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Discover what's happening at the Corcoran Gallery of Art --
This morning, I attended a "Behind the Scenes" tour of the senior art student's exhibition and critique at the Corcoran Gallery of Art/ College of Art + Design. The tour was lead by Catherine Armour, Dean of the College as well as others instrumental in making this exhibition happen. The exhibition runs April -May.
The exhibition installation was continuing as we made our way through the show. This dynamic, interactive, and innovative exhibition features the thesis work of the senior students in the Bachelor of Fine Arts degree program at the Corcoran. These 45 students were participating in a group critique on the installed art. We were proverbial `fly on the wall' learning from the artists' their intentions when they created their art, and fascinated by the questions and comments posed by their peers.
This exhibition included photography, drawings, video, interactive exchange and paintings-- the most surprising to me was the idea of "take away art". One artist had what appeared to be a random pile of white, broken ceramic pieces. We were told the the artists' intention is for viewers to take a piece from the pile as a souvenir-hoping that there is nothing left at the end of the show and that her art will be spread far and away.
Another artist created large organic looking images from soot and (red) dye, photographed and printed them large. They were beautiful --the unexpected element of these pieces was that each one included the artists' fingerprints. Now that is a unique way to sign a piece!
The Corcoran Ball is April 29th and it is a wonderful celebration that provides scholarships for the College and underwrites the Corcoran's award-winning community outreach and education programs that benefit the metropolitan area. Hope to see you there!
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