Schmidt Art Center: Thursday, 10 September 2009
OPENING RECEPTION
Thursday, September 10, 2009, 6 8 p.m.
“Ubjects II” and “The Colored Pencil”
A community history exhibit, “Ubjects II,” is part of CUSP (Conjunctions: Ubjects, Stories and Places), a five-year collaborative project with local universities that takes ubjects, or unique and unusual objects, local people have brought from their homes, and examines the history and stories behind them. This year, students interviewed people from Granite City, O’Fallon and Troy about objects that connect their families to southwestern Illinois. The CUSP exhibit is supported by the Institute of Museum and Library Services and Belleville’s Art on the Square.
Also featured as part of the Ubjects II exhibit is the artwork of Edd Kueker of Waterloo. Kueker uses discarded pencils to builds models of log cabins from Illinois, Missouri and Kansas. Each model is accompanied by a document with photos of the historic building,
information about its location, history and the number of pencils and hours it took him to build the model.
Moving from one type of pencil artwork to another, “The Colored Pencil” highlights the artwork of eight different artists, each of them using colored pencils in a different way. The artists include Bill Amundson, The Art Guys, Edmund Bazan, Jennifer Maestre, Michelle
Oosterbaan, Dee Overly, Gil Rocha and Ranjini Venkatachari. Pieces in this exhibit range from realistic and abstract drawings, copies of “Old Master” oil paintings and even sculptures. This exhibit is supported by the National Endowment for the Arts.
The exhibition continues through October 24.
HOURS Tuesday Saturday, 11 am5 pm, Thursday, 11 am-8 pm.
The William and Florence Schmidt Art Center is located on the Belleville Campus of Southwestern Illinois College (SWIC). Exhibitions and events are free and open to the public, unless otherwise noted. Call 618-222-5278 for more information.
Thursday, September 10, 2009, 6 8 p.m.
“Ubjects II” and “The Colored Pencil”
A community history exhibit, “Ubjects II,” is part of CUSP (Conjunctions: Ubjects, Stories and Places), a five-year collaborative project with local universities that takes ubjects, or unique and unusual objects, local people have brought from their homes, and examines the history and stories behind them. This year, students interviewed people from Granite City, O’Fallon and Troy about objects that connect their families to southwestern Illinois. The CUSP exhibit is supported by the Institute of Museum and Library Services and Belleville’s Art on the Square.
Also featured as part of the Ubjects II exhibit is the artwork of Edd Kueker of Waterloo. Kueker uses discarded pencils to builds models of log cabins from Illinois, Missouri and Kansas. Each model is accompanied by a document with photos of the historic building,
information about its location, history and the number of pencils and hours it took him to build the model.
Moving from one type of pencil artwork to another, “The Colored Pencil” highlights the artwork of eight different artists, each of them using colored pencils in a different way. The artists include Bill Amundson, The Art Guys, Edmund Bazan, Jennifer Maestre, Michelle
Oosterbaan, Dee Overly, Gil Rocha and Ranjini Venkatachari. Pieces in this exhibit range from realistic and abstract drawings, copies of “Old Master” oil paintings and even sculptures. This exhibit is supported by the National Endowment for the Arts.
The exhibition continues through October 24.
HOURS Tuesday Saturday, 11 am5 pm, Thursday, 11 am-8 pm.
The William and Florence Schmidt Art Center is located on the Belleville Campus of Southwestern Illinois College (SWIC). Exhibitions and events are free and open to the public, unless otherwise noted. Call 618-222-5278 for more information.
2500 Carlyle Avenue
Belleville, IL 62221
Free visitor parking is available in front of the Art Center
http://www.schmidtartcenter.com/directions.html
Belleville, IL 62221
Free visitor parking is available in front of the Art Center
http://www.schmidtartcenter.com/directions.html
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