Through April 7, Sen. Verna L. Jones and Maryland Institute College of Art will present the sixth annual art exhibit featuring diverse works by students in MICA?s Black Student Union.
Jones birthed the Annual BSU Exhibition six years ago when she asked MICA president Fred Lazarus for African American student artwork to showcase in her office in Annapolis. This year?s exhibit displays photographs, paintings, prints, drawings, and mixed-media artworks.
The nine BSU students in the exhibition are freshmen, general fine arts majors Justin Beasley, Mika Eubanks, and Dellonese Isaac, freshman Lauren Davis, freshman, graphic design major Stephen Edmond, senior, general fine arts major Crystal Marshall, senior, painting majors Wayde McIntosh and Jacolby Satterwhite, and Andy Robert, senior painting and art education major.
Figure paintings color emotions
McDaniel College?s Art and Art History Departments will present “About a Hundred Things I Forgot: Figure Paintings by Robert Jones” at the Esther Prangley Rice Gallery from Feb. 26 through March 21. The artists? reception will be held 7 to 9 p.m. Feb. 26.Jones heightens color in his paintings to evoke emotional tensions. “Utilizing bright color coagulates the image into something other than reality, something more responsive, and I feel that the painting is a tableau,” Jones shared in a release. “Everyday scenes are invested with meaning beyond the ordinary.”
Jones, a Pennsylvania native, earned his M.F.A. at the Maryland Institute College of Art, Hoffberger School of Painting in 2005. He has exhibited his work in galleries across the country. Both the reception and the exhibit are free and open to the public. For information and gallery hours, call 410-857-2595.
Giant peacock is tip of the iceberg
Only at the Towson ARTS Collective can you view a 7-foot mixed media “Peacock God” by Michael Robinson in the same room as a miniature diarama of the Good Samaritan by Tamara Stickler. Both works, and a spectrum of styles in between, are on display in the Towson ART Collective?s “Faces and Figures” juried exhibit, which challenges our ideas about beauty and stereotypes of families, the elderly, women, and men. Over 25 artists contribute works to “Faces and Figures,” juried by Rex Stevens, artist and Chair of General Fine Arts at Maryland Institute College of Art.
“Faces and Figures” opened Feb. 21 and will be on displaythrough April 12.
Gallery hours are 4 to 6 p.m. Thursdays, 5 to 8 p.m. Fridays, and 1 to 5 p.m. on Saturdays, or by appointment.
Arts Festival celebrates Black History Month
In recognition of Black History Month, the University of Baltimore will host an African American Arts Festival Feb. 25-27. The festival will feature a conversation with U.S. Rep. Elijah Cummings of Maryland?s 7th District on the importance of the student vote, as well as a number of activities highlighting the many artistic contributions of black poets, filmmakers, writers and visual artists.
