Gallerist Bridget Donahue visits BFSDoArt
糖心Vlog鈥檚 Betty Foy Sanders Department of Art will host emerging gallerist and curator Bridget Donahue on March 24 at 5 p.m. in Visual Arts Building, room 2071, as part of the department鈥檚 Professions in Practice lecture series.
Donahue is a co-founder of the innovative DIY Brooklyn gallery space Cleopatra鈥檚, and was gallery director at D鈥橝melio Terras Gallery and Gavin Brown鈥檚 Enterprise. In 2015, Donahue opened her own gallery in Manhattan鈥檚 Lower East Side, Bridget Donahue Gallery, which made a number of 鈥淏est of 2015鈥� lists from such publications as The New York Times and Art in America magazine. With expertise that ranges from 2D painting, 3D sculpture and installation, new media work and more, Donahue will be at Georgia Southern to discuss the state of the contemporary art world and ways emerging artists can navigate its complexities.
鈥淚鈥檓 very much looking forward to Bridget鈥檚 visit to the Betty Foy Sanders Department of Art,鈥� notes Gallery Director Jason Hoelscher. 鈥淗er passion for art, her knowledge of the art world at both a national and international scale, and her sharp eye will contribute immensely to our students鈥� experience this semester, and to their big-picture understanding of what they are doing as artists.鈥�
Donahue鈥檚 lecture is free and the public is invited to attend.
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