Advancing the Arts in Education
June 14, 2011 by art
AEI and West Liberty University partner to create new center The Appalachian Education Initiative and West Liberty University are pleased to announce a new partnership which will result in the creation of an arts and education center on the West Liberty campus. The Center will be a collaboration between AEI and the Colleges of Education and Arts and Communication at the University. The Center will...
Read more of this articleSenior Exhibition 2011
April 17, 2011 by art
The spring 2011 Senior Exhibition opens Wednesday, April 20th. This years show features the work of graduating seniors Amanda Kerns, Ben Rush, Katelyn Gagich, Sara Rowan, Christian Townes, Chris Lovell and Creighton Hill. The show will feature a mix of styles and techniques and is expected to be one of the most interesting gallery shows of the year. The gallery opening is Wednesday April 20th from 5:30 to 7 p.m. and the show...
Read more of this articleWest Liberty Art students travel abroad
April 17, 2011 by art
West Liberty University has provided three art students the opportunity to travel overseas. Art Education major Sara Cunningham recently visited Italy with the WLU Education program. The visit started with a music school in Fiesole near Florence. There she observed Professor Yakkey’s Method in music. This method is a new way to teach students, young and old, how to read music. Also while in Italy they toured a private...
Read more of this articleFran Skiles
March 21, 2011 by art
The sophisticated collages of Fran Skiles go on display in the Nutting Gallery at West Liberty University. She creates abstract landscapes that captures nature’s essence. Fran lives half the year in West Virginia’s Shenandoah Valley and her work records the “essence” of the beauty that surrounds her. Fran Skiles earned a BFA in 1964 from West Virginia University and has exhibited around the country, including...
Read more of this articleAnnual Art trip to NYC
March 14, 2011 by art
It is time for WLU Art Faculty and students to spend five days in the art capitol of the world, New York City. Highlight from past trips include a visit to the legendary Pushpin Studios to meet design icon Seymour Chwast, walking tour and artist studio visits in DUMBO and seeing Matthew Barney’s Cremaster Cycle at the Guggenheim museum. Other activities include museum visits, gallery visits in Manhattan and Brooklyn,...
Read more of this articleHuber Marionettes in Kelly Theater
February 21, 2011 by art
The Huber Marionettes: Phillip Huber, a world-renowned “marionette artist,” is most widely known for his work in the 3-time Academy Award nominated film BEING JOHN MALKOVICH. Phillip’s stage credits feature BUSKER ALLEY starring Tommy Tune, IT’S MAGIC starring Harry Anderson, THAT’S CHRISTMAS starring Sandy Duncan, CHRISTMAS WITH FRIENDS & NABORS starring Jim Nabors, and THE ROAD TO HOLLYWOOD with Tony-winning...
Read more of this articleExhibition, Presentation and Workshop
February 10, 2011 by art
Incised, Gouged and Pulled, printmaking by Keith Dull and Amanda Presser opens in the Nutting Gallery February 16th, 2011. Keith Dull is an Associate Professor of Art at Ashland University in Ohio. Keith’s work is mainly linocut and he will be discussing his work and technique Monday, February 14th February 16-March 17, 2011 in room 209 in the Hall of Fine Arts at 2 p.m. Amanda Presseur will be conducting a monoprint/monotype...
Read more of this article2011 International Technology, Education and Development Conference
January 26, 2011 by art
Associate Professor of Graphic Design Jim Haizlett will be making an oral paper presentation at the 2011 International Technology, Education and Development Conference – (www.inted2011.org) in Valencia, Spain on March 7 – 9. The goal of INTED2011 is to promote international collaboration in Education and Research in all educational fields and disciplines. The conference provides the opportunity to present and discuss...
Read more of this articleWest Virginia Art & Craft Guild’s 8th Competition exhibition
January 23, 2011 by art
The 8th biennial West Virginia Arts and Craft Guild ‘s Exhibition opened at the Wheeling Artisan Center. Faculty members, Nancy Tirone, Robert Villamagna and Brian Fencl are participating in the juried exhibition. The show started at the Parkersberg Arts Center, traveled to the Wheeling Artisan Center and wraps up in Beckley, WV. Photo by Jolene Craig for the Parkersberg News and Sentinal Read More →
Read more of this article(I’ve Got a Secret)
January 23, 2011 by art
Interim Department Chair Brian Fencl has a watercolor included in (I’ve Got a Secret) on display at the Forbes Galleries in NYC. A New Abraham was originally exhibited as part of the annual art faculty exhibition in the Nutting Gallery located in the Hall of Fine Arts. About the show the curators wrote, “Everybody loves to get in on a secret…and every artist is holding something back. This exhibition...
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