DEPARTMENT OF FINE ARTS Art Gallery Series 2013-2014 |
Art Gallery Series
Empirical - Photography by Julie Mixon.August 20 - October 3, 2013 8:30 am - 5:00 pm Mon-Fri Hyman Fine Arts Center Gallery Julie Mixon is an image-based media artist that focuses on processes that merge analog and digital photography. Currently, Julie is an Assistant Professor of Photography at Francis Marion University in Florence, South Carolina. She began her studies in photography as an undergraduate at Barton College where she received a Bachelor’s Degree in Fine Arts. In 2004, she received her Master of Fine Arts Degree with a concentration in photography from East Carolina University. Julie’s career in photo education began at Lenoir Community College in 2004 where she taught as an Art Instructor for over seven years. Her photography courses emphasize traditional and digital darkroom techniques with an emphasis on the fusion of the two mediums. "By definition empirical evidence is evidence based on observation and experience. These evidences come from sources such as the senses, memory and testimony. This body of image based media compares the image making process to gathering empirical evidence. In this case, the images are evidence of how I experience my nearby environment, particularly the home, family and the objects connected to them that are both man made and organic. "My process of image making is often the result of joining symbolic objects together with images made of places and people of my day to day experience. These elements come together to form a personal narrative based on a memory or mere appreciation for formal (line, shape, color, texture, light) aspects. "Many images from this series are placed in groups of two of three. Placing images together, whether related or random, allows the viewer to make their own narrative connections between the images. Even though the images represent personal memories of places and people, the viewer can still be connected to them by filling in the gaps. When we see something non-distinct, whether it be an abstract work of art or a patch of clouds, it is our natural desire to want to see something concrete. The process of layering images and varied materials lends itself to how memories exist, sometimes futile, sometimes clear, and more often that not, incomplete. "Collectively, my work centers around symbolic objects, the spaces these objects inhabit and the people connected to them. Most often these spaces and objects are re-contextualized by taking them out of their original environment and re-building a new space for them to inhabit. I have always been drawn to natural objects but have never really been drawn to photographing them in their original environment. The act of collecting things from nature and joining them with other elements such as papers or found objects has been a fascination and a practice since childhood. My childhood practice of this process included finding leaves and flowers and gluing them to a piece of paper to make a formal design. This practice resurfaced, but has grown to utilize a flatbed scanner, various cameras and Photoshop." |
Julie Mixon |
Art Gallery Series
World Without Walls - Ceramics by Hayley Douglas.August 20 - October 3, 2013 8:30 am - 5:00 pm Mon-Fri Hyman Fine Arts Center Gallery Hayley Douglas is primarily a ceramic artist, but she also experiments in other mediums. As of May 2013, she received her Master's Degree in Ceramics at the University of South Carolina in Columbia, SC. She completed her Bachelors of Arts degree in 2009 at Francis Marion University in Florence, SC. She is now teaching ceramics as a faculty member at Anderson University. She is also continuing to explore her ocean-inspired concepts and pushing her experimentation to more cosmic levels. "Outer space is a vast frontier full of mystery and beauty. I have always been drawn to the vibrant images of outer space, with its bursts of color and clustered stars, spiraled galaxies and deep darkness. I have always created connections between the ocean and the cosmos, as I have found the two quite similar. The ocean is an expansive world without walls that has barely been explored. Such incredible creatures and marvels await beneath its cerulean surface. I would like to reach out and capture the beauty and wonder, securing it through my work. "I work primarily in porcelain and glass. The surface of the glass provides a luminosity that is incomparable to other surfaces I have experimented with, and captures glints of light as it shines across the surface. I seek to provide a visual tie between space and the ocean. "My art is comprised of recollections from time spent at the coast as a child, as well as elements from the imagery I have researched and I wish to capture for the viewer. The play of light on the cracked surfaces of the glass shimmers, while abundant patterns and shapes harmonize, representing the elements I find similar between the aquatic and cosmic environments that have influenced my art. Piece by piece I recollect the vivid memories of my experiences and my journey to discovery." |
Hayley Douglas |
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March 1-14, 2014 8:30 am - 5:00 pm Mon-Fri Hyman Fine Arts Center Gallery "Visual Narratives" featuring works by Nina Berman, Bill Frakes and Jim Wallace Includes exhibit of vintage cameras which changed photojournalism An Exhibition in conjunction with The Poskito: South Carolina Photography and Video Conference The Poskito: South Carolina Photography and Video Conference is a Francis Marion University sponsored event, which will be held on campus from March 6 to March 8, 2014. Co-hosted by the Department of Fine Arts and the Department of Mass Communication, the conference will include a variety of activities, including workshops, exhibitions, and talks and panel discussions by well known regional, national, and international photographers, video journalists, and professionals and scholars from related fields. Each year’s conference
will be organized around a theme, issue or question central to the visual arts
and/or broadcast and photojournalism. The organizers’ aim is to look at a topic
from various perspectives by inviting professionals and scholars of different
fields and ideologies to discuss their ideas on the topic. The theme of our
inaugural conference will be visual narrative (storytelling). The conference will
consist of three daily sessions. The morning sessions on March 6 and
March 7 will feature workshops reserved for the university's visual arts, art
education, and mass communication majors, while the afternoon and evening
sessions on all three days will be open and free to the public. In
addition, a first of its kind, Downtown Florence Art Stroll will be held on
Saturday, March 8 from 11 am until 4 pm. The art stroll will
feature public workshops and demonstrations, talks, photo exhibitions and
projections, video screenings, children's activities, and live jazz music at
various venues, including the Francis Marion University's Performing Arts
Center (the suggested starting point for visitors attending the art stroll),
the Drs. Bruce and Lee Foundation Library, the Florence County Museum, the Art
Trail Gallery, The Clay Pot, Addie's Baby Art and Design Studio in downtown
Florence, and the Lynda English Studio Gallery on the 2nd Loop Road.
In conjunction with the
conference, Francis Marion University’s Fine Arts Gallery will hold an
exhibition entitled "Visual Narratives" featuring photographs by Nina
Berman, Bill Frakes, and Jim Wallace, as well as an exhibition of vintage
cameras from the "golden age of photojournalism" from March 1 through
March 14, 2014. PLEASE NOTE: Photojournalism can be graphic and disturbing. Some of the images on view may not be suitable for all ages. |
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Art Gallery Series 5POINTS: Senior Show by FMU Visual Arts Majors Adam Dial, Brandon Crisp, Blair Felkel, Marcus Raven, and Michael ZedalisApril 1-16, 2014 8:30 am - 5:00 pm Mon-Fri Hyman Fine Arts Center Gallery Senior shows are required of all students majoring in Visual Arts. These shows give students hands-on experience in selection and installation of artworks, publicity of exhibition, and external review by the University community and the general public. There will be an opening reception 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm on Tuesday, April 1. |
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Art Gallery Series WHICH
WAY IS UP?: Senior Show by FMU Visual Arts Majors Amanda Taylor, Marc
Lavorgna, Rebeccah Hoekstra, Samantha Isaiah and Drew Kellis.April 21 - May 3, 2014 8:30 am - 5:00 pm Mon-Fri Hyman Fine Arts Center Gallery Senior shows are required of all students majoring in Visual Arts. These shows give students hands-on experience in selection and installation of artworks, publicity of exhibition, and external review by the University community and the general public. There will be an opening reception 5:30-7:00 pm on Monday, April 21. |
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Art Gallery Series
Primitive Arts in the Modern World - Greg Pryor.May 12 - August 16, 2014 8:30 am - 5:00 pm Mon-Thur Hyman Fine Arts Center Gallery “There is great wisdom in the native American proverb, ‘A man must make his own arrows.’ Beyond the metaphorical, making arrows in the modern world connects us to the primitive world of our ancestors. Working in a variety of media, I strive to use natural resources to create arrowheads, knives, and spearheads from flint, obsidian, glass, and porcelain. I manufacture and shoot arrows and atlatl darts made from these arrowheads and locally-sourced river cane, pine pitch glue, wild turkey feathers, and deer sinew. I grow, cure, and process gourds into a variety of containers, and make cordage, tools, bags, clothing, and jewelry from wild plant fibers, bone, clay, stone, sinew, rawhide, and brain-tanned hides.” Greg Pryor is an Associate Professor of Biology at Francis Marion University with a doctorate in Zoology. He is a traditional artist (working in a variety of media), carpenter, construction worker, cook, and amateur musician, and he practices primitive arts such as bow-and-drill firemaking and survival crafts. He likes to live off the land as much as possible and is a self-proclaimed "nature freak." Notes From the Curator: Dr. Pryor double majored as an undergraduate in zoology and art. His acrylic paintings, most often of birds, reveal animals interacting with human artifacts, sometimes using them, sometimes existing in a landscape littered by them. Pryor’s primitive crafts give us insight into the interaction of early humans with the natural world. His crafts also give us an opportunity to consider how art crept into craft, as useful objects came to be decorated, placing the indelible stamp of the artisan on everyday objects. |
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About the Art Gallery Series Walter Sallenger, 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.
Please check the Arts Calendar for more information about film, music and theatre offerings 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-August), when hours are 8:30 am - 5:00 pm Monday-Thursday. |
Portion of a Student Show |
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