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SUMMARY;LANGUAGE=en-us:Rita MacDonald - Pattern Recognition exhibition opens tomorrow, April 8!
LOCATION:University Galleries, Ben Shahn 
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DESCRIPTION:<p><a href="https://wpconnect.wpunj.edu/announcements/default.cfm?uuid=1BF2968A-BC77-0A5F-4355D5E177303E72" target="_blank">Go to Announcement</a></p><p class="p1">April 8 &ndash; May 28, 2026</p>
<p class="p2">Opening reception: Friday, May 8 <span class="s1">|</span> 5:00-6:00 p.m.</p>
<p class="p3">Rita MacDonald: Pattern Recognition</p>
<p class="p2">South Gallery, Ben Shahn Center for the Visual Arts</p>
<p class="p2">Rita MacDonald is the 2025 grand-prize winner of the University Galleries&rsquo; national juried</p>
<p class="p2">printmaking exhibition Ink, Press, Repeat. This solo exhibition brings together MacDonald&rsquo;s</p>
<p class="p2">meticulously created pencil drawings and prints on paper with a newly created, large‑scale,</p>
<p class="p2">site‑specific wall mural, offering visitors an immersive encounter with her distinctive visual</p>
<p class="p2">language. Influenced by the symmetry, order, and repeating forms of Minimalist artists,</p>
<p class="p2">MacDonald also explores how repetition, pattern, and perception shape our understanding of</p>
<p class="p2">place and memory.</p>
<p class="p2">There will be an Artist Talk on Friday, May 8 <span class="s1">|</span> 4:30-5:00 p.m. <span class="s1">|</span> South Gallery</p>
<p class="p2">Artist Rita MacDonald in conversation with University Galleries Director Ellen Hoobler</p>
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<p><a href="https://wpconnect.wpunj.edu/announcements/default.cfm?uuid=1BF2968A-BC77-0A5F-4355D5E177303E72" target="_blank">Go to Announcement</a></p><p class="p1">April 8 &ndash; May 28, 2026</p>
<p class="p2">Opening reception: Friday, May 8 <span class="s1">|</span> 5:00-6:00 p.m.</p>
<p class="p3">Rita MacDonald: Pattern Recognition</p>
<p class="p2">South Gallery, Ben Shahn Center for the Visual Arts</p>
<p class="p2">Rita MacDonald is the 2025 grand-prize winner of the University Galleries&rsquo; national juried</p>
<p class="p2">printmaking exhibition Ink, Press, Repeat. This solo exhibition brings together MacDonald&rsquo;s</p>
<p class="p2">meticulously created pencil drawings and prints on paper with a newly created, large‑scale,</p>
<p class="p2">site‑specific wall mural, offering visitors an immersive encounter with her distinctive visual</p>
<p class="p2">language. Influenced by the symmetry, order, and repeating forms of Minimalist artists,</p>
<p class="p2">MacDonald also explores how repetition, pattern, and perception shape our understanding of</p>
<p class="p2">place and memory.</p>
<p class="p2">There will be an Artist Talk on Friday, May 8 <span class="s1">|</span> 4:30-5:00 p.m. <span class="s1">|</span> South Gallery</p>
<p class="p2">Artist Rita MacDonald in conversation with University Galleries Director Ellen Hoobler</p>
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