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Thursday, June 19, 2008

Marcy McChesney reception @ Bihl Haus, June 20th


Marcy McChesney artwork

Marcy McChesney: +/- 200June 20th-July 19that Bihl Haus ArtsOpening Reception: Fri., June 20th, 5:30-8:30 p.m.Bihl Haus Arts is pleased to present the exhibition "+/- 200," an installation of 200 (more or less) small collages by Marcy McChesney.

McChesney’s postcard-sized collages, produced on a near-daily basis for over a year from found and recycled materials, exhibit an elegant economy of decision-making about color, form, and texture.

Through this process, the artist has become fascinated by the organic, instinctual spontaneity and immediacy of creating small-format collages. The works, viewed both individually and en mass in the installation,--hung end-to-end in a continuous line, they form a belt-like separation of the gallery walls--convey the sense that beauty can be found in the most common ephemera. Marcy McChesney was born and raised in San Antonio, Texas.

Upon completion of her primary education, she moved to California where she lived for over ten years, showing her paintings in coffee houses and galleries from San Diego to San Francisco. In 2001 she returned to San Antonio to complete her BFA at UTSA, awarded in spring 2004.

She has had several solo exhibitions and has participated in many group shows including at Arte Contemporáneo and Centro Cultural Aztlán, Her art work has been published in Is This Forever or What?: Poems and Paintings from Texas, by Naomi Shihab Nye. Recently, she designed the cover for Jo LeCouer’s book of poetry, Medicine Woods.

McChesney will offer “Small Collages,” a hands-on workshop at Bihl Haus Arts on Saturday, July 12, 2-4 pm. The cost of the workshop is $20.00 per person (free to residents of Primrose Senior Apartments). All materials provided. For reservations, please call 383-9723.

Bihl Haus Arts (www.bihlhausarts.org) is a not-for-profit contemporary art gallery located at 2803 Fredericksburg Rd., on the premises of Primrose at Monticello Park Senior Apartments, an affordable housing community.

The gallery is made possible with the generous support of The Potashnik Family Foundation and Primrose. This exhibit is an official CAM event. For more information, (210) 383-9723, or kellenkee@swbell.net

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