TONIGHT! Get your hands on my brand new #metalprints from #Printerpix!! * The Gallery at Lakeland Lakeland Community College 7700 Clocktower Drive Kirtland, Ohio 44094 D-Building, First Floor * Gallery Coordinator: Mary Urbas 440-525-7029 [email protected] www.lakelandcc.edu/gallery The Gallery at Lakeland Presents: The Skull and Skeleton in Art VI… Folk Art to Pop Culture September 19 – November 8, 2019 Artist Reception, Costume Party, Boneyard Market and Benefit Auction: Thursday, October 24, 2019, 6 - 9 PM Beer and wine cash bar. * <💀> The Boneyard Market will feature artist vendors selling skull and skeleton themed items, at a lower price point. They will be set up at both ends of The Gallery. * <💀> Artist Bili Kribbs, (who is one of the exhibiting artists), will be painting “Live” during the reception. Look for him at his easel, set up next to the beer and wine cash bar. * <💀> There will be 28 ceramic skulls offered for bidding, that have been decorated by 26 artists from Northeast Ohio, Indiana and Michigan; and one (1) skull digitally printed on aluminum, donated by Stephen Calhoun. * All proceeds from the auction will benefit The Gallery at Lakeland Community College. * For more information or to bid, please visit: https://lakelandcc.edu/web/about/gallery-auction , Or www.lakelandcc.edu/gallery Bidding ends Sunday, November 3, 2019, 7 p.m. * Celebrate Dia de los Muertos Experience a Celebration of the Art and Culture of Mexico. An ofrenda (temporary altar) will be created by artists Higo Gabarron and Leslie Edwards Humez to honor the memories of departed relatives and friends. All are welcome to join us to meet the artists, and to enjoy light refreshments. Guests are encouraged to come in costume. * “It’s about embracing life and death and our mortality,” said Mary Urbas, Lakeland Fine Art Gallery coordinator, exhibit curator, and life-long collector of skull art and artifacts. “Being raised Roman Catholic, the rebellious side in me was drawn to skulls for the initial shock value. I took a life changing trip to Mexico in the early 90’s and embraced it’s cultural diversity and folk art. * Image credit: Diptych by @artisticchaos Cecelia Ivy Price (at Lakeland Community College) https://www.instagram.com/p/B4AyCOqB0LA/?igshid=1112vs57pu1hn
