'Sure Shelter' by Kelly Frigard Featured in UC Clermont's Park National Bank Art Gallery

“Sure Shelter” by Kelly Frigard will be featured in the Park National Bank Art Gallery at UC Clermont College Sept. 1-Oct. 24.

An opening reception will take place Sept. 21 at 12:15-1:15 p.m. in the art gallery. The exhibition and reception are free and open to the public.

Kelly Murray Frigard received her Master of Fine Arts degree in intermedia art from the University of Iowa in 1996. She has traveled widely to northern climates pursuing her interest in traditional art forms including weaving, knitting, spinning wool, and felting. As a visiting artist in the arctic region of the Northwest Territories, she worked with an Inuit women’s sewing co-operative and learned how to work with seal and caribou skins. She received a Fulbright Fellowship to study traditional textiles in Sweden for two years at Saterglantan Hemslojdens gard in Insjon and Handarbetets Vanner in Stockholm and Jurva College of Arts and Crafts in Finland. In addition to her work in fiber, Frigard’s work includes mixed media, metalsmithing, and drawing. She teaches studio art and art history and is co-coordinator of the Fine Arts area at the University of Cincinnati, Clermont College where she is Professor of Fine Art. Frigard exhibits her work nationally and internationally.

“Sure Shelter” is a series of drawings of dogs and one cat, all of whom have been rescued from local animal shelters or picked up as strays. This exhibition explores how animals help humans form bridges and seek relationships of connection. The series of drawings reveals the sensitive nature of animals and our human bonds to them. “Sure Shelter” seeks to question the positions of both the rescued and the rescuer as transformative roles which encourage empathy and compassion for both creatures and humans alike. All proceeds from this show will be donated to a local rescue non-profit organization for the protection and aid of animals.  

The Park National Bank Art Gallery is located in the Snyder building on the UC Clermont College campus in Batavia at 4200 Clermont College Drive. Gallery hours are Monday-Friday 8 a.m. – 5 p.m. The gallery is closed weekends.

About the Park National Bank Gallery - Park National Bank Art gallery at UC Clermont College offers visual art exhibits open to UC Clermont students, faculty, staff and the general public. Our beautiful and spacious 1,000 square foot gallery is ideally suited to a variety of art exhibits. The gallery is situated in a highly visible area in the Snyder building, room S140, on the UC Clermont College campus in Batavia, Ohio.

For more information about the Community Arts at UC Clermont College visit: http://www.ucclermont.edu/community/arts.html