By Afua Serwah Osei-Bonsu
Contributor
There’s a new art gallery on campus. Part of a $13.5 million renovation project of the Morris Lawrence building, the glass-walled gallery sits just inside the north entrance.
About 39-by 26-foot space, the exhibit space is visible to passersby and meant to feature work from the campus and greater community.
Completed earlier this year, the building renovation also included improved outside spaces as well as new lighting, heating and cooling, technology improvements, and other improvements.
Perfect for a break between classes, the gallery now features a faculty show, “Life in the Abstract.”
The show is a joint effort between the Humanities, Languages and Arts Department with the Digital Media Arts Department. Faculty members Jill Jepson and Terry Abrams organized the show with gallery director Jennifer Lickers.
“The show represents the artistic directions of full-and part-time faculty,” said Abrams, noting the work is available for purchase.
Gallery Director Lickers is showing a remarkable canvas drawing with a strawberry motif, which features pen sketched youth and remembers the indigenous children who were taken from families and placed at boarding schools in the U.S. and Canada.
“All the faculty submitted strong work,” Lickers said. “It was exciting to work with other departments…and be able to meet faculty outside of the art studios.
WCC has some great facilities, and the faculty show is a way for them to build community, she said. “It’s important for the students to see how art progresses beyond the classroom.”
The current show features: 2-D, drawings, paintings, ceramics, graphic design, photography, metal work and fiber arts.
The show runs until Dec. 21, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. weekdays and select weekends during events.