James May Gallery Features Four Artists in September

“A Well-Balanced Man” by Megan Magill.

James May Gallery is featuring the works of Mira Gerard, S.D Evans, Melissa Mytty and Megan Magill from Sept. 7 to Oct. 1. A reception for the show is Sept. 7, 5:30 – 8 pm.

Gerard’s creative practice spans painting, performance, and video. She received her BFA from Indiana University and her MFA from the University of Georgia. Her work has been exhibited at a range of venues including Knoxville Museum of Art, Torrance Art Museum, and more. Gerard is Chair and Professor in the Department of Art & Design at East Tennessee State University.

Evans uses quilts as objects and as storytellers. When asked about her craft she said, “I am fascinated by the essentials of the materials – the root of pattern, the push of geometry, and the joy of contrast. The quilt making process is intimate, tactile, repetitive – often becoming a meditation on itself.”

Mytty received her BFA in ceramics from the College for Creative Studies in Detroit and her MFA in ceramics from Cranbrook Academy of Art in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan. Mytty’s work focuses on the vessel format created by hand-building techniques of pinching, coiling or slab building.

Magill received her BA in Humanities at the University of Colorado, her Masters from Northwestern University and her MFA from Maine Media College. Her work has been exhibited in group and joint shows nationally and she was recently a semi-finalist in the Print Center’s International Competition.

James May Gallery, located at 213 Steele Street in Algoma, is open 10 am – 5 pm Thursday through Saturday, 1-5 pm Sunday and 10 am – 1 pm Monday. For more information visit jamesmaygallery.com/index.html.