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About the Exhibit
After her successful 2017 exhibition “My Love of Beetles and Bugs”, artist and educator Marjorie Güisao-Wallace returns to the Newport News Community Gallery to display an experience that bridges information among those beetles and bugs and their importance to human life in “Bridging Beetles and Bugs with Human Existence”. This collection of NEW paintings deals with the connection among beetles and bugs, and their importance to mankind. The exhibition will be on display October 7-30, 2020. Free and open to the public.
Beetles and bugs are some of the oldest animals still alive today. They were found to exist during the reign of dinosaurs. Insects were here before man and will probably be here long after man’s extinction.
Beetles and bugs are also some of the best pollinators today giving rise to better food production. For example, dung beetles form balls of animal feces then lay their eggs in the balls that serve as food for their larva, and thus serve man as a natural decomposer.
No beetles or bugs and our life cycle will be disturbed, maybe destroyed. For instance, ants and aphids have a mutualistic existence while destroying crops and plant life. Lady beetle larva feed naturally and voraciously on the predator aphids, thus saving plant growth around the world.
This exhibit is a new, refreshing look at beetles in their natural habitats, at work, and at play. It illustrates their bridge with our human existence through art. RSVP for the closing reception, Friday, October 30th, 2020 at 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm. This event is free and open to the public but RSVP is requested. Masks or protective facial coverings are required for entry. For more questions about how our business practices have changed, please click here.
About The Artist
Marjorie Guisao-Wallace
Art is an expression of me- creative, imaginative, historic, relevant, musical, poetic, artsy, and reflective of everyday issues and my love of life. Telling stories goes back to my Gullah upbringing. My father called me his “Renaissance child”. I do it all; I experiment with space and my surroundings by creating everything with natural materials, found objects, and a large range of mediums.
The eldest daughter of two artist parents, I learned to appreciate the arts from birth. Surrounded by canvas, turpentine, museums, known and evolving artist, writers, civil rights leaders, actors, and musicians helped form my view of the world. The world is an intricate colorful palette designed to fill a canvas with wonderful stories and experiences. Nineteen years ago, I moved to Newport News, VA from Brooklyn, NY, and made Virginia my home. Later pieces depict life in Virginia. Earlier pieces were influenced by travels and love of the environment. While in High school I earned a scholarship to the Brooklyn Museum Student Art League, and exchanged ideas and styles with my self-taught parents. We were all members of the Artist Leagues of Brooklyn (ALB) and co-owners of the Tu-Can Duffield Gallery of Art, Brooklyn, NY.
