BabsonARTS announces its upcoming exhibition, A Coming of Age: Paintings by LaShonda Cooks and Jamaal Eversley.
Artist Talk and Reception: Friday, September 15, 4:30 P.M.
Exhibit on View: September 15-October 26
Location: Hollister Gallery, Babson College
This joint exhibition features two new series by two 2010 alumni: The Pursuit of Womanhood by LaShonda Cooks, and Smells like Teen Spirit by Jamaal Eversley.
Cooks has found strength and solace in painting women who define and defy societal roles. In this exhibition she combines her paintings with text collage to create a large mixed-media installation depicting her favorite female identifying
influencers and icons, from familial to famous.
Eversley’s bold paintings and drawings integrate influences of Geometric Abstraction and Pop Art with the West Indian palette of Barbados. His compositions are driven by the fictional characters that inhabit them; the focal character in this series is Eversley’s alter ego, Spencer Ward, a nerd in pursuit of love.
This exhibition is supported in part by grants from the Bridgewater, Brockton, and Randolph Cultural Councils, local agencies that are supported by the Massachusetts Cultural Council, a state agency.
For more information about BabsonARTS call 781.239.5880, or visit BabsonARTS.
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