Medicine Hat College's annual Faculty Art Show is now on display in the One on One Gallery until Dec. 11--News Photo Anna Smith
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Medicine Hat College instructors are proud to put their talent and skill on display with their annual Faculty Art Show.
The display, hosted in the college’s One on One gallery, features a variety of mediums, including printmaking, graphic design, sculpture, painting and drawing, each reflecting the artists’ specialties and areas of research.
“People often associate research with academic fields in the sciences and humanities, but for us our research is our artwork,” said Jessica Plattner, program co-ordinator and instructor,. “One of the roles of art in society is to help us understand ourselves and the world around us, and each of us embodies this role in different ways.”
Plattner’s work, alongside Craig Cote, Melissa Johnston, Koi Neng Liew, Ian Richmond, Dean Smale and Yulin Wang, make up the art installation, which opened to the public Thursday and runs through Dec. 11 during gallery hours.
The artists combine for 125-plus years of teaching experience in higher education, and more than 150 years of creating and displaying art and design across the world.
“It’s easy to tell the artists apart by our differences – contrasting approaches to colour, material, subject matter and content,” said Plattner. “With closer contemplation however, similarities reveal themselves.”
Each artist has provided written statements for their work so viewers can gain insight into the ideas and process that went into its creation, making their act of creation accessible to visitors.
“We want students, colleagues and the public to feel welcome in the gallery, and to hopefully learn something about themselves, the artist, or the world. The gallery is a quiet space to contemplate life, beauty and meaning,” said Plattner.
