Artist Talks – Jessica Kallista – Artists Speaks

Hello AL Campus,

ArtistPlease join Jessica Kallista in the Fisher Art Gallery on the Second Level of the Rachel M. Schlesinger Concert Hall and Arts Center, this Thursday. Kallista is an artist, poet and curator living in Northern Virginia. She received her M.F.A. in 2002 in creative writing with a concentration in poetry from George Mason University in 2002. In 2014, she founded Olly Olly, an alternative art space in Fairfax, Virginia, in order to create a place for local art and artists with a focus on experimental, conceptual and performance art. Dear Suburbia is an extension of Kallista’s blog, “Dear Suburbia: Letters of Love to a Strange Land.”

Exhibit:             Dear Suburbia: Mixed Media Works by Jessica Kallista
Artists:              Jessica Kallista
Date:                 Thursday, 21 April 2016
Time:                12:30 p.m. – 1:30 p.m.
Location:           AL Campus Schlesinger Center | Fisher Art Gallery (Second Level)

Contact: Mary Higgins | mhiggins@nvcc.edu

During Artist Speaks, Kallista will speak about being a local arts instigator, her creative process, and the inspiration behind Dear Suburbia.

Artist Speaks is FREE and OPEN to the public. Feel free to bring your lunch!