Art Event Calendar

Anna Westfall and Sukjin Choi’s art exhibit will be on display at the Hansen Hall Art Gallery from Jan 28 – Feb 17.

This two-person exhibition examines multicultural influences on identity through contemporary ceramics and sculpture. The artists share a similar cultural history, yet the exploration of their disciplines diverge and connect in unexpected ways.

Anna Westfall earned an M.F.A. from the University of New Mexico and a B.F.A. from James Madison University.  Westfall is a multi-disciplinary artist whose work often explores the complex relationship between memories, genetics, cycles in nature and the larger system of culture that inform identity. Her sculptures and installations attempt to create the essence and energy found in the natural world while speaking to human perception and understanding of its character.

Born in Korea, Sukjin Choi received BFA and MFA degrees in Ceramics from Ewha Womans University in Korea, and a MFA degree in Cranbrook Academy of Art in Michigan. She has had twenty-nine solo exhibitions in the United States, Australia, Canada and Korea, and has been exhibited and collected in more than 150 museums and galleries throughout Europe, Asia, and the United States. She is currently a Professor of Art at James Madison University in Harrisonburg, Virginia.

Mayuko Ono Gray’s exhibit, 喉元すぎれば熱さも忘れる (Down the Throat, Heat Forgotten), will be on display in the Hansen Hall from Feb 25 – March 25.

Mayuko Ono Gray is a Texas based artist whose main medium is graphite drawing. Born in Gifu Japan, she was trained in traditional Japanese calligraphy in her young childhood; later in her teenage she was trained in classical Western drawing. She earned her MFA in painting from the University of Houston main campus in 2007. Currently she works as adjunct professor of Art and the Art Gallery director for the College of the Mainland in Texas City, TX.

The Four Rivers High Schools Annual Student Exhibition will be in the Hansen Hall Art Gallery from March 29 – April 9. There will also be a reception for this exhibit on April 9 from 5:00-7:00 also in the art gallery.

Come see the best of this year’s artwork from our area high schools!

The East Central College Art & Design Students Annual Exhibition will be from April 21 – May 6 in the Hansen Hall Art Gallery.

End the school year by visiting this showcase of our ECC art students’ work. Chosen from numerous entries, the works in the show were selected because of the quality of the works and the ideas engaged in the work. Come join us to celebrate the hard work and accomplishments of our students.

A reception for this exhibit will be on April 29 from 5:30-7:30 p.m.