The Grunwald Gallery of Art will host the opening reception for the “Henry Radford Hope School of Fine Arts Studio Art Faculty and AMID Exhibition” from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. on Friday. The exhibition is free and open to the public, and it will run until Feb 12.
According to an IU press release, the exhibition features the work of more than 40 faculty artists representing the Studio Art Department and the Interior and Apparel Design and Architecture department.
The art includes ceramics, printmaking, textiles, sculptures, graphic design, digital art, video, photography, metalsmithing, paintings and landscape architecture.
The Studio Art Department and Apparel Merchandising and Interior Design (AMID) will merge to form the School of Art and Design in the College of Arts and Sciences, according to the release. The upcoming exhibition is the first time faculty from the two departments will be exhibiting together.
The exhibition will also include noon talks that will be scheduled at a later date.
The work of many of the featured faculty members has been displayed in shows in Chicago, Houston, New York City, Japan, the United Kingdom, Australia, Canada and Paraguay. Some of the artists have also been featured nationally and internationally in various museums, arts journals and magazines.
In addition to tenured, tenure-track and retired faculty artists, the exhibition will present the work of visiting faculty members.
According to the Grunwald Gallery website, Chair of the Studio Art Department, Arthur Liou, said “The faculty exhibition provides a wonderful opportunity for us to share our progress back in Bloomington.”
Brooke McAfee
