Month: January 2020

WALKTHROUGH ARTIST TALK WITH PHILLIP CHEN, DAVID DUNLAP, & DONTE HAYES

Join us for A Valentine’s Day Walkthrough with Phillip Chen, David Dunlap and Donté K. Hayes on Friday, February 14, 2020 from 5:30pm-6:30pm. This will be an hour for peace and the sharing of ideas in the Visual Disobedience exhibition in the Anderson Gallery on the campus of Drake University.

Lenore Metrick-Chen will moderate a conversation by these three internationally-renown Iowa-based artists who will discuss their artworks, issues of race and immigration, and how creative freedoms lead to other freedoms.  Please come meet and chat with these art stars!

An RSVP to andersongallery@drake.edu is encouraged but not required.

“From the Heart, It’s a Start, A Work of Art”

 

49th ANNUAL JURIED STUDENT EXHIBITION

Students, you can be recognized for your creativity and innovation! Register up to 4 entries for submission in this year’s competitive art exhibition juried by 2019 Iowa Arts Fellow Rachel Merrill. Registration runs from January 31 – February 18, 2020.

Once works are registered, you can drop them off to the Anderson Gallery or STAH on Wednesday or Thursday, February 19-20, 2020 for review. Click here to access the online registration form and to see the rules and guidelines for entry: https://forms.gle/WaL4nwkMLc6VKxSr8   Or, point your camera on your phone at this QR code and it will automatically take you to the registration form.

49th ASJE Entry Submission Link

You are invited to attend a brief info session on Friday, January 31 at noon in the Anderson Gallery to learn all the details on the entry process and how to professionally present your works. And please plan to attend the Awards Ceremony and reception on Sunday, March 8 from 1-3pm!

49th AJSE Prospectus image

 

THE LEYENDAS/LEGENDS PROJECT

On display February 7 – March 1, 2020 in the Weeks Gallery with a mid-show reception on Thursday, February 13, 2020 from 4 – 6pm.

A collaborative exhibition between students in Professor Inbal Mazar’s ‘Latin American Legends’ course and students in the painting courses of Professor Angela Battle. Spanish students interviewed Des Moines residents from Latin America and shared translations of the legends with painting students, who then created visual translations. This show is a dialogue between both forms of expression. For inquiries contact: Angela Battle at angela.battle@drake.edu  or Inbal Mazar at inbal.mazar@drake.edu.

Una exhibición colaborativa entre estudiantes del curso ‘leyendas latinoamericanas’ de la profesora Inbal Mazar y estudiantes de los cursos de pintura de la profesora Ángela Battle. Estudiantes de español entrevistaron a residentes de Des Moines de origen latinoamericano y compartieron las traducciones de las leyendas con estudiantes de pintura, quienes luego crearon traducciones visuales. Esta exhibición es un diálogo entre ambas maneras de expresión. Para consultas comunicarse con: Ángela Battle angela.battle@drake.edu  o Inbal Mazar inbal.mazar@drake.edu.