Join us for an artist lecture and reception with Susan Lenz

Tuesday, September 21

Artist Lecture: 1pm in Tate Hall

Opening Reception: 4-6pm in the Overcash Gallery

Mandala XLVI the Spark Plug Mandala is a piece of work that was created from objects that are laying around in most people’s homes. In this piece of work Susan Lenz shows us how a human’s creativity has no limit, and can create extraordinary things from simple objects. One person’s trash is another person’s treasure.

Once and Again: Alterations, an art exhibition featuring the works of Susan Lenz

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Once and Again: Alterations is a show that brings good memorials of forgotten days back in the modern world. Susan Lenz helps us to see and experience the old world by collecting antique pictures and bringing them together. Saving things is the best way to keep the best memories through time. 

(G)LI(T)CHEN exhibition is the show that combines the different elements of art that leads us into the world of the microcosm. Paul Farmer shows us the way that lichen species can tell us about the environmental health of a particular region. The artist brings the organic structure of lichen species to combine with geometric shapes and creates another way for us to see the world.

Photography and post by Tuan Mai

Ross Gallery

(G)LI(T)CHEN

Paul Farmer

Exhibition Dates

August 16 – October 7

Farmer begins with macrophotography, bringing a small organism in to a large scale point of view that provides viewers with the opportunity to observe the minute details in a variety of lichen species. In addition to the photography, Farmer will also exhibit lichen and native plants in terrariums, bringing nature’s living artwork into the gallery space to complement his exhibition. A final interactive twist includes the photographic lichen

“This project received support from the North Carolina Arts Council, an agency funded by the State of North Carolina, the Burke Arts Council, the Caldwell Arts Council, the United Arts Council of Catawba County, the Rock School Arts Foundation, the Hiddenite Center, Iredell Arts Council, and McDowell Arts Council Association.”

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Overcash Gallery

Once and Again: Alterations

Susan Lenz

Exhibition Dates

August 16 – October 7

Lenz connects art to memory through the use of objects such as vintage gowns, quilts, and old photographs. Words we may connect to these old objects may be recycled, antique, used, or vintage. Lenz’s purpose in using these “old things” is to make legacy visible to the gallery visitor. To form the foundational element of her artwork, Lenz uses the time honored and passed down skill of sewing. Through each stitch she meticulously adheres each object to her work and arranges them in artful and captivating mandalas.

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 The Art Galleries at Central Piedmont Community College are proud to bring to you a unique exhibition of 3D works of art titled, “From the Vault! Adopt a Ceramic Show.” This is a collection of works not seen by the public eye for years.

The Art Galleries boasts a diverse selection of ceramic artworks in need of a new home. Many of these pieces on exhibition were removed from the college’s old library prior to its demolition on Central Campus. No longer will these ceramics stay in boxes collecting dust in storage. Instead they will soon be unboxed for the viewing pleasure of all our gallery visitors during this special exhibition.

“From the Vault! Adopt a Ceramic Show” is no ordinary art exhibition. It comes with a special twist that The Central Piedmont Art Galleries hopes everyone will find enticing. The goal is to find a new home for each ceramic in the show in a Central Piedmont staff member’s office, rather than return the piece to storage Central Piedmont staff will be invited to “adopt” one of the ceramics for their current office area throughout the exhibition. Since the college already owns all of the ceramics in the show there is no paperwork or payment required for the ceramics, making the adoption process undeniably smooth.

Central Piedmont’s permanent art collection contains more than700 unique works of art with the vast majority created by the college’s visual arts students. Pieces in the collection range from the college’s infancy in the 1960s, to the present day. The ceramics in “From the Vault! Adopt a Ceramic Show” represent a small portion of the collection.

Please take a moment to view our virtual tour of the 2021 Annual Juried Student Art Show

Virtual Tour

First Place

David Vuong Overgrowth

Second Place

Amy Spurling Out With Lanterns

Third Place

Brianna Mandat Film Still 1 (Salacia)

John White Photography Purchase Award

Marlene Riley Morning Muse

Arzberger Purchase Award

Olivia Squyres Grow Through What you Go Through

Painting Award

Dru Swan Musing

Painting Award

Scotty Townsend Self Protection

Presidential Purchase Award

Addison Durfee Bella

Kappy Award

Brandon Wong Styles Hand and Hand

Kappy Award

Addison Durfee Fabric Study

Foundation Purchase Award

Stephen Homer Untitled (Teapot)

For more information on these two shows click here.

Or follow this direct link to the submission form

If you have any submission questions please email Amelia.Zytka@cpcc.edu