* Artist * Composer * Drummer * Synthesist * Teacher *
Gregory Scheckler creates sound and image works through Timespan Studios, a multidisciplinary practice based in Williamstown, Massachusetts. Working at the intersection of music composition, field recording, photography, art, and experimental film, his work explores the resonant relationships among nature, imagination, sound and image. Projects include the Timepieces drawings in silverpoint and meteorite, the Kymatology albums investigating wave phenomena along Lake Michigan, the film Sky Stories documenting cloud formations and atmospheric events as climate change, and many albums of ambient and experimental music. Gregory Scheckler embraces nature studies and slow observation as foundational to his artistic inquiry.
Gregory Scheckler’s artworks have been in over a hundred exhibits, including with the One West Art Center, the Bennington Museum, the Berkshire Museum, the Center for the Visual Arts Gallery at Illinois State University, and the National Science Foundation. He earned degrees from the University of Notre Dame, Washington University in St. Louis, and Utah State University. In addition, he graduated from writing workshops through the Ad Astra SF Institute, as well as the Clarion West Writer’s Workshop.
Today, he teaches at the at the Masschusetts College of Liberal Arts, which is part of the Massachusetts State University system. He provides creativity and critical thinking through visual art, often taking students on nature excursions. He envisions the arts as survival strategies, playgrounds, vivid storytelling, rich ways of thinking, and core functions of our humanity.
When he’s not working, he hikes the Berkshires and hangs out with his wife the artist Laura M. Christensen. He enjoys playing drums and synthesizers, and tending their solar-powered home. He is currently working on a series of new multidisciplinary artworks that combine art, music, and inspirations from the many sciences.
Supporting the Environment
As a contributing artist with Earth/Percent ( https://www.earthpercent.org/ ) Scheckler donates a portion of his net income from art and music projects to environmental and science-oriented needs, to help offset the environmental costs of making music and art. Co-founded by Adam Callan, Hiroki Shirasuka, and Brian Eno, and advised by world-leading experts in science, academia and policy, Earth/Percent funds grants for effective organizations addressing climate and biodiversity emergencies. The goal of Earth/Percent is to create a healthy, equitable and livable planet for generations to come.
On ASD and being an artist
Inseparable from his life in the arts, Gregory Scheckler is autistic, diagnosed as ASD (Level 1). As part of autism awareness, please recognize that about 1-3% of adults in the U.S. are autistic. Autistic individuals often lead creative, successful, and congenial lives that benefit our communities. We aren’t all wired in the same patterns, but we are all people of many different and valid neurotypes. As such, Prof. Scheckler encourages learning about autism, to help promote authenticity, while reducing stigma and increasing understanding. To learn more about autism, please visit the listings of national/international autism organizations at Duke University: https://autismcenter.duke.edu/resources/national-organizations
If you suspect you are autistic, Prof. Scheckler recommends getting a thorough autism assessment from a trained and licensed medical professional, to help clarify what (if any) type of autism is present, to identify any special needs or secondary issues (adhd, depression, etc.), and to rule out other issues that can result in similar behaviors. Professional, contemporary assessment helps create clarity and understanding. As each person with autism is unique, finding the right balance of support and care, understanding, and recognition can help reduce some of autism’s challenges while amplifying each individual’s strengths. Today’s testing and assessment methods are far more robust and better than even just twenty years ago – they’re well worth the time, the wait, and the effort.
Contact
For art-related inquiries Gregory Scheckler may be contacted at studioDOTgregoryATgmail.com
Prof. Scheckler is not currently accepting commissions or speaking engagements.
Exhibit History
Where have Gregory Scheckler’s artworks been exhibited? Click here for a listing of selected exhibits.
Publication History
Where has Gregory Scheckler’s writing and art been published? Click here for a listing of selected publications.
Reviews
Friendly words about artworks by Gregory Scheckler
“Gregory can paint, but more than that he couples traditional (and beautifully realized) techniques – glazes, sfumato, deft brushwork – with fresh ideas about representation, narrative, and symbol.”
— Joe Thompson, director emeritus, MASSMOCA
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