Artist Gail Gorlitzz’s glittering bead sculptures on display at Messiah College
August 21st, 2008
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GRANTHAM, Pa. (Aug. 21, 2008) – The Aughinbaugh Gallery at Messiah College will display the vivid and fantastical bead sculptures of artist Gail Gorlitzz from Sept. 12 until Oct. 19. The exhibit, “Depth Perception,” will feature a variety of Gorlitzz’s work, much of which is inspired by sea life and her garden, and may be viewed during normal gallery hours. The gallery will sponsor an artist’s talk and reception on Sept. 12 from 6-8 p.m. The exhibit is free and open to the public.
About Gail Gorlitzz
Using beads as her primary medium, Gortlizz explains, “I love how these small bits of glass reflect light, shifting and changing the visual dynamics of the sculpture in ways not possible with other media. I work intuitively by interweaving, layering and shaping these tiny elements of color to have their flow mirror my own streams of thought filled with memories, associations and twists of imagination.”
Gorlitzz received her bachelor’s degree of fine arts in sculpture from Cornell University. She did her graduate work at George Washington University and as a special student to Anne Truitt at the University of Maryland, College Park. She has exhibited a variety of solo and group shows on the east coast.
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 more than 60 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.