Salina Post
Mar 07, 2020

McPherson College gallery exhibit celebrates women

Posted Mar 07, 2020 1:05 PM

McPHERSON – A gallery exhibit at McPherson College titled, “Who Does She Think She Is?” brings together women artists, poets, and writers from across Kansas to celebrate women and commemorate the 100th anniversary of the passage of the 19th Amendment, guaranteeing and protecting women’s constitutional right to vote.

The exhibition features works from both young and old, traditional and contemporary. The works cover a wide range of media including, drawing, painting, graphic design, sculpture, assemblage, textiles, jewelry, photography, ceramics, and more. Poems and writings by women writers from the college also accompany the artwork.

“I was inspired by this year’s celebration of 100 years of women’s suffrage and by the under-representation of women in the arts,” Gallery Director Michaela Valli Groeblacher said. “The genesis of this show is rather organic and spontaneous. I invited women from all over Kansas to exhibit their art, poetry, and prose, focusing on works that many might not have seen before.”

Women artists have been marginalized for centuries, according to Groeblacher. The exhibition cites information from the National Museum of Women in the Arts that says until the 1970s it was nearly impossible to find information about women artists referenced in art history books. Women artists still face obstacles and disparities today and are persistently underrepresented in museum collections and exhibitions.

The exhibition is open now through April 18 in Friendship Hall on the college campus. It is open to the public during regular business hours, Monday through Friday. An artists’ reception will be held on April 18 from 5-7 p.m.

A video featuring the artwork on exhibit can be found at: https://www.mcpherson.edu/2020/03/gallery-exhibit-at-mcpherson-college-celebrates-women/

Artists in the exhibition include:

Becky Hyberger - Bennington

Debbie Wagner - Bennington

Roberta Eichenberg – Emporia

Linda Ganstrom – Hays

Julie Unruh - Linn

Lee Becker – Lindsborg

Maleta Forsberg – Lindsborg

Tara Killingsworth – Lindsborg

Phyllis Liljegren-Newson – Lindsborg

Michaela Valli Groeblacher – Lindsborg

Briana Zimmerling – Lindsborg

Geraldine Craig - Manhattan

Dee Erway-Sherwood – McPherson

Jen Pollard – McPherson

Angela Muller – Russell

Ruth Amortize - Salina

Connie Burket – Salina

Karla Prickett – Salina

Sandy Wedel – Salina

Carol Long – St. John

Barbara Waterman-Peters - Topeka

Kelsey Gosset Dennis – Wichita

Marilyn Grisham – Wichita

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