Thursday, November 15, 2012

New Art Exhibitions Showcase University Professors

Melissa Haviland?s artwork, ?A Host of Options,? showcases her admiration for gendered items, such as teacups. (UW Photo)

Tsehai Johnson and Melissa Haviland?s ceramic and printmaking exhibitions can be seen Nov. 16-Dec. 14 at the University of Wyoming Visual Arts Gallery, located on the corner of 22nd Street and Willett Drive. The opening reception is scheduled Friday, Nov. 16, from 6-8 p.m.

The exhibitions and reception are free and open to the public.

Johnson is a Colorado-based artist who explores the boundaries between public and private life. Through porcelain objects, interactive installations and mixed-media wall pieces, she references dense ornamentation while also exploring the disorder of everyday life. An assistant professor in the Metropolitan State College of Denver Art Department, Johnson recently was awarded an Art in Architecture commission for Denver?s Rogers Federal Building.

Haviland?s artwork explores lineage, ritual and practice within objects that are gendered and classed, such as fine china, which have both feminine and upper-class connotations. An artist-printmaker living in Athens, Ohio, she received her master of fine arts degree from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln and bachelor of fine arts from Illinois State University. She currently teaches printmaking, drawing and papermaking at Ohio University.

The Visual Arts Gallery is open Monday through Friday from 9 a.m-5 p.m.

Source: http://laramielive.com/new-art-exhibitions-showcase-university-professors/

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