A Busy Season at the Herndon Gallery
The Herndon Gallery has been booked solid
with exhibitions the last several months. Colette
Palamar, Assistant Professor of Environmental
Studies, has taken over the reins as gallery director
and curator, bringing in artists and speakers from
across the country to the Antioch campus.
The first
show of the
2004-2005 season,
Intimacy,
Memory and
Imagination,
(IMI) opened
on September
24, 2004. IMI
showcased
the work of
three women
artists, Kathleen
Thum,
Amanda Butler
Kolar, and
Bridget Milligan,
whose
work explored
the trials and
joys of life as a woman in American culture. The
touch-points of intimacy, memory and imagination
functioned as thematic orientations for each of the
three artists' work.
Artwork from Interface-Interfase, an exhibition
by Paloma Dallas
and Juan-Sí González
Following IMI was EnVision:
Artists Respond to the Environmental Crisis, which ran from November
18, 2004 to February 11, 2005. EnVision
featured both 2D and 3D work from six different
artists responding to environmental issues facing
contemporary society. A variety of mediums were
represented, from oil paintings to photographs to a
large-scale sculpture that utilized ropes, coffee bags
and organic materials. That piece, created by artist
Dan McCormick, ultimately found a home on the
streambed of Yellow Springs Creek in Glen Helen,
where it helps combat erosion. The show was funded
in part by a grant from the Ohio Arts Council.
Writer and activist Derrick Jensen came to campus
to participate in the closing reception for EnVision.
Prior to a book signing in the Gallery, Jensen
spoke in Kelly Hall about his latest two books, The
Culture of Make-Believe and Welcome to
the Machine.
He also made time to visit classrooms and
attend the Office of Multi-Cultural Affairs potluck
for lunch.
A collaborative mixed-media installation by artists
Paloma Dallas and Juan-Sí González entitled
Interface — Interfase was exhibited through February
and March. The artists, who now both reside
in Yellow
Springs,
come
from very
different
backgrounds:
González
was born
and raised
in Cuba
and Dallas
grew up
in Yellow
Springs.
Through
photographs,
found and
constructed
objects,
text, drawings, and sound, the artists explored the
common boundaries that join and divide them as individuals.
They explored the frontiers of language,
gender, sexuality, age, nationality, politics and
origin. The show, which was bilingual, played up
the similarities between English and Spanish - each
piece was titled with a word spelled nearly the same
way and with the same meaning in both languages.
The final show of the spring is the traditional Senior
Show, featuring the senior projects of graduating
art majors. The show will include photographs,
paintings, sculptures, ceramics and mixed media
artwork. Brie Jones '05, Amanda Johnson '05,
Matt Zipperstein '05, Valentine Bickett '05 and
Carey Maguire '05 are some of the artists whose
work will be displayed in the Gallery from April 11
through April 25, 2005.
Founded in 1994 with the support of Terry
'57 and Eva Herndon '59, the Herndon Gallery
presents contemporary art exhibitions and hosts a
variety of community events. Past exhibitions have
featured contemporary Native American and Latin
American art as well as the work of national and
regional painters, sculptors and photographers. 
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