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“Soulmate of a Previous Century” by Christina Rice
Art at the Greenblatt
The Greenblatt Library is featuring the work of three local artists, Ulrike Beck, Jack Roy and Christina Rice, through Sept. 30. The first floor showcases Ms. Beck’s textile woven works of art. Mr. Roy’s paintings and Ms. Rice’s charcoal and graphite drawings are exhibited on the second floor.
Ms. Beck was born and educated in Germany where she received her master’s degree in weaving. For over 30 years she lived in western New York where she taught weaving, conducted workshops and gave lectures. Since moving to the Augusta area in 1993, she has taught weaving at the Gertrude Herbert Institute of Art privately and at the Friends of the Symphony Summer Camp.
Mr. Roy was born and reared in St. Louis and moved to Columbia County in 1985. Much of his art is what he remembers of the late 1940s, a time when neighborhoods in large inner cities were peaceful, safe and exciting, and is expressed in Impressionism and Surrealism. Mr. Roy is a member of the Artists’ Guild of Columbia County.
Ms. Rice, also a member of the Artists’ Guild of Columbia County, is fascinated with faces, human and animal. She captures their likeness and personality in portraits characterized by a high degree of accuracy and dramatic contrast. Her preferred medium of charcoal, graphite and pastel allows for spontaneity in her hectic schedule.
The exhibition, sponsored by the MCG Arts Council and the Greenblatt Library, is open to the public Monday-Thursday, 7:30 a.m. to midnight; Friday, 7:30 a.m. to 7:30 p.m.; Saturday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.; and Sunday, noon to midnight.