Fiber, print artist shows work in 'Revealed' at BC3
As a senior research scientist at the University of Maryland’s School of Medicine, Kathy Strauss pursues a malaria vaccine to prevent a disease that causes at least 500,000 deaths annually.
As a fiber and print artist for 40 years, the former Gibsonia resident and Westminster College graduate introduces figures and formulas into her prints, many of which include portions of the human form.
“Revealed,” Strauss’ first public exhibit of 2020, features nearly 20 embroidered prints created from solar plate and monotype processes and transferred to rice or mulberry paper, or made by batik on silk gauze.
An opening to the free exhibit will be from 6 to 7 p.m. March 21 in the Mary Hulton Phillips Gallery on BC3’s main campus in Butler Township. The opening precedes the Pittsburgh Philharmonic’s “Heartbreak at the Symphony” concert that begins at 7:30 p.m. in nearby Succop Theater.
Her works — with titles such as “Revealed 9 (Raw Nerves)”; “Revealed 10 (Sensitive Nerves)”; and “Lab Notebook 17.2 (Raw Nerves)” — range in size from 42-by-66-inches to 13-by-17-inches.
Strauss earned a bachelor’s degree in art with a concentration in biology from Westminster College in 1978, and later that year studied scientific art at the Sea Education Association in Woods Hole, Mass. She also studied art at the Corcoran School of Art in Washington, D.C., and mathematics at the University of Maryland’s University College.
She has worked as a senior research scientist at the University of Maryland’s School of Medicine since 1993, most recently in the Center for Vaccine Development’s Malaria Labs.
Her artwork will be on display from March 21 to 28 at Butler County Community College.
Following the opening to her exhibit, guests can view “Revealed” in the Mary Hulton Phillips Gallery by appointment by calling the BC3 Education Foundation at 724-287-8711, Ext. 8161.
