McDonough Museum to open fall season with three exhibits by women artists

The McDonough Museum of Art will open its fall season with the works of three accomplished female artists beginning Friday, August 23 through Saturday, October 26.

Whitney Tressel, the McDonough Museum’s inaugural Emerging Artist, will present her photographic series titled “America Still.” A travel photographer, Tressel’s photographic talents have impacted organizations such as Google, National Geographic, New York Times Student Journeys, Budget Travel Magazine, and Esquire Magazine. For the past two years Tressel has traversed North America solo in her 1985 Toyota Dolphin truck camper, capturing a sense of place amongst the diverse sets of American landscape.

Dana Oldfather, a Cleveland native whose paintings are part of numerous public and corporate collections and have been exhibited in galleries and museums across the country, will present “Out of the Woods, Into the Weeds.” Oldfather has twice received the Ohio Arts Council Individual Excellence Award and has had residencies at the Vermont Studio Center and Zygote Press. Her work has been exhibited nationally at the Library Street Collective in Detroit, the Zg Gallery in Chicago, and Kathryn Markel Fine Art in New York. She currently works and lives just outside of Cleveland.

Julie Mehretu, a MacArthur Fellowship recipient and U.S. State Department Medal of Arts awardee, will present “Excavations: The Prints of Julie Mehretu,” organized by Highpoint Editions in Minneapolis. Mehretu has participated in numerous international exhibitions and biennials and has received international recognition for her work, including the American Art Award from the Whitney Museum of American Art. She was born in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, and currently lives and works in New York.

An opening reception for the exhibits will be held August 23 at the museum. Entry to the reception and exhibits is free and open to the public. The museum is open from 11:00 AM to 4:00 PM Tuesday through Saturday.