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. Click here for curriculum requirements.

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2010-2011 ART EVENTS

September

Guest Art Exhibit - “Two Views Through Abstraction”
by Jesse Hamrick and Ray Harbour
September 7-30, 2010
Reception & Lecture: Tuesday, September 30 at 2:30 p.m. Arnold Art Gallery

An intuitive, self-taught visionary artist, Harbour forgoes brushes and uses her hands to apply paint. Her work is sensory and emotional. Signature pieces involve the layering and interweaving of human figures, animals, archetypes and natural elements. Hamrick is devoted to studying human emotions, researching color theory, and paying special attention to how light interacts with color. Hamrick’s art can be found in several private art collections around the United States, as well as art galleries around the world.

October - November

Student Art Exhibit
October 18-November 5, 2010
Arnold Art Gallery
Reception: Tuesday, October 19, 2010, 2:30 p.m.

Various works by Shorter University art students.

January

Guest Art Exhibit - “Seeing is Believing” by Frank Murphy
January 18-February 4, 2011, Arnold Art Gallery
Reception and Lecture: Tuesday, January 18, 2:30 p.m.

Murphy serves as a campus minister at Berry and Georgia Highlands colleges, and much of his art relates to common threads within his ministry (redemption, reconciliation, joy, faith, compassion, mercy and love). This exhibit will feature recent work of biblical stories, narrative depictions from literature, portraits of unusual holy men and the preparatory work for the commissioned Georgia Baptist Convention murals.

February

Guest Art Exhibit - “Homage” by Amalia Amaki
February 7-March 1, 2011
Reception and Lecture: Tuesday, March 1, 2:30 p.m.
Arnold Art Gallery

Amaki, a nationally known, photo-based mixed media artist, is professor of art history at the University of Alabama. A graduate of Georgia State University, University of New Mexico and Emory University, she has work is in collections of the High Museum and the National Museum for Women in the Arts.

March

Student Art Exhibit
March 8-April 1, 2011
Reception: Tuesday, March 8, 2:30 p.m.
Arnold Art Gallery

Various works of art by Shorter University Students

MEET THE FACULTY

Mr. Brian Taylor Chair, Art Department Professor of Art 706-233-7332 btaylor@shorter.edu Since his arrival at Shorter in 1996, Professor Brian Taylor has exhibited his art throughout the United States and abroad (including over 100 one person exhibitions from The Museum of Art in Macon, Georgia to The Galerie Blonde Alain in Paris, France and over 50 group invitational exhibitions from The Herbert Gertrude Museum of Art in Roswell, Georgia to The Center for Contemporary Art and Science in Sydney, Australia). In 2009, Brian was the recipient of the Liquetex Corp Individual Artist Grant (the only American recipient that year). As part of his on-going research Brian has studied with artists, poets and musicians (including poet Octavio Paz, writer James Dickey, artist Milton Resnick, artist James Surls and musician/composer Charlie Haden).

Brian is also a dedicated educator. In addition to his duties teaching courses in design, drawing, painting, senior research, serving as director of The Arnold Art Gallery (in which he has provided the Shorter community with over 40 Guest Artist Exhibits including artists from Russia, Japan, Mexico, China, Spain, Great Britain and Africa) and serving as the art department Chair-person, he also teaches additional courses in Contemporary Women Artists, Multi-cultural Issues in Art, Spiritualism in Art and Biblical Symbology in Art.

In 2001, Brian was the recipient of the Shorter College Teaching Excellence and Campus Leadership Award (at that time he was the youngest faculty member in the History of the College to receive the award). Off campus, Brian is a founding member of The Arts in Medicine Program at Floyd Medical Center in Rome, Georgia and co-founder of The Creative Learning Center (an education center for children with learning challenges) in Atlanta, Georgia.

When asked about all of his accomplishments Professor Brian Taylor simply states “the thing that I am most proud of is being a member of the Shorter faculty."

Mr. Kelly Mills Assistant Professor of Art 706-233-7283 kmills@shorter.edu As one of the newest Shorter University faculty hires, Kelly Mills is excited about his return to the arena of higher education. With a broad background in fine art and commercial photography, he brings experience and commitment to his classroom. Mills has worked as an Emory medical photographer, the manager of TBS corporate photography, and MARTA’s staff photographer. He has taught photography at Savannah College of Art and Design, Johnson County Community College, Avila University, and the Kansas City Art Institute, and has served in community-based arts organizations like Atlanta Photography Group, Nexus Contemporary Art Center, and Society for Contemporary Photography.

He brings to the classroom a love for all manner of creative expression, believing that visual literacy is an important part of any education. A better understanding of the visual arts is useful in any discipline, and more so for imaging, considering its ubiquitous presence in our daily lives. “God must’ve loved potters and photographers, since he made so many of us.” Teaching classes in photography, computer art, art history and art appreciation, Mills strives to help students integrate theory, technique, and production.

M.V.A. Photography, Georgia State University
B.A. Photography, Eckerd College