Chasm: A Panel Discussion

January 14, 2026 at 3:00pm

https://longwood-edu.zoom.us/j/99189621961

No Registration Required

Start the New Year with art!

Join the Longwood Center for the Visual Arts in welcoming Helen Frederick, Randi Reiss-McCormack, Madalyn Marcus, and Buzz Spector in a panel discussion on Chasm: Intuition, Risk, and Certainty.

Chasm is a poetic conversation between material, meaning, and the nature of collaborations. Though the artists’ practices differ, all three center around the physical act of creation, the unpredictability of materials, and embrace of when the art “speaks back.” These artists welcome intuition and the unknown.

Frederick’s collaborative pieces with Chris Mona are rich in symbolism and layered meaning. The textured handmade paper and her imagery evoke environmental and emotional landscapes, inviting reflection on impermanence, time, and transformation. Marcus’s rhythmic paintings translate fleeting sounds into permanent colors. Her compositions reverberate, finding balance in the tension between opposites. Reiss-McCormack creates mixed-media works that blend playfulness with sincerity. Her collages are richly layered drawings that reflect a studio practice grounded in ritual and adaptability to shifting rules and forms.

This exhibition includes works from the Kluge-Ruhe Aboriginal Art Collection at the University of Virginia. These pieces form a complex mosaic of translating the natural world into imagery. Their inclusion offers visitors the opportunity to see cross-cultural differences and similarities in creative processes and collaboration. Together, the all works on display invite viewers to engage intuitively, seek inspiration, and connect their inner experiences with the external world.

This program, and concurrent its exhibition, is made possible through the generous support of Kristin and Trey Gee, longtime LCVA supporters.