Past Exhibitions - Anderson Museum of Art

Michael Judge: PenturaVision

Stephanie Michaels — Fri, 12 Apr 2024 15:07:16 +0000

The America Portfolio Website

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Intertwined II

Stephanie Michaels — Tue, 19 Mar 2024 17:41:15 +0000

Intertwined II: A Contemporary Fibers Exhibit

June 13 – August 2, 2024

Opening Reception: Thursday, June 13, 5:30 – 7:30 pm

Intertwined II: A Contemporary Fibers Exhibit is a dual exhibition coming this summer! Two of our galleries will feature the work of fiber artists Martina Celerin, Constance Collins, Anne McKenzie Nickolson, and Daren Redman. The third gallery will be open to artisans whose exhibit submissions reflect a wide range of works related to the fiber medium. The goal of the exhibition is to include innovative work rooted in traditional fiber materials, structure, processes, and history, as well as art that explores unexpected relationships between fiber and other creative disciplines.

GUILKEY & GRANDE ROOM GALLERIES

MARTINA CELERIN
Bloomington

My inspiration is drawn from both nature and my imagination; some pieces are scenes taken from memories of family walks or places I have visited. Others are much more abstract, capturing an idea, a personality or simply reflect the feelings evoked by an event or geographical area. All of the pieces, though, are true weavings, integrating the materials, landscapes or emotions I’ve drawn from my travels and experiences.

Bio & Statement

Artist Website

CONSTANCE COLLINS
Indianapolis

My artwork is created by upcycling fabric swatches from my wearable warps. I use fabrics as other artists use paints or inks, combining different patterns and colors into a kaleidoscopic piece. Several of my collages are inspired by mu concern for our planet’s health, something that the fashion industry has been guilty of damaging for quite awhile. Others reflect elements of nature or everyday life images.

Bio & Statement

Artist Website

ANNE MCKENZIE NICKOLSON
Indianapolis

All of my artwork from the past 35 years explores the relationship between the textile surface and pictorial illusion. Over the years, I have made several distinct bodies of work which all have certain concepts in common: an innovative use of techniques to create imagery, a commitment to craftsmanship and the beautiful object, and a search for a magical viewing experience – for both myself and the viewer.

Bio & Statement

Artist Website

DAREN REDMAN
Nashville

I retell your story, my story, or the earth’s story in a contemporary textile art form. Whether you desire to experience one of these stories as art on your wall, or as a quilt to wrap yourself up in, I custom dye the material to embody these reflections. Or, if you have a photograph capturing the moment you want retold, I love using it as inspiration for designing the motif or the abstract composition.

Bio & Statement

Artist Website

REDBUD GALLERY

Competitive Portion of Intertwined

Judge: Carrie Wright
www.carriewrightsilk.com

Prospectus

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IN-Focus (2024)

Stephanie Michaels — Tue, 19 Mar 2024 14:29:28 +0000

April 7, 2024 – May 25, 2024

Stop in and explore the 43rd annual IN-Focus photography competition and exhibition! Open to all photographers living in Indiana, our annual photography competition and exhibition IN-Focus focuses on seven categories: People, Nature/Scenic, Animal/Wildlife, Architecture, Photojournalism, Digital Manipulation, and Open. This year we have on display 161 photographs from 52 photographers and 22 Indiana towns and cities.

OPENING RECEPTION

Join us on April 7th at 2:30 for awards.

Our judge this year is John Bragg –> Learn More

2024 Catalog –> Catalog for Web

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2023 Open Space: Art About the Land

Stephanie Michaels — Fri, 15 Sep 2023 17:22:26 +0000

OPEN SPACE: ART ABOUT THE LAND

Entries Due: In-Person Artwork Drop Off at Minnetrista October 8 & 9; 10 a.m.– 5 p.m
Opening Reception: Opening Reception & Awards Ceremony at Anderson Museum of Art November 3; 5–8 p.m.
Exhibition Dates: November 4, 2023 – January 7. 2024

Since 2001, Open Space: Art About the Land, an annual art competition and exhibition, has encouraged Indiana artists to derive creative inspiration from the land and recognized new artistic creations that celebrate the notion of “open space” as it relates to the land.
Reimagined this year as an “art trail,” this exhibition will be opened simultaneously as two sister exhibitions across East Central Indiana: at Minnetrista Museum & Gardens and the Anderson Museum of Art. Developed by the two museums in partnership with Red-tail Land Conservancy, a portion of the event’s proceeds will benefit Red-tail’s work to preserve and restore vital wildlife habitats and natural beauty.

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Art Association of Madison County – Celebrating 100 Years (2023)

Stephanie Michaels — Fri, 15 Sep 2023 16:11:43 +0000

Art Association of Madison County – Celebrating 100 Years (2023)

September 10 – October 22, 2023

The Art Association of Madison County’s (AAMC) annual exhibition is now open! Stop in and see some fabulous works by Hoosier artists, many from right here in Madison County. Explore and celebrate 100 years of this organization!

Exhibit catalogs can be purchased for $5.

2023 Exhibit

Exhibit Listing

Painting Category Winners

Drawing Category Winners

3D Category Winners

Mixed Media Category Winners

Photography Category Winners

Watercolor Category Winners

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Figures of Speech (2023)

Stephanie Michaels — Thu, 06 Jul 2023 15:56:41 +0000

Figures of Speech (2023)

July 7 – September 2, 2023

Figures of Speech is a competitive exhibition open to artists 18 years of age or older who live, or have once lived, in the Midwest and created artwork. Artists are asked to create a work of art inspired by a figure of speech and are then juried in.

2023 Catalog

BEST OF SHOW
Cathy Williams, The Admiral was Three Sheets to the Wind

FIRST PLACE
Joe Rohrman, Here’s Looking at You

SECOND PLACE
Gerald Traicoff, Thinking Outside the Buddha Box

THIRD PLACE
Katrina Valuyeva, Thoughts are Seeds for the Future

HONORABLE MENTION
Scott Anderson, Misdirection with Pie

HONORABLE MENTION
Tremain Farrar, Birds of a Feather Flock Together

HONORABLE MENTION
Judy Kreiger, Follow the Leader

HONORABLE MENTION
Michael Prater, Hold Your Horses

HONORABLE MENTION
Joe Rohrman, Looks Can Be Deceiving

HONORABLE MENTION
Pam Stults, Once in a Blue Moon

HONORABLE MENTION
Vicky White, You’re My Best Bud

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Inspiration: Home

Stephanie Michaels — Wed, 31 May 2023 13:35:42 +0000

June 21 – August 13, 2023

Inspired by domestic and natural landscapes, explore the work of Sandy Gaier, Chet Geiselman, Kate Kimmell, Ellen Leigh, and Natalie Lowe.

OPENING RECEPTION

Join us on June 21 at 5:30 pm.

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Technicolor Dreams

Stephanie Michaels — Thu, 09 Feb 2023 18:28:35 +0000

April 2, 2023 – May 27, 2023

Spring is officially here! Don’t miss out on this colorful exhibit Technicolor Dreams: Art by Lynette K. Waters-Whitesell & Jennifer Hoard.

OPENING RECEPTION

Join us on April 2nd at 2:00 pm alongside the 42nd IN-Focus.

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LYNETTE K. WATERS-WHITESELL

Born in 1973, Lynette was raised and continues to reside in Hartford City, Indiana, with her husband and two smushy-faced dogs: Argo Eames, a boxer, and Agnes Frida Ball, an English bulldog. Lyn, as she’s more casually known, graduated Summa Cum Laude from Ball State University with a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree. For nearly two decades Lyn has worked as a creative director in visual communication with known work for brands like Red Gold, Ball State University, and many more. Since 2005, Lyn has exhibited her fine artwork regionally, nationally, and internationally.

“I embrace color and push society’s ingrained connotations. I enjoy challenging normal emotions of sad colors, happy subject matter, and vice versa. I crave intense hues, heavy pigments, and screaming color — juxtaposed with ephemera from yesteryear and digital transfers made from old black-and-white photos from the early to mid-1900s. I tackle society’s skew on women’s roles and domestic and child abuse issues. I use a layering method — in mixed media — which results in an alluring interplay of contrasting colors and intriguing textures to guide the eyes of the viewer through a playground of media. I aim to achieve sharp, bold images with skewed and secretive interpretations underlined on the substrate. Every inch of the work becomes a cacophony of colors.”

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JENNIFER HOARD

Born in 1987, in Indianapolis, Indiana, Jennifer grew up in the suburbs of Indianapolis’ north side. Her interest in art evolved naturally out of a childhood love of imaginative creations. From an early age she knew that she was going to be an artist. Jennifer attended Indiana University and obtained a BFA in drawing and painting in 2011. She currently lives in Indianapolis with her husband and their two dogs.

“My work is primarily an endeavor to explore and recreate the shape and experience of dreams. I have always been fascinated with the way that dreams project the laws of reality in a contorted and inconsistent manner. Down can be up, small can be big, and free falling can be standing perfectly still. In a process that evolved from many years of making collages from cut up magazine images, I try to apply the warped rules of dreams to enlarge or oddly juxtapose images against each other to find out if I can make the mundane realities of the real world more exciting. Sometimes, I wonder if looking at something from odd angles will somehow reveal its secrets. I wonder what I can learn about something when I steal it from its native environment and put it in a place it doesn’t belong.”

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IN-Focus (2023)

Stephanie Michaels — Wed, 25 Jan 2023 14:37:36 +0000

April 2, 2023 – May 27, 2023

Coming soon the 42nd annual IN-Focus photography competition and exhibition! Open to all photographers living in Indiana, our annual photography competition and exhibition IN-Focus focuses on seven categories: People, Nature/Scenic, Animal/Wildlife, Architecture, Photojournalism, Digital Manipulation, and Open.

OPENING RECEPTION

Join us on April 2nd at 2:30 for awards.

Our judge this year is Rick Pranitis –> Learn More

2023 Catalog –> Catalog for Web

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24th Annual Student Exhibition (AAMC)

Stephanie Michaels — Wed, 25 Jan 2023 14:22:57 +0000

March 5 – March 18, 2023

Coming soon the 24th Annual Art Association of Madison County Student Exhibition! Open to Freshman – Senior age students attending a Madison County public or private school, homeschooled, or live in Madison County. Students do not have to be enrolled in an art class to enter.

Judge: Holly Sims

Opening Reception: Sunday, March 5 from 2 – 5, awards at 3 pm

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