Art
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 [...]
Photography by Art Students and Professors Part of Lehigh Valley InVision Exhibits
Photography by art professors Karina Skvirsky and Greta Brubaker, Imogen Cain ’12 (Perkasie, Pa.), and Jack Fedak IV ’13 (Boulder, Colo.) is being featured in exhibits this month as part of the InVision: Month of Photography in the Lehigh Valley, sponsored by ArtsQuest. Skvirsky and Brubaker are showing work in the Spectrum exhibition running through Nov. 20 at [...]
Re-Imagining Othello in Venice: Two Professors and Berrisford Boothe ’83 Collaborate to Create 10 Etchings
Working in the very city where the character Othello struggled against racial hostility, Curlee Holton has created a series of 10 images re-imagining Shakespeare’s character in the context of contemporary awareness of issues of race, identity, and culture. Holton, Roth Professor of Art and founding director of the Experimental Printmaking Institute (EPI), made the Othello [...]
College Will Host International Conference on Nazi-Looted Art Oct. 26-28
Lafayette will host an international conference Oct. 26-28 exploring the global, historical, ethical, and legal issues surrounding Nazi-looted art during World War II. The conference is organized by Diane Cole Ahl, Rothkopf Professor of Art History, Rado Pribic, Williams Professor of Languages and chair of international affairs, and EXCEL Scholar Rachel Davidson ’13 (Bethesda, Md.), [...]
Students Stretch Artistic Limits through Creative and Performing Arts Fellowship Program
Artistic creations often exist as lasting monuments to their creators, and each year, a select group of students gets an exciting opportunity to leave their own stamp on the College’s vibrant art community. Now in its third year, the Creative and Performing Arts (CaPA) Fellowship supports students in turning their artistic visions into realities. CaPA [...]
Jim Toia Explores Wonders of Natural World in Latest Exhibits
For Jim Toia, director of community-based teaching, there was no “aha” moment when he discovered a passion for art – it was always there. With the living environment as his muse, Toia continually explores and expands human awareness of the natural world. “I am stunned by [nature’s] ability to display unbelievable beauty at one moment [...]
Photo Gallery: Exhibit Opening for Artist-in-Residence Karima Muyaes
As part of this year’s celebration of Hispanic Heritage Month, El Beso de mí Arte (The Kiss of My Art) will run Oct. 6-Nov. 20 in the EPI Riley Temple Gallery. The exhibit features paintings, drawings, and jewelery by Mexican artist Karima Muyaes. She is working with students and faculty as an artist-in-residence at the [...]
Pivotal Works by Berrisford Boothe ’83 Featured in Grossman Gallery Exhibit
Collaboration with others and focus on a geometrical archetype of the human psyche nudged internationally known artist Berrisford Boothe ’83 to a fundamental turning point in his almost 30-year career. “Creating this exhibit with two other minds forced me to put into practice a philosophy of ‘not-yet-ness,’ which necessitated being completely open to thoughts, impulses, [...]
Art Professor Robert Mattison Celebrates Liberal Arts Education in New Exhibit
Robert Mattison, Metzgar Professor of Art, understands the importance of a liberal arts education. Not only has he experienced its benefits, he is celebrating it through curating and writing the catalogue for Black Mountain College and Its Legacy. The exhibit opened at the Loretta Howard Gallery in New York City Sept. 15 and will continue [...]
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