PROFESSOR OF ART SUE JOHNSON HAS D.C. GALLERY EXHIBITION

ST. MARY'S CITY, Md., May 11 -- St. Mary's College of Maryland issued the following news release:

Sue Johnson, professor of art, has her second solo exhibition at gallery neptune & brown in Washington, D.C., "Blueprint for Happiness." The opening reception with the artist is Saturday, May 16 from 5-7 p.m. with the exhibition on view from May 16 through June 20.

In this exhibition, Johnson builds on her previous series, "Symmetrical Bodies," debuting a new body of work entitled "My Teenage Years." The series, according to the artist, is a foray into the 1960s-70s material and commercial culture. Johnson explores the level of control, scrutiny and pressure placed on women to "manufacture" happiness and perfection in both bodily image and do...