The poetry of edges
I’m excited to announce an exhibit of artwork by students in our new Honors Painting course!
The artists in the show are students from the inaugural
year of a unique studio art course now offered at ACC, Honors Painting. Guided by Professor Shawn Camp, students in the course develop a body of work through an enhanced curriculum that challenges and expands their perspectives as artists and painters. The exhibition is curated by the students themselves.
Featured Artists in this exhibit are Jess Butler, Cindy Cannon, Jennifer Conroy, Judy Conroy, Terry Cowen, Lin Flores, Alison Hall, Erin Leary, Leticia Mosqueda, Juliette Nickel, Tammy Mabra, Alexis Schoelkopf, Gabriela Vidal, Debbie Ward, Clover Watson, Aimee Williams, and Janie Zackin.
The opening reception for the exhibit is Monday, March 4 from 6 to 8pm, 6101 Highland Campus Drive, Austin, TX 78752, Building 4000, First Floor. The exhibit runs through April 13. Exhibition hours are Monday through Friday, 7am to 10pm, Saturday, 8am — 7pm, and Sunday 12pm — 6pm.
Shawn Camp, creator and professor of this Honors course, has taught painting at ACC since 2001. Shawn earned his MFA in Painting and Printmaking at Virginia Commonwealth University, and since that time he has exhibited works throughout the US and abroad.
If you’d like to know more about how Shawn conceptualizes the relationship between his teaching practice and his art, check out this podcast. Shawn recently completed an artist’s residency in Iceland, partially supported by the Arts and Digital Media Division. You should also check out Shawn’s blog for more information about his work and current projects.
Shawn is also a musician — which, to me, is apparent in his work as a painter. Although in one sense, “a painting” is a static object, there can be a rhythm and flow to painting that gives one the impression of meaning being revealed in and through time. Shawn’s paintings draw the viewer in, to the realization that “a painting” takes time to unfold.
In 2016, Shawn was interviewed by Aether Magazine. I want to share one of my favorite lines from that interview. Shawn was discussing the dynamism and contradiction of his works, and he said, “I’m also trying to open the door to things that aren’t consciously preplanned—to embrace spontaneity within a rigorously indirect process.” (Aether Magazine, Nov 2016) I see music in this notion: form may be “rigorous,” but whatever unfolds in time has the capacity to surprise. That notion, it seems to me, is the connection to the theme of this exhibit: poetry also unfolds through time.
Join us at the reception, meet the artists, and enjoy! If you see a work that engages you, post a comment about it here — don’t forget the artist and title of the work!
My thanks to Roberta Weston and Shawn Camp, who contributed to this post.
I am thrilled by the quality of the work in this show. Very impressive!