The public exhibition presents opportunities for students and members of the community to become better acquainted with art department faculty and directly engage with the range and breadth of their work.

An opening reception will be held at the gallery from 4-6 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 4. Gallery talks are scheduled at noon on November 10 (The Path of an Artist) and November 18 (Artistic Philosophy).

Department of Art Chair Cynthia Vascak said, "The annual faculty exhibition is a vital tradition at PSU that invites our entire community to celebrate and honor the multifaceted creative and expressive talents of our faculty. The exhibition highlights new creative directions and/or projects that exemplify the artists' lifelong passion, practice and pursuit of beauty and meaning,a constant evolution and exploration of mastery and a quest for ever-deepened insights and understandings of self, world and other."

The exhibition presents work in ceramic, drawing, landscape design, sculpture, printmaking, painting, photography and graphic arts.

Exhibiting this year are John Anderson, Elizabeth D'Amico, Tom Driscoll, Greg Finley, Bill Haust, Michael Heffernan, Philip Inwood and Carol Jowdy. Also Jong-Yoon Kim, Phil Lonergan, Dave Martin, Annette Mitchell, Jay Moskowitz, Nick Sevigney, Kathi Smith, Jason Swift, Cynthia Vascak, Lauren von Duyke-Dadmun and Joan Wirth.

Exhibitor Nick Sevigney said, "Being an artist is a big part of being a member of any art department. If you are not working and participating in the larger art community it is difficult to tell students what it takes to be an artist. I really enjoy my teaching practice but love making art. To strengthen my teaching practice, the importance of using my skills as an artist is essential. The energy, enthusiasm and technical expertise I employ in my own studio help me demonstrate and teach craftsmanship, creativity and analytical skills to my students in the university studio. It is important that students know this and see the results of what faculty make in an exhibit."

Drerup Gallery is open Monday-Saturday, 10 a.m.-4 p.m.; Wednesday 10 a.m.-8 p.m. and by appointment.

For gallery information call (603) 535-2614 or log on to www.plymouth.edu/artdept.

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Annette Mitchell "Inspiration" quilt detail.

Jason Swift "Hold it Softly" installation.

-end- ]]> 11/3/09 http://www.plymouth.edu/news/fullstory.php?number=6735 Tipsheet of PSU events scheduled in November is available at http://www.plymouth.edu/news/tipsheets/Nov09tips.pdf. ]]> 11/1/09 http://www.plymouth.edu/news/fullstory.php?number=6696 PLYMOUTH, N.H. - New Hampshire and Vermont artists represented by Two Rivers Printmaking Studio have works on display at Lamson Library and Learning Commons on the campus of Plymouth State University October 26-January 29.

The studio's 2008 Portfolio Show comprises works by 26 artist members, each of whom contributed prints or artist's proofs demonstrating a broad range of old and new printmaking techniques.

Exhibitors in this show are Jennifer Anderson, Ian Baldwin, Lois Masor Beatty, Penelope Bennett, Susan Airris Berry, Amparo Carvajal-Hufschmid, Jennifer Cintron, Betsey Garand, Daniel Gottsegen, Rachel Gross and Louise Hamlin.

Also Ann Audley Holloway, Debra Jayne, Jenevieve Alyssa Johnson, Judy Lampe, Carol Lippman, Nori Lupfer, Elizabeth Mayor, Mary Mead, Josh Melrod, Sue Schiller, Rebekah A.L. Tolley, Sherri Hancock-Tomek, Sheryl Trainor, Nancy Wightman and Bert Yarborough.

"We are really excited to display these remarkable prints," said David Beronä, dean of the library and academic support services. "Normally our print portfolios are kept in our Special Collections and available for private viewing. The quality and inspiring subject matter of these prints, however, need to be seen by a wider public, which is the reason I wanted the prints framed and on display. What a great opportunity to support the work of living and breathing printmakers in our area."

Images of works in the show are online at tworiversprintmaking.com. Click on the "portfolio" button and select 2008. Artist biographies are also available online.

Two Rivers Printmaking Studio is a nonprofit teaching and learning workspace located in White River Junction, Vt., that is run cooperatively by its member artists. The studio hosts classes, exhibitions and lectures by artists, curators and collectors to help build interest in the art and history of printmaking.

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Images:

1. Jennifer Anderson, "Passage" 8 X 6 shaped plate hard-ground etching with aquatint

2. Louise Hamlin, "Watermelon" 7 X 5.5 soft-ground etching with surface roll

]]> 10/29/09 http://www.plymouth.edu/news/fullstory.php?number=6733 Fall Semester at PSU Galleries presents Installations, Photographs and Poetry, Textile Art and Faculty Works,

PLYMOUTH, N.H. - Five new exhibitions will fill the Plymouth State University galleries with illustrations; photograph and poetry collages; textile history, function and design; and faculty works this fall.

Up and Down: Overview Effect by Pat Musick opens at the Karl Drerup Art Gallery in the Draper and Maynard Building September 9.

Working with her husband, Jerry Carr, Musick produces work that reflects her affinity to nature. "My art is a reflection of the tensions that exist between mankind and the natural environment. It addresses the havoc that we have done to the natural world and the devastation that the natural world has wreaked upon mankind. I search for ways to create harmony and reconciliation of this situation both in the media and the content," Musick said.

In 2002, following the tradition of Christo, and inspired by installation artist Andy Goldsworthy; Musick, Carr and a crew created an art installation titled Stone Songs on the Trail of Tears that traveled along the path followed by the Cherokees during their forced migration in 1883.

"Pat Musick's work blends natural materials and minimalist forms to create mixed media work that is simultaneously simple and complex," says Drerup Gallery Director Catherine Amidon.

A gallery talk, "Art, Ecology and Collaboration," is scheduled for 4-5 p.m. Wed., September 30 in the gallery. Two exhibitions open September 9 at the Silver Center for the Arts on Main Street in Plymouth, and run through September 26.

Seasons on Eagle Pond are brought to life in Poetry of Place, an exhibition by former U.S and New Hampshire poet laureate Donald Hall and photographer Sheila Pallay. Halls poems, including "Waters," "The Moon," "The Wish," "The Hunkering," "Summer," "Affirmation" and "The Master" are accompanied by photographs taken at Eagle Pond in Wilmot, N.H., where both live.

"The word and image relationship in this exhibition revives the tradition of intertwining different perceptual experiences," explains Amidon.

Using a Canon 50D digital camera, Pallay prefers to use natural light to "put an impressionist twist on things." "Nature provides such amazing opportunities," said Pallay. "I like to have my breath taken away."

In "Summer," Hall says of the pond, " this is not a circle of water/with a few ducks in it: it's/twenty-five acres, shaped like a humpbacked whale ". A gallery talk, "Word and Image," will be held from 4-5 p.m. Wed., September 16 at the Silver Center.

The exhibition, Illustration by Gloria Kamen presents more than 20 pastel and watercolor portraits of classical composers, an expansion of work in her book, Hidden Music. The collection includes images of female composers that relate to the larger question of women's place in the world of music in their time.

Gloria Kamen is an award-winning illustrator, particularly of children's books such as The Little Kingdom, Three Wishes for Abner, Second-Hand Cat, and the Betty Crocker Cookbook for Boys and Girls.

"The varied background of each portrait is an attempt to create a sense of the varied types of music, some using an ethnic or popular mode, some creating a new style of their own," said Kamen.

Other exhibitions in the fall semester are:

Textiles: Pattern, Ornament, and Culture, October 7­-December 5 at the Silver Center.

This double exhibition explores aspects of broad textile history, manufacturing and design and follows the career of one individual, mapping how these aspects influence his work.

The extensive career of textile designer Amin Kalaf brings to life three decades of American textile design.

A panel discussion, "Weaving, Industry and Design," with Amin Kalaf, Danile Moore and Catherine Amidon will be held October 21 from 4-5 p.m. in Heritage Commons on Highland Street.

Faculty Exhibition, November 4-December 9 at the Karl Drerup Art Gallery. An opportunity for students and members of the PSU community to become acquainted with Department of Art faculty outside the classroom, as artists working in a variety of media.

Two gallery talks are planned in conjunction with this exhibition: "The Path of an Artist" on November 10 and "Artistic Philosophy" on November 18. Both talks are in the Karl Drerup Art Gallery at noon. .

2009 Faculty Exhibition, November 4-December 9 at the Karl Drerup Art Gallery. An opportunity for students and members of the PSU community to become acquainted with Department of Art faculty outside the classroom, as artists working in a variety of media.

Karl Drerup Art Gallery hours are Monday-Saturday, 10 a.m.-4 p.m.; Wednesday, 10 a.m.-8 p.m. and by appointment. Silver Center hours are Monday-Thursday, 8 a.m.-10 p.m., Friday, 8 a.m.-5 p.m. and weekends noon-5 p.m. All venues are closed most University holidays.

Gallery information is available online at www.plymouth.edu/gallery or by calling the Karl Drerup Art Gallery, (603)535-2614.

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