BRIDGES is the theme of the inaugural art exhibition of CommunityArtsWork. The September - December 2009 exhibition will be held in the Holtzman Alumni Center at Virginia Tech. The focus on bridges-both physical and metaphysical-symbolizes connection and transition. Bridges connect town and gown, past and future, linking destinies and transforming challenges into opportunities. This theme reflects CommunityArtsWork's commitment to new forms of expression in the arts as well as the active collaboration and exchange among established and emerging artists, arts advocates, and campus-community partners who see the arts and humanities as vital for understanding our global society and as a rewarding vocational or avocational pathway.
T. Truman Capone is a professor and director of the School of Visual Arts at Virginia Tech. His studio work focuses on assemblages and collages that combine traditional, classical, tactile, and digital media. His aesthetic catalyzes a rejuvenated life for found materials and objects, harvesting emotional, historical, spiritual, and mythical elements from objects, rendering layered dimensions of emotion and meaning that go beyond the material. His work explores esoteric dimensions of dialog inspired by historical processes, the evolution of typography, artifacts, and biographical metaphors. His work has been displayed in juried and invitational exhibitions, both nationally and around the world and he is active in several professional organizations.
About the Juror
Denise Woodward-Detrich is the director of the Rudolph E. Lee Gallery in the Department of Art at Clemson University. Before joining Clemson University, Ms. Woodward-Detrich served as a master Instructor at the South Carolina Governor's School for the Arts and Humanities and prior to that as exhibitions coordinator at Clemson University from 1996-2000. She received her MFA in Ceramics at the New York College of Ceramics at Alfred University and has maintained an active exhibitions record (she was invited to participate in seven national exhibitions in 2001). Ms. Detrich has given workshops in North Carolina, South Carolina, and Tennessee and has been included in publications such as Wheel Thrown Pottery by Don Davis, Best of Pottery, published by Rockport Publishers and Studio Potter magazine.
For more information, visit:
http://www.clemson.edu/caah/art/faculty/dwdetrich/index.html
For further information about the Clemson Gallery, visit:
http://www.clemson.edu/caah/leegallery/
Participating Artists
Bevan, Patricia
Nature's Crossing (Monotype, 11 x 7")
The White Bridge, Twachtman Remembered (Monotype, 11 x 7")
Contact: patriciabevan@mac.com
Bloom, Leslye
New River Bridge (Computage-computer + mixed media, 30 x 24")
Step Up to the Light (Computage-computer + mixed media, 36 x 23")
Contact: leslye_bloom@comcast.net
Bowker, Jeanette
Bridge on River Road (Watercolor, 13 x 9")
Contact: bowkerlj@comcast.net
Chan, Charlotte
Bridge or Boat? (Photograph, 20 x 16")
Contact: charlotteychan@gmail.com
Chan, Riley
Bridge of Tranquility (Photograph, 20 x 16")
Contact: riley@vt.edu
Collier, Marie
Bridge Over Quiet Waters (Oil, 9 x 12")
Venetian Crossover (Acrylic, 22 x 30")
Contact: marieisart@comcast.net
Fletcher, Aileen
Dual Bridges, James River (Handcolored digital image on canvas,12 x 38")
Spring Bridge (Handcolored digital image, 14 x 11")
Contact: afletcher@nr.edu
Hedges, Nancy
Alderson, WVA Bridge (Watercolor, 22 x 30")
Contact: nancychedges@comcast.net
Hellman, Pete
Enchanted Tree (Photography, 20 x 13")
Garden View (Photography, 14 x 20")
Contact: Pete@HellmanPhoto.com
Ichikawa, Yumiko
Golden Bridge (Gouache on paper, 32 x 38")
Contact: ymk272001@yahoo.com
Kessler, Kendall
Memorial Bridge at Dusk (Oil on hardboard, 30 x 40")
Contact: kkessler@radford.edu
King, Vikki
Beside the Longfellow Bridge (Marker, 16 x 20")
Contact: RavenViktoria@verizon.net
Lockwood, Susan
Brooklyn Bridge I (Black & White, 35mm Photography, 22 x 28")
Contact: svlockwood@aol.com
McNamee, Carole
Time to Dance? (Acrylic, 26 x 20")
Evolving Consciousness (Acrylic and oil, 30 x 24")
Contact: cmmcnamee@gmail.com
Meeker, Darcy
Lil (Hand-tooled, flamed copper vitrea, oils, 45 x 15")
Feathers for Fingers (Alabaster, 24 x 22")
Contact: darcy.meeker@gmail.com
Mullins, Kathleen June
Thirty Two Butterflies (Mixed water media, 40.5 x 31.5")
Contact: mullinsj@vt.edu
Rudisill, Cedric
Train Crossing (Photography, 12 x 16")
Bridge Remains (Photography, 12 x 16")
Contact: cedric@chrimages.com
