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Fall + Winter 2011-12 Art Exhibitions and Events T HE E LEANOR D. WILSON M USEUM AT H OLLINS U NIVERSITY Bill White, Princess II, 2009. Oil on canvas. 36 x 48 inches. Courtesy of the artist. Jan Knipe, Frisco, NC, 2010. Mixed chalks on Fabriano cold press paper. 22½ x 29½ inches. Courtesy of the artist. Bill White: Moorefield comments, “Bill White is a the Tyler School of Art at Temple Jan Knipe boundaries of the medium. With muted Museum in Norfolk and the Danville Empathy and Engagement consummate artist whose paintings University. Professor Emeritus after 39 September 29 – December 10, 2011 monochromatic hues, she explores the Museum of Art, Virginia among others. September 29 - December 10, 2011 imply monumentality, regardless of their years at Hollins University, White has Florence Wetherill Wilson and ambiguity of shape and the relationships Her work is in many public and private Main Gallery actual size. It’s all about the studio received numerous accolades including Ballator-Thompson Galleries between objects. Artist John Goodrich collections including the Weisman coupled with the plein-air experience, Cabell Fellowship and Mellon Foundation comments, “One senses that her heart Museum of Art in Minneapolis, the the physicality of the paint and the grants, residencies at the Vermont lies in the mysteries of atmospheric American Council on Education in act of painting.” Form and color merge Studio Center and the Cité International tones, but she is keenly mindful of the Washington, DC, and the Taubman to delineate furniture, plants, windows, des Arts, and various faculty and service way that distinct shapes emerge from Museum of Art in Roanoke, Virginia. She balconies, and bridges. White’s feeling awards. Zeuxis, a national association them.” Knipe develops narratives around has received numerous awards, including for each scene provides the viewer with of still life painters, twice hosted White nature and architectural forms via mixed a fellowship from the Virginia Museum a sense of familiarity; his brushstrokes as a guest artist. His work is in the chalks, pastel, charcoal, and conté of Fine Arts, a Cabell Fellowship, an imbue his work with the sense of intimacy collections of Indiana University’s Henry crayon. As museum director Amy G. individual artist grant from the Virginia that, as a mature artist, he brings to Hope Art Museum, Bloomington in Moorefield writes, “Through her facile Commission for the Arts, and Grants his work. White’s influences include Indiana; the Taubman Museum of Art in and expressive handling of her rendering for Artists Program (GAP) award from abstractionist Edna Andrade and Roanoke, Virginia; and the State Museum tools, she transforms perceptions of her The Arts Council of the Blue Ridge. representational painter Larry Day, but of Pennsylvania in Harrisburg; among external environment into translations Roanoke, Virginia 24020 | he found his preference to be for a many others. White’s work has been that hover between the real and the A color catalogue with essays by museum Richard Boyd more painterly style. Art historian Jen exhibited in museums and galleries Richard Boyd abstract.” The results are both sophisti- director Amy Moorefield, art historian Ann The artist in his studio. Samet writes, “White’s paintings are including Washington and Lee University The artist in her studio. cated and beautiful. Bronwyn Paulk Ph.D., and art critic John exuberant and expansive in their color, in Lexington, Virginia; the Bowery Gallery Goodrich will accompany the exhibition. The Eleanor D. Wilson Museum is light, and abundance of form and life. in New York; White Canvas Gallery in The Eleanor D. Wilson Museum is Currently Professor Emerita from Hollins pleased to present a major solo exhibition However, they have a naturalism and Richmond, Virginia; and the Thomasville honored to present an exhibition of new University where she taught from 1987- This exhibition is supported, in part, including many recent works by nationally softness that comes from the resistance Cultural Center in Thomasville, Georgia. drawings by artist Jan Knipe. Based 2009, Knipe has exhibited nationally by a grant from The Arts Council of the recognized painter Bill White. From his to stylize or rigidly define form.” A full color catalogue with essays by in Radford, Virginia, Knipe uses both including the Hackett/Freedman Gallery Blue Ridge and the Virginia Commission 8009 Fishburn Drive | studio in Troutville, Virginia, to the Amy Moorefield, exhibition curator and traditional and handmade materials to in San Francisco, the Bowery Gallery in for the Arts. streets of Paris, White explores interior White received his BFA from the museum director, and art historian create drawings that investigate the New York City, the Hermitage Foundation and exterior landscapes. Exhibition Philadelphia College of Art (now the Jennifer Samet, Ph.D, will accompany curator and museum director Amy University of the Arts) and his MFA from the exhibition. Events and Programs The Role of Empathy in Art Jan Knipe Why Should University Hunt Slonem + All events are free and open to the public, Keynote lecture by Artist lecture and reception Museums Collect? Margaret Evangeline but some may require reservations. Jennifer Samet, Ph.D. Thursday, November 10, 6 pm Lecture by Amy Moorefield, Artist lecture and reception Please contact Laura Jane Ramsburg at Thursday, September 29, 5:30 pm Frances J. Niederer Auditorium, Director Thursday, February 16, 6 pm 540.362.6081 or [email protected]. Frances J. Niederer Auditorium, Visual Arts Center Thursday, January 12, 6 pm Frances J. Niederer Auditorium, Richard Wetherill Visual Arts Center | Visual Arts Center Artist Jan Knipe presents a lecture about Frances J. Niederer Auditorium, Visual Arts Center Art historian Jennifer Samet opens the her artwork as part of her solo exhibition Visual Arts Center Artists Hunt Slonem and Margaret Hours: Tuesday - Friday, 10 am 4 pm, Saturday, 1 5 pm | exhibitions Bill White: Empathy and on view at the Eleanor D. Wilson Museum Director Amy Moorefield leads a Evangeline discuss their collaborative Engagement and Jan Knipe with a key- Museum. A reception at the Museum lively discussion on the unique academic exhibition Bayous and Ghosts that is note lecture exploring artists’ connections will immediately follow the lecture. and culture resources that are inherent inspired by romantic aesthetics that to their subjects and working from life. in university collections. A reception will originate particularly in Louisiana’s state Samet specializes in twentieth century immediately follow at the museum. history. A reception will immediately Hollins University 540.362.6532 | art, having earned her B.A. from Barnard follow at the museum. Bill White | College and her Ph.D. from the City Artist lecture and reception University of New York. Her writing has Thursday, December 1, 6 pm This event is organized in partnership been featured in numerous publications Frances J. Niederer Auditorium, with the Marginal Arts Festival. and she has curated exhibitions at Tibor Jennifer Samet, Ph.D. Visual Arts Center de Nagy Gallery, New York, and the Painter Bill White discusses his career in New York Studio School. A reception at terms of his inspiration and artistic the Eleanor D. Wilson Museum will process as part of his solo exhibition immediately follow the lecture. at the Eleanor D. Wilson Museum. A reception at the Museum will www.hollins.edu/museum Eleanor D. Wilson Museum immediately follow the lecture. Fall +Winter2011-12ArtExhibitionsandEvents 24020-1679 R P.O. B The museum’s2011-12exhibitionsandrelatedprogramsaresupportedinpartthroughourcommunitypartners: The museumwillbeclosedfromDecember11,2011–January2012forinstallationandtheuniversity’sWinterBreak. OANOKE O X 9679 , V IRGINIA NIVERSITY U OLLINS H AT USEUM M ILSON W D. LEANOR E HE T Art Exhibitions and Events and Exhibitions Art Fall + Winter 2011-12 Winter + Fall Permit No.97 Roanoke, VA PAID U.S. Postage Nonprofit Winter 2012 exhibitions Treasures from the Vault Bayous and Ghosts: Florence Wetherill Wilson Work by Margaret Evangeline and Ballator-Thompson Galleries and Hunt Slonem The artist in her studio. The artist in his studio. January 12 - February 18, 2012 Main Gallery January 12 – February 18, 2012 notable museums as The Palm Beach ICA, His artwork as well as his homes have been The Eleanor D. Wilson Museum has been The Hafnarborg Art Museum outside featured in multiple publications including incredibly fortunate to be the recipient This exhibition features work by internation- Reykjavik, Iceland, the Taipei Museum in The New York Times, Art in America, Elle of a number of new works given by generous ally recognized artists and friends Margaret Taiwan, and the Ogden Museum of Southern Magazine, New York Post and Vanity Fair donors to the museum’s collection in 2010 Evangeline and Hunt Slonem. With ties Art. Her work is frequently written about to name a few. Slonem divides his time and 2011. Treasures from the Vault is a to the American South, both artists are in The New York Times, Art in America, between Louisiana where he owns two continuing exhibition series; this edition inspired by romantic aesthetics that originate ARTnews, The Chicago Tribune, Architectural plantation homes on the historic register, features artwork created in a variety of media particularly in Louisiana and play into the Digest, among other publications. Albania in St. Mary’s Parish and Lakeside in and styles from internationally recognized larger history