A lecture by metalsmith Patricia Nelson, a professor of art at Ball State University, and Anne McKenzie Nickolson, a fiber artist who teaches at Indiana University, will enhance the current exhibition which showcases the work of five distinguished artists.
Sources and Resources: Works in Textiles and Metals, at the Grand Valley State University Art Gallery, includes art by Nelson, Nickolson, Ann Baddeley Keister, a fiber artist and assistant professor in the Art and Design Department at Grand Valley State University, Margaret Jo Morasco, a mixed-media fiber artist from the Bahamas and the late Diane Itter, a fiber artist icon who died in 1989 at the age of 43.
The lecture, on Thursday, September 7, from 4:30 to 5:30 p.m., in the Grand River Room, in Kirkhof Center, will precede a reception in the Art Gallery with the artists, from 5-7 p.m. The exhibition continues through September 22.
The GVSU Art Gallery, located in the Performing Arts Center on the Allendale Campus, is open summer hours from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., Mondays through Fridays, through August. In September, the gallery returns to fall hours: 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Mondays through Fridays and evening hours on Thursdays, from 5-7 p.m.
The exhibition, lecture and reception with artists are free and open to the public. For more information call (616) 331-2564.
