The Herndon Gallery is pleased to announce the opening of Artademics, an exhibition of new work by faculty at Antioch College. The show features paintings by Amy Kollar Anderson, David LaPalombara, and Colette Palamar, photography by Nevin Mercede, and sculpture by Chris Garcia.

The exhibition will be on display from 11.30.05 - 12.15.05 & 01.20.06 - 02.03.06.

Please join us for an opening reception on Friday, December 2, 2005 from 7 - 9 PM.

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The oil portraits of Amy Kollar Anderson, Visiting Lecturer in the Arts, depict “outsiders” in lifelike style that underscores the paintings’ unresolved, preternatural atmosphere. With content is taken from dreams, personal life and other intimate sources, this portraits are accompanied by several abstract works. Ms. Anderson has directed her artistic energies within the Miami Valley, where she works at the Rosewood Arts Center in Kettering as Adult Arts Coordinator.

David LaPalombara, Professor of Art, has painted a number of oil landscapes inspired by his three-year stay in Italy, which was made possible in part by a Fulbright fellowship awarded to him. His paintings are reminiscent in certain respects to the work of the postimpressionists. ”I seek to engage his audience in a physical and intellectual understanding of spatial perception,” says Mr. LaPalombara.

Colette Palamar, Assistant Professor of Environmental Studies presents an energetic series of acrylic paintings, Cartographies of Consumption, that challenges the standardization and suburban sprawl that define modern middle-class American life.  Her works are characterized by their uncompromising but nuanced repetition of stylized images of uniform houses. Dr. Palamar will show a new body of sculptural work at the Glen Helen building in mid January.

Associate Professor of Painting and Printmaking Nevin Mercede’s Reflections Series comprises digital photos of people, plants, and buildings reflected in water. The images are captioned by a combination of collected quotations and original mediations on the role of technology and progress in art. Ms. Mercede has recently shown work in The International Prints Exchange Exhibition in Korea and the traveling show Ohio Prints From Korea.

Chris Garcia, Associate Professor of Ceramics, presents four small-scale clay vignettes inspired by the Book of Mormon. The series, created in the summer after renters left a copy of the Book at Mr. Garcia’s house, explores the contradictions inherent in religion. It is the latest installment in a career that has included periods as an artist in residence in Finland and teaching workshops on stabilized adobe and primitive ceramic techniques throughout Latin America.