Painter Stanley Lewis creates stunningly beautiful works referencing urban landscape and intimate interior environments. The exhibition will feature his detailed paintings as well as works on paper. Lewis received a Guggenheim Award in Painting in 2005 as well as the Andrew Mellon Faculty Enrichment Grant, UICA Faculty Grant, and a Danforth Fellow for study in Art and Architecture. Art critic Lance Esplund praises Lewis: “Through exactitude and spatial harmony, his paintings and drawings not only celebrate the things of this world, they rejoice in the act of looking—and of living.”

The Frances Niederer Artist-in-Residence program allows Hollins University to bring a nationally recognized artist to campus every year. In residence during the spring semester, the artist teaches and works with students and faculty.

http://oxbowgallery.com/artist/lewis.html

Featuring an often-unseen side of war, this exhibition combines interviews and photographs to tell the stories of women in modern combat. Artist Sascha Pflaeging and writer Laura Browder join forces to present an unexpected view of war; while still a minority group, women account for over 180,000 American soldiers and veterans. Exploring myths and pop culture ideas, this exhibition provides an honest look at the military, motherhood, and femininity. This was organized by the Visual Art Center in Richmond, Virginia and its tour is being administered by the Anderson Gallery, VCU’s School of the Arts.
Website/link http://www.vqronline.org/webexclusive/2008/07/02/browder-janey/