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December Issue
2008
Winthrop University
in Rock Hill, SC, Presents First Alumni Exhibit
Winthrop University in Rock Hill, SC, is presenting several exhibits including: Re>Visit: 1, the first ever alumni exhibition, on view in Winthrop University Galleries' Rutledge Gallery through Jan. 22, 2009; Other Worlds: From Process to Product, featuring works by Marge Loudon Moody, on view in the Elizabeth Dunlap Patrick Gallery through Jan. 22, 2009; and Re-Containerizing: Rescue and Reuse of Old Tins, featuring works by Laura Gardner, in Rutledge Windows through Jan. 15, 2009.
Re>Visit: 1 showcases 19 local, national and international alumni artists working in a variety of mediums from sculpture, jewelry/metals and ceramics to photography, graphic design, printmaking and painting. The scope of alumni work provides an understanding of expression through a range of generations from the class of 1938 to the class of 2005.
"Bringing together this exceptional group of alumni artists gives us a chance to see what influenced these brilliants minds," states Karen Derksen, assistant director, Winthrop University Galleries, "from the inspiration of happy accidents, to the familiar physical surroundings of the South Carolina Lowcountry. These alumni have travelled near and far from Charleston, SC, to Helsinki, Finland, to pursue careers as art teachers, coordinators, directors, designers, curators, and some still students working on master degrees. We are thrilled to have the alumni share their lives and thoughts with us to show our current students how one event, maybe something as simple as uncovering grandpa's old photo collection of the hometown, can spark a series of artistic creation. We want current students to see how the alumni were shaped in terms of imagination and resourceful articulation of their experiences and help them in every way to follow their own unique paths."
The Elizabeth Dunlap Patrick Gallery is exhibiting the work of Marge Loudon Moody, associate professor of fine arts and the third recipient of the Elizabeth Dunlap Patrick Faculty Grant in the exhibit, Other Worlds: From Process to Product. This exhibition will explore Moody's process work or her investigation, whether through drawing, painting, collage or mixed-media, which leads up to her finished, abstract paintings on canvas she calls "Worlds." These "Worlds" for Moody are a direct response to various places she finds herself and an attempt to describe the essential nature of each place.
Re-Containerizing: Rescue and Reuse of Old Tins, features works by Laura Gardner, in the Rutledge Windows. Gardner, assistant professor of art education, examines a personal collection of metal tins, old and new, holders of time, place, history, personal thought and reflection.
For further information
check our SC Institutional Gallery listings, call the Galleries
at 803/323-2493 or visit (www.winthrop.edu/vpa/galleries).
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