{"id":18308,"date":"2019-01-17T11:46:53","date_gmt":"2019-01-17T16:46:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/quantumnew.esu.edu\/insider\/?p=18308"},"modified":"2019-01-17T11:46:53","modified_gmt":"2019-01-17T16:46:53","slug":"madelon-powers-gallery-to-present-river-fugues-moving-waters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/quantum.esu.edu\/backup_insider\/madelon-powers-gallery-to-present-river-fugues-moving-waters\/","title":{"rendered":"Madelon Powers Gallery to Present River Fugues\/Moving Waters"},"content":{"rendered":"

East Stroudsburg University\u2019s Madelon Powers Gallery will feature an innovative, mixed-media installation with a local connection entitled River Fugues\/Moving the Waters, <\/em>to be displayed February 1-March 8.<\/p>\n

The exhibit, the latest in a series of installations begun by artist Margaret Cogswell in 2003, continues the exploration of the interdependent, interactive relationship between humans and water by using the musical structure of a fugue to weave together sculpture, video, sound and drawings.<\/p>\n

Hours for the gallery, located in the university\u2019s Fine and Performing Arts Center, Normal and Marguerite streets, are 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. Wednesday and Thursday, and 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday, Tuesday and Friday.<\/p>\n

There will be a reception for the artist on Thursday, February 7 from 4-6 p.m. in the gallery. Both the exhibit and reception are open to the public at no cost.<\/p>\n

Comprised of components from three of Cogswell\u2019s earlier River Fugues<\/em> projects:\u00a0Ashokan Fugues (2014-19), Wyoming River Fugues (2012)<\/em> and Zhujiajiao River Poems (2014), <\/em>the exhibit includes audio recordings of narratives addressing regional water-related issues collected from residents in the East Stroudsburg area.<\/p>\n

Cogswell explained that the recordings \u201clink regional issues of displacement, water quality and access to clean water with those explored in River Fugues<\/em> elsewhere.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWhile the initial process for gathering materials parallels that of a documentary filmmaker,\u201d Cogswell said, \u201cthe work upon completion does not follow a linear descriptive narrative, but instead mentors are found in composers and poets. Often poignant elegies, these works reflect the complex and changing relationship of a society to its industries and rivers, and strive to be a contributing artistic voice in a larger conversation addressing issues related to water.\u201d<\/p>\n

RIVER FUGUES<\/em> projects have been commissioned by museums and art centers for exhibitions nationally and internationally.\u00a0Cogswell is a recipient of numerous awards including the John Simon Guggenheim Fellowship (2009), Pollock-Krasner Foundation (2017-18; 1987, 1991), New York Foundation for the Arts (2007, 1993); and Foundation for Contemporary Arts Emergency Grant (2014).<\/p>\n

Cogswell’s professional career has also included teaching studio art at Purchase College School of Art and Design of the State University of New York; Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, Rhode Island; Kansas City Art Institute, Missouri; Parsons School of Design in New York and Kanazawa, Japan; the School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston; Middlebury College, Vermont; The College of Atlantic in Bar Harbor, Maine; and the University of Hawaii-at-Manoa, Honolulu.<\/p>\n

Currently residing in New York City, Cogswell was born in Memphis, Tennessee, and raised in Japan where she lived until she was 13 years old. She earned a B.A. in English literature from Rhodes College in Memphis, Tennessee, and an M.F.A. in sculpture from Mason Gross School of Art at Rutgers University in New Brunswick, New Jersey.<\/p>\n

In conjunction with the exhibit there will be an artist presentation and panel discussion, River Fugues\/Catalyst for Change<\/em>, featuring ESU and community environmentalists on Wednesday, February 27 at 7 p.m. in Cecilia S. Cohen Recital Hall of ESU\u2019s Fine and Performing Arts Center.\u00a0The presentation also is open to the public at no cost.<\/p>\n

Both exhibition and presentation are supported in part by the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts, a stage agency funded by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and the National Endowment for the Arts, a federal agency.<\/p>\n

For more information on the exhibit or reception, contact the Fine and Performing Arts Center at esuarts@esu.edu<\/a> or call 570-422-3483.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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