Contemporary art is art that is produced at this current point in time or usually, art produced since World War II. Here at MAC we have Mesa Contemporary Arts, a dynamic art exhibition space consisting of five galleries.
These five galleries include: The Wilson and Ruby Dobson Main Gallery, used for curated solo, group, and juried group exhibitions. At 2,400 square feet, it makes it our largest gallery here at the MCA. The South Gallery is used for various installations of curated solo, group, and juried group exhibitions in all media. The Dr. Ruth Tan Lim Project Room is an experimental 500-sqaure-foot gallery available to artists for exhibitions for new media instillations and/or site-specific. Including, film/video, sound, digital, and/or Web-based works. The SRP Permanent Collection Gallery is dedicated to the works from MCA’s growing permanent collection, consisting of nearly 200 objects in all media. Finally, there is the North Gallery. The North Gallery is a 700-square-foot space dedicated to exhibiting works from Arizona artists.
This fall, Mesa Contemporary Arts is showcasing “Six-String Masterpieces”, a charitable art exhibition featuring a brilliant collection of Dean Electric Guitars. These guitars have been hand-painted, sculpted, and illustra
ted by leading musicians, tattooists, and contemporary visual artists. I saw this exhibition at our season kickoff festival and it was incredible. There are guitars painted by music legends such as, Billy Corgan of Smashing Pumpkins, Les Claypool of Primus, and Ozzy Osbourne. Also featuring LA contemporary art star, Mark Dean Veca and many more. Don’t miss out! This exhibit runs through December 4, 2011.
-Tara Kerege
Mesa Arts Center
Julie Richter
Sarah Moran
Billy Clayton
Collin Reed
Billy Jones
Sarah Wheeler
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