Lebanon Valley College Students to Present "Connections/Reflections" Exhibit

ANNVILLE, PA (04/27/2012)(readMedia)-- "Connections/Reflections" is a group exhibition of work by eight LVC art and art history students from the Spring 2012 Advanced Studio course (ART 405). The exhibit opens May 2 with an opening reception from 5 to 7 p.m. in the Lynch Memorial Hall atrium.

It is the sixth annual exhibition of student work from the course since the creation of the art and art history major at LVC in 2003. Taught by professor and department chair Michael Pittari, Advanced Studio is the capstone course in studio art. Each student creates a semester-long body of work that is individually determined in regard to medium and content.

"Connections/Reflections" is so named because of the common themes contained in the students' work, including landscape as cultural and personal metaphor, death and rebirth, past and future. As art and art history major David Yasenchak states, "Although as a group our work may appear disjointed - in many ways it is - we are unified by creation. We create to regain what we have lost, to deal with transition, and to tangibly express the intangible."

Pittari reflected that "'Connections/Reflections' contains innovative and non-traditional projects alongside more familiar forms. The ambitious nature of all the art speaks to the high level of achievement that the Department of Art & Art History expects from its students. In less than 10 years we have developed a sophisticated student culture that is intellectually and artistically curious and produces work that is consistent with larger programs and art schools."

The exhibit includes oil paintings by Brittany Flood, Julia Hurley, and Cheryl Shipman; mixed-media sculptures by John Heenan, Lea Laslow, and Erika Vernet; photographs and photo-transfer prints by Evan Laudenslager; and an architectural environment by David Yasenchak. Works of art will be exhibited throughout Lynch Memorial Hall, including the east and west corridors, mezzanine, and atrium. The exhibit closes May 23.

The Department of Art & Art History is a nexus of creativity and scholarship on the LVC campus with a dynamic community of ambitious students and accomplished faculty, and a growing alumni network that includes a range of arts professionals within the region. Learn more at www.lvc.edu/art.