Guest artist Jill Lavetsky, who has opened her first solo exhibition in NSU’s Gallery 217 Gallery 217, will be hosting three special events on Oct. 19: an artist workshop from 12 p.m. to 1:30 p.m., a special reception from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m., and an artist talk from 6:15 p.m. to 6:45 p.m.
The exhibit, sponsored by the Department of Communication, Media and the Arts, is free to all NSU students, staff and local community members.
Every year, professor Kandy Lopez’s museum studies and gallery practice class exhibits the work and hosts artist workshops and talks with artists from different backgrounds. The artists can present their work, talk about their background and explain their exhibit.
Lopez’s students built the entire Lavetsky exhibit in collaboration with the artist. They started construction in late August and completed it on Sept. 28. It will remain open for people to view until Nov. 22.
Lavetsky is a South Florida based artist who has had her work displayed all over the country since 2009. She graduated with a Master of Fine Arts from Florida Atlantic University in 2013 and has worked in various institutions since. Lavetsky’s works include watercolor, collages, canvas paintings and more.
Her exhibit “Merge” includes multiple watercolor paintings, black and white collages and sculptures that reflect the themes of human connection, relationships and emotions.
Tristan Trivett, gallery assistant noted that themes of motherhood, love and self-image are intimately explored within each canvas. “Lavetsky’s use of thinned paint creates multidimensional layers of abdomens, hands, and heads possessing otherworldly glow as they overlap and form a new composite entity,” she added.
Gallery 217 is open on Monday and Wednesday from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., on Tuesday and Thursday from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m., and on Friday from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. It is located on the second floor of the PVA Suite in the UC, through the doors by the student lounge.
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