The Annual Faculty Exhibit

Friday, Nov. 20 in the Dickinson Building, visitors were met with spunky music and a crowd of artists and critics alike. The annual faculty art exhibit featuring the After Ferdinand Feghoot exhibit presented the studio faculties’ work from the year and showcased an entire 14-page comic illustrated by PVCC’s A.I. Miller.

There with his wife, Deborah Rose Guterbock, and their child, Miller said, “It’s a family affair.” The work is part of a series of comics written by Michelle Wilkinson from the U.K. The work grapples with the concept of singularity, where the early stages of artificial intelligence mesh with human beings, and depicts the struggle between human life and virtual reality. For example, one frame depicts a cat tripping someone who is playing a virtual reality game. Miller said, “It’s not the cat’s fault.”

The rest of the faculty shared an exhibit in the North Gallery, where Tom Clarkson’s ceramic showcase is located. Clarkson said, “Pottery is about self-discovery.” The work by Stacey Evans, our Digital Photography professor, took the form of a QR, or quick response code, and a lenticular print. QR codes are pixelated squares that relate links to your phone if you scan them with a QR reader app. A lenticular print is an image printed on a geometric ridges that give the picture a 3D effect.  Her theme was cloud watching. She says this to students, “Enjoy the creative process.” Other featured artists included Fenella Belle, Lou Haney, Nancy Ross, Richard Weaver, Sophia Wiedeman, Rebekah Wostrel, and Beryl Solla, the Chair of the Art Department.

This event showcases the faculty’s artwork and gives the students a chance to see their professors in action. The studio faculty is all “working” artists who actively engage in the art community outside of PVCC. The Annual Faculty Exhibition promotes the meshing of the collegiate and real-world art communities by supporting the faculty in their extracurricular work. Beryl Solla, who coordinated the exhibition, said, “I often see the faculty’s artwork around town… but it is always a pleasure to see everyone’s work together in the college gallery.”