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Marsha Goldberg was born in Boston, MA. She attended Brandeis University and Boston University and the Skowhegan School of Painting & Sculpture, later receiving an MFA from Rutgers’s Mason Gross School of the Arts. In addition to her studio practice and raising two daughters, she has taught studio art courses at Rutgers University, Kean University, and Middlesex College.

The series “Keep” began as a response to a place and its architecture, focusing on the massive Fort St. Jean in Marseille, France. Rooted in observation of form, light, and color, the imagery evolved to become intuitive and self-referential. Through a slow meditative process, the paintings achieve shifts in color, the completion of shapes, and a sense of tension and balance results from a carefully considered set of choices.

Come see “Keep LVII” and “Keep LVIII” by Goldberg, as well as the work of 10 other artists who are faculty of the Department of Art, in the current ”2024 Faculty Exhibition” in Court Gallery, Ben Shahn Center for the Visual Arts.
 
Slide 1: Marsha Goldberg, “Keep LVII,” 2023, acrylic and graphite powder on translucent Yupo, 25 x 38 inches, courtesy of Jessica Talos
Slide 2: Marsha Goldberg, “Keep LVII,” 2023, acrylic and graphite powder on translucent Yupo, close up, courtesy of Jessica Talos
Slide 3: Marsha Goldberg, “Keep LVIII, 2024,” acrylic on translucent Yupo, 25 x 38 inches, courtesy of Jessica Talos
Slide 4: Marsha Goldberg, “Keep LVIII,” 2024, acrylic on translucent Yupo, close up, courtesy of Jessica Talos
 
                     

Armenian Art, Culture, and Resilience

Join us Tuesday, November 12 from 4:00 - 6:30 p.m. for two programs celebrating Armenian art and resilience.

4:00 – 5:00 p.m. Tour of the exhibition “Before, After: Reflections on the Armenian Genocide” in South Gallery, Ben Shahn Center for the Visual Arts.

5:00 - 6:30 keynote and discussion, “Transforming Victimhood to Victorhood: Nurturing Resilience Post-Ottoman Turkish Genocide of Armenians,” in Science Hall West lobby featuring keynote speaker Vicki Shoghag Hovanessian, the cultural advisor of the embassy of the Republic of Armenia to the United States, as well as panel speakers Dr. Ani Kalayjian, the president and founder of ATOP MeaningfulWorld, and Lusine Yeghiazaryan, jazz musician.

Refreshments will be served.

RSVP by Monday, October 28 via linktree in our bio.

Image: Jacqueline Kazarian, “Armenia (Hayasdan),” 2015, archival pigment print, 122 x 262 inches, courtesy of Jessica Talos

Join us this Thursday, October 17, for a morning of meditation and de-stressing in the University Galleries!
 
10:00 – 10:45 a.m.
Gentle Yoga and Meditation
South Gallery
Facilitated by Lucia McMahon, Professor and Chair of History, Philosophy, and Liberal Studies
 
11:00 – 11:45 a.m. 
Dhrupad, The Ancient Meditative Music of India
Court Gallery
Performed by Payton MacDonald, Professor and Chair of Music
 
12:00 – 12:45 p.m. 
Sound Bath Meditation
South Gallery
Facilitated by Katherine Roman
 
For yoga and sound bath, participants may be seated or lay down and are invited to bring a mat or blanket. A limited number of mats will be available.