Art
Marissa Halderman ’09 Achieves Early Success in the World of Art
By Margie Peterson The ink was barely dry on her Lafayette diploma when Marissa Halderman ’09 sold her first painting to a private collector for $1,500. The piece was part of an exhibition at Pittsburgh Center for the Arts in fall 2010. The show featured her work and that of her late great-grandfather, Maxo Vanka, [...]
Lara Maggin ’13 Gets Taste of Frenetic Pace of TV Production on Set of Anderson
Growing up, lots of kids dream of working in the movies or television, but few are prepared for the long hours and frenetic pace of production. After her alumni-hosted externship on Anderson Cooper’s daytime talk show Anderson in New York City, Lara Maggin ’13 (Greenwich, Conn.) can’t get enough. Over winter break, Kyle MacLelland ’11, [...]
Art by Curlee Holton Featured in Smithsonian Traveling Exhibit and Morris Art Museum
Two pieces of art by Curlee Raven Holton have been included in a Smithsonian Institution traveling exhibition, African American art 1950-Present, and Celebrating our Legacy at the Morris Art Museum in Morris, N.J. Holton’s large-format 1993 etching “Bred for Pleasure” will be part of the Smithsonian exhibit, as well as the permanent collections of the [...]
Art Professor Nestor Gil Asks Students to Test the Limits of Their Creative Process
In his studio at the Williams Visual Arts Building, Nestor Gil is seated in front of a window typing furiously on a laptop as the Bushkill Creek drifts past his view on a bright December day. “I’m writing semester evaluations for my students,” explains Gil, assistant professor of art. “It’s something my professors did for me [...]
Floating Elephants: Students Install Temporary Sculpture in Farinon
Students in the Dynamics of Sculpture course installed giant, floating elephants in Farinon College Center as their final class project. Taught by Nestor Gil, assistant professor of art, the course teaches the foundation of basic sculptural techniques, materials, and creativity in the studio and is open to students of all majors. This photo gallery chronicles [...]
Lafayette Will Infuse the Arts Throughout Curriculum with Mellon Foundation Support
With major support from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, Lafayette’s vision of infusing the arts throughout the curriculum will become a reality. The foundation has awarded a grant of $800,000 to support the College’s Global Arts Infusion and Visiting Artists Initiative. The key objectives are to integrate further the performing and visual arts throughout the [...]
Students Experience the Connections between Art and Social Issues at O+ Festival
When Jim Toia attended the first O+ Festival last year, he knew it would be a great place to showcase his students’ work while opening their eyes to the power of street art and certain grim economic realities. Held in the scenic enclave of Kingston, N.Y., the one-of-a-kind festival allows uninsured artists and musicians to [...]
Photo Galleries: Poet Jayne Cortez and Artist Clifford Charles Work with Students
South African artist Clifford Charles and poet and film director Jayne Cortez visited campus last week for a series of student workshops, poetry readings, and lectures. Their residencies were made possible by Lafayette’s David L. Sr. and Helen J. Temple Visiting Artist Fund and the African studies program. Clifford Charles Jayne Cortez The David L. [...]
Alumni Arts Institute: Grads Show Students the Secret to Their Success
The career path of an artist is full of unknowns—and that’s as it should be, accomplished poet and painter Ross Gay ’96 told Lafayette art students when he visited campus this semester. Gay was one of six graduates who returned to their alma mater to take part in the inaugural session of the Alumni Arts [...]
Danielle Sobol ’12 Finds the Connections Between Art and Science
By Michele Tallarita ’12 Danielle Sobol ’12 is concerned with liminalities. “A liminality is an in-between state. A liminal being could be an adolescent, in between a child and an adult,” she says. “In a lot of urban-fantasy novels, there are worlds that are in between reality and mythology.” Sobol (Wall, N.J.) is exploring liminalities [...]
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