Brevard College Juried Student Art Show Opens April 3

The Brevard College Art Department will present a juried student art exhibition from April 3 to April 17 at Spiers Gallery.

An opening reception will be held Friday, April 3 from 5:30 p.m. to 7 p.m. at the gallery, which is located in Sims Art Center. The presentation of awards will begin at 6 p.m.

Paintings, photography and sculpture are just a few of the different types of artwork that will be on display. The show, which is open to all Brevard College students, will be juried by Asheville Art Museum Adult Programs Manager Nancy Sokolove. Awards will be given for Best of Show, President’s Choice and Students’ Choice as well as first, second and third places. Six honorable mentions will also be awarded.

The reception and exhibit visitations are free to the public. Gallery hours are 8 a.m. until 3 p.m. weekdays when the College is in session. The exhibit will be on display until April 17.

Spiers Gallery is a contemporary 1,500 square foot gallery located within the Sims Art Center on the Brevard College campus. Exhibitions in Spiers Gallery are ongoing throughout the year and include shows by Brevard College students and faculty members as well as visiting artists from Western North Carolina and around the country.

For more information about this exhibition, contact Diane Pomphrey at 828-884-8188.

BC Hosts Opening Reception for Sue Grier Ceramics Art Exhibition

The Brevard College Art Department will host an opening reception and presentation for ceramics artist Sue Grier on Friday, February 27.

The opening reception for Grier's exhibit, “Junctions + Surface + Meaning,” will be held from 5:30 p.m. until 7 p.m. at Brevard College's Spiers Gallery in the Sims Art Center.

The reception and exhibit visitations are free to the public.

Through what is known as embodied learning, Grier seeks to explore how the idea of function can go beyond the utilitarian or traditional definition to further embrace the intellectual and conceptual aspect of the term. She uses familiar and abstract ceramic forms to symbolically express these observations and conceptual ideas. In choosing ‘functional forms’, she adds additional layers of interest through use of scale, surface treatment, gesture or posture and re-contextualization. Grier, who has been working with clay since 1984, is currently teaching part-time at Clemson University.

Gallery hours are 8 a.m. until 3 p.m. weekdays when the College is in session. The exhibit will be on display until March 27.

For more information about this exhibition, contact Diane Pomphrey at 828-884-8188.