SF Gallery Features Molly Kempson Exhibit Starting Feb. 7
January 10, 2025
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The Santa Fe College Gallery presents “The South is not Simple - Prints by Molly Kempson” from February 7 to March 21, 2025 at the Northwest Campus, 3000 NW 83 Street, Gainesville. The opening reception, also on February 7, will be held from 7 to 9 p.m. in the Gallery. This and all SF Gallery events are free and open to the public.
Molly Kempson is an artist and educator making relief prints in and about the American South. Her work spirals through architecture, language, flora, fauna, preservation, and conservation to highlight the complicated history of the region through artist books, letterpress posters, and limited edition reduction linocut prints. She has been awarded several funded residencies, including the Coffey Residency in Book Arts at the University of Florida in 2016, the letterpress residency at Ashantilly Press in 2018, and the In Cahoots Residency in 2024 in Petaluma, California.
In this solo show of works from 2018 to 2025, Kempson's work explores the intersection of traditional block printing and typesetting techniques with the current landscape of wildlife conservation, historic preservation, and Southern identity and history. Her works also address the importance of public support for the arts as a catalyst for addressing the issues that face Floridians as we face our past, present and future.
"Loving the South means acknowledging the work that needs doing," Kempson said.
Last year, Kempson was selected as the poster artist for the 52nd annual Santa Fe College Spring Arts Festival, saying it was on her “bucket list as a Gainesville artist."
The Santa Fe College Gallery is open Monday through Friday, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
