Reception and Gallery Talk with Gary Chapman, artist, SALAMANDRINA

A reception with light refreshments and gallery talk by artist Gary Chapman will be held on Thursday, February 5th at 5:00 pm in the ACA’s Main Gallery (Visual Arts Building). Gallery talk will begin at 5:30pm.

Gary Chapman, Professor Emeritus of Painting and Drawing at the University of Alabama at Birmingham, has an extensive career marked by more than 90 solo exhibitions at institutions across the country and numerous group and invitational shows nationally and internationally. A Joan Mitchell CALL Legacy Artist since 2013, he has received multiple major grants and fellowships, including a National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship and two Individual Artist Fellowships from the Alabama State Council on the Arts. His work has been widely reviewed and featured in over 20 publications, including four editions of New American Paintings, and 14 of his paintings are held in the permanent collections of ten southeastern museums as well as many corporate and private collections nationwide.

This event is free and open to the public.