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Exposed: Envisioning the Invisible Body
The exhibition featured artists that use the body as an initiating point to explore and critique the cultural transformation of body politics. Participating artists Kelly Blakeslee, LJ Douglas, Nancy Fewkes, Alice Hargrave, Noelle Hoover, Lilli Howard, Eunju Lee, Melissa Oresky, Mindy Rose Schwartz and Annie Sifferman discussed their artwork.
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Images from the June 2005 Art Talk for the Kickapoo Watershed Watercolors and Mackinaw River Project exhibitions
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Artists Ken Kashian, Jan Holder and Herb Eaton discuss their work.
Bill
O'Donnell talks about "Home" Bill O’Donnell presented a slide lecture about his work at 7:00 pm on Tuesday, July 15, in
conjunction with the exhibition, HOME, in the MCAC Armstrong Gallery.
Specifically, he talked about the series of photographs on exhibition,
silver gelatin prints of dioramas created in his studio. This series, HOME, is
represented in Midwest Photographers Project at the Museum of Contemporary
Photography in Chicago, Illinois. Bill O’Donnell is Assistant
Professor of Photography at Illinois State University. He received his B.A. in
photography from the Union of Experimenting Colleges and Universities and his
M.F.A. from the School of the Art Institute in Chicago. O’Donnell has received
numerous fellowships and awards, and has exhibited his work in solo and group
exhibitions nationally since 1981. O’Donnell states about HOME:
"This work addresses a
familiar, ancient allegory: Life is a journey whose ultimate destination is a
return to Home. The security and comfort of the literal home are readily
extended to an ideal, figurative home, a refuge of total contentment at the end
of all days. Of course the problem in this homely symbolism is that Death is the
price of admission. The idea of an afterlife has always harbored this perplexing
dilemma. As a consequence, the heavenly home can be at once alluring and
ominous, close and inaccessible, familiar and full of mystery."
SCULPT Art Talk
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Mark Genrich and Fisher Stolz
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Melissa Pokorny and Paul
Sacaridiz
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Ian Crawley, Mark Genrich,
Fisher Stolz, and Kevin Strandberg
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| Toni Putnam, Ian Crawley, Mark Genrich, Fisher Stolz, | Alison Hatcher, Melissa Pokorny, Paul Sacaridiz, and Toni Putnam. | |||
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Alison Hatcher and the panel of
artists
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The artists Ian Crawley, Mark Genrich, Brian Gustafson, Melissa Pokorny, Toni Putnam, Paul Sacaridiz, Fisher Stolz, and Kevin Strandberg participated in a lively discussion on the nature of art making and sculpture in a terrific Art Talk on June 10, 2003.
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| Artists Aaron Yount, Mark Forth and Rhea Edge discuss Animal Magnetism Exhibit - July, 2002 | Kay Seefeld (center) explains her love of painting and her works from her recent Exhibit at MCAC - May, 2002 | MCAC Curator, Alison Hatcher (left) showing one of Kay's works from MCAC's permanent collection. |
The MCAC's ART TALKS are free and are usually scheduled at the Arts Center in conjunction with featured exhibits.
