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X-WR-CALDESC:Francis Marion University’s Gately Gallery is proud to present
  Thunder and Wonder\, a solo exhibition by Charleston-based artist Jennife
 r York\, on view from October 21 through December 5\, 2025. Known for her 
 large-scale papercuts and intricate dioramas set within vintage suitcases 
 and mirrors\, York’s art straddles memory\, myth\, and recovery\, offering
  audiences both visual beauty and deeply personal storytelling.\n\nThe exh
 ibition opens with a joint reception on October 21 at 5:30 p.m.\, celebrat
 ing both Thunder and Wonder and the 2025 FMU Student Juried Art Show\, whi
 ch will run concurrently. This year’s student show is especially notable\,
  as York herself serves as juror\, bringing her expertise and unique artis
 tic perspective to the selection of student works.\n\n\n\nYork will also o
 ffer an Artist Talk on November 19 at 6:00 p.m.\, inviting the community t
 o step deeper into her world of layered narratives and meticulous craftsma
 nship.\n\n\n\nRaised in rural Indiana and trained at Pratt Institute (BFA\
 , Sculpture\, 1997) and Savannah College of Art and Design (MFA\, Fibers\,
  2000)\, York has spent decades shaping a multifaceted career as an artist
 \, educator\, and innovator. Inspired by travel residencies across Europe 
 and the Americas\, as well as her coastal surroundings in South Carolina\,
  York’s works blend careful observation—sketches of Charleston’s iron gate
 s\, tombstones\, and marshlands—with visual storytelling. Her work continu
 es to evolve into ambitious papercut installations from tyvek house wrap—e
 pic\, lace-like structures reminiscent of Hawaiian quilt patterns— and int
 ricate dioramas housed in castaway suitcases and mirrors\, encouraging vie
 wers to wander\, reflect\, and imagine.\n\nThrough Thunder and Wonder\, Yo
 rk brings her personal journey and artistic mastery to the Pee Dee region\
 , offering audiences a chance to encounter both the monumental and the int
 imate in paper\, line\, and light. Like the enchanted wardrobe in The Chro
 nicles of Narnia\, her work invites us to step through a threshold into a 
 world at once familiar and otherworldly—one that asks us to follow her pat
 h and imagine where it might lead us next.
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DESCRIPTION:Francis Marion University’s Gately Gallery is proud to present 
 Thunder and Wonder\, a solo exhibition by Charleston-based artist Jennifer
  York\, on view from October 21 through December 5\, 2025. Known for her l
 arge-scale papercuts and intricate dioramas set within vintage suitcases a
 nd mirrors\, York’s art straddles memory\, myth\, and recovery\, offering 
 audiences both visual beauty and deeply personal storytelling.\n\nThe exhi
 bition opens with a joint reception on October 21 at 5:30 p.m.\, celebrati
 ng both Thunder and Wonder and the 2025 FMU Student Juried Art Show\, whic
 h will run concurrently. This year’s student show is especially notable\, 
 as York herself serves as juror\, bringing her expertise and unique artist
 ic perspective to the selection of student works.\n\n\n\nYork will also of
 fer an Artist Talk on November 19 at 6:00 p.m.\, inviting the community to
  step deeper into her world of layered narratives and meticulous craftsman
 ship.\n\n\n\nRaised in rural Indiana and trained at Pratt Institute (BFA\,
  Sculpture\, 1997) and Savannah College of Art and Design (MFA\, Fibers\, 
 2000)\, York has spent decades shaping a multifaceted career as an artist\
 , educator\, and innovator. Inspired by travel residencies across Europe a
 nd the Americas\, as well as her coastal surroundings in South Carolina\, 
 York’s works blend careful observation—sketches of Charleston’s iron gates
 \, tombstones\, and marshlands—with visual storytelling. Her work continue
 s to evolve into ambitious papercut installations from tyvek house wrap—ep
 ic\, lace-like structures reminiscent of Hawaiian quilt patterns— and intr
 icate dioramas housed in castaway suitcases and mirrors\, encouraging view
 ers to wander\, reflect\, and imagine.\n\nThrough Thunder and Wonder\, Yor
 k brings her personal journey and artistic mastery to the Pee Dee region\,
  offering audiences a chance to encounter both the monumental and the inti
 mate in paper\, line\, and light. Like the enchanted wardrobe in The Chron
 icles of Narnia\, her work invites us to step through a threshold into a w
 orld at once familiar and otherworldly—one that asks us to follow her path
  and imagine where it might lead us next.
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LOCATION:142 N. Dargan St.\, Florence\, SC 29506 US
SUMMARY:Artist Reception
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