Nancy Macko: The Fragile Bee at the Phillips Museum of Art
Phillips Museum of Art at Franklin & Marshall College 628 College Ave, Lancaster, PA, United StatesAs a social practice, Macko’s work addresses life’s fundamental questions. She photographs the process of the life and death of plants that serves as a metaphor of our brief existence. As an artist working with many media, including photography, printmaking, and installation, Macko wishes to present the natural world’s often hidden beauty in the photos […]
Nancy Macko in Conversation with Janie Kreines
Phillips Museum of Art at Franklin & Marshall College 628 College Ave, Lancaster, PA, United StatesThe Phillips Museum of Art curator, Janie Kreines, engages artist Nancy Macko in a dialogue about Macko's photographic installation The Fragile Bee. This special exhibition looks closely at the world of bees, not only to examine their biology and somatic features, but also to study their habitat and highly organized society. The group of works […]
The Fragile Bee
Phillips Museum of Art at Franklin & Marshall College 628 College Ave, Lancaster, PA, United StatesNancy Macko’s exhibition includes the installation Honey Teachings: In the Mother Tongue of the Bees, 2014. This wall installation is composed of 104 hexagonal wooden panels displaying bee imagery. Sometimes statements about the bees are included: “Worker bees are born to serve the greater good.” Installed on the wall, the individual panels look very much […]
Francie Lyshak: Mysterious Visions
Phillips Museum of Art at Franklin & Marshall College 628 College Ave, Lancaster, PA, United States“Francie Lyshak: Mysterious Visions,” an exhibit displaying hopes for healing, appropriate in this era of anxiety, opens in the Dana Gallery at the Phillips Museum of Art in February. The 25 paintings New York City-based Lyshak are exhibiting feature animals and scenes with water and other natural landscapes. The show will run from Feb. 9 […]
Connecting with Art through Music: Jazz Night at the Phillips
Phillips Museum of Art at Franklin & Marshall College 628 College Ave, Lancaster, PA, United StatesBrowse the galleries while listening to jazz played by the F&M Jazz Combo! Make sure to spend some time with McArthur Binion's and Barkley L. Hendricks’ works currently on loan through Art Bridges. Both artists were inspired by music, specifically the jazz works of Ornette Coleman, Miles Davis, and Nina Simone. Free and open to […]