Wednesday, December 9, 2009
Preregistered students, have you paid your tuition?
The last day for preregistered students to pay for reserved courses is Tuesday, December 15. If you have not paid by that date you will be dropped from your courses and will have to reregister. Some classes have people waiting to get in so please don't lose your spot because of failure to pay by the deadline.
Tuesday, December 8, 2009
Finald Exams Next Week!
Don't forget, finals are next week! To see the final exam schedule click on
http://your.parkland.edu/Media/Website%20Resources/PDF/classSchedule/fallschedule.pdf#page=88
Thursday, December 3, 2009
Art gallery reception tonight!
"Indirect Objects: Captured Identities" will be on display from Monday, November 30 through Saturday, February 6 at the Parkland Art Gallery. An artists' reception on Thursday, December 3 from 6 to 8 p.m. in the gallery lounge will feature a gallery talk at 7 p.m. by Springfield artist Liz Murphy Thomas and music by the Valentine All-Stars. Refreshments will be provided.
"Indirect Objects: Captured Identities" includes four artists from around the country: Stafford Hiroshi Smith (Lewisburg, Penn.), Judith Sol-Dyess (Chicago), Liz Murphy Thomas (Springfield, Ill.), and Vaughn Wascovich (Commerce, Tex.). Inherent in their works is the process of documenting how we choose to identify ourselves through clothes, environment, and the architecture that we inhabit. These photographers seem linked both by an interest in using the camera to capture 'constructed identities' we attribute to our character and by being able to interpret social culture in a variety of environments.
Artists in this exhibit also take a contemporary approach to photography, working with issues in their own time frame to engage the world in which they live. Smith's photos depict interpersonal relationships within a family; his latest work reveals an examination of American families and seeks to redefine the family portrait. Wascovich focuses on the physical landscape of higher education. The academic environment is a place for searching for knowledge unhampered by commercial responsibility and full of opportunity. His photographing of these locations without the students and faculty gives the viewer pause: The emptiness and captured light augment a subtle beauty and hopefulness.
Thomas's photos document Alzheimer's patients and their shadowboxes; their artwork allows the viewer to understand the impact of this disease more than any clinical diagnosis ever could. In another series, Thomas explores how the objects we buy make statements about us. She visually records the backs of cars covered with bumper stickers as portraits of their prospective owners. Judith Sol-Dyess takes into account the residents of the Lawson House YMCA in Chicago, which houses primarily low-income and formerly homeless individuals.
"Indirect Objects: Captured Identities" includes four artists from around the country: Stafford Hiroshi Smith (Lewisburg, Penn.), Judith Sol-Dyess (Chicago), Liz Murphy Thomas (Springfield, Ill.), and Vaughn Wascovich (Commerce, Tex.). Inherent in their works is the process of documenting how we choose to identify ourselves through clothes, environment, and the architecture that we inhabit. These photographers seem linked both by an interest in using the camera to capture 'constructed identities' we attribute to our character and by being able to interpret social culture in a variety of environments.
Artists in this exhibit also take a contemporary approach to photography, working with issues in their own time frame to engage the world in which they live. Smith's photos depict interpersonal relationships within a family; his latest work reveals an examination of American families and seeks to redefine the family portrait. Wascovich focuses on the physical landscape of higher education. The academic environment is a place for searching for knowledge unhampered by commercial responsibility and full of opportunity. His photographing of these locations without the students and faculty gives the viewer pause: The emptiness and captured light augment a subtle beauty and hopefulness.
Thomas's photos document Alzheimer's patients and their shadowboxes; their artwork allows the viewer to understand the impact of this disease more than any clinical diagnosis ever could. In another series, Thomas explores how the objects we buy make statements about us. She visually records the backs of cars covered with bumper stickers as portraits of their prospective owners. Judith Sol-Dyess takes into account the residents of the Lawson House YMCA in Chicago, which houses primarily low-income and formerly homeless individuals.
Artist talk - 1pm today!
Liz Murphy Thomas will provide an in-depth discussion about her work and experience as an artist. Thomas, an assistant professor of Graphic Design/Digital Media at the University of Illinois at Springfield, received her MFA from Maryland Institute College of Art in 2003 and has exhibited her work at numerous art venues including the Los Angeles Center for Digital Art; Fox Gallery in Baltimore, Maryland; and Lush Gallery in Gainesville, Florida.
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