{"id":1353,"date":"2020-10-01T18:50:31","date_gmt":"2020-10-01T18:50:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/developmenttwo.marymount.edu\/academics\/?page_id=1353"},"modified":"2021-01-07T18:12:59","modified_gmt":"2021-01-07T18:12:59","slug":"cody-gallery-7","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/marymount.edu\/academics\/college-of-business-innovation-leadership-and-technology\/school-of-design-and-art\/cody-gallery\/ballston-center-gallery-2\/cody-gallery-7\/","title":{"rendered":"Visions 2019"},"content":{"rendered":"
Exhibition Dates:<\/strong> November 8 – December 7, 2019<\/p>\n Juried by:<\/strong> Meaghan Kent, Curator of Exhibitions at the Art and Culture Center, Hollywood, Florida<\/p>\n The Cody Gallery at Marymount University is pleased to present the juried high school student exhibition \u201cVisions 2019.\u201d This annual exhibition will run from November 8, 2019 \u2013 December 7, 2019, with an Opening Reception Friday, November 8, 2019 from 6 \u2013 8pm. The Opening Reception is free, open to the public, and juror awards will be presented.<\/p>\n Visions 2019 highlights local high school talent from the City of Alexandria, and Arlington and Fairfax counties. Juried by the former Director of the Cody Gallery, Meaghan Kent, this exhibition will present a variety of media including painting, drawing, photography, ceramics, and sculpture. The exhibition offers the opportunity for the next generation of regional artists to present their artistic visions to Arlington County and the greater Washington, DC metropolitan area, and gain important developmental skills for obtaining scholastic and professional opportunities.<\/p>\n This exhibition is a partnership between Marymount University\u2019s Department of Fine Arts and the Cody Gallery. It demonstrates a commitment to building relationships with the surrounding community, while offering important educational opportunities for younger community members.<\/p>\n About the Juror: Meaghan Kent<\/strong> Curated exhibitions include: \u201cTactile Hallucinations\u201d, \u201cThat\u2019s Why I\u2019m Here\u201d at Marymount University, and \u201cUnder Construction\u201d at P\u00e1ramo. With Site95 she curated the \u201cDead in August\u201d a multi-venue series in New York, \u201cP2V: P. Scott Cunningham and Antoine Lefebvre\u201d at Dimensions Variable, Miami, \u201cTrombly Rodriguez: The Fabric of a Space\u201d at the Abrons Arts Center, New York, as well as outdoor public commissions in Miami, Florida. In addition, Kent co-organized \u201cPaintersNYC\u201d with Maureen Cavanaugh at El Museo de los Pintores Oaxaque\u0144os in Oaxaca, Mexico in 2017. Her work has been reviewed in Frieze<\/em>, The Washington Post<\/em>, Gallery Monthly<\/em>, The Miami Herald<\/em>, and The New York Times<\/em>.<\/p>\n
\nMeaghan Kent is the Curator of Exhibitions at the Art and Culture Center, Hollywood, Florida. She was formerly the Director of Cody Gallery at Marymount University and is also the Founder and Director of Site95, an organization that holds exhibitions in available spaces. Kent has been a gallery director where she managed the careers of internationally emerging and established artists and coordinated exhibitions locally and worldwide. Kent worked at Casey Kaplan, Andrea Rosen Gallery in New York and P\u00e1ramo in Guadalajara. She completed her MA in art history at George Washington University, Washington, DC and her BA at the College of Santa Fe, New Mexico. She was a participant of Independent Curators International (ICI) Intensive in 2012. Kent has written for several publications including: Site95 Journal, ArtHaps, and Art in America.<\/p>\n