Mott Community College: MCC Fine Arts Gallery To Feature Manda Villarreal 

Press release from Mott Community College:

Dawn Hibbard

Mar 8th, 2022

Mott Community College’s Fine Arts Gallery will present an exhibition of illustrations by Manda Villarreal from March 14 through 29. The exhibit is titled “Quarantine in Black and White,” and will feature ink drawings on paper. In addition, Villarreal will give an Art Talk 10 am March 18. These talks will be available through the MCC Fine Art Gallery web page (www.gallery.mcc.edu) and are made possible in part by the Ballenger Trust.

Villarreal is a 2020 BFA graduate, Art and Design, Art History, Stamps School of Art and Design, at the University of Michigan, and a 2017 AAS graduate in Graphic Design from Mott Community College. Currently, Manda is a freelance Designer/Illustrator and owner of the art shop, Manda Creates.

In her Artist Statement Villarreal states, “In this series titled Quarantine in Black and White, I use ink drawings to capture quarantine as an experience for myself and others alike. When the world began to feel like an unsafe and complicated place, making ink drawings is what I did to create positivity and pattern in my life.”

Due to the Covid-19 Pandemic, there will be limited capacity in the gallery and all ART Talks will be virtual. All visitors are expected to follow the MCC Standards and perform the Mandatory Health and Wellness Check before they travel to MCC. Please visit mcc.edu/reopen for up to date information.

This press release was produced by Mott Community College. The views expressed here are the author’s own.