Wednesday, November 18, 2009
* Public Art Sculpture Project installed around campus
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Faculty art instructor Laura Ward and students in her Art 110 class invite the campus community to enjoy their sculpture work, which has been installed around campus and will remain up until the end of the quarter (weather permitting - periodic checks will be made to ensure they are intact).
The Intro to 3D Design class focuses on creating three-dimensional objects from two-dimensional sketches or images. The pieces have been placed strategically around campus so as not to harm the foliage, grass, or stop the flow of foot traffic. There are approximately 16 sculptures total and each has a sign with a description of the piece and the student artist's name.
The specific goals of this project include 1) creating a free-standing object that is at least four feet long in any one direction; 2) to experiment with, and construct an object, using the planar structure of cardboard and; 3) to create a public art piece which resides somewhere on campus. The students were instructed to consider the properties of the material, the public space their work would be installed, and their audience -- the campus community. The object is their choice.
Ward says that she and the students have been installing these sculptures around campus for the past two years and she plans to continue this unique outdoor exhibit in the future. "It's a nice chance to get the beautiful and interesting art out of the art building and around campus," she says. "The students (and I) are very excited their creations. They have worked very hard," Ward says.
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* SCC's Art and Literary Journal, Spindrift, wins national award
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The 2009 edition of Spindrift, Shoreline Community College’s art and literary journal, has been awarded first place in a national literary magazine competition sponsored by the Community College Humanities Association (CCHA). The award is given to only those colleges who have received first place awards at regional juries.
“Spindrift has been an annual source of pride for Shoreline Community College,” said Literary Editor Lucy Weiland, who commented that the staff worked diligently to get the job done right in spite of many challenges.
The anthology, a collaboration of works of student, faculty and regional and national contributors, has won many regional awards from CCHA in past years; in the last five years alone it has earned three first place awards and two third place awards. The Pacific-Western Region includes Washington, Oregon, California, Idaho, Alaska and Hawaii.
“Although this year, Spindrift is recognized by the Community College Humanities Association as the best community college literary magazine in the nation,” said Deborah Handrich, faculty co-advisor, “in my opinion, the award reflects all the hard work of every student involved in Spindrift in the last five years.”
This year the judges noted several things that called attention to Shoreline’s anthology. The cover image submissions were solicited only from students and this year’s edition offered more work of first-time published students than previous editions. “These two factors are perhaps the most important categories in the national competition,” said Handrich. This year’s cover was designed by Sean Sherman.
First published in 1966, not long after Shoreline opened its doors, this year marks the college’s 43rd year to publish Spindrift. The journal is designed, edited and produced by students, and is printed on campus as a training project for the Visual Communication Technology (VCT) Program.
“Spindrift gives the student staff a real-world opportunity as a staff person producing a magazine,” said Handrich. “They must manage submissions from all over the nation and build a cohesive book that expresses student life and a connection to a greater community.”
The 2009 staff included Kisa Nishimoto, managing editor; Ian Louthan, design and art editor; Elissa Foster, asst. art editor; and Phyllis Rae, Kelsey Toberg and Triana Collins, literary assistants. Faculty advisors were Deborah Handrich and Christine Shafner.
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Tuesday, October 27, 2009
"Death is short, make the most of it!" SCC Presents "Eurydice" by Sarah Ruhl
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Love, death and rock and roll take center stage in the Shoreline Community College production of Sarah Ruhl’s award-winning play, a modern adaptation of the classic myth, “Eurydice,” Nov. 12-14 and 19-21 at 7:30 p.m. and on Nov. 22, 2009 at 2 p.m.
In Greek mythology, this was the story of Orpheus and his treacherous journey to bring his doomed bride Eurydice back from the underworld. On the SCC stage, it is award-winning playwright Sarah Ruhl’s poignant modern take on the myth, told from Eurydice’s point of view, and framed by the most ambitious set ever built at Shoreline Community College. The decayed amusement park is complete with a river of forgetfulness, a chorus of stones, and a working roller coaster that shuttles characters between the land of the living and the land of the dead.
“This is one of the most ambitious projects that the Shoreline Drama Department has ever undertaken. Building off of the buzz that has been steadily growing around the Shoreline theater community, the time seemed right to harness the enthusiasm of the production staff and a new group of eager and talented actors to take on a daring project like this,” says director Jesse Ross.
The scale and scope of this production are extraordinary, not just for Shoreline Community College, but for any non-profit theater organization in the region. Set construction began last summer and the production as a whole has relied on the contributions of more than 40 students, faculty, and staff members. This is truly and ensemble effort that showcases the diverse talents of Shoreline’s artistic community.
The cast have several years of acting experience under their belts. Braden King performed in 7 Keys, Urinetown, and Dancing at Lughnasa at Shorewood High School; Cait Stark performed in Anybody for Tea? at Roosevelt High School; Amy Lamkin was in the Bothell High productions of Boyfriend and Joseph; and Joe Westling performed in Guys and Dolls, Grease, and Alice in Wonderland at Ballard High. Elisabeth Olmstead, who plays Eurydice, performed in Enemy of the People, St. Joan, and Napili Milionoria at Cedar Park Christian, where she also was stage manager for the production of Godspell. Peter Gregory performed in Rumplestiltzken at the Home Education Exchange. This is a first stage performance for Shorecrest High School graduate, Elias Demisse, who plays the main character, Orpheus in the Shoreline production.
Ross says that theater manager and set designer John Nold has created sets beyond anything he would have expected.
“The production provides ground-breaking special effects, which include a working roller coaster, a chorus of stones and a river of forgetfulness,” said Ross. “The actors actually ride the roller coaster from the land of the living to the land of the dead.” The audience will also be drawn in by the game booths, dunk tanks and 30 foot platforms that capture the uniqueness of the production.
The play will be performed on the main stage in the college’s theater.
General admission is $8, $6 for seniors, students and Shoreline Community College faculty and staff, and $4 for SCC students and children. Tickets can be purchased at Brown Paper Tickets at
http://www.brownpapertickets.com/ or by calling 1-800-838-3006. Tickets can also be purchased at the door.
Donna Myers, Jesse Ross, SCC
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Friday, October 23, 2009
* Hear, meet acclaimed printmaker Juan Fuentes as part of show at SCC College Gallery
Powerful images depicting the lives of workers, women, people of color and war are all part of “Spirit in Lines,” the art of nationally renowned Chicano printmaker Juan R. Fuentes at the College Gallery at Shoreline Community College from Nov. 5, 2009 through Jan. 5, 2010. The gallery is open 8 a.m.-5 p.m., Monday-Friday.
“My focus has continued to be the figure or portrait as a means to tell a story, elaborating on the human condition,” Fuentes says of his relief prints. “The prints that I have produced in the last two years are of people carrying objects or in the process of work. This carrying of things has been a metaphor for the heavy load on one’s shoulders through experiences of living.”
The exhibit will include a selection of silkscreen posters from his involvement in the Chicano poster movement that address both local and international issues such as apartheid, Palestinian conflicts and struggles in Latin America.
Fuentes is best known for linoleum prints exploring Chicano and indigenous themes to raise awareness of the cultural, social and community issues of Chicanos. He acknowledges influences from the social realist tradition of Latin American printmakers such as Jose Guadalupe Posada, Leopoldo Mendez, Rupert Garcia and American artist Elizabeth Catlett.
Active in San Francisco’s Latino community, Fuentes was the director of Mission Grafica for 10 years and taught at the California College of the Arts and City College of San Francisco.
Lecture and Reception
Fuentes will talk about his work and his involvement in the Chicano Poster Movement at a free lecture, 7:30 p.m., Friday, Nov. 20, 2009 in the 1000 Building Board Room at Shoreline Community College. He will address his current activity and membership with Consejo Grafico, a collective of Latino print studios throughout the U.S. and will also talk about his support for liberation struggles through his art and community involvement.
There will be a reception prior to the lecture at 6 p.m. in the gallery.
The lecture is co-sponsored by Ballard’s Sev Shoon Arts Center
a local printmaking and art center run by Dionne Haroutunian, and Seattle Print Arts, a Puget Sound area printmaking collective.
Sev Shoon Arts Center offers printmaking classes and workshops, access to a professional printmaking studio, exhibition opportunities and demonstrations. Seattle Print Arts is an association of artists, arts professionals and collectors who have an avid interest in the expanding field of print arts. Their mission is to foster intellectual and artistic dialogue, serve as a resource for news in the field of printmaking, forge links between artists and serve as a base for activities that focus on print arts.
The Shoreline Community College Gallery is located in the 1000 Building at the main campus at 16101 Greenwood Avenue North, just west of Aurora and north of Seattle city limits. Gallery hours are 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday through Friday.
For information about the upcoming exhibits, check out the web site at: http://www.shoreline.edu/gallery/.
Donna Myers/SCC
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Thursday, August 27, 2009
* Shoreline Gallery features SQ3Tsya'yay: Weaver's Spirit Power - Coast Salish Fiber Weaving
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Thursday, October 15 - 3:30pm, Gallery
Talk with Dr. Susan (sa 'nLa mitSa) Pavel
The First Nations Club will honor Dr. Pavel with a gift at the lecture.
The College Gallery at Shoreline Community College presents SQ3T sya’yay: Weaver’s Spirit Power – Coast Salish Fiber Weaving by Susan Pavel through October 26, 2009. Pavel apprenticed under master Coast Salish weaver and Skokomish Tribal member subiyay Bruce Miller for six years. Pavel’s exhibit displays unique fiber regalia and blankets woven in the Coast Salish tradition.
Coast Salish blankets and clothing are woven using a variety of animal and plant fibers such as mountain goat wool, dog hair, Indian hemp, fireweed, cattail, and cedar bark. Oregon grape, stinging nettle, various lichens and alder bark are some of the plants used to create the colors used in dying wool. Coast Salish people regard woven items as a symbol of great wealth and status. During ceremonial occasions objects of wealth are given as gifts to honor and continue the cycle of giving.
The College Gallery is located in the 1000 Building on the south end of campus, near the main entrance. The college is located at 16101 Greenwood Avenue North, west of Aurora Avenue and just north of Seattle city limits.
Donna Myers/PIO
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