BALTIMORE--Hidden & Revealed, an exhibition that provides insight into an artist's process, is on view through Saturday, Sept. 6 at Maryland Art Place, Suite 100, 8 Market Place.

Curated by Peter Dubeau, associate dean for continuing studies at MICA, Hidden & Revealed features the work of six artists, including Michelle La Perriere ('89 MFA), co-chair of the foundation department at the College; Hadieh Shafie, director of career development; and Randi Reiss-McCormack ('89 MFA).

A free, public gallery talk with Dubeau takes place Friday, Aug. 8 at 6 p.m. followed by a reception with the artists at 7 p.m. at the non-profit center for contemporary art.

La Perriere's selection of work is from a larger series of sequential monoprints that was created during a residency in which the artist's experience of watching spring come alive from her studio window was tempered by the remembrance of her brother who had suddenly passed away.

Reiss-McCormack has loosely based her three new mixed media paintings on nursery rhyme narratives and has chosen to present them in a circular format that recalls a spinning top.

Shafie uses Farsi text -- specifically the word for "love" -- but strips it of its meaning and sound as it becomes more of a calligraphic mark in her new series of paintings and mixed media works.

The other artists participating in Hidden & Revealed are Michael Iampieri, Kevin Kepple, and Dean Kessmann.

For more information, call 410-225-2300.

 

Founded in 1826, MICA is among the top visual arts colleges in the nation. It enrolls 1,714 undergraduate and 218 graduate students from 48 states and 52 foreign countries, offering programs of study leading to the bachelor of fine arts (B.F.A.), master of arts (M.A.), and master of fine arts (M.F.A.) degrees. It also offers post-baccalaureate certificate programs and a full slate of credit and noncredit courses for adults, college-bound students, and children. MICA is recognized as an important cultural resource for the Baltimore/Washington region, sponsoring many public and community-outreach programs-including more than 100 exhibitions by students, faculty, and nationally and internationally known artists annually-as well as artists' residencies, film series, lectures, readings, and performances.