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October Issue 2002

McColl Center in Charlotte, NC, Offers Exhibit of New Artists-in-Residence

McColl Center for Visual Art in Charlotte, NC, is proud to announce the arrival of the Fall 2002 Artists-in-Residence. The six artists will be in residence until Nov. 19, 2002. An exhibition of works by these artists will be on view at the Center from Oct. 4 through Nov. 16, 2002. The six new Artists-in-Residence are: Ambreen Butt, Rebecca Jones, Mail Order Brides, Judy Kensley McKie, Todd McKie, and Agnes Buya Ng'Ambi Yombwe.

Ambreen Butt, born in Lahorre, Pakistan, is trained in Indian and Persian miniature and contemporary western painting. Drawing from these, she examines Western and Islamic cultural paradoxes and tensions as they relate to women.

Rebecca Jones, a Charlotte native, works primarily in the medium of encaustic, which is one of the oldest painting techniques, originating in Greece and Egypt. It is the process of painting with a heated wax that has been tinted with pigments.

Mail Order Brides (MOB): Eliza Barrios, Reanne Estrada, and Jenifer Wofford boast that it all began in a Karaoke Bar in San Francisco in 1994. They began working collectively to investigate and offer campy commentary on their shared Filipino-American culture. With their over-the-top antics and wisecracking style they "try to make their work accessible through fun."

Judy Kensey McKie fuses form and function to create furniture whether in wood or bronze. Stylized birds, fish, and animals are carved into walnut, lime wood, maple, and basswood or cast in bronze to become contemporary chairs, chests, and tables. Widely collected and exhibited throughout the US, the artist will be working to complete two commissions while in residence at McColl Center for Visual Art.

Simply, directly, and often with humor, Todd McKie examines his experience of life. Although his work looks spontaneous, and even child-like, he is deeply involved in formal and historical issues regarding art making. Widely collected and exhibited throughout the northeast and the southwest, the artist also has completed several public art commissions.

Agnes Buya Ng'Ambi Yombwe born in Gaborone, Botswana, is an artist, teacher, and advocate for women artists throughout the southern Africa region. In her art, she identifies with the roles of women in traditional Zambian society, as it is expressed in ritual and ceremony. Whether her medium is wood, canvas, or handmade paper, Agnes draws her inspiration from the mask traditions of south-central Africa and from an intimate knowledge of the marriage ceremony as practiced by the Bemba-speaking people in Zambia's North Province.

Joining the Artists-in-Residence are the Affiliate Artists: Shaun Cassidy, Don Cheek, Belinda Goodwin, Corine Guseman, Jennifer Kincaid, Peggy Rivers, Terry Shipley, and Catherine Cross Uehara.

McColl Center for Visual Art is a progressive, not-for-profit organization committed to freeing artists to be inspired to the highest levels of artistic expression and to enrich the Charlotte community through their presence.

For more info check our NC Institutional Gallery listings or contact Ryan Moses at McColl Center for Visual Art at 704/334-7745 or e-mail at (r.moses@mccollcenter.org).

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