Amy Lemaire

KMAC will highlight local artist and educator Amy Lemaire in the month of February for the “Museum Store Spotlight”. A selection of Lemaire’s latest body of work which features jewelry and wearable art will be available for purchase in the Museum Store. Lemaire is an artist and educator based in Louisville, KY. She received a BFA in painting from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago in 2000, and an MFA from Pratt Institute in 2011, also with a focus on painting. In addition to her paintings and performative artworks, Amy has been working with glass since 1997, and specializes in flameworking, with an emphasis on soft glass sculpture, beadmaking, and botanical replication. She exhibits her work nationally.

Lemaire’s recent series of work titled “Perforated Histories” contemplates wearable sculptures as political art. Throughout history, necklaces, headdresses, bracelets and other jewelry pieces have been worn to communicate status and rank, and to make a visual statement to others regarding political and social affiliations. Displayed on the body, touching the flesh, a piece of jewelry is also intensely personal, reflecting the wearer’s individual style. It is through this duality of public/personal that a connection is made to political art.

Museum members are qualified to receive a 10% discount on all purchases in the museum!

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For more information or questions contact David McGuire.