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Fenwick Gallery hosts exhibition of self-published student comics

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Fenwick Gallery at George Mason University is pleased to host “We Make Comics!” an exhibition of minicomics and process art from students in the School of Art. The exhibition is on view in Fenwick Gallery from April 27 through May 29, 2022.

“We Make Comics!” showcases the process of creating comics from first pitch through final print, and features work from students in the inaugural “Dynamic Publishing” course at Mason. Students in this class developed minicomics (short, self-published comics) in multiple genres, from science fiction to fantasy and slice-of-life. These artists worked in a range of media through the sketch and design stages and produced the final version of their comics using Risograph printing. The exhibition presents story outlines and notes, character sketches, and rough drafts alongside the finished minicomics, demonstrating the breadth of the creative process and showing how much a story can change during development and final printing. 

“We Make Comics” features work from thirteen student artists, and is curated by Chen Bi (Fenwick Gallery Graduate Research Assistant) and Stephanie Grimm (Art & Art History Librarian and Fenwick Gallery Manager), with support from Prof. Christopher Kardambikis, instructor for “Dynamic Publishing” in Spring 2022.

“We Make Comics” is on display in Fenwick Gallery, located in Fenwick Library on Mason’s Fairfax campus, and may be viewed during the library’s business hours. Visit the Libraries website at http://library.gmu.edu for the most accurate and up-to-date information.

For more information on “We Make Comics!”, contact Stephanie Grimm at sgrimm4@gmu.edu. For general inquiries about the University Libraries or George Mason University, contact Jessica Clark, Development and Communications Officer, at jclarkw@gmu.edu.

Generation Lines – Exhibition Reception, March 9

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Join us on Wednesday, March 9, from 4:30 – 6 p.m. for a closing reception for Generation Lines, now on view at Fenwick Gallery in Fenwick Library.

Registration is free but required – sign up here!

About the exhibit:
The unit of the line, so essential in poetry and in drawing, painting, and design, connects the linguistic and visual modes and provides a site for evocative resistance to sense or order. Featuring work from BFA and MFA students from the Fall 2021 class “Poetry for Artists,” Generation Lines features comics, artists books, photography, prints, and poetry. These students explored visual thinking in poetry and poetics, as well as uses of poetry in visual art and design. These works connect to family history, to the body, and to visual perception and aesthetic experience itself.

Generation Lines is curated by Chen Bi (MFA student, School of Art and Fenwick Gallery Graduate Assistant) and Heather Green (Assistant Professor, School of Art), and features the work of Sierra Guard, Liz Louise, Trisha Nguyen, Jax Ohashi, Bahar Omar, Hale Peterke, Lloyd Wallace, and Chen Bi.

Fenwick Gallery hosts new exhibition: Generation Lines

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Fenwick Gallery hosts “Generation Lines,” an exhibition featuring George Mason art and poetry students 

FAIRFAX, VA – February 2022: Fenwick Gallery at George Mason University is pleased to host “Generation Lines,” an exhibition of visual art and poetry featuring Mason art and creative writing students. The exhibition is on view in Fenwick Gallery through Sunday, March 20 with a closing reception on Thursday, March 10. Visit fenwickgallery.gmu.edu to learn more. 

The unit of the line, which is so essential in poetry and in drawing, painting, and design, connects the linguistic and visual modes and provides a site for evocative resistance to sense or order. “Generation Lines” gathers work from MFA and BFA artists and creative writers at Mason, and developed out of a course where the students explored visual thinking in poetry and poetics, as well as uses of poetry in visual art and design. They made work individually and collaboratively in a wide variety of visual media, including artist books, photobooks, and comics. These works connect to family history, to the body, and to visual perception and aesthetic experience itself.  

“Generation Lines” is curated by Chen Bi (Fenwick Gallery Graduate Assistant and MFA student) and Heather Green (Assistant Professor, School of Art), with exhibition assistance from Stephanie Grimm. 

“Generation Lines” is on display in Fenwick Gallery, located in Fenwick Library on Mason’s Fairfax campus. The gallery is open during business hours; see the Libraries’ website at http://library.gmu.edu for the most accurate and up-to-date information. 

For more information on this exhibition at Fenwick Gallery, contact Stephanie Grimm, Art and Art History Librarian, at sgrimm4@gmu.edu. For general inquiries about the University Libraries or George Mason University, contact Jessica Clark, Development and Communications Officer, at jclarkw@gmu.edu. 

New exhibition in Fenwick Gallery,“Conjuring Presence,” featuring Mason students, faculty, alumni

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Fenwick Gallery at George Mason University is pleased to host “Conjuring Presence,” an exhibition of visual art and poetry featuring Mason students, faculty, and alumni. The exhibition will run in Fenwick Gallery and online from October 20 through December 11, with a literary reading and an artists’ panel to be announced at a later date.

Curated by Mason faculty member and artist Jessica Kallista, “Conjuring Presence” asks both artists and audience to think critically and examine many manifestations of presence: What does it mean to join our creativity as we co-sense and conspire together for the sake of enlivening our imaginations and our communities? What does it mean to become mindful of the need to work against erasure when we understand who is not present and why? Who decides whether some people are or are not allowed to be present to occupy spaces in the arts and academia? How do we acknowledge the past, work for a just future, and still ground ourselves in the present? How might we work to conjure presence? 

The artists and poets featured in “Conjuring Presence” were paired and asked to consider these questions throughout the collaborative process. In doing the work of considering, questioning, and challenging the status quo with radical honesty and presence of mind, together they embrace the power to envision, freedom dream, and co-create otherwise worlds into existence.

This exhibition is co-curated by Heather Green (Asst. Professor, School of Art) and Stephanie Grimm (Art and Art History Librarian and Fenwick Gallery Manager), with exhibit support from Chen Bi (Fenwick Gallery Graduate Assistant). Exhibition support is generously provided by the University Libraries, School of Art, and Creative Writing Program at Mason.

“Conjuring Presence” will be on display in Fenwick Gallery and online. Fenwick Gallery is located in Fenwick Library on Mason’s Fairfax campus. The gallery is open during Library business hours; see the Library’s website at http://library.gmu.edu for the most accurate and up-to-date information.

For more information on this exhibition at Fenwick Gallery, contact Stephanie Grimm, Art and Art History Librarian, at sgrimm4@gmu.edu.

New exhibit – Sanctuary: The Zines Edition

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Sanctuary: The Zines Edition features the work of students in the Mason School of Art “Zines and Self-Publishing” class, led by Emily Fussner. This exhibition is held in parallel with a larger exhibit, Sanctuary, organized by artists and arts management students at Mason.

Students considered a single question, “What does sanctuary mean to you?,” and responded with these intimate works that invite readers into personal, sometimes vulnerable spaces while also offering comfort and connection. The zines are exhibited in a hybrid virtual/physical space, with copies on display in Fenwick Gallery and online. Printable versions of each zine are included on the artists’ individual pages, allowing viewers to keep their own, personal copy of each work.

Sanctuary: The Zines Edition is curated by Fenwick Gallery GRA Andi Benge, with exhibition support from the Art and Art History Librarian, Stephanie Grimm.

Please note: Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, access to the Fenwick Gallery in the Fenwick Library is currently limited to Mason students, staff, and faculty. Please enjoy our virtual exhibit if you are unable to visit campus.