39th Annual McNeese National Works on Paper Exhibition

Juror’s gallery talk and awards presentation, 7 p.m. in the Grand Gallery, Shearman Fine Arts Annex, McNeese State University, Lake Charles, Louisiana JUROR Nicole Donnelly, Executive Director, Morgan Art of Papermaking Conservatory Nicole Donnelly is a hand papermaker and visual artist serving as Executive Director at the Morgan Art of Papermaking Conservatory in Cleveland, OH. She founded community accessible studio paperTHINKtank in 2013 and ushered its growth for over ten10 years in the Philadelphia arts community. She has taught papermaking for over 15 years, both as a traditional craft and artistic medium, to students of all ages. She has served as Collaborative Papermaker for artists published by Brandywine Workshop & Archives, the Brodsky Center at PAFA, and now at the Morgan Conservatory. Her creative and academic research has been published by The Legacy Press and Hand Papermaking magazine, and she served as president of IAPMA (International Association of Hand Papermakers and Paper Artists) for seven years. Donnelly’s mission is to establish handmade paper as a recognized art medium and preserve its value as a craft.