2011– 2012 Exhibition Schedule
Spring Semester
January 12 - March 9
Our Small Rooms: Michele Banks and Kendall Nordin
Part of “Intersections: Where Art Meets Science,” a series of exhibitions
Two Washington area artists explore human structure in reduction. The show will feature watercolors by Michele Banks and an installation by Kendall Nordin.
Open Gallery, Opening Reception: Thursday, February 9, 6–8 p.m.
February 2 – 29
Structure as Language
Three artists whose methods and materials become a language unto themselves. Featuring wood sculpture by Brent Crothers, earth and ash paintings by Kate Demong, and plaster wall reliefs by Philip Hall.
King Street Gallery, Opening Reception: Thursday, February 9, 6–8 p.m.
March 7 – April 11
Terraforming: Contemporary discourse in landscape photography
This exhibit brings together six photographers who, through various uses of text, further explore, define and contextualize the spaces they image. Featuring the photography of Priscilla Briggs, Victoria Crayhon, Joshua Greer, Nate Larson and Marni Shindelman, and Jordan Tate.
King Street Gallery, Opening Reception: Thursday, March 8, 6–8 p.m.
March 1 – March 30
Student Intersections Exhibition
Part of “Intersections: Where Art Meets Science,” a series of exhibitions
A juried exhibit of student artwork in conjunction with the college wide arts theme “Intersections: Where Art Meets Science”. The exhibit will be juried by Selin Balci, a Washington D.C. based artist, who received her BSc in Forestry/Microbiology from Istanbul University and BFA from West Virginia University.
Maze Gallery, Opening Reception: Thursday, March 8, 6–8 p.m.
March 22 – May 9
(im)permanent archive: Jon Malis and Novie Trump
Part of “Intersections: Where Art Meets Science,” a series of exhibitions
The exhibit pairs ceramic works by Novie Trump exploring lost habitat and disappearing populations with Jon Malis’s photographic examination of hundred-year-old studies of the human brain.
Open Gallery, Opening Reception: Thursday, April 19, 6–8 p.m.
April 18 – May 11
Julio Valdez: Prints & Paintings
An exhibit of prints and paintings by Dominican artist Julio Valdez.
King Street Gallery, Opening Reception: Thursday, April 19, 6–8 p.m.
May 17 – September 11
Annual Student Exhibit
King Street, Open, and Maze Galleries, Opening Reception: Thursday, May 17, 5–7:30 p.m.
Fall Semester
August 29–October 28
Telepathy Drawings
Part of “Intersections: Where Art Meets Science,” a series of exhibitions
“Telepathy Drawings” is an ongoing project of Baltimore artists Christina Ayala and John Morris. The drawings are a result of a session of intense telepathic communication between participants. During the session one participant concentrates on a single phrase or mental image and conveys it telepathically to the other, who then records the message in a drawing. An interactive Telepathy Station will accompany the exhibit.
Open Gallery, Opening Reception: Thursday, September 22, 6–8 p.m.
September 19–October 19
Of Shining Worlds: Recent Paintings by Anne Marchand
In a series of abstract paintings Anne Marchand explores a new vocabulary of color and texture in the swirling vortexes of nebulas and the surfaces of moons and planets, bringing these into her ongoing search for ways to approach mystic poetry through visual expression.
King Street Gallery, Opening Reception: Thursday, September 22, 6–8 p.m.
October 27–November 30
Off the Page – On the Wall
An exhibit of The Illustrator Club of Washington DC, Maryland, and Virginia.
King Street Gallery, Opening Reception: Thursday, November 3, 6–8 p.m.
November 7–January 2
From Here On…
Part of “Intersections: Where Art Meets Science,” a series of exhibitions
Recent drawings by New Haven artist Joseph Smolinski. Working in pencil, graphite, watercolor and ink, Smolinski’s drawings create landscapes shared by trees, animals, and cellular communication transmitters. These images question technology and envision a future of the “natural” world.
Open Gallery, Opening Reception: Thursday, December 8, 6–8 p.m.
December 8–January 27
Faculty & Staff Exhibit
An annual exhibit including the faculty of the Department of Visual Arts and Design and the staff of the Morris and Gwendolyn Cafritz Foundation Art Center.
King Street Gallery, Opening Reception: Thursday, December 8, 6–8 p.m.
December 8–
Tactile Learning
An exhibit of selected works by Resident Artist Ellen Hill. During her residency Ms. Hill will create a new body of mixed media works from assembled panels and fragments of painted, inked and carved wood, producing richly textured interpretations of her natural environment.
Maze Gallery, Opening Reception: Thursday, December 8, 6–8 p.m.
