Ruin is a Secret Oasis

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Ruin is a Secret Oasis

MARCH 13–JULY 7, 2018
Reception: Thursday, April 19, 2018, 6–8:00 p.m.
Maysey Craddock’s work in Ruin is a Secret Oasis references ruined structures found throughout the south: rich, charged, vibrating places—reflecting a narrative of reclamation and change.

Mississippi Collegiate Art Competition

Mississippi Collegiate Art Competition

FEBRUARY 6–MARCH 10, 2018
Opening Reception: Saturday, February 10, 2018, 2–4:00 p.m.
(Awards Ceremony at 3:00 p.m.)

The Mississippi Collegiate Art Competition is a student art exhibition for all four-year college and university students within the state. This exhibit of student work—created in all mediums and completed within the last 12 months—is juried by Dan Brawner, Chair, Graphic Design, Watkins College of Art, Design, & Film (Nashville, TN).

Fault Lines  |  Mary Zicafoose

Fault Lines
Mary Zicafoose

OCTOBER 3, 2017–FEBRUARY 10, 2018
Opening Reception: Tuesday, October 3, 2017, 6–8:00 p.m.
Inspired by climate change, land shifts, and archetypal symbols, the tapestries in this collection are rendered in the obscure technique of weft ikat. The color saturated exhibition also includes collographic works on paper.

Unwritten Memoir

Athenia painting

Unwritten Memoir

AUGUST 22 – DECEMBER 9, 2017
Reception: Thursday, September 14, 2017, 6–8:00 p.m.
part of the Annual Membership Party
Unwritten Memoir reflects the visual memory of Turkey, Japan and the American South over a fifteen-year period for Randy Hayes.

Love = Love

Love = Love

MAY 23–SEPTEMBER 16, 2017
Opening Reception: Tuesday, May 23, 2017, 6–8:00 p.m.
Using only puzzle pieces of flowers and skies, Kent Rogowski creates new surreal landscapes and compositions.

Lasting Impressions: Restoring Kate Freeman Clark

Lasting Impressions: Restoring Kate Freeman Clark

MARCH 28–JULY 22, 2017
Reception: Tuesday, March 28, 2017, 6–8:00 p.m.
This exhibition pays tribute to a prodigious and prolific female artist from Holly Springs, Mississippi. It seeks to reintroduce Kate Freeman Clark’s work to the history of American painting by drawing attention to the ongoing restoration of her career and her canvases.

Apocrypha

Apocrypha

AUGUST 9–DECEMBER 10, 2016
Opening Reception: Tuesday, August 23, 2016, 6–8:00 p.m.
Apocrypha loosely translates as “hidden writings”. The original significance of the objects in Jason “Twiggy” Lott’s assemblages has been hidden or lost to time. They were lost but now are found and must be granted new life and new significance.