Entries from September 2008

September 29, 2008

SCULPTURE trip to National gallery Washington DC

L to R  Tess Amorusso, Prof Nickel, Betsy Kieckhaefer, Katie Mclaughlin,
Ryan Mann, Haruka Takemoto, Jane Ritchie, Prof. Roth, James Anderson.
Sept 26th
This past Friday John Roth, Assistant professor of Sculpture and his students attended a SCULPTURE trip to National gallery Washington DC to see Martin
Puryear’s sculpture and see the contemporary collection at the Hirshhorn.

Images from [...]

September 26, 2008

Ian Jewel Exhibition at The Walls Gallery

Ian Jewel Exhibition at The Walls Gallery

Ian Jewell an artist and educator in his senior year at Old Dominion University currently pursuing a B.F.A. in ceramics combined with a B.A. in art education has recently become a member of the Walls Fine Art gallery located down town Norfolk.
The Walls gallery is located inside the [...]

September 26, 2008

Students Receive Awards for Ceramic Work

Students Receive Awards for Ceramic Work
This past spring, ceramic work by ODU art students Haruka Takemoto and Johanna Colijn was included in “Genesis 2008”, an exhibition of regional college student artwork at the Peninsula Fine Art Center. Haruka’s piece “An Imperfect Dream,” a wheel-thrown porcelain bowl with hand painted underglaze imagery was selected for the [...]

September 15, 2008

FitzGerald in Santa Monica postcard show

Graphic Design professor Kenneth FitzGerald is one of 16 artists included in the exhibition I Want To Believe, held September 11–October 11 at Bolivar Cafe and Gallery, Santa Monica, California. The exhibition was organized by Garland Kirkpatrick and features original postcard works inspired by the upcoming presidential election. Free copies of Kenneth’s postcard are available [...]

September 15, 2008

Roth and Van Horn in Peninsula Fine Arts Center Biennial

Sculpture professor John Roth and Adjunct professor Virginia Van Horn have work included in the Peninsula Fine Arts Center Biennial in Newport News, September 13–November 2. (left: ‘05 Nomad by Roth; right: Nest (detail) by Van Horn)

September 15, 2008

Patricia Sterritt at Roanoke Island Festival Park Gallery

Visual Studies graduate student Patricia Sterritt has 12 works included in the exhibition Five Women at the Roanoke Island Festival Park Gallery, in Manteo, NC. The show includes the work of 5 Elizabeth City artists and runs through September 29. (Work shown: The Twins, paper lithography)

September 15, 2008

Leeor and Johnson at Taylor Arts Center

Adjunct professor Elizabeth Leeor and Visual Studies graduate student Crystal Johnson have multiple works included in the exhibition The Family of Man at the Charles H. Taylor Arts Center in Hampton. This exhibition, which runs September 13–October 19, is inspired by the photography exhibition curated by Edward Steichen, first shown in 1955 at the famed [...]

September 15, 2008

Greta Pratt on/in Democracy

Photography professor Greta Pratt’s entire series of “Flag A Day” photographs will be included in the exhibition Democracy in America: The National Campaign at the Park Avenue Armory in New York City, September 21–27.
The exhibition is presented by the organization Creative Time and is the largest public art initiative in its 34-year history. A multifaceted [...]

September 2, 2008

Stories From The Earth : Contemporary Ceramic Artists at ODU Galleries

Stories From The Earth : Voices of Contemporary Ceramic Artists
Reception is Sunday September 7th 3-5:00
Old Dominion University’s Baron and Ellin Gordon Art Galleries opens “Stories from the Earth, Voices of Contemporary Ceramic Artists,” a selection of work by prominent contemporary American ceramic artists, Saturday Aug. 9. The exhibition, which continues through Sept. 14 is [...]