New art exhibit coming to Florida State University Panama City
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PANAMA CITY — Florida State University Panama City will host a month-long exhibit featuring the work of local artists Mandy Yourick and Jamie Zimchek.
According to a press release, the exhibit, named “Many Hands Make Light Work,” will open with an artist introduction and public reception in the Holley Academic Center atrium.
The exhibit will kick off Sept. 19 from 5-7 p.m. and will conclude on Oct. 18.
“FSU PC encourages cultural engagement in the community through our Illumination Event Series,” Irvin Clark, FSU PC associate dean for students and strategic initiatives, said in the release. “Art exhibits are just one way of bringing the community and students together in an environment designed to encourage conversation. This is a part of our mission as a university — opening doors for discussion.”
Yourick and Zimchek are both instructors at Gulf Coast State College’s Visual and Performing Arts department.
Zimchek has an MA in Mediterranean Studies from King’s College London and an MFA in Visual Art from Vermont College of Fine Arts.
“As locally based artists and educators, we’re delighted to have the opportunity to bring our practices and the community together this way,” Zimchek, a multi-disciplinary conceptual artist, said in the release. “Yourick and I attended the same graduate school almost a decade apart, but as we worked together on components for ‘Many Hands Make Light Work,’ we realized just how interconnected our roots really are.”
Yourick holds an MFA in Visual Arts from Vermont College of Fine Arts and has participated in artist residencies in South Korea, Greece and Wisconsin.
“In blending material and meaning, the exhibit invites multiple communities—students, staff and area residents — to experience a well-used space in a new way,” Yourick in the release. “The accompanying workshop offers students a hands-on opportunity to engage in collective creation, reinforcing the idea that shared effort can shape shared space.”
Admission to the exhibit is free and accessible to the public during regular Holley Academic Center hours.
