The International Art Center at Troy University will host an artists’ reception for artist Jill Magi and poet Jonny Farrow from 5 until 7 p.m. on Thursday, February 20.

The artists’ reception will highlight “THIS IS READING: Recent Work by Jill Magi and “WHEN CORNER’D USE THE Wall” recent work by Jonny Farrow.

Troy University’s International Arts Center (IAC) and the Department of Art and Design will host a reception and an artist talk to celebrate two exhibits that feature artwork by two members of TROY’s faculty.  

The reception will be on Thursday, February 20 from 5-7 p.m., and the artist talk will be on Wednesday, March 12 from 12:30-1:30 p.m. 

Assistant Professor of Art and Design Jonny Farrow’s exhibit, When Corner’d Use the Wall, is comprised of found objects assembled and placed in relation with other self-made objects, and refers to the situational, strategic, and material improvisations used to create the works in this show.  

Farrow is a multidisciplinary artist who has shown his work in the U.S., Europe, South America and the United Arab Emirates. He works across many different disciplines such as sculpture, printmaking, painting, sound and transmission art. He holds an MFA in Studio Art from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and currently lives and works between Vermont and Alabama.  

Jill Magi’s exhibit, This Is Reading, is inspired by 18^th and 19^th century fabric sample books and based on her most recent book entitled SPEECH. The exhibit invites a multi-directional exchange of sensation between art, book and audience. 

Magi, who has worked for more than 25 years at research universities, art schools, and experimental colleges, joined the Troy English department in 2024. She is a poet and critic who has written six full-length books of poetry. Her collected essays and a book on textiles and textility are both forthcoming. Her visual work has been exhibited in Brooklyn, Dubai, Abu Dhabi, Vermont and most recently Hudson, New York.