ARC Exhibition Program, Arcadia University

Here is a sneak preview of the exhibition for those of you attending Lauren Vanni's Alumni Spotlight Lecture this Thursday. From left to right Sheltered (2012), From the Inside Out (2008), and Geode (2005). Photo by Sam Fritch.

For more information on this and other exhibitions currently on view, visit our website, gallery.arcadia.edu.

When you visit the University Commons to attend Lauren Vanni's Alumni Spotlight Lecture on October 18, make sure you pin a heart next to a piece you love in the Rosedale Gallery. Carole Loeffler: Make What You Need is on display through February 10. For more information, go to our website. https://www.arcadia.edu/add-content/page-132

Arcadia Exhibitions is pleased to announce the opening of our latest show, Living Rocks: Benton Spruance and the Lithographic Process, now on view in the gallery of the Benton Spruance Art Center.

On display are the long time department chair's drawings, proofs, and other ephemera presented alongside finished prints from throughout his prolific career.

This includes a restored lithography press given to Beaver College in 1965 and an original Spruance stone with the image of Havoc in Heaven (1948) still intact.

On December 6, 2017 at 6:00PM Shelley Langdale, Associate Curator of Prints and Drawings at the Philadelphia Museum of Art, will be leading a talk on Spruance through the gallery space, followed by a reception with light refreshments.

Tours will also be available of some of the Department of Art and Design's newly renovated studios, (some of which Spruance had a hand in designing) as well as our new wood shop and mold making facilities.

The event is free and open to the public. Reservations can be made online by following this link. https://www.arcadia.edu/events/2017/12/06/living-rocks-benton-spruance-and-lithographic-process-exhibit-talk-reception

Hope to see you there.

We will be holding a lecture and closing reception for the John Hathaway exhibition this coming Monday September 11, 2017 at 4:30 PM. Stop by if you haven't had a chance to see the show.

Lecture: John Hathaway, Educator and Practicing Artist | Arcadia University Arcadia University Art Gallery is pleased to present “John Hathaway: Studies, Drawings, Paintings, and Prints” on view in the Commons Art Gallery and the Great Room Lobby from April 3 through September 17, 2017. Join us for a lecture on September 11, 2017 at 4:30pm.

Here is a nice write up by Edith Newhall in the Philadelphia Inquirer of the John Hathaway exhibition currently on display in the Commons Art Gallery and Great Room Lobby. The exhibition is on display through September 17.

Exceptional summer shows at local galleries … and a home for the Vox diaspora Arcadia University rediscovers Philly artist John Hathaway. Fleisher/Ollman pairs three kindred souls. Displaced Vox Populi collectives find a free home nearby.

Coming soon to the Commons Art Gallery and the Great Room Lobby, a survey of the art of former Beaver College professor John Hathaway. The exhibition will open on April 3, 2017. More details forthcoming.

John Hathaway: Studies, Drawings, Paintings, and Prints April 3 – September 17, 2017 Commons Art Gallery and the Great Room Lobby Arcadia Exhibitions is pleased to present “John Hathaway: Studies, Drawings, Paintings, and Prints” on view in the Commons …

Sharing Edith Newhall's article about Subway Therapy on Philly.com. The gallery is open this weekend if you'd like to join in on the project and express yourself.

From NoLibs Icebox to warmer climes – plus big, creepy photos and sticky notes with political edge In 2014, the independent curator and filmmaker Marianne Bernstein presented "Due North" at Crane Arts' Icebox Project Space, uniting works by 13 Icelandic artists and 13 American artists (many of them Philadelphians) who visited the Nordic island as part of a cultural exchange Bernstein organized.

Thank you everyone who came out to hear Jesse Vincent's lecture Emergency Crossover! Her show Other Than A Memory will be on display in the University Commons Art Gallery until January 16, 2017.

The Arcadia University Alumni Spotlight Exhibition featuring 2011 Alum Jesse Vincent will be on display in the University Commons Art Gallery starting September 29, 2016–January 16, 2017.

Vincent will be discussing her work on September 29th at 4:30pm in the University Commons Great Room with a reception to follow.

We hope to see you there!

The walls are well underway for our next exhibition, an installation by Arcadia alum Jesse Vincent. Stay tuned for more updates.

Pati Hill Photocopier will continue on display in all three of Arcadia University's galleries through April 24th. Please enjoy the latest review of the exhibition by Meredith Sellers for Hyperallergic.com.

The Personal and Poetic Prints of a Female Pioneer of Copier Art GLENSIDE, Pa. — I was not particularly excited to see a show of copier art. How different could the images of these photocopies be from the actual copies themselves?

Read the latest review of Pati Hill Photocopier from The Artblog.

Photocopier alchemy – Pati Hill at Arcadia University Art Gallery Some artists are groomed for the job early by parents who encourage and nurture their budding talent. Others seize the moment when the right tool and an inspired idea come together, take hold, and then take over. Pati Hill was an adult, a published poet and novelist, a wife and mother when she found…

Mark your calendars!

Thursday April 7 at 6:30 PM will be the next lecture in the Pati Hill Lecture Series, Pati Hill's Impossible Objects.

Join us in the University Commons Great Room to hear Matthew J. Rigilano, adjunct professor at Arcadia University and Bucks County Community College, discuss Pati Hill’s fascinating attempt to construct a universal visual language in the historical context early modern universal language programs.

http://gallery.arcadia.edu/pati-hill-photocopier/pati-hills-impossible-objects/

Pati Hill’s Impossible Objects Pati Hill Lecture Series Thursday, April 7, 2016 Great Room, University Commons 6:30 p.m. The Galleries at Arcadia are pleased to present Pati Hill’s Impossible Objects, a lecture by Matthew J. Rig…

The next lecture in the Pati Hill Lecture Series, "Other Than Either": Pati Hill as Author Turned Artist, will take take place tomorrow, March 30, at 6:30 PM in the University Commons Great Room.

Come out to hear Zachary See, graduate student (English Literature), Arcadia University, provide overview of the texts Pati Hill published between 1953 and 1962. A reception will follow.

All are welcome and we hope to see you there!

http://gallery.arcadia.edu/pati-hill-photocopier/other-than-either-pati-hill-as-author-turned-artist/

“Other Than Either”: Pati Hill as Author Turned Artist Pati Hill Lecture Series Wednesday, March 30, 2016 Great Room, University Commons 6:30 p.m. The Galleries at Arcadia are pleased to present “Other Than Either”, a lecture by Zachary See. About the …

Read Edith Newhall's review of Pati Hill Photocopier from this past Sunday's Inquirer.

Gallery shows: The original art and life of photocopyist Pati Hill The retrospective "Pati Hill Photocopier: A Survey of Prints and Books (1974-83)" provides a memorable introduction to and illumination of an artist you might not have previously known.

Come to the University Commons Great Room tomorrow, March 17 at 6:30 PM, for Xerography: A Short Survey of the Photocopier in Contemporary Art. Lecture by guest speaker Michelle Cotton, Director of the Bonner Kunstverien in Bonn, Germany. This will be the first of four lectures in the Pati Hill Lecture series.
Reception to follow, we hope to see you there!

Tomorrow, February 25th, marks the opening of Pati Hill: Photocopier, A Survey of Prints and Books (1974–83). Featuring more than 100 works on paper depicting subjects as common as a gum wrapper and as expansive as the Palace of Versailles, this exhibition reconsiders the hybrid practice of Pati Hill (1921–2014).

A lecture by exhibition curator Richard Torchia will be held at 6:30 p.m. in the University Commons Great Room preceding the 7:30 p.m. opening reception. Pat Hill: Photocopier will be presented in the Spruance Fine Art Center and the two galleries of the Commons.

All are welcome and we hope to see you there

Feb. 25 to April 24: Arcadia University Art Gallery Presents 'Pati Hill: Photocopier' | Arcadia... Arcadia University Art Gallery is pleased to present Pati Hill: Photocopier, A Survey of Prints and Books (1974–83).

Join us tomorrow in the Commons Art Gallery at 4:30 PM for the 2016 Student Biennial Opening Reception!

A presentation of awards will take place honoring the work of five students selected by department faculty. Refreshments will be served and all are welcome.

Abstract Environments installation 4. Come by the library tonight at 6:00 PM for a closing reception for the exhibition. Refreshments will be served, and all are welcome.

Abstract Environments installation 3.

The Arcadia University Alumni Spotlight Exhibition featuring 2011 Alum Jennifer Titone is now on display in the Great Room Lobby.

Jen will be discussing her work on Thursday November 12, 2015 in the Great Room, with a reception to follow. Both events are free and open to the public.

Foundations had their second install of Abstract Environments last night. New installation photos soon.

Last evening Studio Art Foundations installed the first iteration of Abstract Environments in the Judith Taylor Gallery on the ground floor of the Landman Library. The gallery is currently open so come by and take a look. This version of the show will be on display through Monday, November 2, 2015.

There will be a closing reception for the exhibition on Wednesday, November 11, 2015 at 6:00 PM. Refreshments will be served. Stop by and support the student gallery.

Studio Art Foundations students preparing for their series of installations in the Judith Taylor Gallery beginning Thursday October 29, 2015.

Working hard and saying our goodbyes to the Threading the Maze exhibit. We hope you all enjoyed it and got a chance to experience this wonderful show.

Taking down the Fuller Gallery Exhibition today. Breaks my heart.

Start planning now!
Arcadia University's 2016 Juried Student Biennial will take place from January 19–February 7, 2016. Any student who is enrolled in a studio art course for Fall 2015 is encouraged to submit up to 3 works. Drop off any submissions from December 14–22 between 9:00 AM and 5:00 PM to the Art Office, Spruance Center. This year's Jurors are Colin Keefe and Andrea Wohl Keefe, Co-directors of Mount Airy Contemporary in Philadelphia.
http://www.mountairycontemporary.com/