Opening reception for art exhibits by Hannah Isreal and Erin Tapley
When: 5:30-7 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 22
Where: Simmons Visual Arts Center, 200 Boulevard, Gainesville
Cost: Free
More info: 770-534-6263 or galleries@brenau.edu
As Brenau University’s school year starts, two new art exhibitions now adorn the walls of the Simmons Visual Arts Center at 200 Boulevard in Gainesville.
“Lacuna: The Space in Between,” by Hannah Isreal is in the Sellars Gallery, while “Quiddity,” by Erin Tapley is in the Presidents Gallery.
Isreal is an associate professor of art and gallery director at Columbus State University in Columbus. She received a Masters of Fine Arts in sculpture at University of Illinois in Urbana-Champaign, where she also received the Creative and Performance Art Fellowship.
Her exhibition, “Lacuna: The Space in Between,” draws beauty out of tangible and intangible materials as a poetic gesture that reflects the fragility of the world.
Isreal also has exhibited her work at the High Museum of Art in Atlanta, Zuckerman Museum of Art, The Vargas Museum of Art in the Philippines, Museum of Contemporary Art in Honolulu, I-Space in Chicago and the Krannert Art Museum.
Tapley is an associate professor of art education at Western Carolina University in Cullowhee, N.C. She earned a Masters of Fine Arts in printmaking from the University of Alabama and a Ph.D. in art education from the University of Iowa. She has completed more than 45 murals and 25 large-scale installations in galleries and museums nationwide.
“Quiddity” means “the essence of things,” and Tapley experiments with various processes in marbled design, constantly pushing its possibilities within physical limitations.
A joint, free opening reception for both shows will be from 5:30-7 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 22. Refreshments will be served as artists speak with guests about their work.
The exhibitions will be on display during the course of the fall 2016 Georgia Art Education Association conference, taking place on Brenau University’s campus. Approximately 200 art educators from across the state are expected to attend the four-day conference to take workshops and engage with other art educators. The choice to present two exhibitions by current working art educators in these galleries was made with this event in mind to maximize its impact on the wider community.
Both exhibits are on display now through Nov. 17.
For more information about the art shows, contact 770-534-6263 or galleries@brenau.edu.