Artist mixes childhood memories with an adult twist

Upon walking into the Corner Gallery in Boswell Hall, I was surrounded by charcoal drawings of plush toys. But these drawings aren’t from your average childhood memories, these pieces were created with an adult twist. The name of the exhibit is “Saints and Stuffies.” Ann Porter, established contemporary artist and college professor, is the creator of the exhibit, and it will be on display from Sept. 6 to Nov. 4.

“They are also the stuff of memory,” Porter speaks of the toys in her art pieces.

“The half-remembered crib fantasies, the childhood dramas– for many of us, they were the first experience with our fellow creatures– live or not, they were real.”

In Porter’s statement about her “Saints and Stuffies” exhibit, she talks about how she explored the post-humanist theoretical overlay and academic question of how we respond with our fellow creatures in this collection.

Check out Ann Porter’s work anytime between 10 a.m. and 4 p.m. Monday through Thursday, and 10 a.m. until 2:30 p.m. on Fridays in the Corner Gallery of Boswell Hall.