Margaret \u201cMegan\u201d Urban<\/strong>.<\/p>\nDowling, who is exhibiting her stoneware \u201cBlue Jay Energy,\u201d has been a professional artist for 30 years. Her work is widely collected and is represented in collections throughout the world.<\/p>\n
\u201cSometimes I feel like the water of Bemus Creek stills flows through me,\u201d says Dowling. \u201cMy father and I would talk about the trees, the plants, the woods flowers, the birds, the animals and the people who came before. It gave me a deep understanding of the importance of stewardship and passion for preserving the earth\u2019s natural beauty. I try to convey these feelings through my art.\u201d<\/p>\n
Margaret \u201cMegan\u201d Urban has a pair of works on display at Women Create. Entitled \u201cTeak\u201d and \u201cOrange,\u201d both use pigment, wax and gold leaf on lead, steel and wood.<\/p>\n
Urban explains, \u201cThe Teak and Orange Shots were 3.8 megaton nuclear weapons exploded over the Marshall Islands as part of the 1958 Hardtack 1 test series. According to declassified reports from Los Alamos National Labs, [these explosions] were conducted even though there was a very real question that they might burn a hole in the ozone layer. The diagrams inscribed into the surfaces of the paintings had profound effect on scientific discovery, and this knowledge became the foundation for our understanding of the universe and for the splitting of the atom in the atomic bomb.”<\/p>\n
ABOUT WOMEN CREATE<\/h3>\n
Gallery hours for Women Create will be 10 a.m.-4 p.m., Monday-Friday. Private viewings may be scheduled by calling (716) 664-2465, ext. 227. The exhibit, featuring the work of 34 artists, as well as the Salons and opening reception, is open to the public free of charge.<\/p>\n
Women Create will close on SWAN Day<\/strong>, Saturday, March 29. SWAN Day, which stands for Support Women Artists Now, is an annual event held on the last Saturday in March, Women\u2019s History Month. First celebrated in 2008, it is an international\u00a0holiday designed to showcase the power and diversity of women\u2019s creativity.<\/p>\nArtist and instructor Debra Eck<\/strong> and photographer Jennifer Schlick<\/strong> are creative directors for Women Create, a community-minded, volunteer-run initiative to support and celebrate women artists by mounting a juried exhibit every other year.<\/p>\nWomen Create is presented in cooperation with the Reg Lenna Center for the Arts and sponsored by the Cattaraugus County Arts Council<\/strong>, Infinity Visual and Performing Arts<\/strong>, and Quick Solutions<\/strong>.<\/p>\nFor more information, visit www.womencreate.org.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"JAMESTOWN – If you\u2019ve ever wondered what the artist was pondering when she created her work, Women Create is offering an opportunity for you to find out. Every Wednesday evening in March, Salons will feature artists whose works are on display at Women Create, the biennial juried exhibit of women\u2019s art in Jamestown, New York. 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