2008 Exhibits

Summer Quarter

This past quarter, Antioch exhibited photographs by Bob Charlo, an Antioch alumnus and a teacher at the Muckleshoot Tribal School. Charlo is an award-winning, internationally known photographer who is best recognized for his images of American Indian dancers, regalia and landscapes.

When asked what kind of photographer he is, Charlo responded with, "I'm a point-and-pray kind of photographer. I point the camera, take the picture and pray that it comes out." In his artist statement, he writes "My photography express, with dignity, the spirit, beauty, and inner strength of the American Indian peoplethrough the realism of fine art photography. By preserving moments of our intimate existence, we are able to visualize and recognize the lasting impressions of photographs gathered now."

The Library exhibited textile collage quilts by AUS staff member Stephanie LaFrance who says her pieces all started with the question "I wonder what would happen if I...?" This led to fabric weaving that became backgrounds, beads & brooches that were her way of learning about embellishment. Mistakes forced her to ask and answer that question many times with intriguing results.

In the Student Lounge, there were two exhibits. The first was artwork by students from the "Collage and the Creative Process" class. The purpose of the class, taught by Sue Grant, was to provide students with an opportunity to explore the connections between creativity and deepening self-awareness through different ways of experiencing and expressing their inner worlds.

Antioch also presented another exhibit, the Art Therapy Historical Chair, a metaphor embodying art therapy's history. Students were asked to use the chair as a starting point to integrate their learning of historical events as well as pioneers and their contributions to the field. Each chair is a symbolic representation of the student and her learning of history and theory in the field of art therapy.

Spring Quarter

During the sping quarter, the artwork of James (Otis) Otey was displayed in the upstairs atrium (April 5 to June 6, 2008).

"Inspired by Aztec, Mayan and Egyptian bas-reliefs, and modern artists like Rothko, Diebenkorn, Theibaud and Louise Nevelson, Otis has developed a unique medium of painted cast-paper. He is drawn to the sensuous nature of deep texture combined with the emotional possibilities of color."

Winter Quarter

During winter quarter, Antioch was pleased to present Sojourn: An imagined homeland by James Lawrence Ardeña (Jan. 3 to March 7, 2008) in the upstairs atrium.

In his artist statement James writes that his work "as a self-taught artist often explores notions of the state of Filipino America, the effects of colonization, and the emotional constructs in which we imprison ourselves."

2007 Exhibits

Fall Quarter

During last year's fall quarter, the library proudly featured the photography of our own Beverly Stuart. The series, "Urban Abstracts & Visions," included 10 black and white photographs taken in and around the Seattle area. In her artist statement, Beverly wrote, "Industrial scenes in black and white are especially intriguing to me. I take normal, everyday objects and reshape them into abstract visions."

Also shown was the Antioch Fall Quarter Faculty and Staff Art Show (Oct. 1 to Dec. 9, 2007) in the upstairs atrium which featured a variety of mediums. The fall art reception was held Nov. 1 at 5 p.m. and was followed by the AUS Art Salon, an evening of poetry, storytelling, visual art, music, singing and theater, sponsored by the B.A. program.

The student lounge area (down the hall from the library) featured Jean Dudley's "Psychology as Art," reflecting the dual concentrations of psychology and arts and literature in an interactive art installation.

Spring Quarter

During spring 2007, students from Collage and the Creative Process class, taught by Sue Grant, displayed their artwork in the student lounge area downstairs. The purpose of this class was to provide students with an opportunity to explore the connections between creativity and deepening self-awareness through different ways of experiencing and expressing their inner worlds.

Winter Quarter

Jane Place, M.F.A., painter and adjunct professor at Antioch, exhibited her landscape paintings during the winter quarter, 2007. Landscapes in her work symbolize the human connection to the earth. She uses marks and ovals drawn over the surface of the landscape to symbolize the obstacles, which hinder our ability to "see" or understand our place in the scheme of the natural world and universe. Place has been teaching at Antioch since 2003.

Kent Modglin displayed his altered antique photography in the library. Modglin manipulates antique photographs and other images until the story they tell transform from the ordinary into something more elaborate, more hyperbolic, like writing fiction visually.

2006 Exhibits

Fall Quarter

Antioch was very pleased to present a Systems Theory series by Lisa Lamoreaux during the fall quarter, 2006.

In her artist statement Lisa writes, "I often go to the canvas with the end result in mind, only to discover that the relationship between the medium and brush results in more interesting and complex narratives than my subjective mind originally concieved. This process of 'getting out of the way' holds deep meaning for me as I work at noticing the connections between my environment and myself, and the manifestation of this on the canvas. Systems Theory, a model found in physics, is my primary source of inspiration."