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Derryberry Art Gallery Exhibits 2008-2009 September 2 - September 26, 2008 John J. Fitzsimmons - Impressionist landscapes, oil on canvas Sept. 25, 4:30pm Reception/Gallery Talk Joan Derryberry Art Gallery - 1st floor of the Roaden University Center John Fitzsimmons has a Fine Arts degree from SUNY, New Paltz, NY, and a four-year diploma from the Art Academy of Cincinnati. This painter has exhibited from the eastern part of the United States to the US Embassy in Bangladesh. He had 9 paintings included in Tyler Perry's 2007 movie. Mr. Fitzsimmons' paintings explore the intimate space experienced as a "witness to a slice of life." He gravitates towards the random, the chaotic, and the awkward in his works, making use of unresolved tensions. The paintings have an odd scale and proportion, a low, wide format simulating a natural field of vision. http://www.fitzsimmon3art.com Septmber 29 - October 24, 2008 Carol LeBaron - Fiber art Oct. 23, 4:30pm Reception/Gallery Talk Joan Derryberry Art Gallery - 1st Floor of the Roaden University Center Ms. LeBaron has a BA in Printmaking and Art History from Smith College, A MFA in Textiles from Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI and a Collegiate Teaching Certificate from Brown University. This fiber artist has exhibited nationally in group shows; solo exhibits, and juried events. Ms. LeBaron's art expresses the human impact on natural forms with colors taken from devastation caused by acid rain, warfare, and other environmental pressures. She states, "New technologies bring progress and danger simultaneously. My working process is a reflection of this navigation through perilous waters." October 27 - November 21, 2008 William E. Hubschmitt, PhD - Digital art October 28, 4:30pm, Reception/Gallery Talk Joan Derryberry Art Gallery - 1st Floor Roaden University Center Dr. Hubschmitt has a BA in Art History and Studio Art from Eisenhower College of Rochester Institute of Technology, Seneca Falls, NY and a MA and PhD in Art History from SUNY Binghamton, NY. He is currently an associate professor of Art History and Digital Art at Eastern Illinois University in Charleston, Illinois. Dr. Hubschmitt creates his artwork by using digital images and then transforming those images to create the visual effect he is searching by technology and acrylic glazes. The artist states, "Through this process of evolution, the work becomes much more than just manipulated photographs or figures or landscapes. They become emotional self-portraits and true visual dialogs in a postmodern sense." January 19 - February 13, 2009 Soon Ed Ngoh - Drawing February 12, 4:30pm Reception/Gallery talk Ms. Ngoh was born and raised in Malaysia. She has a BA in Studio Art from Smith College and a MFA in Printmaking from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. Ngoh currently is an Associate Professor at Mississippi State University teaching drawing. She has exhibited her work in over 80 national and international juried exhibitions. Ms. Ngoh's drawings are about connections. She writes, her work "explores how we as individuals and as communities relate on microcosmic as well as macrocosmic levels." Her work uses both numbers and everyday objects as symbols and as a narrative means. February 16 - March 13, 2009 Aaron Lee Benson - Ceramic Sculpture February 17, 4:30pm Reception/Gallery talk Mr. Benson has a BFA, BS in Art Education and MFA in Sculpture/Ceramics from the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. He is currently the Chairman and Professor Fine Arts in Sculpture and Ceramics at Union University in Jackson, Tennessee. He has shown his work throughout the south and northeast including Vanderbilt's Sarratt Gallery and Duke University's Louise Jones Brown Gallery. Benson has received several public commissions including work for the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta. He mainly works in clay producing large-scale architectural forms as well as figurative, narrative monoliths. In his work he is attempting to combine the figure with architecture and narrative. He works now mainly in highly textured, organic sense of form that finds its origins in nature. Mr. Benson has been inspired by his many hiking trips to Utah, Arizona, and New Mexico. He has also backpacked in places around the world, the Alps in Europe being one of those trips. His works have taken on a strong natural quality that echoes many of these landscapes. March 16 - April 10, 2009 Shawn R. Skabelund - Environmental Installation March 17, 4:30pm Reception/Gallery talk Mr. Skabelund has a BFA in Drawing from Utah State University and a MA and a MFA in Drawing/Painting from the University of Iowa. Currently he is teaching at the School of Art at Northern Arizona University. Skabelund exhibits his drawings, sculptures, and site-specific installations nationally. The artist will create a site-specific installation for the gallery here. He prepares each piece by researching the area's history and determines the interaction between the wild and the human that created the direction and cultural makeup of the local community. He calls this "collaborating witha place." April 13 - May 1, 2009 BFA Juried Exhibit - Various media. Juror Craig Nutt Reception/Gallery Talk A professionally juried exhibition featuring work by TTU students enrolled in the BFA program. |
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