Faculty exhibits personal work; promotes diversity
The Art faculty at Mesa community college exhibited all mediums of artwork in the Art Faculty Show.
From Oct. 9 through Oct. 19, about two dozen faculty members’ artwork was displayed in the Navajo Room in the Kirk Center.
They kicked off the event with an Opening Reception on Oct. 11 in the Navajo Room. Setting the mood for the event was The Elliot Ventimiglia Quartet comprised of MCC music performers and students, Elliot Ventimiglia, Ryan Dingess, Wesley Anderson and Sean Brogan.
“This is very unique,” said June Tate, an MCC student. “This show should be inspirational to the art students.”
The Art Department fulfilled its mission to provide their students with the ammunition and direction for them to be successful in the field of art.
John Garrison, a 36 year-member of the Art Department, said, “The music department and theater department have their performances, and this is our performance.”
Along with visual appreciated, the Art Department work emphasized their mission to promote cultural diversity with their show.
“We are capable of a variety of things, besides just what we teach,” Garrison said.
“I have been blessed to have a job I love, so few people have this opportunity,” Garrison said. “It is also an opportunity for us teachers to show what we do personally versus what we teach,” Garrison said.Linda Speranza, printmaking, painting, and design teacher at MCC, displayed four different ceramic pieces at the show.
“It is important to show our students that we too are working artists and we continue to grow and change,” Speranza said.
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The Navajo Room in the Kirk Center was turned into an art gallery for the art faculty show. A variety of art was displayed, including oil, water and canvas paintings, sculptures and other forms of art.
Jane Bradley’s oil on panel titled “Red Shoes” is on sale for $6,000. Other pieces of art were for sale also.
Photos by Scott Seligman - Mesa Legend