Department of Art + Design,
Art History, Art Education

Holtzman MFA Gallery

The Holtzman M.F.A. Gallery exhibits new work by graduate students, invited students, guests from other institutions, and nationally and internationally recognized artists. The gallery serves as a catalyst for creating dialog in the classroom and the community. Openings and receptions are coordinated with the Center for the Arts Gallery. Students have opportunities to work in the gallery, as they do in the other galleries. Gallery hours are Tuesday–Saturday, 11–4.

April Wood A Consuming Desire                                                             March 14–April 12 Opening Reception: Thursday, March 13, 7:30–9 p.m. April Wood works in metals and organic materials. She crafts artwork that speaks to issues of food consumption and the rituals associated with eating in the age of fast food, TV dinners and disposable silverware. Her art suggests history references, sensuality and a direct connection to the physicality of the human experience. It stirs the senses, while probing the darker areas of carnality, fetishism, control and gluttony

Ellen Harper History Lessons                                                                          Feb. 8–March 7 Opening Reception: Thursday, Feb. 7, 7:30–9 p.m. MFA candidate Ellen Harper works in interdisciplinary media. Her artwork encompasses a wide variety of media such as drawing, sculpture, fashion design, photography and performance to create installations and specific environments which explore the role of women and notions of beauty. Often employing makeup as a drawing medium and referencing corsetry and Victorian fashion in her clothing, Harper draws from the past to question what it means to be a woman in contemporary society. There will be a performance at the reception.

Josh Gillen Construction                                                                             April 25–May 16 Opening Reception: Thursday, April 24, 7:30–9 p.m. Josh Gillen builds structural objects or environments, as well as creates animals and human forms. His work integrates wood joints, resembling the living joints of the knee or elbow, which Gillen uses to anthropomorphize wooden objects. The structural elements suggest his experience as a carpenter’s assistant and are meant to feel like structures for human occupation or use.

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

April Wood: A Consuming Desire MFA candidate, April Wood, works in metals and organic materials. She crafts artwork that speaks to issues of food consumption and the rituals associated with eating in the age of fast food. Friday, March 14 – Saturday, April 12