Mordançage—the stymied and the sublime

The mordançage process is a unique photographic technique that allows the darkest parts of a silver print to blister and release from the paper base. Sometimes that emulsion can be used to create "veils" and other times it can be removed from the print completely. Either way, the resulting images are often unpredictable transformations of the original photographs.

Click HERE to view the gallery.

DK

3D Extensions

Admittedly this is my favorite project of the 3D Design and Ceramics Class. Students are challenged to create extensions for a part of the body, some did physical attributes and some did emotional extensions, but all turned out great.

Check all of them out HERE

Prof Graham

Haunting Pinholes

Always a beautiful, mysterious, unique, and sometimes frustrating project — pinhole photography has a look of its own.

For this project we built our own cameras from household objects. We then shot onto b&w, RC photo paper, scanned them on a flatbed scanner, and took them into Photoshop to edit. Later, we reprinted the images as digitally enlarged negatives that we could contact print back onto RC paper. The final images range in size from 4x4 inches to 8x10s.

Click HERE to see some of the results.

DK

Deb Davis: Critiques and Lecture

Deb Davis will be visiting Georgetown Wednesday and Thursday (April 23 & 24).

Wednesday: she will be giving critiques of student work between 4-6 PM. My guess is that it will be directed toward photographic work, but not exclusively. So, if you'd like to get her feedback, drop by and show her what you've been creating.

Thursday: she will be talking about her work, Varied Notations_Traveling, in the Cochenour Gallery from 8:30-10:00 AM. Yes, that is a little early, but this will be a one time opportunity. We'd love to have you join us. Hope to see you there.

Maya Lin in Louisville

A number of us from the Art Department were able to visit Louisville this week for a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to hear world renowned, "architect, artist, and visionary," Maya Lin. The artist, most well known for her design of the Vietnam Veteran's War Memorial, spoke for about an hour and presented a slide show of her broad range of work all the way up to her most contemporary projects. Personally, I'm so very glad we all had the chance to be a part of her visit to the Bluegrass.

A few photos were taken along the way; if you'd like to see more, click HERE.

DK

2008 Senior Show

You are invited to the Georgetown College Art Department's 2008 Senior Show!

Anne Wright Wilson Fine Arts Gallery
Opening: Thursday, April 17, 5:00 - 7:00 p.m.
Through April 27, 2008

The Georgetown College Art Department presents the 2008 senior art show consisting of works by five studio artists and displays by three art history majors. During the opening, the three art history majors will make brief presentations beginning at 6:00 p.m. All eight seniors will graduate in May of 2008 with degrees in art.

The show will feature:
Lauren Flaherty - Digital Imaging
Jessica Jackson - Painting
Karyn Leverenz - Art Collections Management
Megan Parker - Historic Preservation
Kristie Powell - Artist Biography
Kara Renfro - Light Sculpture & Installation
Lauren Sims - Digital Illustration
Justin Taylor - Graphic Art

Spontaneous Yearbook! YES!

If you were able to make it to the Spontaneous Yearbook shoot, then you know what it's all about. Thanks for all those who participated. To see the collection of 120 shots, click HERE.

DK

ART 120, Photograms

This is a collection of selected traditional, b&w photograms from the ART 120 (Photography) classes. A variety of methods and subjects were created in these interesting and often times unexpected images. To see more, click HERE.

Susan Meiselas @ UK Friday

"Carnival Strippers." That's all I'm saying. If you'd like to find out more about Susan Meiselas, click HERE.

She will be speaking at the Robert C. May Lecture Series at UK's student Center (Worsham Theatre) on Friday, April 11, at 4 PM. I (Darrell) will be in attendance; let me know if you'd like to join me!