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Join us as we highlight the power of art and what it means to be an artist in today’s world. Explore virtual exhibitions, studio tours and artists’ insights. 

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Virtual Exhibitions and Tours at the Berman Museum

Françoise Gilot: “Her Journey through Portraiture”

This exhibition of portraits by renowned artist Françoise Gilot (French/American, b. 1921) is a presentation of her works on paper drawn from the Berman Museum of Art permanent collection. The installation explores Gilot’s interest in capturing the artistic, literary, familial, and political personalities of history, using a bold, linear approach.

Chuck Kelton: “Folds”

Kelton has been a master printer for over 35 years and has handled the work of artists such as Danny Lyon, Helen Levitt, Mary Ellen Mark, Larry Clark, and Lillian Bassman. His command of the darkroom is overwhelmingly present in Folds.

“Lucky Seven”

Lucky Seven is an installation of acquisitions collected by or gifted to the Berman Museum of Art over the past seven years. This exhibition playfully interprets the passing of time, placing emphasis on a significant turning point in the museum’s history.

Katie Merz: “Live the Questions”

Katie Merz’s Live the Questions will document the memories and stories of Class of 2020 alumni—who departed campus unexpectedly and without opportunity for closure or commemoration—and current students—in a frieze of images that will wind around the Facilities Building smokestack from base to top.

Stephanie Rowden: “The Collection Speaks”

In conjunction with Ursinus College’s sesquicentennial and the Berman Museum of Art’s 30th anniversary in 2019, Stephanie Rowden presents an experimental sound installation to celebrate the Berman Museum’s history.

Harry Bertoia: “Sculptor of Sound”

One day, in 1959, Italian American artist Harry Bertoia was bending wire in his workshop in Bally, Pennsylvania when suddenly the wire snapped and made a sound. This intriguing noise sparked an idea, and Bertoia began experimenting with metal rods and wires to create unique sounds that could not be heard within a standard musical scale nor produced with normal instruments—he called the resulting artworks “sounding sculptures.”

 

Faculty Studio Tour Series & Virtual Student Exhibition:

Sarah Kaufman
 

Ursinus College’s studio art faculty offer a peek into their personal studios and share their creative processes with Art on Main. Sarah Kaufman, assistant professor of art and art history in photography, starts off our three-part studio tour series. Sarah shows us her studio space, camera and her photo book composition process.

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David Aipperspach
 

David Aipperspach, assistant professor of art and art history in painting and printmaking, continues our three-part studio tour series. David shares his current projects and creative process with with Art on Main. Tune in above to see his studio and to learn more about his professional work.

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Cari Freno
 

Cari Freno, assistant professor of art and art history in sculpture and drawing, concludes our three-part studio tour series. Cari discusses how the personal and professional intersect in all aspects of her work especially in her video projects. See her studio tour in the video above.

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Student Artists and their artwork 

The virtual Annual Student Exhibition showcases the works made by art students and majors in the disciplines of painting, drawing, printmaking, sculpture, installation, mixed media and photography.

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