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2005 Exhibitions
November 18, 2005 -
January 22, 2006
Jim Estes and Geo
Sipp: Alterations & Manipulations Estes and Sipp are both Saint Joseph artists and Missouri Western State College faculty members. Jim Estes, Professor of Art, has been an instructor at MWSC since 1972. He currently teaches drawing, ceramics, and sculpture. Geo Sipp, Associate Professor of Art, currently teaches printmaking, illustration, painting, and drawing.
Jim
Estes artist statement
Jane Vorhees:
Soul Journey Jane Voorhees, Kansas City artist, holds a BFA from the University of Kansas and a MA from the University of Missouri-Kansas City. She is both a painter and a printmaker. She is an adjunct instructor at the Kansas City Art Institute and is represented by SOHO 20 Gallery in New York and the Dolphin Gallery in Kansas City.
Markus Pierson:
Know Limit Markus paints and sculpts coyotes. In Markus’ words, his “coyotes celebrate life. Sometimes life kicks them around, but they embrace it just the same. Heartaches, bad breaks, job problems, job triumphs, true love, rotten luck, vast fortune. Good or bad, they celebrate.” Presented in several series, the Coyotes have been collected by dozens of celebrities, captains of industry and heads of state.
Sheryl Pierson:
Emancipation Aspiration Sheryl creates mixed media paintings and collages. A common theme in her work is relationships, the interaction between lovers, family, women, men, the age-old battle of the sexes, and sometimes the struggle for power. Although she could be considered an “emerging artist,” Sheryl has been involved in the fine arts for the last twenty years, working in commercial photography and fine art publishing.
Ed Smith:
Tragedies, Adventures, and Triumphs Ed Smith is on the faculty of Marist College, an Associate Fellow at Trumball College, Yale University, and others. His record of teaching and exhibitions is extensive. His work is in the collections of the British Museum, the Davis Museum, the Royal Museum of Antwerp, the Ministry of Flemish Culture, and many others. In writing of Smith’s work for a recent exhibition, Katherine Hart, Interim Director of the Hood Museum wrote, “…The Attention Drawings possess a certain raw quality – a vulnerability, and anger that are coupled with the emblematic and visionary.
Margie Kuhn:
Evidence of Human Occupation This exhibition by Lawrence, Kansas artist and educator Margie Kuhn, looks at how society—particularly museums—determine value through what is collected and how it is presented. Kuhn’s studies and experiences as a museum educator lead her to develop this exhibition, which looks at contemporary material culture in a museum-like setting.
Exploring
the Creative Process: Contemporary Works on Paper from the
AKMA Collection Consisting of rarely-seen holdings from the museum's large collection of works on paper, Exploring the Creative Process demonstrates the importance of historical, cultural, and personal influences—and how these impact creative endeavors. It also explores how modern artists continue to be inspired by past art forms to create new and original works. The exhibition not only presents various media (including printmaking, watercolor, photography, and drawing), but also different stages of the artistic process. Mary Bauermeister, Alexander Calder, Lester Goldman, Red Grooms, Frederic James, Claus Oldenburg, Philip Pearlstein, Robert Rauschenberg, and David Alfaro Siqueiros are only a few of the artists whose work is waiting to be explored in this unique exhibition. The exhibition is divided by media so that comparisons can be made between the different techniques and styles that artists employ using the same materials or processes. Some sections consist of sketches or images that demonstrate the artist or process in action. For example, the prints section includes a series of lithographs that reveal step-by-step how each color of a four-color print appears when printed alone, as well as in combination with the others to create the final work. Within the drawings, visitors will see examples of classic academic studies of technique (like gesture and contour drawings) or subject (such as the human figure, shells, and crumpled paper). The exhibition was curated by the AKMA Education Department in cooperation with their Kennedy Center Partners in Education: the Saint Joseph Symphony and the School District of Saint Joseph. The Albrecht-Kemper Museum of Art, the Saint Joseph Symphony, and the School District of Saint Joseph are members of the Partners in Education program of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. Selected because of their demonstrated commitment to the improvement of education in and through the arts, the partnership team participates in collaborative efforts to make the arts integral to education. Exploring the Creative Process was designed to complement an Arts Workshop for Teachers (developed by the partnership) that investigates artistic processes and demonstrates how the arts can be infused into the curriculum. The exhibition also coincides with the AKMA annual Regional High School Art Exhibition. Art instructors have been invited to draw on themes presented in the exhibition to challenge their students to think creatively about their work and how it defines them as emerging artists.
Regional
High School Competition and Exhibition 2005 Awards were presented during a special public Opening Reception for the artists from 1 to 4 pm Sunday, March 13.
Introductory Wall Text
AKMA Membership Exhibition
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