June 1, 2004

 

Janice Mason Art Museum Features New Exhibit

Cadiz, KY—The Janice Mason Art Museum’s newest exhibit, “This—That—and More, New Works by William Ferrar Renzulli” opens June 18.

For the past twenty years, Renzulli has successfully woven art and medicine into the fabric of his life.  Upon completion of his medical training, he established an internal medicine practice, but his life-long interest in art matured into a call that could not be ignored.  Although he continues to practice medicine full time in Paducah, his artistic avocation is a major component of his life. Renzulli's paintings have been exhibited in numerous solo and juried shows in galleries in the Mid-Atlantic States, and his limited edition prints are distributed nation wide. He has been commissioned to create both commemorative prints and original work for a number of institutions, schools and businesses.  His earlier works are exclusively watercolors, but in recent years he has been exploring new media.  Utilizing liquid clay, pigments, pastels, and fabric, Renzulli creates the "clay monoprint".  He also has a growing body of work using the shadow box format, which incorporates found objects with his artwork to explore the relationships between shapes, color, and light in both representational and non-representational pieces. This show presents a mixture of exciting new art techniques with the more traditional watercolors and pastels.

            The works of William Renzulli will be displayed through July 18. An opening reception will be held on June 19 at 6:30.  The Janice Mason Art Museum is located at 71 Main Street in Cadiz.  Museum hours are 10:00 AM – 4:00 PM Monday – Saturday and 1:00 PM – 4:00 PM on Sundays.  More information is available at www.jmam.org or by calling the Museum at 270 522-9056.  Partial funding has been provided by the Kentucky Arts Council, an agency in the Commerce Cabinet with support from the National Endowment for the Arts.

 

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