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Art exhibit at Messiah College to feature aesthetic paper constructions of Christine and Donald Forsythe

November 13th, 2012

GRANTHAM, Pa. (Nov. 13, 2012) — The delicately intertwined work of artists Christine and Donald Forsythe will be on display at the Aughinbaugh Art Gallery at Messiah College from Dec. 3 until Jan. 17. The artists, who are both professors at the college, created a portion of the work on view during visits to the Ballinglen Arts Foundation in Ireland as a response to the rural County Mayo coastline. Additional pieces in handmade paper, mixed-process printmaking, collage and artist’s books were created specifically for this two-person exhibition. The artists will talk about their work during a reception on Jan. 17 at 1 p.m. in the gallery. The exhibition is free and open to the public during normal gallery hours.

About Christine A. Forsythe
Christine Forsythe earned her MFA in weaving and textiles from the School of American Craft at Rochester Institute of Technology in 1981, and her work in artist’s books, weaving and papermaking have been widely exhibited. She has been an artist in residence at The Vermont Studio Center and has taught in Orvieto, Italy for Gordon College. Since 1982, Forsythe has taught ceramics and fibers courses at Messiah College where she currently serves as the Chair of the Department of Visual Art.

About Donald J. Forsythe
Since earning his MFA in printmaking from the School of Fine and Applied Arts at Rochester Institute of Technology in 1979, Donald Forsythe has shared his artistic knowledge as an active teacher and workshop leader. He has curated exhibitions, and his own work has been curated in over 100 exhibitions across the country. Forsythe has received numerous awards for his excellence in teaching as well as grants and fellowships that have enabled him to study art in Greece and Ireland. Forsythe currently teaches photography and printmaking in his tenth year as a distinguished professor at Messiah College.

About 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 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 over 3,000 undergraduate and graduate students. 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.

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