The Department of Art and Design\u2019s annual Homecoming Exhibition is featured in the Stevens Art Gallery until Monday, Oct. 23. The exhibition features work of various media created by Harding art and design faculty, alumni and students.<\/p>\n
Dr. John Keller, professor of art and curator of the exhibit, selected the artists and collection of work for the show. According to Keller, most of the faculty who teach fine art courses are represented, along with a select few alumni and students, both underclassmen and upperclassmen. Keller said this group of artists was chosen due to their reputations of producing quality work.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe selected students who we felt were strong students, and we selected alumni who had a track record for doing strong work,\u201d Keller said. \u201cThere\u2019s just a lot of others we could have selected, but obviously we are limited on space.\u201d<\/p>\n
Among the five students selected is senior Lawson Belcher, who, according to Keller, is \u201can extremely talented and humble individual.\u201d<\/p>\n
Belcher was recommended for the show by Assistant Professor of Art Beverly Austin, and now has two of his oil paintings in the show: a self-portrait and a landscape.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt is just very special to be represented in the same room as some incredible artists,\u201d Belcher said. \u201cArt and design professors \u2014 and a lot of students for that matter \u2014 are pretty humble; they show their skill through their work, not by their words. To be in the same show as such talented artists is definitely an honor.\u201d<\/p>\n
Among the four art and design alumni represented is alumni Brandon Rickett who graduated in May of 2017. Rickett chose two pieces for the show that he feels are representative of his style and voice as an artist.<\/p>\n
\u201cThey also kind of represent my time as an art student here and kind of the style that I began exploring and how I utilized the surrounding landscapes,\u201d Rickett said.<\/p>\n
Rickett, who now lives in Little Rock, and works in an art gallery, said he was excited to be featured in this exhibition.<\/p>\n
\u201cI think it\u2019s an honor to get to show some work again in a setting that helped equip me for my career as an artist, so it\u2019s kind of coming back to your roots in a sense,\u201d Rickett said. \u201cThere are so many amazing artists who are a part of this show, so I think it\u2019s an honor to have my work next to theirs. They\u2019re alumni who I admired as a student here, so it has sort of come full circle.\u201d<\/p>\n
For Keller, this show is always an important one because it gives the department an opportunity to showcase their past and present talent while alumni are on campus for Homecoming.<\/p>\n
\u201cTypically (alumni) want to see work of people they know,\u201d Keller said. \u201cIn this case, it will be people they\u2019ve studied under or people who have been here at school in the past as well as our current students, so it connects with alumni on three different levels.\u201d<\/p>\n
The Homecoming Exhibition will be up in the Stevens Art Gallery until Monday, Oct. 23. It will be followed by the Art and Design Sophomore Portfolio Review.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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