Cheesy title, I know. Anyhow, hope y’all had a good break, I spent mine doing some spring cleaning even though spring is technically yet to have sprung. Our clocks have sprung though, so make sure you’ve got those set correctly.
What’s new on the Marywood Art Gallery scene? Plenty actually! From Art Dept Chair, Professor Stephan Garrison;
Beyond Infinite: between narration and abstraction
Opening Thursday March 5th in the Mahady Gallery: Franco Pisani’s
Beyond Infinite: between narration and abstraction
Franco is an architect, artist, and educator from Florence, Italy who is a longtime member of the Marywood community known to most as the backbone of the Marywood study abroad experience for the Architecture and Interior Architecture students at the ISI in Florence. Join us for Franco’s artist’s talk on Thursday from 1:00-2:00 and then for the exhibition reception that evening from 5:00-8:00
Flashes of Light: Cycles of Life viewed through the Maslow Collection
Opening Thursday March 5th in the Maslow Study Gallery in the Shields building:
Flashes of Light: Cycles of Life viewed through the Maslow Collection
An exhibition curated by two of our own Arts Administration students, Deborah Nunnally and Ana Fiedler that, “…aims to supply the viewer with a look at life from birth to death. The exhibition takes into consideration the renowned psychologist Abraham Maslow’s seminal “Hierarchy of Needs” theory, which traces stages of life as they relate to ‘Physiological Needs, Safety and Security, Love and Belonging, Self Esteem, and Self Actualization.’ By connecting Maslow’s Hierarchy and his impact on the study of human development to work from The Maslow Collection, various psychological interpretations of each artwork become possible.”
The Maslow gallery will be open on Thursday evening during the ‘Beyond Infinite’ reception and will have a gallery talk on April 14, 3-4pm with Dr. Heather Fiedler, Marywood University Psychology Department, along with exhibition curators Ana Fiedler and Deborah Nunnally.
Beauty in the Imperfections
The inaugural exhibition in the newly designed Suraci gallery within the Insalaco Center for Studio Arts, Abby Oxford’s ‘Beauty in the Imperfections’, opened this past weekend. Abby is an artist and Marywood Art Therapy faculty, who “…creates copper jewelry and found object keepsakes through the process of electroforming. Abby finds inspiration among the colors, textures, and shapes of the objects that she collects and documents.” This exhibition will have an artist’s talk set for March 23rd from 11:00-12:00 and will culminate with the Art Therapy symposium and workshop on April 10th.”
Go and stop by if you have the chance!
In other news; Nothing has yet has happened in regards to the AI horse video and its petition. However, if you would like to read more about the issue I recommend you read my last post, or check out the recent post by our Off-Campus Art New blogger on AI in the supreme court.
~ Bridget