Stories tagged with: artists

October 22, 2010 |

Indiana University East is announcing the inclusions of the Whitewater Valley Annual Art Competition during a reception for the artists. The 32nd Annual Whitewater Art Competition was held Saturday, October 2, at IU East. This year’s competition was juried by John McNaughton, a nationally acclaimed 20th century artist, and was sponsored by the Wayne County ...

September 16, 2010 |

Indiana University East will accept art entries September 20-September 24 for the Whitewater Valley Annual Art Competition. The competition will begin at 2 p.m. on Saturday, October 2, in Whitewater Hall. The top ten entries will receive a monetary award. Each year 300 to 400 pieces of art are entered for the competition. Previous entries ...

August 17, 2010 |

Works from the Whitewater Artists Guild is on display now through September 17 in The Gallery at Indiana University East. The Gallery, located in Whitewater Hall, is free and open to the public. A reception will be held for the artists at 7 p.m. on September 8. Visitors are welcome to view the exhibit during ...

August 9, 2010 |

NSM faculty collaborate to publish findings for use of phylogenic species identification School of Natural Science and Mathematics faculty members Markus Pomper, Dale Beach and Mike Foos (emeritus); IU East B.S. in Biology graduate and former laboratory coordinator, Nickie May; and co-authors Don Ruch, from Ball State University, and Kathy Sheehan, from the University of ...

May 26, 2010 |

The upcoming exhibit in the Indiana University East art gallery will be “The Works of Mike Elsass” on display now through July 2. The Gallery exhibit features the Ohio based artist’s abstract and weathered steel paintings that represent strength, life’s elements, aging, imperfection and beauty. Elsass became a painter after a career in the insurance ...

April 29, 2010 |

Ed Thornburg, director of the Art Gallery and lecturer of fine arts, works in close proximity to nature by recycling discarded items into art. “Now, I’m really interested in found art. It’s yours to do something really original but you have to find it first,” Thornburg said. Take for instance his latest piece, “Corvair.” Thornburg ...

March 30, 2010 |

Jean Harper, associate professor of English, was recently awarded a fellowship to the MacDowell Colony located in Peterborough, New Hampshire. Harper will reside at the artists’ colony for six weeks, beginning in August into September. While at the MacDowell Colony, Harper plans to work on her second book, Horses and Divorces, which explores the relationship ...

March 19, 2010 |

Indiana University East will feature artist Sara Hanlon in the upcoming exhibit in The Gallery. “The Works of Sara Hanlon” will be on display March 29 through May 7. She is also scheduled for workshops with IU East art students in the studios. After retiring from an overseas teaching career (reading and ESL) in Iran, ...