Magan Ruthke Artist Talk

This Artscape Weekend: Magan Ruthke's solo exhibition, The Plains, explores her recent time on the high plains through a body of work that celebrates the northwest Nebraskan landscape and honors the region's history. Ruthke's thoughtfully patterned mixed media and wood-driven pieces bring the area's beauty and heritage to life. On view in the Main Gallery through September 7. Artist Talk Thursday, August 22 at 7 p.m.

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About the Artist

Magan Ruthke is a versatile artist whose work encompasses folk art, patterns, history, the environment, and landscapes. Primarily a painter, her diverse interests include natural materials, wearable art, and digital design. Magan grew up in Harford County, Maryland, and has been a long-time resident of Baltimore City, where she worked for 15 years at the Children's Museum as an educator, artist, manager, and director. Now a Master Naturalist and full-time artist, her travels and love of the outdoors often inspire her work. She volunteers as the site manager for the Remington Village Green Community Garden.

Magan holds an M.S. and B.S. from Towson University in Human Resource Development and Theatre Arts. She has been recognized as an emerging artist by the American Craft Council Marketplace in 2024, one of two artists-in-residence at Agate Fossil Beds National Monument in 2024, and a Visual Arts Fellow at the Virginia Center for Creative Arts in 2022. Her work has been showcased at numerous venues, including the Chesapeake Arts Center, Maryland Art Place, the Circle Gallery, Palos Verdes Art Center, the Studios of Key West, the John James Audubon Center, the Annapolis Maritime Museum, Atomic Books, the Lemonade Stand Gallery, the Saville Gallery, in private collections across the U.S., and on the cover of the Baltimore Review.

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