Reminder to pick up your artwork.

This is just a reminder for those who have artwork in the Art Gallery, that you need to pick up your work either Friday, January 30th from 9am-1pm, Monday, February 2nd from 10am-6pm, or Tuesday, February 3rd from 1pm-9pm. Any artwork NOT picked up by Tuesday, February 3rd or have an arrangement made to extend the due date, will be disposed of. If you have any questions please call the Art Gallery during gallery hours or talk to Michelle.

Why I think Contemporary Art is really exciting.

I've been browsing some great art blogs/sites and gallery sites, checking out the pulse of today's art.  Wow.  It is striking how diverse it is.  It does not matter what your tastes, medium, subject matter, style is...there is something for everyone in the world of contemporary art and you are bound to find something you like.  

Donald Judd

In the 1950's, word on the street was, if you wanted to fit in, then you had to paint non-objectively (no objects) in the Abstract-Expressionist style.  Those who did not step in line were considered to be artistic dinosaurs with antiquated notions about making art (read about art critic Clement Greenberg to learn more).  In the 1960's, Pop Art was popular, and recognizable imagery came back as strong as ever.  By the 1970's...painting was considered dead...forbidden to be taught in respectable art schools, shunned by major galleries unless you were ok with being considered a kitch puppet for the masses.  Minimalism broke a lot of painter's hearts :-(.  Then came Neo-Expressionism of the 1980's and BOOM!  Paint exploded passionately across canvasses from Berlin to Los Angeles!  Art movements seemed to come and diseappear as they came to be replaced by new dogmas and styles to follow.  Freedom seemed to mean rebelling against the old style to become the new artistic tyrant of the day, stuck in their ways and ideologies about art.

Tim Hawkinson

So, what goes today?  A little bit of this, a little bit of that.  There is so much room to experiment and follow your chosen path that the only problem is figuring out what your path might be.  They are all so appealing.  That is why many artists are hard to define today.  A sculptor may also be an  installation/performance/neon/video/Maya artist as well.  The arts have not been this multi-media since the Renaissance, when artists would work as architects, furniture makers, painters, sculptors, metalworkers, etc.   During these times of cultural growth, much like the Italian Renaissance, it is foolish not to study it all, even if you have a focus.  Does not the ceramicist learn from painting about glazing?  A painter learn from sculpture about form and shape?   Does not Photography benefit them all as well?

Soak up all the artistic processes you can because they are all interconnected and can be relevant for exploring your artistic vision.

There artists that inspire me move in every which direction.  The wind is always changing and there is something new and interesting in any place you look.  Confusing, but exciting.

P.S.  Goodbye Andrew Wyeth, great American Realist Painter who died last week at 91.  Thank you for the wonderful paintings.

Andrew Wyeth

2009 Illinois Community College Juried Art Exhibition

Please submit your work...visual artists need to build their exhibition record...the best part...it is free and you can submit work on CD. I have a handful of fliers in my office.

Do you not have your work photographed, please talk to your instructor for assistance. I can help folks photograph their 3-D work and I am sure Miles will help with your 2-D work too.

Locker Lottery

Interested in using one of the brown lockers this Spring semester? The locker lottery will be held the second week of classes.

Get yourself published in the Kamelian Art/Lit Magazine!

What a great way for people to see what creative things you have accomplished! Kish's Award-winning literary/arts magazine The Kamelian is accepting submissions for inclusion in the 2009 edition, which will be published in April 2009. 

Art submissions must be made to the Kishwaukee College Art Gallery January 12- 16 and January 19 - 22. All entries must include a completed entry form, available online HERE.  Forms may also be found in the Art Wing on in folders on the Art Department Bulliten Boards.

Tina Hultgren, faculty editor for The Kamelian, encourages students to submit their original work in any of the following categories: short stories, essays, poetry, 2-D artwork, 3-D artwork, or photography.

 

Any Kishwaukee College student may submit their work to The Kamelian. The submitted works are juried and the three best works submitted in each category are recognized during Student Awards Day in early April.

For more information on submission guidelines and for a downloadable entry form, visit Tina Hultgren's faculty webpage or call her at 815-825-2086, ext. 228.