The York College Galleries are dedicated to providing opportunities to explore the visual arts in a setting that promotes learning, discovery, and appreciation. The galleries were established in 1994 as the centerpiece of the Music, Art, and Communications Center, which was rededicated in July 2006 as Evelyn and Earle Wolf Hall. Comprising two adjacent galleries, the Cora Miller Gallery and the Brossman Gallery, these exhibition spaces serve the College, the City of York, and the communities of southcentral Pennsylvania and northern Maryland. The exhibition calendar features a varied program of nationally-touring exhibitions and invitational shows as well as faculty and juried student shows. Artist and curator lectures, workshops, book signings, and other events complement the exhibition schedule.
| The One Show: 2008 Best of Advertising |
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Sept. 4 - 27, 2008 |
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Opening Reception: Thurs., Sept. 4, 2008 5 - 7 p.m.
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Now in its 33rd year, the One Show is the premier international advertising award show that has been setting the industry standard for creative excellence. Categories include print, television, radio, outdoor, innovative media and marketing, and more recently, integrated branding.Each year, a wide variety of work - from multinational giants to small regional shops - is judged by an international jury of award-winning art directors, copywriters, and creative directors. The One Show jury spends hours and days into night giving careful consideration to more than 23,845 entries from over 60 countries. "Winning a One Show pencil is a career-defining honor," says Mary Warlick, Chief Executive Officer of the One Club for Art and Copy. "While there are many other shows that hand out advertising awards, only being a Pencil are you held up to the highest of standards." The 2008 One Show award ceremony was celebrated in front of 600 industry professionals in New York City in May of 2008, and then the winning print and television advertisements travel worldwide.
The One Club for Art and Copy is the world's foremost nonprofit organization for the recognition and promotion of excellence in advertising. Founded in 1975 and based in New York City, The One Club produces three annual awards competitions: the One Show, the One Show Design, and the One Show Interactive. For more information refer to http://www.oneclub.org/
| Terragraph: Clay Monotypes by Mitch Lyons |
| Sept. 4 - Sept. 27, 2008 |
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Opening Reception: Thurs., Sept. 4 2008 5 - 7 p.m. |
Since 1968 Mitch Lyons has been pioneering the making of images onto clay slabs. The results are stunning monoprints characterized by saturated color and expressionistic texture, with references to organic forms and geometric patterns. Sometimes ghost images from previous prints appear in a work, presenting a history of his enigmatic image vocabulary. "Making marks in a wet clay slab slowly changed my way of thinking analytically to a more surrealist method," says Lyons. "This allowed me to let go of all/most controls of the conscious mind, and to move towards the mysterious and boundless world of images of the subconscious, bringing them to the surface."
Mitch Lyons earned his MFA in Ceramics from Tyler School of Art, Temple University, and his BFA in Graphics from the University of the Arts in Philadelphia. He has held over 100 workshops on his unusual technique over the past ten years. Lyons' clay monoprints can be found in many private and public collections throughout the United States, including the Brooklyn Museum of Art, Woodmere Museum, American University, and the University of Delaware.
Mitch Lyons has exhibited his work at the Philadelphia Museum of Art, Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Noyes Museum in New Jersey, Kalmar Lans Museum, Sweden, and the Vonderau Museum in Fulda, Germany. Lyons received a Visual Arts Grant from the Pennsylvania Council of the Arts and he has taught at Westchester University, Moor College of Art, Rowan University, Alfred University, and the University of Delaware.
For more information refer to http://www.mitchlyons.com/.
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Recent Work: York College Art Faculty Biennial Exhibition |
| Oct. 15 - Nov. 8, 2008 |
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Opening Reception: Wed., Oct. 15, 2008 5 - 7 p.m.
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One of the College's most important exhibitions, every two years the art faculty exhibit their work in a variety of media and styles, including photography, painting and drawing, printmaking, illustration, mixed media, jewelry, sculpture, and installation. This year's exhibitors include Ry Fryer, Melanie Rodgers, Kristin Kest, JoAnne Schiavone, Ophelia Chambliss, Karen Stabley, William Thompson, Mary Todenhoft, Neil Savage, Joel Springer, Jim Sheen, Jay Noble, Denise Campbell, Kris Harzinski, Troy Patterson, Steve Baker, Rebecca DelliCarpini, Laure Drogoul, Terri Erb, and Marian Lorence. All are professional artists with significant exhibition records and have won numerous awards for their art.
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Senior Art Major's Fall 2008 Exhibition |
| Nov. 19 - Dec. 6, 2008 (closed Nov. 26 - 30 for Thanksgiving break) |
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Opening Reception: Wed., Nov. 19, 2008 5 - 7 p.m.
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All students majoring in art in York College are required to exhibit during their last semester of study. Fine Art majors present a cohesive body of work in their area of special study exploring a personal theme. Each Graphic Design major presents her or his Senior Design Studio project that is conceived, designed and built by the student and represents the student's areas of interest and expertise. The exhibition launches the student into the world of the working artist and the professionally-presented exhibition. First, Second, and Third Place Awards or Excellence in Fine Art are presented, as well as First, Second, and Third Place Honors in Design, the People's Choice Award, and the Best of Show Merit Awards.
| The Pennsylvania Arts Experience Artist's Trail: |
| Works by Trail Artists of the Susquehanna Valley |
| Susquehanna Valley Artist's Trail Studio Portraits by Bill Simone |
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Jan. 22 - Feb. 28, 2009 |
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Opening Reception: Thurs., Jan. 22, 2009 5 - 7 p.m.
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York College is proud to host two exhibitions simultaneously featuring the artists of the newly-formed Susquehanna Valley Artist's Trail. Located along the Route 30 - Route 113 corridor and traveling through three scenic river valleys (Susquehanna, Brandywine/Schuylkill, Delaware) the Pennsylvania Art Experience is one of a growing number of artist's trails being developed throughout the state. Its goal is to forge connections between art-minded tourists and the many accomplished artists located along these designated rural roadways by providing exclusive access to their studios as well as to the many museums, galleries and other cultural and heritage destinations in the region. This exhibit examines a sampling of works by several of the artists whose studios are located on the Susquehanna Valley Portion of the trail. Working in a wide variety of media and approaches including painting, printmaking, needle arts, ceramics, and sculpture, many of these artists have both national and international reputations.
The second exhibition features a series of remarkable studio portraits of Pennsylvania Arts Experience artists taken by renowned photographer Bill Simone. Each portrait, in some cases constructed from multiple shots taken on location, provides not only an intimate portrait of each artist but also gives insight into the artist's creative persona. Each artist's working process is presented by way of a detailed documentation of his or her work space and environment, and materials and methods used.
Based in Lebanon, PA, Bill Simone began taking photographs when his parents gave him a camera in his senior year of high school. "So you can take pictures when you go away to college" they said. Things do not always go as planned, and after ten years of working, sometimes in photography and sometimes not, he left his full-time job to open what is now Simone Associates Inc, one of the premier photographic illustration studios in the Mid-Atlantic region.
| Curator's Lecture: Rob Evans |
| "The Pennsylvania Arts Experience: |
| An Overview of the Susquehanna Valley Artist's Trail Project" |
| Evelyn and Earle Wolf Hall, Recital Hall |
| Wed., Jan 28, 2009 7 p.m. |
Join us as York County artist, curator, and trail cofounder Rob Evans presents an overview of the Pennsylvania Arts Experience, one of a growing number of artist trails being developed throughout the state with the goal of connecting art-minded tourists directly with the rich array of artists and cultural resources located here in Pennsylvania. Evans will focus particularly on the Susquehanna Valley section on this exciting artist trail, showing examples of works by its many extraordinary artists. Evans will also discuss the series of fascinating portraits being created for the project by photographer Bill Simone, depicting these artists at work in their studios. Ranging from spacious renovated barns, to intimate single-room creative working spaces in garages or basements, each studio is availabe to be visited on the trail along with the many regional galleries, museums, restaurants, wineries, quaint inns, B&Bs and other cultural, historic, and scenic attractions along the way. A reception will be held for the speaker immediately following the lecture.
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2009 Annual Juried Student Exhibition |
| Mar. 18- Apr. 1, 2009 |
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Opening Reception: Wed., Mar. 18, 2009 5 - 7 p.m.
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| Senior Graphic Design Majors' Spring 2009 Exhibition |
| Apr. 14 - Apr. 22, 2009 |
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Opening Reception: Tues., Apr. 14, 2009 5 - 7 p.m.
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| Senior Fine Art Majors' Spring 2009 Exhibition |
| Apr. 29 - May 7, 2009 |
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Opening Reception: Wed., Apr. 29, 2009 5 - 7 p.m.
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Just as with the Fall 2008 graduates, art majors graduating Spring 2009 present an exhibition of their senior work. First, Second, and Third Place Awards for Excellence in Fine Art are presented, as well as the best Best of Show Merit Award and the Annual Purchase Award sponsored by the Music, Art, and Communication Department of York College.
