Photo Gallery
Fall Arts Celebration: MultiMedia I: Art & Design and School of Communications Faculty Celebrate Grand Valley State University's 50th Anniversary (12 Photos)
Fall Arts Celebration Opening Reception September 15, 2010
Friday, August 27 to Friday, October 1, 2010 - New works in a
wide range of media including animation, installation, metals,
painting, photography, printmaking, sculpture, textiles, video and
works on paper by current tenure track faculty. This exhibit will be
presented in two parts. The faculty participating in this first
exhibit are: Anna Campbell, Jill Eggers, William Hosterman, Ann
Kiester, David Rathbun, Barbara Roos, John Schmit, Lorelle Otis Thomas
Anthony Thompson, Victoria Veenstra, Richard Weis, Paul Wittenbraker,
Ed Wong-Ligda, and Renee Zettle-Sterling.
Fall Arts Celebration: Mystic India, Land of Color and Tradition: Folk Art and Miniature Paintings from Grand Valley State University (15 Photos)
Fall Arts Celebration Opening Reception October 7, 2009
Monday, October 5 to Friday, October 30, 2009 - India is the
second most populous country in the world with over one billion
people. It has successfully managed to preserve their culture and
traditions through a myriad of invading foreign influences, including
central Asia and various European countries. More than 60 pieces of
Indain art were on exhibit in the GVSU Art Gallery, including minature
court life painting, sculptures of major deities, multicolored folk
art, and intricate inlaid marble works. The exhibition focused on the
stories and legends reflecting India's diverse cultures, as told
through her many traditional art forms. The artwork shown in Mystic
India was a selection from the university's collections acquired
during the course of two visits with members of the GVSU Friends of
Art. Their travels took them from Dehli to Agra, through the desert
state of Rajasthan. Along the journey, they sought local art forms in
paining, sculpture, carving, and other crafts.
Les Nabis: French Prophets of Modern Art, A Selection from the Robert L. Hoskins and Erwin A. Raible Collection of Fin de Siècle French Prints. A Gift of Elaine Rutowski Shay - exhibit opening (18 Photos)
Fall Arts Celebration: Separation as Together: Soonjung Hong and Eunmee Lee, Korean Ceramists at GVSU (10 Photos)
Fall Arts Celebration Exhibition Opening Reception - October 7, 2008
Tuesday, October 7 - Friday, October 31 - Renowned Korean artists
presented work created during the first GVSU International Ceramic
Workshop during this premiere exhibition. Lee enjoys rough and large
installation work, whereas Hong likes very delicate work. Though
different in their styles, they live and work together in Heyri, a
cultural village in the Paju province of their native Korea. Both of
these artists enjoy an international reputation for their fine
craftsmanship and blending of ancient techniques with new and
innovative methods.
Separation as Together: Soonjung Hong and Eunmee Lee, Korean Ceramists at GVSU- Exhibition (7 Photos)
"Separation as Together: Soonjung Hong and Eunmee Lee, Korean Ceramists at GVSU." Renowned Korean artists present work created during the first GVSU International Ceramic Workshop during this premiere exhibition.
Function or Submarine: New Work by Hoon Lee - exhibit opening (8 Photos)
Exhibit Opening Reception on September 4, 2008.
Friday, August 22 - Friday, September 26 - The GVSU Art Gallery
began a new season with an exhibit that payed tribute to both
traditional and modern techniques in ceramics. Artists have been
creating ceramics in Korea since about 6000 BC. This exhibit included
ceramic art based on celadon from the Koryo Dynasty (918-1392) and
buncheong from the Choseon Dynasty (1392-1910), as well as modern
techniques. Lee has been coordinator of the ceramics program since
coming to Grand Valley's Department of Art & Design in 2004. The
Korean-born artist works primarily at performance-based installations,
though his vast interest and experience in ceramics play a role in
many of his projects. Of the many pieces created for the exhibit, one
non-ceramic piece rose above the others. Hanging from the ceiling of
the exhibit was a 12-foot submarine skeleton Lee fashioned from thin
strips of bamboo, in part as a tribute to the bamboo tools used in
ceramics. "A submarine is a special type of container whose shape
resembles the traditional bottles of early Korean ceramics," said
Lee. "I thought it would also be a fun way to make reference to
the many pieces of ceramics on the sea floor from sunken ships that
imported Korean ceramics to Japan centuries ago.
