CUW Faculty 2020 Exhibition
The CUW Art Department is proud to present its 2020 faculty in this exceptional exhibition, Faculty are; Dr. Gaylund Stone chair, Dr. Theresa A. Kenney, Professor Jeff Shawhan, Professor Charlene Nemec- Kessel, Professor Paul Calhoun and Senior Instructor Sandra Buhk. Work includes both new and old works and is not to be missed. Exhibit opens January 27 through April 15 with an opening reception January 30, from 6 to 8 pm.
Artists
Theresa Kenney
Jeff Shawhan
Gaylund Stone
Biography
Dr. Gaylund K. Stone, originally from Willoughby, Ohio, has been at Concordia University since 1991. He served as Dean of the School of Arts & Sciences from 1998 to 2015 and is currently Chair of the Art Department and Program Director for the Graduate Program in Art Education. He received his Ph.D. in Urban Education from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee with a specialization in Art Education and a minor in Philosophy. He holds an M.Ed. degree in Art Education from Southwestern Oklahoma State University and an A.B. in Art and Archaeology from Princeton University. His primary studio interest is painting in both oils and acrylics. His research interests center on the relationships between artistic behaviors and cognitive processes and his studio areas include drawing and stained glass in addition to painting. He teaches a range of studio courses as well as courses in art history, aesthetics, and art education.
Dr. Stone and his wife, Terri, have three children, Laura, David, and Matthew. They are members of St. Paul Lutheran Church, Sheboygan Falls.
Artist Statement
In his book, Rome, Robert Hughes, the former art critic for Time magazine, wrote:
“...when paintings have little or no anchorage in the world as seen, they will end up looking pretty much the same; the "freedom" of so much abstract art actually leads to monotony. Nine times out of ten, the thing that underwrites variety is a certain degree of faithfulness to things as they appear, to a world whose enormous and constantly invigorating and challenging differences cannot be surpassed by the more limited experience of a painter.”
Representational art is often described as "faithful to appearances" but what is meant by that phrase? It implies a relationship of truth between the original and its image*. Of course, that truth is elusive. The complexity of appearances does not permit precise replication and all artists must then deal with illusions.
When we think of faithfulness, we tend to think of loyalty and devotion or, as used by Hughes, consistency with truth. Faithfulness implies fidelity and consistency - in action or in image. To be faithful to nature means to craft images that honor what we see, treating it with respect, and reverencing the original Creator.
Faithfulness to appearances is a matter of degrees and there is much that cannot be captured by either word or image. Art can only be an object in its own right or point to a truth beyond itself.
We can be faithful to people, but not to things. Our "faithfulness" honors the Creator rather than the creation. It is a respect and love for a person, a creator (either divine or human) that demands our devotion and trust.
*Only Jesus, as “the image of the invisible God” (Col. 1:15) embodies the fullness of the original in the image.
Faculty Work
About the CUW Art Gallery
Over 30 years ago, the CUW Art Gallery was founded with the hope of educating, challenging, and inspiring the students, faculty, staff, and community of CUW as well as the public through exposure to the vast world of art. Our mission is to encourage appreciation and understanding of art and its role in society through direct engagement with original works of art. Combining fresh, object-based scholarship with broad accessibility, the CUW Art Gallery aims to provoke and affirm accepted meanings of art objects and to suggest new ones to its patrons. We aspire to excite the imagination, and present opportunities for our patrons to look into the study of art and culture.
The goals of the CUW Art Gallery are to:
- Bring excellent contemporary and historical art to the CUW campus community
- Reflect the diversity of the university and Southeastern Wisconsin community
- Connect the university and the public through relevant art and cultural programs
- Support student, emerging and established artists by providing opportunities for the creation and exhibition of cutting edge visual art
- Development of self-knowledge inherent in artistic activity for the personal growth and development of the CUW Gallery students, faculty, staff and patrons
Our other galleries:
Learn more about our other two galleries below.
- Student Art Gallery
- Limelight 14 Gallery
Color Creates Light
Opening Reception: 6-8pm Thursday, August 29
Exhibition: August 26 through October 20, 2019
Artists: Jenny Poetzel
The flower paintings are primarily about color and color contrast to create vibrancy and intensity. The color also creates the light. Like many Van Gogh paintings, instead of relying on the lightness or darkness of the color, light is created in the paintings with color hue against a contrasting color hue. My paintings often start as an emotional response to a color.
AFTERSHOCK: The Human Toll of War
Meet the Author: 7pm Tuesday, Feb. 25, 2020 - Learn More
Exhibition: August 26 through October 20, 2019
The world was in ruins at the end of World War II—from the Blitz in London to the atomic bomb blasts in Hiroshima and Nagasaki. A small group of Army soldiers witnessed and photographed it all.
More than seven decades later, three photo historians—Richard Cahan, Mark Jacob, and Michael Williams—began to comb through National Archives holdings to compile Aftershock: The Human Toll of War. The book contains numerous never-before-seen photos captured by the three World War II military photographers. Scanned directly from original negatives, the photographs give readers a powerful glimpse into the devastation and destruction of the conflict, and in so doing, the book tells the stories of the young photographers whose lives were changed forever because of 1945.
Bobblehead Collection
Exhibition: January 27 through May 15, 2020
Opening Reception: 6-8pm Thursday, January 30
In search of the Elusive Bobblehead - from the private collection of Justin Frisque. Justin Frisque of Concordia University has been collecting bobbleheads for some time and if you are interested in both variety and rarity this is a wonderful collection.