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Sarah Smelser
Sarah Smelser
In the Shade of the Sandias
In the Shade of the Sandias
March 2023
ISU printmaking professor, Sarah Smelser has graciously shared her talents in exhibiting a collection of original prints. In the Shade of the Sandias is comprised of works I made during a week’s visit to Albuquerque, New Mexico, which is nestled up against the Sandia mountains. They are the backdrop to everything. As I walked the streets, it was hard to ignore the contrast between the humanmade structures of the city and the jagged peaks and slopes of the landscape behind it. I was also able to hike in the Sandias; look down at the earth under my shoes; and examine the vegetation, both humble and otherworldly.
Spanish 4 22-23
Spanish 4 22-23
Arpilleras
Arpilleras
February - March 2023
Normal West students in Spanish 4 collaborated to create artistic textile works in a Chilean tradition called "Arpilleras." These pieces are created to illustrate specific human rights violations perpetrated throughout the world. They are coded with a number based on an internationally recognized legend of 30 violation categories.
AP Computer Science 22-23
AP Computer Science 22-23
Coded
Coded
December 2022 - January 2023
AP Computer science students have used their superpowers in coding to express themselves artistically. All the work featured in this exhibition was created using code.
Bert Stabler & Mo Fizdale - Hello... Lee / Non-binary Worm
Bert Stabler & Mo Fizdale - Hello... Lee / Non-binary Worm
October 1 - 31 2022
Mo Fizdale is kind, sweet, and giving. I’m six and a half and I like to be alone. I am non-binary.
Bert Stabler is almost fifty, and he is an art education instructor at ISU. He is a cis man, and nice but also moody.
Angie Codron - Show Your Work
Angie Codron - Show Your Work
Aug 25 - Sept 16 2022 -
My name is Angie Codron, I am the associate principal here at Normal West. The art pieces displayed are from when I took art classes in high school. I took art in high school as an outlet to some AP and honors Chemistry classes, plus it was something I enjoyed, especially the challenge as I was not naturally good at art! I have always ventured out and taken classes that have been outside my comfort zone as I love learning…and as you can see some of my inspiration came from my love for basketball (Michael Jordan)!!
Olivia Sidem - wavelength
Olivia Sidem - wavelength
August 2022 -
Olivia Sidem is a Turkish-American artist, Bloomington-Normal native, and Unit 5 graduate who is now a student at the Art Institute of Chicago. Wavelength features a collection of 2-dimensional works by Sidem that showcase exquisitely rendered forms and energetic textures and patterns.
Sidem’s pieces exhibit a juxtaposition between dimensional hyper-realistic forms and flat design elements. Subjects plucked from their natural environment and placed in an disconnected setting give them an eerie or dream-like mood. The selection of familiar human features shown in isolation from their natural context force the viewer to confront them in a new way that allows for alternate interpretations.
Pareidolia of an Artist
Pareidolia of an Artist
a collection of works by Natalie Roseman
a collection of works by Natalie Roseman
NOV 15 - DEC 18 2021 -
Natalie Roseman received her degree in painting from Illinois State University.
From Bloomington, IL Roseman is the former owner of Behind The Glass Fine Art Gallery and Studio in downtown Bloomington. She has a background in Art education and has taught privately. Roseman has exhibited in Chicago, San Diego and locally. She currently works here at Normal West in the Learning Resources Department
Pareidolia
par·ei·do·lia | \ ˌper-ˌī-ˈdō-lē-ə-ˈdōl-yə
the tendency to perceive a specific, often meaningful image in a random or ambiguous visual pattern
SEPT 15 - OCT 15 2021
I am a senior at here at Normal West. I have gone from acrylic paint to graphite, to coloured pencils and markers. When I first tried ink pens I despised them, nothing I made turned out how I wanted it to. I gave up after a couple months and now, years later, my ink pieces are my favourite to make. I have aspired to be an artist since elementary school and have taken many of the art classes here at West. The style of art I do has evolved and will continue to evolve.
This display is 5 pieces of artwork done with ink pens. These artworks are high contrast, with solid and bold lines. It took many hours to create these drawings, the bigger the paper the longer the process. These are my favourite artworks, I put no deep meaning into them, however I love hearing how the art I create connects with others. A couple of these artworks were made as a school project for Advanced Art Studios 2, and I feel that those art classes are the reason I have gotten this far with my art. A theme amongst all of my art, intentionally or not, is the eyes. I make my eyes bold and wide, I think eyes are a wonderful way to make a drawing beautiful or disturbing. When I look at these artworks I am drawn to the eyes, everywhere.
X - Not Your Grandmother's Cross Stitch
X - Not Your Grandmother's Cross Stitch
A COLLECTION OF WORK BY ANGIE MIER
A COLLECTION OF WORK BY ANGIE MIER
Our very own Angie Mier has been generous enough to share her collection of created cross stitch works. Her work was available for viewing in May 2021.
redACTed - An Art of Selection
redACTed - An Art of Selection
A COLLABORATIVE AND INTERACTIVE EXHIBITION
A COLLABORATIVE AND INTERACTIVE EXHIBITION
To celebrate National Poetry Month (April!), and to take advantage of the shared features of poetry and art, Gallery West is offering all students and staff the opportunity to create their own redacted poetry.
Blackout Poetry (Redacted Poetry) — stems from found poetry and is characterized by the use of a marker (usually black marker) to existing text (e.g. newspaper, magazine, book, etc.) and redacts words until a blackout or redacted poem is formed.
For this project, we would like you to choose from one (or all) of the pre-selected poems and use them to develop your own original blackout poetry. All of the poems that we collect will be displayed in Gallery West throughout the month of April 2021.
Fading Souvenirs
Fading Souvenirs
A COLLECTION OF WORKS BY KEITH OELSCHLAGER
A COLLECTION OF WORKS BY KEITH OELSCHLAGER
“Cities and buildings have as much personality as people do, sometimes even more.”
It’s impossible to be in Paris without “feeling” like you’re in Paris. Some cities are so rich in history, personality, and culture that they practically beg to be painted. I am always on the search for cities like this, cities where the joyfulness of being alive is evident in every neon sign and streetlamp!
My work finds its place in the traditions of the Photorealists although I do not strive for a Photorealist level of finish. These are artists who unashamedly use the camera and other mechanical aids as a way to accurately and faithfully depict their subject matter. Although I do use a variety of digital and mechanical tools in my work, at the end of the day I still must spend hours painting, brush in hand, faithfully observing and preserving these pieces of my life.
AMERICAN PERSPECTIVES
AMERICAN PERSPECTIVES
VETERANS DAY 2020
VETERANS DAY 2020
This was an adaptation of an annual tradition at Normal West to host a dinner in honor of our nation's veterans in the armed forces. West Students submitted photos adhering to the theme of American Perspectives. The presentation was displayed both in the physical gallery space during hybrid instruction and online on the gallery website. Student work was also incorporated as a part of a video production that was presented at the November 2020 school board meeting.
Brian Patrick Franklin received a Master of Fine Arts in New Media from Pennsylvania State University and a Bachelor of Fine Arts from the State University of New York at Fredonia. He is currently an associate professor in the School of Art at Illinois State University where he teaches courses in expanded media.
Franklin’s interdisciplinary work has been shown in venues ranging from traditional galleries and festivals to impromptu takeovers of public space in the United States, Europe, and Asia. As a former member of TiF, an experiment in online culture, performance art, video games, and human nature, he traveled across the United States performing in concert venues, youth centers, bars, and living rooms.
Franklin is now one half of the artist group Sphere, whose work explores the complicated relationship between virtual and physical objects, actions, and identities, giving concrete form to vague landscapes of networked activity. Sphere’s work has been in solo and group exhibitions in traditional galleries as well as prominent festivals and conferences including The World Maker Faire, New York City, NY; The Digital Games Research Association Annual Summit, Salt Lake City, UT; Chicago Games as Art and Culture, Dittmar Memorial Gallery, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL; and Stimulus/Response/Affect, exhibition and symposium, Oakland Univeristy, Rochester, MI.
Live Gestures
Live Gestures
Susan Palmer
October, 23 - December, 6 2019
Palmer spent a lunch period drawing portraits of students from life as they posed. The portraits created were displayed for the duration of the exhibition and donated to the student subjects.
25th Anniversary Alumni Show
25th Anniversary Alumni Show
Emily Klay, Lyndsie Schlink, Emiliy Hensen (Cellini), Stephanie Davis
September, 13 - October, 22 2018
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