Upcoming Art Department Events posted 2/10/10
February events are announced

ADRIAN, Mich. – Adrian College’s art department invites students and the community to attend, or participate in, seven upcoming events. These February events offer the opportunity to attend a number of art exhibits and other related experiences in Lenawee County. For Adrian College art students, each of the listed events qualifies as art experience in the department.  

The Region Three K-12 Art Exhibition is an annual event held by the Michigan Art Education Association.  Student work selected for the exhibition will be on display in Stubnitz Gallery located in Downs Hall on S. Madison Street. From Friday, Feb. 12 through Sunday, Feb. 28 the gallery will be open for viewing during hours: Monday through Saturday 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. excluding Thursday which is available 9 a.m. to 9 p.m.  A reception will be held from 1:00 to 4:00 p.m. on Sunday, February 28, for the artists, their families, friends, teachers, and members of the college community. 

Works in the exhibition were selected by art teacher members of the Michigan Art Education Association (MAEA) in Lenawee, Monroe, Washtenaw, and Jackson counties from among those created by their students during the year.  Art Professor Catherine Royer and Greg Jones, independent artist and adjunct instructor in the Art and Design Department, selected the works that move on to the state level exhibition. Those will be on display at the MAEA annual state conference in October.  A traveling exhibition will be selected from among the works displayed at the conference.

A reception titled “With Technical Assistance” will be held by Flatlanders Gallery and Sculpture Supply featuring the work of Adrian College teaching assistants: John Ahearn, Janel Dziesinski and Meghan Walton.  Featured work will be displayed Sunday, February 14. Flatlanders Gallery and Sculpture Supply is located at 11993 E. US 223 in Blissfield, Mich. 

Let's Save Michigan and the Detroit Institute of Arts have issued an open call to artists, illustrators, and graphic designers for original posters to inspire Michiganders to revive their state.  Monday, Feb. 15 is the deadline for submission. Upload a poster design for the Let’s Save Michigan! Contest.  Details are available online at: http://www.letssavemichigan.com/page/s/contest

Teaching Assistant Janel Dziesinski will present a presentation on Tuesday, Feb. 16 from noon to 12:50 p.m. Dziesinski is a mixed media sculptor and her noon talk will be held In Mahan Center for Art and Interior Design in Classroom 12 B. Mahan is located on Williams Street in Adrian. 

Onstead 5th grade students will visit the art education department on Friday, Feb. 26. 

Albion College will hold the award reception for the annual MI Small Colleges Art Competition, Sunday, Feb. 28 from 2 to 4 p.m. Transportation from Adrian is provided for Adrian College students via van which will be leaving Mahan Hall at 1 p.m. and returning at 5 p.m.

Sunday, Feb. 28 through Saturday, March 27, MI Small Colleges Art Exhibition will be held in in Albion College’s Babbitt Center for Arts. The gallery hours are as follows: Monday through Thursday 9 a.m. – 9p.m., Friday 9 a.m. – 5 p.m., and Saturday 10 a.m. – 2 p.m. The Gallery will be closed on Saturday, March 5 and on Monday, March 15.  

More information may be obtained by contacting Catherine Royer at 517-264-3903 or via e-mail at croyer@adrian.edu