Donna M. McCullough steel sculpture exhibition of “contrasts and complements” on display at Messiah College
January 18th, 2008
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GRANTHAM, Pa. (Jan. 18, 2008) — Starting Feb. 8, the striking sculptures of Donna M. McCullough will be on exhibition in Aughinbaugh Art Gallery, located in the Climenhaga Fine Arts Center on Messiah College’s Grantham campus. Titled “she/her/me,” the exhibition will remain on display until March 7 and may be viewed during regular gallery hours. The gallery will sponsor an artist’s talk and reception also on March 7, from 6-8 p.m. The exhibit is free and open to the public.
About Donna M. McCullough
McCullough’s unique creations have their roots in paradox. Her sculptures take the form of dresses, and she employs steel, wire mesh, cut-outs and other embellishments that help the finished piece “appear feminine and soft while actually maintaining its strength and rigidity.” She quotes as inspiration the felt difference between perceptions of femininity as delicate and actual women of resilient character, using “a juxtaposition of extremes… to convey feminine sensibilities.”
Aughinbaugh Art Gallery Director Sherron Biddle comments, “While acknowledging fashion as a reflection of cultural trends and historical events, Ms. McCullough takes this one step further and creates dresses that embody the detritus of life as commentary.” McCullough’s work has appeared in exhibits up and down the east coast, in California, New Mexico, Texas and Mexico. She was the 2002 recipient of the Member’s Choice Award in the Baltimore Sculptors Group Annual Show and the 1999 winner of the Museum Director’s Award.
About the Aughinbaugh Art Gallery
Located on the lower level of the Climenhaga Fine Arts Center on Messiah College’s Grantham campus, the M. Louise Aughinbaugh Art Gallery exhibits the work of internationally recognized artists from around the world, as well as faculty and students. Gallery programming supplements campus classroom instruction by bringing practicing artists to campus to demonstrate techniques in classes and by organizing special evening lectures and afternoon gallery talks. The gallery also functions as a hands-on teaching laboratory for students in the college’s course on museum studies. Aughinbaugh Art Gallery is open Mondays through Thursdays, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.; on Fridays from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m.; and on Saturdays and Sundays from 2 p.m. to 5 p.m.
About Messiah College
Messiah College, a private Christian college of the liberal and applied arts and sciences, enrolls 2,800 undergraduate students in 55 majors. Established in 1909, the primary campus is located in Grantham, Pa., near the state capital of Harrisburg. A satellite campus affiliated with Temple University is located in Philadelphia.