Cynthia Gregory
Title
Cynthia Gregory
Description
Cynthia Gregory enjoys a dual career as a studio artist and an academic librarian as the Head of Electronic Resources at the College of Mount St. Joseph in Cincinnati, OH. As a studio artist, she has exhibited in galleries such as the Covington Carnegie Arts Center, Manifest Creative Research Gallery and Drawing Center, and Budapest's Raday Kepeshaz Gallery. In 2013 she was awarded an artist residency and grant from the Kimmel Harding Nelson Center for the Arts in Nebraska City, Nebraska. She holds a BA in English, a BFA in Fine Art, an MLS in Library Science, and in 2012 she completed an MFA from the University of Cincinnati's College of DAAP. To view more of her work visit www.cynthiagregoryart.com .
Collection Items
Ordinary Time
This piece references Marie Howe's discussion of "ordinary time" in an April 2013 interview with Krista Tippet. Paper, paint, wood.
Because it Really Doesn't Matter Anyway
The subject matter of a small boulder pierced with arrows atop a disheveled stack of clutter and draped with fallen bunting communicates “after-the-fact” qualities of defeat and absurdity. Wood, paper, string, paint, foam.
Museum of Stones
This piece references Carolyn Forche's poem "Museum of Stones" and Charles Simic's poems "Stone" and "Solving the Riddle." Insulation foam, paint, wood.