Art Museum Spotlights Regional Artists in convergence2006

Michelle Droll "Bedrock" acrylic on foam (Courtesy of The College of Wooster Art Museum)

WOOSTER, Ohio - The College of Wooster will showcase work by 30 area artists when it presents convergence2006 Nov. 7 through Dec. 15 at The College of Wooster Art Museum. The opening reception will be held Friday, Nov. 10, from 7-9 p.m. The exhibition and reception, which are free and open to the public, will be held in the Sussel and Burton D. Morgan Galleries of Ebert Art Center (1220 Beall Ave.).

The juror for the exhibition is Dana Self, the Barbara W. and Bernard E. Bernstein Curator of Collections and Exhibitions, Knoxville Museum of Art in Knoxville, Tenn. Self has written extensively on contemporary art and curated or co-curated more than 85 exhibitions, including one-person shows by Alex Katz, Wayne Thiebaud, Do-Ho Suh, Michael Raedecker, Sharon Louden, Jim Hodges, Michal Rovner, Shahzia Sikander, and Ken Aptekar.

More than 160 works were entered by over 60 artists residing within a 60-mile radius of Wooster. From those entries, 30 works, one by each artist, were selected for the exhibition. The four award winners are Marcella Hackbardt of Gambier, who was chosen for the Wooster Award, and Michelle Droll of Kent, Nancy McEntee of Cleveland, and Susan Squires of Cleveland Heights, each of whom will receive a Juror's Award.

The College of Wooster Art Museum presents temporary, rotating exhibitions from September to May each year in the Ebert Art Center. The museum is open Tuesday through Friday from 10:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. and Saturday and Sunday from 1-5 p.m. except during College breaks. The museum will be closed November 21-26 for the College's Thanksgiving break. All receptions, lectures, and exhibitions are free and open to the public. Group tours are also available. The 2006-2007 exhibition season is supported in part by the Ohio Arts Council through state tax dollars to encourage economic growth, educational excellence, and cultural enrichment for all Ohioans.

For more information about convergence2006, call 330-263-2495 or visit www.artmuseum.wooster.edu. The next exhibition will be "Art of Africa: Objects from the Collection of Warren Robbins," which runs Jan. 16 through March 4.