Thursday, July 21

MECA : Create V: Annual Continuing Studies Student and Faculty Exhibition

MECA's 5th Annual Continuing Studies Exhibition showcases the work of both faculty and students in areas ranging from metalsmithing and jewelry, ceramics, painting, drawing, mixed media, found objects, sculpture, and more.  Around 100 artists are represented in the exhibition this year, which is sponsored by The Art Mart.

Detail of "Among Them Not of Them" © Mary Becker Weiss
"Among Them Not of Them" 
© Mary Becker Weiss

"I stand among them, but not of them. 
In a shroud of thoughts which 
are not their thoughts." ~ Byron

Tuesday, July 5

Collages from Pentimento Series "Love Letters"

"Old paint on canvas, as it ages, sometimes becomes transparent. When that happens it is possible, in some pictures, to see the original lines: a tree will show through a woman's dress, a child makes way for a dog, a large boat is no longer on an open sea. That is called pentimento, because the painter 'repented,' changed (her) mind. Perhaps it would be as well to say that the old conception, replaced by a later choice, is a way of seeing and then seeing again." ~ from Lillian Hellman's "Pentimento: A Book of Portraits" 1973

Detail of "We'll Always Have Paris" © Mary Becker Weiss
Detail of "We'll Always Have Paris" 
© Mary Becker Weiss


"Life Warriors Spirit Dancer" © Mary Becker Weiss
"Life Warriors Spirit Dancer" 
© Mary Becker Weiss


"Muse" © Mary Becker Weiss
"Muse" 
© Mary Becker Weiss


"Mississippi by Myself" © Mary Becker Weiss
"Mississippi by Myself" 
© Mary Becker Weiss


"Go with All Your Heart" © Mary Becker Weiss
"Go with All Your Heart" 
© Mary Becker Weiss


Detail of "A Love Letter to Sarah Ballou"  © Mary Becker Weiss
Detail of "A Love Letter to Sarah Ballou" 
© Mary Becker Weiss


"Spirit Dancers" © Mary Becker Weiss
"Spirit Dancers" 
© Mary Becker Weiss