Tara Youngborg

Gallery Talk: Abernathy Bland and Anna Prezioso

duPont Gallery
Friday, February 23rd
12 PM
UMW Studio Art Alumni and Origin artists Anna Prezioso and Abernathy Bland will give a gallery talk on their work and lives as practicing artists. This event is free and open to the public.

About Anna: Anna Presioso is best known for her multimedia discipline, creating works that evoke a sensual and encompassing atmosphere that dictates an experience. Currently living and working in the District of Columbia, her practice continues to capture remnants of memory with fervor. Her large scale installations and mixed media work displays an overwhelming repetition of harvested mediums. This expression of vocabulary rapidly develops into the form of collage and embroidery to sounds and fragmented imagery. These all become stitched together to give the viewer a cohesive narrative from a collection of a decomposed life. Prezioso’s artwork has been exhibited in group and individual shows, such as Vilnius Academy of Arts; Forum Art Space; and Katzen Museum; as well as GlogaurAIR studios in Berlin, where she also attended as a resident. She’s been selected for several publications, including a feature for the “Artist of the Week” by ArtSee DC .

About Abernathy: Abernathy Bland is an artist, educator, designer, and writer. She is a teacher and the Art Director for SPARC Theater’s Live Art, a collaborative theater arts program for students with and without disabilities. She works as an artist mentor with Milk River Arts, a studio providing career-focused support for adult artists with disabilities.

Some of her design projects include Old Kent Road Theater and Piper McKenzie Productions in NY and Richmond Ballet in VA. She presented work in Puppet BloK! at Dixon Place with OKRT’s Make it Work! Keep Going. Her work can also be seen in the dining room design of Richmond restaurant Foo Dog. Her piece, go for it. all, is part of the Richmond mural scene. She is also an American Sign Language Interpreter.

Mid Atlantic New Painting Juror’s Talk: Kimberli Gant

Ridderhof Martin Gallery
Friday, January 26
12 PM
About Kimberli Gant: Kimberli Gant is the McKinnon Curator of Modern and Contemporary Art at the Chrysler Museum of Art. Gant served as the Mellon Doctoral Fellow in the Department of Arts of Global Africa at the Newark Museum in New Jersey, as well as the Curator of Exhibitions and Public Programs at the Museum of Contemporary African Diasporan Arts in Brooklyn, New York.

Gant will be speaking about her background and some of the projects she’s been working on, including the reinstallation of work in the Chrysler Museum’s McKinnon Galleries from the permanent collection, as well as how she thinks about work when acting as juror.

Mid Atlantic New Painting 2018 will be on view in the Ridderhof Martin Gallery from January 25- March 18th, 2018. An opening reception will be held Thursday, January 25th from 5-7 pm.

Origin, Celebrating UMW Studio Art Alumni Abernathy Bland and Anna Prezioso

duPont Gallery

Opening Reception: Thursday, January 25th 2018, 5-7pm

Exhibition on view: January 25- March 1st

Abernathy Bland, The far side of the sea, even there., 2017. Oil on Canvas, 24 x 24”

Anna Prezioso, Past Your Limit, 2016. Mixed Media, 10×10”

About Abernathy Bland:

Abernathy Bland is an artist, educator, designer, and writer. She is a teacher and the Art Director for SPARC Theater’s Live Art, a collaborative theater arts program for students with and without disabilities. She works as an artist mentor with Milk River Arts, a studio providing career-focused support for adult artists with disabilities.

Some of her design projects include Old Kent Road Theater and Piper McKenzie Productions in NY and Richmond Ballet in VA.  She presented work in Puppet BloK! at Dixon Place with OKRT’s Make it Work! Keep Going. Her work can also be seen in the dining room design of Richmond restaurant Foo Dog. Her piece, go for it. all, is part of the Richmond mural scene. She is also an American Sign Language Interpreter.

Painting, illustration, and sculpture are all important avenues for her message. See more from her creature studio and follow her blog about her creative journey and the importance of community, authenticity, and kindness at Riding Bareback Beside a Train, abernathyart.blogspot.com.

 

About Anna Prezioso:

Anna Presioso is best known for her multimedia discipline, creating works that evoke a sensual
and encompassing atmosphere that dictates an experience. Currently living and working in the
District of Columbia, her practice continues to capture remnants of memory with fervor. Her
large scale installations and mixed media work displays an overwhelming repetition of harvested
mediums. This expression of vocabulary rapidly develops into the form of collage and
embroidery to sounds and fragmented imagery. These all become stitched together to give the
viewer a cohesive narrative from a collection of a decomposed life. Prezioso’s artwork has been
exhibited in group and individual shows, such as Vilnius Academy of Arts; Forum Art Space;
and Katzen Museum; as well as GlogaurAIR studios in Berlin, where she also attended as a
residencident. She’s been selected for several publications, including a feature for the “Artist of
the Week” by ArtSee DC .

Mid Atlantic New Painting 2018

Ridderhof Martin Gallery

Opening Reception: Thursday, January 25th 2018, 5-7pm

Juror’s Talk: Friday, January 26th 2018, 12 pm

Exhibition on view: January 25- March 18th, 2018

The UMW Galleries are proud to host the eleventh Mid-Atlantic New Painting biennial exhibition! The competition is open to artists 18 years of age and older, living in Delaware, the District of Columbia, Maryland, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Virginia, and West Virginia. Entries must have been completed within two years of the application deadline. Paintings in any painting medium are eligible.

The MANP 2018 juror is Kimberli Gant, McKinnon Curator of Modern and Contemporary Art at the Chrysler Museum, Norfolk, VA

Participating Artists:
David Barr
Katie Barrie
Michael Benevenia
Nick Candela
Sabine Carlson
Pamela Crockett
Constance Culpepper
Daniel Dias
Colleen Garibaldi
Steve Griffin
Nicole Gunning
Miles Hall
Elizabeth Heller
Sue Johnson
Allan Jones
Chee Kung
J. Li
Cameron Limbrick
Diane Lorio
Edmond Praybe
William Ruller
Jane Sangerman
Bill Santelli
Linda Schmidt
Roberta Tucci
Naijun Zhang

Annual Student Art Exhibition

duPont Gallery

Opening Reception and Awards: Thursday, March 22nd 2018, 5-7 pm

Exhibition on view: March 22nd – April 5th

Juror: Carolyn Henne, Associate Dean, Florida State University’s College of Visual Arts

The Annual Student Art Exhibition features a guest curated exhibition of UMW studio art students’ work. Each year student artwork is purchased from the exhibition to become part of the UMW Galleries permanent art collection through the Melchers Gray Purchase Award. The recipient of this award will be announced at the Awards Ceremony on March 22nd.

Senior Art Show at the UMW University Center

UMW Department of Art & Art History presents Studio Art Senior Exhibition 2018

University of Mary Washington University Center First Floor

Opening Reception: April 6th, 2018, 5-7 pm

Exhibition on view: April 6th – 8th

Featuring work by UMW Senior Studio Art students:

Spencer Anderson
Emily Bombere
Sophie Brinkley
Laura Bufano
Jacqueline Crouch
Abigail Deaconson
Claire DeHart
Antonio Elliot
Joseph Enright
Megan Falzarano
Rachel Hicks
Campbell Hartley
Martha Keegan
Sarah Law
Samantha Livesey
Chad Mundie
Sebastian Snider
Emily Stant
Nicole Starkey
Ann Sullivan
Kelly Swain
Rhett Teaster
Noelle Thomas
Jacqueline Williams