DEPARTMENT OF FINE ARTS Art Gallery Series 2012-2013 |
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Art
Gallery Series
February 19 - March 28, 2013
New Drawings by Alex Powers.8:30 am - 5:00 pm Mon-Fri Hyman Fine Arts Center Gallery 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. Alex’s painting style has recently evolved from a personal content-dominated imagery. "For a couple of decades prior to 2011, I was doing social and political paintings. I made a change of style that is due to me needing a break from the social and political paintings. You can probably relate to this change if you get tired of watching the evening news every once in a while and need a break from it - especially the politics. "The changes that I made are: 1. drawing instead of painting (in doing most of these, I never opened my palette) 2. sketchbook design (the most casual of designs; almost a non-design) 3. purposely, no specific expression/ content was pre-chosen (there is an expression to any markings)." www.AlexPowersArt.com |
Pink Lady by Alex Powers |
Art
Gallery Series
Brass Menagerie: Sculptural Works
by Jim Gleason.February 19 - March 28, 2013 8:30 am - 5:00 pm Mon-Fri Hyman Fine Arts Center Gallery "My pieces are fabricated from the parts of many different musical instruments...the majority of which have served for many years in the South Carolina school systems until they were no longer cost effective to service. "The techniques used to create them are similar to those I have used for over 30 years repairing and customizing instruments for military bands, public schools, museums and private collections. "The urge to create combines with a reverence for musical instruments, and the desire to preserve whatever life remains in the parts and pieces of an instrument. As a professional musician and a master technician in the repair of brass and woodwind instruments, I have spent much of my life devoted to extending their lives. Now, when the parts and pieces or whole instruments are no longer in a state that makes sense to repair them, I find myself giving them new life in a form that celebrates their previous existence, saving them from being discarded completely." Jim Gleason has lived and studied in many states and been on active military duty in four countries prior to retiring from the Marine Corp in 1994 to live in South Carolina. While stationed with the 3rd Marine Division Band in Okinawa, Japan, he found himself stranded in his instrument repair shop during a typhoon without anything to read. Jim began to see what he could piece together out of scrap and excess parts, and this avocation has evolved over the years thanks to the encouragement of fellow musicians and public response to his work. Jim remains active as a musician, in the repair of brass and woodwind instruments, and consulting in this field. For more information visit jngleason.com. For story on WBTW TV13 visit http://www.wbtw.com/story/21529536/florence-man-turns-old-instruments-into-artwork. You may contact Jim Gleason at jgoldworld@hotmaiI.com or call at 843-665-6115. |
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March
14, 2013
Spotlight on Pee Dee Art:
Documentary Film and Lecture.5:00 pm Thursday Cauthen Educational Media Center Auditorium Francis Marion
University is sponsoring a special event on
March 14, 2013 entitled "Spotlight on Pee Dee
Art". As part of the event, three of the
area's most distinguished artists -- topiary
sculptor, Pearl Fryar (Bishopville), and
painters Jack Cayton (Aynor) and Mary Ellen
Johnson (Hartsville) -- will visit the
University. After critiquing student
artwork, Cayton and Johnson will take part in a
panel discussion for students where they will
discuss professional artistic and business
practices.
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About the Art Gallery Series Tom Herzog, Art Gallery Curator The Department of 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. The mission 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. |
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Overview of west end of Hyman Fine Arts Center Gallery |
Art galleries are located in the Hyman
Fine Arts Center. 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. Senior shows 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. |
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. The gallery serves
as the lobby for Kassab Recital Hall and the Fine Arts
Theatre, bringing the visual and performing arts together.
Below find 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. Gallery hours are typically 8:30 am - 5:00 pm Monday-Friday except during summer session June 5-August 11, when hours are 8:00 am - 5:30 pm Monday-Thursday and 8:00-11:30 am Friday. |
Portion of a Student Show |
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