College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences

Art created by Georgia Southern University BFA candidates will be on display in an inaugural group BFA Senior Exhibition, titled Blueprints at the Center for Art and Theatre from Monday, May 5 to Friday, May 9. The community is invited to attend a closing reception for the exhibition on Friday, May 9, 2008 from 5pm - 7pm.
Artwork will vary in scope and media from abstract drawings to mixed-media sculptures, figurative and minimalist ceramic pieces, interactive jewelry and figurative paintings. The BFA group exhibition will feature the work of: Carla Ballard, Jordan Banks, Samantha Bonnell, Victoria Breeden, K. Alison Burroughs, and Lindsey Jenkins.
Gallery Programming is supported by Student Activity Fees. All events are free and open to the public. The Center for Art & Theatre is open Monday through Friday from 9am-5pm and by appointment. Docent tours are welcome and available upon request by calling (912) 478-1712.
For more information on this exhibition and other gallery programming provided by the Betty Foy Sanders Department of Art, visit http://class.georgiasouthern.edu/art/.

Tripping the Beauty Queen, an exhibition by Master of Fine Art Candidate Gayle Shaw-Clark is featured in the Contemporary Gallery at Georgia Southern’s Center for Art & Theatre from April 7 – 25, 2008. The installation of large ceramic sculptures by Shaw-Clark investigates the construction of, and constriction to, female sexuality, beauty, and competition based upon existing definitions of beauty. The public is invited to attend the exhibition’s opening reception on Friday, April 11th at 6 pm.
Shaw-Clark describes her initial inspiration for Tripping the Beauty Queen, “In my world growing up, it was more important for one to win a beauty contest than to be valedictorian.” She describes the ‘chosen’ girls from her peers throughout her life – those young women who entered beauty pageants and had the dates with the sports elite—who were indeed smart and funny, but noted more so for their beauty. The artist describes how she “was not of the same visual caliber and could not compete. I never had problems with these girls; many were my closest friends. However, just because I liked them, doesn’t mean I secretly didn’t want to trip them.”
Through this exhibition, Shaw-Clark intends the viewer to reconsider their judgments of women and honor female intelligence and power. Representing mental and physical pressures related to female appearance, the artworks examine social rules and unrealistic expectations placed upon women because of their physical appearance. Shaw-Clark identifies specific social constructs and constraints, portraying both those that are accepted and those that are taboo. The works visual represent how sexual and gender roles have been perpetuated throughout history in art and life.
An oral defense of the thesis exhibition by Gayle Shaw-Clark, a Master of Fine Art candidate in the Betty Foy Sanders Department of Art will be held in the Contemporary Gallery on April 9 at 5pm. “The research compiled to create my thesis and body of work has stirred emotions and feelings I thought were absent in myself. I always felt inadequate as a young girl, through my adolescence and into womanhood never realizing that there is nothing wrong with me… it’s what is wrong with society.”
Gayle Shaw-Clark received her Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from Georgia Southern University in 1992. In 1996, Shaw-Clark completed post-baccalaureate work attaining teaching certification. After teaching K-12 for six years, Shaw-Clark describes that she began graduate school in 2005 “to have the opportunity to be immersed in a research community and grow as an artist.” Gayle Shaw-Clark will graduate this May with a Masters in Fine Art degree, the terminal degree in studio art, from Georgia Southern University.
The Betty Foy Sanders Department of Art Gallery Programming is supported by Student Activity Fees. All events are free and open to the public. The Center for Art & Theatre is open Monday through Friday from 9-5 and by appointment. Docent tours are welcome and available upon request by calling (912) 478-1712. For more information visit: http://class.georgiasouthern.edu/art/.

Georgia Southern University BFA candidates will open their group BFA Senior Exhibition on Wednesday, Dec 5, 2007 in Gallery 33 West on West Main Street in downtown Statesboro, Georgia. The exhibition will continue through Sunday, Dec. 9, 2007. A reception will be held Friday, Dec. 7, 2007 from 5 pm-7 pm.
The BFA group exhibition will feature the work of: James E. Bentley III, Danny Crocco, Whitney Greene, Secret Hayslip, Kimberly Kaiser, Jodi McCoy, Nate Ogden, and Rodrigo Velasco. The work will vary in scope and media from abstract paintings, to mixed-media installations, to wood fired ceramic pieces.
The exhibition is free and open to the public. Regular gallery hours for Gallery 33 West are Wednesdays and Thursdays from 10:00 am to 5:00 pm. Appointments to view any show are welcomed. Please call Susan Huelsewiesche at (912) 541-2842 or Greg Carter at (912) 486-0875.
For more information, about the exhibition please contact: meganjacobs@georgiasouthern.edu

Georgia Southern University BFA candidate, James Bentley will screen his BFA Senior Exhibition on Friday, November 30th, 2007 at the Russell Union Rotunda. The Betty Foy Sanders Department of Art sponsors the exhibition, which is a one night multi-channel video installation that will take place from 7 pm-9 pm.
Bentley, from Atlanta, Georgia, is an art student with a concentration in Photography and Video, and plans to graduate in December of 2007. Perceptions of Identity is a video-based installation that explores various perspectives of identity. Bentley presents his personal interactions in a three-piece display that covers race, sexuality, and standards of beauty.
Perceptions of Identity promises to give participants a chance to open their minds and evaluate their perceptions of others. Bentley’s work is a collaboration of recorded interactions with his subjects. They explore many perspectives associated with each.
The exhibition is free and open to the public. The artist invites everyone to this one-night exhibition. The event is sponsored by the Betty Foy Sanders Department of Art and is supported by Student Activity Fees. For more information, please contact the artist at jbentle40@yahoo.com

Georgia Southern University BFA candidate, Rodrigo Velasco’s BFA Senior Exhibition, Santos Pequeños, will open on Monday, November the 26th 2007 at Gallery 33 West located in Downtown Statesboro. The reception will be held on Saturday, December the 1st from 5:00 pm- 8:00 pm. The show will be closing on the 3rd of December. Rodrigo Velasco plans to graduate in December 2007 with a BFA degree with an emphasis in Photography and Drawing.
Rodrigo Velasco was born in Mexico City in 1984 and moved to the US in 1994. He has been interested in drawing ever since he was a young child and became interested with photography in his second year of college. He enjoys incorporating different mediums in his work and collaborating with other artists. He plans to attend graduate school for film production.
Santos Pequeños is a photograph and drawing based exhibition. The two suites deal with the contrast of good and evil and the journey in between the two.
Santos Pequeños’ human subject matter connects to the viewer and impresses a sense of personal glory for individuals much like the implied glory of a saint.
Rodrigo states, “Divine admiration and immense jealousy are two feelings stirred up within me when I meditate on the epic journey of a Saint.”
The exhibition is free and open to the public. Gallery 33 West is open Wednesdays and Thursdays 10:00 am to 5:00 pm and also by appointments with Gallery director Susan Grosse Huelsewiesche at (912) 541-2842. For more information, contact the artist at 678-469-2022 or at www.rodrigovelasco.com.

The 23rd Annual Club Mud Winter Exhibition and Sale will take place Thursday through Saturday, Nov. 29-Dec.1, in the Ceramics and Sculpture Studio at 236 Forest Drive. The studio will be open Thursday and Friday from 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. and Saturday from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Club Mud offers the public an opportunity to view and purchase original artworks created by students enrolled in the Betty Foy Sanders Department of Art. The exhibition and sale features work from art students in ceramics, jewelry and small metals. Students receive a portion of the sale proceeds, with the rest being used to fund visiting artists and student travel to professional conferences.
The community is welcome and is encouraged to visit the studio, meet with the student artists, and view their artwork. For further information, call the Betty Foy Sanders Department of Art at ext. 5358.

prominences - Mariana Depetris

New prints, encaustic and installation

November 2 - 29, 2007

Averitt Center for the Arts, 2nd floor
Legends Gallery
33 East Main Street, Statesboro

Opening reception: November 2, 5 - 7 PM
Sponsored by the Betty Foy Sanders Department of Art

POIESIS: An Exhibition of Drawings and Paintings by Susan Harmon

Stories inspire me to paint. People whose lives were stolen from them, and their journey to survive are the connecting idea throughout. My interest is not in their atrocities but in their hope, which guided them to live. Six women who survived the Rwanda genocide by hiding for three months in a bathroom, two sisters who survived the Holocaust by promising each other that if one was selected to die the other would choose to hold the other's hand, a six year old girl diagnosed with leprosy in Hawaii in the 1890s and her survival through helping others with the disease...these are but a few of the writings used to create this body of art entitled Poiesis.

November 2 - 16, 2007
Gallery 33 West, located on the corner of 33 West Main Street and North Walnut Street

Printmaker Stephanie Smith presents workshop

Printmaker Stephanie Smith will be at Georgia Southern Thursday, October 11, to conduct a printmaking workshop with students in the Betty Foy Sanders Department of Art. At 7 p.m. Smith will present a public lecture in Room 2016 of the Fine Arts Building, speaking about her work and about the Atlanta Printmakers Studio.
Smith is the founding president of the Atlanta Printmakers Studio, a nonprofit arts organization whose mission is to promote original fine art printmaking by providing studio space, equipment, and classes.
During the day her workshop, “Good luck; A Collaborative Artist’s Book of Rituals, Symbols and Superstitions,” will provide students with a chance to interact with the artist, see her work, get advice and instruction and show her their own work in progress.
A resident of Decatur, Ga., Smith received an MFA in printmaking from the University of Georgia and teaches a variety or related courses at the University of West Georgia. Smith produces expressive figurative wood and linoleum cuts. Most recently Smith has presented a solo exhibition of her work at the 7 Stages Gallery in Atlanta. She was recently awarded a KBFUS/Community Foundation of Atlanta Cultural Exchange Grant that allowed her to travel to Belgium, Holland and France. Her work has been widely exhibited in the U.S. and internationally.

Visiting Artist, Ceramic Sculptor Peter Callas

Ceramic sculptor Peter Callas will discuss his work during a free public lecture Wednesday, September 19, at 5 PM in the Arts Building, Room 2016. His research in the rare, ancient style "anagama" kiln, a wood-fired type Callas prefers, has further expanded and defined the presence of ceramic sculpture in contemporary art.
In addition to his public lecture, Callas will share his technical expertise and creative aesthetic as artist in residence, working with ceramics majors to create an anagama style kiln at the Ceramics and Sculpture Studio.
The lecture is free and open to anyone interested. It is sponsored by Club Mud and the Photography Club with additional funding provided by CLEC. The event is part of the 2007-08 Betty Foy Sanders Department of Art Visiting Artist Program. For more information, contact Jane Pleak at jpleak@georgiasouthern.edu.

2007-08 Averitt Legends Series opens with exhibition by sculptor Marc Moulton

Sculptor Marc Moulton will lead the 2007-08 Legends Series with an exhibition at the Averitt Center beginning Friday, Aug. 3. A reception for the artist will be held from 5:30 p.m. to 8 p.m. during downtown Statesboro’s First Friday. Much of Moulton’s work is public art that is planned and created with the specific intention of being placed in a public area, usually outside and accessible to everyone. His exhibit in the Legends Gallery will include illustrations, technical development, and three-dimensional models of public art commissioned by cities and organizations throughout Iowa, Wisconsin and Utah.
In conjunction with his Legends exhibit, Moulton will present a talk titled “Public Art, Public Exposure,” on Wednesday, Aug. 22, from 6 to 8 p.m. at the Emma Kelly Theatre. His talk will focus on examples of public art throughout history and the benefits of public art to the community.
All events are free and open to the public. For more information, call ext. 1712 at the Betty Foy Sanders Department of Art