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IDEAS IN MEDALLIC SCULPTURE began as a Medialia...Rack and Hamper
Gallery event in 1998, and has continued for eleven years. After
several years of teaching a class in stone carving at The University
of the Arts, Philadelphia, Mashiko Nakashima created this annual
traveling exhibition series to encourage students to become
professionally involved with art. In its current stage, the
collaborative exhibition, NEW IDEAS IN MEDALLIC SCULPTURE, is
supported by a combination of the three participating universities,
individual patrons, and the nonprofit organization, New Approach,
Inc. NEW IDEAS is one of several New Approach projects that
encourages young generations to express ideas in medallic sculpture.
Exhibitions comprised of young medallic sculptors have also
been an essential part of Medialia Gallery's philosophy from
its beginning.
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The
genesis of the NEW IDEAS exhibition project was the not-for-profit
organization, New Approach, Inc. The purpose of New Approach,
Inc. is to promote emerging artists and curators, as well as
to encourage public awareness of unconventional medallic art.
Mashiko
Nakashima is the founder and director of Medialia ... Rack and
Hamper Gallery, and New Approach, Inc. In addition to her life
as a professional artist and curator, she is a Master Lecturer
at The University of the Arts, Philadelphia, where she teaches
stone carving and medallic sculpture courses. |
