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Maryland Federation of Art (MFA) invites all MFA members residing in the United States, Puerto Rico, Canada and Mexico to enter it’s MFA @ Gallery B exhibition. Any original 2-D or 3-D work following entry guidelines will be considered. The selected works will be on exhibit in MFA Curve Gallery from July 22 – August 15, 2020.
Area Head of Painting and Drawing in the Department of Art + Design, Art History, Art Education at Towson University, MD, Towson, MD
Sycamores
Mary Swann
intaglio with monotype
18"x24"
Nije and her Bantu knots.
David Allen Harris
Pigment print photo on archival watercolor paper mounted on foam core for the show
16"x24"
websiteTo Wrestle one's Daemon
David Allen Harris
Pigment print photo on archival watercolor paper mounted on foam core for the show
16"x20"
websiteForage
Christine Kelsey
encaustic collage w wax crayons, colored pencils, encaustic wax
12"x12"
The fire Inside
Elizabeth Eby
Encaustic collage
12"x18"
Schism
Katherine G Thomas
Art glass
10"x10"x2"
Composition 106
Edelweiss S. Calcagno
etching and aquatint with oil painting roller overlapped
5"x7"
websiteExtended Shadow
Philip Friedman
Archival Print on Paper
24"x16"
Through the Looking Glass
Philip Friedman
Archival Print on Paper
24"x16"
Blending In
Brandon Seth Gellis
Motion graphics, interactive video (https://vimeo.com/391854516/d38d8be303)
24"x18"
websiteHomage to Rachel Carson III, Fall 2019
Rosemary Fallon
Scanned Polaroid printed on Japanese kozo paper.
12"x15"
websiteNational Gallery of Art
Beth Altman
photography
16"x12"
Convergence - Climate Change Consensus
Bruce Garland Colburn
sycamore branches picked up after storms
24"x52"x20"
websiteIntraspection
Pearl B Chang
terracotta with patina on wood base
12"x22"x10"
Outside Inside
Marilyn Lowney Johnson
digital photograph signed on fine art paper framed
20"x16"
websiteNora Sturges is Area Head of Painting and Drawing in the Department of Art + Design, Art History, Art Education at Towson University in Maryland. She has exhibited her paintings in numerous solo and group exhibitions in galleries and museums in the United States, Canada and Europe, and has been recognized numerous times for her thought provoking work by the Maryland State Arts Council and in the publication New American Paintings. She received her B.A., Magna Cum Laude in studio art from Bowdoin College, Maine, and an M.F.A. in painting from Ohio University.
It’s been a great pleasure reviewing the 277 works submitted for the Maryland Federation of Art’s members exhibition at Gallery B. These represented a wide range of media, from photography to painting to works on paper and sculpture. While there was no particular theme other than MFA membership, what strikes me is how membership itself is a kind of theme. On display in these works was an obvious commitment, not just to craft and development of formal skill, but to concept and vision—often in viewing the submissions I found myself seeing something familiar in a new and exciting way. In stressful times we are reminded of the things that matter most, and certainly community is one of these. What I saw over and over in the works submitted was a seriousness of purpose and a dedication to making art that doesn’t just depict the world but that also transcends it. I want to thank MFA for inviting me to participate in this process; it is heartening to see so much good work and to be reminded of the importance of membership, community, and the support that we need to give each other as artists.