A R T E - N E W S News from the Normandale Art Department

A NASAD Accredited Art ProgramMay 2014

Art ScholarshipsThe Art Faculty selected two AFA-Art Students to receive the two $750 Art Scholarships for 2014-15. The awards were announced at the Student Show Reception on April 7th. The Bryant Family Art Scholarship was awarded to Matt Hintz and the Felicity Abby Jane Mathieu Art Scholarship was awarded to Eric Christianson.

Children’s Tile MuralThe newest Children’s Tile Mural was presented at a re-ception on February 14, 2014. The mural is located near the Day Care Center. It was created by 48 children.

Eric ChristiansonMatt Hintz

Fused Glass 2Three glass artists visited Normandale to do presenta-tions for Fused Glass 2 students. Patricia Punykova is a glass artist with a studio in the Solar Arts Building in Minneapolis. She showed students her glass jewelry and discussed her casting and coldworking processes. Chuck Burton is a local master glass flamework artist who demonstrated his glass beadmaking techniques. Students were then able to make several glass beads. Jeffrey Stenbom is an AFA-Art graduate. He took his first Glass Fusing class in 2006. He went on to study glass blowing and casting techniques at River Falls, Wisconsin. After receiving his bachelor’s degree, he was accepted into the graduate glass program at Tulane University in New Orleans. He presented his newest cast glass pieces, discussed his journey working with glass and demonstrated his casting technique.

Photographs for the Biology Lab LobbyArt CLA Dale Brown was asked by the Biology Depart-ment to photograph students, staff and faculty as they worked in the Biology Lab. These photographs were installed in the Biology Lab Lobby and will remain as a permanent exhibit.

David Luke at Northern SparkFaculty member David Luke is working with the nonprofit Upstream Arts in Minneapolis to create 4 short animated movies. Upstream Arts provides arts programming for youth and adults with disabilities. In the course of a Upstream Arts class, participants collaboratively write a variety of poems. David is making short animated movies of these poems. The movies will be projected large-scale during Northern Spark 2014 (June 2014) as well as part of Arts on Chicago (May 2014). For more information see:

http://www.upstreamarts.org/2014/05/05/david-luke-and-upstream-animated/

http://www.startribune.com/entertainment/blogs/245999441.html

The Painting 2 class at Normandale Community College created a mural in the Library area of Normandale’s campus, in room L1763. The mural pays homage to Leonardo DaVinci’s The Last Supper and depicts the students who painted the mural in the place of the disciples. The students are seen with and surrounded by books to encourage reading and scholarship. The class broke up into rotating groups of three to five students. The project was one of the class assign-ments and took nine weeks to complete. The mural measures 14 feet in width by 9 feet in height.

This “in process” photograph was taken on April 29, 2014. The painting will be completed by May 13, 2014.

The Artists that created the mural are pictured left to right:

(top)Emily Flynn Nammy LeCarly RegnerBlanca DahlinJaquan FordJenna TranumDaniel ChristiansonNicole LindsayJesse CabralEric ChristiansonMalley ChapmanPaul ThompsonDamien Heinz

(bottom)Jamie OstrowskiBree Lindsoe

Not pictured:Daniel BarnsteadBenjamin Rogers

Painting 2 Mural

The 28th Annual South Suburban High School Art Show was held in the Fine Arts Gallery in March. The win-ner of the Normandale Award of Excellence is Tristan Shearer for his digital photograph titled, “The Woman of Time.” Tristan is a student at Eastview High School.

High School Art Show

The Metal Heart Jewelry Studio, located in NE Min-neapolis, hosted Normandale’s Mixed Media class on February 13, 2014. Students made sterling silver rings under the direction of jewelry artist Kirk Sklar.

ART/HIST 1900: Special Topics The Medici & Their World

Instructors: Cindy Koopman—ArtOffice F1261, (952) 358-8745cindy.koopman@normandale.edu

David Rayson—HistoryOffice F2209, (952) 358-8687david.rayson@normandale.edu

10 Days: Departing May 19, 2015Trip Highlights: 4 nights Florence, 4 nights Rome

Florence: Pitti Palace, Boboli Gardens, Florence Cathedral, Church of Santa Croce, Palazzo Medici-Riccardi, Galileo Museum, Ufizzi Museum, Medici ChapelsAssisi: Basilica of St. Francis—Giotto and Cimabue frescosRome: Spanish Steps, Trevi Fountain, Colosseum, Roman Forum, Vatican Museums, Sistine Chapel, St. Peter’s Basilica, Catacombs of San Callisto and San SebastianoVesuvius and Pompeii

For Itinerary details and enrollment information:http://www.passports.com/participants/enrolland type Tour ID: DRAYSON2015-2

Early Enrollment Discount for enrollments before May 15, 2014

Study Abroad Course in Italy

Metal Heart Jewelry Studio

AFA Show AFA Show through May 16th

DANIEL BARNSTEADBRANDON ANDERSONBENJAMIN CLEVELANDERICA FJERSTADDANIEL CHRISTIANSONERIC CHRISTIANSONBLANCA DAHLINBREE LINDSOESAYOMI MURHPYJAMIE OSTROWSKILINDSAY VANDANACKEREMILY FLYNN

Kip O’Krongly demonstrating hand building with slabs and stenciling to the Pottery Club. Thirty-two students were in attendance.

Kip O’Krongly Visit

National Council on Education for the Ceramic Arts. From left to right. Nicole Franklin, Carly Regner, Ronda Aho, and Amy Ritchi.

NCC at NCECA

Purchase Awards

Mojdeh Kazem Laura EkremCeramics Independent Study Art1121: Drawing 1Ceramic panel (face with hand) Black ink still life with oil lamp

Merit Awards

Kaitlyn Moe Kiersten MoeArt1118: 2D Design Art1118: 2D DesignPortrait with pen-ink Book

Laura Rajavoori Kelsey SpecktArt 1114: Digital Photography Art 1121: Drawing 1 Passport + Ice Cream Diorama Still Life with graphite

Bree Lindsoe Nammy LeeArt2201: Figure Draw ing Art1118: 2D DesignPortrait (red hair) Pen+ink portrait

Madeline Ince Ronda AhoArt2201: Figure Drawing Ceramics Independent StudyPortrait (girl with hood) Hanging netting + driftwood

Pottery Club Award

Nicole FranklinCeramics Independent Study3 small brown vestals

Blick Arts Award

Daniel Barnstead Lu Lu LuoArt 1109: Exploring Photography Art1114: Digital PhotographyBlack+White photogram book Outside + Christmas tree diptych

Raman Varashkevich Katherine GrendahlArt2201: Figure Drawing Art1122: Electronic ImagingHead Outlet, rococo frame, and sky

Tara Mitchell Brittany EdbladArt1121: Drawing 1 Art1121: Drawing 1Ink Wash Pen + Ink in library

Normandale Community College Student Show Awards

Normandale Student Show

Ronda Aho

Laura Ekrem