest level. He uses his skills, first learned on the production line 35 years ago, to transform metal into thoughtprovoking art forms. Tapping his fertile imagination, the UAW Local 140 member has impressed judges with his welded sculptures in a variety of Detroit area art shows. Darfur, his winning entry in the 2010-2011 Artists at Work competition, is no exception. Mr. Sabatowich’s empathetic piece symbolizes an innocent victim of the ongoing civil war that began in 2003 in the Darfur region of western Sudan. Several hundred thousand civilians have died as a result of combat or starvation and disease. Millions of others have been forced to flee their homes; many are living in refugee camps. “I was trying to picture what an individual would look like after weeks of wandering in a desert, looking for help,” says Mr. Sabatowich, who has been a weld inspector for the last 10 of his 37 years at Warren Truck Assembly. “Your village was burned to the ground, village people are killed and the lucky ones flee into the desert with just the clothes on their backs.” Darfur is an example of what Mr. Sabatowich calls “found art.” He typically uses discarded auto parts or scrap metal to create his one-of-a-kind pieces. In this case, his raw materials included a drain culvert, muffler part, valve seal, drill bit and fence post cap. He worked on Darfur in the metal shop at the College for Creative Studies in Detroit, where he has taken several welding classes through the Continuing Education Program. A four-time exhibitor in Artists at Work, Mr. Sabatowich captured second place in the 2005-2006 show. Mr. Sabatowich has two other welded sculptures in the exhibition on page 13. 1
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“Art washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life.”<br />
– Pablo Picasso<br />
FOREWORD<br />
artistsat work<br />
2010-2011 Exhibition Celebrates Employee Creativity,<br />
Partnership and Promising Future for <strong>UAW</strong>-<strong>Chrysler</strong><br />
Our new gallery of employee art continues a union-management tradition that began in 1999 and continues to<br />
reveal the diverse talents that exist among our workforce, from the shop floor to executive offices. This exhibition is<br />
a tribute to the creative energy among employees that will help to fulfill the promise of a bright future for the <strong>UAW</strong><br />
and <strong>Chrysler</strong> Group LLC. It also is a celebration of our <strong>UAW</strong>-<strong>Chrysler</strong> partnership and working together to achieve a<br />
shared vision of success.<br />
The 2010-2011 Artists at Work Exhibition is the eighth juried art show sponsored by the <strong>UAW</strong>-<strong>Chrysler</strong> National<br />
Training Center. It is the only employee art program of its kind in the country jointly sponsored by a major corporation<br />
and a labor union.<br />
Judges from the professional art <strong>com</strong>munity selected 85 pieces in various visual media created by 39 <strong>UAW</strong>represented<br />
and non-bargaining unit employees who represent a cross section of the <strong>Chrysler</strong> Group workforce.<br />
Twenty-three of the artists are <strong>UAW</strong> members from 12 locals, while 16 are management or other non-represented<br />
employees. They work at 15 <strong>Chrysler</strong> Group locations in the United States.<br />
Judges chose first-, second- and third-place award winners and eight honorable mention recipients for 2010-2011.<br />
Their artwork will be exhibited at the <strong>UAW</strong>-<strong>Chrysler</strong> Technology Training Center in Warren, Mich., for the next year.<br />
CREDITS:<br />
Photography of Art:<br />
R.H. Hensleigh<br />
Other Photography:<br />
Ron Perry, <strong>UAW</strong> Local 140<br />
Joseph R. Losier, <strong>UAW</strong> Local 869<br />
Greg Bridges, <strong>UAW</strong> Local 1268<br />
For the first time, Artists at Work extends into the <strong>com</strong>munity by recognizing the artistic talent of inner-city kids<br />
through a partnership between the <strong>UAW</strong>-<strong>Chrysler</strong> NTC and the Woodbridge Community Youth Center in Detroit.<br />
The exhibition includes photographs by children from the center’s after-school program.<br />
Marilyn Finkel, an art consultant and art history professor at Oakland Community College in Farmington Hills, Mich.,<br />
serves as advisor for Artists at Work. The judges for 2010-2011 were Gilda Snowden, a professional artist; Paul<br />
Holoweski, an art consultant, and Joseph Sim, an artist and art installer who teaches at Oakland Community College.<br />
Since its inception, Artists at Work has showcased 1,017 pieces of art by 486 <strong>Chrysler</strong> Group employees.<br />
October 14, 2010
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