Art & Art History News
November 4, 2011The Multicultural Council is sponsoring an informal luncheon with the executive board of Potters For Peace on Nov 11th. Professor Doug Hanson is hosting the annual meeting of the Potters For Peace executive board Nov. 10-14, and the 10-member board will be in attendance from Nicaragua, Canada, and across the United States. Hanson has been [...]
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February 14, 2011The ‘Wreck’ Room: Postdiluvian Art by Mel Andringa, will be exhibited at the Peter Paul Luce Gallery at Cornell College, Feb. 20 – March 20, 2011. An artist’s reception will be held Sunday, Feb. 20, 2-4 p.m. with a gallery talk at 2 p.m. Gallery hours are Monday through Friday, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., [...]
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October 5, 2010Lois Hetland ’75, professor of art education at the Massachusetts College of Art and Design and research associate for Project Zero at the Harvard Graduate School of Education will return to campus October 14th and 15th to give a series lectures on various aspects of art education. What is education for? Project Zero, an educational [...]
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October 1, 2010Christa Noel Robbins, assistant professor of art and art history, will give a lecture on Oct 7th titled “Salaam, Cinema: International Modernism and the Iranian ‘New Wave’.” This talk looks at the films of popular Iranian directors, Mohsen Makhmalbaf and Abbas Kiarostami. Through an examination of filmic “interpellation” in Makhmalbaf’s and Kiarostami’s films, Robbins will [...]
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September 24, 2010Hugh Lifson, Professor Emeritus of Art at Cornell College, will give a talk Nov. 14 at 7:30 p.m. at the Figge Museum in Davenport about the Pedagogy of Mercedes Matter. Matter, a member of the second generation of the New York School and daughter of the early abstractionist Arthur B. Carles, was a student of [...]
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September 15, 2010Kristin Caskey ’84, won first place in the international Peacock Standard Thai Silk Design Competition. The competition was co-sponsored by Thailand’s Queen Sirikit Institute of Sericulture and the International Textile and Apparel Association. The purpose of the competition is to showcase the Thai government’s “Peacock Standard” for Thai silk. The standard was established by Queen [...]
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August 30, 2010Fluidity of Gender, an exhibition of sculptures by feminist artist Linda Stein will be exhibited at the Peter Paul Luce Gallery at Cornell College from Sept. 5 through Oct. 3. An artist’s lecture will be held Sunday, Sept. 12, 2 p.m. with reception for the artist 3 to 5 p.m. Gallery hours are Monday through [...]
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August 27, 2010Sandy Dyas, a lecturer in Fine Arts at Cornell College, will have work featured by The Center for Fine Art Photography in its latest exhibition. The Center for Fine Art Photography’s exhibition, Black and White, will be on display in the Center’s gallery from Aug. 27 through Sept. 25. Forty-five photographers representing China, Iceland, New [...]
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August 25, 2010DRIFT, an art installation by Stan Crocker is a collection of found elements- ladders, cupolas, wedding dresses, bedsprings, window frames, doors, bicycles, mirrors, chandeliers, steer skulls, parasols, tractor tires, canoes- bits and pieces of the Iowa landscape floating in a gauzy cylinder of color and light that wraps the viewer 360 degrees. It is a 30-foot high piece in which [...]
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May 5, 2010Four Cornell College seniors are presenting art shows as part of their thesis starting May 9. On May 9, senior art majors Bonnie Sedan and Kait Wiszt will each present their thesis art exhibitions in Peter Paul Luce Gallery in McWethy Hall on the campus of Cornell College. Sedan’s work uses wooden crates as containers [...]
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April 15, 2010Like all studio art majors, Sam Bonow received a key to his own private studio space at the beginning of his senior year, and he’s made the most of it. With most of his other graduation requirements complete, Bonow is spending six of his last nine blocks at Cornell creating paintings in his studio during [...]
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February 1, 2010MOUNT VERNON — “Making Pictures: Three for a Dime,” a photo installation by Maxine Payne, will be exhibited at the Peter Paul Luce Gallery at Cornell College from Feb. 21 to March 21. An artist’s reception will be held from 2 to 4 p.m. Sunday, March 14, with an artist’s talk at 3 p.m. Gallery [...]
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October 19, 2009MOUNT VERNON – From Nov. 1–29, the Peter Paul Luce Gallery will host the work of three artists: Phil Sultz, Jan Sultz, and Jeff Lewis, working in a variety of media, including painted collage, ceramics, encaustic, and silver point. The exhibition will open with an artists’ reception on Sunday, Nov. 1, from 2-4 p.m., and [...]
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October 19, 2009MOUNT VERNON –Distinguished American artist Alison Saar will speak at Cornell College on Wednesday, Nov. 4, at 8 p.m. in McWethy Hall. Saar will deliver the lecture “Whither, Hither and Yon” in the Keyes Art History Classroom, room 222. The lecture is free and open to the public. This distinguished artist lecture is made possible [...]
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August 27, 2009MOUNT VERNON – The Cornell College department of art and art history will celebrate Homecoming 2009 with an exhibition featuring works by current studio art faculty in the Peter Paul Luce Gallery, McWethy Hall. Cornell Studio Art Faculty 2009 runs Sept. 13 – Oct. 18. The exhibition is free and open to the public. Additionally, [...]
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June 25, 2009Cornell College has been named a “Top Financial Find” and one of the “44 Best Buy Schools” in the 2010 edition of the Fiske Guide to Colleges. The guide also named the Cornell art department as one of the strongest in the country. The 44 “Best Buy Schools” are based on the quality of academic [...]
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May 23, 2009During Block 7 2009, students in the course “City of Rome” explored the art, architecture, and history of Rome and the surrounding area. The course was co-taught by John Gruber-Miller, professor of classical studies, and Chris Penn-Goetsch, associate professor of art. Click here to open the gallery.Powered by Cincopa wp content plugins solution for your [...]
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February 2, 2009MOUNT VERNON – Mass Wasting, a mixed media installation by Kansas City artist Garry Noland, will be exhibited at the Peter Paul Luce Gallery at Cornell College Feb. 22 through March 22. An artist’s reception and gallery talk will be held Sunday, Feb. 22, 2 to 5 p.m. Gallery hours are Monday through Friday, 9 [...]
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December 18, 2008MOUNT VERNON – Works by ceramics and installation artists Sukjin Choi, AL Holen, and Ying Zhu will be exhibited at the Peter Paul Luce Gallery at Cornell College, Jan. 11 through Feb. 8, 2009. An artist’s reception will be held Sunday, Jan. 11, from 2-4 p.m. Gallery hours are Monday through Friday, 9 a.m. to [...]
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October 22, 2008MOUNT VERNON – A selection of 30 large-scale watercolors by internationally known artist, educator, and critic Keith Morrison will be exhibited at the Peter Paul Luce Gallery at Cornell College Nov. 2 to Nov. 30. An opening reception will be held Sunday, Nov. 2, from 2 to 4 p.m. Gallery hours are Monday through Friday, [...]
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August 28, 2008MOUNT VERNON – From Sept. 14 through Oct. 19, the Peter Paul Luce Gallery at Cornell College will host a featured exhibit bringing together an impressive range of painting styles, themes and mediums from a number of its most prominent alumni. The exhibition opens during Cornell’s Homecoming with a reception and artists talk on Saturday, [...]
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June 22, 2008Professor Doug Hanson’s work has been shaped by his encounters with traditional potters from around the globe. During a unique two-block sequence taught in Mexico, he introduces students to local artisans and other cultural treasures as they study ceramics and drawing. Click here to open the gallery.Powered by Cincopa wp content plugins solution for your [...]
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May 20, 2008Katie Crooks ’04 majored in art with a focus on art history at Cornell and minored in English and psychology. She then earned a master’s in art history and museum training at George Washington University and now works for the Smithsonian American Art Museum (SAAM). What do you do at the Smithsonian? I am now [...]
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May 8, 2008Mike Burke ’01 majored in secondary education and art at Cornell. From 2002 through 2006, he taught at-risk students at Colorado High School Charter in Denver before moving into a district-wide technology role. What courses did you teach? I taught Enrichment, which is a class that focuses on creative/artistic topics and applies them to the [...]
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May 3, 2008Mitch Bloomquist ’04 recently earned a master’s degree from the Washington University School of Architecture and Urban Design in St. Louis. At Cornell, he followed the pre-architecture track while majoring in art and minoring in music.What were the highlights of your graduate program? This fall [2007], I assisted in the installation of Systematic Landscapes, an [...]
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February 13, 2008MOUNT VERNON — On February 24 through March 23, the Peter Paul Luce Gallery will host a new installation by papermaker, multimedia artist Rie Hachiyanagi titled Gratitude. The exhibition opens with a lecture by the artist, Sunday, February 24th at 2 p.m. in McWethy Hall, room 222 followed by reception for the artist, 3-5 p.m. [...]
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February 4, 2008MOUNT VERNON — John Beldon Scott, Elizabeth M. Stanley professor of arts at the University of Iowa, will lecture on the topic “Tyranny of the Façade: Interpreting Roman Baroque Architecture,” Wednesday, February 13, 7 p.m. McWethy Hall, room 222. Scott received his Ph.D from Rutgers University. His research and instruction focuses on the art and [...]
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December 19, 2007MOUNT VERNON — On Jan. 13 – Feb. 10, 2008 the Peter Paul Luce Gallery will host the exhibition of recent works by Professor Anthony Plaut titled YOKO and the WINDOW WALL. The exhibition opens with a reception for the artist, Sunday Jan. 13, 2-4 p.m. The exhibition includes oil paintings, sculpture, drawings and an [...]
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October 24, 2007MOUNT VERNON — Seventy works on paper by internationally recognized American painter Ben Frank Moss will be exhibited at Cornell College’s Peter Paul Luce Gallery in McWethy Hall beginning Sunday, Nov. 4. A closing reception will be held from 3 to 5 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 2, following a 2 p.m. lecture by the artist in [...]
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September 7, 2007MOUNT VERNON — “The Personal is Political: Fiber Arts at Cornell,” opening Sept. 16, features textile art by alumnae, articulating and attesting to visions, hopes and fears about the individual’s relationship to the larger community. The exhibition in the Peter Paul Luce Gallery of McWethy Hall runs through Oct. 21, with a reception for the [...]
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May 16, 2007MOUNT VERNON — Artist Tom Bamberger will lecture at Cornell College and preside at the campus unveiling of his digital work, “Spring Corn,” a gift from a Cornell alumnus. The lecture is Thursday, May 24, at 8 p.m. in McWethy Hall Room 222. “Spring Corn,” presented to Cornell by trustee and 1967 Cornell graduate Richard [...]
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February 16, 2007MOUNT VERNON — Work by Wisconsin photographers John Shimon and Julie Lindemann is featured in “It Takes One to Know One,” an exhibition opening Sunday, Feb. 25, in the Peter Paul Luce Gallery of McWethy Hall at Cornell College. The exhibition runs through March 20. Gallery hours are 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through [...]
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January 5, 2007MOUNT VERNON — The latest installation by Iowa City artist Leighton Pierce appears in an exhibition opening Sunday, Jan. 14, in the Peter Paul Luce Gallery of McWethy Hall at Cornell College. “Convection” runs through Feb. 11. An opening reception is Jan. 14 from 2 to 4 p.m., with a gallery talk by the artist [...]
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October 27, 2006MOUNT VERNON — Nature photographs by Mark Peterson of Ames are on exhibit in “Solitude,” a show running through Dec. 22 at the Orange Carpet Gallery of The Commons at Cornell College. Admission is free. Peterson creates his photographs by “stepping into the landscape, simplifying nature’s chaos by concentrating on the patterns, textures, forms, intimate [...]
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October 27, 2006MOUNT VERNON — Iowa City artist Genie Hudson Patrick displays recent oil paintings in “Bounty,” an exhibit Nov. 5 through Dec. 3 in Cornell College’s Peter Paul Luce Gallery of McWethy Hall. A reception for the artist is Sunday, Nov. 12, from 2-4 p.m. A gallery talk is Thursday, Nov. 16, at 7 p.m. Patrick’s [...]
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September 11, 2006MOUNT VERNON — Three local artists will be part of the first exhibition of the school year in the Peter Paul Luce Gallery at Cornell College. “Cornell Alumni Sculpture” features work by Elizabeth Rhoads-Read and Tom Newport of Cedar Rapids and David Rega of Mount Vernon. The exhibition runs Sept. 17 through Oct. 22 with [...]
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April 17, 2006MOUNT VERNON — Artist Harmony Hammond, author of the first history of lesbian art in the United States, will lecture on “Speaking Braids: Gender, Sexuality, and Artistic Practice” on Monday, April 24, at 7 p.m. in Cornell College’s McWethy Hall, Room 222A. Her 2000 book, “Lesbian Art in America: A Contemporary History,” profiles 18 prominent [...]
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February 17, 2006MOUNT VERNON — Cornell College will host works by student artists from neighboring Linn County colleges Feb. 26 through March 26 at the Peter Paul Luce Gallery in McWethy Hall. The Cedar Rapids Area Colleges Student Art Exhibition 2006 features artists from Coe College, Kirkwood Community College and Mount Mercy College. A reception is 2 [...]
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February 17, 2006MOUNT VERNON — Pastel drawings of the old stone quarry in Mount Vernon are on display Feb. 28 through April 28 in the Orange Carpet Gallery of The Commons at Cornell College. Admission is free. This series of works by Mount Vernon artist Susan Coleman is based on points of view from the quarry, also [...]
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January 18, 2006MOUNT VERNON – Photos by Muscatine residents, along with artwork by them and the Kosovar children they visited, are exhibited in “Images of Kosovo” in the Orange Carpet Gallery of The Commons at Cornell College through Feb. 23. Admission is free. The exhibition tells the story of a July 2005 visit by 32 Muscatine residents, [...]
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January 9, 2006MOUNT VERNON — A Fairfield artist has turned ordinary household objects and old industrial supplies – including dish scrubbers, disposable plastic bags and rabbit fencing – into sculptures inspired by the relationship between the human figure and landforms. The art is featured in “Judy Bales: Counterpoint,” an exhibition of fiber work by Bales showing Jan. [...]
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November 2, 2005MOUNT VERNON – An exhibition of paintings by Nanci Erskine and Leslie Bell opens Sunday, Nov. 6, in the Peter Paul Luce Gallery of McWethy Hall. A closing reception is Sunday, Dec. 4, from 2 to 5 p.m., including an artist talk at 3:30 p.m. in 222A McWethy. Erskine earned an MA/MFA from the University [...]
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September 18, 2005MOUNT VERNON – Cornell alumni photographers present their work – including traditional and digital ranges of the spectrum, manipulated imagery, documentary subjects, portraiture both human and canine, and landscapes of a personal and universal nature – in a homecoming exhibit opening Sunday, Sept. 18, in the Peter Paul Luce Gallery of McWethy Hall. Featured artists [...]
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