Canon U.S.A., Inc. Presents Explorer of Light Mary Ellen Mark at Goshen College November 19 and 20, 1998

Hollis Sigler E RIC YAKE KENAGY VISITING ARTIST March 12 and 13, 1998 The Eric Yake Kenagy Visiting Artist for the 1997-98 school year at Goshen College was painter-printmaker Hollis Sigler. An exhibit of her recent work was in the GC Art Gallery February 22-April 1, 1998. Hollis was to be on campus March 12 and 13 to work with students and give public presentations. The first of these were to be Thursday March 12 at 7 p.m. in Umble Center with a reception following in the Art Gallery. At 10 a.m. Friday March 13 she was to give a second presentation in the College Church Chapel. Because of illness she was unable to come to Goshen. She was well represented by her work and by art critic James Yood who interpreted the work on March 12. Yood writes for Artforum,  for GLASS, and for New Art Examiner magazines. He has served as jurist for National Endowment for the Arts grant selection. Hollis is an award winning Chicago artist known especially for her painting, printmaking and drawing. Recent work has also included elegant cut paper compositions and installations. Her early work is often associated with the Chicago Imagists and the "naive" approach. She has retained this rich, bright color and drawing style in works with themes directly relating to her reality of living with breast cancer. In 1994 she combined a series of illustrations with essays by other women living with breast cancer (edited by Whitney Scott) in a limited edition book, Words Against the Shifting Seasons: Women Speak of Breast Cancer. To see more work, follow this link to Breast Cancer Answers Art Gallery . Back to Color Lithograph by Hollis Zigler.

ERIC YAKE KENAGY VISITING ARTIST PROGRAM

This program, begun in 1987 to honor the memory of Eric Yake Kenagy (1966-1986), a gifted young ceramics student, has provided an opportunity for the students, faculty and Goshen community to work with, listen to and observe individuals who have made a place for themselves in the art world. In this visiting artist program, Eric's family and friends wish to celebrate the creativity Eric expressed in his too-short life, and to share with Goshen College and its friends events that will inspire others to develop their own creativity. Additional gifts to this memorial are welcome.

Ruth Duckworth, Ceramicist, Chicago, 1987
Paul Soldner, Ceramicist, Aspen, 1988
James Melchert, Conceptualist, Berkeley, 1989
Deborah Remington, Painter, New York, 1990
Richard Hunt, Sculptor, Chicago, 1992
Ruth Weisburg, Painter, Los Angeles, 1993
Robert Blackburn, Printmaker, New York, 1994
Jaune Quick-to-See Smith, Painter, New Mexico, 1995
Franz Schulze, Art Critic, Chicago, 1996
Toshiko Takaezu, Ceramicist, New Jersey, 1996
Hollis Sigler, Printmaker, Chicago, March, 1998
Mary Ellen Mark, Photographer, November, 1998 (sponsored by Canon USA)

Last updated 25 October 1998