Md. First Lady to be featured at OC Center for Arts
The public is invited to a free First Friday opening reception at the Ocean City Center for the Arts on July 7 from 5-7 p.m.
Artwork by Yumi Hogan, Maryland’s first lady, wife of Gov. Larry Hogan, is featured in the Thaler Gallery in a solo exhibition that will continue through Aug. 26.
Hogan’s show, entitled “Nature’s Rhythmic Alliance,” features her abstract landscape paintings produced in Sumi ink on Korean Hanji paper with acrylic and using Asian techniques, according to a news release.
A native of South Korea, Hogan received her BFA from the Maryland Institute College of Art, and her MFA from American University. She has had more than 14 solo exhibitions and was part of a 2017 group show at the National Museum of Women in the Arts in Washington, D.C.
“My artwork is my interpretation and abstract vision of the harmony of nature,” Hogan said. “It is my intent to make people feel and understand the breadth of nature through my works.”
During Gov. Hogan’s yearlong cancer treatments, the first lady interacted with many children affected by pediatric cancer. She is donating proceeds from the sale of her artwork during this show to art therapy programs to help these children.
A commemorative exhibition catalog of Hogan’s paintings will be available at the arts center for $10.
The walls of the galleria will be filled by juried works during the Beverly Bassford Show, an annual memorial event for Beverly Bassford, a former Art League of Ocean City board member who was passionate about the need for a new art facility, a passion realized in the Ocean City Center for the Arts. After she passed away in 1999, her family established a prize in her name, which grew into this show.
Marian Bickerstaff, president of the Art League of Ocean City, will display her artwork in Studio E in July. Originally from Telford, Pennsylvania, she moved to Ocean Pines in 2007, where she paints landscapes, seascapes and other subjects while experimenting with a variety of media. Bickerstaff is also an active photographer and uses many of her photos for her artwork.
Katrin Huber, the art league’s education coordinator, occupies the Spotlight Gallery for the month. A native of Germany, she graduated from the Technical University in Chemnitz with a MBA in engineering and worked for the international TV station ProSieben. Huber moved to the United States in 2001, where she returned to her first love, painting and drawing, studying privately and at Salisbury University.
Glass artist Jon Rees is the artisan in residence for July. His contemporary and structural use of glass reflects his degrees in architectural engineering and fine arts. Currently he is an adjunct professor in the Glass Department at Salisbury University and an active member of the Glass Art Society.
IF YOU GO:
WHAT: First Friday opening reception
WHERE: Ocean City Center for the Arts
WHEN: July 7 from 5-7 p.m.
INFO: artleagueofoceancity.org