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Texas ceramist Juan Granados offers 2011 Eric Yake Kenagy Visiting Artist lecture

Throughout his childhood, Granados traveled with his family as migrant farm workers throughout the southern United States. As he cultivated the earth, he observed the interdependence and importance of nature. Granados is connected to his background of working with land through his use of clay as his artistic medium, and aims to create work that is organic. Through his ceramics, he tries to express his past and share the message of human sustainability.

Stephen Wolochowicz and Molly Morin

Reception:  Sunday, Jan. 22, 2-4pm Molly Morin is an Assistant Professor of Sculpture and Digital art at Millsaps College in Jackson, MS.  Her work uses digital methods, including computer coding, 3D modeling, and digital photo-editing to produce work that explores the difficult relationship between information…

Student Art Show: “Tolerance & The Other”

Student Art Show: “Tolerance & The Other” From Nov. 19 to Dec. 6, Goshen College student artwork will be on display in the Fall Student Art Show, “Tolerance and the Other,” in the college’s Good Library Basement Gallery. The opening reception will be on Friday, Nov. 19 from 2 to…

Mikey Burton: Graphic Design

Mike Burton: Graphic Design, Illustration and Letterpress Reception: Sunday, Nov 14, 2010, 2-3:30 p.m. Graphic designer, illustrator and letterpress printer Mikey Burton will be exhibiting at the Hershberger Gallery Oct. 31, 2010-Jan. 12, 2011. Originally from Canton, Ohio, Burton earned his Bachelor of Science/Master of Arts degree in Visual Communication…

John Blosser: Retrospective Exhibit

John Blosser: Retrospective Exhibit John Blosser has taught in Goshen College’s Art Department for 10 years and before that at Hesston College for 20. This exhibit features the work he has done throughout his career as he nears retirement in 2011. There will be a reception for this show during…

Grandmother’s Flower Garden: Floral Design in Mennonite and Amish Quilts

Antique and contemporary quilts by Mennonite and Amish makers, using both geometric and naturalistic flower motifs. The exhibit is a tribute to the traditional design known as “Grandmother’s Flower Garden” that has become one of the most popular patterns in the history of American quilt-making. Quilts will come from the…

Dick Lehman Reception

Dick Lehman Reception Reception for Dick Lehman whose exhibit has been in the Hershberger Art Gallery since June 13 and ends Sept 12. The exhibit is entitled: Collected Meanings: Japanese Pottery and Travel Stories.

Susan and David Clayton

Susan and David Clayton Clay and Fiber Reception: Sunday, Feb. 19, 2-4 p.m.

Terry Evans, Chicago photographer, offers 2010 Eric Yake Kenagy Visiting Artist lecture

Evans has worked with aerial and ground photography to capture the prairies and plains of North America. More recently, she has explored the steel industry and working steel mills, as well as using photographs of the Greenland ice sheet to examine the scale of climate change.

Terry Evans

Terry Evans Chicago artist photographer Terry Evans is the Goshen College Art Department’s 2010 Eric Yake Kenagy Visiting Artist, and will offer a public lecture, “Now and Then,” in the Music Center’s Rieth Recital Hall on Sunday, Feb. 7 at 2:30 p.m., with a reception following. The presentation is free…