A Life Conjuring Art & Magic Lecture by Artist Maureen McCabe at The Benton

Maureen McCabe‘s playful yet carefully composed assemblages weave imagery from ancient and current cultures, together with aspects of folklore, magic, myth, and the unexplained. With a career that spans six decades, McCabe has an extensive exhibition record of more than 30 one-person gallery shows. She has exhibited her work in museums in the United States and Mexico and was the subject of a major retrospective at the Bellevue Arts Museum (WA) in 2006. McCabe received her BFA from Rhode Island School of Design and MFA from the Cranbrook Academy of Art before teaching for four decades at Connecticut College.

The current exhibition Fate and Magic: The Art of Maureen McCabe is accompanied by an illustrated catalogue with an essay by Benton Museum Curator Amanda Douberley. Beginning at 3:00 pm, Douberley and McCabe will be available to sign copies of the exhibition catalogue. Maureen McCabe’s lecture begins at 4:00 pm.