Adrian College Department of Art & Design Blog

Art Faculty Spotted on Graduation Day 2018!

5/1/2018

"Happy Graduation Day to Art Seniors Ciara Athy, Christina Bitson, Alexandra Cavinee, Zachary Frappier, and Amanda LaVigne! "

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'Essence: Defining Aspects of Being'

4/9/2018

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'Essence: Defining Aspects of Being'

4/9/2018

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'Essence: Defining Aspects of Being'

4/5/2018

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Opening today in the Valade Gallery! Please join us for the reception this Saturday, April 7th from 3:00pm - 5:00pm.

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Don't miss the best of the best student videos!!

4/3/2018

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AC Photo Students Exhibit Their Work at Western Michigan University.... and WMU Students Exhibit in the Heritage Room Gallery in Shipman! Check it out.

4/3/2018

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'Further, Forward: TA Exhibition'

3/12/2018

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Endi Poskovic | 'Crossing' Reception | January 23rd

1/11/2018

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Endi Poskovic : Crossing Exhibition Opens at Adrian College
Adrian College, Adrian, MI- January 8th, 2018

Image : Endi Poskovic, Mokronoge (Promise to Hagar)

Valade Gallery at Adrian College announces the opening of Crossing, a solo exhibition by Endi Poskovic. The show is on display and open to the public through February 2nd, with an opening reception on Tuesday, January 23rd from 5:30 to 7:30 pm. Poskovic will deliver an artist talk at 6 pm.

Crossing underscores a personal tale of discovery. In 2010, Poskovic returned for the first time to his family ancestral birthplace in Southeastern Herzegovina (Bosnia and Herzegovina in the former Yugoslavia). The trip afforded him an encounter with familiar communities and a way of life untouched by time yet devastated by conflict and violent demographic shifts. Crossing attempts to reflect, albeit allegorically, on this experience. Transcending sculpting, drawing, printmaking and animation, Crossing explores the nature of composite narrative, in which visual signifiers, both real and invented, intersect to form imagery suggestive of dichotomies, proposing themes of displacement, transformation and revival.

Born in 1969 in Sarajevo, Bosnia, Endi Poskovic completed his B.F.A. at the University of Sarajevo Academy of Fine Arts. Poskovic studied Nynorsk language and culture in Norway on a Norwegian Government sponsored Minnefondet Scholarship. From Norway, Poskovic moved to the United States to study at the State University of New York at Buffalo, where he earned M.F.A. in 1993.
The recipient of numerous grants and fellowships, Poskovic has received prestigious support from the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation, the John D. Rockefeller Foundation, and the J. William Fulbright Commission, among others. Poskovic’s graphic works have been exhibited worldwide in numerous international biennials and triennials, including Shanghai Print International Biennial, China, Bienal Internacional de Grabado Caixanova, Spain, and Taichung International Biennial, Taiwan. Comprehensive individual exhibitions of Poskovic’s work have been organized by the Philadelphia Print Center, Bemis Center for Contemporary Art, and Interlochen Arts Academy Dow Center for the Arts, among others. Endi Poskovic’s works are represented in numerous public collections including the Philadelphia Museum of Art, Detroit Institute of the Arts, Royal Antwerp Museum of Fine Arts, Centre National des Arts Plastiques Cairo, Fogg Art Museum-Harvard University, National Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts, New Orleans Museum of Art, and the Art Institute of Chicago. Endi Poskovic is Professor at the University of Michigan Penny W. Stamps School of Art & Design and Associate Faculty in the University of Michigan-Weiser Center for Emerging Democracies.

Valade Gallery is located in the rear of Shipman Library, on Williams Street on the Adrian College Campus. Free street parking is available. Gallery open hours are Monday through Saturday from 10 am to 5 pm, with extended hours on Tuesday until 7 pm.

Contact: Elspeth Schulze, Gallery Director : gallery@adrian.edu

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CROSSING Exhibition : ENDI POSKOVIC

1/3/2018

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JURIED STUDENT EXHIBITION

11/27/2017

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Check out the Juried Student Exhibition before the show closes on Wednesday, November 29th!

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INSIDE an Exhibition of Ceramics by Tenerra Ayling & Mason Simpson

11/27/2017

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Juried Student Exhibition

11/20/2017

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Congratulation to all the winners at the Juried Student Exhibition!
Outstanding Ceramic's Award: Emily Archer
Outstanding 2D Award: Christina Bitson
Outstanding Painting Award: Michele Pisano-Spenc
Outstanding Photography Award: Miranda Penn
Outstanding Underclassman Award: Patrick Dunn
Ox-Bow Award: Kellen Taylor
Outstanding 3D Award: Sydney St. John
Creative Award & Asa Mahan Community Award: Adrian College Art Club, D'Angelo Brown, Amanda LaVigne, Jesse Milan,
Tessa Roethemeyer, Bryce Smedley, and Tanner Williams

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Juried Student Exhibition

11/6/2017

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The Annual Juried Student Exhibition is now open and runs until November 29th. Please join us for the opening reception Tuesday November 14th from 5:30-7:30. Awards will be announced at 6pm.

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JURIED STUDENT EXHIBITION IS NOW OPEN

11/6/2017

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JURIED STUDENT EXHIBITION : SUBMISSION INFO

10/11/2017

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Please consider submitting work to our annual Juried Student Exhibition!

The exhibition will feature art by current Adrian College students. Participating students are not required to be majors in the Department of Art and Design. Work will be selected by Guest Juror Gregory Tom, Gallery Director at Eastern Michigan University. In addition to selecting work for the exhibition, Mr. Tom will award a broad array of prizes, including art supplies, gift certificates, and cash prizes.

Last year, the gallery issued over $1,200 worth of awards to student artists.

The show is open to all media.

This year, submissions will be judged in person. 2D work must be matted to a standard size, ready to frame. Please visit the matting and framing crew in the basement of Mahan, who can help you with this task in advance of submission date. Selected work will be framed post-selection.

Students with submissions must bring their work to the Valade Gallery on Thursday, October 26th or Friday, October 27th, between 10 am and 5 pm.

Gallery Attendants will be on site to help students complete the proper paperwork. Juror Gregory Tom will select work onsite on Friday, October 27th. Students will be notified of the results on Monday, October 30th. Selected work will stay in the gallery to be immediately installed. Work that is not selected must be picked up from the gallery by Wednesday, November 2nd at 5 pm.

We hope to see your work in the gallery this year!

JSE 2017 FAST FACTS:

Submission Drop Off: Thurs 10/26 + Fri 10/27 10 am to 5 pm, Valade Gallery
In-Person Selection: Friday, 10/27
Pick Up Unselected Work : Mon 10/31, Tues 11/1, Wed 11/2 10 am to 5 pm,
Valade Gallery
Exhibition Dates: 11/6 - 11/29
Reception: Tuesday, 11/14 5:30- 7:30 pm, Awards at 6 pm

If you have any questions, please contact gallery director Elspeth Schulze : eschulze@adrian.edu

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