Portfolio Review for Studio Art
Those wishing a portfolio review for possible exemption from ARS163 Drawing I should sign up in the Art Office in Hillyer prior to 9 a.m. Fifteen-minute interviews will be held on Wednesday, September 2 between 9 a.m. and noon. The reviews will be held in Hillyer, Room 205. Students should bring a diverse sampling of 12-15 pieces. We will attempt to make an informed evaluation; however, this should be seen as an advising session. Students should note that very few exceptions from Drawing I are given.
Visiting Scholars
This fall the Department of Art will be hosting two professors from the University of Hamburg as part of the Visiting Scholars at Smith faculty exchange program. We are pleased to have Professor Maike Steinkamp and Professor Martina Sitt join the department in the fall semester. Professor Steinkamp will be teaching a six-week course, Degenerate Art, starting October 5. Professor Sitt will be doing ongoing research through the Smith Libraries during her month-long visit and giving a lecture for the Smith College Museum of Art.
In the Oresman Gallery
"Italia Mia," an exhibition of drawings of Italy by Williamsburg artist and educator Roy Superior, is at the Oresman Gallery at Hillyer Hall, Smith College, through September 30. The drawings are the result of the artist's residencies and travels in Tuscany and northern Italy during the past decade. A reception for the artist is scheduled for Friday, September 11 from 6-8 p.m., with an artist's talk and slide show at 5:30 p.m.
An MFA graduate
of Yale University, Superior recently retired from a long career of teaching drawing and painting
at Hampshire College, the Hartford Art School of the University of Hartford and, most recently,
the Philadelphia College of Art and Design of the University of the Arts where he was head of the
Wood Program and served as chair of the Crafts Department. Mostly known for his wood sculptures
and furniture, the artist has held numerous solo exhibitions in New York City and Philadelphia.
His work is represented in many public collections including the Renwick Gallery of the Smithsonian
American Art Museum, Washington, DC; the New Britain Museum of American Art, New Britain, CT; the
Racine Art Museum, Racine,WI; the Mint Museum, Charlotte, NC; and Yale University, New Haven, CT.
Currently represented by the Ferrin Gallery, Pittsfield, MA, the artist's work can be seen online at ferringallery.com. Superior works full-time in his Williamsburg studio, creating sculptural objects and continuing to make drawings inspired by sketches and photos that he brought back from what he describes as "arguably, the most beautiful place on earth." Oresman Gallery hours are Monday-Friday, 8 a.m.-4 p.m.
