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More than a Museum: Phillips Art Exhibits Promote Inquiry & Unity
Stroll through the Phillips Museum of Art this fall, and you might just stumble upon a writing workshop, music performance, academic class or yoga and meditation session.
鈥淲e really wanted this semester to be a place of reflection and relaxation in the galleries,鈥 said Lindsay Marino, museum director.
As she spoke, yogis rolled out mats in the Dana Gallery amid artist Anne Marchand鈥檚 large canvases covered in nebulous poured paint and unexpected materials such as tree bark, sand and silks.
鈥淚 think Marchand's paintings reflect the multidisciplinary instruction that we strive for at F&M and within the museum,鈥 Marino said.
Professors have already leveraged the Phillips across all academic disciplines. Recently, an epidemiology class led by Heather Hoffman, adjunct assistant professor of public health, visited the Gibson Gallery photography exhibit to discuss the intersection between art and public health.
鈥淲e discussed the benefits of close looking, empathy and bias while reflecting on public health issues depicted in certain photographs,鈥 Marino said.
The fall exhibitions at the Phillips Museum of Art opened Sept. 3 and are on display through Dec. 6. The museum鈥檚 hours are noon to 4 p.m. Tuesday through Sunday.
Ingrained: Celebrating Pennsylvania鈥檚 Cultural Heritage
Nissley Gallery
Rooted in deep traditional art of Pennsylvania, the regional collection of the Phillips Museum highlights the distinctive and colorful ways that immigrant populations celebrated their native countries鈥 stylistic heritage. Many of the early European immigrants to this area arrived with hope for land and religious freedom and brought their cultural traditions with them. Expressed through a variety of material and visual works, particular colors and forms have become ubiquitous within the College鈥檚 surrounding townships.
Tempestry: The Spectrum of Climate Change
Nissley Gallery
Combining data, material culture and advocacy, F&M faculty across various disciplines have created a variety of temperature tapestries. The tapestries are color-coded, knitted wall hangings depicting the changes in average yearly temperatures for a given geographical region. The data, templates and yarn are supplied by , an online shop created to promote climate activism in the form of fiber art.
Shape of Space: Abstractions by Anne Marchand
Dana Gallery
The Hubble telescope鈥檚 photographs of galaxies and nebulae have been a source of inspiration for artist Anna Marchand. To her, these images suggest a connection between deep space and the inner space of the human body. Large-scale paintings allow for experimenting freely with poured paint and tools like combs and scrapers. Through the incorporation of additional materials in her paintings such as tree barks, glass beads, sand and silks, Marchand connects the work to both nature and culture.
Personal Perspective: Landscapes and the Power of Place
Rothman Gallery
Featuring landscapes from the Phillips Museum鈥檚 permanent collection, Personal Perspective invites visitors to look at works and focus on their own interpretation. Each work is displayed alongside a series of prompts to encourage self-inquiry: What do you see in these paintings? Have you seen similar landscapes or buildings in this region? What do you think the title of this work means?
Ties that Bind: Exploring Relationships in Photography
Gibson Gallery
Inspired by tumultuous social and political worldwide events, curators reviewed hundreds of photographs identifying images that reflect the wide range of relationships that human beings may experience during their lifetime.
Always Evolving: Art, Art History, and Film Department Biennial
Over the past two years, the staff and faculty members of the Art, Art History, and Film departments have been busy exploring new ways of thinking about, creating and presenting their work while teaching rigorous academic courses. Always Evolving includes sculpture, ink drawings, paintings, prints, film, architectural designs and collage work by Linda Cunningham, Carol Hickey, Rick Kent, Magnolia Laurie, JunCheng Liu, Virginia Maksymowicz, Jeremy Moss and Jason Thompson.
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