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Finally, WLU Art Students have drawn Harry Potter-themed whiteboard murals for the College of Liberal Arts’ Hogwarts on the Hilltop day this past September. These drawings have made there mark.

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The first-annual “Gate 5 Industrial Art Festival” celebrates “the skills gained and materials crafted during the peak of manufacturing in Northern West Virginia, the Gate 5 Industrial Art Festival will launch on Saturday, Oct. 20 at the Weirton Event Center in the heart of downtown, showcasing art created using metal, clay, glass and repurposed scrap.”

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The 2019 MAD Fest

It will be a day filled with cutting-edge art and design, workshops and sessions, professional artists and producers, and an award ceremony for students. Hundreds of students from dozens of high schools in WV, PA, and OH will participate again this year. Because of the high level of interest in MAD Fest, we will be limiting registration this year to 30 students per high school. Be sure to register your students early. The open date for online registration will be announced soon.

The MAD Festival CompetitionĚýis open to high school sophomores,Ěýjuniors, and seniors from Ohio, Pennsylvania, and West Virginia.ĚýThere will also be a separate competition for all West Liberty University students. Entries will beĚýjudged by a panel of professionals in the media arts. See the MAD Fest Competition FAQ for more details. Best of Show prizes include scholarship money and more!

Questions?

madfest@westliberty.edu

MADFEST Poster from 2018 – Created by Mimi Albon – WLUĚýVisual Communication DesignĚýstudent

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Study is taking place from June 28 – Aug. 2 and this is Kang’s third educational trip (and the longest one) to her home country, where she has been instrumental in developing a strong partnership with Hanbat National University.

“The summer design camp offers students a chance to learn a lot in a short time. The summer study includes intense classes and so far everything has gone well. The students are happy and grateful for the chance to study in Korea,” she said. Professor Kang has taught at WLU since 2009.

Students also had time to tour and sightsee in the region of Daejeon, Seoul and Jeonju, since the school provided a school bus to transport the students around.

Korean study abroad students for 2018 include: rising sophomores Taylor Still-Pepper of Zanesville, Ohio and Daniel Eddy of Clarksburg, W.Va. along with rising senior Mimi Albon of Charles Town, W.Va. All are majoring in Visual Communications in the College of Arts and Communication.

The summer curriculum includes classes in Asian calligraphy, illustration, typography, branding, motion graphics and computer film editing. Kang also taught classes in Design Thinking. Guest lecturers, who are successful Korean designers, also shared professional methods and tips with students.

After taking classes at Hanbat University, the students are spending seven days in Seoul, meeting Kang’s family, friends and artists as they make more connections in the world of art.ĚýStudents enrolled in the summer study also included students from China, England and Spain.

“This study abroad has been fun and educational. So many people in Korea, especially our fellow students, were very generous and kind. We made many friends and learned new skills from our classes and field trips. I really enjoyed learning calligraphy, because it taught me the importance of typography in design and inspired me to incorporate more brush strokes and organic elements into my design,” said Albon.

Students earned six credits from WLU and a certificate from Hanbat, after completing their study. Due to the partnership between the two Universities, tuition and board was at no cost.

“This program is outstanding. What Moon has provided for these young adults is a great opportunity that many would not get under normal circumstances. They are experiencing new cultures, both of Korea as well as that of the other students they are studying with. The field trips to different places are wonderful additions to the classroom,” said Kelli PeaceMaker, Danielle Eddy’s mother.

“Students who attended the Design Camp in the past found it helpful in developing their vision and creative ideas. For example, alumna Rosalie Haizlett was named an Emerging Artist Fellow by the Tamarack Foundation and Courtney Carter won the 2018 Undergraduate Research Day at the Capitol poster competition,” Kang said.

Students who traveled abroad will prepare a presentation for campus to enjoy at a later date. Professor Kang is staying on in Korea after the study abroad on sabbatical, creating a new course, User Experience Design and doing further study.

The Visual Communications program is just one of the majors offered in the College of Arts and Communication and for more information, please visit WLU’s Visual Art webpage at westliberty.edu/art.

For more information on Korean study abroad, please contact Kang at mkang@westliberty.edu.

JULY 27, 2018 BY MAUREEN ZAMBITO

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Show runs Aug. 29 – Sept. 20

WEST LIBERTY, W.Va., Aug. 24, 2018 — Piece by Piece: A Mash-up of Modern Quilting, Digital Design, and Craft is the title of the art exhibition that opens the Nutting Gallery’s 2018-2019 exhibition season. The show features two artist-sisters, Sarah Davis and Lisa Parker, and the opening reception will take place from 5:30 – 7:30 p.m., Wednesday, Aug. 29.

“As sisters with a mom who was always sewing and teaching us crafts, we grew up with a love of making. We continued our creative practice as adults, me as a Graphic Designer and Lisa as a Modern Quilter. We often talked about working together and organized crafting days during holiday get-togethers. Finally, we found the time and an opportunity to collaborate on a professional level,” said Sarah Davis, WLU assistant professor of Visual Communication Design.

“For this exhibition, we chose to create original fabric designs and textile art displaying individual, as well as collaborative works with process samples and participatory opportunities for guests. By collaborating and learning new skills from one another, we were able to combine and incorporate new techniques with our tried and true practices in digital design, printmaking, sewing, and quilting. As a result, we have created one-of-a-kind works that bridge digital technology and handmade craft.”

Our goal from the beginning was to learn new techniques, enjoy the making process and spend creative time together as sisters. After all, it is the relationships with those we love that bring the most significant rewards and joy to our lives. With this as our motto, we have continued to remind ourselves that the joy is in the making, learning and being together. We hope that each work is infused with our love of craft and our time together.

Davis is interested in exploring visual communication design through cross-disciplinary collaboration and in finding creative solutions by working with experts from different fields of study. Her teaching approach often reflects this philosophy by asking students to interview their intended audience and immerse themselves in the, often, new subjects for which they are designing.

Parker hopes to advance her work as a founding board member of the Indy Modern Quilt Guild in Indianapolis, Ind. She worked with a WLU graphic design student, Megan Bumgardner, to design the group’s logo.

Her quilting group currently sponsors over 50 members and organizes modern quilt shows in the Indianapolis and surrounding regions. Parker also was featured recently in the 2018 QuiltCon magazine, a well-known trade magazine. The article will be on display at this exhibition.

The Nutting Gallery is dedicated to educating, enriching and engaging students and the public through art exhibitions of the highest quality and to promoting the visual arts within the WLU community.

The Gallery fulfills this mission through exhibitions during the academic year. This exhibition schedule includes five exhibitions by visiting artists, two Senior Exhibitions, and the Annual Art Faculty Exhibition.

Show runs Aug. 29 – Sept. 20. The exhibitions are free and open to the public.

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Design weeks take place in cities all over the world as a way to celebrate the role that design plays in our lives. Past WLU design week trips have included Portland, Oregon and Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. This time we visited Washington DC for four days of art, fun, and great food!

We began the trip with a visit to Gannett Headquarters where WLU grad Miranda Pelicano works as an illustrator and designer. Miranda and her boss Jerald gave us a tour of their design studio with stops at USA Today’s news hub and interactive center.

From Gannett we headed downtown to Cherry Blossom Creative’s pop-up design shop. We also toured the Foundry Gallery and Washington Arts Center.

The next day we headed to the Museum of the American Indian where we received a great tour from Eric Christiansen, Director of Exhibits, and Madeline Wan, Senior Designer. They informed us about 3D exhibit design, and the ways that graphic designers work with 3D artists.

Madeline designed the entire Ocean Of Wonders exhibit in the Natural History museum.

After eating lunch at some food trucks we made our way to Project Design Inc. They are a small design company that has an office in a cool old renovated laundry warehouse. They showed us examples of their great work and talked about their design processes. They were very friendly and a lot of fun.

Next stop was Suns Cinema – a funky 32 seat theater in an El Salvadoran neighborhood. We were there to see Stephan Sagmeister’s new movie “The Happy Film.” Hilarious and brutally honest. A must see for designers.

On Saturday everyone hit the metro and toured more of the Smithsonian, neighborhood markets, and more delicious food trucks! Bring on Design Week 2018!

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Smores, dogs, cider, Dixie Dog, fire, friends… fun!

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There are six talented artists in this year’s exhibition:ĚýJenny Ball (Woodsfield, Ohio), Jessica Bethel (Mount Pleasant, Ohio), Alyssa Culp (East Liverpool, Ohio), Emily Jessee (Charleston, W.Va.) and Courtney Moore (Martins Ferry), all seniors from art education and graphic design. The senior exhibition offers a diverse look at artistic interpretation.

“There really is no theme for our senior exhibitions because each student develops their own personal capstone experience and develops their own theme. We see all the seniors’ work as a whole today, when we jury it from 4 – 6 p.m.,” explained Robert Villamagna, assistant professor of art and director of the Nutting Gallery.

“After the faculty meets to jury the artwork, we then meet with each student one-on-one, to talk about the work and discuss each student’s capstone project. If we find any problems, we address it but usually the work is pretty good since we meet with them three times during the semester as the work is being done.”

Installation of the juried work then follows tonight and tomorrow. Finally, Villamagna lights the artwork and prepares it for public showing in the Nutting Gallery and the all-important grading by art faculty.

“The senior exhibition is where our students demonstrate their skills, professionalism and creativity. It marks a real transition from student to professional. It’s also a very public display of what they have learned (or are working towards) which puts a lot of pressure on each participating student,” said Brian Fencl, professor of art and chairman of the department.

“Some students create work to be used in their professional portfolios and to find future employment and some use the exhibition to create art for the sake of creating art. Most students put between 125 to 150 hours worth of work into it,” Fencl said.

About 10 years ago, the Senior Exhibition developed into its current comprehensive format, which consists of capstone work, and digital portfolios. The digital portfolios are a complete record of all the art classes each senior completedĚýand the resulting film is shown during the Senior Exhibition.

“It used to be students just entered all and any work, whatever. Now it’s a capstone project, with each senior picking a theme and an individual look, like a group of oil paintings of Wheeling or a series of labels for a particular product. Then each student has the digital portfolio on the movie screen,” Villamagna explained.

“This method offers a more well-rounded view of the students work and allows a complete record of their time here,” he noted.

Communication seniors Brett Cox, Megan Jones and Asia Waggle contributed to this release.

APRIL 17, 2017 BY MAUREEN ZAMBITO

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