August 8, 2006
College to house monthly art exhibits in new Minneart Center for the Art’s Gallery
What: Monthly Art Exhibits at South Puget Sound Community College’s Kenneth J.
Minnaert Center for the Art’s Gallery
When: September 2006- May 2007, Tuesday - Saturday, 12-5 p.m., and during all
performances
Where: Art Gallery, Kenneth J. Minnaert Center for the Arts, South Puget Sound
Community College
Admission: Free
OLYMPIA – South Puget Sound Community College will be hosting a wide variety of art exhibits this year in the new Kenneth J. Minnaert Center for the Art’s gallery space, presented alongside their 2006-2007 Arts and Lecture Series. Exhibits will be rotating monthly and are scheduled as follows:
- September: Del Lusk (Spokane) photography
- Inspired by Ansel Adams, Del’s silver gelatin prints are dark black-and-white interpretations of landscapes and still-lifes that draw the viewer into an alternate world.
- October: Greg Lukens (Olympia) oil and acrylic painting
- Derived from the traditions and methods of religious and popular iconography, as well as historical and political paintings, Greg’s work explores the relationship between given images, language and philosophical assumptions in our highly individualized society. Reception October 6, 2006, 7-9 p.m.
- November: Deon Matzen (Whidbey Island) oil painting
- An art teacher at Skagit Valley College’s South Whidbey Campus and holding a fine arts degree from Seattle Pacific University, Deon was inspired to switch from watercolor to oil after a year of travel in China. Here she found this new medium to be an accurate tool in painting China’s traditional rammed earth houses which have since become a theme in her work. Reception November 3, 2006, 7-9 p.m.
- December: Rosemary Powelson (Longview) mixed media collage
- Rosemary’s work is made with a diverse mix of materials including photograps, hand drawings, copies, magazines, fabrics and found objects. Her work has been inspired by the colors and textures of the Middle East and age-old polarities of east/west, male/female, and dawn/dusk. Reception December 8, 2006, 7-9 p.m.
- January: Second Annual Regional Juried Art Exhibit
- This exhibit showcases the abundant talent found in this region. Jurors choose from submitted works, and one artist is chosen for the Jurors Award. The winner is awarded a solo exhibit in the gallery during the next year. Reception January 5, 2007, 7-9 p.m.
- February: Faith Hagenhofer (Tenino) fiber art
- A grandchild of immigrants, an emigrant of New York City and a Thurston County resident for 25 years, Faith uses her work to explore the concept of migration and its multi-faceted cultural implications. Reception February 9, 2007, 7-9 p.m.
- March: Alec Clayton (Olympia) oil painting
- Both abstract and formalist, Alec’s paintings pair stark moments of movement and struggle in nature with form-constraining patterns of checkerboards, stripes, or dots. Reception March 9, 2007, 7-9 p.m.
- April: Puget Sound Sumi Artists (greater Puget Sound area)
- Sumi painting and Asian calligraphy-- the more than 70 members of PSSA are amateur and professional artists exhibiting differing works ranging from traditional to contemporary in style. Reception April 6, 2007, 7-9 p.m.
- May: Annual Student Art Exhibit (South Puget Sound Community College
- Student work chosen by art faculty from the wide variety of visual art classes taught throughout the school year. Reception May 4, 2007, 7-9 p.m.
All exhibits will be open for viewing at the Minneart Center art gallery from 12-5 p.m. Tuesday-Saturday and during all performances taking place in the theaters. Admission is free.
For more information, visit http://www.spscc.ctc.edu/CFA/.