Selectively Disregarding Put Me Somewhere in Between
ALI MURPHY
VIEW THE EXHIBITION Ι 4.06 - 4.18.2021
SWIFT GALLERY ι BREIDENSTINE HALL (3rd Floor)
RECEPTIONS ι This exhibition offers two receptions, one in-person and one via Zoom. Due to Covid-19, we ask that you use the link below to register for a slot to attend the in-person reception as there are only 16 people currently permitted in the space at once. There are 15 slots available for sign-up. Please remember to properly wear your masks (covering your entire mouth and nose) and practice social distancing as much as possible throughout the entire time you are in the building. There is another link below that will take you to the Zoom reception session. Sign up is not required for the virtual reception and has no limitation on attendees. Thank you in advance for your understanding and cooperation with these requests.
- In-Person Reception ι 4.9.2021 from 5:00 pm - 7:00 pm (masks required)
Artist Talk ι 6:00 pm
REGISTER TO ATTEND HERE
- Virtual Reception ι 4.12.2021 @ 7:00 pm EST
JOIN THE ZOOM RECEPTION HERE
GALLERY HOURS ι Standard business hours for Swift Gallery are Monday - Friday from 8:00 am - 4:00 pm. Hours are subject to vary in accordance with University established holidays (below) and the reception, gallery talk/s or awards ceremony.
About the Exhibition ...
The body of work shown in “Selectively Disregarding Put Me Somewhere in Between” is the product of my exploration in when to allow formal issues to influence my decisions as an artist and when to allow myself to create for me and my creative vision. This is something I struggle with during the artistic process.
I aim to create work that is strikingly beautiful and whimsically entertaining while at the same time existing as counterculture to what I call the “standard beauty” found in uniformity. This is so that each piece might exist in a unique way. Some themes within the work include paradox, minor discord, borderline minimalism, the act of masking, celebration, invitation, and the importance of appreciating individual identity.
About the Artist ...
Ali Murphy was born in 1997 in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, where she currently lives and works. She is majoring in Art Education and Fine Arts with a concentration in ceramics at Millersville University. She is a former officer and a current 4-year member of the Slip & Score Society, the university’s ceramics club, and a member of Millersville’s chapter of the National Society of Leadership and Success, an honors society. She plans to use her knowledge and love for art in her professional career as an aspiring K-12 art educator in the public-school system.
Her work primarily consists of functional stoneware pottery that embodies her passion for the intimacy between the work and the artist/viewer/owner. She focuses on retaining the marks made by an artist’s hand in the process of creation and authenticity to her artistic style and instinct to create. Ali has exhibited her work in the Juried Student Exhibition, Sykes Gallery, Millersville University, Millersville, PA (2018), Made in Millersville: A Celebration of Student Scholarship and Creativity, Millersville University; virtual (2020) and Art/Work: A Group Exhibition, Millersville University; virtual (2020). She has been published in the 2019 and 2020 edition of the George Street Press Literary and Arts Magazine as well as the Made in Millersville Journal (2020) that pairs with the Made in Millersville exhibition.
Email: alimpottery@gmail.com
Website: https://alimurphypottery.godaddysites.com
Instagram: @alimurphypottery
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University Holidays
Campus Closed
- New Year’s Day - observed 01/01 (Monday)
- Martin Luther King, Jr. Day - 01/15 (Monday)
- Memorial Day - 05/28 (Monday)
- Independence Day - 07/04 (Wednesday)
- Labor Day - 09/03/18 (Monday)
- Thanksgiving Day - 11/22 (Thursday)
- Day after Thanksgiving Day - 11/23 (Friday)
- Christmas Day - 12/25 (Tuesday)
- 12/26 (Wednesday) - 12/31 (Monday)
- New Year’s Day (2019) - 01/01/19 (Tuesday)
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Directions & Parking
DIRECTIONS - GOOGLE MAPS
To the MU Police Station for a Parking Permit ... As you drive down N. George Street, on the right, you will see signage on a brick wall welcoming you to Millersville University. This is the intersection of N. George Street & W. Cottage Avenue. If you make a right, you will find the University Police Station . Please stop in to request a free daily parking pass from the attendant at the main desk. This parking pass will be valid for white lines spaces only.
To Swift Gallery ... As you proceed down George Street. On the left, you will see the Sugar Bowl which will put you on Normal Avenue. At this turn, you will see a campus street sign for "Breidenstine Hall" (Department of Art & Design). Stop at the first Stop Sign and proceed straight. You will pass Biemesderfer Stadium and Chryst Field on your left hand side. A little further on the right you will see a square brick building with teal and white placards with the words "Art & Design". This is Breidenstine Hall, your destination of 46 E. Frederick Street. Sykes Gallery will be on the ground level of this building. Please address the department secretary in room 101 for access to the entrance for handicap accessibility.To the Bus Parking Lot ... West Cottage Ave & North George St.
PARKING PERMITS
Daily campus parking permits are required before 4:00 pm and available at the campus Police Station in Lebanon House on 237 N. George St., Millersville, PA 17551. These permits will only be valid for white, not yellow lined spaces. The station is open from 8:00 am – 4:30 pm. (717) 871-4357. -
Contact Us ...
MILLERSVILLE UNIVERSITY
DEPARTMENT OF ART & DESIGN
Breidenstine Hall
46 East Frederick Street
Millersville, PA 17551Secretary ι Rose Tivoli
Main Office ι Room 101 - Ground Level
Hours ι Monday-Friday (8:00 am - 4:00 pm)
Email ι rose.tivoli@millersville.edu
Phone ι 717.871.7249
Fax ι 717.871.7929