Please join fellow alumni and friends for Professor of Studio Art Marcella Hackbardt's Artist Talk on Thursday, Jan. 16, at 6 p.m. in room 280 in Wright State University's Creative Arts Center. A reception will follow in the Stein Galleries (room 160 in the Creative Arts Center).
Marcella Hackbardt is a visual artist, curator and educator living in central Ohio. She is a professor and chair of studio art at Kenyon. 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 in Albuquerque and a B.A. in studio art from the University of Alaska in Anchorage.
In this still-life series titled "Momentos," 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.
Questions? Please contact Nicolyn Woodcock ’12 at nicolyn.vcw@gmail.com.
Please check in with Nicolyn at the main entrance of the Creative Arts Center. Enter Wright State University campus at the Center Park Blvd. entrance and use parking lots 12 or 13. A parking map will be emailed to registrants closer to the event date.