tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34484256509002930952024-03-13T10:56:11.668-07:00Albion College Art BulletinKatherinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01843724004300386353noreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3448425650900293095.post-52629322703230624742011-04-13T21:56:00.000-07:002011-04-13T21:57:31.574-07:00Senior Art Exhibition & Art History Symposium PhotosA big thank you for everyone who made Albion College's Department of Art & Art History Annual Senior Art Show & Art History Symposium a success! Great art, good friends and grand conversation. Enjoy some snapshots.<br />
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</div>Katherinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01843724004300386353noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3448425650900293095.post-90309306315118219522011-03-30T20:58:00.000-07:002011-03-31T07:11:44.689-07:00Senior Art Exhibition & Art History SymposiumThis is another friendly reminder to clear your schedules for Sunday, April 3. The Senior Art Exhibition will open and the Senior Art History Symposium will take place on that date. The Symposium will begin at 1 P.M. and there will be an opening reception from 2 P.M. to 4 P.M. Find <a href="http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=181413095238781&ref=ts">the event on Facebook</a> and don't forget to "like" the <a href="http://www.facebook.com/pages/Albion-College-Art-Galleries/150599988334649">Albion College Art Galleries</a> page.<br />
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Every semester, the Albion College Department of Art & Art History hosts one artist-in-residence. These artists become resources of information for our department students. Each artist also exhibits recent work inside the department's gallery space. During this Spring 2011 semester, artist-in-residence Lisa Iglesias has been living and working in Albion - her show, <i>Inside You've Always Known</i>, has been on display since February 26. Lisa Iglesias hails from Queens, New York and received her MFA from the University of Florida. Her website <a href="http://www.LasHermanasIglesias.com/">can be visited here</a>.<br />
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Art was something Iglesias didn't initially consider as a career. "I had no conception of it. I had no examples of it, I didn't think of it as my life path," Iglesias explained. It wasn't until college that Iglesias discovered she was "happiest doing art" and eventually decided to pursue it fully after she graduated. Iglesias remembers being fascinated as an adolescent by portraits her great grandfather created - graphite drawings of family members based upon photos. At first, she "didn't see the point" of the drawings, believing they were artistically sufficient as mere photographs. However, she slowly realized their deeper meaning as "gestures of memorialization, gestures of love." She turned to Victorian hair jewelry as a source of inspiration; Victorian hair jewelry was created by weaving hair from (often times) deceased loved ones into intricate and beautiful designs for lockets, rings and wreaths. It was this fascination with hair jewelry that has led to Iglesias's tendency to utilize hair as a feature in her work - the meticulous nature of drawing hair strand by strand is something Iglesias calls "repetitive task making." This type of repetition is the kind of gesture by which Iglesias memorializes and investigates the world around her.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Inside You've Always Known</i>, 2010. Graphite on paper.</td></tr>
</tbody></table>Iglesias is very often asked how long it takes her to create a piece such as <i>Inside You've Always Known</i> (2010), considering how intricate and delicate each strand of the dog's hair is placed. However, this is a question Iglesias deflects, "I want the viewer to think about time. However, a work of art that takes one minute to fabricate is not necessarily any more or less valuable than one that takes a lifetime to create. Time does not design value," Iglesias has said. "I explore issues of futility, repetition, and time. The process is a material for meaning but doesn't constitute the worth." Iglesias based <i>Inside You've Always Known </i>(2010) on an image she created by collaging various photographs of her dog together using computer software to cut, skew and recombine. In using her own pet simply as a model and not merely as a portraiture subject, Iglesias created an entirely new animal. "The proportions are not right. A lot of people don't know what kind of animal it is - is it a deer? A dog?" Iglesias recalled. "It isn't always clear."<br />
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Of course, it is this exact lack of clarity that Iglesias is comfortable with: "I am interested in unease, of things in chaos, in moments of suspension." <i>Inside You've Always Known</i> (2010) presents an animal "in a state of flux, of vulnerability" and thereby makes the image unsettling. The feelings of uneasiness and chaos conjured by Iglesias's drawings parallel the same feelings conjured on behalf of our current political climate - feelings of futility and tension in the face of an unknowable future. Iglesias further explains her work in this excerpt from her artist statement:<br />
<blockquote><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 13px;">...the images I draw, culled from photo-based media, featured from family stories and nationalistic representations are replete with patience and repetition. In an effort to comprehend the contemporary movements we are witnessing and participating in as well as the history that has propelled these changes, I examine familiar motifs and manipulate various aspects in order to re-see, re-historicize and re-create.</span></blockquote><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Hero</i>, 2011. Graphite on paper.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Horse IV</i>, 2010. Graphite on paper.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>A Story We Tell Ourselves About Ourselves</i>, 2011. Graphite on paper.</td></tr>
</tbody></table><div><div><div>Iglesias's depictions of horses and roosters share a similar bond - each image has been removed from its original context. A horse is no longer part of an American rodeo, stripped of its rider and saddle. A rooster is no longer a cockfight gladiator, stripped of a betting audience. Iglesias believes that these drawings are not only about "objectification and the normalization of violence" but also about "the image itself" - for it has now been distilled and removed from its origin. Each image, drawn from photographs or Internet stills, again explores how a specific image has the ability to distance its viewer from what is actually present. Iglesias has never personally been to a rodeo or to a cockfight (and indeed, does not necessarily have the desire to) - and is not interested in capturing the "essence" of such things. Instead, she is interested in "comprehending the incomprensible." It is about "questioning and memorialization."<br />
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Photography possesses the distinctive ability to distance subject and viewer quite easily - by translating photos into drawings Iglesias is investigating the limits of that dynamic. Iglesias describes this process as "cyclical" in nature, an idea especially apparent in her use of video. With <i>Bell Tower</i> (2011), Iglesias has taken a scenes featuring James Stewart from Alfred Hitchcock's <i>Vertigo </i>and has "slowed down the moment" by turning the video footage into 348 graphite drawings and then turning it once again back into a video. "It is about taking familiar images and skewing them," she explains. "It is about taking an iconic movie and transforming it."<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Film still from <i>Bell Tower</i>, 2011. 348 graphite on paper drawings.</td></tr>
</tbody></table>Iglesias has purposely installed her translated images of James Stewart, dressed in a suit and tie yet reaching a point of crisis, next to other graphite drawings that echo his feelings of organized uncertainty. Drawings such as <i>Focused Gathering</i> (2011) and <i>All of This and Nothing</i> (2011) feature the backs of anonymous, suited men. It is this kind of anonymity that Iglesias believes make the figures "at once unknowable and relatable" because without a man's identity to recognize, each viewer is allowed to bring their own interpretation to the drawings. "Some people see these men as familiar or benign, yet others perceive them as ominous," Iglesias notes while discussing each drawing's great subjectivity. "These men can be seen as alienated victims - but they can also be seen as aggressors, perpetuators and creators of their own isolating environments." </div><div><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Focused Gathering</i>, 2011. Graphite on paper.</td></tr>
</tbody></table>These men, with their backs turned away from the viewer, relate to Iglesias's drawings of animals because she has yet again removed them from any knowable setting. They again convey feelings of objectification, futility and unease. Yet, there is comfort that can also be found in what is unknown - for therein lies potential. For Iglesias, "the choice to become an artist is in itself a political action" and she believes in "art's ability to radicalize." Iglesias sees art's potential as a vehicle for social engagement, which is why she often chooses to include works into her shows that the viewer can take away with them for free. Be it a poster, zine, flip book, postcard or other small easily accessible item, Iglesias wishes for her art to be interactive. "I like making things that someone can go home and live with, in doing so I can attempt to reconcile my desire for my art to be both physically accessible and socially engaging," she explains. "It is another way to activate the work."</div><div><br />
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<i>Lisa Iglesias also collaborates with her sister under the name Las Hermanas Iglesias - they are currently competing in </i>The Power of Self<i> powered by See.Me. It is a self portrait competition awarding over $50,000 in prizes. Take some time and <a href="http://LasHermanas.see.me/aw2011">visit their entry here</a>, vote and give them five stars!</i><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Sophomore Art History major Brandon Markle, pictured here inside his home library.</td></tr>
</tbody></table>Why did you decide to become an Art History major?<br />
<blockquote>Mostly because of Professor Bille Wickre - she's the biggest reason, besides my art scholarships. She was the first person I met at Albion College and there was just some blue-streak of recognition that drew me to her and to the study of Art History. I knew I didn't want to be a fine arts major - I love creating art and appreciating it, but I knew that wasn't what I necessarily wanted to do. First and foremost, I wanted to know what I was talking about when I talked about art. Also, I wanted a major that could combine all of the things I'm passionate about into one - history, languages, philosophy, science, art, and so on. I want to go into art restoration, so this would be the perfect path to get there.</blockquote>What has been your favorite Art History class so far?<br />
<blockquote>Baroque Art. It's the kind of art I like - it's not abstract, it uses natural forms and it's mythological and completely monumental. It is real in a way contemporary art is not. The things that people painted were stories, and these paintings were understandable. I admire that.</blockquote>You recently completed a FURSCA (Foundation for Undergraduate Research, Scholarship & Creative Activity) project in the summer of 2010. Tell me a little more about that.<br />
<blockquote>I had the opportunity to research the demographics, ideology and philosophy behind the French Revolution. I specifically looked at the work of Jacques Louis David. I created a propaganda model based upon the beliefs circulating at that time. I chose to investigate David's work simply because I enjoy it so much. His work conveys something to me beyond meaning - of course, meaning isn't <i>in</i> things, it is<i> between </i>them. It tugs at my heart strings. David is not here to tell me what he meant, but his meaning is still timeless and fascinating. Work from this period is very Greco/Roman and has great tenebrism and wonderful use of local color. Everything isn't defined by itself, and I like that.</blockquote>Why is Art History so important?<br />
<blockquote> The main reason why Art History is exciting is because I'm always out looking for the message. I want the stories. You can look at a piece of art and wonder, what's behind that? What was going on in the artist's personal life? Did they experience homelessness? Were they affluent? Did their best friend just die? What were their political beliefs? Where did they live? Who did they socialize with? I want the factual, real life things. I want to use these things to prove why artists do the things they do. </blockquote>Katherinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01843724004300386353noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3448425650900293095.post-31133179343665301672011-03-25T11:09:00.000-07:002011-03-25T11:09:50.488-07:00Senior Art Show & Art History Symposium - April 3, 2011<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUe70FhifjW3SvwDmffE5k218-IHs8LzNCBuq7mCO5JW7PV2y1uPipzO7rOFFme3JVnDhZMvbj6vNv17xvnINcEwlPYwpWh6wZOQh7Smr3SDqWbH3lHjqXEiIEFXDOH8fBPBfJ-HGX5zE6/s1600/190023_1645570940003_1258770055_31426445_1644247_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="158" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUe70FhifjW3SvwDmffE5k218-IHs8LzNCBuq7mCO5JW7PV2y1uPipzO7rOFFme3JVnDhZMvbj6vNv17xvnINcEwlPYwpWh6wZOQh7Smr3SDqWbH3lHjqXEiIEFXDOH8fBPBfJ-HGX5zE6/s400/190023_1645570940003_1258770055_31426445_1644247_n.jpg" width="400" /></a></div>Katherinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01843724004300386353noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3448425650900293095.post-91127284956427676562011-03-18T11:30:00.000-07:002011-03-18T11:30:05.581-07:00Rust Belt to Artist Belt Conference: DetroitThere is an exciting artist conference happening in Detroit on April 6 & 7. Entitled <a href="http://www.rustbelttoartistbelt.com/about/">Rust Belt to Artist Belt III: Detroit</a>, it will be a great showcase of creativity and innovation. A list of events and speakers (so many!) can <a href="http://www.rustbelttoartistbelt.com/event-schedule/">be found here</a>. Taken from the website:<br />
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<blockquote><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px;">The mission of the 2011 Rust Belt to Artist Belt conference is to create the foundation for a sustained dialogue that connects an entire creative supply chain; from creative practitioners such as individual artists and designers, to creative sector business owners, to advanced manufacturers and prototypers. This creative supply chain will serve as a catalyst for economic growth in rust belt cities that have experienced financial losses due to the downturn in the manufacturing industry. It will also serve to connect post-industrial cities to viable growing cultures that, properly incentivized, can improve aesthetics and grow population as employment opportunities in the creative supply chain increase. </span></blockquote><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDBF8g9GY1qc8LSjSgFHkb9dtu6VsW1RonDxlKfs0TlYDj9NpzQ3kFfQixHCJvuci5-2LyFCeO_UVPhJsu3XixJfHPHF7W6FQYCuC0SNXya2n46vVKucVT3t12nJsswWeHzP7paEDuSwKV/s1600/Picture+1.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="118" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDBF8g9GY1qc8LSjSgFHkb9dtu6VsW1RonDxlKfs0TlYDj9NpzQ3kFfQixHCJvuci5-2LyFCeO_UVPhJsu3XixJfHPHF7W6FQYCuC0SNXya2n46vVKucVT3t12nJsswWeHzP7paEDuSwKV/s320/Picture+1.png" width="320" /></a></div>Katherinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01843724004300386353noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3448425650900293095.post-87188695140359525082011-03-18T11:18:00.000-07:002011-03-18T11:18:50.158-07:00Fall 2011 Course OfferingsTake a gander at the wonderful Albion College Art Department classes being offered this coming semester, Fall 2011:<br />
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121 Drawing (Mode: AC)<br />
231 Painting I (<i>prereq. Art 121</i>)<br />
241 Photography I (Mode: AC)<br />
251 Printmaking I (<i>prereq. Art 121</i>)<br />
261 Ceramics I (Mode: AC)<br />
301 Video Art<br />
331, 332 Painting II & III (<i>prereq. Art 121 & Art 231</i>)<br />
341 Photography II (<i>prereq. Art 241</i>)<br />
351, 352 Printmaking II & III (<i>prereq. Art 251</i>)<br />
357 Book Arts (<i>prereq. Art 121</i>)<br />
381 Process<br />
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111 Art History Before 1400<br />
208 Early Christian and Byzantium Art<br />
217 American Art<br />
289 Self Topic: Native American Art<br />
315 Earth, Art & the EnvironmentKatherinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01843724004300386353noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3448425650900293095.post-85542513988282460772011-02-25T08:30:00.000-08:002011-02-25T08:30:53.976-08:00Rivera CourtOne of the most impressive things to be seen at the Detroit Institute of Arts is certainly Diego Rivera's mural entitled "Detroit Industry" - now, <a href="http://www.synthescape.com/media/rivera_court/">thanks to this website</a>, anyone can view the mural at any time of day. It's a nifty website that allows the viewer to zoom in and rotate around the mural. Of course, it can't possibly replicate that special feeling of awe one gets when viewing Diego's masterpiece in real life, but it is no doubt a happy replacement. Enjoy.Katherinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01843724004300386353noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3448425650900293095.post-26694743708789122762011-02-25T08:20:00.000-08:002011-02-25T08:20:37.172-08:00Jackson Ceramics ConferenceFor those of us interested in ceramics, an exciting conference will be happening in Jackson on March 18, 19 & 20th. The Jackson Pottery & Clay Guild will be sponsoring the conference at the Ella Sharp Museum. For more information, <a href="http://www.jacksonpotteryguild.com/3days.html">please check out the website</a>.Katherinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01843724004300386353noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3448425650900293095.post-71721850500458755532011-02-12T19:15:00.000-08:002011-02-12T19:16:55.539-08:00Saturday Night InspirationThe Internet is always a useful tool for discovering artist resources and for gathering inspiration. Check out the following videos to get your mind racing and your creativity sparks flying - the first two are <a href="http://www.pbs.org/art21/series/">Art21 </a>videos, featuring Kara Walker and Kiki Smith. The last video features Paul Eckert, a photographer who creates intriguing ghost-like images despite being visually impaired. If these videos do not seem to satisfy your artistic sweet-tooth and you have about a hour to spare, investigate "Anything is Possible" - <a href="http://www.pbs.org/art21/specials/anythingispossible/watch-now/">Art21's newest video about William Kentridge</a> - an immensely talented artist and filmmaker.<br />
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<blockquote>Being conscious of unfairness and injustice, and the role of desire and guilt in social dynamics is a place I came from in creating my work. I think about unresolved history in particular across racial lines but also around sexual freedom.</blockquote>Be sure to stop in and check it out.<br />
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Why did you choose to be an Art Major?<br />
<blockquote>I took a lot of art classes in high school, so when I got to college the classes here seemed pretty interesting. I didn't want to go through college doing something I didn't like doing, and I like making art.</blockquote>What was the first art class you took at Albion?<br />
<blockquote>Drawing, with Professor Anne Barber, the first semester of my freshman year. I felt pretty cool, being the girl carrying around one of those big art portfolios.</blockquote>What piece of work has been your most rewarding? Your most challenging?<br />
<blockquote>The project I disliked the most was my welding project in Sculpture - I was afraid of the blowtorch, so I kinda just threw something together and helped it stand up without having to weld it too much. My favorite piece of work has been the installation I did using chairs and text; I did it last semester for my Sculpture as Installation independent study. Early last semester a close friend of mine died, so I wanted to do something to commemorate her but that also talked about the relationships between our spirits and bodies.</blockquote>You spent a semester doing the New York Arts Program. How did that impact you?<br />
<blockquote> It gave me a lot more confidence as an artist. As a photography intern at Saturday Night Live, I had to compete with a lot of other interns and there was always a lot of hustle and bustle. I had to learn how to outshine my competition and stick up for myself.</blockquote>What Albion professor has impacted you the most?<br />
<blockquote>Professor Lynne Chytilo. I was a little bit scared to do my Sculpture independent study, but Lynne taught me how to make deeper, more meaningful works of art. She helped push my best ideas out of me.</blockquote>What are your plans after you graduate from Albion?<br />
<blockquote>I want to move back to New York City and find an arts-related job there. I don't want to work some 9 to 5 job I hate. As long as I can find a job I love and I can make enough money just to survive, I'll be happy.</blockquote>Katherinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01843724004300386353noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3448425650900293095.post-79707435805642401082011-02-11T12:15:00.000-08:002011-02-11T12:15:42.577-08:00Gallery Talk: Tim McDonaldBobbitt Visual Arts Center has played host to many talented individuals over the years. On January 27, one such individual opened up about his art and his process. Tim McDonald, Assistant Professor of Art at Framingham State University, presented his lecture to a receptive audience comprised of Albion students, faculty and guests. An exhibition of his work entitled "Ritual Elements" can be visited in the Munro Gallery until February 19.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">On January 27, 2011 artist Tim McDonald gave a talk about his current work on display in the Munro Gallery.</td></tr>
</tbody></table>McDonald's set of drawings on display are not necessarily drawings in the traditional sense of the word. In the initial stages of each piece, McDonald has no set expectations of what each drawing will end up like. Instead, he is more interesting "in the process of the making" and would rather "let nature make the work, after setting up the situation to be made." McDonald counts John Cage as one among many inspirations, believing Cage is a master of creating ego-less art. Like Cage, McDonald is interested in his art being "a documentation of an event, more than a picture of something." An excerpt from McDonald's artist statement better explains this idea:<br />
<blockquote>I see the moment of making a mark as the ground of imagination (located in the body) and understand perception to be a natural system; an ecology of mind in which the perceiver is not separate from that which is perceived. The initiation of a mark is a primary point of contact, of clarity, that is before language, before thought - an original root experience of imagination, a manifestation of our animal mind operating along a wild edge.</blockquote>McDonald is also influenced by Zen and Buddhist traditions that emphasize nature; by using such elements as beeswax, red clay, and walnut ink in creating his art, McDonald wishes to link his art to the natural world. He often leaves his paper and artwork outside, exposing them to the natural elements. Because of this process, a paw print was once imprinted onto one of his pieces by an unknown creature - something McDonald embraced and saw as an asset to the work as a whole. McDonald is very interested in "letting nature have a say" by restoring an "equal conversation" between man and his world.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">"Thin Ice 2" 2010. Walnut ink, sumi ink, beeswax on paper.</td></tr>
</tbody></table>Reading is an essential aspect to art-making, and McDonald names poetry as a source of inspiration - Gary Snyder, the Beat Generation poet, "had a language for what I was thinking and feeling." Also, the title of one of McDonald's pieces on display borrows from an Emily Dickinson poem, as seen below:<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">"The bottom ... is lined with stones" 2010. Pastel, charcoal, burning on paper.</td></tr>
</tbody></table>The "see what happens" approach McDonald takes is refreshing. If, after sanding his paper down (one of McDonald's common techniques) a hole is torn - it is okay, it "is part of what happens, and it doesn't bother me." McDonald has been known to burn his paper, soak it in water and freeze it, and disrupt powder graphite by sprinkling it with raindrops. The nature of his materials "decide what the work is going to be." By working without a final image in mind, McDonald is free to bring out and birth an image merely from process alone. McDonald believes in the "integrity of each individual mark" and sees his final products as the result of a "history of choices, a history of questions." At the end of the day, we must "let objects be themselves."<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">"Fragile" 2010. Ink, charcoal, burning on paper.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">"Liminal (for Meredith Monk)" 2010. Charcoal, clay, burning on paper.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">"A wild edge" 2010. Graphite, charcoal, burning on paper.</td></tr>
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As for what advice McDonald has for aspiring artists, his words are simple yet profound. "Just work. Don't mix up motivation and inspiration," McDonald said. "Remember that spare time is what you have when you're not making art; spare time is what you use when you go to work or go to the grocery store, your real life is art."<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Artist Tim McDonald (R) discusses his work with Albion student Kevin Kissinger.</td></tr>
</tbody></table>Katherinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01843724004300386353noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3448425650900293095.post-47536406605776791132011-02-11T10:20:00.000-08:002011-02-11T10:20:32.737-08:00Building Blocks: Snow SculptingAs some on campus may have noticed, interesting new additions have been made to the Quad. Snow blocks have arose - in preparation for this weekend's snow sculpting marathon. They may not look like much yet, but just wait. Snow is an underappreciated (and frigid) medium, capable of creating great masterpieces. Anticipate the finish product, people - but gander at the cubes in all of their icy glory first.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Art students Eric Kaltz, Chelsea Vaughan and Brandon Markle prepare the cubes by first enclosing them in giant wooden boxes.</td></tr>
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Check back with the Bulletin soon for images of the completed snow sculptures.Katherinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01843724004300386353noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3448425650900293095.post-78590817893765205102011-02-07T20:56:00.000-08:002011-02-11T10:42:13.921-08:00Classroom Profile: PrintmakingOur printmaking studios at Albion College are a great asset to our diverse art program. Printmaking is a historically rich, unique and versatile medium. Printmaking Professor Anne McCauley, who is also currently the Art & Art History Department Chair, stresses printmaking's wonderful self-expressive qualities; she often emphasizes the medium's ability to easily translate an artist's ideas concerning personal experiences (or, a "personal map" of the artist's observations), natural phenomenon and self-portraiture. Many people do not understand what printmaking is until they witness a printmaking process for themselves - not quite a drawing and not quite a painting, a print is a strong artistic force unto itself. An excellent overview of different printmaking techniques (of which there are many) can be found in <a href="http://www.uwyo.edu/artmuseumimages/docs/Educational%20Packet_05_Printmaking.pdf">this bulletin from the University of Wyoming Art Museum</a>.<br />
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</div><div>Susan Snyder, an Albion senior, reflected on her time spent in her History of Prints class by explaining, "I liked the rhythm of it, I liked knowing there was a certain pace you had to follow. It was very therapeutic." Snyder valued printmaking's traditional origins and added, "It was interesting to know that I was doing the exact same thing in the same way people have been doing it for centuries."</div><div><br />
</div><div>Enjoy some candid snaphots from this semester's Printmaking I & II class, held every Tuesday and Thursday:</div><div><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Working on a woodblock plate.<br />
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</tbody></table><div>For more information, please explore these two superb printmaking resources: <a href="http://www.magical-secrets.com/">Magical-Secrets</a>, a Crown Point Press website with amazing videos and photographs of prints made by artists who have visited the studio, and <a href="http://www.artshow.com/resources/printmaking.html">ArtShow.com</a>, which provides useful links to technical videos and vocabulary terms.</div><div><br />
</div><div>Also, be sure to visit Albion's current <a href="http://www.albion.edu/art/exhibitions">Dickinson Gallery exhibition</a> - featuring intricate, colorful Japanese woodblock prints from the Albion College Print Collection. Located inside Bobbitt Visual Arts Center.<br />
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</div>Katherinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01843724004300386353noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3448425650900293095.post-60510732669640754022011-02-03T15:58:00.000-08:002011-02-03T16:00:25.123-08:00American Creativity, or Lack Thereof?Recently, an interesting article was published by Newsweek discussing America's apparent <a href="http://www.newsweek.com/2010/07/10/the-creativity-crisis.html">Creativity Crisis</a>. It is a great read for any person interested in how thinking creatively can propel a business, individual and nation forward. In summary, art classes and artistic endeavors do not just benefit artists - they teach every person (from every profession) how to better problem-solve and to generate new ideas. Also, check out the related Newsweek article - <a href="http://www.newsweek.com/2010/07/12/forget-brainstorming.html">Forget Brainstorming</a> - to get those ever precious creative juices flowing.Katherinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01843724004300386353noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3448425650900293095.post-2143117136696796682011-01-26T18:36:00.000-08:002011-01-26T15:36:48.601-08:00Greetings.Hello world, the Albion College Art Bulletin has officially been created. Consider this the place for Albion College Art & Art History Department students, professors and guests to learn what is going on inside their favorite campus building - the Bobbitt Visual Arts Center. Here is where you will be able to find information about upcoming events, lectures, speakers, exhibitions and more.<br />
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The Bulletin was created to stimulate campus interest for our beloved Art Department. Truly, every person has an artist inside of them; what matters is how they decide to let that artist out. Whether it is by taking an artistic class like photography or ceramics, visiting a gallery show or listening to a guest speaker - exploration is crucial. Creativity is a skill that crosses all disciplines and is required in every profession. Let the Art Department help you find your inner artist, and let the Bulletin keep you informed.Katherinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01843724004300386353noreply@blogger.com1