February 5, 2020

Amie Potsic interviews Mary Salvante, Curator of the Rowan University Art Gallery, about their current exhibition, curatorial vision, and Center for Art and Social Engagement.

© Artwork by Misty Gamble at Rowan University Art Gallery

Artist in Residence Exhibition
Accoutrement and Consumption
Exhibition runs January 21-March 7, 2020

Rowan University Art Gallery welcomes Misty Gamble who joins the Department of Art this spring for the annual Artist in Residence program. Initiating a semester-long residency, Gamble presents an exhibition of life-size ceramic sculptures comprised of works that confront conventional standards of womanhood, beauty, and power. Through figurative sculpture, she explores issues surrounding femininity and challenges conventional standards of morality, normalcy, and propriety.

About the Center for Art and Social Engagement
The Center for Art and Social Engagement is a new initiative of Rowan University Art Gallery. It serves as a venue for investigating social issues through arts-based methods. Anchored by a permanent display of The Sister Chapel, a historic collaborative feminist installation, the Center draws inspiration from the cooperative spirit of the women’s art movement. Programming at the Center will encourage interdisciplinary collaborations that explore diverse and timely social issues through multidisciplinary practices, broadly conceived to include a variety of mediums such as photojournalism, film and video, historical ephemera, faculty and student research presentations, info-graphic presentations, STEM/STEAM installations, and public programming.

For more information visit: https://sites.rowan.edu/artgallery/center-for-art/about.html