Top, left to right: Meredith Anne Ebersole, Abe Stucky, Laurel Woodward, Emma Brooks
Bottom, left to right: Ben Adams, Juan Carlos Diaz Quezada, Abbie Miller, Sara Soto, Daniel Buschert

Nine Goshen College senior art majors will showcase their work in the Music Center’s Hershberger Art Gallery between March 10 and April 17.

The Senior Art Show I, open March 10-27, will display the art of Emma Brooks, Abe Stucky, Laurel Woodward and Meredith Anne Ebersole. An exhibit reception including refreshments will be held Sunday, March 10 from 2 to 4 p.m.

The Senior Art Show II, open March 31-April 17, will display the art of Abbie Miller, Ben Adams, Sara Soto, Daniel Buschert and Juan Carlos Diaz Quezada. An exhibit reception including refreshments will be held Sunday, April 7 from 2 to 4 p.m.

Emma Brooks (Littleton, Colo.) is displaying her typography and graphic design pieces. She is the daughter of Kevin and Susan Brooks.

Abe Stucky (Pittsburgh, Pa.) is displaying his ceramic pieces. He is the son of Max and Lynda Stucky.

Laurel Woodward (Newton, Kan.) is displaying her paintings and drawings. She is the daughter of Donald and Joan Schrock Woodward.

Meredith Anne Ebersole (Goshen) is displaying her mixed media pieces including paintings. She is the daughter of Donald and Carol Ebersole.

Abbie Miller (Wellman, Iowa) is displaying drawings that explore modern map-making. She is the daughter of Anthony and Diane Miller.

Ben Adams  (Madison, Wis.) is displaying his jewelry and sculpture pieces. He is the son of Ron and Marilou Adams.

Sara Soto (Goshen) is displaying a children’s book she created.

Daniel Buschert (Goshen) is displaying acrylic paintings on plexiglass. He is the son of John Ross and Lynette Buschert.

Juan Carlos Diaz Quezada (Matancillas, Jalisco, Mexico) is displaying his ceramics and acrylic paintings. He is the son of Benjamin and Maria Diaz.

The Hershberger Art Gallery is located in the Music Center and is open from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday through Friday, and from 2 to 4 p.m. Saturday and Sunday. The building is accessible to people using wheelchairs and others with physical limitations.

-By Becca Kraybill 

Goshen College students are focusing on the theme “Lion & Lamb” for a Student Art Show, which is on display until Feb. 1 in the college’s Good Library Gallery. There will be a reception on Sunday, Jan. 13 from 4 to 5 p.m. The exhibit includes over 30 artists and over 50 works of art in a variety of media, including drawing, jewelry, printmaking, sculpture, painting, photography and ceramics.
(Photo by Randy Horst/Goshen College Art Department)

Goshen College students’ thematic art exhibit: “Lion & Lamb”
Exhibit reception: Sunday, Jan. 13 from 4-5 p.m.
Exhibit dates: Thru Feb. 1
Location: The Good Library Gallery (basement)
Cost: Free and open to the public

Goshen College students will focus on the theme “Lion & Lamb” for a Student Art Show, which is on display until Feb. 1 in the college’s Good Library Gallery. There will be a reception on Sunday, Jan. 13 from 4 to 5 p.m. The exhibit is free and open to the public.

This year’s exhibit includes over 30 artists and over 50 works of art in a variety of media, including drawing, jewelry, printmaking, sculpture, painting, photography and ceramics. Some artwork explores the Biblical reference to the lion laying down with the lamb, others look at ideas and issues related to the animal kingdom or human psychological relationships and connections with animals, while some simply explore things that are diametrically opposite.

This is the third year a themed student exhibit has been held, with previous themes being: “Tolerance & the Other” and “North & South.” Professor of Art Randy Horst said, “Themes are selected that reflect the shared values of the Goshen College community. We try to pick themes that can be interpreted in a wide variety of approaches.” The Goshen College Art Department and Art Club are co-sponsoring the exhibit.

The Good Library Gallery, located on the lower level of the Harold and Wilma Good Library on the campus of Goshen College, is open from 8 a.m. to 11 p.m. on Monday through Thursday, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Friday, 1 to 5 p.m. on Saturday and 3 to 11 p.m. on Sunday. Hours vary during academic breaks, summer and holidays. For gallery hours, call (574) 535-7418.

Born in Japan, artist Michiko Itatani lives and works in Chicago as a professor at The School of the Art Institute of Chicago. She is the Goshen College Art Department’s 2012 Eric Yake Kenagy Visiting Artist and will offer a public lecture, “Cosmic Wanderlust,” on Wednesday, Nov. 7

Eric Yake Kenagy Visiting Artist Lecture and Exhibit:“Cosmic Wanderlust” by Michiko Itatani
Lecture date, time and location: Wednesday, Nov. 7 at 7 p.m. in Goshen College Administration Building Room 28
Exhibit reception: Wednesday, Nov. 7 at 8 p.m. in the Goshen College Music Center’s Hershberger Art Gallery. The exhibit will be on display from Nov. 7 to Jan. 13, 2013.
Cost: Free and open to the public

Born in Japan, artist Michiko Itatani lives and works in Chicago as a professor at The School of the Art Institute of Chicago. She is the Goshen College Art Department’s 2012 Eric Yake Kenagy Visiting Artist and will offer a public lecture, “Cosmic Wanderlust,” in the Administration Building Room 28 on Wednesday, Nov. 7 at 7 p.m., with a reception following in the Music Center’s Hershberger Art Gallery. The exhibit will be on display from Nov. 7 to Jan. 13, 2013. The presentation and exhibit are free and open to the public.

Itatani’s process of art-making starts with gathering various fragments from experiences, events, documents, literature, history, science, myths and customs. These fragments are then cataloged and mutated to make images. It is an act of fusing research, observation, memory and imagination. Her exhibit features small scale, beautifully painted views of Baroque interiors with cosmic elements.

In Itatani’s lecture and exhibit, she will explore “the human desire to reach out into the mental and physical space beyond our grasp,” she writes. “Through this process, I am trying to come to terms with the complex reality of the 21st century. And my vision stays pathetically optimistic.”

“Cosmic Theater”
by Michiko Itatani in 2010
oil on canvas
(image provided)

Itatani has been a Professor of Painting and Drawing at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago since 1979. Her solo exhibitions include: University of Wyoming Art Museum; Tokoha Museum, Japan; Chicago Cultural Center; Musee du Quebec, Canada; Alternative Museum, NY. Her work has appeared in Art in America, Art on Paper, Artnews, Artforum, Dialogue and Artweek. Her work has been collected internationally, including in the: Art Institute of Chicago; Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago; University of Western Ontario, Canada; Museu d’Art Contemporani, Barcelona; Olympic Museum, Switzerland; Villa-Haiss-Museum, Germany; National Museum of Contemporary Art, Korea. Her awards include the Guggenheim Fellowship, NEA Fellowship and Illinois Arts Council Fellowship.

Itatani is the 26th Eric Yake Kenagy Visiting Artist Program speaker (view a list of past speakers). The program honors the late Eric Yake Kenagy, who was a gifted ceramics student at Goshen College from 1984 until his death in 1986.

The work of four faculty emeriti from the Goshen College Art Department will be on display in Goshen College Music Center’s Hershberger Art Gallery from Sunday, Sept. 23 to Sunday, Nov. 4. There will be a reception on Sunday, Oct. 6 from 5 to 7 p.m. in the Hershberger Gallery. The exhibit, which features the work of Marvin Bartel, John Blosser, Abner Hershberger and Judy Wenig-Horswell, is free and open to the public.

“20-20 Blindness,” made of stoneware in 2011 by Marvin Bartel.

Bartel will exhibit recent sculptural and functional ceramics. Bartel taught ceramics and art teaching methods at Goshen College from 1970 until his retirement in 2002. He also taught courses in basic design, three-dimensional design, photography, computer drafting and architectural design. Bartel patented energy reduction features used in the gas kiln he uses. It was one of seven kinds of kilns built during a kiln building class he taught in 1975.

Bartel studied art at Bethel College in Kansas, Washburn University and Wichita State University. He holds a master’s and doctorate degree in art education from the University of Kansas.

“Church,” painted in 2012 by John Blosser.

Blosser will exhibit his direct observation paintings. While a professor at Goshen College from 1999 to 2011, Blosser spent the majority of his time as the chair of the art department, during which he led search committees that hired four art faculty members and oversaw the opening of the Hershberger Art Gallery in the Music Center.

Blosser graduated from Goshen College with a bachelor’s degree in 1970. He continued on to Bowling Green State University for a master’s degree and Arizona State University for a master of fine arts degree before teaching at Hesston (Kan.) College for 20 years. In 1999, Blosser returned to Goshen College as a professor, where he taught for 12 years.

“Heritage Fields as Color,” made of acrylics and mixed media in 2008 by Abner Hershberger.

Hershberger will exhibit his acrylics and mixed media works. Hershberger was a professor of art at Goshen College from 1965 to 1999. He received his bachelor’s degree from Goshen College in 1960, a master of arts in teaching degree from Indiana University, Bloomington in 1965 and a master of fine arts degree from the University of Michigan in 1970.

“Sage,” made of bronze in 2012 by Judy Wenig-Horswell.

Wenig-Horswell will exhibit her watercolors, jewelry and sculptures. She taught at Goshen College for 34 years, teaching a wide range of studio and lecture classes in the art and humanities departments until her retirement in 2009. She served briefly as art department chair on two occasions and teamed with music and theater professors to develop the Arts in London course in 1999, which she helped teach for six years.

After graduating from Bowling Green University with a bachelor of fine arts degree, she went on to earn a master’s of fine arts degree in 1970. For several years, Wenig-Horswell taught art at Northridge High School in Middlebury, Ind. In 1973, while at Northridge, she started teaching evening studio classes at Goshen College before teaching full time as a sabbatical replacement for Professor Emeritus of Art Abner Hershberger in 1976.

The Hershberger Art Gallery is located near the north lobby of Goshen College’s Music Center at College Avnue and 12th Street in Goshen. The gallery hours are 9 a.m.-4:30 p.m. on weekdays, 1-4 p.m. on Saturdays and 2-4 p.m. on Sundays. Hours vary during school vacations, and there are additional gallery hours on concert dates.

Exhibit

Young adults from local high schools and Goshen College are combining art with social justice to share their perspectives in a new exhibit in the Goshen College Good Library Gallery, titled “Photovoice: Student Perspectives on Iterculturalism, Diversity and Educational Access.” The exhibit will show in the Good Library Gallery from Sunday, Sept. 16 until Friday, Nov. 6, with an opening reception on Sunday, Sept. 16 from 4 to 5:30 p.m. and is free and open to the public.

A collection of photographs and accompanying narratives, the exhibit allows participants to utilize photography and creative writing to voice their perspectives and share their stories. The exhibit is the culmination of two projects involving local youth in examining critical social issues. The first engaged local Latino high school and college students in examining educational access. The second project engaged Goshen College students in exploring interculturalism on campus.

The show is sponsored by the Goshen College Center for Intercultural and International Education and the Theater Department. The Good Library Gallery, located on the lower level of the Harold and Wilma Good Library on the campus of Goshen College, is open from 8 a.m. to 11 p.m. on Monday through Thursday, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Friday, 1 to 5 p.m. on Saturday and 3 to 11 p.m. on Sunday. Hours vary during academic breaks, summer and holidays. For gallery hours, call (574) 535-7418.

GOSHEN, Ind. — This summer, the Hershberger Art Gallery at Goshen College will host an exhibit by members of the Indiana Women’s Caucus for Art (IWCA) called “Four Decades of Women in Art.” The IWCA presents the show in honor and celebration of the 40th anniversary of their national organization, the Women’s Caucus for Art (WCA).

The exhibit will open on June 10 and remain on display in the Hershberger Art Gallery throughout the summer. All are welcome to a closing reception and lecture by several IWCA members on Sunday, Sept. 16 at 2 p.m.

A group of multidisciplinary and multicultural artists and participants, the WCA is a nongovernmental organization founded in 1972 with dreams of creating community through art, education and social activism. Local chapters throughout the country serve to support this mission to represent female artists and to advocate for equity in the arts for all.

Begun in South Bend in 1978, the IWCA works to bring the goals of the WCA to artists and communities in Indiana. With a mission to expand opportunities and recognition for women in the arts, the IWCA has provided ongoing support for members, including local and regional exhibits such as this one, as well as workshops, conferences and activities. The IWCA is proud to share the contributions of women in art with local communities. This anniversary exhibit will feature work by most of the IWCA current members, as well as invited former members who were instrumental in the early years of the organization and are now based in other areas: Moira Marti Geoffrion of Arizona, Carol Ann Carter of Kansas, and Gwen Diehn of North Carolina. The show will include work from a wide variety of mediums and approaches, including painting, printmaking, sculpture, book making, fibers and photography.

The Hershberger Art Gallery, located in the Music Center, is open from 8:30 a.m. to noon and 1-5:30 p.m. Monday through Friday when the college is not in session during the summer. For confirmation of hours, call the Goshen College Music Center at (574) 535-7361. The building is accessible to people using wheelchairs and others with physical limitations.

– By Anna Ruth

Editors: For more information about this release, to arrange an interview or request a photo, contact Goshen College Assistant Director of Public Relations Jodi H. Beyeler at (574) 535-7572 or jodihb@goshen.edu.

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Goshen College, established in 1894, is a residential Christian liberal arts college rooted in the Anabaptist-Mennonite tradition. The college’s Christ-centered core values — passionate learning, global citizenship, compassionate peacemaking and servant-leadership — prepare students as leaders for the church and world. Recognized for its unique Study-Service Term program, Goshen has earned citations of excellence in Barron’s Best Buys in Education, “Colleges of Distinction,” “Making a Difference College Guide” and U.S.News & World Report’s “America’s Best Colleges” edition, which named Goshen a “least debt college.” Visit www.goshen.edu.

Exhibit: Goshen College Juried Student Art Show
Date and time: Reception on Sunday, April 29, 2-4 p.m. with awards ceremony at 3 p.m.; exhibit on display April 29-May 15
Location: Goshen College Music Center’s Hershberger Art Gallery
Cost: Free and open to the public

GOSHEN, Ind. – Goshen College student artwork will be on display in the Music Center’s Hershberger Art Gallery for a juried art show from Sunday, April 29 to Tuesday, May 15. There will be a reception with refreshments on April 29 from 2 to 4 p.m., with an awards ceremony at 3 p.m. The exhibit and reception are free and open to the public.

Additionally, one person who attends the reception will win $75 to go towards the purchase of one piece of artwork from the exhibition. People must be present at the 3 p.m. awards ceremony to be eligible to win.

The Goshen College Juried Student Art Show features selected works created by students during the 2011-12 academic year. Any student taking an art class is encouraged to submit work to this show. Associate Professor of Art, Emerita, Judy Wenig-Horswell, who works in jewelry, drawing and watercolor, will jury the exhibition. The show will include work in all media areas taught at the college, including ceramics, photography, jewelry, sculpture, painting, drawing and graphic design.

The Hershberger Art Gallery is located near the north lobby of Goshen College’s Music Center at College Avenue and 12th Street in Goshen. The gallery hours are 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. on weekdays, 1 to 4 p.m. on Saturdays and 2 to 4 p.m. on Sundays. Hours vary during school vacations, and there are additional gallery hours on concert dates.

Editors: For more information about this release, to arrange an interview or request a photo, contact Goshen College Acting News Bureau Coordinator Alysha Bergey Landis at (574) 535-7762 or alyshabl@goshen.edu.

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Goshen College, established in 1894, is a residential Christian liberal arts college rooted in the Anabaptist-Mennonite tradition. The college’s Christ-centered core values – passionate learning, global citizenship, compassionate peacemaking and servant-leadership – prepare students as leaders for the church and world. Recognized for its unique Study-Service Term program, Goshen has earned citations of excellence in Barron’s Best Buys in Education, “Colleges of Distinction,” “Making a Difference College Guide” and U.S.News & World Report‘s “America’s Best Colleges” edition, which named Goshen a “least debt college.” Visit www.goshen.edu.

GOSHEN, Ind. – Goshen College students will focus on the theme “North & South” for the Fall Student Art Show, taking place from Nov. 28 to March 16 in the Good Library Basement Gallery. There will be an opening reception on Sunday, Jan. 8 from 3 to 5 p.m. The exhibit is free and open to the public.

The exhibit, co-sponsored by the Goshen College Art Club and the Art Department, will be a visual exploration of issues like geography, cultural differences, migration, polar opposites, immigration or finding one’s way.

The Library Gallery, located on the lower level of the Harold and Wilma Good Library on the campus of Goshen College, is open from 8 a.m. to 11 p.m. on Monday through Thursday, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Friday, 1 to 5 p.m. on Saturday and 3 to 11 p.m. on Sunday. Hours vary during academic breaks, summer and holidays. For gallery hours, call (574) 535-7418.

Editors: For more information about this release, to arrange an interview or request a photo, contact Goshen College Acting News Bureau Coordinator Alysha Bergey Landis at (574) 535-7762 or alyshabl@goshen.edu.

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Goshen College, established in 1894, is a residential Christian liberal arts college rooted in the Anabaptist-Mennonite tradition. The college’s Christ-centered core values – passionate learning, global citizenship, compassionate peacemaking and servant-leadership – prepare students as leaders for the church and world. Recognized for its unique Study-Service Term program, Goshen has earned citations of excellence in Barron’s Best Buys in Education, “Colleges of Distinction,” “Making a Difference College Guide” and U.S.News & World Report‘s “America’s Best Colleges” edition, which named Goshen a “least debt college.” Visit www.goshen.edu.

Viewers can vote award favorites by cell phone after on-location registration. Last year 400,000 people representing 22 countries voted. Awards totaling $450,000 were given last year, plus some curatorial awards.

Hershberger is one of 1,582 artists accepted this year. Every artist must be accepted by a venue located in a four-block downtown area. ArtPrize is a unique art competition because of open-voting for awards being done by the public, rather than by art specialists. His art work, mural-like in scale and composition, was installed last week by using a utility lift because of its location 14 feet above floor level.

The uniqueness of the ArtPrize program inspired Hershberger to reflect on the two styles of art he has used. Each style has been shown separately in the past due to museum and gallery specifications. The open criteria of ArtPrize allowed him to combine the two styles in one art work, or installation. This permitted him to express the concept of his two significant communities. The nonabstract “Heritage Works” represent his Mennonite community and the abstract expressionist works represent the art community.

View Hershberger’s entry at: www.ArtPrize.org.

Editors: For more information about this release, to arrange an interview or request a photo, contact Goshen College News Bureau Director Jodi H. Beyeler at (574) 535-7572 or jodihb@goshen.edu.

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Goshen College, established in 1894, is a residential Christian liberal arts college rooted in the Anabaptist-Mennonite tradition. The college’s Christ-centered core values – passionate learning, global citizenship, compassionate peacemaking and servant-leadership – prepare students as leaders for the church and world. Recognized for its unique Study-Service Term program, Goshen has earned citations of excellence in Barron’s Best Buys in Education, “Colleges of Distinction,” “Making a Difference College Guide” and U.S. News & World Report’s “America’s Best Colleges” edition, which named Goshen a “least debt college.” Visit www.goshen.edu.

Exhibit dates: Jan. 15-March 2

Reception date and time: Sunday, Feb. 4, 2007, 2-4 p.m.

Location: Goshen College Good Library Gallery

Cost: Free

Event sponsors: Goshen College Multicultural Affairs Office, the Harold and Wilma Good Library and the Plowshares Grant

Related Web site: www.artic.edu/~pjacks/index1.html

GOSHEN, Ind. – They may be fictional ancestors, but the women portrayed in Chicago artist Preston Jackson’s bronze sculpture exhibit, “Fresh from Julieanne’s Garden,” tell powerful stories of their lives during the eras of slavery, emancipation, Reconstruction and since.

The exhibit will be on display in Goshen College’s Good Library Gallery beginning on the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday and through Black History Month, from Jan. 15 to March 2. There will be an artist reception on Sunday, Feb. 4 from 2 to 4 p.m. The exhibit will include 14 bronze castings and two-dimensional portraits of majestic heroines of the U.S. South from the 17th through the early 20th centuries, each with an accompanying personal narrative that draws from historical research and family memoirs.

“They embody the collective soul of black women who met the tribulations of slavery and sexism with stoic resolve and, at times, armed resistance,” said a review in the Chicago Sun-Times. “They paid for their heroism with their lives, and sometimes with their sanity, but never with their dignity.”

Jackson, a professor of sculpture and head of the figurative area at the School of the Art Institute in Chicago, seeks to preserve cultural history and explains attitudes in the African American community in this collection. In an artist statement, he stated that his intent isn’t necessarily to reflect bitterness or hostility, but to illustrate the resolution and resiliency of these women and to evoke admiration for the strength they had in the face of hardship.

Jackson has earned degrees at Southern Illinois University and the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. He splits his time between Chicago and Peoria, where he owns the Raven Gallery, home of the Contemporary Art Center. In 1998, Jackson was awarded the Order of Lincoln Medallion, Illinois’s highest honor for individual accomplishments.

The exhibit is sponsored by the Multicultural Affairs Office, the Plowshares Grant, and the Harold and Wilma Good Library.

The Library Gallery, located on the lower level of the Wilma and Harold Good Library on the campus of Goshen College, is open from 7:30 a.m. to 11 p.m. Monday-Thursday, 7:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Friday, noon to 6 p.m. Saturday and 1 to 11 p.m. Sunday.

Editors: For more information about this release, to arrange an interview or request a photo, contact Goshen College News Bureau Director Jodi H. Beyeler at (574) 535-7572 or jodihb@goshen.edu.

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Goshen College, established in 1894, is a residential Christian liberal arts college rooted in the Anabaptist-Mennonite tradition. The college’s Christ-centered core values – passionate learning, global citizenship, compassionate peacemaking and servant-leadership – prepare students as leaders for the church and world. Recognized for its unique Study-Service Term program, Goshen has earned citations of excellence in Barron’s Best Buys in Education, “Colleges of Distinction,” “Making a Difference College Guide” and U.S. News & World Report’s “America’s Best Colleges” edition, which named Goshen a “least debt college.” Visit www.goshen.edu.