Eric Shine in News-Gazette

Check out the great article that was in the News-Gazette yesterday about Parkland Art & Design student, Eric Shine. Eric's work is currently on display in the Gallery Lounge display case.
http://www.news-gazette.com/arts-entertainment/local/2013-10-20/parkland-student-learned-make-do-%E2%80%94-and-make-art-%E2%80%94-africa.html

Artist Lecture to be given by Art & Design student Eric Shine

Artist Lecture:

Thursday, October 10
12-1pm
In the Art Gallery

Eric Shine is a current Fine Arts student at Parkland College. In 2011, Eric was awarded the Don Lake Art Scholarship and the Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts Scholarship. That summer Eric traveled to Arrowmont in the foothills of the Great Smokey Mountains to attend a week-long workshop in resin casting. Asking himself, “Why not?” He encased a raw slab of bacon in resin. This piece won a Merit Award in the 2012 Governor’s State Community College Juried Art Exhibition.

Always the curious learner, Eric traveled to Guinea, West Africa to learn traditional lost-wax bronze casting through Antioch University. For six months Eric apprenticed with master caster, Sekou Berete. 

Join us and  listen as Eric shares his experience traveling and working in Guinea, West Africa.

Celebrate Our Progress!!!

Department of Fine and Applied Arts Construction Celebration and Beam Signing:

Join us in celebrating the construction of expanded facilities for our performing and visual arts. 
Wednesday, September 18, 2013
4-7pm - Brief ceremony at 5:30pm
C4 parking lot

Enjoy Refreshments, demonstrations and performances, and be sure to sign your name to a commemorative beam that will help support the structure.
This event is free and open to the public.

2013 Art & Design Faculty Exhibition

If you haven't already stopped by the Art Gallery to see the Parkland Art & Design Faculty Exhibition be sure to get in soon. The show closes on Saturday Sept. 21.

Ceramics Instructor, Louis Ballard, to show work

The exhibition "Ethereal Enigmas" at the Alley Gallery will open Thursday, with the artists' reception from 6 to 9 that evening.

The exhibit features two artists' works: abstract, highly textured paintings by Hayley Sutton, formerly of Rossville and currently working in San Francisco; and ceramic vessels by Native American Louis Ballard.

The Alley Gallery exhibit will be on view through Aug. 25 inside the offices of Crose Insurance, 113 N. Vermilion St., Danville. Hours for the gallery are noon to 4 p.m. Tuesdays and Thursdays, or by appointment.

Parkland Art Gallery Scholarship and Award Winners!

The Parkland Art Gallery proudly announces the scholarship and award winners of its 2013 Art and Design Student Juried Exhibition, on display in the gallery through May 4.

The exhibition comprises student pieces produced in Parkland Art and Design classes within the last year, featuring Photography, Painting, Drawing, Metals, Sculpture, Three-Dimensional Design, Two-Dimensional Design, Color Theory, and Ceramics course work. Members of Parkland’s art faculty selected exhibit works from approximately 300 submissions. Students, faculty, and the public can see the strength and quality of the artwork chosen, demonstrating tenacity and commitment, and revealing the development of critical thinking and visual perception.

During the exhibit reception held April 11, scholarships were presented to the following art and design students. The Underwood-Alger Art Scholarship was awarded to Arwen Sabas of Champaign; the Don Lake Art Scholarship, to Catherine Cruickshank of Urbana; the Robert Ralph Ford Memorial Scholarship, to Joseph Asselin of Champaign; and the Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts Scholarship, to Ruta Rauber of Champaign.

Monetary awards presented included the Dr. David M. and Shirley A. Jones Student Art Award for work of outstanding artistic achievement, given to Jamie Hedrick (Rantoul); the Parkland President’s Award to Saeree Kim (Urbana); the Blair Kling Award to Melody Bilbo (Champaign); the Fine and Applied Arts Chair Award for Excellence to Megan Mercier (Mahomet); the Art and Design Faculty Award to Megan Hinds (Champaign); the Metals Award of Artistic Distinction to Eric Wildhagen (Champaign); and the Art Coop Award to Julia Galaway (Monticello).

Purchase awards for artwork to be included in the Parkland College Permanent Collection went to: Crystal Day (Gibson City), Drew Dunham (Monticello), Mark Jagodzinski (Champaign), Suzanne Lowry (Mahomet), and Elizabeth Neathery (DeLand). Abigail Eichstedt (Mahomet) received the Parkland College Library Purchase Award.

Merit Awards for outstanding work went to the following students: Taylor Braasch (Saybrook), Kam Yan Chan (Champaign), Donna Chapel (Champaign), Carmen Egolf (Savoy), Benji Frazzetto (Champaign), Colleen Freund (Champaign), Julia Galaway (Monticello), Cassandra Goethe (Mahomet), Nic Hansen (Champaign), Justin Novak (Urbana),  Eunsook Park (Champaign), Haedeun Park (Champaign), Ruta Rauber (Champaign), Viviane Rezende (Urbana), Erin Rogers (Sadorus), Karen Scott (Villa Grove), Al Tindle (Monticello), Bart Tredway  (Urbana), and Henry Wilkinson (Monticello).

Art and Design Student Exhibition Participants:

Bement:  Gary Price

Bondville:        Brittany Hardy

Champaign:     Muhammad Ahmad, Ray Arseneau, Joseph Asselin, Angela Barajas, Arrmia Benton, Melody Bilbo, Marilyn Blanzy-Myers, Kam Yan Chan, Donna Chapel, Haley Cox, Anthony Cutforth, Victor Feldman, Donald Ferguson, Rachel Flood, Divina Fourman, Benji Frazzetto, Colleen Freund, Joan Gary, Pavithran Golconda, Nicholas Hansen, Kelsey Heckman, Megan Hinds, Mark Jagodzinski, Linda R. Jordan, Rashmi Kapoor, Lauren Leohner, Jennifer Lewis, Clare Margiotta, Patricia Monigold, Eunsook Park, Haedeun Park, Ruta Rauber, Feby Riani, Arwen Sabas, Emily Sur, Sara Taber, Yang Tai, Joseph Talavera, Linda Weiner, Marilyn Wendler, Eric Wildhagen, and Travis Wiley.

Danville:          Kelly Acton

Decatur:          Daniel  Buckley

DeLand:          Elizabeth Neathery

Fairmount:      Chloe Vecellio

Gibson City:   Crystal Day

Mahomet:       Briana  Broihahn, Rich Crawford, Abigail Eichstedt, Cassandra Goethe, Suzanne Lowry, Ashleigh Martin, Megan Mercier, Angela Norman, Brittany Norman, Jeramy       Sides, June Volkening

Mansfield:       Katherine Baker

Milford:          Molly Murray

Monticello:     Drew Dunham, Julia Galaway, Makenzie Hryhorysak, Junsara King, Al Tindle, and Henry Wilkinson

Newman:         James Rigdon

Ogden:             Scott Hunter

Onarga:            Julio Gaytan

Pesotum:         Mara LaPayne, Madelyn Witruk

Philo:               Jessica Adrian

Rantoul:          Jamie Hedrick

Sadorus:          Erin Rogers

Saint Joseph:   Sylvia Eaton

Savoy:              Alex Danner, Margarita Dmitrieva, Carmen Egolf, Katrina Reed

Saybrook:        Taylor Braasch

Seymour:         Hannah Watson

Teutopolis:     Angela Worman

Tolono:           Stacey Kinney

Urbana:           Chang Bao, William Campo, Catherine Cruickshank, Michael Fuerst, Peter Garrett, Anisha Gupta, Sergio Juan Diego, Lori Kendall, Saeree Kim, Justin Novak, Carol Schmidt, Bart Tredway, HaNa Won, Viviane Rezende

Villa Grove: Karen Scott

White Heath:   Dillon Knapp

Life Drawing Class Fieldtrip

The Parkland ART 221 Figure Drawing class at a recent trip to the Chicago Art Institute Print and Drawing Study Room. Looking cold but happy!

Congratulations to Parkland's talented faculty member, Peggy Shaw. Her work, "Hover," is being featured as part of the 40 North 88 West "Sky Gallery!" You can see it at Hwy 45, 200ft north of Curtis Rd.

“Hover is a series of deep portraits exploring both the physical and spiritual presence of a person in solitude, and the threshold between the observer and the observed. With the selective clarity of deep ice, these anonymous portraits are a membrane that absorbs the coming together of fact, imagination, and memory." Peggy is an Associate Professor in Photography/Video.

The canvas print features an original oil on canvas painted by John Ekstrom in 2003, which is part of Parkland College's Art Collection.  It entered the collection as a gift of the Illinois Capital Development Board, Art in Architecture Program.  The original painting currently hangs in the D-wing for public viewing.  


We are selling the print for $150 and in a limited edition of 100.  Proceeds will benefit the care of Parkland College's Permanent Art Collection.  The print measures 24" x 36" x 1.5" and is ready to hang. If you are interested in purchasing a print contact the Parkland Art Gallery by phone at 351-2485 or email at ParklandArtGallery@parkland.edu.

Artisans 10+

Artisans 10+ will be presenting an art show at Art Coop in Lincoln
Square from March 8 to April 5.  The opening reception is on Friday,
March 8 from 5:30 to 7:00 p.m.. 

Many of the artists in this show are Parkland Art & Design Alumni.

Artist Reception for John Ekstrom This Thursday

Check out the article featuring John Ekstrom that was in the News Gazette then come meet him in person at an artist reception on Thursday, February 14, 6-8 pm. There will be a gallery talk by Ekstrom at 7 p.m. and music by Parkland College Guitar Ensemble. 

 

Originally from Chicago, Ekstrom received both his BFA and MFA from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. He lived in Paris for a number of years prior to joining the faculty at Parkland College, where he taught painting, drawing, and figure drawing from 1979 through 2001. Ekstrom considers himself first and foremost a teacher and has influenced many Parkland alumni and artists in the community with his talent, energy and humor. Since retiring, he continues his art practice and travels frequently to southern California, a source of inspiration for much of his newer work. The retrospective will include artworks that have been produced throughout his artistic career and will feature work on paper as well as paintings. 

 

Ekstrom will give an additional talk and drawing demonstration on Tuesday, February 19 at 1:15 pm in the Gallery. 

These events are free and open to the public.