Two of a Kind Makes a Pair:
the Works of Jerry and Joanne Berneche
The Ashby-Hodge Gallery of American Art at Central Methodist University
is opening a new exhibition March 25 featuring two of Columbia’s
well-known artists.
Titled “Two of a Kind Makes a Pair: the Works of Jerry and Joanne
Berneche,” the exhibition featuring this husband and wife team will run
through May 10. Being shown are 33 works in acrylic, watercolor, tempura
and collage. The gallery is also presenting art by illustrator Monte
Crews, a native of Fayette. Part of the Ashby-Hodge permanent
collection, these works will be displayed in the gallery annex.
Jerry Berneche is a professor of art at the University of
Missouri-Columbia and founder and director of the university’s summer
art study program in Florence, Italy. He is the recipient of numerous
art awards, including the Chautauqua (New York) National Exhibition
Bellinger Award, Missouri State Fair Top Purchase Award in Professional
Division, Kansas Watercolor Society Award and St. Louis Artist Guild.
His work is part of the permanent collection at the Butler Museum of
American Art, Ohio; Springfield (Mo.) Museum Watercolor USA Collection;
and the Massilon Museum Collection, Ohio.
Jerry Berneche holds a bachelor of fine arts degree from the Herron Art
School, Indianapolis, and a master of fine arts degree from Ohio
University.
Joanne Zucco Berneche is co-founder of the summer art study program in
Florence and a long-time art teacher in Columbia, where she currently
teaches in the public schools. She has also taught art at Central
Methodist University, William Woods University and University of
Missouri-Columbia.
Her art has been featured in numerous exhibitions, including the
Springfield Art Museum Watercolor USA show; Butler Museum of American
Art Mid-Year Show, Ohio; Biennial International Show for Women Artists,
Vichy, France; Cleveland Art; Annual Chautauqua (New York) Exhibition;
Missouri State Fair; Massilon Art Museum; Boise State University;
University of Tulsa; and Missouri Watercolor Society show.
Joanne Berneche holds a bachelor of fine arts degree from Ohio
University, and a master of fine arts degree from Case Western
University Reserve.
Monte Crews was born in 1888 in Fayette. Both his father and mother were
descendants of pioneer Missouri families. His father was a merchant in
Fayette and his mother was a cousin of the much-decorated German
painter, Ludwig Knaus (1829-1909). Many of his later illustrations
reflected scenes during his growing up years in the Fayette area. He
attended the University of Missouri for one year (1905-1906) where he
befriended Missouri author, Homer Croy, later illustrating his first
novel, “When to Lock the Stable” (1914).
Gallery hours are Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Sunday from 1:30 to
4:30 p.m. A reception for the artists will be held from 1:30 to 4:30
p.m. March 25. For tours by reservation, contact Dr. Joe Geist at
660-248-6304 or 248-6324. The gallery is handicapped accessible.
