Flora Kirsch Beck Gallery

THE FLORA KIRSCH BECK GALLERY SCHEDULE
2011—2012

Gallery Hours and Location

Student Show
September 6–October 6, 2011

Andrew Wright

This exhibit showcases Alma College student artwork created in the art courses offered during 2010—2011. Alma College Art Faculty selects the work at the end of each semester. These works will be exhibited in the Main & Lounge Galleries.
Reception: Thursday, October 6, 2011: 4–5 p.m.

Alumni Show
October 10–November 10, 2011

Tina Vivian

This show includes work by alumni who were invited by Art Department faculty to present their recent work.

Homecoming Reception: Saturday, Oct. 15, 2011: 4:30–6 p.m.
Closing Reception: Thursday, Nov. 10, 2011: 7–9 p.m.

Dylan Miner
October 10–November 10, 2011

Dylan Miner

Artist’s Statement: I work as a border-crossing artist, activist, historian, curator and professor based in Michigan and New Mexico. Working primarily in print, installation, and social practice, my art explores commonly forgotten histories and people's ability to resist oppression. The work at Alma invites participants to investigate issues surrounding contemporary politics, economics and identity.

Joseph Bergman—Works on Paper: Drawing and Digital Art:
November 14–December 15, 2011

Joseph Bergman

Artist’s Statement: My work is based on the spontaneous but systematic reordering of the visual source materials. The works do not directly explore the communication of ideas, but instead examine visual materials for their own sake. Through the process of deconstruction, ordering and reconstruction new infinite possibilities arise.

Closing Reception: Thursday, Dec. 8, 2011: 7–9 p.m.
Gallery Talk begins at 7:30 p.m.

Karen Bondarchuk—Sculpture
January 9–February 9, 2012

Karen Bondarchuk

Artist’s Statement: My work explores the artificiality that often defines our relationship with the wild, and the reality that most close encounters with wildlife are by human design (zoos, roadsides, galleries, natural history museums, etc). I use scale to convey the notion of these intelligent creatures being ‘bigger than us,’ beyond our comprehension, and certainly worthy of our attention.
Closing Reception: Thursday, Feb. 9, 2012: 7–9 p.m.
Gallery Talk begins at 7:30 p.m.

Andrea Ondish, Cindy Foley, Dorothy Anderson Grow & Margaret Ware—Group Show: February 13–March 15, 2012

Margaret Ware

Artist’s Statement: Consumer’s Armor addresses the issues surrounding, and resulting from, the insidious desire for consumption and the waste products produced by fulfilling that need. The material irony and irreverent processes are an ideological “smack down” of our spoiled and overly indulgent society.

Andrea Ondish

Artist’s Statement: I began my current series after reading a comment in a magazine by a famous Hollywood actress. She was asked about the type of movies she accepts. Her response was: “I would not do a movie in which women are portrayed as tools.” Fascinated by her comment, I began this series of women as tools with ink drawings and then worked in watercolor, color pencil and acrylics. I feel titles have great importance with my work so I include the word “HER” in all titles. The imagery is metaphorical.

Cindy Foley

Artist’s Statement: I layer cut papers, imparting a slight third dimension to my images. These papers are manipulated in multiple ways: pigmented, stitched, and drawn upon with pen and ink. The pen line rim of a mask encloses the human face as object for wear by non-human species. Fruits, birds, the four-leggeds, appear with human masks as decorative or playful objects.

Dorothy Anderson Grow

Artist’s Statement: My art is the surprise ending resulting from the combination of emerging and evolving forms. I start with an ink line drawing, a halftone image or a monotype form that I transform into several etching plates. Repetition, overlapping, overprinting, and collage help me create a completed, multi-layered work of art.

Closing Reception: Thursday, March 15, 2012: 7–9 p.m.
Gallery Talk begins at 7:30 p.m.

Senior Show
March 19–April 21, 2012

Lauring Caige

Each year senior art majors seeking a Bachelor of Arts or Bachelor of Fine Arts degree are required to present a thesis show as part of their requirement for graduation. This show exhibits the culminating works of these young artists as they begin their journey into the professional art world.

Reception: Saturday, March 31, 2012: 2–4 p.m.