Chautauqua Joint Art Exhibition
March 24 - April 15
EKU Center for the Arts
Upper Lobby: Prof. Isaac Powell: "Feedback" / Lower Lobby: Juried Student Exhibition
Opening Reception: MONDAY, March 28, 5-7 PM -- Refreshments provided / Meet the artists / Music by the EKU Flute Ensemble
See http://ekucenter.com for visiting hours.
As renovations in the Fred Parker Giles Gallery (the site of our traditional National Juried Art Exhibition) continue, we are pleased this year to present a Special Chautauqua Joint Art Exhibition combining the work of EKU Art & Design professor Isaac Powell in a feature exhibition titled Feedback, and selected students in a separate juried exhibition. Coordinated by new Giles Gallery Director, Melissa Vandenberg, this exhibition will be held in the upper lobby of the EKU Center for the Arts from March 24-April 15, with an opening reception on MONDAY, March 28 from 5-7 PM.
Isaac Powell is a professor of Art & Design at EKU who teaches painting and drawing. His work often takes inspiration from landscapes, nature and the outdoors, and he has described his approach as “extemporaneous” and “intuitive” in seeking the development of initial ideas and designs to the point of “visual equation.” Prof. Powell earned bachelor's and master's degrees from Stephen F. Austin State University in Texas and a Master of Fine Arts degree from Washington State University. He taught previously at Northwestern State University in Louisiana before joining the EKU faculty in 2009. His work has been featured in the prestigious Armory Show in New York City, the Kennedy Center, the S. Dillon Ripley Center of the Smithsonian and on the cover of Volume 1 of The Chautauqua Journal.
The Chautauqua Juried Student Art Exhibition: In addition to Prof. Powell’s solo exhibition Feedback, current School of Art & Design students will be featured in a "Wayfinding" Juried Student Exhibition in the Black Box Lobby (lower level of the Center for the Arts). Selected student artists include: Joseph Benton, Jules Blackburn, Shelby Brown, Savannah Douglas, Melody Engle, Caleb S. Hannel, Jooby Ivey, Emily Luddy, Kyna McDowell, Amy McGovern, Destiny Napier, Lilia Nichols, Emelinda Perkins, Adreanna Robledo, Shannan Savage, Makayla Singleton, Claire Skubik-Peplaski, Naomi Smith, & Ashley Williams.
Melissa Vandenberg is Director of the Fred Parker Giles Gallery and a professor of Art and Design at EKU. Her work incorporates everyday materials to explore the political landscape, using national identity, folk art, ancestry, immigration and the perception of a homeland as points of departure, and her piece, “Snake Handler,” was featured in the 2017 “Order and Chaos” Chautauqua Juried Exhibition.
EKU Flute Ensemble: Directed by Dr. Kristen Kean, with Charis Ballard, Riley Chenowith, Charlie Kokinda, and Shelby Ross.
Sponsored by the Department of Art and Design, the Giles Gallery, the School of Music, the Institute for Creative and Collaborative Arts, the College of Letters, Arts and Social Sciences and the Honors Program.
Published on March 25, 2022