Stedman Galley, Rutgers-Camden Center for the Arts
Seams to Be Constructed, Margery Amdur, Artist in Residence
In “Seams to be Constructed,” artist Margery Amdur will transform the Stedman Gallery at Rutgers-Camden Center for the Arts into an artist studio and laboratory over the course of a three-month exhibition.
Margery Amdur creates immersive textile installations composed of digitally printed original designs that are cut and sewn using traditional techniques, hung on the wall as tapestries, and shaped into reliefs and wearable art. This ambitious project will include hands-on community workshops and discussions on artistic lineage and inheritance led by established women artists.
Untitled from “Seams to be Constructed”, 2023, photo courtesy of Margery Amdur
“Empowered Visions: New Sculptural Donations from Debra Sachs and Marilyn Keating”
“Empowered Visions: New Sculptural Donations to the Rutgers-Camden Collection of Art” presents three generous sculptural donations from artists Debra Sachs and Marilyn Keating. Debra Sachs’s sculptures in the Robeson Library are formal and material investigations on traditional forms such as baskets and vessels. In “Tiered Basket” (1992), bricks are tiered in rings which grow wider with their height, and in “Achievement” (1998), cylindrical rings are stacked representing new accomplishments. Marilyn Keating’s sculpture “Doing Battle in the Kitchen” (1986), on display in the Fine Arts Building lobby, is an important piece of local feminist art history where the artists transformed common kitchenware into a suit of armor.
Dates
“Seams to Be Constructed” & “Empowered Visions:” January 16 - April 12, 2024
Closing Reception, Thursday April 11, 2024 - 5:30-7:30pm
Location
Fine Arts Building, 314 Linden Street, Camden, NJ 08102
Contact
Jake Foster, Gallery and Collection Manager
jake.foster@rutgers.edu