OBU hosts ‘Informed by Shadows’ exhibit

ARKADELPHIA — Ouachita Baptist University’s Department of Visual Arts is hosting guest artist Lin Holland and her exhibit “Informed by Shadows” through Sept. 29.

Holland serves as fine art course leader and senior professional tutor at Liverpool Hope University and specializes in sculpture and site-specific installations. Holland’s exhibit will be on display in the Rosemary Gossett Adams Galleries in Moses-Provine Hall. The exhibit is free and open to the public.

While Holland’s work typically includes site-related sculpture and installation, she has shifted into making two-dimensional pieces for this exhibition, a news release said. Elements typically associated with drawing such as ink, line and plane can be seen throughout. Holland’s love of sculpting can also be seen as inspiration in this exhibit.

“The visual stimulus for the work has been drawn from a wide range of sources including the local docklands of Bidston on the Wirral Peninsula to observations of early 14th century Opus Anglicanum Copes in the collection of The Victoria & Albert Museum, London,” Holland said of the exhibit.

Ouachita has a study abroad partnership with Liverpool Hope University, and the two schools also have exchanged research experiences for faculty. In 2016, Donnie Copeland, chair of Ouachita’s Adams Department of Visual Arts, visited LHU and suggested the schools begin sharing art between campuses. This is a continuation of that art exchange, the release said.

Holland also has served as visiting lecturer at LHU and with Liverpool John Moores University’s M.A. Artist/Teacher Programme and has served as visiting artist/lecturer at The Western Australian School of Art & Design. She has earned awards from such organizations as Arts Council England, The Esmee Fairbairn Foundation, The Gulbenkian Foundation, The British Council, The Higher Education Innovation Fun, Foundation for Sport & the Arts and Liverpool Cathedral.

The galleries are open weekdays from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Email Copeland at copelandd@obu.edu or call 870-245-5559 for more information.

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Submitted photo EXHIBIT: Ouachita Baptist University’s Department of Visual Arts is hosting guest artist Lin Holland and her exhibit “Informed by Shadows” through Sept. 29.