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Photo by Brett Stanley/The Advocat
A freeing diversity
The Visual Arts Faculty show gives faculty members a chance to show their work
The Advocate
The Visual Arts Faculty Exhibit is now showing at the Visual Arts Gallery at MHCC.
The exhibit was put together by Nathan Orosco, the gallery’s coordinator and a sculpting instructor.
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“There wasn’t a solid theme (for the exhibit). I just wanted to show the diverse skills of the faculty,” said Orosco. The diversity is apparent by the large amount of work in varying mediums throughout the gallery.
Orosco’s own work is showcased in the gallery as well. His two ink drawings are hung side by side. “Those drawings were a formal study of subconscious thought,” said Orosco.
Orosco says he doesn’t have a favorite medium, and that his work is “guided by content.”
Some of the largest exhibits are the three wall-length prints done by Georganne Watters, MHCC’s printmaking instructor. The middle print is hung twice, once in front of the other.
“These pieces aren’t behind a frame because I like the viewer to appreciate the beauty of the
paper,” said Watters.
Watters noted how intensive printmaking is, and how different it is from other mediums of art. “You have to think in reverse. You have to carve away the negative to create the positive,” said Watters.
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Also on display is a large piece over six panels by painting instructor Lori Lorion. “I didn’t know what it was going to be. It was very gestural at first. I started with a charcoal scribble and it all came from there,” said Lorion.
Lorion said she loves painting to take chances, and just “painting just for the paint.”
“Visual arts seem to be orphans of past centuries, but that really frees us to not have to play to an audience,” said Lorion.
Lorion’s painting is unusual in that much of the original sketches still show through the oil painting. “I like the reference of the whole story, from the beginning to the end,” said Lorion.
Also on exhibit are Stephen Mickey’s multiple works of varying media, such as ceramics and photographs, as well as the works of various other artists.
The exhibit will be displayed through Jan. 28.
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