As its mandate, the exhibitions department at MICA presents work produced by students, faculty and alumni, and focuses on a broad range of developments in contemporary art, to expand the educational and cultural awareness for the region.
The 2014 Sabbatical exhibition, Aug. 29-Sept. 21, features the work of 10 MICA faculty artists, and explores a range of diverse media and theme. Here photography, fiber, painting, mixed and interdisciplinary media are employed to materialize the interpretations of mythology, place, nature, social inquiry, champions of history, race and culture; and design.
Central to the architecture of the exhibition is a composition of four quilts created by award winning poet, artist and professor of humanistic studies Dr. Chezia Thompson -Strand. The quartet resonates with brilliant fiber compositions, melodically ornamented with patterned and textured notes of mixed media. The quilts engage the viewer as one would approach the reading a book exaggerated in scale, and tell stories of championship (Gabrielle Douglas: WINDWALKER), mythology (THE DOGON: Carpenter Star, the River Maidens) and ancient history (The Women ofKEMET).
