Ivory Coast

by Lucas Britt Posted on July 10, 2024 by Xpress Contributor     Local artist Michael Francis Reagan (Ivory Coast 1977-78)  is a member of a small and dwindling group of cartographers. Just don’t call him that. “I think of myself as a map artist,” he says. “My goal is to create a work of art, first and foremost, and then second is to render an accurate delineation of geography.” Time and place On Saturday, July 13, 2-5 p.m., Grovewood Village, North Carolina will host the opening of Reagan’s latest exhibit, The Last Mapmaker. The show, which features works from across the internationally recognized artist’s career, will run through Sunday, Sept. 15. “The maps in this Grovewood exhibit are maps that I’ve held back in my own private collection. I felt it was time to offer them to the public and to collectors,” says Reagan, whose creations have appeared in publications such as The New Yorker, Harper’s . . .