“The Moon and Reverie: Works by Kathy Muehlemann” to open at the Maier with artist talk, reception

Left: Kathy Muehlemann, Bright Promise, 2017, oil on panel, 7 x 5 in. Courtesy of the artist. Right: Kathy Muehlemann, Blue Moondog, 2025, oil on panel, 12 x 9 in. Courtesy of the artist.

Former art professor Kathy Muehlemann will show her work in a new exhibition at the Maier Museum of Art at Randolph College. 

“The Moon and Reverie: Works by Kathy Muehlemann” opens with a reception and artist’s talk on Friday, Jan. 16, where Muehlemann will discuss her practice, influences, and source of inspiration. The reception starts at 5 p.m., followed by the talk at 5:45 p.m. 

Muehlemann and her husband, Jim, lived and worked as artists in New York City for 20 years in an intensive era of collaborative community among artists in lower Manhattan. 

In 1994, Muehlemann was invited to have a solo exhibition at the Maier, to open in the spring of 1995. Subsequently, she was asked to apply for a studio art faculty position and went on to teach at the College for 25 years. 

While not a true retrospective, the exhibition traces her kinship with the moon in 20 pieces over time, featuring “delicate, whispery marks” that are “simultaneously strong, wide, and enveloping, despite their modest dimensions.” 

Almost half of the works were painted this year. 

The exhibition, made possible through the generosity of Sara Maier Rowe ’67,  will remain on view through March 22. Visit https://maiermuseum.org or more information.