A Closer Look 2

The Beaver College Art Gallery is pleased to present “A Closer Look 2,” the second in a biennial series that focuses upon area artists. “A Closer Look 2” has been organized by guest curator Richard Torchia, and will include work by Drew Dominick, Deborah Margo, Steve Riedell, Susan Tiger, and Alan Wiener; it will be on view from January 16 through February 14, 1997. A onversation between Torchia and artist/art critic Eileen Neff, with material contributed by the exhibiting artists, will be presented on Tuesday, January 28, at 6:30 PM in Stiteler Auditorium, followed immediately by a reception in the Art Gallery in honor of the artists. Both events are free and open to the public.

“A Closer Look” was initiated in 1995 in order to present in greater depth the work of selected area artists who have previously exhibited in the gallery’s “Works on Paper” show, and whose achievements warrant greater attention. It also has been designed to point out significant relationships among artists working in this community.

Torchia has a unique expertise with regard to local artists. From 1987-95 he was curator at the Levy Gallery for the Arts in Philadelphia, Moore College of Art and Design, where he organized over 24 exhibitions for area artists, as well as wrote a number of scholarly essays to accompany gallery publications. Torchia is also a practicing artist, who has exhibited his work at the Center for Creative Photography, Tucson, the Institute of Contemporary Art, Philadelphia, the University of the Arts, Schmidt/Dean Gallery, Nexus; the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts; the State Museum of Pennsylvania, Harrisburg, and the Carnegie-Mellon University Gallery, Pittsburgh, among many other institutions. He is also a recipient of a PEW Fellowship in the Arts.