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Artists' Reception: Nina Ghanbarzadeh & Maureen Fritchen

November 9, 2024 - 5:30pm to 7:30pm

James Watrous Gallery • • Madison

Saturday, November 9, 2024 - 5:30pm to 7:30pm

Location

James Watrous Gallery Madison

Join Nina Ghanbarzadeh, Maureen Fritchen, and Wisconsin Academy staff to celebrate the opening of the exhibtions Tales of the Seated Cat and See Foam at the James Watrous Gallery. These paired solo exhibitions will be on view from November 1, 2024 through January 12, 2025.

Remarks begin at 6:00pm. Free and open to the public. Light refreshments available.

Subject Tags:

calligraphy

contemporary art

sculpture

visual arts

Contributors

Maureen Fritchen

Born in Chicago, Maureen Fritchen lives and works in Racine, Wisconsin, where for the past 16 years she has had a studio at the 16th Street Studios. Fritchen took a self-directed approach to art scholarship, focusing on painting at the American Academy of Art in Chicago, UW-Whitewater, Boise State University, UW-Parkside, and UW-Pigeon Lake. Fritchen regularly shows in regional juried, invitational, and biennials exhibitions.

Nina Ghanbarzadeh

Nina Ghanbarzadeh is a visual artist and entrepreneur taking a universal approach to written language in her art. She emigrated from Tehran, Iran, in 2001. Ghanbarzadeh earned her Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in painting, drawing, and graphic design from the University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee in 2013 and completed a two-year Artist in Residency Program with Redline Milwaukee in 2015. In addition to participating in several group shows, Ghanbarzadeh won best in show at the Wisconsin Biennial in 2020. She has received the Mary L. Nohl Suitcase Export Fund, Student Silver ADDY, and Fredric R. Layton Foundations Scholarship awards.