MOUNT VERNON – Mount Vernon Nazarene University’s Schnormeier Gallery will present Matter + Spirit – A Chinese American Exhibition in the gallery from Aug. 29 to Oct. 14.
A First Friday reception took place at the gallery Sept. 2.
Matter + Spirit is composed of 55 works by 25 Chinese and American artists in a wide range of media and styles.
This exhibition is the product of a gathering of North American art professors with their Chinese counterparts in June 2018 in China sponsored by the Nagel Institute for the Study of World Christianity. Visiting artists’ enclaves and cultural sites in Beijing, Nanjing and Shanghai, they considered issues of art, contemporary society, spirituality and their role as culture makers, critics and seers. The works in this exhibition represent this encounter, its conversations and what was summoned by the artists’ interactions – with China, with the art scene there and with each other.
The Schnormeier Gallery is at 221 S. Main St., Mount Vernon, on the first floor of MVNU’s Buchwald Center. The gallery's hours are Monday through Friday from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. For more information, contact the Schnormeier Gallery at artgallery@mvnu.edu.
Mount Vernon Nazarene University is a private, four-year, intentionally Christian teaching university for traditional age students, graduate students, and working adults. With a 327-acre main campus in Mount Vernon, Ohio, MVNU emphasizes academic excellence, spiritual growth, and service to community and church. MVNU offers an affordable education both in-seat and online to more than 2,100 students from 42 states and nine foreign countries.
