Opening Reception: First Friday, January 8th from 5pm to 8pm.
Mary Mihelic’s artist talk will be recorded and accessible below and through our social media pages beginning January 8th at 4PM.
Exhibit run: January 8th - February 18th, 2021, Craddock-Terry Gallery at Riverviews Artspace.
Mary Mihelic’s Running Girls series is inspired by the courage of the schoolgirls who ran for their lives and escaped from the Boko Haram terrorists in Nigeria when they attacked their school and kidnapped their classmates. The term “boko haram” translated means “Western education is a sin,” and the group believes that women should not be educated; instead, women should be used as cooks or sex slaves. The art reflects on war under the guise of religion, religious freedom, education for women, and global feminism.
BIO:
Mary Mihelic received her Masters of Fine Arts degree from Parsons the New School for Design in 2006. Since then, her artworks have been shown in New York City and around the nation. Prior to getting her M.F.A., Mary studied art extensively at the Museum School in Boston and at the SMFA’s programs in Venice, Italy. Her undergraduate degree is from Boston College where she majored in English. As a contemporary artist, she focuses on feminism, spirituality and politics. An excerpt from her artist statement reads, “In a time when people are leaving churches in record numbers and the historic relationship between religion and the art world has washed away, I make art about those things that bring us to our knees and humble us: the power of the ocean, the meltdown of a nuclear power plant, the courage of 53 school girls running for their lives... the moments that transcend religion.
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