Spring semester 2011 - Mansfield University Art Ed Graduates!

A short look at the reception

Tom speaks about his art at the reception

Andy Wales does a graphite portrait of Tom Loomis

Andy's drawing was "unveiled" at the reception for our two man show.

THE TWO MAN SHOW IS ALL SET UP!

There will be a reception on Tuesday, March 15th from 6pm to 8pm.  Tom and I will both make some comments and hangout with our guests.  Horde d'oeuvres will be served.
The hours each week from today, February 28th, to the end, March 21st, will be:  Monday 10am to 3pm, Tuesday 1pm to 4 pm, Wednesday 10am to 3pm, Thursday 1pm to 4pm, Friday, 10am to 1pm.

Mansfield University's Art DepARTment holds a Holiday Bazaar in the new Allen Hall

After the Holiday Concert, the crowd visited the new building and was treated to light refreshments and student artwork.  Many people roamed the halls to see the new building and the artwork.  Pieces of art were for sale in the gallery and vintage old Allen Hall chairs painted with various motifs were offered at silent auction

ALLEN HALL

The New Allen Hall is almost finished. Wednesday the moving started - lots of stuff in Old Allen Hall that must be moved and setup.
Above is the foyer/entrance area and below is the schematic showing my office 016 that I'll be sharing with John.
Above see Darryl in his new sculpture studio. Below is a capture of the old wood working studio. Above is Mardi's new ceramics studio and below is a view showing the door from the outside.

eARTS Day at Mansfield University - A Video made at the Claymation Station!

Martha Campbell - assisted by Mark Polonia and Drew Sheddy - taught 22 eager minds how to create stop-motion animations this morning. Posted here is the short video created after a story board was developed, a background created and creatures made from colored clay. All was filmed and "moved" under Barb Wright's direction! YOU SHOULD SCROLL TO THE BOTTOM TO PAUSE MY MUSIC BEFORE WATCHING THE VIDEO!

Winner's of M.U.'s student art show announced.

Click this link to see announcement and photos.

Self Portrait done in Drawing class

Intro to Drawing assignment - triptych self-portrait. Yikes.

Check out the Santa Express!

Darryl Abraham and his advance sculpture class at Mansfield University have constructed a North Pole Christmas Village for the Tioga Central Railroad. Below is Darryl's publicity drawing -
"Hop aboard the Tioga Central Railroad's Santa Express this winter for a magical journey to the North Pole. Wear your pajamas and bring a blanket if you like. The train will . . . " Below is a preview of some of the things you will see on the train ride (besides beautiful Tioga County) -

The Keller Group Photo Show

A group of local residents, who formed a small group linked by their love of photography, recently opened a show in North Hall on Mansfield University's campus.

Above, witness Martha an ART professor and Mardi the chairman of the ART department at Mansfield enjoying the show. Below, see part of the large crowd on hand listening to Wolfram Jobst the force behind the group. Actually the crowd was the largest in recent memory for an opening.

Above, the director of the gallery, Bob Geroux, also listens to Wolfram explaining the group and their approach to photography.

NEW ALLEN HALL BEGUN AT MANSFIELD UNIVERSITY

This summer saw the "ground-breaking" for the new arts building at Mansfield University. It will be known as the New Allen Hall. The old Allen Hall will be removed after the new is completed in the fall of 2010!
Below see the site which is to the east of Allen Hall - Will Butler Music Center is in the back.
Below is the first sign of construction in the hole.

Here is a view of the first footer poured.

Below you can see much progress - the wall of part of the foundation is formed-up.

M.U. faculty ART exhibit

The faculty of the ART Department at Mansfield University delivered the goods for the first show of the 2008-09 school year. Below you'll see Bob who is the advisor to the Art Committee that sets up the various art exhibits during the year in the North Hall Library.
Below Ruth Anne who is a weaver is smiling because there was a large and energetic crowd.

The striking pieces below were crafted by Bob.

Mardi, the professor who gave me the job of supervising ART student teachers, did the following pieces in porcelain.

A favorite place - the snack table!

Daryl put together the fun sculpture below.

Below some students look over my work.

I'm sorry that I didn't get photographs of everything! Maybe you can go to campus to see the show first hand!

Special project

When I was a young art teacher, I was expected to finish 24 additional college credits during my first six years of teaching. I took numerous art courses at Mansfield University. One summer, in a painting class, we were asked to design large paintings to be hung at the university. Our materials were paid for by the art department. Since 1975 this 6 foot by 8 foot painting has hung in a stairway in the Grant Science Center. The painting is comprised of 48 square pieces - many of them done in with my "textured painting" proceedures.
It was quite a sight when a friend, Jerry Bailey, helped me carry the finished work across Rt. 6 to the campus!

Andy Wales visits Mansfield University

Andy Wales (sometimes known at the Mighty Andar) presented his thoughts on reading, writing and creativity to maybe 30 art students, education majors and classroom teachers. He described himself as a "man with a mission." He had much scholarly research to backup his belief that by, reading and creating comics, kids can develop their language skills. We all agreed that working with comics was more fun than doing worksheets!
Above Andy demonstrates how we were soon to create our own comic character by using various elements from the "Sunday Comics." We received a crash course in "word balloon" development. One of the classroom teachers ended up with a strange looking fellow who was asking, "Hey girls, don't you think I'm cute?!?"

Andy entertained and enlightened us with another "tool" to use in classrooms to help kids want to put down their joysticks and read!