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What: Micah Zavacky: Walking through Stone and Marcella Hackbardt: Recent Works
Where: Wright State University's Robert and Elain Stein Gallery,
160 Creative Arts Center
When: Thursday, February 27, 6–8 p.m.
Cost: Free
About: Micah Zavacky is a Dayton-based artist and educator. He received a BFA in Studio Art from Wright State University in 2014 and an MFA in Studio Art from Illinois State University in 2017.
En plein air has been the focus of his artistic process for the last ten years. The landscape has motivated Micah to live more connected and concerned with the earth. A passionate gardener and animal lover, Micah hopes to have a farm one day where he can draw his plants and animals all day, every day. Tending and caring for the land and its critters is a passion his artwork has created.
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Marcella Hackbardt is a visual artist, curator, and educator living in central Ohio. She is a Professor and Chair of studio art at Kenyon College in Gambier, Ohio. Her current work explores aspects of knowledge, self-reflection, the environment, and symbolic states. She received her M.F.A. in studio art/photography from the University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, and a B.A. in studio art from the University of Alaska Anchorage.
In this still-life series, Hackbardt investigates the psychological introspection and tension between cherished physical accumulations and intentional rearrangements and sometimes destruction. The primarily small human and animal figurines and objects are time-worn, sometimes already chipped, and made of delicate materials. The groupings and broken parts emphasize the fragile, changeable, and breakable nature of memory and meaning, connoting loss of beauty, emotional turbulence, and personal struggle.
Details: DSA will not be providing any transportation, however, feel free to carpool with a fellow artist to see the exhibition!
Parking: Please park in Lot 13, located outside the Creative Arts Center.
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