Zoe Acord: Grow The Hell Up!
BFA Exhibition
VIEW THE EXHIBITION Ι 10/15/2025 - 10/23/2025
Swift Gallery ι Breidenstine Hall (3rd Floor)
Reception ι Tuesday, October 21 from 5:00 - 7:00 pm
Artist Talk ι Tuesday, October 21 at 6:00 pm
Gallery Hours ι Monday - Friday from 8:00 am - 4:00 pm.
About the Exhibition ...
Grow The Hell Up! is an exploration of childhood play and embracing whimsy as a core part of the art making process. Through color and abstraction, each piece explores childhood “play” experiences. Joyful expression is at the heart of the work, with an emphasis on the process over a technically perfect result. The show includes use of mostly common materials, like cardboard and colored pencils. Common materials are easily accessible and can be versatile, which makes them perfect for exploration and play within art making.
About the Artist ...
Zoe Acord, from Newark, Delaware, is a senior at Millersville University. She is completing a BFA in Art with a concentration in drawing and a BSE in Art Education. In Spring of 2025, Zoe exhibited “Loops” in the senior exhibition Menagerie. She also presented a research project “She’s Dancing As Fast As She Can: Miriam Schapiro’s Abstract Heritage” at Made in Millersville. This past summer, she was an Education Intern at the Brandywine Museum of Art in Chadds Ford, Pennsylvania.
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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 - 05/27 (Monday)
- Independence Day - 07/04 (Thursday)
- Labor Day - 09/02 (Monday)
- Thanksgiving Day - 11/28 (Thursday)
- Day after Thanksgiving Day - 11/29 (Friday)
- Christmas Day - 12/25 (Wednesday)
- 12/26 (Thursday) - 12/31 (Tuesday)
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Directions & Parking
DIRECTIONS - GOOGLE MAPS
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 the Boyer Building on W. Frederick St. (behind the Library). These permits will only be valid for white, not yellow lined spaces. The station is open from 8:00 am – 4:00 pm. (717) 871-4357.
Parking Permit Portal: www.millersville.edu/police/parking/index.php
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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