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Durkan's 'Blindheaded' on display at Cecil College; reception Feb. 12
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Adam Kamras
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Cecil College
410-287-1054
January 26, 2010
Adam Kamras
Public Relations
Cecil College
410-287-1054
January 26, 2010
Durkan's 'Blindheaded' on display at Cecil College; reception Feb. 12
NORTH EAST, Md. - "Blindheaded," an exhibit of drawings and sculptures by Ellen Durkan of Wilmington, Del., is on display in The Gallery in the Milburn Stone Theatre on Cecil College's North East campus from Jan. 25 to Feb. 22.
"Blindheaded" was previously presented by Durkan as her graduate thesis solo show at Towson University, where she earned a Master of Fine Arts degree in sculpture in 2009. She has also been awarded an associate degree from the Delaware College of Art and Design and a bachelor's from the Corcoran College of Art and Design. Durkan received several scholarships and grants throughout her academic career.
"I am interested in exploring the human form through its mental and physical interaction to its surroundings," said Durkan. "I work with my body's direct, visceral relationship to forging steel, and drawings on paper. I am also interested in how different materials allow me to evolve and change my ideas."
A mid-exhibit reception will be held at 6:30 p.m. Friday, Feb. 12. Following the reception, an original production blending dance, music and theater will be performed by Cecil College's Performing Arts Program faculty when The CoLABorative presents "The Love Letter Project, Part 3" at 8 p.m. in the Milburn Stone Theatre. Come to the reception in the gallery; stay for the show in the theater. Light fare and refreshments will be served.
Durkan's work has appeared in numerous exhibits in Delaware, Maryland, Washington, D.C. and West Virginia. Her art has been recognized and reviewed by several media outlets, including Fox45 TV in Baltimore, "Bmore Art," and "Art Talk" magazine. She has also taught sculpture, drawing and blacksmithing.
"My sculptures evolve simultaneously with my drawing process, in order to allow new possibilities to reflect and present themselves," said Durkan. "I am interested in the obsessive inner nature of the human condition and my gut need to build things. This starts with tiny sculptures made out of leftover and found materials. Gluing, sewing and binding, I fuse together information through a range of contrasting, even contradictory materials that results in each sculpture's own unique voice. My drawings are created in a similar process to the sculptures; from large scale to an intimate scale and back. There is a cyclical process that feeds back in on itself."
Admission is free to The Gallery in the Milburn Stone Theatre, located at One Seahawk Drive. The gallery is open from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday or by special appointment. It is also open during events in the Milburn Stone Theatre. For more information, call 410-287-1023.
"Blindheaded" was previously presented by Durkan as her graduate thesis solo show at Towson University, where she earned a Master of Fine Arts degree in sculpture in 2009. She has also been awarded an associate degree from the Delaware College of Art and Design and a bachelor's from the Corcoran College of Art and Design. Durkan received several scholarships and grants throughout her academic career.
"I am interested in exploring the human form through its mental and physical interaction to its surroundings," said Durkan. "I work with my body's direct, visceral relationship to forging steel, and drawings on paper. I am also interested in how different materials allow me to evolve and change my ideas."
A mid-exhibit reception will be held at 6:30 p.m. Friday, Feb. 12. Following the reception, an original production blending dance, music and theater will be performed by Cecil College's Performing Arts Program faculty when The CoLABorative presents "The Love Letter Project, Part 3" at 8 p.m. in the Milburn Stone Theatre. Come to the reception in the gallery; stay for the show in the theater. Light fare and refreshments will be served.
Durkan's work has appeared in numerous exhibits in Delaware, Maryland, Washington, D.C. and West Virginia. Her art has been recognized and reviewed by several media outlets, including Fox45 TV in Baltimore, "Bmore Art," and "Art Talk" magazine. She has also taught sculpture, drawing and blacksmithing.
"My sculptures evolve simultaneously with my drawing process, in order to allow new possibilities to reflect and present themselves," said Durkan. "I am interested in the obsessive inner nature of the human condition and my gut need to build things. This starts with tiny sculptures made out of leftover and found materials. Gluing, sewing and binding, I fuse together information through a range of contrasting, even contradictory materials that results in each sculpture's own unique voice. My drawings are created in a similar process to the sculptures; from large scale to an intimate scale and back. There is a cyclical process that feeds back in on itself."
Admission is free to The Gallery in the Milburn Stone Theatre, located at One Seahawk Drive. The gallery is open from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday or by special appointment. It is also open during events in the Milburn Stone Theatre. For more information, call 410-287-1023.
Tickets for "The Love Letter Project, Part 3," which are $15 for adults, $12 for students and seniors, and $10 for children 12 and younger, can be purchased by phone at 410-287-1037, at the Milburn Stone Theatre box office, or online at www.milburnstone.org. The box office is open from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday to Friday.
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