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Meet Tyler Ramsey, one of our amazing new interns on staff at the Van Every/Smith Art Galleries! Tyler Ramsey is a Sophomore at Davidson College from Manilla, Philippines. Tyler is currently studying Computer Science. Learn more about Tyler: Why did you want to intern at the art gallery? “I like art.” Who is your favorite artist? Why? “Richard Neutra because of his use of straight lines and open spaces.” What is your earliest memory of art? “Appreciating cool buildings.” What is your favorite thing about working in the art gallery? “I like being exposed to a wide variety of art.”...

Iruka Maria Toro (Puerto Rican, b. 1983)The World and Her Double, 2016Acrylic and collage on paper40 x 53 in.Gallery Purchase Iruka Maria Toro is a Puerto Rican artist whose paintings serve as a record of her life. Toro uses patterned flora, fauna, pools of water, and liquefying landscapes in an imperfectly symmetrical arrangement to best express her identity. In this piece, which can be found in E.H. Little Library, Toro explored her experience of St. Elmo’s Fire, a natural and supernatural phenomenon in which luminous plasma from static electricity creates a glowing light. Toro's use of imperfect symmetry in this...

Meet Sarah Zhang, one of our amazing returning interns on staff at the Van Every/Smith Galleries! Sarah Zhang is a Junior at Davidson College from Shanghai, China. Claire is currently studying Art History and Psychology, and has worked in the gallery for the past 3 years.  Learn more about Sarah: What has even your favorite exhibition during your time at Davidson? “Liên Trương's From the Earth Rise Radiant Beings” You can check out this exhibition here: https://www.davidsoncollegeartgalleries.org/dcag-exhibitions/7835/ What is your favorite thing about working in the art gallery? “Working with the coolest interns and best bosses! And it’s such an...

The piece that I chose in ArtMate was Anonymous Portrait with Shirt by Anthony Goicolea. In many ways, this piece was the best of what was left, and it was not my first choice but it was a top 5 piece of the collection (in my opinion at least) so in many ways it was a steal and an outright robbery that I got it. To be honest, at first, I was not sure if I wanted any of the pieces in ArtMate. On the first day of work, I walked into the Smith Gallery where at the time all the pieces...