Former Jasper Board member, visual artist and art educator Ginny Merett’s new exhibit Tall Women opens today, June 4, 2023 at The Hallway: Community Art at 701 Whaley. Each of these tall collage pieces, roughly 12x60”, showcase a beautifully constructed unique character with a big personality. According to Merett the series “pays homage to all women who stand tall even in the face of adversity”. The opening reception is today from 2-4pm and the show will be up until July 29th.
Ginny Merett is a visual artist and art educator who is known for her eccentric collage works. Her collage pieces have been shown in solo and group exhibits at Stormwater Studio, ArtFields, Koger Center for the Arts, the Jasper Project, USC’s McMaster Gallery, SC State Library, and other local venues like Sound Bites Eatery, Trustus Theater, She Festival, Cottontown Art Crawl and Melrose Art in the Yard. Her work is published in the Jasper Project’s Jasper Magazine Spring 2019 and Fall 2022 editions, and in Sheltered: SC Artists Respond During the 2020 Pandemic; and in Bullets and Band-Aids, Vol. 3.
Ginny graduated from the University of Georgia with in Art Education and holds two master’s degrees from the University of South Carolina. She taught K-12 art for 30 years and spent many years as adjunct at the University of South Carolina working with pre-service teachers.
She has two children and 4 grandchildren, and lives in Lexington. Look for her on all social platforms.
