Katha Cato

sHatTerEd: An ongoing triptych

Began November 2001
Found Objects, Wire, Nails, Crockery, Vintage Boxes
65 x 31 x 10 1/2 inches (dimensions of all three pieces installed)
$2,977

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Artist Statement

When I find a broken thing, a piece of a piece of a thing, I rub the edges, roll the object over and over in my hand. I think of how important that piece was to the whole item..that little piece of white coffee cup participated in morning greetings and midnight cuppas. Perhaps it was shattered in the washing or smashed against the wall in regret. Now, with a bit of wire, nails and a little effort, it extends its usefulness as a piece of something ….different

SHATTERED is a vertical triptych, comprised of 3 vintage wooden boxes containing shattered crockery, wired and nailed to resemble what they might have looked like when they shattered. I have been working on this since November 2001. 9/11 had shattered our world and I have been trying to wire everything into place ever since. 
 

About The Artist

Katha earned a BA from California Polytechnic University in Pomona, an MFA from the University of Oregon and is a graduate of the Columbia University Graduate School of Business Executive Education Program. In the 80’s, she moved to New York with her theatre company ‘For Play Improvised Theatre’ and pioneered the Improvisational Herald format (the long form) into the NY Improv Comedy scene. Katha won a MAC Award (Manhattan Association of Cabarets) for Best Comedy, two Backstage Magazine Bistro Awards for Best Director and Best Comedy and NY Post’s Bill Ervolino named her one of the year’s ‘Most Exciting’ Improvisers. For many years Katha served as the Director of After-School and Camp Services at the historic Henry Street Settlement serving first as the Arts-in-Education Coordinator and then Director of After-School and Camp Services where she was responsible for six after-school sites and three camps. During her tenure she was recognized by NY State Education for exemplary After-School Programming and she received the 2015 PASEsetter Award for her years of leadership in the field. Katha has vast experience in producing engaging events, exciting, innovative programming and has spent over thirty years developing youth and bringing people together via theatre arts, film and video.