Release date: May 21, 2003
Contact: Cheryl Anderson Brown, PR Coordinator for the School of the Arts, 770-499-3417 or cbrown@kennesaw.edu
Kennesaw State Presents Women's Art Exhibition
Thirty-five artists will be represented in "Emergence," the 3rd Annual Women's Caucus for Art of Georgia Members' Show. "Emergence seems to be a great metaphor for doing art work: plunging, sinking, being overwhelmed and then coming up for air," states Hunter Levinsohn, an exhibiting North Carolina artist.
The School of the Arts at Kennesaw State University presents this year's exhibit which opens Thursday, June 12, with a public reception 7-9 p.m. in the Fine Arts Gallery. Many of the artists will be present to discuss their work.
Exhibiting painter, Janice L. Metzel says, "My works . . . explore the concepts of passage and transition, to which the title Emergence is very well suited." Another artist, Barb Rehg states, "I have had the opportunity to devote full time to my art and I feel as though emergence is what I have been allowed and emergence is where I am going."
"Emergence" includes paintings, photography, printmaking, drawing, collage and sculpture representing the diverse membership of WCAGA. "My painting is from an Atlanta Botanical Garden trip. This person is emerging from the Ecuadorian rain forest with a yellow orchid, hence the connection with the title of the show," notes artist Marjorie Jordan.
The following artists from four states will be represented: Heather Barbour, Tania Becker, Jan Chenoweth, Jeannine Cook, Shirley Cox, Sandy Culp, Peggy Hicks Dupuy, Deborah Glenn, Nikki Grote, Kristin Gudjonsdottir, Catherine High, Jane Jaskevich, Marjorie Jordan, Jennifer Julian, Diane Kempler, Silja Lahtinen, Kate Lehman Landishaw, Susan Leeb, Hunter Levinsohn, Chris Lewis, Janice L. Metzel, Laura Monk, Ginger Munnerlyn, Catherine Siri Nugent, Peery Radermacher, Barb Rehg, Ann Rhodes, Flora Rosefsky, Ann Rowles, Gerry Sattele, Mariah Spann, Mary Tuggle, Virginia Tyler, Mona Waterhouse and Jill Wiscombe.
The Women's Caucus for Art, founded in 1972, is a national organization with multicultural membership of artists, art historians, students, educators, gallery and museum professionals and others involved in the visual arts. The Georgia chapter was established in 2000. Other activities of the local chapter include art discussions, critiques, lectures and visits to museums and galleries in Atlanta and Athens. Membership is open to all interested individuals and institutions. For more information about WCAGA, contact Ann Rowles at 404-347-8661 or awrowles@mindspring.com.
For more information visit http://www.kennesaw.edu/arts or call 770-499-3223.
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Kennesaw State University is a comprehensive, residential institution with a growing student population of 15,600 from 123 countries. The fourth largest state university out of 34 institutions in the University System of Georgia, KSU offers 55 undergraduate and graduate degree programs.
