Ormond Memorial Art Museum and Gardens

Archived Exhibition (2d X 3d X 5)	. Dorothy Gillespie	Charon Luebbers
	Doris "Doc" Leeper's Print Web
	Lisa Messersmith-Weaver	Melissa McClellan
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November 12 through December 31, 2005

2dx3dx5 is an exhibition of two-dimensional and three-dimensional works by five Central Florida artists who are best known as sculptors: Dorothy Gillespie, Doris "Doc" Leeper, Charon Luebbers, Melissa McClellan and Lisa Messersmith-Weaver. “The exhibition gives viewers the chance to consider the artists' lesser-known 2D works in relation to select sculptures representative of their bodies of 3D work,” writes exhibition Curator, Jeannie Dowis. “2dx3dx5 reveals that all five artists are successful innovators, risking new methods to achieve sought-after artistic results. We are fortunate to view together works by all five and to consider, as we gaze, the concept of creating across dimensions.”

The exhibition features works on loan from the University of Central Florida by the late, Doris “Doc” Leeper, founder of the Atlantic Center for the Arts. This marks one the first museum exhibitions of Leeper’s works since her death in 2000. Leeper works will include her signature minimalist metal sculpture and silkscreen “A 70’s Vignette” as well as wood and ceramic sculpture from the mid 1990’s.

Also featured are works by Dorothy Gillespie of Orlando and New York City. Gillespie’s colorful magical sculptures and paintings are included in numerous public and private collections throughout the country and internationally. Gillespie says: “ There must be some reason why we make art, why it becomes priceless; the question has almost nothing to do with analysis—why some art is bigger than life and lasts longer than individual life. The artists I know with this respect for art had the feeling they wanted to do something terribly important and were willing to sacrifice everything for it.”

Emerging artists Lisa Messersmith-Weaver, Melissa McClellan and Charon Luebbers, of Ormond Beach, DeLand and New Smyrna Beach respectively, round out the roster of sculptors who also create in two dimensions. Messersmith-Weaver is working innovatively applying color to her bronze and copper forms. “Color is a very important element in my work. In my newest 2D work, color is used to illuminate symbols and figures in the copper plate. In this way color is a directional tool allowing the viewer to explore the landscape and interior rooms in the art work,” writes Messersmith.

McClellan, who works with stone and glass, branches out in this exhibition into mixed media acrylic works with a minimalist sensibility. Of her work, McClellan writes, “The language of symbolism is, I think, the language of any visual art. What is interesting to me is that this visual language, whether on an obvious or subliminal level, is often universally understood. I use this language as a cross-cultural Rorschach test. I do this not only to convey my ideas, but also to allow the viewer to connect to the ideas and emotions within themselves”.

Luebbers, a stone carver, exhibits her 2D mixed media “Urban Fossils” on tarpaper. “I have long been fascinated by the seemingly random and yet somehow orderly, almost systematic designs of cracks found in sidewalks. The cracks are to me Nature’s way of asserting herself—earth energy pushing up through the cement—to form a sort of universal, yet undecipherable hieroglyphics,” writes Luebbers.

Please join us for a private preview reception for Museum member, the artists, and their guests, on Friday, November 11, 2005, from 6:00pm to 8:00pm.

Preview Reception Photo Gallery

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The Museum staff is happy to accommodate media outlets by arranging artist/curator interviews or photo, film, and video shoot schedules with advance notice. Contact Museum Director, Ann Burt, or Curator of Education and Special Events, Barbara Saunders, at (386) 676-3347 for more information.

Museum hours are Monday-Friday 10:00 a.m.- 4:00 p.m. and Saturday-Sunday 12:00 p.m.- 4:00 p.m. Seniors (60+), students and children are admitted to the Museum free of charge every day; a $2 donation is suggested for adult visitors.

The Ormond Memorial Art Museum and Gardens is located at 78 E. Granada Boulevard (SR 40), Ormond Beach, beachside, on the southeast corner of Granada Boulevard and Halifax Avenue. Phone (386) 676-3347 for details and information.

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