Souvenirs

By Morgan Gesell Milders

Davis Gallery

Friday, December 2 – Thursday, December 22

West Virginia University student, Morgan Gesell Milders’ exhibition entitled Souvenirs will showcase works of wall art and sculpture in wood and wax.

Opening Public Reception Friday, December 9 from 7 – 9 pm

Through Their Eyes:

A Glimpse into a Woman’s Reality

Davis Gallery

October 18 – 29, 2011

Public Reception: Tuesday, October 18, 7-9pm

In observance of Domestic Violence Awareness Month and in honor of those who have suffered and died from domestic violence, The Rape and Domestic Violence Information Center presents Through Their Eyes: A Glimpse into a Woman’s Reality.

This exhibit showcases the Clothesline Project and Silent Witness Display representing domestic violence, sexual assault, and incest in West Virginia.

The exhibit is a collaborative effort of the Junior League of Fairmont with funding from a West Virginia University Public Service Grant.

Mon River Summit Art Contest

Sponsored by:

Upper Monongalia River Association

Monongalia Arts Center

The fourth annual Images of the Mon exhibit will be held in the Davis Gallery of Monongalia Arts Center (MAC) June 3 – 28, 2011 and is sponsored by the Upper Monongalia River Association and Monongalia Arts Center.

The purpose of the Images of the Mon exhibit is to draw attention to the Monongahela River.  Images may deal with any of its aspects, including its scenic properties, environment, navigation, or riverside communities.

Entries will be judged on their presentation of this theme as well as on artistic merit.  A cash award and ribbon will be presented for First, Second, Third Place.  A ribbon will also be presented for People’s Choice.

• Eligibility – All Entries must be original, completed within the past two years, created by an artist 18 years or older.  All paintings, drawings and photographs must be suitably framed, labeled and wired for hanging.  Sculptures, ceramics, jewelry, and textiles must be prepared for display.  Video installations will not be accepted.  All submitted work will be shown; no rejections unless work is improperly prepared for exhibiting (wire hanger preferred).  Two entries per person permitted.  Work must be labeled on back with artist’s name, telephone number, email, title, medium, and price (or NFS if not for sale).  Participation gives UMRA and MAC permission to photograph submitted artwork for promotional purposes.

• Submission of Entries – Monongalia Arts Center, 107 High Street, Morgantown, Monday, May 31, 2011, 11:00 am – 7:00 pm

• Return of Entries – Pick up from MAC Monday, June 27, 11:00 am – 7:00 pm

• Commission – A 25% commission will be taken by MAC on all artwork sold.

• Liability – All work will be given reasonable care; however, insurance will not be provided by MAC or any of the other sponsoring organizations.

Questions? — Contact MAC at 304-292-3325 or info@monartscenter.com

During May 2011, the artwork of Carrie Grubb will be on display in the Davis Gallery of Monongalia Arts Center (MAC).

The exhibit’s public reception will be held Friday, May 6th from 7:00–9:00pm.

Carrie Grubb received her BFA in Art History from West Virginia University in 2008, and she is currently at work on a second BFA in painting at the university. Grubb was recently accepted into the M.F.A. program at the University of Cincinnati, where she will begin classes this fall. Although she is a young artist, she has had the opportunity to show her work at various group shows throughout West Virginia, including Inspired: West Virginia Landscapes at the West Virginia Culture and History Museum in Charleston.

Grubb works from images — many of which were photographed at specific on-site locations throughout the southern coalfield counties of West Virginia — to create large, representational paintings. In addition to traditional painting materials, she also uses environmental materials important to the effects of mountaintop removal, such as coal from mining sites and slurry dug out of on-site creek beds. She works representationally so viewers are able to experience the same situations southern residents go through every day without actually being there. She hopes to raise awareness about what is happening in the southern coalfields of West Virginia (not what the coal companies want you to believe, but the truth).

There is environmental genocide in our mountains. It is happening on a scale that is unfathomable, that is difficult to overstate and scary to try to portray… Is it not genocide when millions of acres of 280 million-year-old mountains in the most bio-diverse ecosystem in North America — a forest that seeded our continent after that last ice age and contains genetic material that is beyond any value humans can ascribe it — is completely destroyed, and all the animals therein? If that isn’t environmental genocide, then what is it? -Ashley Judd

Fragile Places is based on paper houses and ceramic sculptures, which create different environments… The theme of the works is the woman as a place. The white and black paper houses are on the sculpture. The colors speak about night or day.
 The delicate and weak houses made of paper are on the hard and heavy ceramic woman that becomes a mountain. When the viewer sees the works, one forgets that he or she is watching a human body, and then appreciates the many curves and forms of the body. The breast becomes a mountain — arms becomes the street of the valley. The analog camera helps to represent a world in which all is steady by the simple force of the paper. The light slips through the paper houses and crosses the white walls. Rivers and roads come and go between the white and black of the paper. She uses paper to represent dreams: Dreams are made of paper — they are not strong, but fragile. The light builds the dreams.

UPDATE: This gallery was held in our Davis Gallery during March 2011. Some of the sculptures remain in our lobby for your enjoyment and can be purchased by speaking to the lobby manager.