The way we teach art at Shorter links directly to our liberal arts philosophy - a little bit of everything. We let you explore many different media, so you can find your own place. We teach the basics in a functional form, so you know what you can do with the basics. While you are finding the best form of expression for you, you are learning creative problem solving skills. These are the kinds of skills you'll need when you are working professionally.
ART DEGREE
The Bachelor of Fine Arts degree is a demanding course of study that offers a four-year studio art program that challenges students to develop their creative problem solving skills in a variety of media.
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2009-2010 ART EVENTS
Guest Art Exhibition
David Underwood “Squares and Other Rectangles”
August 31-September 17, 2009
Reception and Artist Lecture on September 17 @ 4:00 p.m. in Arnold Gallery
David Underwood makes composite photographs utilizing a variety of subject matter and construction techniques. Most of his recent assemblages include a mixture of color and black and white component original photographs which are stapled to archival backings. His work has appeared in more than 100 exhibitions around the country, and is included in the permanent collections of a dozen museums. |
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Underwood is currently the Art Department Chairperson at Carson-Newman College, in East Tennessee. David Underwood states: “My work attempts to expand the language of still photography beyond the limitations of the single-image, by exploring the various aesthetic and thematic possibilities of the composite photograph.”
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Guest Artist Exhibition
Robert Cox “Return to the Center”
September 21-October 5, 2009
Reception and Artist Lecture: October 5 @ 4:00 p.m. in Arnold Gallery
Robert Cox is currently Lecturer of Art at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga. He has taught Drawing, Painting, Color Theory and Design at various schools including the University of Alabama and Young Harris College in Georgia. The artist employs a variety of materials including: oil on canvas; acrylic on canvas and paper; graphite on film; and charcoal and conte on paper. |
His work has been exhibited in over 90 regional and national exhibitions of art, including 10 one-person exhibitions. Robert Cox states: " This visual work reflects the biological richness of the Southern Appalachia region. Created primarily from direct observation, the work represents literally thousands of miles hiked and canoed in the remaining old-growth forests, swamps, rivers and mountains of the South."
Student Art Exhibit
October 26-November 6, 2009 in Arnold Gallery
Reception: October 27, 2009 @ 4:00 p.m. in Arnold Gallery
An Exhibition of student artwork completed during course work at Shorter College.
Guest Artist Exhibition
Margaret Ingram “Visual Voices”
January 19-February 5, 2010 in Arnold Gallery
Reception and Artist Lecture: January 19 @ 4:00 p.m. in Arnold Gallery
Artist, writer, and retired educator, Margaret Ingram grew up in the Southeast and has resided in Rome, Georgia since 1970. She holds degrees in Art Education and School Counseling, and has taught art in Floyd County Schools for twenty years and part-time at Shorter College as an adjunct instructor. Her media of choice in the visual arts are watercolor, graphite pencil and screen-printing. |
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She actively supports fine arts organizations and events in Rome and surrounding area.Margaret Ingram States : “The Images shown in this exhibit make a visual statement about the creative journey traveled by the artist. The voyage includes trips through flower gardens, meadows, trickling streams and mountain tops. The artworks are metaphors that provide a look into the imaginary and spiritual world experienced by the artist.”
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Guest Artist Exhibition
Micah Cain “Strange Fruit”
February 8-March 4, 2010
Reception and Artist Lecture: March 4, 2010 @ 4:00 p.m. in Arnold Gallery
Micah Cain lives and works in the mountains of Western North Carolina, and is a resident artist at the EnergyXchange. He makes wheel thrown and hand-built sculptural forms. The beauty of the mountainous landscape and its rich community of contemporary artists serve as great inspiration for him. |
Strange Fruit is meant to present an audience with a collection of abstracted flora. Various forms will be displayed to highlight the subtleties of the organic environment. No object is meant to be a literal representation of an actual fruit, plant, etc. Micah Cain states: “My intent is to merely evoke a sense of the organic through familiar form, exaggerated color, and bizarre texture”.
Student Art Exhibition
March 29-April 9, 2010 in Arnold Gallery
Reception: March 29 @ 4:00 p.m. in Arnold Gallery
An Exhibition of student artwork completed during course work at Shorter College.
MEET THE FACULTY
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Mr. Brian Taylor
Chair, Art Department
Associate Professor Art
706-233-7332
btaylor@shorter.edu
Mr. Brian Taylor is a multi-media artist with an interest in the emotive qualities of color in 2-dimensional and 3-dimensional form. He is active in the exhibition of his artwork both nationally and internationally including exhibits in New York, NY., Chicago, IL., Seattle, WA., Los Angeles, CA., San Francisco, CA., Houston, TX., New Orleans, LA., Atlanta, GA., Miami, FL., La Paz, Bolivia, Tokyo, Japan, Paris, France, Adline, Australia and Berlin, Germany.
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He has lectured throughout the United States and as far away as London, England. He serves as a member of the Editorial Board for Collegiate Press, and he is a member of the national organization of art educators - Foundations in Art Teacher Education. He is also the co-founder of The Creative Learning Center, which conducts workshops for children with learning difficulties.
On campus in addition to his studio coursework instruction, Mr. Taylor also conducts art seminar courses in Post-Modern Art, Contemporary Women Artists and Multi-Cultural Issues in Contemporary Art. In March of 2001, Mr. Taylor was the recipient of The Shorter College Teaching Excellence and Campus Leadership award.
Mrs. Crystal McBrayer
Assistant Professor of Art
706-233-7283
cmcbrayer@shorter.edu
Mrs. Crystal Noelle McBrayer, Assistant Professor of Art is a contemporary photographer who is interested in expanding the limits of photography. Her current work consists of photographic and mixed media installations that incorporate tactile and visual interpretations of the natural world.
Mrs. McBrayer studied technical photography and studio art and Appalachian State University in Boone, North Carolina and received her Bachelor of Science degree in 2002. Following her undergraduate schooling, she assisted many influential commercial |
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photographers in Charlotte, North Carolina, and then went on to complete her Master of Fine Arts degree in photography at Savannah College of Art and Design in Savannah, Georgia in 2005.
She now teaches art at Shorter College and continues to pursue her artistic work. She continues to be actively involved in the growing demands of this ever-changing field and is a member of the Society for Photographic Education, and Atlanta Photo Group.
