Class of ‘64 Reunion Exhibition in Hammes Gallery!

 

Dusk by Maureen OHara Pesta

"Dusk" by Maureen O'Hara Pesta

Now showing in Hammes Gallery, the Class of ‘64 Reunion Exhibition! Don’t miss work by Department of Art alums:  Mary Ann Roach Butkovich, Mary Jo Huck, Maria Kompare, Maureen O’Hara Pesta and Karen Williams.  Special all-day viewing TODAY (Friday, June 5th), from 10am-4pm, with an artist’s reception.  Check out the Reunion schedule for more details.  The exhibition will be up until August and coincides with the Annual Student Juried Exhibition juried by alum. Molly White (Class of 2007).  More images of the students show w/ award winners coming soon:)

Its baaaaa-aaaa-aaa-aack!!


Portfolio Reviews are headed your way!!

Department-wide critiques for Studio Art majors, minors, and Art History students enrolled in studio courses begin next week for the Spring semester 2009.

Foundations/Minors/Art Hist. students in studio courses:  Set up begins Sunday, April 19th at 10am and ends when the building closes. Students must have their salon-style installations completed on Sunday.  Reviews are on Tuesday, April 21st from 9am-4pm. Make certain you’re in the gallery spaces by 3:30pm to ensure a review by the 4pm cutoff….COME EARLY TO BE REVIEWED!  You must have your work down/area cleaned/walls touched up by Tuesday, April 21st at 4:30pm.

Upper-level Studio Art Majors:  Set up begins Tuesday, April 21st at 5pm. Student must have their salon-style installations completed on Tuesday.  Reviews are Wednesday, April 22nd from 9am-4pm. Make certain you’re in the gallery spaces by 3:30pm to ensure a review by the 4pm cutoff….COME EARLY TO BE REVIEWED!

Mandatory Meeting for newbies–> This Wednesday, April 15th at 5:30pm in the Galleries! Learn the ins and outs of the process…meet in the gallery space for this short, informal meeting:)

Download the official guidelines for Foundations/Minors/Art History students in studio art courses.

Download the official guidelines for Upper Level Studio Art Majors.

Senior Comp Exhibitions Now Open!

A great time was had by all at the grand opening of the Senior Comprehensive Exhibitions for 2009 featuring work by Kate Wojan, Janelle Wise, Alex Meckes, Emily Bernath, Katherine Sampias, and Therese Tschudy–all working in a variety of media.  Check back for opening night photos…in the meantime, here are some shots of the fabulous exhibition installations.  Congratulations Seniors!

Senior Comprehensive Exhibitions open this Friday!

Please join us to celebrate the openingof the Senior Comprehensive Art Exhibitionsin Moreau Art Galleries with a reception from5 to 7 p.m. this Friday, March 27th.The following seniors will present theirartwork in a variety of media:

Emily Bernath - “My Reality,” digital photographs

Alex Meckes - “Hottest, Uncensored,” drawing installation

Katherine Sampias - Untitled, mixed media installation

Therese Tschudy - “Wir Sind Berliners,” video installation

Janelle Wise - “Backyard Believers: Iconography Revisited,”paintings

Kate Wojan - “Dislocated,” mixed media installation

Also, senior art history major, Megan Brauch, will givea short presentation on her research project,”The Visitor’s Museum Experience on the Web,” at6 p.m. in rm. 232, Moreau.

 

Kids Opening was totally awesome!

Fun was had by all in attendance at the Kids Opening, Saturday Feb. 7th from 1-3pm!  Kids got to see artworks by Department of Art Faculty (and even touch some of it without getting in trouble!), and participated in great (free) activities like alternative printmaking, painting, glitter-based sculptures, and interactive digital video.  Thanks to Professor Karen Chambers for this idea….a fun new tradition at the Moreau Art Galleries!! 

 

 

 

Coming Soon…Department of Art Faculty Exhibition!

 

  Its cold.  Its snowing.  Its grey.  Its blah……….. 

 

  ”Untitled II (flight series)” by Sheilah Wilson, duratrans and lightbox, 2005

Get happy! Come bask in the color, the texture, the lights, sounds, and images at the Department of Art Faculty Exhibition!!!  Running January 23rd-February 27, 2009 and featuring work by Saint Mary’s own–Bill Sandusky, Julie Tourtillotte, Sandi Ginter, Sheilah Wilson, Kelly Harrington, and Marcia Rickard–in the Little Theatre and Sister Rosaire Galleries.  

Also showing in Hammes Gallery, the sabbatical exhibition/installation by Dept. of Art faculty and Gallery Director, Krista Hoefle entitled “My Tomorrowland is an Empty Space.”

Opening Reception:  Friday, January 23rd from 5-7pm.  

Read the full press release here. 

“Incidentalomas (minor)” by Krista Hoefle. 

Nesting Instinct, Miracle Pennies, and…..PINK!

The Moreau Art Galleries in the Department of Art is excited to announce the opening of three new exhibitions beginning Thursday, October 9th:  

 

In Sister Rosaire Gallery, industrial designer and sculptor Aaron Frazee explores the collision between nature and culture in his installation entitled “Nesting Instinct.”  Utilizing clay in conjunction with other materials, Frazee uses natural systems and structures–specifically nests and seedpods–as points of departure for his intricate sculptural forms.  Frazee’s work not only challenges our assumptions about function and art, his work challenges cultural assumptions about masculinity and parenting.  Frazee states, “ My chosen role as primary care giver forced me to look at the world much differently. My perspective and priorities changed dramatically, and were often at odds with the status quo.”

 

In Little Theatre Gallery, photographer Nate Larson weaves tales of ordinary days gone peculiar, obsessive methods of analysis and insignificant objects that suddenly take on extraordinary significance.  Through his darkly humorous storytelling through photography, Larson dissects the line between belief and skepticism, while examining ideas of personal truth and common misperceptions surrounding photographic documents.  For “Miracle Pennies,” Larson extends this examination into a performative realm.  In 2006 California’s evangelical ‘prophet’ Peter Popoff sent out a letter to everyone on his mailing list. In it he promised that the addressee’s money worries would be solved and he or she would receive God’s secret blessing. The only thing that they had to do was to follow the instructions in the letter: put the five pennies that came in the letter under their pillow, drench them in water mixed with oil, hide them in a secret place, and put them in a Bible. After that they were to bathe their foot with water from the bottle that also came with the letter, draw the outline of their foot on a piece of paper, and send it back along with one of the pennies - and a $20 note. Nate Larson decided to follow the instructions precisely.

 

Pink is what red looks like when it kicks off its shoes and lets its hair down. Pink is the boudoir color, the cherubic color, the color of Heaven’s gates. (Not pearly or golden, brothers and sisters:pink). Pink is as laid back as beige, but while beige is dull and bland, pink is laid back with attitude. 

–Tom Robbins

In Hammes Gallery, Assistant Professor of Art Sandra Ginter and Helen Otterson, Ceramic Department Chair at the Armory Art Center (Florida), co-curate the ceramic sculpture exhibition, PINK.  Seven nationally-known ceramic artists–David East, Tom Bartel, Lisa Conway, Erin Furimsky, Jeannie Hulen, Sandra Ginter, and Helen Otterson–were asked to respond to PINK aesthetically and thematically.  Responses could address issues of gender, sexuality, pop culture, social and/or health issues, google image searches, songs by the pop-artist Pink, etc.  Lisa Conway will be giving a lecture about her work as a part of PINK at the opening reception, Thursday, October 9th at 7pm in Moreau 232.

 

 

Exhibitions run from Thursday, October 9- Friday, November 7, 2008.

Opening Reception Thursday, October 9 from 5-7pm. 

Lecture by PINK artist Lisa Conway on Thursday, October 9 at 7pm in Moreau 232.

 

Moreau Art Galleries are located in the Moreau Center for the Arts, on Saint Mary’s College campus.

Gallery hours are Monday-Friday from 10am-4pm.  Closed weekends and campus holidays.

For more information, visit our website: www.moreauartgalleries.com

 

 

“Profile Me” on Boing Boing!

Read a blurb about “Profile Me” on Boing Boing….thanks for the link Elizabeth Perry

“Profile Me”, “Taxonomy” and solo exhibition by Gianna Commito to close in one week!

There’s not much time left to check out the first round of exhibitions at the Moreau Art Galleries–>Sara Eber’s curated two-person exhibition “Profile Me” featuring Dominic Paul Moore and Paul Campbell, “Taxonomy” featuring parasitology drawings by Dr. Thomas Platt, and the terrific new paintings by Gianna Commito.  Check out the images from the opening reception below!Dr. Thomas Platt in mingling mode at opening reception 

Freebie giveaway at the first M.A.G. opening….this Friday!

STUDENTS!  WIN THIS KILLER TSHIRT by entering a free raffle at the first Moreau Art Galleries exhibition opening reception…this Friday, August 29th from 5-7pm.  You must be present to win!  Design features a drawing by Mary Strebinger (Class of 2008/Painting).  American Apparel…100% Organic Tee!  Free food and beverages at the opening too!  Bring your roomate(s)!