Have you been to this? How have you not been to this? Only 16 more days left or something like that. Makes for a GREAT study break. Honestly can’t recommend this enough. Don’t be a fool.
The hippest spot
Wash your hands and eat healthy!
Nora, The Curator & the DOR-15, The Cupola
Untitled photograph by Mattan Ingram, an award-winning selection from the 2008 Skidmore Student Exhibition in Schick Art Gallery
Each January the Schick Art Gallery hosts a student show displaying work completed over the previous year. This year’s show was juried by artist Michael Oatman, who has selected several student works in a variety of media. Only one third of submissions are typically chosen for exhibit, with upwards of 200 submissions annually. In addition to curating the show Oatman has selected several of the works to receive further praise to be announced at the opening reception. The Schick Show is particularly important because it gives students a chance to show and possibly sell their work to the larger Saratoga community. The opening reception for the show, which will hang until March 1st, is Thursday (1/29) at 6:30pm.
The Schick Gallery is hosting a retrospective of former Skidmore Art Department Chair Earl Pardon’s work. The Schick website explains:
“The jewelry of Earl Pardon is perhaps best understood in the context of his involvement in the field of art. Exhibiting widely, he received awards and commissions in jewelry, enameling, painting and sculpture. As a professor of art, he taught courses in enameling and jewelry in the Art Department at Skidmore College for more than 30 years. He began teaching at Skidmore in 1951, served as department chair for nine years (1968-1977), and retired in the spring of 1989. He devoted himself to studio work in jewelry, often producing a new piece a day, until his death in 1991. This exhibition demonstrates a selection of the late artist’s works including objects (flatware, bowls, sculpture, wall pieces, etc.), and a large collection of jewelry, in sterling silver and a variety of metals and wood, ebony, enamel, semi-precious stones, and other materials.”
While last Monday’s opening reception already passed our wine-and-cheese-fiending selves by, Skidmore graduate Sharon Church will be giving a lecture on Pardon’s work tonight (11/10) at 6pm in Gannett. Church was once a student of Pardon’s and will focus on his work as a jeweler and metal smith.
