CPCC student and sculptor Monty Montague won 2nd place in the National League for Innovation Art Competition this past week. The League for Innovation is an international organization dedicated to catalyzing the community college movement, with an annual conference solely for visual arts. Monty was given this award for his piece “Pueblo Series: The Face You See.”
Congratulations, Monty!
If you are near the Gaston County Museum of Art and History, we recommend you see work by printmaking faculty Nancy Neives. Her beautiful paintings will be on view in “Colors Found in Nature” through August 23.
Ariel Kirkland, AFA student at CPCC, recently won the department’s highest honor: the 2014 Student Excellence Award in Visual Arts.
Ms. Kirkland plans to attend the University of Oregon to pursue a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Painting and Illustration.
Wednesday, April 9
Artist Lecture, Kirsten Tradowsky
Pease Auditorium, 2 p.m.
Opening Reception to follow
Pease Gallery, 3-5 p.m.
Thursday, April 10
Opening Reception and Awards Ceremony, 2014 Annual Juried Student Show
Ross Gallery, 5-7 p.m.
Saturday, April 12
SLOW ART DAY
Pease Gallery, 11 a.m.
Due to the inclement weather we recently experienced, the deadline for entries to the student show has been extended to Thursday, February 27.
An attendant will be present at the gallery on Tuesday, February 25 and Wednesday, February 26, from 5-7 to accommodate students taking evening classes.
We welcome submissions during our normal gallery hours, 10-2 Monday-Thursday. Submissions must be made in person by the artist at either Ross or Pease Gallery.
Please contact your instructor for a submission form.
This Wednesday (February 19th) we will be hosting the events rescheduled from last Thursday due to the weather.
12:30 p.m in Pease Gallery – Artist Lecture by Betsy Birkner
4 – 8 p.m. in Ross Gallery and Overcash Lobby – Opening Reception for Jewelry & Metals of the Carolinas with a Jewelry Market hosted by the CPCC Jewelry club.
We hope to see you there!
Judith Duff, Oval Bowl
Join us for a teaching workshop with Judith Duff, an artist who specializes in woodfired and shino ceramics.
11:00 am – Presentation by Judith Duff
12:00 Pot Luck
AU 011, CPCC Central Campus
Last week, new murals by Isaac Payne and Sharon Dowell were unveiled in Concord, NC. The City of Concord commissioned Payne, a CPCC painting instructor, and Dowell, former CPCC Gallery Coodinator and current exhibiting artist, to create mural designs to adorn buildings in Concord’s charming downtown district. Though very different, the two painters’ styles frequently incorporate urban themes and visual elements, a perfect fit for city murals.
Congratulations to Isaac Payne and Sharon Dowell.
Dowell's mural designs
The ribbon cutting ceremony (photo by James Nix at the Independent Tribune)
Mural by Isaac Payne
Mural by Isaac Payne
