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THE SVSU UNIVERSITY ART GALLERY
2009/2010 EXHIBITION SCHEDULE

 

ALL ARTIST'S RECEPTIONS ARE OPEN TO THE PUBLIC

 

  August 25 - September 19, 2009

SVSU ART FACULTY EXHIBITION
Artists Reception: Thursday, September 17, 4:30 - 6:30 pm

The Faculty Show includes work in all the major disciplines we offer at SVSU- photography, graphic design, drawing, painting, ceramics, sculpture, & digital media are all well represented. There are works from 14 different full and part-time members of the art faculty. Shaun Bangert, Tom Canale, Sara Clark, Barron Hirsch, Blake Johnson, Hideki Kihata, Mike Mosher, Matthew Zivich, Andrea Ondish, Terry Basmadjian, Sanford Buchalter, Phil Hanson, Dave Littell, Gary Rocha.  For more information on this exhibit.

 

 

September 28 - October 24, 2009

"BEAUTY AND VULNERABILITY":
PAINTINGS by ED WONG-LIGDA
Artist Reception:  Thursday, October 8, 4:30- 6:30 pm 

Ed Wong-Ligda is from Comstock Park Michigan, has an M.F.A in painting from Tulsa University, and is currently a Professor at Grand Valley State University. For informaton on this exhibit.  Or more of Professor Wong-Ligda’s work can be seen at his website
 www.edwong-ligda.com.

 

See exhibit link
for photo

November 2 - November 24, 2009

PHOTOGRAPHS by STEPHEN GEFFRE 
Artist Reception:  Thursday, November 12, 4:30 - 6:30 pm

Stephen Geffre studied art and photography at Minot State University in Minot, North Dakota.  Geffre's photography has appeared in USA Today, the New York Times and the Minneapolis Star Tribune.  For more information on this exhibit, or visit his website at  www.stephengeffre.com

 

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November 30 - December 12, 2009

BACHELOR OF FINE ARTS EXHIBIT
Artist Reception:  Thursday, December 3, 4:30 - 7:00 pm

This exhibit will feature works of SVSU graduating art majors, Reneer Adler, Nick Kaiser, Nicole Pfeiffer, Dennis Rogers, and Hermalinda Roof.  This serves as a completion of their B.F.A. program. 

 

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January 11 - February 8, 2010

SOAP BOX PRINTS I & II:
A Print show from the American Print Alliance
Reception: Thursday, January 21, 4:30-6:30 pm

This exhibit entitled "For a Cleaner Environment" and "Prints, Politics & Democracy" is a traveling exhibition obtained through the American Print Alliance. This traveling exhibition shows how prints express the rights and responsibilities of democracy and inspire people to defend freedoms, serve in elected office, vote, demonstrate and take part in political life. The exhibition itself demonstrates that prints can be an influential part of the democratic process. First shown during our 2008 Print Dialogue Days in Atlanta, the exhibit will travel for two to three years.

 

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February 15 - March 6, 2010

GRAPHIC WORK by DYLAN MINER
Artist Reception Date: TBA

Dylan Miner, is an Assistant Professor at Michigan State University.   An artist, theorist, and historian, Miner is interested in using art as    a mode of anti-colonial and anti-capitalist resistance.  For more information on Professor Miner you can visit his website at www.dylanminer.com.

 

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March 15 - April 10, 2010

PAINTINGS by NIKKOLE HUSS
Artist Reception Date:  TBA

Nikkole Huss is a visual artist working in Orland Park, Illinois.  She incorporates the use of drawing, painting, fiber, sculpture and photography into her work.  Professor Huss is currently an Assistant Professor of Art at Concordia University in River Forest, Illinois.  For more information on Professor Huss you can visit her website at www.nikkolehuss.com.

 

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 April 19 - May 1, 2010

STUDENT BACHOLOR OF FINE ARTS EXHIBIT
Artists Reception Date: TBA

This exhibit is a show of the works of SVSU senior art majors.  This serves as a completion of their undergraduate program.  Painting, drawing, printmaking, photography, sculpture, ceramics, computer illustration and graphic design are included.

 

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 May 10 - June 30, 2010

5th ANNUAL STUDENT ART SHOW
Artists Reception Date:  TBA

this exhibit will feature works from all medium areas of current SVSU Department of Art students.

 

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 July 12 - August 14, 2010

SELECTIONS FROM UNIVERSITY'S COLLECTION

 

GALLERY OPEN HOURS - FALL 2009

Monday and Wednesday, 10:30 am - 2:00 pm
Tuesday, Thursday and Friday,  10:30 am - 1:30 pm

Open hours for the winter semester have not been scheduled.

Additional Hours by Appointment

For further information regarding gallery hours, exhibits and artists receptions, contact 
the
SVSU, Department of Art (989) 964-4159.