Fall art exhibitions set for three campuses

The fall 2023 semester begins with three exhibitions at the University of North Georgia (UNG) Art Galleries.

"UNG Art Galleries is pleased to offer a wide array of artwork to our students, faculty, staff and larger communities at the Dahlonega, Gainesville, and Oconee campuses. This fall we are showing prints, quilts, and paintings as well as artwork made by our talented faculty," ​Victoria Cooke, UNG director of art galleries, said.

Described as "new and very different," the exhibitions feature prints that explore a radically altered view of the Earth's future, including quilts constructed from pillowcases, bed sheets and aprons that imagine what a matriarchal society might look like, and paintings celebrating the pastoral views of Chicopee Woods, Cooke said.

The exhibitions are free to all.

The Bob Owens Art Gallery at the Dahlonega Campus hosts the work of printmaker Douglas Bosley in his exhibition "Auxon." Bosley is the 2022 Best in Show winner of the 10th edition of the Southern Printmaking Biennial at UNG. His timely work questions ideas about technological progress and the future of the Earth's species.

"These intricate and compelling prints offer a view of an alternate history and future where our familiar environment has been overcome by engineered ecosystems and mechanical creations," Cooke said.

"Auxon" will be on view from Aug. 21 through Sept. 20. Bosley will host an exhibition walk-through on Sept. 14 from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the gallery. A light lunch will be served during the event. The Bob Owens Art Gallery is located on the third floor of the Hoag Student Center.  

"Imagining Matriarchy" will be on display at the Roy C. Moore Art Gallery at the Gainesville Campus from Aug. 21 through Sept. 22. The artist, Jessica Wohl, will be at the gallery on Sept. 22 from noon to 1:30 p.m. for an exhibition walk-through and lunchtime reception. The Roy C. Moore Art Gallery is located in the Performing Arts building.

Wohl draws on techniques of quilting and uses everyday materials, stitching together discarded bed sheets, aprons, pillowcases, pants and aprons.

"Wohl attempts to capture an intense, complex, joyful yet unapologetic feminine energy that might permeate an alternate reality where women have always held power," Cooke said. "Her quilts are entirely worked by hand using thousands of black, pink and blue stitches to imply how certain social identity groups may be essential in keeping the fabric of society held firmly together."

The third exhibition will be at the Oconee Campus Gallery and will feature the first solo exhibition by UNG Visual Arts alum Alejandro Imperial, '19. "Woodland Views" is comprised of new paintings celebrating the beauty of the Georgia landscape. Imperial uses a camera to capture fleeting moments in nature including the trees, flora, and deer of Chicopee Woods.

It will be on view from Sept. 5-Oct. 12 in the lobby area of the Faculty Center/700 Building, near the bookstore at the Oconee Campus.  

This year’s Faculty Biennial will be Sept. 26-Oct. 27 at the Bob Owens Art Gallery. It provides everyone a glimpse of the child artist living inside our faculty. The professors will share their current work alongside examples of their earliest artistic expressions from childhood.

Bachelor of Fine Arts capstones will be displayed from Oct. 30 to Dec. 8. Each graduating senior in the Department of Visual Arts concludes their program by presenting individual senior capstone exhibitions that feature the culmination of their journey.