art & art history
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Biondo-Gemmel exhibits work
In September, Susannah Biondo-Gemmell exhibited artwork in “Earth and Alchemy,” a show surveying contemporary ceramic sculpture, at the Stephen D. Paine Gallery, Massachusetts College of Art, Boston. In November, she exhibited new time-based ceramic sculpture at the “Clay Colleagues” exhibition, alongside other regional ceramic artists, at Cornell’s Peter Paul Luce Gallery. Upcoming exhibitions include “Elements” in which she will be representing the “element of fire” through ceramic materials, at the Northern Clay Center, Minneapolis.
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Dyas’ work featured
Art Lecturer Sandy Dyas exhibited a new body of photography and video, “my eyes are not shut,” at the Anderson Gallery at Drake University in Des Moines Sept. 7 through Oct. 12. She will also exhibit at Lawrence University in Kansas and teach a photography workshop in Prague.
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2012-2013 Fine Arts Calendar
Cornell’s fine arts events for 2012-2013 include performances of the Tony Award winning Avenue Q, a variety of Luce Gallery shows honoring recently retired art professor Doug Hanson, the return of the female vocal ensemble Tapestry, and the annual holiday choral concert.
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“Resolutions” at Luce Gallery
“Resolutions”, a ceramics installation by artist Linda Swanson, will be exhibited at the Peter Paul Luce Gallery at Cornell College, Saturday, Jan. 14 through Sunday Feb. 12.
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Potters For Peace Luncheon
The Multicultural Council is sponsoring an informal luncheon with the executive board of Potters For Peace on Nov 11th. Professor Doug Hanson is hosting the annual meeting of the Potters For Peace executive board Nov. 10-14, and the 10-member board will be in attendance from Nicaragua, Canada, and across the United States.
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“Cut-Ups” Exhibition at Cornell College
“Cut-Ups,” an exhibition of mixed media paintings by Ellen Campbell, Neva Sills, Johannah Silva, and Mary Lou Zelazny, will be exhibited at the Peter Paul Luce Gallery at Cornell College, Sunday, Nov. 6 through Sunday, Dec. 4.
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Johnson’s murals strengthen communities in Iowa and Ecuador
When Mike Johnson arrived at Cornell for his freshman year, he found himself at a campus mobilized for action. Nearby Cedar Rapids had just experienced a flood so massive that it ranked fifth on the nation’s list of worst natural disasters. Cornell, service-oriented and neighborly, called on its entire community to help.
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Show to honor professor’s legacy
Doug Hanson Legacy, a show which features works by 25 Cornell alumni who studied with art professor Doug Hanson during his 40 years of teaching ceramics, sculpture and drawing at Cornell College, will be exhibited at the Peter Paul Luce Gallery at Cornell College, Sunday Sept. 18 through Oct. 23, 2011.
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Senior art shows in April and May
Five senior studio art majors will display their visual art thesis projects in the Peter Paul Luce Gallery April 24 through May 4, with an opening reception to be held Sunday, April 24, from 2 to 4 p.m. Exhibiting students are Abby Schultz, Sam Arnold, Kat Korsmo, Nicholas Richards, and Charles McDonald Jr.
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Post-flood art exhibit
The ‘Wreck’ Room: Postdiluvian Art by Mel Andringa, will be exhibited at the Peter Paul Luce Gallery at Cornell College, Feb. 20 – March 20, 2011.
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What is Understading? Who Needs Art Education Now?
Lois Hetland ’75, professor of art education at the Massachusetts College of Art and Design and research associate for Project Zero at the Harvard Graduate School of Education will return to campus October 14th and 15th to give a series lectures on various aspects of art education.
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HAIG Lecture
Christa Noel Robbins, assistant professor of art and art history, will give a lecture on Oct 7th titled “Salaam, Cinema: International Modernism and the Iranian ‘New Wave’.”
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Emeritus art professor giving talk on Mercedes Matter
Hugh Lifson, Professor Emeritus of Art at Cornell College, will give a talk Nov. 14 at 7:30 p.m. at the Figge Museum in Davenport about the Pedagogy of Mercedes Matter.
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Alum wins design competition
Kristin Caskey ’84, won first place in the international Peacock Standard Thai Silk Design Competition. The competition was co-sponsored by Thailand’s Queen Sirikit Institute of Sericulture and the International Textile and Apparel Association.
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Fluidity of Gender: Sculpture exhibit
Fluidity of Gender, an exhibition of sculptures by feminist artist Linda Stein will be exhibited at the Peter Paul Luce Gallery at Cornell College from Sept. 5 through Oct. 3.
Dyas’ work featured 
2012-2013 Fine Arts Calendar 
Johnson’s murals strengthen communities in Iowa and Ecuador