Art exhibits on view at Marywood galleries highlight works on paper, photography
SCRANTON — Marywood University’s art galleries, including the Mahady Gallery and the Suraci Gallery, both located in the Shields Center for Visual Arts, are featuring two art exhibits set to close March 4.
Paul Plumadore on view at Mahady
Paul Plumadore’s solo exhibition, PaperWorks, consists original works such as hand-cut paper montages, shadowboxes, archival giclee prints and books.
Plumadore has been creating collage and related artworks since the late 1970s.
A former professional dancer with The Paul Taylor Dance Company, and an illustrator for clients such as The New York Times and RCA Records, Plumadore first stepped out into the gallery setting by showing at The 2015 Northeastern Biennial held at Marywood.
In 2021, his artwork was presented for the fourth time at Art of the State held at The Pennsylvania State Museum in Harrisburg.
View Plumadore’s PaperWorks at the Mahady Gallery, located on the first floor of the Shields Center for Visual Arts at Marywood University, 2300 Adams Avenue, Scranton.
Julie Stark on view at Suraci Gallery
Kutztown native Julie Stark moved to New York City in 1983 for an internship during her last semester of her art education.
Stark, who went on to receive a Bachelors of Fine Arts from Kutztown University with a concentration in photography and film, interned with acclaimed artist/photographer Cindy Sherman.
As an apprentice for Sherman, Stark worked in the photo industry learning and honing skills in set and location lighting, darkroom film processing, and worked as a fine printer. Stark went on to receive a BFA degree from Kutztown University with a concentration in photography and film.
Stark soon transitioned into video post-production, digital compositing and motion graphics, working at the National Video Center in NYC while simultaneously learning the trade. Stark eventually achieved the position of Post-production Art Director for USA Networks.
It was then that Stark began combining her diverse skills into compositing live action, with computer generated elements and entered the world of film visual effects. Stark moved to the west coast in 1990 and began working in the film industry.
She worked as a film compositor, and compositing and lighting supervisor on many feature films such as, Life of Pi (which won an Oscar for VFX in 2013), Happy Feet, Golden Compass, Django Unchained, Harry Potter, Fast and Furious, and countless others, until leaving the industry in 2013 to work on her artistic endeavors full time. Stark is also the owner/operator of Stark Juice, a cold-press juice company.
Stark’s exhibit, Revisiting Beginnings NYC Streets 1983-1985, is on view at the Suraci Gallery on the second floor of the Shields Center for Visual Arts at Marywood, until March 4.
A gallery talk regarding her exhibit will be held at 2 p.m. on Feb. 17 at the Suraci.
Learn more online at marywood.edu/galleries/exhibitions.
This article originally appeared on Tri-County Independent: Plumadore, Stark on view at Marywood until March
