According to a recent article in the Daily Bulldog, the UMF Emery Community Arts Center announces new exhibit, “The Thinking Hand,” June 21-Sept. 20. The exhibit is free and open to the public.
“The Thinking Hand” presents a broad survey of artworks by local and nationally recognized artists engaging the legacies of craft and the poetics of technique and process as methods of material exploration and storytelling.
Jo-Ann Morgan, “Sueños de La Madre,” stitched fabric, 60” x 42” (submitted image)
Celebrating the “by hand” ethos of artmaking, this show includes fiber arts, woodblock prints, artist books, ceramics, fresco, sculpture, drawing, painting, stained glass, and more. The selection of works features various representations of body and embodiment, familiar objects presented in new contexts, and works that harness the metaphorical power of unconventional materials. Many of the artworks explore the rituals of labor-intensive processes as meditations on nature, time, domestic culture and personal narrative, while others engage new approaches to traditional techniques as a language for environmental and social justice activism.
The Emery Arts Center gallery is located on Academy St. (between Main St. and High St.) in downtown Farmington. The gallery is open Monday-Friday, 10am-6pm; Saturday, 4pm-6pm. Closed Sundays and holidays. For more information contact Ann Bartges, director of UMF Emery Community Arts Center at ann.bartges@maine.edu or 207-778-7461.
For more information, see the entire article at the Daily Bulldog.