Art Department Presents Second Senior Exhibition
posted 3/19/08

ADRIAN, Mich. - The second of three Senior Art Exhibitions opens Monday, March 24 at Adrian College’s Stubnitz Gallery. Featured is work by Rhonda Beckermeyer, Hillary Gurtowski, Amy O’Connor, and Kara Pieracini. The exhibition continues through April 5.

The artists in the show are linked by their use of brilliant color. Beckermeyer creates floor pieces inspired by the earth as seen from above in her travels. Mountains, bodies of water, fields, and buildings are all created three-dimensionally with primary colors of paint on canvas and other fabrics.

Gurtowski works in the medium of printmaking. She concentrates on design, texture, color, and the craftsmanship of inking and printing her collagraph plates of birds. The prints that result from her efforts to make what she refers to as “the one” are part of her installation.

O’Connor’s cast fragments of bodies, coated in black paint and red wax, are displayed amidst wooden flame shapes. The installation refers to her efforts to come to terms with childhood trauma and its residual emotional toll.

Pieracini’s acrylic paintings consist of layers of abstract patterns, especially vertical bands of colors based on the natural world--autumn foliage, pebbles, and hydrangeas. Without representing nature, the works describe her sense of the spiritual and her experiences in nature.

The public is also invited to a reception for the artists on Saturday, April 5 between 2:00 and 4:00 P.M. Gallery hours are Monday through Saturday 9:00 A.M. to 4:00 P.M. and 9:00 A.M. to 9:00 P.M. on Thursdays. Stubnitz Gallery is located in Downs Hall on the College’s campus off of S. Madison St. More information can be obtained by contacting Cathie Royer in the art department at 517-264-3903 or via e-mail croyer@adrian.edu.