Women Wonderworkers: The Self-Made Worlds of Visionary Female Artists
Date and Time: October 17, 2019, 6:00 PM CT
Location:
Carriage Factory Art Gallery, 128 E 6th St, Newton
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Presented by Erika Nelson
Explore four visionary art environments created by female sculptors. Mary Nohl embellished her Lake Michigan property with a series of interconnected concrete curvilinear forms, some reaching the second floor windows of her family home. Truck driver and preacher Inez Marshal sculpted large blocks of limestone and established the International Sculpture Hall in rural Portis, Kansas. Grandma Prisbery's bottle village is located in an earthquake-prone area in Simi Valley, California. Laura Pope Forrester paid tribute to local and national heroes with her sculpted concrete vignettes surrounding her mercantile in rural Georgia. The presentation examines their inspirations and motivations, the work itself, and the afterlife of overlooked sites after their makers have passed.
Sponsored by: Newton Fine Arts Association
For more information about this event, please contact:
Mary Lee-McDonald
(316) 284-2749
http://www.carriagefactoryartgallery.com