June 28 – September 28, 2014 | Warner Gallery
Reception/Symposium: September 19-20, 2014
Friday, September 19 | Reception South Bend Museum of Art
5:00 to 7:00 p.m.with artists speaking at 6:00 p.m.
Read an article about the exhibition.
The most often asked question to the University of Notre Dame studio faculty is, “What do graduates of your program do for a living?”
ND Alumni: Sculptors and Professors features the work of 21 sculptors— all alumni of the University of Notre Dame—who are both practicing professional artists and faculty members of institutions of higher education.
The South Bend Museum of Art; the University of Notre Dame Department of Art, Art History and Design; and the Snite Museum of Art have jointly organized this exhibition, which is installed in the galleries of both the SBMA and Snite Museum.
An exciting variety of sculptural forms are featured, including figuration, abstraction, installation art, photography, painting and earth works. Materials are far-reaching, ranging from the traditional (bronze, steel and ceramics) to the unexpected (paper, bird feathers and drywall). This variety showcases contemporary sculptural practices and the exciting strategies that sculptors are utilizing to address themes and issues through three-dimensional forms.
ND Alumni: Sculptors and Professors will be supplemented with a full day symposium on Saturday, September 20, 2014 featuring panel discussions and presentations by participating artists, as well as keynote addresses by art historian and author, Judith Collins and acclaimed international sculptor Tony Cragg.
Join us at the SBMA the evening of Friday, September 19, 2014 for a reception and gallery talks by many of the artists whose work in on view in our galleries.
A printed catalog for the exhibition as well as a dedicated web site will extend the life of the exhibition well past its closing date.
Image, above: Chad Hartwig, inconsequentially SPECTACULAR; 2012; ceramic nested on fired & painted clay; dimensions variable; This work was made possible in part by support from the Institute for Scholarship in the Liberal Arts, College of Arts and Letters, University of Notre Dame.
Exhibition Featured Artists: (* indicates those exhibiting in the Warner Gallery)
Leticia R. Bajuyo
Hanover College, Hanover, IN
Neal Bociek
University of California, San Diego, CA
Derek Chalfant*
Elmira College, Elmira, NY
Cambid J. Choy
University of Wisconsin, La Crosse, WI
Jay Dougan*
Fort Lewis College, Durango, Colorado
Isaac Duncan III*
Chattanooga State College, Chattanooga, TN
Benjamin Funke*
Humboldt State University, Arcata, CA
Steven Hansen*
Andrews University, Berrien Springs, MI
Chad Hartwig*
South Bend, IN
John W. Hooker
Bridgewater State University, Bridgewater, MA
Chido Johnson
College for Creative Studies, Detroit, MI
Brian Kakas
Northern Michigan University, Marquette, MI
Irina Koukhanova*
Cleveland State University, Cleveland, OH
Lori Miles*
DePauw University, Greencastle, IN
Molly Morin*
Weber State University, Ogden, UT
Daniel Julian Norton
Cleveland State University, Cleveland, OH
Tomás Rivas*
Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile
Nick Roudebush*
Indiana Wesleyan University
Katelyn Seprish*
University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN
Phillip Shore*
University of Dallas, Irving, TX
Miklos Simon
Columbia College, Chicago, IL
