Women of Washington County is an exhibition dedicated to three female abstract artists that focus in on the world and the things that shaped them. In this exhibition viewers will take on three different visual perspectives on feminism, abstraction, place, time and domesticity. Each artist will challenge these 5 ideas in different ways. Melissa Dorn Richards zeros in on the banal and reexamines the world of objects we live in. Kate Schaffer tears apart time and space, she then rebuilds it to allow the viewer to consider a new perspective. Jaymee Harvey Willms uses layers of repeated patterns and shapes and story-based imagery to challenge the fairytales of childhood and monotony of adulthood. Together these three women provide a window into the lives of women in Washington County. They document the challenges, celebrations, humors and dark side of womanhood in Wisconsin as well as a broader scope into the lives of American women today. This exhibition was January 2018-April
This is a rarely updated center for ongoing work and projects of Jaymee Harvey Willms. Consistency is not key, but this online space will share upcoming and ongoing exhibitions and studio work. Jaymee is an artist living and working in the Milwaukee, Wisconsin. She has a BFA in painting from the USD and an MFA in sculpture from SUNY Albany. Her work digs into fantasy, feminism and where materials meet these two concepts.