Maryland Institute College of Art features two companion exhibitions and a new piece of outdoor sculpture produced by artist-in-residence Dmitry Kaminker as part of Baltimore's Vivat! St. Petersburg celebration. Located in the Pinkard Gallery and the Mount Royal Avenue Median in front of MICA's Main Building at 1300 Mount Royal Avenue, Dmitry Kaminker: Sculptor is on-view Friday, January 31 -- Sunday, February 16. From Gulag to Glasnost: Leningrad Artists from the Dodge Collection of Soviet Nonconformist Art at the Zimmerli Art Museum runs Friday, January 31 -- Sunday, March 16 in Meyerhoff Gallery. Receptions take place on Friday, February 14 from 5 -- 8 p.m. The exhibitions were organized by the Jane Voorhees Zimmerli Art Museum, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey.
In the Pinkard Gallery, which is located in the Bunting Center at 1401 Mount Royal Avenue, Dmitry Kaminker: Sculptor is an exhibition of works by Dmitry Kaminker, an important contemporary sculptor from St. Petersburg, Russia. Kaminker has exhibited internationally and is known for his creation of large-scale public sculptures. During an artist residency at the College, Kaminker will produce a new piece of outdoor sculpture on the Mount Royal Avenue Median.
From Gulag to Glasnost: Leningrad Artists from the Dodge Collection of Soviet Nonconformist Art at the Zimmerli Art Museum presents significant works by 21 artists, including Evgenii Rukhin and Vladimir Ovchinniko, spanning three decades in which unofficial art flourished, beginning with Khrushchev's cultural thaw in 1956 and concluding with glasnost and Gorbachev in 1986. The exhibition takes place in the Meyerhoff Gallery in MICA's Fox Building at 1303 Mount Royal Avenue.
Dmitry Kaminker: Sculptor and From Gulag to Glasnost: Leningrad Artists from the Dodge Collection of Soviet Nonconformist Art at the Zimmerli Art Museum are part of Baltimore's Vivat! St. Petersburg celebration, a citywide arts festival commemorating the 300th anniversary of St. Petersburg. From February 13 through March 2, 2003, Vivat! will present an array of Russian art, music, and culture that is sure to be one of the city's most memorable events. For more information, call 1-877-BALTIMORE or visit http://www.vivatfest.com.
Other exhibitions at Maryland Institute College of Art during Spring 2003 include Ann Fessler's groundbreaking exhibitions about adoption Everlasting and Close to Home from Friday, January 31 -- Sunday, March 16 in Decker Gallery; MFA Thesis I from Friday, March 28 -- Sunday, April 6 in Decker, Meyerhoff, Pinkard, and Fox Third Floor galleries, MFA Thesis II from Friday, April 11 -- Sunday, April 20 in Decker, Meyerhoff, Pinkard, and Fox Third Floor galleries, MFA Thesis III Exhibition from Friday, April 25 -- Sunday, May 4 in Decker, Meyerhoff, Pinkard, and Fox Third Floor galleries, Second Year Masters Juried from Thursday, May 8 -- Sunday, May 18 in Fox Fourth Floor Gallery, MA Digital Arts Thesis IV from Friday, May 9 -- Sunday, May 18 in Fox Third Floor Gallery, and Commencement 2003 from Friday, May 9 -- Monday, May 12 in Decker, Meyerhoff, Pinkard, Main and Fox galleries, as well as additional academic buildings.
All exhibits are free and open to the public. Gallery hours are Monday through Saturday from 10 a.m. -- 5 p.m. and Sunday from noon -- 5 p.m. For more information, visit www.mica.edu or call 410-225-2300.
Maryland Institute College of Art celebrated its 175th anniversary in 2001 and has consistently been named among the nation's very top visual arts colleges. In addition to its academic standing, MICA is recognized throughout the Baltimore/Washington region as a cultural resource, sponsoring many public and community-outreach programs, including exhibitions, artists' residencies, film series, lectures, readings, and performances. Public programming at MICA will expand with the opening of Brown Center in 2003-2004, which features a performance space especially designed to feature work in digital media.
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