June’s collection of art at the Lyndon House Arts Center consists of six artists’ various works. “Legendary Georgia Musicians in Watercolor” by Athens native Jackie Dorsey is a collection of Georgia musician portraits that has taken five years to create. Charmaine Minnifield’s collection, “Indigo Prayers,” focuses on “ancestral memories of resistance in response to both contemporary and historic acts of erasure” using indigenous materials such as pure indigo paint and crushed oyster shells from the coastal regions of the American South and West Africa. This exhibit will be on display in the Atrium Gallery. “Mythical Reality” by Lois Thomas-Ewings is made up of dancers and Black mythology. Thomas-Ewings’ initial passion was painting, but dancing was incredibly prevalent in her life, which can be seen in her work. Margaret Morrison will also present “Paradigm Shift,” a body of work resulting from a faculty research grant entitled “Contemporary Examination of Caravaggio’s Dramatic Staging and Lighting – A Collaboration between Painting and Theatre.” The final June exhibition is a multi-layered collection of photography by Brandon Narsing entitled “Georgia Theaters: A Ballad Surrounding the Proscenium Photography” focusing on the visual emptiness and isolation of theaters during the pandemic.
WHO: Opening Reception for Summer Exhibitions
WHEN: Thursday, June 8, 6–8 p.m.
WHERE: Lyndon House Arts Center
HOW MUCH: FREE!
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