TUSCALOOSA, Ala. — “Claudia DeMonte: Mapping Beauty” will open the 2010-11 season at The University of Alabama’s Sarah Moody Gallery of Art.
The exhibit will run from Thursday, Aug. 19, to Thursday, Sept. 23.
The opening reception will be from 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 19, at the gallery, 103 Garland Hall on Woods Quad.
DeMonte is an artist, teacher, curator and collector of objects reflecting women’s issues, global community, social awareness and self-reflection. DeMonte’s mixed media works reflect women’s place in the world.
DeMonte’s work has been featured in numerous national and international exhibitions and resides in the collections of the Corcoran Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C.; the Brooklyn Museum in New York; and the New Orleans Museum of Art, among others.
The Sarah Moody Gallery of Art is supported by UA’s College of Arts and Sciences and the department of art and art history. Hours are 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday-Friday and 5 to 8 p.m. Thursdays. Admission is free. Details: call the gallery at 205/348-1891, or go to http://art.ua.edu/site/galleries/sarah-moody-gallery-of-art/.
UA’s College of Arts and Sciences is the University’s largest division and the largest liberal arts college in the state. Students from the College have won numerous national awards including Rhodes Scholarships, Goldwater Scholarships and memberships on the USA Today Academic All American Team.
Contact
Vicki Rial, Sarah Moody Gallery of Art, 205/348-1891, vrial@art.as.ua.edu; Richard LeComte, media relations, rllecomte@ur.ua.edu, 205/348-3782