Art educators show off what they know at Rosewood exhibition
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When you’re a kid and you draw on the wall, you get into trouble. If you’re Andrew F. Dailey, you get to present your artwork in two back-to-back exhibits.
He teaches drawing at Rosewood Arts Centre, with an exhibit at Rosewood Gallery from midOctober to mid-November, and is in “Art Ed: An Art Educators’ Exhibition” this month.
Viewers voted on People’s Choice awards, and Dailey won first place. The 48-by-96-inch graphite drawing, “Eidolon,” was of a rhinoceros.
His lifelike drawings are a result of making “a drawing feel like the subject, and not just look like it.”
“I’ve never done anything quite like this. I couldn’t move the wall around while working the way I can move a sheet or canvas … I had to be more able to move myself around the drawing,” said Dailey, Cultural Arts program supervisor. “The texture of the wall was also challenging; I knew it would be a rough craggy surface compared to paper.”
Since he has an affiliation with Kettering Cultural Arts, Dailey receives no monetary compensation for the award. There was a three-way tie for second place with $100 each: Sharon Govender, Kristin Mitchell and Tim Langenderfer.
Govender created “Abstract 1,” a digital photograph. She was inspired by her visit to Morano Glass Works in Venice in 1988. She photographed a piece of glass art and manipulated it digitally to create a pleasing effect. Geometric slices of bright colors intersect to create waves and a prismlike quality.
“My entire world revolves What: “Art Ed: An Art Educators’ Exhibition”
Where: Rosewood Gallery, 2655 Olson Drive, Kettering When: Continues through Dec. 29
Hours: 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. Mon.-Thurs.; 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Friday; 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday
More Info: 937-296-0294 | playkettering.org/gallery
Since he has an affiliation with Kettering Cultural Arts, Dailey receives no monetary compensation for the award. There was a three-way tie for second place with $100 each: Sharon Govender, Kristin Mitchell and Tim Langenderfer.
around vibrant colors in my art, my clothes, my interior decorating, my jewelry, and even my food,” said Govender, who teaches visual arts at Montgomery County Educational Service Center.
“In my photography I am always seeking out colorful subject matter because these colors have an uplifting quality and make me feel happy.”
Mitchell wowed the voters with her work, “Resilience.” It’s a large-scale acrylic on canvas. Explosions of colorful leaflike forms appear to be escaping through a barrier.
“Upon closer examination you might notice a gate, crows, an egg form, a seahorse, insects, and other objects. I have used it as a meditation, pouring out my feelings and building upon the layers and flowing shapes,” said Mitchell, who teaches at Indian Riffle Elementary School in Kettering.
Langenderfer, who teaches at his studio and Lehman Catholic High School, really embraced the theme of the show. “Classroom Demos” is a mixed-media composite of art instruction and progression of works.
Other art educators showing works: A. Joseph Barrish, S.M., Zac Benson, Peter Berwald, Carlee Bollin, Patricia Boone, Kelley Booze, Cynthia Bornhorst-Winslow, R. Darden Bradshaw, David Brand, Matthew R. Burgy, Virginia Burroughs, Janet Butsch, Jim Champion, Molly Christian, Ronald Claxton, Bob Coates, Greg Dearth, Mark Echtner, Mitchell Eismont, Aaron Gosser, Lindsay Gustafson, Leesa Haapapuro, Shirley Harbaugh and Kelly Joslin.
Also presenting at this show: Cydnie King, Christine Klinger, April Lemaster, Tess Little, Brian Loges, C. Pat McClelland, Tracy McElfresh, Diane M. Mitchell, Suzanne Mitolo, Kathy A. Moore, Sandra Picciano-Brand, Kate Huser Santucci, Rose Schultz, Megan J. Smallwood, Barb Stork, Sally Struthers, Sara Torgison, Joanne Von Sossan, Mary Beth Whitley, Leonard Williams and Sharon Williams.