Kali McMillan, a graduate of High School South, Class of 2006, has her photographic works on display at Raritan Valley College, in the first exhibit of African art at the college, “Out of Africa: Art from African and African Contemporary Artists.” The opening reception and auction will be held on Friday, October 5, from 5:30 to 8:30 p.m.##M:[more]##
The exhibit, on view through October 25, benefits the people of Africa, especially in Darfur. Tickets for the reception are $20; $10 for students. The exhibition, curated by Vandana Nadkarni, is free. The organizer of the event is Diana Tyson, the director of the F3B program that took McMillan to Africa several years ago.
A sophomore at Colgate, McMillan takes photographs for the office of communications that appear on the website and in advertisements for the school. She is planning to major in arts and photography and plans to take a photo course at Colgate next semester. She is also involved in a recently-started photography club.
She is the daughter of Diane Ciccone, an attorney in New York City, and a candidate for Township Council in the last election, and Daryl McMillan, who works with global IT with MunichRe, a reinsurance company. The family moved to West Windsor in the summer of 2000, but she did not go to school in the district until her freshman year at South in 2002.
She did not do much photography at South but she did present a slideshow of her photographs from Africa at a Kwanzaa celebration in 2005. She also was part of several exhibits in the area.
Although she uses both digital and film, she prefers digital because she does not have a darkroom to develop her own film. McMillan’s photo, taken at the water city in Benin, focuses on two boys fishing on the outskirts of the village. She will not be at the opening due to midterms that week.
“I’m actually not sure how I became interested in photography,” she says. “I’ve just always taken photos and I love doing it.”
— Lynn Miller
Out of Africa: Art from African and African Contemporary Artists, Raritan Valley College, North Branch, 908-526-1200. www.raritanval.edu Opening reception for the first exhibit of African art at the college. Exhibit on view through October 25. Tickets for the reception, $20; $10 for students. Exhibition is free. Friday, October 5, 5:30 to 8:30 p.m.
Gallery hours are Mondays, 3 to 8 p.m.; Tuesdays, noon to 3 p.m.; Wednesdays, 3 to 8 p.m.; Thursdays, 3 to 6 p.m.; and Fridays, noon to 3 p.m.
