PRESS RELEASE -- May 9, 2008
Three WNZR student staffers honored in national broadcast competition
MANSFIELD, Ohio -- Mount Vernon Nazarene University art professors model the life of a professional artist not just in their teaching, but by practicing what they preach. They are accomplished artists, with lengthy resumes full of exhibits, shows and awards from across the country. Art students and alumni follow closely in their footsteps.
Once again this year, MVNU was well represented in the Mansfield Art Center’s Annual May Show. Judged by Mary Gray, director of the Ohio Art Council’s Riffe Gallery in Columbus, the show contained 83 works of art selected from over 250 submissions. Among the works selected were those of two MVNU professors, four students and one alumnus. The exhibition runs through June 1.
"The MVNU Art Department strongly encourages professional involvement with the art world by entering competitions, gallery shows and interacting with other professional artists,” said department chair Jim Hendrickx. “We model this for our students in a very real way. I’m proud of our faculty, students and alumni for their accomplishments.”
Faculty Achievement
Adjunct Professor Donald E. Boyd had selected Segue Cowboy, Cowboy with Message and Kem, each a mixed media sculpture, receiving as a body of work the George Biddle Innovative Use of Materials cash award. Art Professor John Donnelly had selected his Father Mapple’s Sermon, also a mixed media piece.
Student and Alumni Success
Current MVNU art students who had art selected for the show included Tom Cline from Mount Vernon, with an interactive sculpture; Leslie Roka from Columbus, Ohio, with two ceramics pieces; Chris Waldron from Hilliard, Ohio, with an oil painting; and Jessica Wallace from Tiro, Ohio, also with an oil painting. MVNU alumnus C. Adrian McKinney II, from Coshocton, Ohio, had a drawing selected for the show.
Art with Music
Another example of the professional artist’s life comes again to Mansfield on Saturday, May 17, at 8 p.m., at the Renaissance Theater. John Donnelly was one of two Ohio artists chosen to create a painting to the Mansfield Symphony’s music. He will actually be filmed creating to music during the dress rehearsal two days prior; the film will be shown during the final performance on Saturday. The art created will be then be auctioned with proceeds supporting the Mansfield Symphony. For more information or to purchase tickets, visit www.rparts.org or call (419) 522-2726.
For more information about MVNU’s art program, contact 1-866-462-MVNU.
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