Mad Art Gallery is proud to welcome Venus Envy on Friday, March 7, 2008. Venus Envy is an all-female art event showcasing painting, sculpture, installations, collage, and music. This year's exhibition is curated by Jackie Lewis-Harris, the director of the Center of Human Origin and Cultural Diversity at University of Missouri St. Louis. Ms. Lewis-Harris has been involved in the visual arts as both an artist and consultant. She has curated many exhibits at the St. Louis Art Museum and St. Louis Artists' Guild. In addition to many talented local artists, Venus Envy 2008 features work from national artists Joyce Owens, Mary Dritschel, and Jewel Castro. An opening reception for the exhibit will be on Friday, March 7, 2008, from 8:00 p.m. until 12 midnight. Admission is $5 at the door. There will be live music throughout the evening. Cash bar available. This is Venus Envy's tenth year, and to celebrate they are hosting a special VIP opening reception from 5:30 p.m. until 8:00 p.m. Admission is $45 in advance and $55 at the door which includes food and refreshments. More about the curator, Jackie Lewis-Harris: Ms. Lewis-Harris has her doctorate and master's in anthropology from Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri. She has traveled and worked extensively in the Pacific for 25 years with an emphasis on Papua, New Guinea, and the Pacific island, Diaspora. In her former position as Assistant curator at the St. Louis Art Museum, she curated several exhibits including Art of Papua, New Guinea, Africa Explores: 20th Century African Art, Jacob Lawrence: The Migration Series, Visions of the People, Faith Ringgold, Masterpieces of Central Africa, and the reinstallation of the museum's African and Pacific galleries. She currently consults for several national and international museums as an independent curator including the Honolulu Academy of Arts, the Bishop Museum, the East West Center Gallery, Bellas Artes Gallery, the St. Louis Artist's Guild, RAC, University of Missouri Museum of Art and Archaeology, and Gallery Visio. She has also published numerous articles and catalogs on women artists, Pacific art and cultures, and African American and West African cultures in relation to identity, art and contemporary society.
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