Janice Williams Whiting

Main Gallery

The Gertrude Herbert Institute of Art is proud to present works by Janice Williams Whiting in the Main Gallery.  A Woman of a Particular Age will open January 22 and remain on display until March 4, 2016.

Janice Williams Whiting is a professor of painting at Augusta University. In addition to teaching painting, drawing, and color theory, Janice has led numerous student trips throughout Italy. 

She received her Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from the University of Georgia and her Masters of Fine Arts degree from Indiana State University.  

Janice is currently working on a body of artwork focusing on the social and cultural oppression of women of a particular age. The show will explore the sexual devaluation and stereotyping of older women by contemporary American culture. 

Janice's work is owned by the Morris Museum of Art, the Takarazuka Mayor’s Collection (Takarazuka, Japan), as well as many private collections. Her work has been exhibited in museums such as the Mint Museum in Charlotte, the Institute of Contemporary Arts (Boston), the Cleveland Museum of Art, the New York Historical Society, the Philbrook Museum of Art, the Columbus Museum of Art (Ohio), the Tennessee State Museum, the San Jose Museum of Art, the Honolulu Academy of Arts, the Mary Pauline Gallery (Augusta, Georgia), the Firehouse Gallery (Louisville, Georgia) and in the Hudgens Center for the Arts in Atlanta.

Janice's other honors include:  serving as a visiting artist at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts in Philadelphia; an artist-in-residency at The Pouch Cove Foundation of the James Baird in Canada; two other residencies in Canada; and Janice is a Society for the Arts, Religion, and Contemporary Culture Fellow. 

Please join us for the opening reception of A Woman of a Particular Age,Friday, January 22 from 6-8 PM. The show will remain on view until March 4, 2016

 

Opening reception, Friday, January 22, 2016 6-8 PM | Admission is free for members; $5 for non-members

Schedule
Friday, January 22, 2016 - 6:00pm to Friday, March 4, 2016 - 5:00pm
Location
Gertrude Herbert Institute of Art, Ware's Folly Building, 506 Telfair Street
Members Non-Members
Free $5.00