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Recent Acquisitions Releases Press Release Archive |
TMA Hosts Mother's Day Receptions as New Exhibition Opens Tyler, TX—The public is invited to a special Mother’s Day Reception at the Tyler Museum of Art celebrating the opening of the latest TMA exhibition, Mothers & Daughters: Three Generations of Artists. Tyler physician and artist Sasha (Svetsislava) Vukelja, MD along with her young artistic daughter, Maxi Anderson, will provide a Gallery Talk Sunday from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. at the Museum, 1300 S. Mahon adjacent to the Tyler Junior College campus. The reception and gallery talk are free and open to the public but reservations are required by May 6 by calling 903-595-1001. Dr. Vukelja, known affectionately by her patients as “Dr. V”, is a nationally noted oncologist but also is recognized for her talents as a sculptor and painter. Examples of her work in both media are part of the TMA exhibition, along with numerous pieces from her late mother, Katarina Maksimovic, a Yugoslavian native. Mrs. Maksimovic fled Communist persecution in that country, bringing her young daughter Sasha with her to the United States, but being forced to leave behind her husband who was never allowed to join them. “Her (Katarina) paintings, which are astonishingly varied in their style and subject matter, have deep emotional roots in the experience of her exodus and her struggles after reaching America,” said Ken Tomio, TMA curator. “Sasha, too, digs deep into her turbulent current of experience, as well as her professional career as an oncologist and her role as a mother, to create both bold, strong sculpture and intimate-scale paintings.” Tomio said Maxi, 10, carries the family’s maternal tradition of artistic creativity, and “expresses herself with confidence in paint and other media. She creates images in a manner that is uninhibited and innocent…Her works are charming, and we anticipate that she will continue to create and refine her style as she matures as an artist.” |