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Opening Reception - The History of Rust in America

Location/County: Tamarack, Raleigh
September 30, 2017 — October 01, 2017

Tamarack’s David L. Dickirson Fine Arts Gallery is mounting its first ever solo exhibition, titled The History of Rust in America and features the art work of Robert Villamagna.

Opening Reception: September 30, 2017 at 5 PM

Artist Talk: October 1, 2017 at 2 PM

Artist Biography

Artist Robert Villamagna works in repurposed lithographed metal, assemblage, and mixed-media. Villamagna’s work has been exhibited at the Carnegie Museum of Art, the Andy Warhol Museum, the Mattress Factory, Senator John Heinz History Center, ARC Gallery (Chicago), Penn State’s Robeson Gallery, Pittsburgh Center of the Arts, Society of Arts & Crafts (Boston), Erie Museum of Art, the Ohio Craft Museum, Huntington Museum of Art, The Clay Center, and the West Virginia Culture Center. Five of Villamagna’s works are in the State of West Virginia Permanent Collection. In 2016, Villamagna was named West Virginia Artist of the Year. Villamagna is an Assistant Professor of Art at West Liberty University, and director of the University’s Nutting Gallery.

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