You can’t take it with you… is about being swept away by the sea of life, as if the ocean just flooded through your home and swept you away. It is inspired by the chaos that enters our lives—the swirl of daily stresses like bedtime, dinner, meetings, and deadlines, combined with larger cultural issues such as the refugee and migrant crisis, rising sea levels, and climate change.
This exhibition correlates weather and water with emotions, reveling in blue, a color that is at once melancholy and calming. You can’t take it with you… immerses you in the sea while allowing you to stay afloat and find joy in riding the waves.
Opening Reception: Thursday, September 12, 4–5 PM at Hopkins Hall Gallery
Advanced Printmaking Workshop: Thursday, September 12, 5–6 PM at Hopkins Hall Gallery (RSVP required)
Artist Bio: Melissa Haviland is an artist based in Athens, Ohio. Her print installations transform gallery spaces, interrogating the objects in our lives and the personal, cultural, and economic power they wield. Haviland earned her BFA from Illinois State University in 1998 and her MFA from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln in 2002. She is a full professor at Ohio University, where she has been teaching printmaking and papermaking for 20 years. Under her leadership, the Ohio University Print program was ranked the 8th best in the country by US News & World Report in 2020. Follow her on Instagram @havilandmelissa.
