'Portfolio' exhibit showcases graduating art students' work

Coastal Carolina Press Release:

Coastal Carolina University's Department of Visual Arts will display the work of senior art students during two "Portfolios" exhibits in the Rebecca Randall Bryan Art Gallery. Studio Art students' work will be presented from Thursday, April 12 to Friday, April 20; Graphic Design students' work will be on display from Thursday, April 26 to Saturday, May 5. The exhibits are free to attend and open to the public.

The Studio Art exhibit features work by Isrelah Brooks, Charles Childress, Natasha Crabtree, Hayley Echhart, Olivia Hehir, Amanda Illian, Lauren Kies, Hannah Leisen, Stevi Morris, Latoya Perkinson, Laura Riedinger, Samantha Ross, Leah Smith, Mary Van Der Horst and Hannah Wehrmann. Showcased work includes painting, sculpture, printmaking and photography.

The Graphic Design exhibit features work by Timothy Bardlavens, Lisa Buff, Joshua Castro, Ryan Cirignano, Luis Faz, Ursula Hockman, Stephanie Jones, Kayla Looysen, Kevin Mabey, Daniel Martin, Shantelle Patterson, Victor Pirozzi, Andrea Silvernale and Shannon Watson. This exhibit includes painting, photography, ceramics, puppetry and other mixed mediums.

Each exhibit will have a closing reception: for the Studio Art portfolios, the reception will be Thursday, April 19 from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m.; and for the Graphic Design portfolios, the reception will be Thursday, May 3 from 4:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m.

Highlights from our "Artists in Your Own Backyard" Art Ed Day

A highlight reel of CCU's "Artists in Your Own Backyard" Art Ed Day on March 31st. Thank you to all the artists who participated. The exhibit had over 100 Horry County students' artworks and showcased five local artists. The artwork ranged from elementary to high school, and included drawings, paintings, ceramic works, shoe sculptures, and even a miniature display of a mural painted at Myrtle Beach High School with the help of local muralist Ruth Cox.

Find out more about the project at ArtistsinYourBackyard.blogspot.com

"Artists in Your Own Backyard" Art Education day this Saturday!



St. James High -
Acrylic Landscape lesson
based on the work of
Jack Cayton

We are gearing up for CCU's Art Education Day, "Artists in Your Own Backyard," at Coastal Carolina University this Saturday, March 31! The show will be open from 11 a.m. until 3 p.m.

We would love for you to come out and see the exhibit-- over 100 Horry County students' artworks and a meet-and-greet with five local artists. The student artwork was created from lesson plans designed by CCU graduate students and based on the artwork of local artists. We are also opening the Bryan Gallery during this event, giving you a 2-for-1 show! The Bryan Gallery is currently exhibiting "Shifting Plates," which examines the work of fifteen printmakers from the Upstate of South Carolina. A variety of techniques and styles is on display. 
 
During our Art Ed day, you will have the opportunity to meet and converse with local artists involved in our research project, see the two-part short documentary of our interviews, and see the work of our area students. The student artwork ranges from elementary to high school and includes painting, drawing, sculpture, ceramics and even a mural painted at Myrtle Beach High School with the help of Conway artist Ruth Cox.

Come and join us in the side courtyard of the Thomas W. and Robin W. Edwards building from 11 a.m. until 3 p.m.! Find out more information, including video, lesson plans, and pictures from the project at artistsinyourbackyard.blogspot.com.

St. James High - Acrylic Landscape lesson based on the work of Jack Cayton

Horry-Georgetown County High Schools Art Exhibition!

Congratulations to all the talented students in the 11th Annual Horry-Georgetown County High Schools Juried Art Exhibition at the Franklin G. Burroughs-Simeon B. Chapin Art Museum! The show will be up until April 22nd, go check it out!

 

"Artists In Your Backyard" - Part 2

CCU's M.A.T. Art Education students arrived home on Sunday from the National Art Education Association conference in New York City. They presented Artists in Your Backyard, a research project on finding local artists, creating lesson plans based on these artists, and bringing them into area classrooms during their student teaching.

To find out more about the project and to see the lesson plans, check out http://artistsinyourbackyard.blogspot.com/.

Artists in Your Own Backyard being presented in NYC

In the fall of 2011, the M.A.T. Art Education students at Coastal Carolina University were each assigned to interview a local artist and then base a lesson plan around their artwork. This simple assignment grew into something quite larger. It has since become an extensive research project that highlights several South Carolina artists living and working in the lowcountry.

We sat down with five artists to talk about their artwork, their art background and how they balance both professional and personal lives that revolve around art. We are presenting this project at the National Art Education Association conference in New York City on Friday, March 2.

Our artists include two painters, two sculptors, and one photographer. We feel that this is an interesting way to make students aware of the fact that art is going on all around them.

You can find more information about each interview here.

CCU's Chris Todd on Teaching 3-D

We sat down with CCU lecturer Chris Todd to talk about our two loves, art and teaching. In the first half of this two-part interview, Todd discusses her passion for teaching 3-D design and sculpture, as well as her concern that our younger generations are growing up lacking the more basic skills of building and hands-on design in the technology age.

 

"Todd's interest in theatre led to several jobs which focused on hands-on building. For several years she returned to the cold of New England in order to work as a Properties Master Artisan at a regional musical theatre north of Boston.

Upon reevaluation of her career choice, she pursued further training in woodworking skills through an MFA in Artisanry: Woodworking and Furniture Design from the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth under the guidance of Stephen Whittlesey. Her pursuit of fine woodworking skills combined with the whimsical interests nurtured during her time in theatre led her to combine the two through the creation of sculpture. Her current work involves creating dysfunctional furniture forms that strive to emotionally connect with the viewer through their limited practicality." -coastal.edu