Activist artist at SCCC

NEWTON — Sussex Community College (SCCC) will host an exhibition of work by activist artist Lauren Rosenthal called Watermarks. In addition to presenting a suite of sculptures based on hydrological and topographical data, she will be creating site-specific drawings directly onto the walls of the gallery.
An opening reception will be held on Friday, September 23 from 6 to 8 p.m. in the Art Gallery. The exhibit will be on display from September 19 through October 14 during regular college hours of operation. The exhibit and reception are free and open to the community.
Rosenthal currently lives and works in Lambertville, New Jersey. She holds a B.F.A. from Washington University and an M.F.A. from the University of North Carolina, where she won several awards, including a Weiss Urban Livability Fellowship.
Selected recent exhibitions include: Keeping Watch on Water at UNC Charlotte’s Projective Eye Gallery, Possible Realities at Lafayette College’s Grossman Gallery, Pulpfiction: The Art of Paper at the Portsmouth Art & Cultural Center, and Lauren Rosenthal, Hand-Cut Paper at the Monmouth Museum in Lincroft, NJ. In addition, Rosenthal has presented her work at several conferences focused on topics as wide- ranging as geography, American studies and new media. Her work is featured in Rethinking the Power of Maps by Denis Wood (Guilford Press, 2010), The International Encyclopedia of Human Geography, edited by Rob Kitchin and Nigel Thrift (Elsevier, 2010), and Printmaking: A Complete Guide to Materials and Processes by Beth Grabowski and Bill Fick (Prentice Hall, 2009). Permanent collections include the Charlotte Museum of History, Sloane Art Library at the University of North Carolina, Agnes Scott College in Decatur, GA, and the Nurture Nature Center in Easton, PA.
To view additional works from Lauren visit laurenrosenthalstudio.com/.