Williams Center Art Gallery & Art Collections
Fall 2008–Spring 2009 Exhibition Schedule
exhibition schedule subject to change

There to Here, Then and Now: Favorites from 25 Years at the Williams Center Gallery
The Williams Center Gallery has a broad and comprehensive artistic vision that embraces both the educational values of a college campus and the interests of a diverse community audience. There to Here, Then and Now looks back over the past 25 years and presents work by artists from some of the gallery director’s favorite exhibitions.
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Nature (Re)Made: Genomics and Art

A growing number of artists have sought inspiration in genomics and biotechnology, including choreographer Liz Lerman, whose Ferocious Beauty: Genome (to be performed at the Williams Center on November 14) was inspired by the 2002 exhibition (Gene)sis at the Henry Art Gallery in Seattle. The artists included in Nature (Re)Made conduct explorations revolving around genetic research and the use of biotechnology in health care and environmental concerns.

Brandon Ballengée: “Monstres Sacrés: Biological Abstractions Sculpted by a Changing Environment.”
Thursday, November 6, 4:10 p.m., Williams 108

Keynote lecture: Ellen K. Levy
“Art in the Age of Biotechnology”
Thursday, November 13, 4:10 p.m., Williams 108

Reception to follow

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Altered and Assembled: The Beat Goes On—New Perspectives
Inspired by The Beat Show, exhibited at the Whitney Museum of Art in 1995, and juried by Maryann J. Riker, Altered and Assembled takes up the tradition of altered art/books and assemblage art/sculpture by artists of today. These artists, working in the traditions of such notables as Rauschenberg, Cornel, and Kienholz, exhibit altered and assemblage work done with their own fresh perspective.

William T. Williams: Theme and Variations
For 40 years, painter and printmaker William T. Williams has created art that demonstrates his desire to integrate the content of his personal experiences with his knowledge of the modern aesthetic. In 2006 Williams was artist-in-residence at Lafayette’s Experimental Printmaking Institute (EPI), where he created two series of serigraphs, Monk’s Tale and Ron’s Tale, named for jazz musicians Thelonius Monk and Ron Carter. He returned to EPI in 2008 to complete Karen’s Tale and Bee’s Quest for the David C. Driskell Center, University of Maryland, College Park. Themes and Variations will highlight the two 2008 series, following Williams’ creative process from his early studies through many of the printing experiments that resulted in the final works.

Larry Fink: The Sense of Sound
Larry Fink, whose 1997 exhibition, Fish and Wine: Photographs of Portugal depicted fisherman and vineyard-workers, returns to the Williams Center Gallery with Sense of Sound, an exhibition of photographs of Orpheus Chamber Orchestra. Commissioned by the college in celebration of the 25th anniversary season and Orpheus’ 22nd year of Williams Center concerts, Fink documented Orpheus’ New York rehearsals and Lafayette performances last season.

The exhibition program is presented under provisions of the Frederick Knecht Detwiller endowment.

All exhibitions and related programs are free and open to the public.