Exhibitions
Art and Design BFA Show 2012
Cornish College of the Arts is the premier, accredited arts college in the Northwest, inspiring the highest standards of artistic and academic excellence. Founded in 1914 by Nellie Cornish, Cornish is the only private, accredited college in the region offering baccalaureate degrees in visual and performing arts. Uniquely, Cornish provides a rigorous educational environment for the cultivation of technical mastery, artistic integrity and practical knowledge.
The Cornish BFA Exhibition is the crowning achievement for graduating seniors from Art and Design, announcing their introduction to the community as emerging artists and designers. This much-anticipated exhibit showcases the work of 67 individuals representing a survey of new ideas, themes, and techniques that amalgamate our contemporary visual landscape.
Opening Reception May 11, 5 – 9 pm
Gallery Hours Monday – Saturday, 12 – 5 pm
Art May 11 – 26
Virginia/Terry Building, 1000 Virginia Street
Design May 11 – 25
Main Campus Center, 1000 Lenora Street
DIY Arts Writing with Sharon Butler
Friday, April 20
Faculty/Staff Lounge
1000 Lenora Street, 7th floor
Noon - 1 pm
With guests: D.W Burnam, Amanda Manitach, Matthew Offenbacher, and Emily Pothast
Join us for a special “Sustenance” discussion with visiting artist/writer, Sharon Butler. Butler will join a group of local artist/writers to discuss the important role of artists in contributing to and expanding critical dialogue in our communities. Butler is an award winning artist and writer who splits her time between NY, D.C. and CT. Her writing can be found on Two Coats of Paint, the Brooklyn Rail, and An Inverted Curve. Butler has exhibited nationally and internationally and is shown in Seattle at Season.
sustenance
noun \ses-te-nen(t)s\
1 a: means of support, maintenance, or subsistence: living b: food, provisions; also: nourishment
2: a monthly lunchtime discussion at Cornish about arts issues, open to the community.
Seattle Experimental Animation Team (S.E.A.T.)
Friday, April 20
Nellie’s Cafe
1000 Lenora Street (corner of Lenora and Terry), 2nd floor
7 - 9 pm
Featuring: Drew Christie, Webster Crowell, Stefan Gruber, Salise Hughes, Britta Johnson, Tess Martin, and Clyde Petersen.
Please join us for an evening of projected animations, discussion, and coffee in Nellie’s Cafe. Artists from the Seattle Experimental Animation Team (S.E.A.T.) will discuss their individual and collaborative work while screening animated projections on multiple screens.
Paul D. McKee (AR ‘00)
April 9 - May 19
Alumni Gallery
1000 Lenora Street (3rd floor lobby)
McKee’s installations confront stereotypes associated with gender and sexual identity through the manipulation and exaggeration of decorative domestic objects. McKee is also an Adjunct Professor in Sculpture at Cornish. More of his work can be found on his website.
Rapid Fire Art History: What We Know vs. What We Make
Wednesday, March 7
Board Room
1000 Lenora Street, 7th floor
12:15-1:15 PM
With guests:
Sharon Arnold (moderator)
Jim Demetre
Amanda Manitach
Stephen Sewell
Rodrigo Valenzuela
In this fast-paced presentation, four guests will wrap up several thousand years of history in 3-5 minute segments. Ranging from the Ancient Greeks to today, this rapid-fire survey will demonstrate a potentially unfair and heavily interpreted version of art history from a personal perspective; possibly with an element of fiction. Join us in discovering a more unconventional take on art history, and participate in a discussion about how art history affects art practice- is it relevant, is it nonsense, what does too much knowledge of art history lead to, should/can we avoid it, and more! This event is free and open to the public.
sustenance
noun \ses-te-nen(t)s\
1 a: means of support, maintenance, or subsistence: living b: food, provisions; also: nourishment
2: a monthly lunchtime discussion at Cornish about arts issues, open to the community.
Jon Gierlich: Currents
February 21 - March 21, 2012
Currents is a retrospective of work by the late Cornish Design Professor, Jon Gierlich. This exhibition is aimed at remembering him through his art, as a thoughtful artist, mentor, friend, and beloved member of the Cornish community for 22 years. This diverse collection of drawings, paintings, photos, and sculptures demonstrate Gierlich’s impressive range and daring spirit.
Over forty years of his work are represented, showing an inquisitive and deeply committed artist who was always pushing, always growing. Difficult to pin down, Gierlich was a master draftsman, eloquent poet, and public artist who never sought the limelight. Seeing much of his work together, we can sense the powerful current that ran through everything he touched. Moving past seemingly distant shores, the flow of his work is grounded by a deep connection to forms and phenomena from the natural world.
Always the observer, Gierlich developed a distinct visual language while amassing a fascinating collection of objects. Selected pieces have been presented in the gallery in an effort to shed light his sources and celebrate the blurry line between his artwork and his life. Like a river, Gierlich was always moving with a determined strength, both gentle and forceful, traveling long distances with surprising grace, and ultimately returning to the source.
Additionally, Cornish is proud to honor Jon’s dedication to Cornish students by establishing the Jon Gierlich Endowed Scholarship Fund, through gifts from friends, family and alumni. The Jon Gierlich Endowed Scholarship Fund will be the Design Department’s first endowed scholarship to honor a faculty member.
Caroline Kapp
Cornish College of the Arts is proud to present both video and photo work by Caroline Kapp (AR ‘00) in the Alumni Gallery. Her video installation masquerades as a series of four framed, formal, and Flemish-style still-life paintings. Upon a second look, the carefully composed objects remain anything but “still” as Kapp plays with time, presence, and history. Her beautifully composed black and white photographs depict familiar domestic objects in unusual locations. Both series’ are surreal, beautiful, and unsettling, challenging the viewer to see once common things, anew.
A closing reception for this exhibition will coincide with the Main Gallery reception for Jon Gierlich: Currents on February 21. You can see more of her work @ http://www.carolinekapp.com.
February 2 - 29, 2012
Closing Reception: Tuesday, February 21, 5 – 8 PM
Cornish Alumni Gallery
1000 Lenora St. (3rd floor lobby)
M - F, 9am - 5pm
2012 Art Faculty Show
Cornish’s pursuit of excellence begins with its faculty. Together, they reflect the College’s passion for inquiry, discovery and growth. Leading by example, Cornish’s Art Faculty demonstrate a breadth of possibilities in traditional and contemporary art practices. The biennial Art Faculty Show is an opportunity to see these methods and ideas manifest through their own personal work and offers a chance for the College’s educators to communicate purely as artists. Combining video, installation, painting, drawing, print, photo, sculpture, and mixed media, the 2012 Art Faculty Show is both a sample of institutional expertise and survey of themes and techniques employed in the Pacific Northwest.
Despite differing approaches to art making, Cornish Art Faculty are united by a desire to share their discoveries and encourage artistic innovation. Considering this, the Art Faculty show is an extension of this intent, allowing their artwork to speak, engage, and inspire.
Featuring work by Judy Allen, Tina Aufiero, Gretchen Bennett, Bonnie Biggs, Robert Campbell, Dawn Cerny, Paul D. McKee, Linda Davidson, Heather Dew Oaksen, Julie Gaskill, Claudia Hollander-Lucas, Patrick LoCicero, Ruth Marie Tomlinson, Barbara Noah, John Overton, Kathleen Rabel, Ephraim Russell, Kelly Sheridan, Francesca Sundsten, SuttonBeresCuller, Kristin Tollefson, and Preston Wadley.
**Date changed due to snow closure**
January 23 – February 15, 2012
Opening Reception: Wednesday, January 25, 5 – 8 pm
Cornish Main Gallery
1000 Lenora St. (first floor)
Seattle, WA 98121
Gallery Hours
Monday – Friday, 12-5 pm
Allyce Wood: Encroaching Botany
Allyce Wood, a native to the Pacific Northwest, graduated from Seattle’s Cornish College of the Arts, Magna Cum Laude in 2010, with a BFA in printmaking and sculpture. Wood shows frequently in Seattle as well as the UK, where she studied in 2009. She is currently a member of the PrintZero Studio in Georgetown. Her installations, sculptures, and printmaking are indicative of her compulsion towards detail, repetition, and her appreciation of traditional craftsmanship. You can view more of her work online at: allyceallyce.blogspot.com
“This body of work is concerned with the physical ramifications of invasive species in the Pacific Northwest. Competition over others, over land, over architecture are all points that humanity has taken on as an intrinsic trait. By studying ‘basic’ species who bypass this characteristic and have made such a trait their main evolutionary point, I reflect upon my own needs to ‘fight for my place’.” -Allyce Wood
January 5 – February 1, 2012
Opening Reception: Wednesday, January 25, 5 – 8 PM
(Date changed because of snow closure)
Cornish Alumni Gallery
1000 Lenora St. (3rd floor lobby)
M - F, 9am - 5pm
Dennis Raines
Dennis Raines (AR ‘01) is a printmedia artist living and working Seattle, WA. He attended Cornish College of the Arts for his BFA, and UC Davis for his MFA, both with an emphasis in “interdisciplinary fine arts”. Raines has taught Digital Imaging, Printmaking, Photography, Sculpture, and Drawing at UC Davis, Sacramento State, and Cornish. You can view more of his work @ dennisraines.com
November 2, 2011 - January 4, 2012
Cornish Alumni Gallery
1000 Lenora St. (3rd floor lobby)
M - F, 9am - 5pm
SuttonBeresCuller: Work in Progress
Work in Progress is an interactive, experimental, and evolving exhibition in the Cornish Main Gallery by alumni artist trio, SuttonBeresCuller. This site-specific project will be created in cooperation with the Cornish community over the course of six weeks, exploring the artists’ history with the college that fostered their collaborative career.
Having recently returned as art faculty, John Sutton, Ben Beres, and Zac Culler will convert the gallery into an open, shared studio/gallery space that changes daily over the course of the exhibition. Taking on the dual roles of student and teacher, they will tap into the school’s resources and creative philosophy to engage the greater Cornish community as a collective participant throughout its duration. At the show’s end on December 7, the final installation will be the beginning of a new, traveling body of work, with each project building upon the last.
View a video of the project by Rodrigo Valenzuela HERE.
October 26 - December 7, 2011
Soft Opening Reception: October 26, 5 - 8 pm
Closing Reception: December 7, 5 - 8 pm
Cornish Main Gallery, Floor 1, 1000 Lenora Street, Seattle, WA
Hours: Monday - Friday, 12 - 5 pm
http://www.cornish.edu/exhibitions
Paul Rucker Gallery Performance
In support of the current Cornish Gallery exhibition Game Theory, cellist, composer, visual artist, and activist Paul Rucker brings his quartet to the gallery for an interactive performance, Scratch Sound. Audience members will get a opportunity to collaboratively direct the improvisations using Rucker’s custom-made scratch tickets. Each ticket reveals an emotion used to inform the improvisors, offering separate and simultaneous conduits to either blend, build, or interfere their interpretations. In this game, there are no winners or losers, but a mutual exchange of cause and effect. Scratch tickets will be available for free in the gallery.
Featuring:
Jeff McGrath - Trumpet
Tom Varner - French Horn (Cornish Faculty)
Bill Horist - Guitar
Paul Rucker - Cello
Friday, October 14
Cornish Main Gallery
7 pm - FREE!
Cornish Main Gallery, Floor 1, 1000 Lenora Street, Seattle, WA
Hours: Monday - Friday, 12 - 5 pm
http://www.cornish.edu/exhibitions
Wayne Horvitz Gallery Performance
In support of the current Cornish gallery exhibition Game Theory, pianist, composer, and Cornish faculty, Wayne Horvitz leads a large jazz ensemble through two compositions, based on game structures and conductions. This free performance will take place in the Cornish Main Gallery.
Featuring:
Thomas Campbell- Drums
Storm D’Angelo-Sax
Will Hayes-Guitar
Jacob Herring-Trombone
Mac Jaffe -Bass
Chris McCarthy- Piano
Steven O’Brien-Trumpet
Naomi-Siegel-Trombone
Nolan Tsang- Trumpet
Cameron Vohr-Sax
Tommy Whiteside-Vibes
Saturday, October 8
Cornish Main Gallery
8pm
More on Mr. Horvitz here.
Free and open to the public
The Show is Over…
THE SHOW IS OVER THE AUDIENCE
GET UP TO LEAVE THEIR SEATS
TIME TO COLLECT THEIR COATS AND
GO HOME THEY TURN AROUND NO
MORE COATS AND
NO MORE HOME
Curated by Ian Toms (Art’09)
September 1 – October 31, 2011
Opening Reception: Wednesday, September 7, 5 – 8 PM
THE SHOW IS OVER… is an exhibition of works examining the “anti-portrait”- images or objects stained with the residue of human interaction, yet in their present state void of any life that may have once been- maps and scars of a personal geography. The title of the show is lifted directly from the Christopher Wool painting of the same name; the painting itself lifted from Greil Marcus’ social commentary, Lipstick Traces, and is a definition of nihilism, as quoted by situationist Raoul Vaneigem.
THE SHOW IS OVER… features recent work by DW Burnam (Seattle), Mina Estevez (New York), Ike Hobbs (New York), and Ric Warren (Glasgow, UK) with writings by Adriana Grant (Seattle) and Robert Yoder (Seattle).
Cornish Alumni Gallery
Cornish College of the Arts
3rd Floor Lobby
Sustenance: Mastery
Tuesday, August 23
12 - 1 PM
Board Room
1000 Lenora Street, 7th floor
With guests:
Dawn Cerny (Art ’01)
Matthew Offenbacher (moderator)
Jeffry Mitchell
Kimberly Trowbridge
What is mastery? Is it control over a particular field of knowledge? A voluntary offering of your self to a thing you love more than you love yourself? Have you ever tried to master something? What happened? Have you given yourself to a master? Is mastering yourself different than mastering something else? What’s the opposite of mastery? Do you want disciples? Do you ever want to lose control? Can you teach that?
Please join us for a casual lunchtime conversation with special guests, Dawn Cerny (Art ‘01), Matthew Offenbacher, Jeffry Mitchell, and Kimberly Trowbridge, as we discuss what it takes to be “masterful” in the Arts and beyond.
sustenance
noun \səs-tə-nən(t)s\
1 a: means of support, maintenance, or subsistence : living b : food,
provisions; also : nourishment
2: a monthly lunchtime discussion about arts issues, open to the entire Cornish community, from 12 - 1pm.
Game Theory
Game Theory is a group exhibition that examines chance, participation, and play in art practices. Curated for the Cornish College of the Arts Main Gallery by Cable Griffith, this exhibit brings together visual and performing artists lured by the unexpected consequences of surrendering control, conducting synthesis, and strategic intervention. Inspired by the inquiries into chance operations by Cornish legends Merce Cunningham and John Cage, the exhibition will be accompanied by a series of music, dance, and theater performances by Cornish students and faculty.
The artists in Game Theory share a similar affinity for indeterminacy, while still pulling the strings. The exhibition features visual works by John Cage, Joseph Gray, Jason Hirata, Tim Knowles, Chauney Peck, Steve Roden, Paul Rucker, Cara Tomlinson, and Brent Watanabe, with music performances by Wayne Horvitz, Jarrad Powell, Paul Rucker, and Steve Roden.
September 8 - October 19, 2011
Cornish Main Gallery, Floor 1
Main Campus Center
Opening Reception: Wednesday, September 7, 5 – 8 pm
Game Theory essay, “The Intention of Chance” by Cable Griffith is available.
Game Theory Talks/Performances (Main Gallery)
Lecture: Steve Roden – September 8, 12 - 1 pm
Performance: Steve Roden – September 8, 7 – 8 pm
Performance: Wayne Horvitz – October 8, 8 – 9 pm
Performance: Paul Rucker – October 14, 7 – 8 pm
Additional performances and schedules TBA. Please check website for updates and details.
Cornish Main Gallery Hours: Monday – Friday, 12 – 5 pm
Game Theory is grateful for support from 911 Media Arts Center.
http://www.911media.org
