4 exhibits for fall at YSU’s McDonough Museum of Art

The John J. McDonough Museum of Art puts contemporary artists’ work on display at Youngstown State University.

They’ve just announced four new exhibits showcased for fall back-to-school season for YSU students and the surrounding community to enjoy.

The exhibitions and reception are free and open to the public.

What’s on display at McDonough Museum of Art?

The first two exhibitions are on display through Nov. 4 showcasing Shona Macdonald’s “Flash of Light Illumines a Dark Landscape” and the “#notwhite collective” show.

Macdonald is currently a professor of studio art at the University of Massachusetts Amherst.

She has been featured in solo shows from New York to New Zealand and in numerous group shows across the United States, United Kingdom, Australia and Canada.

“The works I am exhibiting at the McDonough were developed over the past five years. It’s based on many sources, including tents, gardening tarps, shrouds, as well as robes and drapes from art history; these drawings portray the intimacy of protection through covering,” Macdonald said, explaining the backstory of her work in “Flash of Light Illumines a Dark Landscape.”

The #notwhite collective is made up of 13 women artists who use non-individualistic, multi-disciplinary art to make their stories visible.

Members of the #notwhite collective will give a walking tour of their exhibition from 6:30 – 8 p.m. Sept. 20 at the museum.

Betsy Stirratt’s “Embedded Histories” exhibit is open at the McDonough through Oct. 20.

“I explore natural and social histories through photographs, books, paintings, objects and video to create multiple layered narratives about the interactions of humans and nature,” Stirratt said.

Learn more about the inspiration behind the exhibit during a YSU Department of Art Lecture Series artist talk at 5:30 p.m. Oct. 4.

Short Shorts Festival Oct. 24 - Nov. 4

The museum will also host a Short Shorts Festival Oct. 24 to Nov. 4.

The festival highlights Ilena Finocchi, Illya Mousavijad and Michael Schmidt with a viewing party at 5:30 p.m, Wednesday, October 25.

The Short Shorts Festival features Finocchi’s first animated short, “Creatures in My House”; Mousavijad’s “Between a Lost Home” and “A Losing Destination”; and Schmidt’s “Passages and Collapse.”

The exhibitions and reception are free and open to the public. The McDonough Museum is open Tuesday through Saturday, 11 a.m. – 4 p.m.

These exhibitions are made possible in part by state tax dollars allocated by the Ohio Legislature to the Ohio Arts Council. The OAC is a state agency that funds and supports quality arts experiences to strengthen Ohio communities culturally, educationally and economically.

More information is available by calling the McDonough Museum at 330.941.1371.

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This story was originally published September 11, 2023 at 4:00 AM.