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Art exhibit to spotlight 700 works by Lakeland students

Student Life - posted on 4/9/2010

"Painting I" by Jackie Stephan

"Digital Illustration" by Tassy Dimmer

"Color Theory" by Tory Hayner

The 2010 Lakeland College Student Art Exhibition will feature approximately 700 pieces by 200 students enrolled in the college's various art classes this school year.

A reception and awards ceremony will be held on Friday, April 16, beginning at 4:30 p.m. in the Bradley Fine Arts Building on the Lakeland campus. The show will run through May 14. Attendance at the reception and admittance to the Bradley Gallery are both free and open to the public.

The Bradley Gallery is open from 8 a.m.-4 p.m., Monday through Friday, when the college is in session.

The work in this show represents the best of the work done in Lakeland art classes over the past academic year. Students, who hail from throughout the U.S. and several different countries, will be stationed throughout the gallery and will discuss their coursework and field any questions from the attendees.

The opening reception features an awards ceremony as students will receive Best Body of Work and Honorable Mention awards in each area. There will be a Best of Show, a People's Choice Award and the art department's three major scholarships for upper classmen will also be announced.

Mediums represented are charcoal, ink, oil paint, acrylic, black and white photography, computer design, plaster, clay, foam board construction, watercolor, pastel, graphite and conte crayon. Examples of subject matter include portraiture, interior space, landscape, abstract design, theory studies, figure drawing, still life, commercial and graphic design, among others.

Courses represented are drawing I & II, two-dimensional design, three-dimensional design, color theory, painting I and II, watercolor I & II, pastels, digital illustration, digital imaging, black & white film photography, illustration, graphic communications and a new course, typography.

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