Opening Reception for Ekphrasis: A PCC Faculty Exhibition, on Saturday, February 28 from 5:00 - 8:00 p.m. All are invited.
From the website:
PCC art and writing teachers provide abundant opportunities to explore such intersubjective questions in their classrooms. They engage students in the frightening and exhilarating process of expressing themselves and encountering the self-expression of others. They work hard to create spaces of experimentation that push students to try new techniques, hone their craft, deepen their understanding of historical context, and find the courage to tell their own stories. This work alone is a full-time job.
Yet in order to do this work well, people who teach in the arts also build and nurture their own creative practice. Each teacher’s creative work becomes a vital component of their students’ learning. And many faculty argue that they learn just as much from their students. Every arts educator, whether visual artist, performer, writer or musician, brings a wealth of experience from their own professional practice into the classroom every day. Their knowledge of the sometimes painful, sometimes thrilling process of creation, becomes a model for students embarking on their own paths. Thus this exhibition also proposes the professional work of PCC artists and writers as a catalyst that encourages students to find and honor their own voices. We need all of you (us) together making art now more than ever. - Christine Weber, Northview Gallery, Director & Art History Instructor
