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The playbill art commissioned by the founders of the new independent theaters of fin de si�cle Paris was in the East Wing.
The Four travelled to Baltimore, Maryland on Thursday, 23
July. They first went
to the Walters Art Gallery, which was free due to electrical outages and the fact that the museum is being renovated. They then walked around
Mount Vernon Place, entering several private galleries, and
Bedazzled, a bead shop. They ate across from the Walters, then travelled to Mount Washington in northern Baltimore to the Baltimore ClayWorks, a former branch library converted to a cooperative studio and
teaching facility. Then, they spent 1-1/2 hours at the Baltimore Museum of
Art in Charles Village. Lastly, they spent 2 hours at Fell's Point by the harbor, and checked out any (and all?) private galleries and art shops there that were still open after 6 pm. They were invited to submit work at one
cooperative on Thames Street.
On Sunday, 26 July, one of the Four checked at Hagerstown's Mansion House Art
Center in City Park on the requirements for submitting work there. They
require membership ($20) for one year before one can exhibit/sell there.
This group had been invited to tour The Clay Studio in
Philadelphia during
the city's craft festival Sunday, 19 July 1998. Unfortunately, they had to
postpone the trip until after classes ended on July
28th. The Art Club
decided to schedule its first trip to Philadelphia to make up for this when
classes resumed in the fall.
Some of their work will be
displayed in the case across from CP-126 (the Art Department) in the early
fall. Currently, only some of Brian Todd Simmons' work is out there, but, when
the Department gets shelving and brackets for the case, we will display a
sample of each student's work.
The bricks for the new gas-fired kiln have arrived.
We began the semester with September meetings conducted by
last year's co-President Brian Simmons. Former co-President Daettia Butler had already informed the club that her
course load and work would preclude her from being an active
participant in this term's happenings.
The three who went were club officers: Chris Foxwell, Rita Haldeman, and Brian Simmons.
We left at 7:45 am and went up I-81 to I-76.
We first went to Philadelphia's Old City, and went upstairs to The Clay
Studio's workshop area, where a new potter welcomed us, let us look around, and answered our questions. Those in-the-know come into the workshop to buy their ceramics directly, so it was not unusual for them to have strangers poking around.
We then knocked on the door downstairs at the gallery, and were welcomed to look around. (Admission: NOTHING!) each ceramic was displayed on its own little wall
shelf, and was individually lighted.
These works were donated and were up for bidding. The contributing ceramicists included: Doug Baldwin, John Gill,
Gail Gosser, George Johnson, Ron Meyers, Donn Nakumura, Adrian Saxe, David Stabley, Toshika Takaezu, Paula Winoker, and other renowned artists. The proceeds were to benefit The Studio.
The Nexus Gallery rents space from The Clay Studio, and we entered their space. Their drawings and pictures were done by children--or in the style of children--and the purchase of the art (one kid's drawing: $5) would benefit city children in some way, we surmised.
Stepping back into The Studio space, we asked for advice on where to eat and what galleries were "should sees".
We did eat at Lenny's, a food stand on the opposite side of the street, and took our cheese steaks and fries (or cheese fries) down to the Christ Church
and ate on the benches in front of the crypts of two signers of The Constitution. Curiousity got us, and we looked around the inside of the church, where a knowledgeable docent answered our questions.
As we had passed the impressive Philadelphia Museum of Art (PMA) on the way into the Old City, and
were worried about the time, we decided to skip the other galleries and go there, by way of a drive-by of Independence Hall and the
Liberty Bell Pavilion.
We stayed at the PMA for well-known ceramicist Cliff Lee's porcelain demonstration, and left the city at about 6:45.
We found that the city had a lot of art stuff going for it, and it will definitely be a recommendation by us for future trips for the club.
We thank Chris Foxwell for driving us to and fro; we totalled 380.2 miles on the
Mystery Minivan on this one.
On Friday, 2
October, Chris Foxwell attended the SGA-sponsored Leadership Conference at the Ramada Inn in Hagerstown for us. Topics discussed included cooperation among the clubs, increasing membership, and how to conduct a meeting. Emphasis was on understanding that the Student Government association
is an umbrella organization for all students and clubs.
At the 7 October meeting, we finished filling our officer
positions, as seen above.
At the 14 October
meeting, we received a report from Brian
Simmons on the State Leadership Conference he
attended on Friday, 9 October at Harford Community College. Activities there exemplified
the
need for cooperation, collaberation, and delegation.
College President Shea and Dean Galligan came to speak at the conference and answered questions.
After finding the cheapest portable raku kiln would cost at least $800 to get it
to the campus, the club decided to use the stationary raku kiln the Art
Department has near the high-fire kiln. We decided to hold this fall one using
this, and maybe the spring one too. Whether the demand is great this first time
or not, we intend to have the Fest in the spring too, as it sometimes takes a
while for demand to build. If the Fest is well-received, we will then apply for
additional funds from the Student Finance Board to purchase a portable
kiln.
Our President has been making calls to New York to price hotels. All
hotels telephoned have no rooms on the Friday or Saturday we wanted to go.
Therefore, the club agreed to move the trip to Sunday, 20 December thru Tuesday, 22 December. We will request already allocated funds to be redirected to
"Accomodations" to help defray the costs of the trip.
Eddie Lawson
joined in
this meeting.
On 15 October,
Professor Culbertson
announced that the Pottery Sale will be held on
Saturday, 5 December.
Brian Simmons
attended the Student Activities Board Meeting at 11:30 am. He suggested that the
Board,
in its "Life 101" Lecture Series, include a seminar on marketing one's
talent(s). This would effectively replace one of the Club's unfunded workshops:
the one on marketing one's art. Professor
Culbertson and Brian
Simmons discussed whether to have the
complete Spring Student Art Show off-campus, or just having an off-campus show
in the spring for the upper-level students. Due to the work involved,
Brian will
suggest at the next meeting that the upper-level students' work be displayed
off-campus following its display in an on-campus Spring Student Art
Show.
On 16 October,
the
President rescheduled our transportation (the school van and, now, the
other minivan) for the New York trip to the new dates.
At the 21 October Club
meeting, we continued to relay to members what we have developed for our
upcoming events.
Chris Foxwell brought in three New York guide books he checked out of the
downtown library. He has also developed a plan to get the New york trip
"rolling".
At the 28 October Club meeting we set the date for the Raku Fest (Tuesday, 24
November 1998) and time
(11:30 am until we are done). We established bisque and glaze application
deadlines also. (See Art Department postings.) Chad
Wiles is developing our glazes for the Fest.
We
ran a list of New York hotels by Professor John
Astegher, who has lived in New
York. The next day, the President talked with him on things to do in the city,
and relayed this info and his hotel picks back to the Club. Currently, we have
booked three rooms at the Salisbury Hotel. These rooms sleep up to six people.
We still need a faculty member and a back-up driver to go.
At the November Club meetings we continued our pursuit of affordable New
York accomodations and prepared for Raku Fest. As our raffle prizes continued to
meet with misfortune, and we did want to sell chances until they were prepared,
we postponed (repeatedly) the raffle.
Due to the Veterans' Day holiday, we
met on Tuesday, 10 November 1998 at 10 am.
Professor Ben
Culbertson and Brian Simmons volunteered to
help at the HCC Foundation's Ben Jones Art
Exhibition at the Kepler Theater on Friday, 13 November. The
show, which also had Saturday, 14
November hours, raised over $15,000 for the
Foundation. This money helps fund scholarships for HCC students.
Due to
the Thanksgiving holiday, there was no meeting Wednesday, 25 November.
After the Raku
Fest, the club donated a second shelf and two brackets for the
outside hallway display case. This was our "thank you" to Professor Culbertson, who
donated extra time to show us how to Raku and who thought to record the
proceedings on videotape. The shelf was installed and painted by Chad Wiles. We used gray
paint already in the Department.
Our POTTERY
SALE was 10 am--8 pm
Wednesday, 9 December and Noon-5 pm Thursday, 10 December 1998 in CLASSROOM
BUILDING'S 111--The Old Stage. We sold a lot of pottery, including
Professor Culbertson's. 25% of the sales money stays in the Art Club under
Earned Income. We raised over $200 for the club.
The Fall 1998 Student Art Show was on
campus at the Kepler Theater (first left off of Academic Boulevard onto Scholar
Drive--inner lane). It was from Monday, 14
December thru
Thurday, 17 December
from 8:30 am. until 8:30 pm. and Friday, 18
December from 8:30 am. until 3:30
pm. A Meet the Artists
Reception was held from 6 to 8 pm. on Monday, 14
December. There was music, refreshments, and
"In Excelsior
Clay--Thrown": the premiere of our 1998 Raku Fest
highlights on videotape.
*Adjunct HCC art teacher Nancy Crossley Blank had some of her works showcased in "Women in Art", at the Washington County Art Council's (WCAC) Gallery on South Potomac Street. A preview was held Saturday, 24 October 1998, 6-8 pm. Opening reception was Sunday, 25 October 1998, 1-4 pm. The show was on display until 7 November.
*New teacher
Deborah Souders, who also teaches at Frederick Community College, also had an exhibition ("The Thrill of It All ") in Frederick County. |  |  | 
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