Tina Borchert
Turning 20-Blue
VIEW THE EXHIBITION 3/13 - 3/23.2023
SWIFT GALLERY ι BREIDENSTINE HALL (3rd Floor)
Reception ι Monday, March 20th 5:00pm- 6:00pm
Artist Talk ι 5:30 pm
About the Exhibition ...
Turning 20-Blue is an exhibition where Tina Borchert reflects on aspects of the self through portraiture, places and preferences. Tina’s portraiture explores identity, expression, and focuses on views unique to them. Although the theme of the self is often portrayed in a figural manner, the exhibition also includes representations of personal collections, their home environment, and places of interest. The theme of the self also begins to merge with the latest motif of food. Tina spent their first two years at college living in the dorms with no access to a kitchen and relied solely on the university meal plan or cheap takeout. The takeout inspired the places of interest that Tina portrays in their work. Coming from a small town, they were presented with a plethora of new foods and restaurants to try when coming to college. After two years, Tina moved into an apartment with a full kitchen. They still use it to its fullest, even baking enough bread for flea markets. The new enjoyment of the kitchen is what inspires the motif of home environments in their work.
Tinas concentration is in painting, however they also include other mediums such as textiles, sculpture, ceramics, printmaking and photography. Some pieces in one medium inspired others, which inspired others and so forth. Although some pieces stay in their respective medium, others begin to merge, and the outcome of that unification is a piece that is elevated through mixed media.
About the Artist ...
Tina Borchert was born in 2001 in Honesdale, Pennsylvania. They currently live in Lancaster, PA, while they are a BFA candidate in Art at Millersville University. With a concentration in painting, their work primarily focuses on the self. Tina uses both figural and non-figural representations. Although Tina concentrates more on painting, they enjoy working in multiple mediums such as textiles, printmaking and sculptural elements. Currently their focus is on The Self in Rugs. Tina has shown their work in student exhibitions on campus as well as online at The In Art Gallery’s juried exhibition, Me, Myself and I.
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University Holidays
Campus Closed
- New Year’s Day - observed 01/01 (Sunday)
- Martin Luther King, Jr. Day - 01/16 (Monday)
- Memorial Day - 05/29 (Monday)
- Independence Day - 07/04 (Tuesday)
- Labor Day - 09/04 (Monday)
- Thanksgiving Day - 11/23 (Thursday)
- Day after Thanksgiving Day - 11/24 (Friday)
- Christmas Day - 12/25 (Monday)
- 12/26 (Tuesday) - 1/01 (Monday)
- New Year’s Day (2023) - 01/01/24 (Monday)
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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