* indicates lecture, event, or workshop in conjunction with the exhibition
2006年9月——南希·塞盖蒂 ? 偶然的艺术家*
Owner and operator of the Mosaic Studio in West 阅读, Seghetti has traveled extensively to learn her craft, experiencing both ancient and contemporary forms of mosaic and tiling. These explorations have brought her to England, Spain, Italy and India. Her favorite and most profound investigation was in India, at the Rock Garden of native Nek Chand, an inspiring man who created a palace from recycled bits and pieces of toss-off items like old sinks or tubs. Seghetti is inspired by visionary and outsider artists, along with the masters of mosaic from the middle ages.
2006年10月- Janice Trusky ? 玫瑰花蕾预订*
几年前, Ambler的艺术家Janice Trusky, PA decided to take some time off from her busy schedule to explore a different world. She spent the summer of 1994 at the Rosebud Reservation, South Dakota, working with at-risk children. Her months working with Native Americans left an impact on her that has never left. 在那里，她赢得了信任 ? 一开始很脆弱, from skeptical Native American families who had seen too many white social workers come and go in their lives. She respected their lives, and shared their concern and reverence for the earth and environment. Invited to Pow Wows and other important ceremonies, the artist was asked to photograph their events, and shares these photographs with the community.
November 2006 - Field of Vision: Outdoor Sculpture Exhibiton II*
This biennial outdoor exhibit features work from sculptors of southeast 宾西法尼亚 and New Jersey. Included are: Kevin Forest, Dana Stewart, Christopher Smith, Jeff Kahn, Milan Kralik, Jr. 还有马克·佩塔格罗. 这些水泥雕塑, 混凝土, 钢, 铝, and bronze explore a variety of visions from figurative to kinetic. Co-curator Kevin Forest selected works and helped to site the sculptures throughout campus for their best visual impact.
November 2006 - 联合舞蹈剧院 ? 驻场及演出*
联合舞蹈剧院 is an energetic and dynamic ensemble that combines dance, 剧院, and the visual arts in their performances. The ensemble joined the campus community for workshops and master classes, Renegade Performances and culminated with a student performance.
March 2006 - 芭芭拉·图恩湖 and 乔其纱Veeder ? 近期作品*
Investigating the connection between memory, words, and images, 芭芭拉·图恩湖 解释说, ?In poetry I have found that words, even single words, can have the impact of a whole image. Then too, images will often stimulate the expression of words. While the beginning of each work was inspired by either an image or a written phrase, in several of ?the image came concurrently with the words and one wonders at the intricacies of the mind.? 图恩湖?s work explores these ideas with painting, poetry and found object installation.
乔其纱Veeder
乔其纱Veeder works with fiber and hand-cast paper that echoes her focus on environmental interests. 材料本身 ? natural and visually accessible are biodegradable and renewable materials; her sculptures resemble organic objects like stone, 骨, 和皮肤. The chasm between craft and art is blurred, as Veeder?s large castings of paper in heroic scale belie their substance in a scale usually reserved for works in bronze or marble.
2007年4月——朱迪思·约翰逊 ? 一个女艺术家的旅程
With large scale self-portraits paintings, 寻获物雕塑, 和视频, 朱迪思•约翰逊 shares an excursion. Through her work as a creative artist, with paint and canvas as media and meditation as palette, Johnson explores the journey to the creative self. To create the image of self is the journey. 由梦的材料制成, glued together with the frustrations encountered, 所经历的快乐, and the unpredictability of the ego and id, 约翰逊使无形, 有形的. As the artist loses her ego in the painting process, a transformation takes place. These paintings and sculptures mirror the self that lives in all of us defined as the ego; that which knows, 记得, 欲望, 遭受.