Exhibitions
All receptions are free and open to the public.
Roy R. Behrens
Imagined Parts and Parcels
Sept. 11-Oct. 19, 2012
EVENTS
Friday, Sept. 14
ARTIST LECTURE 4-4:45 p.m., Galvin 141
RECEPTION 5-7 p.m, Catich Gallery
Roy R. Behrens, Professor of Art and Distinguished Scholar at the University of Northern Iowa, has been described by Communication Arts magazine as "one of the most original thinkers in design." Both a designer and historian, he was nominated in 2003 for the prestigious National Design Awards. This solo exhibition includes his recent accomplishments in computer-based graphic design, from posters to digital illustrations to entire books. Witness the richness and nuanced complexities in the fast-paced process of design, the results of which embrace us all in our daily lives.
Julie Chen
Book Learning: The Artists' Books of Julie Chen
Oct. 23-Nov. 20, 2012
RECEPTION
Friday, Oct. 26, 5-7 p.m.
What is a book? Julie Chen has been challenging viewers with her creative response to this question through the making of limited edition (25-150 copies) artist books for over twenty years. Chen, the founder of Flying Fish Press and associate professor in the book art program at Mills College in Oakland, Calif., creates works using unconventional book structures that combine letterpress printing and hand bookbinding. Her work often responds to the idea of giving order to personal experience through the use of mapping, charting and numbering-organizational systems familiar to readers everywhere.
Senior Honors Exhibit
Nov. 17-Dec. 14, 2012
RECEPTION Friday, Nov. 30, 5-7 p.m.
Featuring the work of SAU students graduating with degrees in fine arts, graphic design and book arts.
Amos Paul Kennedy, Jr.
Race Matters? Racism Matters! Post Racial, My Ass
Jan. 15-Feb. 22, 2013
EVENTS Friday, January 25
ARTIST LECTURE 4-4:45 p.m., Galvin 141
RECEPTION & POSTER SALE 5-7 p.m. Catich Gallery
Journeyman printer, Amos Paul Kennedy Jr., describes his art as responding to the idea of "racism" in a show comprised of letterpress posters, postcards, prints, books and other printed matter. He challenges viewers to celebrate their racism, consider the power of language, and demonstrates a visual method to confront injustice. As a self-described "negro man" who became a printer at age 40 in the Midwest and currently lives in the South, Kennedy brings a unique perspective to this important dialogue.
Fred Stonehouse
The Deacon's Seat
Feb. 26-April 5, 2013
EVENTS Friday, March 1
ARTIST LECTURE 4-4:45 p.m., Galvin 141
RECEPTION 5-7 p.m., Catich Gallery
A "deacon seat" is a bench made of split logs extending along the front of the bunks in a lumberjack's bunkhouse from which a storyteller would entertain the loggers. Stonehouse was raised in an atmosphere of stories and these memories of extended family members weaving tales during his childhood continue to inform his paintings and drawings today. Like the mythic legends told from his grandparent's couch-the spiritual, the presence of good & evil and other paranormal phenomena-rule his work.
Vox, acrylic on canvas, 36" x 48", 2006
Senior Honors Exhibit
April 23-May 10, 2013
RECEPTION Friday, April 26, 5-7 p.m.
Featuring the work of SAU students graduating with degrees in fine arts, graphic design and book arts.
9th Annual Catich Exhibition
Aquatic Art
June 5-Sept. 6, 2013
RECEPTION Friday, June 7, 5-7 p.m.
From the waterways of Holland to the coast of Rhode Island to industrial life on the Mississippi in west Davenport, Fr. Catich documented aquatic scenes while plein air painting-painting outdoors. His body of work suggests that he practiced what he preached, working on site, diligently hauling his easel and watercolors along in the process. This exhibition traces his journeys during his leisure time and highlights his abilities to capture life-including flora and fauna-on the water.
