Artist's perspective beneficially expands beyond gallery walls
Published 09.16.2022
– Photos by Cindy Davis Meixel, writer/photo editor,
and Alexis M. Burrell, student photographer
A range of campus and community members gathers in the Makerspace to explore creativity with Cline (second from left) and Lutz (far left).
The artist engages participants in creative strategies, tools and fundamentals.
Kat A. Valentine, manager of makerspace operations, introduces visitors to the workshop’s colorful components.
Chloe N. Taylor, a gallery attendant and graphic design senior, shares her creative perceptions.
Students enviably experience one of the institution's hallmarks: a classroom visit from a talented practitioner in the field.
The class reviews examples of artistic expression, from Shepard Fairey's "We the People" series ...
.. to a co-opted Uncle Sam in a "practice every day" image.
Graphic design instructor Nicholas L. Stephenson (in blue shirt), joins his students in appreciation of Cline's insights.
The gallery offers spaces for creative discussion and reflection.
The first artist’s talk of the 2022-23 season draws a crowd of interested listeners.
In the glow of Cline’s work, “Absence of evidence is not evidence of absence”
The artist shares personal stories and professional explorations.
“Bound,” a work of hand-forged steel and ebonized walnut, fronts a group of gallery-goers.
The sculptor discusses a self-portrait.
An illuminating close-up from the piece, “Violations of the human spirit are never forgotten”
Carnival photographs are on display in the gallery lobby.