Cecil College hosts three art exhibitions
Published on August 2, 2024
ELKTON, Md: The Art and Design program at Cecil College will host three art exhibitions this fall at the Milburn Stone Gallery and the Elkton Station Gallery.
The Fall Art Season kicks off with an “Alumni Spotlight: Mary Jo Fitz” that will be on display from Friday, August 16, through Tuesday, September 24, in the Elkton Station Gallery. There will be an event reception on Friday, September 6, from 5-8 p.m. in conjunction with the First Friday Art Loop in the Town of Elkton.
“We live in a loud world, loud and fast, where feelings, thoughts, and ideas are scattered, swept away, and lost. If art is expression, communication, and connection, it is the artist who stands in the mist, listening for whispers among the echoes,” said Ms. Fitz.
Through her work in ceramics and pottery, Ms. Fitz hopes to amplify the whispers, coaxing reflection and conversation.
The second exhibition of the season is “Retratos Boulenc—Boulenc Portraits,” by Robert Ludwig, which helps celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month. It will be on display in the Milburn Stone Gallery on the North East Campus of Cecil College. The exhibit will be unveiled on Friday, September 6, and will be on display through October 18. There will be a reception on Friday, September 20, from 6-8 p.m.
This portrait show features bakers, cooks, wait staff, and dishwashers working at Boulenc, a popular bakery-restaurant in Oaxaca, Mexico. The exhibit aims to spotlight the workers with a series of black-and-white photographs that include headshots of the staff and images capturing the workers busying themselves with early morning food preparation.
This collection was shot over several years as the photographer, Robert Ludwig, developed an easy, natural intimacy with these workers, hopefully captured in the photographs and felt by the viewer. This exhibit is supported in part by the Maryland State Arts Council (msac.org).
Cecil College will also host the “Amber Waves of Grain” by Robert Ludwig. This exhibition opens with a reception on Friday, October 4, from 5-8 p.m. in Elkton Station Gallery and runs through November 20.
Agriculture is the dominant land use in Cecil County. The color and black-and-white photographs in this collection illustrate wheat during stages of growth and decline. The imagery also depicts tobacco crops during harvest.
The photographs in this show offer intricate images of these crops – highlighting dramatic color contrasts and subtle textural variations – in a way that cannot be appreciated from a passenger vehicle driving on country roads.
The Milburn Stone Gallery is open during the following hours:
- Tuesday & Thursday: 10 a.m. – 2 p.m.
- Wednesday & Friday: Noon – 4 p.m.
- Three hours before Milburn Stone Theatre showtimes.
The Elkton Station Gallery is open for visitors Monday through Thursday, 7 a.m. to 10 p.m.; Friday, 7 a.m. to 5 p.m.; and Saturday, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.
For more information on all the exciting art events at Cecil College, visit https://www.cecil.edu/campus-life/galleries-theaters. Or check them out on Facebook at facebook.com/CecilCollegeArtandDesignProgram/.