Artist Kelly Brenner Justice Presents Solo Show at University of Arkansas

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FAYETTEVILLE, ARK – University Programs and sUgAR Projects will host Solo Show by artist Kelly Brenner Justice, a graduate of the University of Arkansas, from Monday, Nov. 26, through Thursday, Jan. 31, 2013. The exhibit reception will be held Thursday, Nov. 29, at 6 p.m. in the Anne Kittrell Art Gallery, located in the University of Arkansas Union.

This event is free to current University of Arkansas Fayetteville students through the student activities fee, and students must show university ID for entrance. Admission for general public is free and contingent upon seating availability. For special accommodations due to disability, please contact the office of student activities, osa@uark.edu or call 479-575-5255.

Kelly Brenner Justice’s work utilizes generations of plastic dinnerware ranging from vintage melmac and melamine to 1950’s Tupperware to modern Solo products. Each of these “found” objects addresses a romanticized or idealized snapshot of society, whether it is a lavish Tupperware party in the 1950s or memories of college budget shopping. Taking a cheap, well-known plastic product such as Tupperware or Solo, and casting it in porcelain brings the object to a new level of worth, elevating its price value but also infusing it with irony. Justice’s work was selected to be part of the 2012 National Student Juried Exhibition at the National Council on Education for the Ceramic Arts Conference in Seattle, where she was awarded the Studio Potter Merit Award, Undergraduate Level.

This event is sponsored by University Programs Art Gallery Committee. For more information on this event contact Art Gallery Coordinator, Lana Hackler at upart@uark.edu or 479-575-5255. University Programs is a student-run and student-fee funded organization within the office of student activities.