Tuesday, July 30, 2013
Flagler Art Dominates the Highway!
One third of the artists chosen to grace Jacksonville billboards this year are from Flagler! Way to go St. Augustine! Way to go Flagler! WAY TO GO DEPARTMENT OF ART AND DESIGN! Congratulations are in order for student BRIANNA ANGELAKIS and Professor SARA PEDIGO who were both chosen to put their work up on billboards and to show at Florida Mining Gallery in August. Another big congratulations to woodshop guru RUSSELL MAYCUMBER who shares these honors and is also distinguished as the Director's Choice!
An opening reception for these artists is to be held this friday, August 2, at Florida Mining Gallery. See you there!
Monday, July 8, 2013
BFA Angelakis IlluXCon Scholar!
Flagler College alumni and Fall 2013 BFA Candidate, Brianna Angelakis, has been selected as one of three winners for the IlluXCon Scholarship for 2013 which are scholarships awarded to the very best students in the field. The scholarships are open to any student attending an accredited institution to study art; this includes ateliers. Judges included Sarah Robinson, Art Director at Paizo Publishing; Joe Shoopack, Art Director at Sony Online Entertainment; E.M. Gist, Artist and Instructor at the Watts Atelier; Don Maitz, Artist; and Alison Eldred, UK Agent representing the top British science fiction and fantasy artists.
Brianna will receive a full-paid scholarship which includes airfare/travel, hotel, and food in order to attend IlluXCon 6, held in Allentown, PA from September 11 - 15.
According to the website, IlluXCon is a multi-part experience. It’s an exhibition, where over 1,000 traditional media works are on display; it’s a gallery opening, where all exhibiting artists are present and their displayed work is available for you to purchase; it’s an international symposium, where ideas and experiences are shared across a wide range of technical approaches, artistic backgrounds, and continents; and it’s a place where students and artists at all levels can make the personal, professional, and creative connections necessary to find their own artistic path.
A hearty congratulations goes out to Brianna from the whole department!
Monday, July 1, 2013
Off the Rails!
Instructor Loren Myhre finds time to do more than teach and make art; he's now a designer, too! Check out his new design project, a furniture company- Trestle Design!
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Friday, June 28, 2013
Summer in Prison
This summer, Professor Leslie Robison and graduating senior Sean-michael Cusick spent every wednesday and friday at the St. Johns Juvenile Correctional Facility, working with the young detainees on conceiving of, designing and executing a mural for the facility's multi-purpose room.
"When we first started the project, I asked the young men incarcerated there (at the Juvenile Corrections Center) to think about the public nature of murals, using Diego Rivera and WPA murals as models for how artists can share thoughts and instruct viewers. They decided that it would be a good idea to leave a message behind for other young men," Robison said of the project. "Of course, we had to think about how to deliver the message- they kept coming up with ideas about choices and the paths one could take through life. Sean and I decided on going, literally, with divergent paths but leaving the message otherwise ambiguous: one path is a little darker, the other lighter, but the sign says 'this path' and 'that path', it's not supposed to be preachy."
"Sean was a huge contributor to the success of the project. Not only did he design the final image, but he also helped our new 'students' learn to hold the brush, and choose and mix colors. He also assigned them areas to work on every day. This was an enjoyable experience," Robison said.
"When we first started the project, I asked the young men incarcerated there (at the Juvenile Corrections Center) to think about the public nature of murals, using Diego Rivera and WPA murals as models for how artists can share thoughts and instruct viewers. They decided that it would be a good idea to leave a message behind for other young men," Robison said of the project. "Of course, we had to think about how to deliver the message- they kept coming up with ideas about choices and the paths one could take through life. Sean and I decided on going, literally, with divergent paths but leaving the message otherwise ambiguous: one path is a little darker, the other lighter, but the sign says 'this path' and 'that path', it's not supposed to be preachy."
"Sean was a huge contributor to the success of the project. Not only did he design the final image, but he also helped our new 'students' learn to hold the brush, and choose and mix colors. He also assigned them areas to work on every day. This was an enjoyable experience," Robison said.
In Bed in Massachusetts
Professor Laura Mongiovi's work was featured in down to sleep, a thematic show hosted at the Chester F. Sidell Gallery at the Essex Art Center in Lawrence, MA in March and April. We recently received the catalogue from this thoughtful showing of work curated by artist Joetta Maue.
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