Artist, educator Wicks to present to SDAM Guild

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BROOKINGS – The South Dakota Art Museum Guild will host a virtual presentation by artist and freshman core program coordinator for the School of Design at South Dakota State University, Molly Wicks, from 9:30-10:30 a.m. Tuesday, Jan. 26. 

Wicks’ program is titled “Green is My Favorite Color.” 

This program is free and open to the public via Zoom. Advanced registration is required. The link to register is available at www.sdstate.edu/south-dakota-art-museum/guild.

Wicks explores subtractive form, ghosts of color and layering in her work.

“I look at maps of lakes or islands, I look at visuals of sedimentary layers, and I love looking at images of fungi and mold,” Wicks explained. “In reaction to this looking, I work into a panel in a subtractive fashion. I do this by drawing in Illustrator and Rhino and then having my medium cut by way of water-jet or laser. 

“I am interested in how my subtractive cutouts create shadows, and how those shadows relate to reflected colors on the wall. I thoughtfully use colors that are chosen to compliment the shapes and material used. I am also interested in how the color painted within any cutout relate to the cast shadows inherently created.” 

Wicks received her MFA from Washington State University and her BFA at the University of Minnesota. She has been featured in the Western Edition of New American Paintings (Volume 102) and in the online gallery Artist a Day. Her work has been featured in solo shows at Sarasota Center for Art (Florida), the Johnson Fine Arts Center at Northern State University (Aberdeen) and the Shoebox Gallery (Minneapolis). Her work has been included in many group shows in South Dakota and around the country. 

Her most recent large endeavor and success was the commissioned piece “connect, Interweave, evolve” that hangs in the atrium of Harding Hall on campus of South Dakota State University.

This is the fifth program in this year’s virtual guild talks providing lively conversation and interesting speakers from across the U.S. with ties to South Dakota and the South Dakota Art Museum. The guild supports the South Dakota Art Museum through programs like this, volunteering and art acquisition funds. 

Guild membership is not required to attend these free programs, but the $20 annual dues support these programs and the guild’s Art Acquisition Fund. Following each presentation, there will be a short Guild meeting from 10:30-11:30 a.m.

Contact Carolyne Hart at 688-4313 with any questions regarding this program, registration and the use of Zoom.