College of Liberal Arts 10 May, 2021
Story by Madeleine Boyson
In the spirit of the changing spring weather, the Gregory Allicar Museum of Art is highlighting transformation in its galleries by featuring a reinstallation of the African permanent gallery with new gifts, the 2021 MFA Thesis Exhibition and new public visitation hours beginning May 14.
In addition, MFA graduates will present their work and participate in a virtual panel discussion on May 13.
Nine donors recently presented 162 objects to GAMA that exemplify the geographical regions of the African continent and consist of beading, ceramics, metals, textiles and wood works. Many of these gifts will be displayed in the newly reinstalled African art permanent gallery, including a stunning 20th-century iron Fon Asen by an unidentified artist from the Republic of Benin and a 20th-century Nigerian ceramic censer dedicated to the
2021 Junior + Senior Thesis Film Festival
Show event image and caption × The Program in Visual Arts and the Department of Art and Archaeology present an installation showing of ten new animation, documentary and narrative films by junior and senior students in the programs. The installation is curated by visual arts faculty members Su Friedrich, Tim Szetela, BJ Perlmutt, and Charlotte Glynn. Watch the films from outdoors, 24/7 from May 10-24 on a monitor and speakers set up at the Forum level of the Lewis Arts complex, across from the Dinky station and WaWa. FREE and open to public.
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The white Carrara marble sculpture portraying the Madonna holding the Christ Child that was situated behind the main altar of the Observant Franciscan church of Ta’ Ġieżu in Rabat has been conserved and restored at the Prevarti Ltd laboratory.
The life-size Madonna and Child sculpture will be returned to the church this week, to be placed on the second altar on the north aisle where it was intended to be placed after the 1757 reconstruction of the Rabat church.
After being removed from the church on September 15, and as part of the research and prior to the cleaning tests and conservation, the sculpture has been subjected to intense photographic documentation, tests under UV and Gamma rays, as well as 3D scans.
ASHLAND Several area students have placed at the Burley-Coal Regional Art Competition.
The show, typically on the Morehead State University campus, features hundreds of works in all media by regional high school students. Because of COVID-19 restrictions, the exhibit is virtual.
Winners from Russell High School are:
⢠Ashlee Steele won first place in paintings for âSelf Portrait. She also won first place in printmaking for Untitled and second place in ceramics for Fish.
⢠Kole Hester won second place in drawing for âF4TH3R & 50N.â He also won honorable mention in drawing for âPsychokinetic.â
⢠Rosie France won second placed in mixed media for Insomnia.