2010 Illinois Community College Juried Art Exhibition

Great exhibition opportunity for Community College Art Students. All should apply! Details below...

2010 Illinois Community College Juried Art Exhibition
Exhibition Dates: March 4-26
Closing Reception & Awards Ceremony: March 26, 1-3 pm.
Deadline for Entries: Entries must be received by February 15th.
No Entry Fee!
Accepted Artists will be notified via email by Feb. 18th
Awards:
Best of Show: $3oo
$100 awards of merit will be awarded at the discretion of the juror.

Entry Checklist:
Completed Entry Form
A CD containing up to 3 images (maximum of 1000 pixels on the longest side at 72 dpi).
Each image file should be named with the artist's last name, first name, followed by entry letter and be seperated by underlines, such as: Smith_John_A.jpg

Send Entries to:
Visual Arts Gallery
c/o Javier Chavira
Governors State University
1 University Parkway
University Park, IL 60484

Questions at: artsgrad@govst.edu or (708)534-4021

Open to any student currently enrolled in an Illinois Community or Junior College. Works must have been completed during the last 2 academic years.

Kamelian Art and Literary Magazine, and Kish Juried Student Art Show Reception

Students who wish to drop off their art pieces at the gallery for the Kamelian may do so during these gallery hours:

For the week of January 19-21, 2010 the gallery will be open TR 11am-12pm & 4pm-9pm and W 1pm-9pm. There is an artist reception on Wednesday, January 20, 2010 from 2pm-5pm with an awards ceremony at 3:30pm.

by Janell Ray, Fall 2009

Field Trip to Chicago to Art Institute of Chicago

What: Field Trip to Art Institute of Chicago
Where: Chicago, IL
When: Saturday, January 16th from 8:25 am - 7:06 pm
Why: See a great art museum, visit the NEW Modern Wing, and see the Caravaggio painting on loan until Jan. 24th.

How: We meet at the Metra Elburn Train Station at 8 am. The train leaves at 8:25 am and takes us directly to Chicago. From there, we take 1 CTA bus that drops us right in front of the museum. We tour, walk around, eat lunch, tour, then go on home. We will catch the 5:40 pm train going home.

Costs: 2 one-way train tickets: $10
Bus Fare: $4.

Parking at Elburn: $1.25

Admission to Museum: $ 12 with student ID
Lunch: pack a lunch, or buy one.
Total: $27.25 plus lunch, etc.

What else can you expect to see?
Vincent Van Gogh
Rembrant
Claude Monet
Pablo Picasso
Andy Warhol
African Art
Asian Art
Textiles
Prints
Photography
Sculpture
Contemporary
Ancient Stuff
Architecture
Foreshortened limbs
Dramatic Chiaroscuro
Awesome

Act fast. There are no Caravaggio's in the country. This one is on loan until next weekend from Europe. Caravaggio is one of the best figure painters who ever picked up a brush. Very influential. A rapscallion and a genius too. So much to see and do. Millennium Park will be visited (right next to the museum)!

I will be your guide! You will be safe, and won't be lost! Chicago is like Malta, only bigger. Come with me to see the art. All are welcome. Bring a friend.

See two previous blog entries ago for more info on the Caravaggio. We will see it all.

Thomas Hoving, former Director to the Metropolitan Musem of Art, dead at 78

Wow. I did not realize Thomas Hoving died a few weeks ago, but he is a very interesting man in the art world. Read his New York Times Obituary here.

An eccentric man, art collector, and man responsible for transforming and revitalizing the Metropolitan Museum of Art in NYC, was not just a mover and shaker with the politcal art elites, he also loved sharing his excitement about good art with the populace. I will miss his enthusiasm. Among things you may remember him for, if you ever saw the movie, Who the #$&% Is Jackson Pollock?, he was one of the experts who viewed the disputed Pollock painting found at a garage sale for $5, and stated his expert opinion that it was a fake. From time to time, he also did online video reviews of artworks and shows for ARTNet.com called, My Eye with Thomas Hoving. Enjoy this video of him below, as we say Good bye, and thanks for spreading the word:

Rest In Masterpiece.

Let's take a trip to Chicago, and see Caravaggio!

Hi all. I hope that you are having a great Winter break! I just realized that a fantastic Caravaggio painting is on loan from The National Gallery of London to the Art Institute of Chicago. Caravaggio is an Italian artist, and the most important painting artist of the Baroque Art period, the period that follows the Renaissance. He picked up where Leonardo da Vinci and Raphael left off with chiaroscuro lighting, and made it bigger, and more dramatic.

A very interesting artist, and one of the greatest painters who ever lived. So few of Michelangelo Caravaggio's paintings exist in America. Unless you are planning a trip to Italy any time soon, go see it in January in our backyard of Chicago!!! If you are going to Italy...then bring me back a David Statuette! Just kidding, but go see this painting.

If Caravaggio is not incentive enough, you also get to see the new Modern Wing of the Art Institute of Chicago. It will blow you away. I will try to arrange a field trip in late January. More information below.

~Miles~

October 10, 2009–January 24, 2010 Gallery 211

This is an extremely rare opportunity to view firsthand one of the most highly regarded paintings by one of the most influential Western artists of all time. There are very few paintings by Caravaggio in American museums, and none that can rival this painting in its immediate impact. The Supper at Emmaus, painted in 1601 for a Roman nobleman, comes from the outset of a new, mature

phase of the master’s career in which he treated great religious subjects with uncompromising realism, while at the same time employing his trademark contrasts of light and dark to great dramatic effect. In this revelatory image, two of Christ’s disciples have just recognized that the stranger at their table is none other than Christ himself, reappearing to them after his death and Resurrection.

The Supper at Emmaus will serve as the centerpiece for a focus installation in Gallery 211 of the Art Institute’s collection of “Caravaggesque” paintings. Caravaggio’s insistence on heightened realism and the sculptural qualities of his figures, often brightly lit against a dark background, are evident in works such as Bartolomeo Manfredi’s Cupid Chastised and Cecco del Caravaggio’s The Resurrection. A gallery brochure will also lead visitors to other galleries where the diffusion of Caravaggio’s style throughout Europe will be immediately apparent in works such as Rembrandt’s Old Man with a Gold Chain and Rubens’s The Capture of Samson.

Jewelry Sale

Please support our Jewelry/Metals students and consider this event for your holiday shopping.

the Kamelian

Please participate
The Kamelian is Kishwaukee College's award winning Literary and Arts magazine meant to showcase the best creative efforts of our students.

Kamelian Entry Form and Guidelines: Coming Soon

Fall KC Student Art Show

Please participate in the Fall KC Student Art Show.
The submission dates for the annual student show for Fall are

• M 11/16 - W 12/2 during the gallery's scheduled hours.

• The show will open T 12/8 and the reception will be W 12/9 2-5 p.m.

• The exhibition will be on display 12/8/09 - 1/28/10, closed over winter break.

• There will also be a second reception in Jan.--as the show will run through that month.

Collegiate Regional Scholarship Competition

Please consider applying

My art show, Transition.

Welcome to my art show called, "Transition." It is in the Doshi Gallery at the Susquehanna Museum of Art, in Harrisburg, PA. If you are at this blog, you probably know I teach 2D art at Kish.

Don't try leaning on paintings at home.

My nephew noticed me right away and told me that Uncle Miles is jumping up and down.

New shirt, tie, and pants.

People at my artist talk.

I called the show "Transition," because I am at a stage in my life, and art, where much is changing.

Visual Effects: 100 years of inspiration

A299 Production Jewelry Class Survey

Click Here to take survey
Please help the students in the A299 Production Jewelry course determine their market for a huge jewelry sale here at KC later in the Fall semester. There are only 8 short questions to answer.

you are invited

Kishwaukee student Marilyn Sjoholm is presenting her latest beaded jewelry designs at the Bliss Bead Studio & Gallery. Please come to the opening event on Thursday September 17th from 4-8PM at 161 E Lincoln Hwy in DeKalb.

Welcome to Art and Kish Fall 2009

Welcome back to Kish. The art faculty have exciting plans for the art department this year and we are looking forward to seeing new and familiar faces. Art is about creating a message, thinking out side of the box, communicating, and having a good time doing it.

This is a blog for Kishwaukee College students and Faculty to have that conversation about art, share ideas, and post events within the department.

Here are some of the core functions of the site:

1. Sharing, discussing, networking, and promoting your art with others.
2. Posting about local art events and meet up groups.
3. Announcements for upcoming events, trips, and opportunities within the Art Department at Kish.
4. Honing your art journalism skills and posting articles, videos, and links about the arts.
5. Participating in a local and online community.

There are also many handy links on the left-hand side filled with tutorials, links to purchase art supplies for cheap, or info about art contests and opportunities. This is your community, so browse, post, comment, and welcome to the Art and Kish Community!

Thanks,

The Kish Art Dept.

Lockery Lotter and pick up Old Portfolios from last Semester!

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

If you haven't picked up your art portfolio from the Spring semester and you want it back, please claim your Art Portfolio the first week of the Fall semester. We must make room for the new semester projects, so all unclaimed artwork will be disposed of if unclaimed soon.

Stay tuned for the Lottery, and Good Luck!

"A Day at the Beach" made in Intro to Visual Art at Kish

If you thought Wolverine, or Star Trek would be the Summer Blockbuster, think again. "A Day at the Beach," is "a work of art," ..."pure cinematic gold," "Aardman...move over, cuz there's a new Daddy in town."

A collaboration in our Art Appreciation class at Kishwaukee College. Each student altered the poses and created the clay actors in our 3rd Intro to Visual Art Production. "A Day At The Beach" is a 3-ring circus of activity. Little did they know a day of the beach would be full of bunnies on the prowl, starfish on the attack, avalanches, and collosal lobster! Next time, better head to the private beach! Enjoy.

Art Gallery Announcement: Pick-up Student Art Dates and Times

The Student Art Show through Commencement on Saturday, May 16 from 10 a.m.-12 p.m.

Ronna will remain at the Gallery from 12-2 p.m. for students to pick up their artwork.
Ronna will also be in the Gallery from 12-4 p.m. on Monday, May 18 and Tuesday, May 19.

Any work not picked up by 4 p.m. on Tuesday, May 19 will be discarded at the Art Department's discretion. The Gallery will not assume responsibility for storage beyond that date.

Thanks to all of you for encouraging your students to enter their artwork into the student exhibitions. We had the largest number of submissions ever for our last show, 120 in all! Let's try to generate even more interest next year.

Ceramics Sale at Kish: A message from the Mudslingers

It's that time of year again. Mudslinger Spring Sale for one day only. May 5, from 11-2. We will be looking forward to seeing you all there. We will have some out doors things, such as, bird houses, bird feeders, and then some bowls, cups, plates.
Thank you for your time,
Tonya Hardy
Pres. of the Mudslingers.

Fall 2009 Art Courses at Kish

Art classes offered for the Fall at Kish

CLICK image to enlarge class list

Pictures from the Steven Hill Workshop at Kish

These are some photos from the Steven Hill Workshop from this past Friday. We are glad so many students were able to watch and participate in this event and benefit from visiting artists we bring to campus. Again, if you want to check out more of his work, visit his website.