Spring 2022 Exhibitions
The museum’s permanent collection gallery is named in honor of F&M alumnus Thomas
W. Nissley ‘55 and his wife Emily Baldwin Nissley, who together generously provided
funding for its care and programming. The exhibition is a broad sampling from the
museum’s various core collections and includes indigenous material culture, regionally
created furniture, fiber arts and crafts, as well as paintings, sculptures, works
on paper and glass arts. Highlights include works by renowned artists such as Vivan
Springford, Bill Hutson, Mary Frances Merrill, Fritz Scholder, and Jacob Eichholtz.
The Nissley Gallery will continue to feature a rotation of contemporary local artists.
The PMA's spotlight in spring 2022 is Angie Hohenadel, who is known for her ink drawings,
gouache paintings, and whimsical illustrations for the published children's book SOAR.
Hohenadel graduated from Millersville University with a degree in Art Education and
from Edinboro University with a master’s in Art Education. She is an art teacher at
Warwick High School in Lititz and has a home studio in Lancaster City. She teaches
a variety of classes at Warwick including Advanced Placement Drawing, Painting, Printmaking,
and Jewelry. Hohenadel’s work has been showcased in group and solo exhibitions across
Pennsylvania and she is currently working on illustrations for a second children's
book.
Rachel Rose creates video works that inventively combine collage, found footage, and
repurposed materials. With Lake Valley, the artist uses imagery assembled from nineteenth
and twentieth century children’s books to create cel animation. The salvaged media,
Rose explains, was used to render “objects that they wouldn’t ordinarily be on: maybe
the floor is made of paper or a shirt is made of animal skin or spaghetti is made
of someone’s hair.” The sound editing of Lake Valley is similarly unexpected, as actions
are accompanied by recognizable but strange sounds. The resulting film presents a
sumptuous and transfixing storybook world that explores universal human fears and
desires.
Macko’s work addresses life’s fundamental questions. She photographs the process of
the life and death of plants that serves as a metaphor of our brief existence. As
an artist working with many media, including photography, printmaking, and installation,
Macko wishes to present the natural world’s often hidden beauty in the photos she
takes. In recording the life cycle of bee-attracting flora, she hopes to shed light
on our own brief lifespan. In the exhibition The Fragile Bee, Macko looks closely
at the world of bees, not only to examine their biology and somatic features, but
also to study their habitat and highly organized society. This compelling work is
not only meant to inform the public about the plight of the bees but also to raise
awareness of our interdependent relationship with them.
Sandra Eula Lee is a multidisciplinary artist who transforms familiar objects and
materials to disrupt assumptions related to permanence. She questions fixed states
and orientation, sometimes reframing her materials and at other times altering their
chemistry through the application of heat, fire, or fermentation. Lee often uses industrial
materials in her sculptures, including bricks, concrete, electrical wire and other
materials of construction. She recombines them with hand-made forms in her sculptures
and installations, exploring changes made to the built environment. For this presentation,
Lee creates a new version of her Portable Pond, inspired by the ponds located within
East Asian gardens. She conceives the garden as a space of contemplation, reflecting
its surroundings.
Nissley Gallery: Selections from the Permanent Collection
Local Artist Spotlight: Angie Hohenadel
Rachel Rose: Lake Valley
Nancy Macko: The Fragile Bee
Sandra Eula Lee: Slow Burn
To close the spring season, the Phillips Museum of Art at Franklin & Marshall College
proudly presents an exhibition featuring the work of the Senior Capstone Students
in studio art. This Year’s Exhibition Features Works By: Zora Chu, Vina Co, Meghan
Fiches, Sara Grace Hole, Sojin Shin, Xiongchuan Tu, Gillian Williams, Samir Williams,
Valentine Xue, Xiaotian Yin, and Darlene Zhang.
Through Our Eyes: 2022 Capstone Exhibition in Studio Art