2022 Art Faculty Exhibit

September 7 – October 6

Gallery talk Wednesday September 21, 12pm

The Art Department is pleased to present their first faculty exhibit since COVID. Works by Chenda Cope, Johanna Hoogendyk, Cima Khademi, Nick Meyer, Joan O’Beirne, Noah Paessel, Kelly Popoff, Joe Saphire, Jen Simms.

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Gallery Hours
M-Th, 7am-9pm
F, 7am-5pm
Sat, 8am-6pm
The South Gallery is fully accessible

For more information

Jen Simms, simmsj@gcc.mass.edu

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Self-portrait experiments from Drawing Foundation. To alleviate some of the anxiety associated with self-portrait work, the class engaged in quick experimental exercises including blind contour, tracing while your face is smooshed up against the paper, two-handed drawing, `feeling` only with eyes closed – all encouraging new mark-making and gestural methods to be included in their longer, observational drawings. The class also experimented with self-portraits through monoprinting. Here`s some of the work from this past week. (Summer session Drawing Foundation with Jen Simms) @gccgreenfield #gccartdepartment #drawing #selfportrait

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I’ll be giving an artist talk about the work in this exhibit (and more of course) tomorrow at VCP! 5:00. Hope to see you there

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I’ll be giving an artist talk about the work in this exhibit (and more of course) tomorrow at VCP! 5:00. Hope to see you there

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Selected studies from the summer Visual Concepts 1 class, experimenting with homemade botanical inks, invented tools and India ink to explore patterns and value through mark making methods and layering. These are on view in the upstairs hallway above the gallery. @gccgreenfield #gccartdepartment #botanicalink #visualconcepts #freecommunitycollege

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Only three weeks into the summer drawing class but check out how much progress the students have made! @gccgreenfield #gccartdepartment

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Only three weeks into the summer drawing class but check out how much progress the students have made! @gccgreenfield #gccartdepartment

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On Monday, the summer Visual Concepts I class discussed a simple method in making homemade botanical inks from local plants. They were also encouraged to make their own mark-making tool/brush from found materials. Today they arrived with the most beautiful array of local colors, along with great stories related to how they got made. Some of the plants were harvested from the GCC permaculture gardens. @gccpermaculture The students passed them around to each other and made swatch sheets, including a comparison to store-bought India ink. They ended up sharing all their inks while exploring mark-making methods with a focus on developing patterns with attention to their value ranges. I`ll share more next week! (Jen Simms) @gccgreenfield

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Summer drawing class @gccgreenfield
Great progress by Jay @nightcritterprints ❤️

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Summer drawing class @gccgreenfield
Great progress by Jay @nightcritterprints ❤️

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Great start for Visual Concepts I summer class! They are using simple printmaking techniques with stencils and textures to explore design concepts, mainly composition and value. The press is in full use and we are grateful for Akua inks to create a non-toxic printmaking environment. @akuainks @gccgreenfield #gccartdepartment #visualconcepts #collagraph #pochoir #monoprints

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Go check out Professor Joan O’Beirne’s show at the Vermont Center of Photography! Using delicate gel lifts, O’Beirne transforms self-portraits into transparent fragments, folded and torn like the stories we tell ourselves. Reception is this Friday, 7/11, from 5-8pm, and the show’s up through the end of August!

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Check out these fabulous designs/paintings by Charis Moeckel-Cole @moedancin from ART 247 On Location and in the Studio! Good stuff.

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Check out these fabulous designs/paintings by Charis Moeckel-Cole @moedancin from ART 247 On Location and in the Studio! Good stuff.

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Next up, Morgan Willis @yeehaw_lads – awesome work from ART 247 On Location and in the Studio. He found a really good momentum in this class which is the benefit of an intensive studio course. Check out these wonderful little paintings!

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This is work by Tovey Baker @_charles_bazooka from ART 247 On Location and in the Studio. New to oils at the start of this course, Tovey hit the ground running! Tovey will continue with the AVA program this fall and hopefully another painting course in the future!!!!

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Molly Sharry @peachespeachespeachespeaachhes was new to oils before taking this summer course On Location and in the Studio ART 247. They made these beauties and their sketches were also something wonderful- which I did not photograph, unfortunately. Nice job Molly❤️

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