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.

Writing Lab Hours

Writing Lab Hours for the Semester:  The Writing Lab (in D120) is a free drop-in service for students, staff, and faculty at Parkland.  In the Writing Lab, English faculty help you with all kinds of writing tasks: understanding assignments, brainstorming for ideas, outlining information, creating drafts, developing proofreading skills, and documenting sources.   They have computers you can use to revise your work and lots of free handouts and magazines if you're interested. Everyone is welcome.  This semester, the Writing Lab's hours are Mondays through Thursdays from 9 a.m. to 5:50 p.m. and Fridays from 9 a.m. to 1:50 p.m. 

20% art supply discount at the Art Coop!

Monday through Wednesday of this week the Art Coop is offering a 20% discount on art supplies.  The  discount is good on all our regularly priced merchandise, and cannot be
used on  kits, photo products, or sale items.

Enter the 2011 Illinois Community College Juried Exhibition

2011 Illinois Community College Juried Exhibition:
$300 Juror's choice award and seven merit awards of $100 each.
Open to students currently enrolled in an Illinois Community or Junior College and their artwork that was completed from August 2009 to present.  For more information visit http://www.govst.edu/cas/gallery/default.aspx?id=39181 .

New This Spring- Studio Photography Course

ART 130 Studio Photography
3 - 5:45 p.m.
Mon & Weds


This course is a study in studio lighting techniques used in photography.  Hands-on experience working in a studio environment will provide creative opportunities to work in areas such as still life, portrait, and commercial work.  ART 128 - Digital Photography is a prerequisite for this class.

Art gallery wins IL museum association awards

The Parkland Art Gallery recently won two awards from the Illinois Association of Museums (IAM) for materials surrounding the 2010 National Ceramics Biennial Invitational. 

The Award of Excellence was presented to the gallery for the 2010 National Ceramics Biennial Invitational catalogue that accompanied it's exhibition of the same title.  Parkland also earned the IAM Award of Merit for an episode of the Parkland Channel (PCTV) program "For Arts' Sake" which spotlighted this year's ceramics invitational.  The awards were presented at the IAM Conference in Naperville on November 4.  The association gives Awards of Excellence for creative and professional works that use available resources and meet professional standards.

Local Artists Give Lecture!

Want to know how to start marketing your artwork online but don't know how to do it?  This Thursday, Nov. 4th at 7 p.m. local artists, Shoshanna Bauer, Matt Wondra and Phil Strang will give you tips on how to approach online marketing.  The lecture will be held at the Architecture building, 608 E. Lorado Taft Dr., Temple Buell Architecture gallery.  This lecture is free.