Week of Events
Susan Tonkin Riegel: Marking Time
Susan Tonkin Riegel’s residencies in France over two years have yielded a dynamic new series of abstract mixed media work. Her compositions vibrate with gestural lines, both drawn and stitched, and saturated areas of color on paper and other surfaces. New two-dimensional work includes elements such as letters, symbols, and enigmatic figures, and two-sided pieces […]
Judith Foosaner: Decameron
While in quarantine this past spring and summer, Judith Foosaner began to paint large sheets of cardboard on the ground with painterly calligraphic marks. By cutting the sheets into shapes and tacking them up on the wall, the artist noticed that her arrangement seemed to create a playful choreography of animate shapes in her studio. […]
Sandy Whetstone: Beyond Pets
The Pence Gallery will have a new exhibit featuring ceramic sculpture by Sandy Whetstone. Her work explores and questions the relationship between humans and animals - how we assign human attributes to animals, or vice versa, and the importance of animals to humans. Whetstone’s pieces incorporate anthropomorphic and zoomorphic aspects, showing how we are all […]
Artist Talk with Susan Tonkin Riegel (via Zoom)
Artist Talk with Susan Tonkin Riegel (via Zoom)
Join artist Susan Tonkin Riegel virtually as she discusses her creative process and experiences that inspire her abstract mixed media work. Her exhibit, Marking Time, will be on display at the Pence Gallery March 2-April 18, 2021. Artist Talk: Friday, March 19, 3:30-4:30 PM (FREE) via Zoom Link to register will be available soon […]
Art History Lecture Series: Dr. Pattaratorn Chirapravati (via Zoom)
Art History Lecture Series: Dr. Pattaratorn Chirapravati (via Zoom)
Royal Fashions: Reflections on Modernizing the Image of Siamese Queens in the Late 19th Century Saturday, March 20, 2-3 PM (FREE) via Zoom The Pence Gallery’s Art History Lecture Series continues on March 20 with Dr. Pattaratorn Chirapravati, Professor of Art History at California State University, Sacramento. In this free virtual lecture, Dr. […]