On Saturday, May 5, from 3 to 5 p.m., the Fairhope Unitarian Fellowship will host an opening reception for Douglas Baulos, artist and professor of art at the University of Alabama at Birmingham. Dr. Jazz, Jeanine Norman, will provide music. The public is invited to attend.

Baulos spoke to the fellowship in February about his experiences in Southeast Asia, primarily related to Cambodia and his work with the French Cultural Ministry. His multimedia work draws from those experiences as well as his prior studies at the University of Mexico with a concentration in Mayan art history.

Baulos received his bachelor of fine arts degree from the University of Alabama in Birmingham and a master of fine arts degree from the University of New Orleans.

In 2005, he was the visiting Artist in Residence in the Australian Outreach Schools with the French Cultural Ministry in Phnom Penh, Cambodia.

Baulos teaches drawing and painting, film, book arts and printmaking as well as numerous other processes used in mixed media work.

His art has been shown extensively throughout the United States and internationally, including Switzerland, Canada, Cambodia, Brazil and Burma.

Baulos is represented in numerous permanent collections, including the Museum of Modern Art in New York, the New Orleans Museum of Art, and the Le Lizard Bleu Foundation in Cambodia.

He states, “Although I work with the feelings of loss, mortality and the power and delicate nature of memory, my work is a reflection of my attempt to live my life in fragile exultation. I begin with cast-off images and papers, and layer seemingly dissimilar elements that trigger associations in complex combinations.  Most of my recent work reflects a multitude of interests including phrenology, meditation, Buddhist architecture, text, medical illustration and spirituality.”

The exhibit will be open for viewing each Saturday from 3 to 5 p.m. during the months of May and June.

The Fairhope Unitarian Fellowship is located at 1150 Fairhope Ave., across from the Baldwin County Satellite Courthouse.

For more information about the exhibit, call the Fellowship at (251) 929-3207.