Marymount University wants to welcome the community to its new state-of-the-art Ballston Gallery with a free reception to meet artist Molly Springfield from 6 to 9 p.m. on Thursday, Sept. 28. Springfield\u0092s drawings are featured in the debut exhibit, \u0093Excerpts,\u0094 at the recently completed Ballston Center, 1000 North Glebe Road.<\/p>\n
The Washington, D.C.-based artist\u00a0is known for her meticulously rendered graphite drawings of photocopies of printed books and often makes work that considers the changing nature of reading in an era of digital transformation.<\/p>\n
\u0093These drawings include a mixture of marginalia and annotations that people make in books,\u0094 said Paul Shortt, the gallery\u0092s interim director. \u0093Maybe they underline a phrase or make a little dot next to a writing. They almost look like large photocopies, but once you get up close, you can tell that they are painstakingly drawn with graphite.\u0094<\/p>\n
Shortt praised Marymount for opening the public gallery at a time when many area spaces are closing.<\/p>\n
\u0093As an educational institution, Marymount University strongly supports the arts,\u0094 said Bridget Murphy, associate provost and professor of communication and media design. \u0093This state-of-the-art gallery showcases the university’s support of the liberal arts tradition and will be an asset to the Arlington and Washington metropolitan community. The long-term plan of the contemporary space is to strengthen the arts community by exhibiting local, regional and international artists.\u0094<\/p>\n
Murphy envisions partnering with other cultural organizations and museums in the D.C. area to exhibit thought-provoking and creative work for everyone in the community to experience.<\/p>\n
Springfield\u0092s\u00a0work is included in the permanent collections of the Whitney Museum of American Art, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Sally & Wynn Kramarsky Collection, and Francis H. Williams Collection. She received her MFA from the University of California, Berkeley in 2004, was a participant at Skowhegan in 2006, and a MacDowell Colony Fellow in 2016.<\/p>\n
The source material for the drawings in Excerpts comes from her ongoing project, The Marginalia Archive\u0097a functioning archive of contemporary examples of readers\u0092 written annotations of texts, which she has been soliciting and collecting since 2007. The archive, some of which will be included in the exhibition, includes a large selection of found marginalia from books in Washington, D.C.\u0092s public library.<\/p>\n
The exhibit runs Aug. 31 through Oct. 21. Regular gallery hours are from 1 to 6 p.m., Thursdays through Saturdays.<\/p>\n
Marymount University is an independent, coeducational Catholic university offering bachelor\u0092s, master\u0092s, and doctoral degrees in a wide range of disciplines.<\/em><\/p>\n Photo caption Marymount University wants to welcome the community to its new state-of-the-art Ballston Gallery with a free reception to meet artist Molly Springfield from 6 to 9 p.m. on Thursday, Sept. 28. Springfield\u0092s drawings are featured in the debut exhibit, \u0093Excerpts,\u0094 at the recently completed Ballston Center, 1000 North Glebe Road. The Washington, D.C.-based artist\u00a0is known […]<\/p>\n
\nMolly Springfield\u00a0is known for her graphite drawings of photocopies of printed books and often makes work that considers the changing nature of reading in an era of digital transformation. The public is invited to meet her\u00a0at a free reception at Marymount University\u0092s new Ballston Gallery from 6 to 9 p.m. on Thursday, Sept. 28. Springfield\u0092s\u00a0\u00a0drawings are\u00a0\u00a0featured in the debut exhibit, Excerpts, at the state-of-the art space in Ballston Center, 1000 North Glebe Road.
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