FITCHBURG — The Fitchburg State University Humanities Department is now presenting its first exhibition of the academic year, featuring local artist Romayne Dawnay.
The exhibition is on display through Oct. 18 at the Hammond Art Gallery, located in Hammond Hall, 160 Pearl St.
There will be an opening reception at 3:30 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 17, at the gallery. The exhibit is going on now. Admission is free and open to the public.
Dawnay is an Ashburnham-based multi-media artist whose work on paper and tactile, hand-held objects explores themes of connection, energy and universality found in both natural elements and cultural remnants.
Items she uses in her art include including handmade books, boxes and bone carvings.
Formatively trained at the Oxford School of Art and Hornsey Art School, her artistic vision was deeply shaped by her former career as an archaeological draftsperson in Italy and Iran, where encounters with ancient artifacts ignited a lifelong curiosity in the cross-cultural threads that span time and space.
Her artwork and illustrations have been exhibited internationally in New York, London and Rome, featured in prestigious academic publications for institutions like Harvard University, and held in private collections across the U.S. and UK.
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