Lockers for spring semester

To all of our current art students:
If you currently have a locker and want to keep it for the spring semester (you must be taking a studio art class in the spring) you can reserve it now by emailing artlockers@parkland.edu.  Any lockers not renewed must be cleaned out by the last day of finals Frid., 12/16.  Anything left in the lockers after that time will be disposed of.

Thanks!
The Art Program

                         Click on the cups and watch them dance!

Coffee and Tea, Cups and Dessert Event Tickets on Sale Now!

Tickets are on sale from 11am - 2pm today, Monday, Dec. 5 in the X-wing of the college, credit cards (except for AMEX) accepted! If you are unable to get your ticket today, they may be purchased in the Parkland Art Gallery, through the Fine and Applied Arts office in C120a, or through the Art Gallery office by calling 217/351-2485 or emailing lcostello@parkland.edu.

The event will be held on Thursday, Dec. 8, from 4-7pm in the Art Gallery Lounge at Parkland College

A $30 donation allows you to Choose from among dozens of creative handmade cups donated by Parkland College Ceramics program faculty and students as well as tasty desserts provided by Great Harvest Bread Company and coffee provided by Herriott’s Columbia Street Roastery . Tea will also be served. Guests will appreciate the soothing sounds of Guitar Army while they visit the "State of the Art 2011-2012: National Biennial Ceramics Invitational" exhibit, curated by Suze Lindsay. This exhibit, which runs through February 4, features the work of 10 artists from across the U.S. Many of these works will be available for sale during the event.  To round out the evening’s festivities there will also be a silent auction of both student and faculty ceramic work.
Tickets to the gallery benefit are available for advance purchase; cups will be chosen on a first come first serve basis. All proceeds will support Parkland Art Gallery exhibition.

All Steamed Up - An Invitational holiday teapot show

All Steamed Up - An Invitational holiday teapot show, will be held December 3 - January 21 at Cinema Gallery in Urbana.  Several of our Parkland art instructors, Chris Berti, Laura O'Donnell and Louis Ballard will be participating in what is sure to be a really fun show.  For more information visit http://www.cinemagallery.cc/

PechaKucha Volume 8

Thu, Nov 03, 2011 starting at 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM 

Hear speedy stories, information from adept presenters 

Experience a lightning round of presentations from brilliant (and eclectic) minds when PechaKucha returns to Champaign-Urbana, on Thursday, November 3 at the William M. Staerkel Planetarium. "PechaKucha Volume 8" includes nine diverse speakers telling their stories and sharing their passions. Speakers include Eric Burton, Lisa Bralts-Kelly, Tina Childress, Joanne Manaster, Brian Mertz, Charles Mueller, Tyler Penrod, Nicki Werner, and Sarah Zehr, with Emcee Tim Kuehlhorn. For more information on topics that will be presented, visit the CUDO event page (http://thecudo.org/pecha-kucha-8/).

 

Doors open at 6 p.m.; tickets are $7 and are available for purchase at 40 North or the Parkland Art Gallery. This event is sponsored by the Champaign-Urbana Design Org. (CUDO) and the Parkland Art Gallery.

" McMahan, Monigold, Mulcahy" Show

Our own Parkland art students; Sophie McMahan, Patricia Monigold, and Amanda Mulcahy will be showing their latest work at the Art Coop from October 14 through November 13.  A reception for the artists will be on Friday, October 14, 7-9pm.  We'd love to have you come out and support these hardworking artists!

Lori Larusso to Speak

Artist, Lori Larusso, will be speaking tomorrow (10/6) at 1:15pm in the Art Gallery.  If you are unable to attend this talk you will have another chance to hear her speak that same night during the reception, which runs from 6-8pm in the Art Gallery.  These events are free and open to the public.

Larusso’s paintings contain interior spaces and manicured semi-private outdoor spaces that suggest a relative level of comfort and social acceptance. Confidently defined, the architecture represented through image sometimes confirms and sometimes questions the stability of the situation. The commonality of the image is encouraged by the absence of personal information.Including only necessary information to complete the idea and composition, the edge of the painted image defines the edge of the support. Moving outside of the traditional rectangular format, the interaction of the painting with the wall becomes a relevant aspect to the work.

Negative/positive space issues arise and become significant, as well as actual shadows cast onto the wall from the piece versus painted shadows in the piece. The flat image lends itself to intentionality of mark making. Her representations of generic and stereotypical middle America remind us of the culture we maintain on a daily basis through our every action. Our ideals are often a reflection of the way we wish things were, rather than a product of the way we actually experience them. This conflict is in direct connection to the representational image.

Photography Show Reception

Parkland photography instructor, Craig McMonigal, along with Dr. Ian Wang have co-curated a photography show at the Illini Union Gallery with an opening reception this Friday at 5-7pm. They selected work from their personal collections and have come up with an eclectic mix of known and unknown photographers. Subjects range from still-life, nudes, portraits and landscapes.
Hope to see you there!

Representative from SAIC visiting this Wednesday

Andrea Tarry from School of the Art Institute of Chicago will be visiting campus on Wednesday, September 21st to speak with any interested students about transferring. She is also willing to look at student portfolios. We will be meeting at 4 PM in D017. Any students who might be interested in a BFA would benefit.

We have a couple of art openings to announce this week. If you happen to be in Chicago this weekend, Art & Design instructor, Steve Hudson, will have an opening at the Peter Miller Gallery on Friday, September 9th. Also on September 9, Artisans 10+, which includes several Parkland Art & Design students as well as watercolor instructor, Jamie Kruidenier, will have an opening reception from 6-8pm at the Art Coop in Lincoln Square. Come on out, we'd love to see you!

Lots of Info for the beginning of the semester!!!

There is a lot of information to give out at the beginning of the semester, so here we go...

If you need a locker in the D-building or S-building contact csmith@parkland.edu to register to use one.  You must provide your name, the building you want the locker in, a phone number, and an email account that you can be contacted at.  These lockers are only for students taking art classes!  Lockers are given out on a semester basis so you must contact Cindy at the end of the semester if you are taking an art class the next semester and want to keep the locker, otherwise anything left will be disposed of and the lock changed.

The Art & Design Faculty Show is up and running in the Art Gallery and the reception for that show will be next Thursday, Sept. 1st, from 6 - 8 pm.  Photo/Video instructor Peggy Shaw will be giving an artist talk at 7 p.m. and music will be provided by The Chris Reyman Trio.  The event is free and it's a good way to get to know the faculty.

One of our Parkland art alumni, Bonnie Switzer, is having a show at the Urbana City Building as part of Urbana's "Artist of the Corridor" program. Her paintings will be on display until Sept. 30.  There will be a public reception from 4-5 p.m. on Thurs., September 1. You are invited!!  Also if you are at the Urbana Farmer's Market on Saturdays, the City Building is just across vine street and the building is open on Sat. mornings.


Check back often for more Art & Design News1
 

Parkland College Traveling Art & Design Student Exhibition

Did you miss it the first time? Luckily you have two chances to see the Parkland College Traveling Art and Design Student Exhibition. These are selected works from the Parkland College Art and Design Student Exhibition, many of which were award winners.  The venues the show will be traveling to are: ART COOP, May 20 - July 10 with a reception Friday, May 20, 6-8pm, Art Coop Gallery and Champaign County Nursing Home, July 17 - September 9, reception Sunday July 17, 2:30-4:30pm, CCNH.

Traveling Art, Design Student Traveling Art, Design Student Exhibition

• Art Coop, May 20–July 10 starting at 9am
   Reception: Friday, May 20, 6–8 p.m., Art Coop
• Champaign County Nursing Home, July 17–September 9
   Reception: Sunday, July 17, 2:30–4:30p.m., CCNH

The Parkland Art Gallery proudly announces the Parkland College Traveling Art and Design Exhibition, on display at The Art Coop from May 20 through June 26 and, in modified version, at the Champaign County Nursing Home from July 17 through September 9. The exhibition is free and open to the public.

A reception for participating artists will be held at The Art Coop on Friday, May 20 from 6 to 8 p.m. in Lincoln Square Mall in Urbana. A Sunday afternoon reception will also be held at the Champaign County Nursing Home from 2:30 to 4:30 p.m. on July 17. The receptions are also free to the public.

Comprised of works produced in Parkland Art and Design classes within the last year, this traveling exhibit was originally part of the Parkland College Art and Design Student Juried Exhibition; these works were selected for inclusion due to their exceptional strength and variety. Art Gallery Director Lisa Costello said the traveling exhibit affords the gallery “an opportunity to be able to bring the artwork to locations around the community for people who might not otherwise be able to come to our campus.”

“The Art Coop has had a long tradition of supporting artists by providing quality art supplies in the area, and the exhibition space that they have created in their new store is a wonderful venue in which to highlight our student artwork,” Costello said. “We are also looking forward to having the show travel to the Champaign County Nursing Home.”

This exhibit also allows Parkland to recognize, support, and celebrate its most recent student artistic accomplishments and to illustrate the wide range of media explored while taking courses in Photography, Painting, Drawing, Metals, Sculpture, Three-Dimensional Design, Two-Dimensional Design, Color Theory, and Ceramics.

Laura Reiss of Champaign, a participating student artist, says she is looking forward to being involved in the exhibit because her grandmother is a CCNH resident. “I was thrilled to get an award, and I am really pleased that my grandma will be able to see the work in person,” Reiss said.

Other participating artists include Ray Arseneau (Champaign), Marilyn Blanzy (Champaign), Jill Bullington (Urbana), Christy Camarca (Savoy), Jamal Carter (Champaign), Nathan Cooper (Champaign), Kirbi Eckerty (Monticello), Hannah Eisenmann (Champaign), Shawn Fairchild (Champaign), Christopher Faller (Champaign), Boston Fleener (Farmer City), Divina M. Fourman (Champaign), Benji Frazzetto (Champaign), Judy Jones (Champaign), Kayla Haggart (Champaign), Sumi Han (Champaign), Hyojin Jang (Champaign), Dusten Jenkins (Champaign), Sergio Juan (Urbana), Anora Johnson (Urbana), Yun Ju Kim (Champaign), Tammala King (Tolono), Nathan Kinsella (Urbana), Yuli Lee (Farmer City), Sean Mauney (Sadorus), Sophie McMahan (Champaign), Patricia Monigold (Champaign), Amanda Mulcahy (Champaign), J. Nesvacil (Rantoul), Brittany Norman (Mahomet), Dimitri Polychronopoulos (Urbana), Yumi Ra (Savoy), Erin Rogers (Sadorus), Nichole Sexton (Champaign), Hyunju Shin (Champaign), Eric Shine (Urbana), Justyna Sokolska (Champaign), Liddia Stevens (Urbana), Harold Tindle (Monticello), Jennifer Tull (Urbana), and Amy Wagner (Champaign).

Art Coop summer hours are Monday-Saturday, 9 a.m.-6 p.m.; it is closed on Sundays. This program is partially supported by a grant from the Illinois Arts Council, a state agency. For more information, call Lisa Costello, Parkland Art Gallery director, at 217/351-2486.

 

 

Locker Clean-Out This Week

All lockers must be cleaned out by Friday, May 13th!  If you are taking a summer art class and want to keep your locker you must contact Cindy Smith at csmith@parkland.edu before the 13th to have her reassign it to you.

Thanks and have a great summer!

Announcement of Awards and Participants

Parkland College Art and Design Student Juried Exhibition 2011

April 11 – April 30, 2011

AWARDS

During the celebration, a number of awards and three art scholarships were presented. This includes the Don Lake Art Scholarship that was awarded to Eric Shine (Urbana), who also received a scholarship to attend a workshop at Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts in Tennessee; and the Underwood-Alger Art Scholarship, which was awarded to Sergio Juan (Urbana). Monetary awards included the Dr. David M. and Shirley A. Jones Student Art Award for a work of outstanding artistic achievement given to Sophie McMahan (Champaign); the Parkland President’s Award went to Yuli Lee (Champaign); the FAA Chair Award for Excellence went to Yumi Ra (Savoy); two Faculty Awards were given to Yun Ju Kim (Champaign) and Christopher Faller (Champaign); the Metals Award of Artistic Distinction went to Erin Rogers (Sadorus); and the Art Coop Award went to Amanda Mulcahy (Champaign). There was also be several purchase awards for artwork to be included in the Parkland College’s Permanent Collection; these awards went to Jill Bullington (Urbana), Christy Camarca (Savoy), Dusten Jenkins (Champaign), Amanda Mulcahy (Champaign), J. Nesvacil (Rantoul), and Dimitri Polychronopoulos (Urbana). A Parkland College Library Purchase Award went to Liddia Stevens. Merit Awards were also given for excellent work. These awards included: Marilyn Blanzy (Champaign), Richard Burkhardt (Urbana), Kirbi Eckerty (Monticello), Hannah Eisenmann (Champaign), Christopher Faller (Champaign), Boston Fleener (Farmer City), Benji Frazzetto (Champaign), Kayla Haggart (Champaign), Sumi Han (Champaign), Hyojin Jang (Champaign), Anora Johnson (Urbana), Sergio Juan (Urbana), Tammala King (Tolono), Nathan Kinsella (Urbana), Yuli Lee (Champaign), Sean Mauney (Sadorus), Patricia Monigold (Champaign), Brittany Norman (Mahomet), Dimitri Polychronopoulos (Urbana), Laura Reiss (Champaign), Nichole Sexton (Champaign), Hyunju Shin (Champaign), Eric Shine (Urbana), Harold Tindle (Monticello), and Jennifer Tull (Urbana).

PARTICIPANTS

Champaign

Ray Arseneau, Jenny Barrett, John Bergee, Marilyn Blanzy, Christina Bonse, Holly Bradshaw, Jamal Carter, Kaixi Chen, Nathan Cooper, Jane Desmond, Kyle Dunn, Christopher Faller, Matthew Farrell, Victor Feldman, Boston Fleener, Divina M. Fourman, Benji Frazzetto, Tianshi Fu, Joan Gary, Erin Gleason, Kayla Haggart, Sumi Han, Alexandra Hughes, Hyojin Jang, Dusten Jenkins, Linda Jordan, Rashmi Kapoor, Yun Ju Kim, Jamie Kurth, Hyokwon Kwak, Clare Margiotta, Sophie McMahan, Patricia Monigold, Amanda Mulcahy, John Nine, Eunsook Park, Ruta Rauber, Laura Reiss, Alishia Reynolds, Michael Reynolds, Ann Rund, Keith Schinkoeth, Marjory Seitz, Nichole Sexton, Hyunju Shin, Caroline Smith, Sara Taber, Joseph Talavera, Linda Weiner, Marilyn Wendler.

Elliott

Kaytlin Mott.

Farmer City

Staci Gardner, Yuli Lee.

Gillman

Ryland Snow.

Mahomet

Haley Burnett, Sarah Holt, Suzanne Lowry, Rie Matsul, Brittany Norman, Samantha Wonderlich.

Monticello

Kirbi Eckerty, Susan Seibert, Harold Tindle.

Ogden

Lindsey Davis, Amy Wagner.

Pesotum

Mara LaPayne.

Potomac

Ashley Melloncamp.

Rantoul

J. Nesvacil, Mary Ridinger.

Sadorus

Sean Mauney, Erin Rogers.

Saint Joseph

Josh Doniek.

Savoy

Christy Camarca, YunJoo Choi, Cortney Eisenmann, Barbara England, Keiko Newlin, Yumi Ra.

Sidney

Joyce Bagwell.

Thomasboro

Todd Keller.

Tolono

Tammala King.

Urbana

Tredway Bart, Jill Bullington, Richard Burkhardt, William Campo, Mohamed Dardiri, Edward Evans, Shawn Fairchild, Michael Fuerst, Anora Johnson, Judy Jones, Sergio Juan, Nathan Kinsella, Brandi Lewis, Chih-Wen Lin, Zoe Mann, Ana Sofia Navarro, Dimitri Polychronopoulos, Lauren Shafer, Eric Shine, Justyna Sokolska, Liddia Stevens, Sidney Stevens, Kalyani Tavisala, Jennifer Tull.

Art & Design Student Juried Exhibition Reception

Join in the fun on Thursday evening from 6 - 8pm when we host the Art & Design Student Juried Exhibition reception. There will be food, music and lots of chances to talk to the artists. At 7pm we will present the awards and announce the scholarship recipients for this year.

Call for Entries!!

The Art & Design Program will be accepting entries Monday - Thursday, March 28 through March 31 for their annual Art & Design 2011 Student Juried Exhibition.  Entries will be received from 10 am to 4 pm.  To find out where to drop off your work and for a complete list of entry requirements visit http://artgallery.parkland.edu/enterstudent.html

Artist lecture in the Art Gallery tomorrow

Don Lake, professor emeritus, and Jamie Kruidenier, current Parkland watercolor instructor will be discussing the works displayed in the State of the Art 2011: National Biennial Watercolor Exhibition at 3 p.m on Wednesday, March 2, in the Parkland Art Gallery. This event is free and open to the public.

Parkland Photography Student Wins First Place In Competition!

Congratulations to Parkland Photography Student, Dustin Jenkins, for winning first place in the "Manipulated Images" category in the Best in Show Photographic Print Competition.  This competition was sponsored by the Urbana Park District, the Campaign County Camera Club and the News-Gazette.

Parkland Photography Students Exhibiting Work!

Three of our current photography students; Jill Burlington, Dustin Jenkins, and Justin Hood, have works in  "Where We Live" an exhibition of Black and White Photography, currently on display at the Art Coop Gallery in Urbana.  This exhibit will be on display at the Art Coop until March 31, 2011. 

Curator to give talk in Art Gallery today

Thursday, February 17
11:00am in the gallery
An Insider's View on the Secret World of Jurying: Professionalism and the Art World

Chalen Phillips, Curator of Collections at the Springfield Museum and juror for the 2009 Watercolor U.S.A. Exhibtion, will give his perspective on the process of selecting judges, selecting artworks, and the importance of professionalism for the artist.

New Art & Design Class Videos

Interested in taking 2-D Design (ART121) and don't really know what it's all about?  Check out this video.
Videos about other classes we offer can be found at http://faa.parkland.edu/art-design/curriculum.html

"Divergent Paths" at Cinema Gallery

‎"Divergent Paths", a group show featuring Parkland Art Instructor, Jamie Kruidenier, as well as several current and past Parkland watercolor students, is currently on display at the Cinema Gallery. The show will run until February 26. For more information visit, http://www.cinemagallery.cc/

February 25th is the Art & Design scholarship deadline!

If you are interested in applying for one of the Art & Design scholarships offered this spring, you must turn in your paperwork to Joan Stolz, room D-025, no later than February 25, 2011. 

Underwood-Alger Scholarship
Awarded on the basis of merit to a full-time student majoring in art and design.  The scholarship - approximately $1,700 per year - covers tuition, fees, and books.

Don Lake Art Scholarship
Awarded on the basis of merit to any student pursuing a four =-year degree in an art field of study.  Full-time students must have completed at least one semester of art studio courses in Parkland College's Art and Design program.  Part-time students must have completed nine credit hours, including at least two art courses within the Parkland Art and Design program.  Covers tuition and fees for two art studio courses, plus an art supplies stipend for each art studio class.  This award must be used during the following fall semester.

Statments and portfolios (of at leat 12 pieces) due February 25, 2011.

For more information, please contact Joan Stolz (D025) or Denise Seif (D030)

Would you like to learn to photograph Artwork?

Photography instructor, Bryan Heaton, will be giving a demo/lecture on photographing artwork, Friday, February 11 from 10 a.m. – 12 p.m., in room D-021.

This event is free and open to all art students.