ADRIAN — Adrian College’s Department of Art and Design is featuring “Mentors and Makers: A Celebration of Artistry and Influence” in the Hickman Gallery through Dec. 3.
This exhibit is the second installment in the department’s annual Alumni Exhibition Series, featuring works by alumni who are currently K-12 art educators. Along with their own work, each participating alumnus will highlight the artwork of two of their most exceptional students to showcase the powerful influence of mentorship in the artistic journey.
Travis Erxleben, chair of the Department of Art and Design at Adrian College and director of Hickman Gallery, said the exhibition celebrates the lasting impact that Adrian College alumni have on the next generation of artists through their roles as educators.
“Art education plays a pivotal role in shaping young minds,” Erxleben said. “This exhibition highlights how the skills and passions of our alumni continue to resonate within the creative community, as they nurture the next generation of artists.”
Erxleben added that the exhibition serves not only as a reflection of the personal artistic accomplishments of Adrian College alumni but also as a “testament to their dedication to fostering creativity and talent in their classrooms.”
Hickman Gallery is located on the Adrian College campus with its main entrance accessible off of Williams Street.
For more information, contact Erxleben at [email protected] or call 265.5161, ext. 4374.
“Compound Fracture” at the Adrian Center for the Arts: The Adrian Center for the Arts presents “Compound Fracture” through Nov. 17 at the ACA Gallery, 1375 N. Main St., on the campus of Planewave Instruments.
Based on the creative exercise known as “Exquisite Corpse,” the exhibit is a series of paintings and other 2D works by different artists in which each creator only saw the piece immediately adjacent to theirs, yet the artists had to try to make the collective image cohesive.
A total of 36 ACA members participated in creating the exhibit.
Gallery hours are Thursday through Sunday from 1 to 4 p.m. For more information, call 517-759-3005 or go to adriancenterforthearts.org.
Up next at the ACA: Following its Holiday Market, the Adrian Center for the Arts will resume its regular gallery schedule. The first exhibit of the new year will be “New Perspectives,” opening Jan. 13, in which ACA members will invite a non-member artist who inspires them and has not shown at the ACA previously.
