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Department of Art


Department of Art + Design,
Art History, Art Education

Center for the Arts Gallery

The Center of the Arts Gallery is a premier exhibition space, rivaling many museum spaces. Curator, Susan Isaacs, and Gallery Director, Christopher Bartlett, schedule several exhibitions each year and summer. Exhibitions include important living artists of the past forty years, as well as emerging artists, and students. Gallery hours are Tuesday–Saturday, 11–4.

Illustration: A Historical Look                                                     Feb. 8–March 7
Opening Reception: Thursday, Feb. 7, 7:30–9 p.m.

Spanning the 20th century, this comprehensive exhibition of historical illustration includes 500 original masterworks from the permanent collection of the Society of Illustrators Museum of American Illustration. Works represent each decade from 1890–2000, demonstrating the evolution of the illustrator’s role in society. Included in the exhibit are early black-and-white illustrations created by Gibson and Raleigh, juicy story illustrations by LaGatta, Tepper, Cornwell and Helck, advertisements for cigarettes, automobiles and travel, 1950s story art by Whitmore, Whitcomb and Bowler, and works by the current stars of today, such as Kelley, Duillo, Fuchs and Hooks.


Margo Allman and Judith Ingram
Staying the Course                                                                  March 14–April 19
Opening Reception: Thursday, March 13, 7:30–9 p.m.
Artists Margo Allman and Judith Ingram came to age as professional artists in the 1950s at a time when it was difficult for women to achieve success as professionals and to combine a career and family. They are no 75 and 80 years of age, respectively, and continue to work in mixed materials, in two and three dimensions. Both artists create in an abstract idiom and continue to develop and explore.



Senior Exhibition                                                                          April 25–May 16
Opening Reception: Thursday, April 24, 7:30–9 p.m.

Graduating students exhibit works from their senior year portfolios and capstone course Senior Project. Styles and media represent a broad range of artistic explorations from painting, ceramics, digital and mixed media works to ceramics, sculpture, prints and jewelry and metals.

 

Department of Art + Design, Art History, Art Education
Center for the Arts, Room 3103 (map)
Hours: Monday - Friday, 8:30 a.m. - 5 p.m.

Phone: 410-704-2808
Fax: 410-704-2810
E-mail: artdepartment@towson.edu



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Margo Allman and Judith Ingram: Staying the Course
Artists Margo Allman and Judith Ingram came to age as professional artists in the 1950s. Both artists create in an abstract idiom and continue to develop and explore.

Friday, March 14 – Saturday, April 19

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