The past week has been very busy in the Huber Art Center, where two new exhibits were opened in the Kauffman and Brindle galleries. An exhibit, including work from SU students, was also put on display at Penn State University.

The exhibit displayed at Penn State is titled “Delivering the Goods.” This is the same name as an exhibit that appeared at the Kauffman Gallery last semester.

That exhibit’s artwork was made by the graduates of the PSU art program. The graduates are displaying their exhibit in one of their own galleries and invited the undergraduates to display their artwork with them. All of the artwork follows the guidelines of USPS Mailing. The idea of this exhibit is to “demonstrate that creativity and imagination are not confined to nor defined by a box,” says Michael Campbell, the director of the Kauffman Gallery.

The students featured in “Delivering the Goods” are Hannah Berger, Heidi Brandt, Anthony Brown, Sarah Fluck, Mercedes Healy, Audrey Ketterer, Hannah Kunce, Donte Moore, Ryan Palmer, Colin Riley, Chelsea Schonhaut and Jarret Voight.

Moore is a sophomore art major. His art piece for the exhibit is called “Restraint.” It is a clay piece that shows a face with locks and hands surrounding the face as if they are holding the person back. He said the piece shows “how at times we put the strongest holds on ourselves because we fear change.”

Brown is a senior dual major in art and history. Brown’s piece in the exhibit is titled “Forward Shift.” His piece is made of plaster, foam and paint. It is painted to represent a cast metal piece.

Ketterer is a senior art major with a concentration in ceramics. The piece she has exhibited is a mosaic tile two-dimensional piece. It is part of her senior body of work, inspired by the Gouldian Finch, which is an endangered bird from Australia.

An exhibit also opened in the Kauffman Gallery on Saturday. This exhibit is titled “Best of the Best: PA Educators.” This gallery includes mixed media from educators all over Pennsylvania.

The educators’ art work was judged and chosen by William Waite, a professor at Jamestown Community College in New York.

Fourteen artists have art displayed in the 28-piece exhibit. Kristy Higby, Mark Flowers, James A. Grandi, Aric Sites, Sarah Maclay and Jill Rakowicz had pieces in the show and spoke at the opening.
Awards were given to the Top 3 art pieces in the show. The third-place award was given to Mark Flowers for “Table for Two.” This piece is a mixed-media piece that includes wood and acrylic on canvas. The second-place award was given to Kristy Higby for “Luxemburg Herb Garden,” which is an encaustic painting, also known as hot wax painting.

The first-place award was given to Sarah Maclay for “Memory Feels Alive,” which is also an encaustic painting.

The exhibit will be open in the Kauffman Gallery until March 6.

A student exhibit also opened this past week in the Brindle Student Gallery. The student displaying her artwork is Hannah Kunce, whose artwork consists of realistic paintings of girls, hence the title of her exhibit “Girls, Girls, Girls.”

Kunce is a senior art major who is graduating this semester and planning on attending graduate school to become a professor.

Kunce’s artwork is very beautiful. She has a way of showing all of her emotions and the model’s emotions when she paints.

Her exhibit is only of painted females because Kunce said, “I have this sincere attraction to the mentality of women and I wanted to showcase the way I capture their essence.”

Her exhibit will be on display until Feb. 20.

For more information or for the hours of the galleries visit www.ship.edu/art.

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