2008 Exhibits

Winter Quarter

During winter quarter, Antioch was pleased to present Sojourn: An imagined homeland by James Lawrence Ardeña (Jan. 3 to March 7, 2008) in the upstairs atrium.

In his artist statement James writes that his work "as a self-taught artist often explores notions of the state of Filipino America, the effects of colonization, and the emotional constructs in which we imprison ourselves."

2007 Exhibits

Fall Quarter

This past fall quarter, the library proudly featured the photography of our own Beverly Stuart. The series, "Urban Abstracts & Visions," included 10 black and white photographs taken in and around the Seattle area. In her artist statement, Beverly wrote, "Industrial scenes in black and white are especially intriguing to me. I take normal, everyday objects and reshape them into abstract visions."

Also shown was the Antioch Fall Quarter Faculty and Staff Art Show (Oct. 1 to Dec. 9, 2007) in the upstairs atrium which featured a variety of mediums. The fall art reception was held Nov. 1 at 5 p.m. and was followed by the AUS Art Salon, an evening of poetry, storytelling, visual art, music, singing and theater, sponsored by the B.A. program.

The student lounge area (down the hall from the library) featured Jean Dudley's "Psychology as Art," reflecting the dual concentrations of psychology and arts and literature in an interactive art installation.

Spring Quarter

During spring quarter, students from Collage and the Creative Process class, taught by Sue Grant, displayed their artwork in the student lounge area downstairs. The purpose of this class was to provide students with an opportunity to explore the connections between creativity and deepening self-awareness through different ways of experiencing and expressing their inner worlds.

Winter Quarter

Jane Place, M.F.A., painter and adjunct professor at Antioch, exhibited her landscape paintings during the winter quarter. Landscapes in her work symbolize the human connection to the earth. She uses marks and ovals drawn over the surface of the landscape to symbolize the obstacles, which hinder our ability to "see" or understand our place in the scheme of the natural world and universe. Place has been teaching at Antioch since 2003.

Kent Modglin displayed his altered antique photography in the library. Modglin manipulates antique photographs and other images until the story they tell transform from the ordinary into something more elaborate, more hyperbolic, like writing fiction visually.

2006 Exhibits

Fall Quarter

Antioch was very pleased to present a Systems Theory series by Lisa Lamoreaux during the fall quarter, 2006.

In her artist statement Lisa writes, "I often go to the canvas with the end result in mind, only to discover that the relationship between the medium and brush results in more interesting and complex narratives than my subjective mind originally concieved. This process of 'getting out of the way' holds deep meaning for me as I work at noticing the connections between my environment and myself, and the manifestation of this on the canvas. Systems Theory, a model found in physics, is my primary source of inspiration."