The Gallery at Penn College
Roger and Peggy Madigan Library, Room 303 · (570) 320-2445
Current View Artist Series — Exhibits marked with this logo throughout the catalog are part of the Current View Artist Series. These exhibits highlight contemporary artists and aim to broaden and enrich the educational experience at Penn College. Artists working in a variety of media are juried and selected by a committee of art faculty.
Hours
- Saturday & Sunday: 1 - 4 p.m.
- Tuesday & Thursday: 2 - 8 p.m.
- Wednesday & Friday: 11 a.m. - 5 p.m.
- Closed Monday
- Free Admission
2008-09 Exhibits
The Gallery at Penn College is located on the 3rd floor of the Madigan Library, just inside the Main Campus entrance of Pennsylvania College of Technology. The Gallery is accessible by stairs or elevator.
Japan Juxtaposed – Traditional Textiles/Modern Images
Scarf, detail, Shibori yokobiki kanoko,
silk, 55 in. x 19 in.
Kirk Pedersen, Neon near Ginza,
2007, digital print, 26 in. x 39 in.
July 8 - August 6, 2008
- Opening Reception: Sushi and sake refreshments will be served Tuesday, July 8, 5 - 7 p.m. in The Gallery
Traditional Textiles: Geometric patterns and designs based on nature can be found in this exhibit of textiles from Japan featuring the classic Japanese method of cloth resist-dyeing called Shibori. Since the 8th century, Shibori fabric is produced by folding, twisting, tying, stitching, or clamping, and then dying in one or more colors. The personal collection of Joseph LeBlanc, Penn College instructor of physics, who lived in Japan for eight years, includes samples of many styles of Shibori. Touching the cloth is allowed and encouraged!
Modern Images: Photographs by Kirk Pedersen feature modern-day Tokyo. Japan’s largest city is captured through the eyes of an urban landscape artist. The images offer a fresh look at scenes that can be found in the city. Pedersen is a professor of art at Mt. San Antonio College, California, and has recently been an invited visiting artist and guest lecturer in China. His work is included in over 70 public and corporate collections.
- Gallery Talk: Joseph LeBlanc, begins Tuesday, July 8, 5:30 p.m. in The Gallery
Hands-on Lecture: Japanese Culture as seen through Textiles by Susan Ball Faeder, Tuesday, July 8, 7 p.m. on the second floor of the Madigan Library
Using examples from her own collection, Susan Ball Faeder will share her knowledge of Japanese traditional textiles based on her nearly 40 years of traveling in Japan. Included in the talk are some basic facts about the Japanese kimono, as well as a discussion of the fabric techniques relating specifically to Japanese textiles such as dyeing, tying, stenciling, block printing, and weaving.
Susan Ball Faeder, of Lewisburg, PA, is the owner of Quilters’ Express to Japan, and has led 17 group tours to Japan. She is also the owner of The Beckoning Cat, a retail shop in Lewisburg, which offers Japanese fabric and gift items. Her goal is to teach others about Japanese art and culture through the vehicle of quilting. Free admission.
Asian Storytelling for children: Tuesday, July 15, 9:30 - 11 a.m. in The Gallery
Children ages 4 to 6 are invited to enjoy two dramatic and enthralling adventures of brave and honorable children who prevail over evil and greedy forces. Joseph LeBlanc will tell the stories of Momotaro, the Peach Boy, and Ken’ichi and His Magic Pen. Free Admission
Workshop: Stitched Shibori on Pashmina Scarves Friday, July 25, 9 a.m. – 5 p.m.
Join instructor Sandy Trimble as she teaches students about traditional Japanese Shibori stitches and techniques. Two hand-stitches, ori-nui and mokume, will be used to design a pattern on a pashmina scarf, before the cloth is passed through a dye bath. The pole wrap technique arashi will also be explored. Original designs and patterns will be encouraged to create a beautiful, wearable work of art. Trimble, who resides in Indiana, PA, enjoys sharing her knowledge of fiber arts, and has over 20 years of teaching experience.
Cost: $40 registration fee, $30 materials fee (Fee includes lunch)
Space is limited. Call the Gallery to register by July 15, 2008.
Brad Holland – Third Eye
August 14 - September 14, 2008
Fifth Business
2007, Acrylic on Panel
- Opening Reception: Tuesday, August 26, 4:30 - 6:30 p.m.
- Artist's Lecture: Special Lecture begins Tuesday, August 26, 4 p.m. in Penn’s Inn, located in the Bush Campus Center (CC). Open to the public. Space is limited, call The Gallery for reservations
- Gallery Talk: begins Tuesday, August 26, 5:30 p.m. in The Gallery
- Special Hours: The College and The Gallery are closed August 30 through September 1, for the Labor Day Holiday
Now considered one of the top illustrators in the world, Brad Holland became a recognized name in the print industry in the 1970’s. His revolutionary style and perceived political commentaries were a welcome change from the nostalgic illustrations of the past. His works expressed a personal approach and though the ambiguity of his work was initially controversial, he was in time embraced by the likes of Playboy and The New York Times. The trail of his drawings and paintings can be followed through a broad range of publications including Vanity Fair, Time, The New Yorker, Rolling Stone, The Wall Street Journal, Esquire, and The Atlantic Monthly. While his unique style has evolved through the years, Holland’s approach remains consistent. He has illustrated CD covers for Ray Charles, Stevie Ray Vaughn, and Billy Joel among others, and his work can be found on theater posters, on the walls of Rio Casino in Las Vegas, and in the pages of virtual magazines. He recently illustrated LaNotte di Q, for Australian author Michael Reynolds, and Pandora Books of Seville, Spain, published a book of his Spanish landscape pastels.
His works merge satire and wit with compassion and humanity, resulting in very stirring images that are stories themselves. This extensive display of Holland’s art at The Gallery at Penn College will include drawings and paintings from a variety of sources.
Judith Kalina – New Paintings
September 19 - October 16, 2008
The Moon Mother Searches
for Her Children
2007, oil on linen, 36 in. x 40 in.
- Opening Reception: Tuesday, September 23, 4:30 - 6:30 p.m.
- Artists Lecture: Tuesday, September 23, 4 p.m. in the Student & Administrative Service Center (SASC), Presentation Room 1056
- Gallery Talk: begins Tuesday, September 23, 5:30 p.m. in the Gallery
- Travelling with American and European circuses for almost a decade, Judith Kalina uses these experiences as a source for her art. She considers her semi-abstract work to be autobiographical; in addition to the circus imagery, she portrays intimate family moments and her own memories. Each painting has its own narrative, many times an exploration of a forgotten experience that is reinvented in an altogether new way. She attempts to explore the edge between myth and reality, memory and action, feeling and thought. Kalina received her M.F.A. from Brooklyn College. Her work is in various collections including The John & Mabel Ringling Museum of Art, Ringling College of Art and Design, and the Omega Institute.
Brian Bishop – [pause]
Untitled (R.R.)
2007, encaustic on panel
8 ½ in. x 8 ½ in.
- October 26 - Novermber 21, 2008
- Opening Reception: Tuesday, October 28, 4:30-6:30
- Artist’s Lecture: begins Tuesday, October 28, 4 p.m. in the Student & Administrative Service Center (SASC), Presentation Room 1056
- Gallery Talk: begins Tuesday, October 28, 5:30 p.m. in the Gallery
Brian Bishop’s paintings attempt to pinpoint the overlap between opposites such as the intangible and the tangible, the conceptual and the visceral, the forgotten and the remembered. Some of his inspiration comes from snapshot photography, surveillance films, and portraiture study. His work also addresses memory, in particular, as it is explored through the medium of photography and asks the following question: Does the moment captured by the camera represent truth or fiction?
Brian Bishop attended The School of Visual Arts in New York; he earned a B.F.A. from Memphis College of Art, and an M.F.A. from Cranbrook Academy of Art. He recently exhibited his work at the Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery, The University of Delaware, and Georgetown University. He is an Assistant Professor of Art at The University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa, AL.
David Armstrong – Exalting Everyday Elements
December 2 - 17, 2008
A Benefit Exhibit for Penn College Foundation
Mountain Air
tempera on panel, 1989, 22 in. x 32 in.
This popular exhibit returns to The Gallery at Penn College for a third year with new original works by David Armstrong. Originals and reproductions will be available for acquisition to benefit the Pennsylvania College of Technology Foundation, Inc. A portion of the proceeds from the sale of these works will be used for annual scholarship awards and endowed scholarship funds to benefit Penn College students. The Penn College Foundation is a non-profit, tax exempt organization, established in 1981. The Foundation operates for the purpose of securing financial and other support necessary to assist the College in achieving it’s mission.
"My work attempts to present my vision of beauty through ordinary elements of the commonplace. I believe great works of art are not achieved through complicated statements, but rather simple ones, which allow painter and viewer alike to see beneath the surface, to question, and in our individual ways, to attempt an answer to the question of how we integrate our human needs with the natural world. In my pictures I attempt to feel -- a sense of time and place -- a moment of light, movement, and mood reflective of the world around me. In essence, my paintings reflect specific times and emotions of my life."
-David Armstrong (1947 – 1998)
60 x 60 — Small Prints from Purdue University Galleries
January 10 - February 3, 2009
Standing Alligator
Robin Kaneshiro, 1976, lithograph.
- Opening Reception: Tuesday, January 20, 4:30 - 6:30 p.m.
A traveling retrospective exhibition of contemporary prints acquired from Purdue University Galleries’ biennial small print exhibition, “Sixty Square Inches” The exhibit includes 60 images from a broad range of artists working in a variety of printmaking techniques including etching, engraving, lithograph, woodcut, intaglio, and others. All prints in the exhibit are no more than 60 square inches in image size.
Craig Martin, director of the Purdue University Galleries states, “The strength and variety of the printmaking society over the past 30 years is revealed in this small-scale exhibit through the presence of the very large creative personalities that have inhabited it and participated in our exhibits.”
“60 x 60” was developed by the Purdue University Galleries, West Lafayette, Indiana.
Ed Wong-Ligda – Beauty, Vulnerability and Inevitability
February 10 - March 6, 2009
Gwendolyn as America Wounded
2007, oil on canvas, 48 in. x 70 in.
- Opening Reception: Tuesday, February 10, 4:30 - 6:30 p.m.
- Artist’s Lecture: begins Tuesday, February 10, 4 p.m. in the Student & Administrative Service Center (SASC), Presentation Room 1056
- Gallery Talk: begins Tuesday, February 10, 5:30 p.m. in the Gallery
This exhibit comprises three separate but related bodies of work that examine beauty, vulnerability, and the inevitability of change. One group depicts scars that are markers of conflict or medical interventions. The second group uses theatrical scars as metaphors, and the third explores how pregnancy changes the roles and relationships of women. The pieces represent the artist’s attempts to resolve the juxtaposition of disparate facts and situations.
Ed Wong-Ligda was born and raised in Palo Alto, California. He attended Art Center College of Design in Los Angeles and holds an M.F.A. in painting from Tulsa University in Oklahoma. He is a Professor of Illustration at Grand Valley State University in Allendale, Michigan. Wong-Lidga is a proponent of public art; he has lectured on the subject and produced a 6’ x 9’ painting, Levels of Knowledge, for Grand Valley State University’s 45th Anniversary.
Nick Johnson – Transcendence
March 17 - April 9, 2009
Untitled #15
2003, selenium toned gelatin silver print,
23 ½ in. x 19 ½ in.
- Opening Reception: Thursday, March 26, 4:30 - 6:30 p.m.
- Artist’s Lecture: Lecture begins Tuesday, March 26, 4 p.m. in the Student & Administrative Service Center (SASC), Presentation Room 1056
- Gallery Talk: begins Tuesday, March 26, 5:30 p.m. in the Gallery
Working exclusively with a large format camera, Nick Johnson’s photographs portray manipulated rock and flagstones that resemble abstract landscapes. His technical mastery is apparent as he captures the images on film with minimal lighting in order to preserve a feeling of natural light. Johnson believes that photography ultimately must work at a visual level that transcends the subject matter. In creating images, he is motivated by a belief that there are new levels of dimensions and harmonies to be found within the formal visual language.
Nick Johnson has been a fine-art photographer for over 30 years. He teaches photography at the New England School of Photography, and is the Director of the school’s Center for Photographic Exhibitions.
Miguel Tio – Artist in Residence
April 21 - 24, 2009
Moments of Inspiration, detail
2006, oil on canvas, 30 in. x 40 in.
- Workshop: On Friday, April 24, from 9:30 – 11:30 a.m. ,Tio will offer a workshop for parents of young children. An introduction to materials, how the art making process helps children develop basic learning skills, and the benefits of encouraging art in the home will be followed by a hands-on activity. Recommended for parents of children ages 2 - 6. This event is free and open to the public, but space is limited and registration is required. For more information or to register, telephone the Gallery at (570) 320-2400 x 7973.
Miguel Tio will be conducting workshops for the Children’s Learning Center and students in the Early Childhood Education program during his Artist-in-Residence program at Pennsylvania College of Technology. As a member of the Society for Art of Imagination, Tio’s work was included in the popular 2007 exhibit Where Science Meets Art at The Gallery at Penn College. Tio will be exhibiting a small collection of original portraits during regular gallery hours.
Miguel Tio’s paintings are full of powerful energy and symbolism. His work has been likened to Renaissance paintings with his dramatic use of form and light, realism, perspective, and humanist concerns. Tio often employs the Mische technique in his artwork, a method for creating the illusion of realism and considered one of the secrets of the Renaissance.
A native of the Dominican Republic, but now based in Manhattan, Tio’s painting skills have been employed for a wide variety of creative projects, including the feature films Spiderman 1 and 2; Broadway shows Beauty and the Beast, Rent, and Miss Saigan; Old Navy & Hershey’s commercials; and window displays. He has been commissioned to paint portraits, including one of Diane Von Furstenberg. Since 2005, Miguel Tio has worked as an art teacher for the New York City Studio in a School, in addition to maintaining a studio and producing new work.
Graphic Design — Student Portfolio Exhibition
April 30 - May 7, 2009
Jamie Slater
(BGD) class of 2009
- Opening Reception: Tuesday, May 5, 4 - 6 p.m.
- Gallery Talk: begins Tuesday, May 5, 5:30 p.m. in the Gallery
During their careers at Penn College, Graphic Design students learn creative design through courses such as graphic design, type design, computer graphics, interactive media and web-based graphics, and illustration. This exhibition will feature works from student portfolios, including posters, books, magazine spreads, corporate identity, logos and more. This is an opportunity to see what senior-level Graphic Design students have created!
Employee Exhibition
May 14 - June 30, 2009
Winter at the Homestead
watercolor on paper, 7 ½ in. x 9 ½ in.
- Opening Reception: Thursday, May 14, 4 - 7 p.m.
Pennsylvania College of Technology values the service and hard work of its employees, and recognizes that it is important for employees to cultivate their non-work endeavors. Our campus shines with creativity, and The Gallery at Penn College will applaud that creative spirit with the first Employee exhibition. A wide variety of media—photography, sculpture, textiles, paintings, woodworking, and more—will be represented in this exhibit.
The annual Penn College Proud Showcase features artwork or personal collections of members of the Penn College, Williamsport Area Community College, and Williamsport Technical Institute family, including alumni, faculty and staff, and retirees.