Morlan Gallery

Morlan Gallery features recent works by Transylvania professor Jack Girard; "Retributions: Elections, Floods, and Wishing Wells" Nov. 2 – Dec. 9

Posted on October 7, 2009July 14, 2020 by Office of Marketing and Communications

Jack Girard, Rhinoceros, 2009. Collage, mixed media. 48″x72″ LEXINGTON, Ky.—Retributions: Elections, Floods, and Wishing Wells, a collection of new paintings, drawings and sculptures by Transylvania art professor Jack Girard, that pays homage to perseverance, opens at Transylvania’s Morlan Gallery November 2 and runs through December 9. The centerpiece for the exhibition is an eight-panel work that was inspired by a recent visit to Saint Brigid’s Well in Liscannor, County Clare, Ireland. These pieces attempt to make ordered sense of the worn and layered tributes, or votives, left by visitors over many years—rosaries, statuettes, framed pictures, jewelry, carpet fragments, flowers, toys, personal letters, photographs, pacifiers, baby bottles and business cards.  Ironically, there is speculation that Saint Brigid may well be a fictional character who shared attributes with a pagan Celtic deity of the same name and was invented for purposes of converting the Celts to Christianity. A public lecture with Girard is scheduled for Thursday, November 5, from 12:30-1:30 p.m. in Morlan Gallery. This event is free and open to the public. The Morlan Gallery is open weekdays from noon-5 p.m. and by special appointment. The gallery will be closed for the Thanksgiving holidays November 26 and 27. The gallery will be open Friday, November 20, from 5-8 p.m. for the Lexington Gallery Hop. For more information, contact gallery director Andrea Fisher at (859) 233-8142 or visit www.transy.edu/morlan.

Art professor Nancy Wolsk to give public lecture "Who’s/Whose Nude? Contemporary Women and the Nude" in the Morlan Gallery, September 17, at 7 p.m.

Posted on September 17, 2009July 14, 2020 by Office of Marketing and Communications

LEXINGTON, Ky.—Transylvania art history professor Nancy Wolsk will give a public lecture titled “Who’s/Whose Nude? Contemporary Women and the Nude,” Thursday, September 17, at 7 p.m. in the Morlan Gallery as part of the Figuration to Fragmentation exhibition. The 30-minute talk will be followed by a short question and answer period. Wolsk’s areas of research and specialization include the world of French painter Pierre Bonnard and representations of women and domestic interiors from 1900 to 1914, The Nabis (late 19th -century/early 20th -century French, avant-garde artists), representations of Parisian gardens, French art from 1890-1914 and the history of the city of Paris. At Transylvania, Wolsk teaches courses in art history, twentieth-century art and architecture and  women in art. In May 2004, she led a travel course to Florence, Italy with anthropology professor Barbara LoMonaco titled “Italian Women: Representations and Realities.” Figuration to Fragmentation: The Human Form in Contemporary Ceramic Sculpture, which articulates a clear vision of the role of the figure in contemporary ceramics, opened Friday, September 11 and runs through Thursday, October 15. The exhibit is a collaboration between Transylvania’s Morlan Gallery and the University of Kentucky’s Tuska Center for Contemporary Art, and includes a diverse selection of artists. Tom Bartel, Kira Campbell, Sergei Isupov and Hunter Stamps’ work will be shown at Morlan, while Tanya Batura, Anne Drew Potter, Keith Wallace Smith and Liz Zacher’s work will be on display at Tuska. For a full listing of workshops,

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Transylvania’s Morlan Gallery collaborates with UK’s Tuska Center for Contemporary Art for exhibit of ceramic sculpture

Posted on September 2, 2009July 14, 2020 by Office of Marketing and Communications

I Almost Had It, I Just Needed Another Inch, Kira Campbell LEXINGTON, Ky.—Figuration to Fragmentation: The Human Form in Contemporary Ceramic Sculpture, which articulates a clear vision of the role of the figure in contemporary ceramics, opens Friday, September 11 and runs through Thursday, October 15. The exhibit is a collaboration between Transylvania’s Morlan Gallery and the University of Kentucky’s Tuska Center for Contemporary Art, and includes a diverse selection of artists. Tom Bartel, Kira Campbell, Sergei Isupov and Hunter Stamps’ work will be shown at Morlan, while Tanya Batura, Anne Drew Potter, Keith Wallace Smith and Liz Zacher’s work will be on display at Tuska. The exhibits are for mature audiences and are free and open to the public at both locations, and both galleries will be open Friday, September 18, from 5-8 p.m. for the Lexington Gallery Hop. An on-line catalog will be produced, featuring an essay, by noted ceramic critic Adam Welch, on the use of the figure in contemporary ceramics. In addition to the exhibit, there will be a lecture series, held at both Transylvania and UK, on consecutive Thursday nights, and a mini-conference, The Role of the Figure in Contemporary Ceramics, at UK on October 1 and 2. Schedule of eventsFriday, September 11    Both exhibits open Artist Talk: Tom Bartel and Hunter Stamps, 7 p.m. with reception to follow.Opening reception for artists Tom Bartel, Kira Campbell, Sergei Isupov and Hunter Stamps, 8 p.m.Morlan Gallery,

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Lost and Found: Transylvania’s Morlan Gallery closes season with senior exhibition, May 12-19

Posted on April 17, 2009July 14, 2020 by Office of Marketing and Communications

Clay: Play Time’s Over, 2007, Toy sculpture and shadow LEXINGTON, Ky.—Transylvania’s Morlan Gallery ends the 2008-09 year with Lost and Found, an exhibition of work by three senior art majors. The work of Kaci Clay, David Kenton Kring and Corey Washburn opens May 12 and runs through May 19. A reception honoring the artists will be Thursday, May 14, from 6-8 p.m., with special musical guests “The Tillers.” The exhibit and reception are free and open to the public. Gallery hours are Monday-Friday, noon to 5 p.m. Clay presents a variety of her most critical work, including ceramics, paintings, drawings and sculptures. Clay’s work gives a nod to the humorous, while addressing issues of contemporary importance. Kring: Angel Band, 2008, Ceramic with feathers Kring’s incarcerated ceramic figures soar through Morlan Gallery, buoyantly carrying the hope and the heaviness of Southern culture. Strongly influenced by Southern music, Kring says his hand-built and painted figures are created with surfaces that are extremely worked; often built up in layers, then stripped away and built back up again. Washburn’s room-sized installation is a mystery waiting to be solved. Cluttered with ephemera, furniture and the melancholy, compulsion leads to discovery in a room with a story. For more information go to: www.transy.edu/morlan/exh.asp?e=senior2009 or contact Morlan Gallery director Andrea Fisher at (859) 233-8142.

Juried student exhibition opens April 29 in Transylvania’s Morlan Gallery

Posted on April 17, 2009July 14, 2020 by Office of Marketing and Communications

LEXINGTON, Ky.—A juried student exhibition opens Wednesday, April 29, in Transylvania’s Morlan Gallery.  All students who made art during the 2008-09 academic year were invited to show their work in the Juried Student Exhibition, which runs through 2 p.m., May 6.   A public reception honoring the artists will be Friday, May 1, from 5-6 p.m., Jurors’ awards will be presented at 5:30 p.m. William Pollard, dean of the college, will select one piece to receive the Dean’s Purchase Award. The award-winning piece will become part of Transylvania’s permanent collection. Morlan Gallery is open weekdays, noon to 5 p.m., and the exhibit and reception are free and open to the public. For more information contact Morlan Gallery Director Andrea Fisher at (859) 233-8142.