Art At PVCC

Social Network Hits PVCC

2011-01-11T19:46:00.000-08:00

The Student Art Club is proud to present the first film of the spring semester, Social Network. The film airs January 28th, 7:30 PM in the Dickinson Theatre. This event is free and open to the public.

Fall Semester is Upon Us!

2010-08-17T07:34:00.000-07:00

Welcome back art nation. This semester is ready to roll- lots of art events including workshops and movies coming your way. The Art Clubs first film is Toy Story 3 in glorious 2-D. We will screen Toy Story 3 on September 17th. at 7:30pm. The student show comes down next week (best student show ever) and the next one opens September 11th. Check out Will May's one person exhibit "Half Life". He'll be showing his new photographs and the work is amazing. We'll also be showing a fabulous 3 person show entitled "Serial Thrillers" featuring the powerful work of Reba Peck, Sharon Shapiro and Randy Bill. The opening is Friday, Sept. 11th 5-7pm.

Movie Night!

2010-04-05T10:30:00.001-07:00

SEVENTH ANNUAL CHOCOLATE CHOWDOWN

2010-03-23T06:04:00.000-07:00

That's right folks....Spring.....Student Exhibition.....CHOWDOWN! Ya'll come!

Art Department Brings Noah Scalin to Campus!

2010-02-03T08:23:00.000-08:00

Noah Scalin is a well known national artist who recently launched his book SKULL A DAY. Scalin is an engaging speaker and will discuss his work and lead a hands-on workshop.
He will be working with our students on February 17th, (weds.) at 6:00 in the Black Box Theatre. The theatre is located in the Dickinson Building on the campus of PVCC.

Art Students Present PIRATE RADIO!

2010-02-03T08:21:00.000-08:00

Spring Semester Roars in with Where The Wild Things ARE!!!!

2010-01-11T14:13:00.000-08:00

The Student Art Club continues their fabulous film series with
Where The Wild Things Are.
The film screens on friday, January 22, 2010 in the beautiful Dickinson Theatre on the lovely campus of Piedmont Virginia Community College. The film begins at 7:30pm.

Let There Be Light is Coming!!!

2009-12-02T20:07:00.000-08:00

Check out this cool video!

2009-12-02T19:53:00.000-08:00

http://creativity-online.com/work/new-zealand-book-council-going-west/18044

More More More!!!!

2009-10-29T16:48:00.001-07:00

(Artists pictured are Andee, Ashley, Kim and Jason)

Day of The Dead Candy-Thon!!!!

2009-10-29T16:30:00.000-07:00

Another day, another Day of the Dead Candy-thon. This year was as amazing as ever. Check out this work! The assignment was to work with a small group, research traditional Day of the Dead imagery, design a DOTD image and reproduce it in candy form. Here are the results. We enjoyed the art and then ate it! (Wayne S., Lora Lee J. and Ricky M. in top photo and Jen T. and Jenna K. in bottom photo)

Day of the DEAD!!!!

2009-10-21T16:11:00.000-07:00

Art Club Presents..The Brothers Bloom

2009-10-21T16:05:00.000-07:00

The film series presents The Brothers Bloom this friday in the beautiful Dickinson Theatre. The award winning movie chronicals the lives of two brothers and their larcenist approach to life. The film starts Rachel Weisz, Adrien Brody and Mark Ruffalo. The film airs this friday, October 23rd at 7:30pm.

ART ATTACK!!!!!!!!!!!

2009-10-21T16:01:00.000-07:00

Pvcc Art Department was recently the site of an...
ART ATTACK!!!!!
The Art Attack events included the ever popular Flamingo Dressing, Print-Making, Spam Sculpture and Ugliest Ash Tray. Awards were given.....property was destroyed!!!!

Award Winning Art faculty!

2009-10-21T15:49:00.000-07:00

The Annual Virginia Community College System Excellence in Communications awards were announced last week. Faculty members Rob Tarbell, Tom Clarkson, Beryl Solla and student Grace E. Pedalino were recognized as first place winners in two categories. The winning submissions were the Art Department T-Shirt and the Ceramics Calendar. Next year...the oscars!

In The Gallery!

2009-10-21T15:32:00.000-07:00

The Galleries are full of fantastic art this month. Greg Stewart is featured in the South Gallery with "Turning Many Ways". The show includes mixed-media wall sculpture and large 2-D mylar drawings. In the North Gallery....Monsters!!! That's right! This is a small group show featuring BIG talents. Allison Sommers, Allyson Melberg and Jeremy Taylor are disturbingly delightful. Shelby Fischer has a large installation in front of the Dickinson Building. The piece, L'esprit de l'escalier, is a large, two part construction combining her delicate sewn and assembled fabric work with assemblage sculpture. In the KAG Student gallery we are featuring an old friend and much loved student, Sarah Murphy. Sarah is sharing some of her new photos and paintings. Come in and see what awesome looks like!

Welcome to a new school year!

2009-09-05T20:31:00.000-07:00

This is going to be an action packed semester. We're starting off with FOUR exhibitions opening next Friday, September 11th 5-7. Shelby Fischer has an amazing outdoor installation, Greg Stewart (JMU Sculpture prof.) is showing drawings and sculpture, a group show "Monsters" features Jeremy Taylor, Allyson Mellberg and Allison Sommers in the north gallery and old friend and former student, Sarah Murphy has a show in the Second Floor Student Gallery.
We also welcome Rob Tarbell as a full-time faculty member. Rob is leading the Graphic Design Program and is large and in charge!

Best semester ever!!

2009-04-16T17:22:00.001-07:00

The Seventh Annual Chocolate Chowdown is coming!!!

Hippies Invade Art Dept!

2009-04-10T15:47:00.000-07:00

Local Vietnam Museum founder, Craig LaMountain asked our students to psychedelicize his old VW bus as a companion piece to his military hardware.It's still in progress but it's coming along!

Film Series Continues with Benjamin Button

2009-04-05T10:20:00.001-07:00

Art Students Tile project at Burnley Moran Elementary School

2009-04-05T09:55:00.001-07:00

Last Thursday, the 3-D design students worked with kids from Burnley-Moran Elementary school to create a floor mural for their new outdoor classroom. The design was based on drawings of flowers from the first grade classes. Photos were taken by Rosita Gonzalez, proud Mom and great PVCC design professor!

Slumdog Millionaire Coming Soon!

2009-02-26T20:19:00.000-08:00

LET THERE BE LIGHT!!!

2008-12-12T04:05:00.000-08:00

Tonight is the night PVCC hosts the annual Let There be Light exhibition. Please check the website
www.LETTHEREBELIGHTPVCC.com
and come on down.
Hot Soup. Hot Chocolate.
Hot Art.
Ya'll come.
(and bring a flashlight!)

Art Club Movie Series Continues!!

2008-10-21T20:18:00.000-07:00

The third friday of the most attractive months (sorry December and January!!) will feature fabulous films courtesy of the Student Art Club. (Best Art Club Ever!!) On November 21st, 7:30 PM in the Dickinson Theatre we will screen THE DARK KNIGHT! As always, this is free and open to the public.

Candy Thon is Coming!

2008-10-21T20:16:00.000-07:00

PVCC Art students are getting ready to celebrate Day of the Dead Virginia Style! Ya'll come!

First Annual Art Haggle, Bargain and Barter-thon!

2008-07-30T13:08:00.000-07:00

Come celebrate the Dickinson Building's 10th anniversary by bringing art (yours or art you own) to trade, barter or bargain with. That's right- we're doing it live! Bring your artwork from 1-5 on Saturday Sept. 13th to the Dickinson Building at 501 College Dr. PVCC Campus and HAGGLE!

Film Series is Heading Your Way!

2008-07-30T13:03:00.000-07:00

The Art Club's film series starts off on September 19th at 7:30 PM in the Dickinson Theater with ONCE. This wonderful independent film won numerous awards including an academy award for best song!

Fall Semester is Upon us!

2008-07-30T13:01:00.000-07:00

The Fall semester is coming up. Check the website www.pvcc.edu for new art classes. Kreela Moore's art piece, Untitled Landscape won the cover of the Inquiry Magazine!

Film Series Continues: No Country For Old Men

2008-03-06T18:11:00.000-08:00

Following the chocolate fueled art chowdown come check out the academy award winning film, NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN. The movie starts at 7:30 in the beautiful Dickinson Theatre. As always, the film is free and open to the public.

Student Art Show Opens!

2008-03-06T18:04:00.000-08:00

March 21st is the opening of the Annual Student Exhibition. The opening starts at 5:00. The show will feature work made by our art students during the past year. Come out and support these amazingand talented students!

The Seventh Annual Chocolate ChowDown will also take place during the opening. Our deep and abiding love of all things chocolate will be explored from 5-7.

ART ATTACK!!

2008-03-06T17:50:00.000-08:00

Last week the PVCC Art Club held it's first annual ART ATTACK! The events included:
Spam Sculpture
Ugliest Ashtrays
Flamingo Dressing
Project Grunge-way
and
Silk Screen T-Shirt Printing.
The prizes were fantastic and the competition was fierce. Winners walked away with a can of soup, spam, old adding machine rolls, chalk and so much more!

Desperate Housewives

2008-02-23T19:59:00.000-08:00

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DozfGxSOh4c

Student Art Club Movie Night!!

2008-01-16T13:59:00.000-08:00

The Student Art Club presents Gone Baby Gone, this Friday, January 18th at 7:30 in the Dickinson Theatre. The theatre is located on the PVCC campus at 501 College Drive. The film recently won a Golden Globe and Film Critics award. This wonderful movie is rated R and is FREE and open to the (17 and older) public!

2008-01-03T11:48:00.001-08:00

2008-01-03T11:44:00.000-08:00

Let There be Light photos from Rosita Gonzalez

2008-01-03T11:42:00.000-08:00

Happy New Year!!

2008-01-03T09:37:00.000-08:00

Welcome to a new year in art at PVCC. We are offering loads of great classes from Computer Graphics to Drawing. Check out our website (www.pvcc.edu) for this semesters classes.

The Let There Be Light Show was a huge success. We estimate over 500 people attended. Thanks to the wonderful artists who made the evening so magical!
Rebekah Wostrel
Ted Coffey
Rob Tarbell
Tom Clarkson
Bree Luck
Geoff Luck
Greg Antrium Kelly
Greg Jackson
Hariet Arthur
James Yates
Fire Dancers
Bob Hirosky
Lydia Moyer
Larry Hugo
George Andrews

This week in Kiln

2007-10-28T18:55:00.001-07:00

Student Art Work at PVCC

2007-09-08T10:25:00.000-07:00

Hello Art lovers. Here are some pieces by our art students. Amazing work by amazing artists!

Visual Art Department at PVCC

2007-09-08T07:36:00.000-07:00

Welcome to the Department of Fine Arts Blog at Piedmont Virginia Community College. PVCC is a medium sized college in Charlottesville Virginia with a wonderful visual art program. We offer classes in traditional media (Painting, Printmaking, Ceramics, Drawing, Art History) and Computer Graphics. We also have a wonderful gallery that features artwork from local and national artists. Following is our 2007-2008 season.

Located between the lobby and the commons, the PVCC Gallery is comprised of two spaces, both naturally lit for optimum viewing pleasure. Exhibits through the academic year feature local and regional artists, as well as PVCC art faculty and students.

Unless noted, receptions are held for all exhibits 5-7 pm on opening day. Receptions and the PVCC Gallery are open to the public free of charge.

August 31-October 4 North Gallery: Robert Huff, Wall Constructions
South Gallery: Potters of the Piedmont with Cindy Hammond, Kevin Crown, Trew Bennett, Nan Rothwell, Sue Crane, Becky Garrity, Victor Gonchoroff, Jan Crother, Nancy Ross, Ted Thill, Connie Deklewa, Cri Cars-Marshall, Janice Arrone, Mary Anne Burke, Tom Clarkson

October 12-November 15 North Gallery: Shelby Fischer, Memories of the Future
South Gallery: Narrative Portraiture with Rose Hill, David New, Cynthia Burke

November 30-January 31, 2008 PVCC Faculty Exhibition with George Andrews, Fenella Belle, Pamela Black, Tom Clarkson, John Hancock, Martha Saunders, Beryl Solla, Rob Tarbell, Ted Thill, Rebekah Wostrel

December 14 Let There Be Light - One night only from 6-9 p.m. (rain date is December 15) Light-centered artworks will illuminate the outdoors on the grounds surrounding the V. Earl Dickinson Building as the longest night of the year approaches. George Andrews, Harriet Arthur, Tom Clarkson, Ted Coffey, Bob Hirosky, Larry Hugo, Greg Jackson, Greg Antrim Kelly, Geoff Luck, Bree Luck, Lydia Moyer, Rob Tarbell, Rebekah Wostrel, James Yates.

February 8-March 13 Wonder Women: Marie Mennes, Judy McCloud, Robin Braun, Nancy Mehlich, Megan Marlatt

March 21-April 24 Annual PVCC Student Exhibition

April 25-August 21 The Other: 30 artists, 30 works & 30 other works by the same 30 artists. Curated by Rob Tarbell

Here's the PVCC website!