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1212 / lbrott@the-mac.org or macmembership@the-mac.org www.the-mac.org THE MAC ANNOUNCES THREE NEW EXHIBITIONS: Charles Dee Mitchell curates three exhibitions at the MAC: Bill Davenport and the Golden Treasures of the Pharaohs by Bill Davenport, Selections from the Seals of the Philosophers by Douglas MacWithey and Between Covers: An Exhibition for Smart Phones and the Internet presented by WordSpace. FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: The MAC is proud to present three new exhibitions curated by Charles Dee Mitchell. Bill Davenport and the Golden Treasures of the Pharaohs by Bill Davenport, Selections from the Seals of the Philosophers by Douglas MacWithey and Between Covers: An Exhibition for Smart Phones and the Internet presented by WordSpace. The opening reception will be Saturday, September 17 from 5:30pm to 7:30pm at The MAC galleries, located at 3120 McKinney Avenue, which is in the Uptown District of Dallas. Exhibitions will be on view through October 22. Selections from Douglas MacWithey's notebooks will be read Wednesday, September 21 from 6:00pm to 7:00pm by curator Charles Dee Mitchell, and the novelists David Searcy and Ben Fountain. The evening is a presentation of WordSpace. Immediately following the reading at The MAC there will be a reception from 7 to 9 pm at The Reading Room, 3715 Parry Avenue. How it is the dead man suffers the loss of his loved ones, MacWithey's large three panel drawing from which the reading is taken, will be on view. The drawing dates from the 1980's and has never been shown before. It will be exhibited at The Reading Room, a project space dedicated to the intersection of the visual and literary arts, through September 30. In the Large Gallery Bill Davenport Bill Davenport and the Golden Treasures of the Pharaohs Part roadside attraction, part excavation, Bill Davenport fills the large gallery with specimens unearthed from contemporary mass society. Inspired by Harry Burtons photographs of the King Tutankamun excavation, the Houston based artist utilizes steel, paper mache and found objects to presume the chaos and mysticism of ordinary mans treasures. Bill Davenport is a Houston based artist who holds a B.F.A. from the Rhode Island School of Design and an M.F.A. from the University of Massachusetts. He works as a contributing editor for Glasstire and a freelance art critic for the Houston Chronicle. Bill has been exhibited in over 60 exhibitions beginning his career as a resident at the Glassell

School of Art, Museum of Fine Arts, Houston in the 1991 Core Fellows Exhibition and most recently at the Inman Gallery in Houston and the Angstrom Gallery in Dallas. In the Square Gallery Douglas MacWithey Selections from the Seals of the Philosophers The Seals of the Philosophers was a collaborative effort of Douglas MacWithey and Charles Dee Mitchell for over a year before MacWitheys unexpected death in August 2010. Illustrations from Opus medico-chymicum of Johann Daniel Mylius, a 3000 page alchemical text published in the 17th Century, inspired the past five years of MacWitheys studio work. Selections from the Seals of the Philosophers is an in depth look at that work, including sculpture, drawings, and notebooks. Douglas MacWithey was born in Ames, Iowa, in 1952 and received his MFA from Southern Methodist University in Dallas. MacWithey was part of the Dallas art scene from the 1980s, although this was to be his first exhibition here in over ten years. Recent exhibitions include Douglas MacWithey: Selections from the Seals of the Philosphers at testsite in Austin and "Douglas MacWithey: Sculpture and Drawings" at Barry Whistler Gallery. In the New Works Space Between Covers: An Exhibition for Smart Phones and the Internet presented by WordSpace WordSpace has brought readings, workshops, and performances by local and national figures to Dallas since 1994. Their venues include bookstores, Poetry Slams, private homes, outdoor markets, the Kessler Theater, and schools. For the installation Between Covers, WordSpace introduces a new online registry that celebrates the diversity of North Texas published writers, from poets and novelists, to the authors of cookbooks and textbooks. Through the wonders of smart phone technology, attendees can access videos of local writers and literary organizations. About the curator, Charles Dee Mitchell Charles Dee Mitchell, a freelance writer based in Dallas, has been a regular contributor to the Dallas Morning News, Art in America, and Photo-Eye Magazine. He has written catalog essays for exhibitions at the Dallas Museum of Art, the Armand Hammer Museum in Los Angeles, and the Columbus Museum of Art in Columbus, Ohio. As a curator he has worked with both commercial and university galleries. In spring 2009, University of Texas Press published Lance Letscher: Collage, a monograph for which he has written the lead essay. About the MAC

Established in 1994, The McKinney Avenue Contemporary (The MAC) is a nonprofit organization that stands as a Dallas advocate for creative freedom offering the opportunity for experimentation and presentation of art in all disciplines. It supports the emerging and established artist roll in society providing a forum for critical dialogue with their audiences. This relationship is cultivated through education and innovative programming. The MAC is a member of Dallas Art Dealers Association and The Uptown Association. Call 214-953-1212 for information or visit www.the-mac.org. The MAC is open Wednesday - Saturday 11 a.m. 9:00 p.m. For more information, visit www.the-mac.org Interviews and images related to this exhibition are available upon request. Contact(s): LauraLee Brott Membership Coordinator McKinney Avenue Contemporary 3120 McKinney Ave. Dallas, TX 75204 +1.214.953.1212 www.the-mac.org

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