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For the Love of Locals – Lisa Bartlett, Jane Mudd, and Amy Stephenson

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For the Love of Locals – Lisa Bartlett, Jane Mudd, and Amy Stephenson

April 16 - June 25, 2022

Reception: April 30, 2022 2-4 p.m.

 

Throughout the history of art, figurative portrayals have dominated. From prehistoric caves to modern representations, artists have consistently referenced the human figure, particularly the face, to relay literal and symbolic traits central to one’s personal character.

Early portraits were frequently used to demonstrate an individual’s influence but since the modern era, artists have painted their friends, family or lovers in a multitude of ways.

For the Love of Locals draws upon this long, yet diverse, tradition by presenting figures from the mid-Missouri region. Bartlett, Mudd and Stephenson portray individuals who are both friends or acquaintances and are influential to Columbia’s art community.

Although Bartlett, Mudd and Stephenson take different approaches to their work, they collectively display an appeal to human connection. Each artist utilizes disparate techniques and processes evident in their chosen media, expressionistic brushwork, and varied color palettes, but they show a common appreciation for the human subject and for the love of local characters by expressing intimate moments between sitters and fostering subject/viewer interactions.

View For the Love of Locals Virtual Gallery

The virtual gallery includes only a sampling of the 60 pieces in the exhibition. For the Love of Locals was co-organized by Lisa Bartlett, Jane Mudd, Amy Stephenson, Josephine Stealey and Audrey Florey, the director and curator of the Montminy Gallery.

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Reception: April 30, 2022 2-4 p.m.

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More on the Artists

Lisa Bartlett is a long-term Columbia resident who has vastly contributed to the arts community as an artist, art director and gallery owner. After receiving her art degree from Columbia College in 1988, she worked as a graphic designer for KOMU-TV for 10 years. Since the early 2000s, Bartlett has filled different roles for local art establishments, such as the art director of installations at the Roots N Blues Festival.

Today, Bartlett actively engages with Columbia’s art scene. She owns and operates her own gallery, Artlandish Gallery, in downtown Columbia; serves on the board for the North Village Arts District; and holds her art studio at Orr Street Studios. Bartlett has also worked on several public art projects across the city, including a mural on Walnut Street, a signal box on the corner of 9th and Cherry Street, and a storm drain on the corner of 9th and Elm Street.

She has also participated in notable exhibitions and artist programs, including the 2021 Crystal Bridges Folk Art Online Exhibition and the 2021 Missouri Arts Council Featured Artist Program.

Jane Mudd has worked as a professional artist and educator for 25 years in the mid-Missouri region. She earned her BFA from Fontbonne College in St. Louis, in 1976, and began displaying her artwork in the 1980s at mid-Missouri art venues where other artists encouraged her to pursue a master’s degree.

In 1994, she graduated from the University of Missouri with her MFA. After teaching for several years at Stephens College, Mudd joined the art faculty at William Woods University where she remained until her retirement in 2019. Much of Mudd’s work revolves around plein air painting, figure work and public art projects. She holds studios at Orr Street Studios and at her farm outside of Fulton, Missouri.

Amy Stephenson is a native of Memphis, Tennessee, and studied art at the University of Memphis and Belmont University in Nashville. She has lived in Columbia for 15 years and can be found most mornings and evenings wandering field and forest with her two dogs, collecting weeds, bones and inspiration for paintings along the way. Her mother and daughter are both artists, and her paintings have long dealt with the nature of being human in relation to others.