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"Branching Out" And "Funky Self-Portraits"
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The content for this submission has been moved to the Azalea City Quilters' Guild collection in the Marx Library's Exhibits community.
To see the quilts from the "Branching Out" exhibit, please go to the following link:
https://jagworks.southalabama.edu/acq-branchingout/
To see the quilts from the "Funky Self-Portraits" exhibit, please go to the following link:
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Elements of Color, Style, and Technique
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A new art exhibition, "Elements of Color, Style, and Technique," showed at the University of South Alabama Marx Library. The exhibit displayed in the Mary Elizabeth and Charles Bernard Rodning Gallery of Art on the third floor of the Library through February 2015. This collection of art featured a variety of techniques and mediums including acrylics, hot wax painting, mosaics, and multimedia. The display showcased the talent of local artists Tutta Greer Cone, Gordon House, Lynda McDonald, Shery Polansky, and Linda Hall Tenhundfeld.
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Look Into Our Southern Past
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The USA Library was pleased to announce the opening of an art exhibit. "A Look Into Our Southern Past," paintings by local artists Carmel Alvis and Ainsley McNeely, displayed from May 11 – June 30, 2015 in the Mary Elizabeth and Charles Bernard Rodning Gallery of Art on the third floor of the Library.
Award-winning artists McNeely and Alvis created an exhibit which depicted scenes from our Southern past. The artists shared a fascination with history and their chase of historical recreations involved time in the field photographing and studying subjects well before putting brush to palette. Their exhibit featured paintings of the Native Americans, laborers, warriors, pioneers, and hunters whose lives created the South we know today.
Carmel Alvis has been an artist all of her life. She was a member of the Watercolor & Graphic Arts Society and the Mobile Art Association. Alvis enjoyed photography as much as creating new works through her oils and acrylics. Portraying the beautiful Gulf Coast along with painting portraits of people and pets were some of her favorite subjects. Her recent works depicted her newfound love of recreating Southern history.
Ainsley McNeely has always loved the outdoors, and she enjoyed the challenge of capturing the beauty, energy, and emotion of the natural world as well as the animals and people who inhabit it. Her wildlife paintings, sporting art, portraits, figure work, and miniatures had appeared in shows throughout the U.S. McNeely is best known to the public for designing the 2001-2002 Alabama Duck Stamp and creating a series of colorful posters for the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service.
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Our Neighbors
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"Our Neighbors," a photography exhibition by Vincent Lawson, displayed at the USA Marx Library. Lawson was teaching USA special courses photography classes for over 11 years. He had a strong passion for taking real life photographs that capture the still, small moments in life that would otherwise fade away and be lost. The photos in this exhibit were beautiful examples of Lawson's talent for capturing and preserving these images on film.
This exhibit had special meaning to Vincent. He stated, "It is my goal that this project will help those who have little or nothing, whose dreams have been shattered, who think that no one cares for them, who think that they don't matter. If this project can change one person's way of thinking, it will be a success. 'Our Neighbors' came about from one photograph. The message came from Luke 10:29-37. Who is our neighbor? It's a simple question, but the answer is quite often ignored. Jesus was asked the question 'who is my neighbor?' And His answer is in Luke 10:30-37. These photographs represented our neighbors in this present day and time. These photographs also ask a question: if you see an individual in need, will you pass them by or help them? The two choices are: Empathy or Apathy. It's as simple as that. The goal is more awareness of our neighbors' needs."
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Two of Us
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The University of South Alabama Marx Library was pleased to present a new exhibit featuring paintings by southern Mobile County husband and wife art team Benno Kollegger and Regina Doi-Kollegger. "The Two of Us" displayed from July 1 – September 27, 2015 in the Mary Elizabeth and Charles Bernard Rodning Gallery of Art on the third floor of the Library.
The show featured beautiful, large-scale paintings by the Kolleggers. The exhibit showcased two unique series created by the talented couple. Benno Kollegger's series, "The 10," depicted his understanding of the commandments using the power of the human form. Regina Doi-Kollegger's series, "Uma (the horse)," portrayed the emotion behind the movement and spirit of horses.
Benno was born, raised, and educated in Austria before moving to the United States in 1962. He had always loved to paint and is an accomplished sculptor. He was an internationally known artist who has had numerous shows in Europe and in the United States. His wife, Regina, who was born in Tokyo, Japan, was also a gifted painter and sculptor. Her fine art was influenced by her Eurasian heritage.
When the Kolleggers moved from upstate New York to southern Alabama in 2013, they quickly became part of the Mobile art scene. The couple brought a fresh, unique perspective to the traditional artistic themes of our area. They were now well established as popular, vital members of the local art community.
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War and Medicine
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Out of the devastation and horrors of war, medical and surgical innovations emerged which have saved countless lives both on and off the battlefields. The use of mass inoculations and vaccinations, development of lightweight and movable prosthetic limbs, improvement of intravenous and blood transfusion techniques, antibiotic medications, sanitation, advancements of cardiac and vascular surgery, and the development of Emergency Medical Triage Systems are just a few of the innovations which developed as a result of conflict. Displayed artifacts from the Mobile Medical Museum, the exhibit "War and Medicine" highlighted common medical and surgical practices used during the major engagements of the United States of America and identified how each war advanced medicine and surgery.
Located in the historic Vincent-Doan house, the Mobile Medical Museum featured a collection of artifacts and resources that chronicle the history of medicine in Mobile. The collection began in 1962 with a gift of approximately 100 artifacts and documents donated by Mrs. Patricia Heustis Paterson as a memorial to her father, Dr. James F. Heustis (1828-1891), a native Mobilian with an outstanding medical career.
The Medical Museum not only preserves and displays important medical artifacts, but the building itself is a showcase piece. The Vincent-Doan house was one of the oldest houses in Mobile and one of the oldest surviving examples of French colonial style architecture in the state. It was listed on the Historic America Buildings Survey of the National Parks and the National Register of Historic Places. The house was originally a residence, which was built in 1827 by Captain Benjamin Vincent. It is located at 1664 Spring Hill Avenue adjacent to USA Children's & Women's Hospital.
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2014 Helen Keller Art Show of Alabama
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The content for this submission has been moved to the Helen Keller Art Shows collection in the Marx Library's Exhibits community.
To see the works from the "2014 Helen Keller Art Show" exhibit, please go to the following link:
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Books and Clay: Handmade Objects with History
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Mobile — One of man's greatest achievements in communication has been the book. A display of handmade books at the University of South Alabama Marx Library showed viewers handmade versions that look nothing like today's textbooks and paperbacks. The handmade books were based on a historical precedent for their structural composition but were created with materials available today. Papyrus, paint, cloth, clay, paper, electronic media, colored pencil, and inks were a few of the media used to create the one-of-a-kind books featured in the exhibit.
The unique handmade objects on display were created by Mary Ann Sampson, an art instructor at Jacksonville State University (JSU), and several JSU students and faculty members. Exhibitors included Sampson, Jeremy Bagwell, Brittney Beard, Chang Chen, Alan Curtis, Karen Peterson Henricks, Laverne Lombardi, Allison McElroy, Jennifer Moore, Michael Moore, Cynthia Stahl Porter, Susan Robertson, Anita H. Stewart, and Tonya Wilson.
The art exhibited in the display cases located on the third floor of the USA Marx Library in the Mary Elizabeth and Charles Bernard Rodning Gallery of Art. This book arts exhibit was free to the public and will be on display through Friday, May 30, 2014.
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Leaves, Roots, Bark, and Fruit: Ethnobotany and the Poarch Band of Creek Indians
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The University of South Alabama Marx Library was pleased to announce the opening of a new exhibit: Leaves, Roots, Bark, and Fruit: Ethnobotany and the Poarch Band of Creek Indians. It was on display on the third floor of the Library from October 1 – December 11, 2014. This unique exhibit highlights the relationship between plants and the Poarch Band of Creek Indians. When the ancestors of the Poarch Creeks migrated from the Montgomery/Wetumpka area into southwest Alabama in the late 1790s, they brought with them many generations of traditional plant utilization, some of which remains in use today. This exhibit was an extension of the ongoing ethnobotantical research (study of the relationship between plants and a particular culture) conducted by Poarch Creek Tribal Historic Preservation Officer (THPO) Robert G. Thrower.
Dr. Philip Carr, Professor of Anthropology and Chief Calvin McGhee Endowed Professor of Native American Studies at USA, and THPO Robert Thrower conceived this exhibit as a multidisciplinary introduction to the traditional roles that plants have played among the Poarch Creeks and their ancestors. The display featured some of the plants of traditional use for utility, culinary, medicinal, and ceremonial purposes. Also showcased were portraits and biographies of tribal members, past and present, who maintained and passed on their extensive knowledge of traditional Creek plant usage. A variety of traditional utilitarian and art pieces utilizing ethnobotantical resources were featured throughout the exhibition.
It is the hope of the Poarch Creeks Honorable Tribal Chair Stephanie Bryan, the Poarch Creek Tribal Council, Dr. Philip Carr, and THPO Robert Thrower that this exhibit would spark a renewed interest in the research and continuation of this valuable traditional knowledge. Through the newly formed Native American Studies Program at USA, and in partnership with the Poarch Band of Creek Indians, this exhibit was one example of the educational opportunities that would be offered in the future. -
Magnificent Abstractions
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Mobile — "Magnificent Abstractions" was the art exhibit on display in the Mary Elizabeth and Charles Bernard Rodning Gallery of Art on the third floor of the University of South Alabama Marx Library. When Dr. Richard Wood, dean of university libraries, contacted Linda Tenhundfeld about doing an exhibit at USA, he told her to let her imagination run wild. Linda immediately thought of Bill Kramer and Ron Lindquist, fellow members of Cathedral Square Gallery, because of their particular skills and passions for the abstract. The resulting large, vibrant, colorful pieces were sure to please visitors to the gallery. These grand works of art would not only be seen with your eyes but also felt with your heart.
"Brilliant detachment," "a splendid trance" – that was what the artists believe viewers may experience in these magnificent abstract works. Abstract art uses shapes, forms, colors, textures, and lines to create imagery that was open to the interpretation of the viewer. It was a creative style of expression, which produces distinctive artwork that may be seen or perceived differently by each individual.
This unique, eye-catching exhibit was free to the public and displayed through Wednesday, April 30, 2014. Many of these beautiful paintings were also offered for sale. Prices were listed on the artwork and contact information for the artists was available at the exhibit.
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Marx Library Showcases Cindy Stanfield's Local Bird Photography
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Mobile— Native Alabama birds, vivid color, and various local area sights were the staples for the photography display in the glass cases in the Mary Elizabeth and Charles Bernard Rodning Gallery of Art. Cindy Stanfield, associate professor in Biomedical Sciences, put together a collection of her photographs, including snapshots of eagles, cranes, woodpeckers, dragonflies and bees. All of her pictures were taken in the Mobile, Southern Alabama and Mississippi area and many were taken on the USA Campus, including one display case featuring photography from the wetlands.
Stanfield spent her lunch breaks at the wetlands, on USA's campus, and Municipal Park photographing the various wildlife. She also liked to use her spare time to take pictures of nature in several local venues including Dauphin Island, Bayou La Batre and her own back yard. She also traveled to Mississippi and had taken pictures of Mississippi Sandhill Cranes, a species with only 200 birds left. One of her pictures of a Sandhill Crane family was featured in the show.
"My husband gave me a DSLR camera three years ago and I have fallen in love with photographing nature," said Stanfield. "I find the water birds to be fascinating."
Originally from California, Stanfield enjoyed spending time taking in the Alabama wildlife and preserving it through photography. Her office was filled with colorful pictures she had taken and she also had her images displayed on the 4th floor circle in the Allied Health Building. She continued to perfect her skill through the continuing education photography courses offered by USA.
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Susan N. McCollough Art Exhibit: 2014
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Susan N. McCollough Paintings by local artist, Susan Nomberg McCollough, was on display on the third floor of the University of South Alabama Marx Library in the Mary Elizabeth and Charles Bernard Rodning Gallery of Art from July 1 – August 31, 2014.
Susan Nomberg McCollough received her bachelor of science degree in speech and art from the University of Alabama and continued to study with many accomplished artists and teachers, including Professors Al Sella and Frank Engle of Tuscaloosa, Alabama; Max Hellman at The Birmingham Museum of Art; and Barbara Moon at The Little House on Linden in Birmingham. She had also studied at the Delgado Museum of New Orleans (now the New Orleans Museum of Art) and in such places as Pensacola, Florida; Boston, Massachusetts; and at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA).
Susan's paintings displayed in libraries, banks, hospitals, senior care facilities, interior design showrooms, corporate offices, and private collections. She had produced more than 500 paintings, many of which were commissioned, and she had exhibited in more than 10 solo exhibitions in Alabama and Florida. McCollough painted primarily on large canvases, sometimes working on as many as three or four paintings at a time. Her works were Abstract Expressionist in style with freedom of movement, and vibrant, or sometimes, monochromatic colors. She painted in acrylics and oils as well as worked in mixed media with charcoal, pastels, or watercolors.
McCollough was previously a partner/owner of Studio Three in Florida and currently works at her private studio, The Susan N. McCollough Gallery, which was located at 350 Cypress Bend Boulevard in Gulf Shores, Alabama. The 3,500 square Gallery exhibits an array of acrylic paintings, drawings, charcoal and ink drawings, mixed media, and oils.
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The Cathedral Square Gallery West Exhibition
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The content for this submission has been moved to the Cathedral Square Gallery Exhibits collection in the Marx Library's Exhibits community.
To see the works from the "Cathedral Square Gallery West Exhibition" exhibit, please go to the following link:
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The Challenge
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The content for this submission has been moved to the Azalea City Quilters' Guild collection in the Marx Library's Exhibits community.
To see the quilts from the "The Challenge" exhibit, please go to the following link:
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USA Art Instructor, Megan Moore, Displays Nature Collages at Marx Library
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Collages featuring natural influences and focusing on botanical illustration displayed in the Mary Elizabeth and Charles Bernard Rodning Gallery of Art at the USA Marx Library. USA instructor and Printmaking and Foundations Coordinator, Megan Moore, created an exhibit with representational elements of flora and fauna found in the 'natural world.' Moore's exhibit displayed her process of sampling, deconstruction, and reconstruction, which come together to form something new. The exhibit was showcased in the Rodning Gallery.
Moore's process was a repetitive series of drawing, creating plates, cutting, collaging, and coloring. She created new printmaking plates and prints them repeatedly, experimenting with color and paper along the way. Moore said her process of collage is both intentional and highly intuitive. Each piece's placement on the substrate depends on those glued before it; decisions about placement are reactions to what was already there.
Moore's work made use of nature-inspired imagery that was being replicated and distorted and ultimately assembled into abstracted formations. She was interested in flora and fauna since she was a child, when her free time was spent exploring her father's garden or biking through neighboring orchards. In the past two years, Moore moved and traveled quite a bit and as she explored each new landscape, she was collecting images of plants and organisms native to the different areas. She amassed a small library of images from these explorations and this collection of images was vital to her process.
"I am continually feeding new forms into my collection and each new addition marks a spot along my journey," said Moore. "Though I have recently been focusing on botanical illustration and species from my father's garden, my reference material has previously included a wide range of sources, including, but not limited to, old biology and medical books, mandalas, scientific slides, fabric patterns, art nouveau jewelry, and Victorian wallpaper."
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Abstract Friends
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Mobile-- Appreciation of art and the game of golf brought the two artists, featured in the third floor library gallery, together. The two met through the Mobile art scene and had collaborated to create, "Abstract Friends," an exhibit focused on the abstract paintings of Debby Sneed and Conroy Hudlow. The paintings were on display in the Mary Elizabeth and Charles Bernard Rodning Gallery of Art located on the third floor of the University of South Alabama Library. The show ran through Thursday February 28, 2013, and was free and open to the public during library hours.
A reception for the exhibit was held from 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. on Friday, January 25, 2013. The reception offered the public an opportunity to meet the artists and enjoy food and refreshments. While this was Sneed and Hudlow's first show together, the two had been friends for more than 20 years and were even golf buddies. Sneed said she considered Hudlow to be her mentor and the renewal of their friendship had been an inspiration on her work.
Both artists paint abstract art, but they had different approaches to their work. Sneed's works are purely abstract and focus on the movement of color. Hudlow's works are based on objects and landscapes, while also incorporating movement of color. The show featured more than 20 of their pieces full of bright color and fluid movement.
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Helen Keller Traveling Art Show
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The content for this submission has been moved to the Helen Keller Art Shows collection in the Marx Library's Exhibits community.
To see the works from the "Helen Keller Traveling Art Show" exhibit, please go to the following link:
https://jagworks.southalabama.edu/keller-art_traveling-show/
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Vessels 40: Surface and Color
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Mobile-- A variety of glass techniques from low and high-fire vitreous enamels to sandblasted imagery was seen in the USA Library's art exhibit, "Vessels 40: Surface and Color." The display was made up of works by USA Visual Art Department's Glass Program Coordinator, Rene Culler. The show featured several of her pieces that explored the use of color and attention to surface in vessel making. The exhibit was on display in the glass cases in the Mary Elizabeth and Charles Bernard Rodning Gallery of Art located on the third floor of the library. The exhibit was free and open to the public during library hours.
Culler had more than 40 years of experience working with glass, and her art can be found in the permanent collections of the Smithsonian Institution, Renwick Gallery, and on permanent display at the Luce Center, the American Museum of Art. She also has museum collections in the Corning Museum of Glass, The Mobile Museum of Art, the National Glass Museum of Spain, the Glass Furnace Foundation, Istanbul, Turkey, and Namseoul University, South Korea. Culler's architectural panels in glass are available for viewing at numerous hospitals and corporate settings including the Cleveland Clinic, Robert Woods Johnson Hospital, and the Forest City Science and Technology Park, among others throughout the U.S.
"My inspiration comes from beauty either representational or abstract," said Culler. "I am very excited about this show; I will be showing work that dates back to 1974, as well as current work."
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Azalea City Quilters' Guild
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The content for this submission has been moved to the Azalea City Quilters' Guild collection in the Marx Library's Exhibits community.
To see the quilts from the "Azalea City Quilters' Guild" exhibit, please go to the following link:
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Conserving & Enjoying Alabama's Coastal Resources
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This exhibit featured the art of school students in more than 40 Mobile and Baldwin County Schools. These young artists participated in an art contest sponsored by the Marine Resources Division of the Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources. The agency has sponsored this show for several years to promote a greater awareness and appreciation for the state's coastal resources.
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Creating Art: In Search of Meaning
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Glasswork from the exhibit, "Creating Art: In Search of Healing," was on display in the glass cases in the Mary Elizabeth and Charles Bernard Rodning Gallery of Art located on the third floor of the University of South Alabama Library from October 1, 2012, through December 21, 2012. The exhibit highlighted recent scientific findings that supported the idea that the process of making art is one of neurological restoration and seemed to be an effective tool in reducing levels of anxiety. The exhibit was free and open to the public during library hours.
The artist behind the exhibit was Dr. Matilde Tellaetxe, instructor for the Visual Arts Department in the College of Arts and Sciences. Tellaetxe has an M.D. and Ph.D. in Medical Microbiology from the University of Basque Country in Spain, as well as a degree in Fine Arts from the University of South Alabama. Her knowledge in both art and sciences are what Tellaetxe said motivates her to understanding the science behind the art making process and how it could be used to impact human health and well-being.
"The pieces in this exhibit have been designed to evoke a feeling, a sensation in the viewer that corresponds to the information provided by the scientific explanation," said Tellaetxe. "The intention is to let the viewer experience the impact that elements of art such as color, shape and texture can have on our perceptions and to inform about the science behind those perceptions."
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Dr. Bob Coleman Art Exhibit
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Robert Coleman, Assistant Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences at the University of South Alabama, displayed several of his pieces on the first floor of the University of South Alabama library. His exhibit featured a beautiful color palette and a large array of abstract paintings.
Coleman used paints to emphasize color and energy rather than representation; however, many people have told him they see narrative qualities in the paintings. Coleman explained some of his paintings resist the narrative comparison and are representative of his urge to dabble with colors and shapes.
"I know that more than likely the design will shift directions until its final form appears to me," said Coleman. "This process is similar to what goes on for many creative writers who describe how a character in their fiction decides what action she or he is going to take and how she or he is going to think. In this way, the character materializes before the writer's eyes much as form will force its shape on the canvas rather than my dictating what the form must be."
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Helen Keller Art Show of Alabama 2012
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The content for this submission has been moved to the Helen Keller Art Shows collection in the Marx Library's Exhibits community.
To see the works from the "Helen Keller Art Show of Alabama 2012" exhibit, please go to the following link:
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Mon Louis Island Art Colony
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The Mon Louis Island Art Colony brought together good friends to share their love of painting. Once a month, they met at the home of Linda Tenhundfeld on Mobile Bay to paint and to discuss happenings in the art world.
Their collection of works displayed in the Mary Elizabeth and Charles Bernard Rodning Gallery of Art in the USA Library July 1 through August 31. Included in this exhibit was the collaborative painting, "Vision of Mon Louis Island."
Members of the Mon Louis Island Art Colony include Lolita Dickinson, Edna Harris, Gordon House, Shery Polansky, Nettie Robertson, Gudrun Russell, Linda Tenhunfeld, and Gail Watson.
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"Natural Impressions" A Photographic Art Exhibit presented by Tom Meyer
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Tom Meyer was an outdoor enthusiast, a Clinical Assistant Professor of Nursing at the University of South Alabama, and the current President of the Faculty Senate. He had boyhood dreams of becoming a naturalist and acquired a degree in biology before being inspired by a military stint as a Green Beret medic to pursue a career in Nursing. A deep appreciation of the natural world has remained a passionate focus in his life.
This was Tom's first show ever. He has always considered himself more than a casual photographer, but the digital revolution inspired his enthusiasm to scratch his artistic itches in places he was never able to reach with film. Having one of his pieces selected by Dr. Sue Walker, Professor of English at the University of South Alabama, to be presented to renowned biologist E. O. Wilson, in appreciation of his visit as a Stokes Distinguished Lecturer in 2009, gave Tom confidence that his work would find an audience beyond close family and friends.
Photographic realism was not the primary focus of Tom's artistic style. Rather, he sought to create images that are evocative of the behind-the-eye experience more than a detailed re-creation of the subject. He accomplished this through digital manipulation of the raw photo. He was unapologetic about this, likening the computer to a darkroom with ones and zeros as his paint and a mouse as his brush.
Tom has never had formal training in either art or photography. For now he prefers to leave it that way, feeling that his naivete' in this respect fosters an organic approach that more sophistication may interfere with. Indeed, it was only recently that Tom realized that he had developed a definite style: vivid colors, high-contrast, distinctly impressionistic, and always grounded in the natural world.
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