Part of the Off the Mark collection by Mary B. Lynch. Click to enlarge.
The North River Civic Center in Hixson is opening the Artist Exhibition Program featuring local artists Mary B. Lynch and Mary B. Carrithers. This exhibition is entitled “Mary B. Mary.”
An opening reception sponsored by the Friends of the North River Civic Center will be held at the Civic Center, June 15, from 2-4 p.m.
Mary Britten Lynch has been featured in numerous art publications, most recently in “The Best of Drawing Series…Strokes of Genius.” She has received both national and international awards for insightful approach to painting. Her work is represented in several galleries including the cities of Alexandria, Atlanta, Philadelphia and Phoenix and is part of many corporate and private collections including the Smithsonian Archives and the U.S. Art Embassy Program.
Speaking of her work she says, “My work is me. Everything I am and everything I am not. It is my weakness, my strength, my self-esteem. My past and my future…where I am going and where I have been.”
Included in her work on display is part of her “Off the Mark” collection which embodies attached acrylic canvasses which reflect the energy of internal dialogues with eclectic observances. Ms. Lynch is a Fine Arts graduate of U.T. Chattanooga and has done graduate work at Long Island University and U.T. Knoxville.
Mary Baker Carrithers, like Ms. Lynch, has exhibited her art both nationally and internationally on numerous occasions. She is also a published children’s book illustrator. Locally, Ms. Carrithers has taught art at the McCallie School where she was Chair of the Art Department for 12 years and currently teaches advanced art classes at Girl’s Preparatory School. She holds a Master’s Degree from the City University of New York, a B.A. from Bennington College and a Certificate in Drawing from Academia di Belle Arti, Florence, Italy. She also has received additional training from the Pratt Institute, Penland School, and the Art Institute of Chicago.
Her work on display at the civic center is a series of eight large acrylic studio studies. In these works are presented an unusual view of the everyday objects that one would see in an artist’s studio: the sink, an easel, various props and details of an artist at work.
The exhibit will be on display at North River Civic Center from now till August.
Future exhibit selected by the NRCC Visual Arts Exhibition Committee are as follows:
Sept. – Nov. The Accidental Auditors;
Dec. – Feb. Tennessee Watercolor Society
Mar-May- Quilts
Committee members are Marilyn Harrison, Allied Arts; Diana Whitaker, Walmart in Hixson; Deborah Ellis, Memorial Health Place in Hixson; Judy Serna, In Circle flight Design and Linda Rugina, North River Civic Center.
For more information, call 870-8924.
Part of the Off the Mark collection by Mary B. Lynch. Click to enlarge.