Art tour of Chicago and New York inspires exhibition
Melissa Wilson
Public relations editorial intern
Avondale College of Higher Education
Cooranbong, New South Wales, Australia
Avondale College of Higher Education students have launched an art exhibition featuring work they created on an art tour of Chicago and New York City.
Sketch of Times Square by Rhiannon Bougaardt. Credit: Melissa Wilson.
The students, each equipped with a camera and a sketchbook, visited the cities as part of the unit, History of Art II. Their assessment task: to produce at least five paintings, photographs or sketches accompanied by a visual diary formatted as either a book, DVD or e-book.
The work, launched as the New York and Chicago Exhibition this past Thursday (October 13), is now on display in the Joanne Felk Gallery on Avondale’s Lake Macquarie campus.
One of those on the tour, Bachelor of Arts/Bachelor of Teaching student Jo Davies, says having an audience view your work is “always good.” “It gives it a purpose because I don’t want to keep it all for myself, I want to share it.”
The History of Art tour began in Chicago, with the students visiting The Art Institute of Chicago and viewing the architecture of Frank Lloyd Wright. In New York City, the students visited the Museum of Arts and Design, The Metropolitan Museum of Art and The Museum of Modern Art. They also visited smaller private galleries, including one exhibiting pieces by Pablo Picasso.
Tour leader Andy Collis, a senior lecturer in visual arts in the School of Humanities and Creative Arts, says the tour is an important part of a student’s course because it helps confirm commitment to art as a viable career and increase understanding of art history.
The New York and Chicago Exhibition continues in the Joanne Felk Gallery on Monday, October 24 from 2.00 PM as part of Learning and Teaching Excellence Week.
Tags: Faculty of Arts and Theology, School of Humanities and Creative Arts