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Tewksbury Garden Club Makes Donation To Library - Tewksbury, MA - 'The garden club aims to bring the art and science of gardening to our community,' stated Jackie Stone, GC president. Jacqueline Stone joined the Princeton faculty in 1990. She teaches graduate and undergraduate courses in Buddhism and Japanese religions. Her chief research field is Japanese Buddhism of the medieval and modern periods.
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TheDepartmentof Fine Arts sponsors the Art Gallery Series, hosting varied shows of two and three dimensional works showcasing local and regional artists. Exhibits change regularly throughout the academic year. Themission of the art galleries program is to present exhibitions that support and enhance the academic goals of the visual arts program at Francis Marion University, providing a non-profit institutional setting in the service of society for educational purposes. Under the supervision of the Fine Arts Department faculty, the galleries curator is committed to researching, exhibiting and interpreting for the purpose of study, objects, activities, and documents focused on the visual arts. | Overview of west end of Hyman Fine Arts Center Gallery |
Artgalleriesare located in both the Hyman Fine Arts Center and the Smith University Center. The University Center Gallery is in the main commons area and is optimized for secure display of large two-dimensional works. The Fine Arts Center Gallery features large cases along glass walls, allowing three-dimensional works to be displayed and viewed from the outdoor breezeway as well as inside the commons serving the Fine Arts Theatre and Adele Kassab Recital Hall. A lighting grid and configurable display partitions provide a flexible gallery space for two- and three-dimensional works throughout the remainder of the gallery. Seniorshows are required of all students majoring in Visual Arts. At the end of each semester, the galleries also feature works produced by students enrolled in studio art classes. These shows give students hands-on experience in selection and installation of artworks, publicity of exhibition, and external review by the University community and general public. |
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The Galleries Curator then selects among distinguished regional artists to fill out the Art Gallery Series schedule in order to have two- and three-dimensional shows changing regularly throughout the academic year. Whenever possible, gallery openings are designed to coincide with First Tuesday Arts Event concerts, a series of light and varied chamber music recitals held in the Kassab Recital Hall adjacent to the Fine Arts Center Gallery. Belowfind information about some of this season's exhibitions. Please check the Arts Calendar for more information about First Tuesday concerts as well as the Art Gallery Series schedule. | Portion of Student Show in University Center Gallery Cases |
Artist's Life, Still Life by Jackie Wukela | Art Gallery Series May 24 - July 28, 2005 Smith University Center Gallery Recent Works by Jackie Wukela 'Myhope is to explore the world of color and light -- looking at things we see every day and recording them during a moment of magic.' Afterseveral years as an elementary school teacher and then full time wife and mom, Jackie Wukela now devotes much of her time to her art. Educated in Georgia with a degree in education and further work in art at the University of South Carolina, Jackie has been doing commission work for over 20 years. Although she began working in acrylics, over the years patron requests have led to study and work in watercolor, pencil, colored pencil, pastels and oils. 'Commission work spawns ideas, so it becomes at once a luxury and then a necessity to have time to try out new techniques or further develop old interests. I try not to get bogged down in one medium for too long. I do a great deal of portrait commissions in oil and colored pencil, but my most innovative work right now is in acrylics.' |
Art Gallery Series May 24 - July 28, 2005 Hyman Fine Arts center Gallery Recent Works by Lynda English Lynda Englishis a native of Florence, South Carolina. She is a member of the Florence Artist's Guild, a Member of Excellence in the South Carolina Watercolor Society, a signature member in the Southern Watercolor Society and a signature member in the CPSA (Colored Pencil Society of America). Lynda taught art to 6th graders through high school at The King's Academy in Florence for four years. She and a business partner, Jackie Wukela, own the Lynda English Studio-Gallery & Art Supply. She teaches beginner and advanced watercolor classes and watercolor collage at the Gallery, and does portrait and landscape commissions in watercolor and colored pencil. Lyndapaints and draws in a very realist manner giving great attention to color and detail. She enjoys layering her watercolors and colored pencils to achieve strong rich colors. Her favorite subjects are ones that have strong lights and darks. She also likes zooming in on ordinary objects, bringing the viewer right up to them so that they can feel and see things that normally they would overlook and take for granted. | Charis III by Lynda English |
Untitled by Ann Lane | Art Gallery Series August 6 - September 29, 2005 Hyman Fine Arts Center Gallery Xochimilco:La Isla de las Muñecas 'I have been visiting and photographing in Mexico each year since 1991 and spending most of my time in San Miguel de Allende, a colonial city designated a national monument by the Mexican government. Writers and artists, both national and foreign who are drawn by its art and architecture, its natural beauty, and its culture frequent the city. 'Evenwith all of this it is the people who fascinate me. The intensity of their celebrations, fiestas, parades, fireworks, bull fights and the Pamplonada intrigue me. It is the people, the children, the crowds, the excitement that I love; this is Mexico to me. 'Duringmy annual visit in the fall of 2004 I experienced something entirely new to me, Xochimilco and the Island of the Dolls. With my love of photographing people this was perfect for me. The island is to some fascinating, to some bizarre and to some horrifying. To me, it was fascinating, and as soon as I disembarked from the boat I was hard at work trying to capture the essence of the island. With only about two hours to work before the return trip there was not a minute to waste. It is my wish that through these photographs you can share the island with me and draw your own conclusion as to its magnetism.'001a |
Art Gallery Series Homage to Hopper & Other Structures Lin Barnhardt graduated from Appalachian State University, Boone, NC in 1974 with a BS degree in art education. Undergraduate concentrations were in painting and printmaking. He later attended graduate school at Appalachian obtaining an MA degree. Barnhardt has taught art at the secondary level in the public schools of North Carolina including ten years at Apex Senior High, Apex, and two years at A.L. Brown High, Kannapolis. He has been a faculty member at Mt. Pleasant Middle School, Mt. Pleasant since 1988. In May of 1997 Barnhardt began his current approach of incorporating his interests in architecture, sculpture, and painting into one art form. ARTIST STATEMENT Period pieces. Clay buildings document various architectural styles of past and present. The concept for current works combines several art disciplines. An architectural model is designed with a dropped vanishing point, thus creating a bird's eye point-of-view. Forming the one-of-a-kind structure in earthenware allows for corrugated tin roofs, fluted columns, and textured shingles. Once bisque-fired in a kiln the sculpture becomes a three-dimensional painting. Scaled as a miniature replica the piece addresses a building's existence and longevity. Each is fragile - each a subject of time. | Heck Andrews House, Raleigh, NC by Lin Barnhardt |
Bush Made by Alex Powers | Art Gallery Series August 9 - October 27, 2005 Smith University Center Gallery Life and Art Alex Powers has been a painter and self-employed art teacher since 1970. He exhibits in galleries in six states, and among his many national juried exhibition awards is the Gold Metal at the 1997 American Watercolor Society Annual Exhibition. He travels and teaches 8 or 10 workshops per year. Alex has juried dozens of national exhibitions. He is the author of Painting People in Watercolor, A Design Approach, which is a Watson-Guptill publication. |
Art Gallery Series October 4 - November 17, 2005 Hyman Fine Arts Center Gallery Photographsby Jaime Owens WORK IN PROGRESS | Pat Rakestraw Photo by Jaime Owens, Costa Mesa, CA If you want to see how Jaime went from intern to Photo Editor in less than a year, check a few of the shots from his Gallery on the SkateboarderMag.com website. |
Art Gallery Series October 4 - November 17, 2005 Hyman Fine Arts Center Gallery The Pixel Bound 'The Pixel Boundrepresents a continuing exploration of digital media and the book format as an artistic form of expression,as well as, the book as both a depository and relayer of information. |
Art Gallery Series November 1-21, 2005 Smith University Center Gallery StudentWork by FMU Photography Classes |
Art Gallery Series November 22 - December 17, 2005 Hyman Fine Arts Center Gallery Senior Shows by Graduating FMU Visual Arts Graphic Design Majors Marcus Lee |
Art Gallery Series November 29 - December 17, 2005 Smith University Center Gallery StudentWorks by FMU Painting Classes | Paintings by Mark Keller and Matthew Donaldson |
Art Gallery Series December 5-17, 2005 Hyman Fine Arts Center Gallery StudentWorks by FMU Ceramics Classes |
Art Gallery Series January 3 - February 16, 2006 Hyman Fine Arts Center Gallery Enghi Journey 'For me, traveling is not only a means to have new experiences or meet with the unknown, it is also a means of spiritual cultivation. In my journeys I have used photography as a poetic, contemplative process analogous to Haiku poetry. 'Photographyaddresses those things I can sense when tuned into the heart of the events deeply, narrowly and secretly. The scene may be constructed of what seems like abstract elements, but the encounter with events, places, and time are actually an expression of Enghi. 'Enghi is a term in Zen meaning that reality is the result of various causes and conditions gathering together and our sensibility to the wondering the various encounters. I would like to comprehend Enghi as a way of observing abstract relationships as a complex whole through the process of sequencing images.' | Enghi Journey-Bicycle, Greenville, South Carolina 2004 by Toshi Ueshina |
Art Gallery Series January 10 - March 9, 2006 Smith University Center Gallery NASCAR 1950-2000 Jeanne Barnes, a life long native of Florence, South Carolina, began painting at the age of twelve. Loving parents encouraged this interest as well as her interest in music. The smell of oil paint, the feel of the keys and sound of a piano, the exhilaration of ballet lessons - these and the beautiful sea shore of South Carolina are among this artists fondest memories. |
Art Gallery Series January 17 - April 6, 2006 Hyman Fine Arts Center Gallery Skin Deep: A National Juried Exhibition of Contemporary Ceramic Art Juror: Val Cushing. As an educator, Val Cushing spent 40 years building the ceramic art program at Alfred University into the major center which it has become. He has exhibited, taught or presented workshops and lectures in universities, schools, museums and galleries throughout North America, Europe and Japan. Val has been author (as well as subject) of articles in professional journals and his works have been included in numerous books concerning contemporary American ceramics. MoreImages of Exhibition | Shard Platter by Val Cushing |
Toall who submitted their work, I thank you. I put high value on effort, practice and determination. Find your personal voice and continue to follow and develop what you are passionate about. That will bring real satisfaction and fulfillment, the real meaning of success. CARLOS FUENTES put it this way, 'EXTREME ATTENTION IS THE CREATIVE FACILITY AND ITS CONDITION IS LOVE.'
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Art Gallery Series February 21 - April 6, 2006 Hyman Fine Center Gallery Adventuresin Ladyhood Tonya Gregg is one of South Carolina's most promising young African American painters. She has already won numerous awards for her work and had two major exhibitions even though she just graduated from college with her Masters Degree in Fine Art. She attended the prestigious Governor's School for the Arts in S.C. when she was still in high school; won a full scholarship to the Maryland Art Institute; upon graduation won a scholarship and fellowship to work on her master's degree at the University of Chicago which she earned in June 2000. We believe that her work offers an unusual opportunity for serious collectors. 'My work explores personal and social perspectives on identity. Broad themes that weave in and out of my work include gender relations, adult conflicts related to identity and public versus private spaces. I am fascinated with popular culture and its role in shaping our identities. I wish to consider the cultural transformations and debates that surround the rise of leisure, commercial culture, and consumption as new domains of self expression. I am especially interested in these narratives and how they relate to myself and African American women in general.' |
Art Gallery Series March 14-31, 2006 Smith University Center Gallery StudentWorks by FMU Drawing Classes |
Art Gallery Series April 4-18, 2006 Smith University Center Gallery StudentWorks by FMU Painting Classes |
Art Gallery Series Hyman Fine Arts Center Gallery Senior Shows by Graduating FMU Visual Arts Majors |
Art Gallery Series April 20 - May 6, 2006 Smith University Center Gallery StudentWorks by FMU Photography Classes |
Art Gallery Series April 24 - May 6, 2006 Hyman Fine Arts Center Gallery StudentWorks by FMU Ceramics and 3D Design Classes Endof a semester's work in the ceramics studio, the kilns have barely had time to cool. The students finally get to see the finished wares. Clay bodies have been thrown and rolled and fused and fired to bisque temperature. Decisions about glazes have been made, they have been mixed and applied to the bisque ware. Only the final glaze firing will reveal if the clay bodies withstand the higher temperatures, if the slips and glazes sag or fuse or resist as expected, if the colors remain true or react with unexpected contaminants in the kiln, if the end product will hold up under the scrutiny of classmates and be chosen for the show. | 3-D Project by Derek Lutz |
Art Gallery Series May 23 - July 27, 2006 Smith University Center Gallery The Quilting Way: Quilts by the Swamp Fox Quilters Guild |
Art Gallery Series May 23 - July 27, 2006 Hyman Fine Arts Center Gallery A Dance of Fire: Ceramics by Feather Pottery and Interiors 'Workingin clay represents, for me, a timeless desire to combine objects of use withbeauty, by creating the unique from the ordinary, and to experience beautyin everyday moments.' - Sasha Bornin 'Workingwith clay represents the interconnectedness with the forces of nature that surround, and inspire us, along with the shapes that evolve from deep within. My mission is to combine these shapes and forces into art form and functionality.' - Tari Spendingmuch of her life in the Southwest, Tari studied as an art major at Ventura College and the University of California Santa Barbara. A few years ago she closed her studio in North Carolina and moved to Florence, SC, to marry and join forces with Sasha. Their joining has resulted in a creative collaboration in their quest to create in clay at their studio, Feather Pottery. | Feather Pottery and Interiors |
Art Gallery Series May 23 - July 27, 2006 Hyman Fine Arts Center Gallery Seen/Unseen- A Textured Life 'Everyoneknows the world ain't flat. It's bumpy. 'Thebody of work in Seen/Unseen-A Textured Life is an exploration - and celebration - of the layered and tactile nature of the everyday experiences that make up Life. A humid drive on a familiar road, the grainy melt of cheap chocolate, a bug bite... Each carries a wealth of sensory memory, an amalgam of smells, tastes, and yes - textures. 'Usingcolor, symbol, and layers of paint, reclaimed consumer throwaways and materials from nature, these paintings and sculptures attempt to distill such rich yet mundane experiences to a visual form. Each piece functions as a kind of topographical visceral map; they are intended to inform at gut level. 'Manyof the works may reveal surprises upon close inspection...and who can say what is buried unseen beneath the surface?' |
Art Gallery Series August 8 - Spetember 28, 2006 Hyman Fine Arts Center Gallery CeramicsExhibit:Hiroshi Sueyoshi Anative of Tokyo, Japan, Hiroshi Sueyoshi studied at Tokyo Aeronautical College and Ochanomizu Design Academy prior to becoming an apprentice with Masanao Narui in Mashiko, Japan in 1968. He moved to the United States in 1971 to help design and build Humble Mill Pottery in Asheboro, NC. He continued his studies and work in 1973 with Teruo Hara of the Kobo Group in Warrenton, VA. Since then, Mr. Sueyoshi has lived in North Carolina and has worked with Seagrove Pottery as a production potter and with the Sampson Arts Council in Clinton as a pottery instructor. He currently lives in Wilmington, where he has a studio and teaches pottery through the Division of Continuing Education at Cape Fear Technical Institute. Mr. Sueyoshi works primarily in thrown and handbuilt porcelain using the Japanese neriage and nerikomi techniques of sandwiching and faceting uncolored and colored porcelain. His pieces are in many private, corporate and institutional collections around the country, including First Union National Bank, RJ Reynolds, Atlantic Christian College, Northern Telecom Company, and the Renwick Gallery of the National Collections of Fine Art at the Smithsonian Institution. His work has also appeared in multiple exhibitions and won awards nationwide, such as the Marietta College Crafts National, the Annual North Carolina Artist Exhibition, the Annual Crafts Invitational, the Biennial Exhibition of Piedmont Crafts, and the American Porcelain Show. |
Art Gallery Series August 15 - Spetember 28, 2006 Hyman Fine Arts Center Gallery Mixed Media by Tom Herzog TomHerzog is a native of Wyoming and lived in Montana for 30 years. Tom recently moved to Florence, South Carolina with his wife, Teresa, He continues to paint and sculpt in his studio. Tom has a Bachelors degree in Art from Montana State University-Billings. Tom's watercolor paintings have won numerous awards in national and international juried competitions. His work may be found in corporate and private collections throughout the country. |
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