New at the Mu: Women of Resilience Exhibition – Massillon Independent

Margy Vogt| Special to The Independent

TheMassillonMuseumsWomen of Resilienceexhibition curated by Priscilla Roggenkamp, Judith Sterling, and Patricia ONeill Sacha can be viewed in MassMus Aultman Health Foundation Gallery through May 23.Theexhibition complementsthethemes of this years NEA Big Read book selection,Circeby Madeline Miller.

Exhibiting artists include ClareMurray Adams, Ruthie Akuchie, Kathleen Browne, Heather Bullach, Sarah Curry, Annette Yoho Feltes, J. Leigh Garcia, Laura Kolinski-Schultz, Charmaine Lurch, Sarah McMahon, ErinMulligan, MichelleMulligan, Patricia ONeill Sacha, Mary Kaye ONeill, Cynthia Petry, Priscilla Roggenkamp, Judith Sterling, Sylvia Treisel, Gail Trunick, Michele Waalkes, Gwen Waight, Jo Westfall, Gail Wetherell-Sack, Laurel WintersandKiana Ziegler.

Artists were tasked with creating art representing positiveattributes ofthewomens movement and female superheroes.Their artwork is an array of styles and materials painting, clay, jewelry, fabric, and mixed media. Fifty works of art are included.

TheWomen of Resilienceexhibition is part of local and national celebrations ofthecentennial of womens suffrage, Roggenkamp said. Twenty-five artists have explored a variety of topics in traditional and non-traditional media … personal empowerment, overcoming barriers,thecapacity to recover, acts of strength and resistance, and healingtheworld and ourselves.Twenty-three oftheartists are from Ohio.

Visitors totheWomen of Resilienceexhibition can also seeAndrea Palagiano: Self-Conscious(through April 25) in Studio M;Massillons Pro and Semi-Pro Teams, 18901926andMassillon Womens Tiger Teams from Gym Class to Title IXinthePaul BrownMuseum;theImmel Circus; and exhibits intheMassillon History Gallery,theAlbert E. Hise Fine and Decorative Arts Gallery,thePhotography Gallery, andtheFlex Gallery.Free copies ofCirceremain availableattheMuseum.

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WhatWomen of ResilienceExhibition

WhenThrough May 23. Hours are 9:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. TuesdaysSaturdays; and 2 to 5 p.m. Sundays.

WhereMassillonMuseum, 121 Lincoln Way East, Massillon.

Moremassillonmuseum.org, or 330-833-4061.

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