The Gallery at Penn College
Roger and Peggy Madigan Library, Room 303 · (570) 320-2445
Past Exhibits
David Armstrong & Chris Armstrong– "Returning Home"
December 8 - 16, 2007
Greening Up at Grace’s
by David Armstrong,
watercolor,
29” x 34 ¼”, 1994
- Location: Madigan Library, Room 303 (Gallery)
A vast selection of watercolor paintings by the late David Armstrong and oil paintings by his son Chris Armstrong will be on display. All sales from this special exhibit will benefit the Lycoming County United Way. Originals and reproductions will be available for acquisition.
Rosemarie Bernardi - "Bearing Water: Prints and Drawings"
April 4 - 28, 2006
Untitled
- The final show of the academic year, "Bearing Water: Prints and Drawings," features the work of Rosemarie T. Bernardi. An associate professor of art at Keene State College in New Hampshire, Bernardi uses her original photographs to create works in a series. Most of her recent work has been based on images taken at medical museums and combines text with prints and drawings to form dynamic wall installations.
Dr. Kenneth E. Carl - "Visions in Wood"
May 15 - June 17, 2007
Pair of Cardinals
Walnut and Cherry, 8.5” x 16.5” x 8", 1979
- Opening: Tuesday, May 15, 3:30-7 p.m.
- Location: Madigan Library, Room 303 (Gallery)
Dr. Kenneth E. Carl was director of the Williamsport Technical Institute, and President of the Williamsport Area Community College. After retiring from his educational career in 1973, Dr. Carl combined his love of wood and the natural world to create unique and sympathetic representations of birds native to Pennsylvania. His attention to details and patience are apparent in the wood carvings, made of an assortment of native woods and exotic woods. This exhibit features sculptures of a variety of birds that Dr. Carl observed on a daily basis.
Fanky Chak - "Misplacement"
February 21 - March 24, 2006
Green & Purple, 2003-04, digital print, 20" x 24"
- The exhibit "Misplacement" is composed of intriguing photographs by Fanky Chak. The artist starts with straight black-and-white photographs, then inserts them into another setting and takes another photograph, this time in color. He says he “plays on the ideas of consciousness versus randomness, staged versus documentary photography, and analog versus digital technology.” Chak is an assistant professor of art at The College of New Jersey.
Faculty Art Exhibit – "Premiere"
August 14 - September 24, 2006
The works of 14 Penn College art faculty will be featured in the premiere exhibit.
- Opening: Tuesday, August 14
- Location: Madigan Library, Room 303 (Gallery)
The premiere exhibit features a show of work by full and part-time Penn College art faculty. Fourteen artists exhibit pieces in painting, drawing, sculpture, ceramics, mixed media, photography and printing.
Ray Gloeckler – "Works from Wood"
January 23 - February 18, 2007
As It Is, Not As I Would Have It
Woodcut, 35” x 21 5/8”, 2004-05
- Opening: Tuesday, January 23, 2007
- Location: Madigan Library, Room 303 (Gallery)
The first exhibit of the Spring semester features “Works from Wood” by Ray Gloeckler. Gloeckler is a master wood engraver and emeritus professor of art at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. His detailed imagery portrays humor, politics, and American life in general
Norma Greenwood - "Re-Visions"
February 24 - March 26, 2004
Eddie, oil alkyd, 16" x 18"
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Cynthia Harper – "Applied Landscape"
April 10 - May 6, 2007
Untitled
Pastel on Paper, 50” x 60”, 2004
- Opening: Tuesday, April 1, 2008
- Location: Madigan Library, Room 303 (Gallery)
Closing the academic year is “Applied Landscape” by Cynthia Harper. Harper’s large-scale works on paper reinvent the traditional landscape. She is a recipient of the prestigious Pollock-Krasner Foundation grant.
Timothy Hawkesworth – "Paintings and Drawings"
February 27 - April 1, 2007
Boat #1
Mixed Media on Paper, 52” x 58”, 2001
- Opening: Tuesday, February 19, 2008
- Location: Madigan Library, Room 303 (Gallery)
Timothy Hawkesworth will display “Paintings and Drawings” beginning February 27. Exhibiting in Ireland and the United States, Hawkesworth’s largely abstract works create a visual experience for the viewer.
David Hostetler – "The Iconography of the Goddess"
October 3 - October 29, 2006
Installation of Ancient Tree Root Goddesses
5'9" to 6'10", Bronze, Year (various)
- Opening: Tuesday, October 3
- Location: Madigan Library, Room 303 (Gallery)
The second show features renowned sculptor David Hostetler with an exhibit titled “The Iconography of the Goddess.” Hostetler, a professor emeritus at Ohio University, specializes in wood and bronze sculpture of the female form.
A celebrated American wood carver and bronze sculptor for more than 50 years, he gained national prominence in the 1960s with his “American Woman Series.”
His works appear in more than 25 museums and have been featured in films, on television, and in newspapers and magazines. During his 38-year teaching career at Ohio University, he taught a number of now-accomplished artists.
Vincent Hron - New Work
September 28 - October 22, 2004
Vine Kitchen, oil, 36" x 48"
Hron is an associate professor of art at Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania. Born in Omaha, Neb., he earned a bachelor of fine arts degree in painting/drawing from Drake University and a master of fine arts degree in painting from the University of Michigan.
Many of Hron's paintings feature interiors, neighborhoods and playgrounds. His artwork has earned several awards, including a graduate scholarship to study for a year at the State Art Academy in Karlsrhue, Germany. His works are displayed in collections in Belgium, Michigan, California, Arizona, Florida, Minnesota, Nebraska and Pennsylvania. He is affiliated with the Gross McLeaf Gallery in Philadelphia.
Brian Kreydatus - Recent Work
November 7 - December 5, 2003
Christine, oil, 30" x 22"
Kreydatus, an assistant professor of drawing and printmaking at The College of William & Mary, Williamsburg, VA, also has taught at the Washington Studio School, Chevy Chase, MD, and the University of Pennsylvania. He earned a bachelor of fine arts degree from Syracuse University and a master of fine arts degree from Penn.
Warren Linn - "LeftRight"
November 2 - November 26, 2004
Wilson Pickett with Strings, 2004, collage & acrylic on masonite, 35 cm x 35 cm
Linn has exhibited and done illustrative work since 1969. He has a bachelor of fine arts degree in painting and printmaking from The School of The Art Institute of Chicago.
He has worked for major print and media clients and exhibited in a wide range of gallery venues for more than 35 years. Highlights include a 21-by-156-foot mural for CBS Records International's biennial meeting and the HarperCollins children’s book “Happy Birthday, Frankie” by Sarah Weeks. The book contains 23 collages and was awarded the Marion Vannett Ridgway Honor Book Award.
Linn’s work has also appeared in The New York Times, Newsweek, Esquire, the Chicago Tribune, The Boston Globe, and Rolling Stone.
Linn is a full-time instructor at the Maryland Institute College of Art. He also taught at Parsons School of Design for 16 years and at Rhode Island School of Design in 1996-97. His work is in numerous private collections and in the Art Institute of Chicago’s print and drawing collection.
Bill Lowenburg - "Crash Burn Love: Demolition Derby Photographs"
January 20 - February 13, 2004
Awaiting Memorial Day Competition, photograph
Mark Mahosky - "The Earthly and the Ethereal"
January 18 - February 11, 2005
Untitled, 2002, oil on canvas, 40" x 60"
Mahosky is an assistant professor of fine arts at Kutztown University. He earned a master-of-fine-arts degree in painting from Stanford University and a bachelor-of-fine-arts degree from the Tyler School of Art at Temple University.
His work has been exhibited in galleries across Pennsylvania and in New York City; Houston; Portland, Ore.; and Paris.
Mahosky works extensively with high-school art programs around the state. He founded and directs the Mifflinburg Art Center, which provides art education for all ages in a three-county area of central Pennsylvania, and has taught art and drawing courses at the federal penitentiary in Allenwood.
Babette Martino - "Realism with a Surreal Edge"
February 22 - March 25, 2005
2 Bridges Over the Schuylkill, 2003, oil/panel, 18" x 34"
Martino, of Blue Bell, earned a master-of-fine-arts degree from the Instituto Allende of the University of Guanajuato in San Miguel de Allende, Mexico; a bachelor-of-arts degree from the Tyler School of Art at Temple University in Philadelphia; and a diploma from L’Accademia di Belle Arti in Firenze, Italy. She also studied with her parents, the acclaimed artists Giovanni Martino and Eva Marinelli, and at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia.
Martino has taught at the Munson-Williams-Proctor Arts Institute, Utica, N.Y.; Mohawk Valley Community College, Utica; Rome Art Association, Rome, N.Y.; and the Norristown Art League, Norristown. Her work has been exhibited in many states, as well as in Mexico and Africa.
Gretchen Moyer - "Schemata"
January 17 - February 10, 2006
The Dog Observed, 2004, mixed media, 29" X 36"
- Mixed-media artist Gretchen Moyer will open the Spring 2006 calendar with an exhibit titled "Schemata." Moyer encompasses all her varying techniques of interest in her works on paper, including painting, printmaking and drawing. She earned degrees in the latter two.
Patrick Murphy - Recent Work
September 28 - October 22, 2004
Pete, 2004, oil on linen, 30" x 22"
Murphy is an associate professor of art at Penn College, where he has taught for 25 years and earned the College’s highest academic recognition for faculty members, the Master Teacher Award, in 1989.
He said the exhibit features works produced over a two-year period that included a semester’s sabbatical. Much of the work focuses on portraits in painting, drawing, and sculpture. Other works include still-life paintings concentrating on subtle variations of subject and composition.
Murphy earned a master’s degree from Parsons School of Design/Bank Street College of Education in New York City, and a bachelor’s degree from King’s College in Wilkes-Barre. He served as an adjunct faculty member at Luzerne County Community College and worked as a freelance illustrator and technical illustrator for 10 years.
His work has been shown in exhibits across the United States, as well as in Paris. He has also been a guest lecturer at several universities, and he has drawings and paintings in public and private collections.
Kirk Pedersen - "Urban"
August 30 - September 23, 2005
Mission, 2004, watercolor, 22" X 30"
- The kickoff exhibit, "Urban," features watercolor paintings by California artist Kirk Pedersen. His untraditional works involve abstraction, collage and the use of words to create an altogether new style of watercolor paintings for the viewer. Pedersen is a full-time professor of art and the art department chair at Mt. San Antonio College.
Catherine Prescott - "Portraits: Recent Oils of Family & Friends"
September 2 - September 26, 2003
Wild Bill, oil on canvas, 50" x 36"
Leonard Ragouzeos - "In Black and White"
August 24 - September 17, 2004
The Fall (Head #4), 2003, ink on Yupo paper, 25" x 38"
Ragouzeos' work with India ink will be part of the show, "In Black and White." He is a professor in the art department at Millersville University where, since 1980, he has taught graphic design, basic design, calligraphy and typography.
Over the past 30 years, Ragouzeos has exhibited paintings in 37 one-person shows and more than 80 invitational and juried small-group shows nationally.
His paintings are in the collections of the Des Moines Art Center and State Museum, The Lancaster Museum of Art, and numerous corporate and private collections. He is represented in Philadelphia by Sande Webster Gallery and in Lancaster by Central Market Art Gallery.
David Foss, Michelle Marcuse, and Antonio Puri – "ReMix: Wax and the Intuitive Process"
November 7 - December 10, 2006
(l-r) David Foss, Untitled #20, 2001, 64” x 54”, mixed media on canvas
Michelle Marcuse, Drops Patterned by Lamplight, 2005, 17” x 21”, beeswax & digital image transfer on paper Antonio Puri, Melting Pot, 2004, 12’ x 8’, mixed media on canvas
- Opening: Tuesday, November 7, 2006
- Location: Madigan Library, Room 303 (Gallery)
The third exhibit, “Remix: Wax and the Intuitive Process,” features Philadelphia artists David Foss, Michelle Marcuse, and Antonio Puri. In this exhibit, the three celebrate the continued use of wax as a contemporary visual art medium. They remix the ancient traditions of creating with wax in contemporary styles of artistic expression.
Linda Mylin Ross - "Contemporary Landscapes"
August 30 - September 23, 2005
Site #10, 2003, charcoal on paper, 30" x 42"
- In contrast to the vibrant and stimulating colors of Pedersen’s paintings, the second exhibit, "Contemporary Landscapes," features works in charcoal. Rather than allowing her chosen medium to offer a subdued vision of the landscape, artist Linda Mylin Ross attempts to portray her concern with environmental issues within the black-and-white images. Such issues should raise awareness in many patrons of this exhibit, as she takes inspiration from the area surrounding her home in Pennsylvania.
Rolfe Ross - "cuba...on the street"
April 1 - 29, 2005
Breadman, photograph, 8" x 12"
Rather than allowing her chosen medium, charcoal, to offer a subdued vision of the landscapes she depicts, Ross attempts to portray her concern with environmental issues within the black-and-white images.
Ross is an assistant professor of education and humanities at Penn State Harrisburg, where she has taught art education, studio and art history courses since 1983. She holds a master of fine arts degree from Maryland Institute College of Art, a master's degree from Penn State Harrisburg and a bachelor's degree from Millersville University. Her work has been displayed in galleries across the state, and her drawings and paintings have been selected for state exhibits.
Gaylord Schanilec - "Bookends"
April 2 - 30, 2004
High Bridge, wood engraving , 3.5" x 5"
Schanilec, who holds a bachelor’s degree in visual arts from the University of North Dakota, beautifully combines wood engraving and old-fashioned printing methods with by-hand bookbinding. His work is exhibited internationally and is in dozens of museum, corporate and university collections – including a complete collection at the University of Minnesota.
With a reputation that far transcends his remote studio, Schanilec found perhaps his greatest success in 1987 with “High Bridge,” which chronicles (in woodcuts and old typefaces) the history and demolition of a wrought-iron span over the Mississippi River in St. Paul, Minn.
"Where Science Meets Art" featuring works from around the world by members of the London-based Society for Art of Imagination
June 22 - August 31, 2007
Earth, Water, Air, and Fire
- Opening: Friday, June 22
- Location: Madigan Library, Room 303 (Gallery)
Artist Documentary: A Brush with Adventure: Over the Himalayas to Paint the Dalai Lama
- Friday, June 22, 7:30 p.m.
- Location: Penn College Student & Administrative Services Center, Room 1056
- Brigid Marlin, the first person given an audience to paint an official portrait of His Holiness the Dalai Lama, will share her experiences. This lively and spirited talk will include photographs taken by Marlin during her trek to Tibet.
Workshop: A Glimpse of the Painting Secrets of the Old Masters of the Renaissance
- Saturday, June 23, 9:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m.
- Presented by the society’s chairman and founder Brigid Marlin, who was trained by famed artists Ernst Fuchs, the workshop highlights the Mische Technique. This “secret of the Renaissance” creates the illusion of realism by using egg-tempera and oil glazes in layers to create a luminous and highly detailed painting.
- Cost: $75 includes materials and lunch
- Limited to 8 participants. Reserve a seat at gallery@pct.edu or (570) 320-2445. Note: the deadline to register for this workshop has been extended to June 20.
International members of the Society for Art of Imagination will be featured in a juried exhibit at The Gallery at Penn College. While working in England in 1961, founding members of the SAI (originally called the Inscape Group) recognized that many contemporary artists were not trained in the techniques of painting and drawing. They set out to experiment with and share both old and newly developed techniques, as well as reinforce the imaginative and spiritual aspect of painting that has been the heart of art for centuries. The group was inspired by visionary artists such as Bosch, Botticelli, da Vinci, and Rembrandt; and artist Ernst Fuchs has played a significant role as researcher and teacher, and is now the Honorary President. The exhibit, “Where Science Meets Art”, will be alive with realism, fantasy, and surrealism.
Victoria Veedell - "Visions & Imaginings"
November 8 - December 9, 2005
Evening Passage, 2003 oil on canvas, 24" x 24"
- The third exhibit of the fall season, "Visions & Imaginings," offers a different take on the landscape. Victoria Veedell’s paintings suggest landscapes that may not have been physically seen, but rather sensed or experienced by the artist. Much of her inspiration comes from her travels in Japan, India and Canada, as well as the United States.