Contemporary Petroglyphs

New York Public Radio wrote a piece detailing the petroglyphs over the years. Check it out here: Hidden City: Unearthing Kevin Sudeith’s Urban Petroglyphs

NPR covered the Big Fish Petroglyph in Smelt Brook, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia discussing how the petroglyphs come from real life people, things, stories. It’s a nice interpretation of some of the exciting revelations that have happened over the last few years.

After completing the Annmarie Sculpture Garden petroglyphs, a few write ups were completed. The carvings were commissioned by The Art Center in Maryland, all contributing artists were written into this exhibition post, including my work which details the process a bit. The Leader and The Baynet also wrote about the petroglyphs at Annmarie Sculpture Garden.

In 2013, Hyperallergic did a comprehensive report on some of the processes involved with creating petroglyphs, with a focus on the Smelt Brook Piece, and conducting a fun interview.

In 2015, The Times Herald covered a piece I did in Port Huron. It was difficult because I wanted to honor both what the commission was asking of me, and the Native American tribes they wanted me to create an ode to. Read all about it on Times Herald and check out the photos on our site.

In 2014, Fox News did some successful coverage on the Grand River petroglyphs.

Michigan Live covered my Grand Rapids pieces which were commissioned by ArtPrize in 2014. Along the river walk, I carved 22 species of fish found in the Grand Rapids section of the Grand River. The community responded well to the petroglyphs. Among the species is a Great Sturgeon, a dinosaur as far as I’m concerned.

 

The petroglyphs in Montana are special because they really focus on the story of ancestors in the area. I learned a lot about the family who lived on the site who had lived there for many years. Billings Gazette covered the pieces in 2019 and included some fantastic pictures. The carvings here being the early settlers, the pickup trucks, and father and son tractors. 

There are a couple others at this site as well, as shown in the article. Good read. A PDF version is available on the press page here at petroglyphist.

On Saturday May 24th, 2024 Rise (Rockaway Initiate for Sustainability and Equity) is hosting an annual Earth Day event where I will be hosting a printmaking workshop. Nearby is my Rockaway Petroglyph which we will be using to make impressions on handmade paper. We will be exploring different printmaking techniques, and possibly the mold making process as well. It goes from 12-4 PM and is open to all ages. Nobody is too young to start learning about the most ancient art form. This is a fun workshop because every participant will be able to go home with their own piece of the rock.

There is a timelapse video available on YouTube that follows the carving of the boulder.

And here is the flyer:
18th Annual Earth Day Rockaway May 4, 2024_042224

Throughout the past few weeks I’ve been working on getting this site up to date. This includes a number of press links, like this one about a petroglyph on a prairie in North Dakota. This petroglyph featured farming technologies from the surrounding area. The carving was meant to point to some of the larger cultural developments while being an ode to the ancestors of the land. The petroglyphs are sported on a perfect boulder that overlooks a field in Kenmare.