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Community-Studio Integration Leedy-Voulkos Art Center At first glance, the life's work of Hugh Merrill is similar to a memory, as though viewed in a rearview mirror of a car traveling through Anywhere, USA. These fleeting visions of a private Americana, interspersed with its symbols, icons and structures, propel the viewer into an unsteady grasp on the car door and finally to turn back to see what may be left of the actual imagery. Visuals in this exhibition appear to toggle between two separate modes of thought, the formal presence of studio work and the more informal presentation of community art projects. Subsequently, these divisions of thought merge together through his creative, collaborative and individual processes. Merrill is a strong presence in the Kansas City arts community. A professor of Printmaking and Community Arts at the Kansas City Art Institute since 1976, he is also currently the executive director of Chameleon Arts and Youth Development Agency, a center for arts education and creative resource for disenfranchised and marginalized communities in Kansas City, Missouri. (Read more...) |
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