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    Review: Abstract exhibit showcases local artists’ work

    The Handwerker Gallery's latest exhibition, "First Person, Twice Removed," dazzles with abstract pieces.... Continue Reading

    Review: Art exhibit delves into dark themes in children’s literature

    Artists illustrate unsettling elements in classic children's books in "Beasties and Beasties in Children's Book Illustrations."... Continue Reading

    ‘The 2012 Senior Student Show’: College seniors look to future with art

    With a little bit of mundane life, a few representations of the underrepresented aspects of college life and a whole lot of introspection, the senior class art show displays the talent of the graduating class. “The 2012 Senior Student Show,” curated by senior art history major Nora Kharmoudi, opened last Thursday in the Handwerker Gallery... Continue Reading

    ‘Lines of Control’: Exhibit explores artistic lines of origin

    Amid Cornell University’s classic, ivy-covered architecture, the distinctive lines of the Johnson Museum stick out. Inside, 33 international artists continue this powerful contrast through their exploration of the power of lines. The boundary-shifting 1947 split of Pakistan from India, and later Bangladesh, inspired “Lines of Control,” an art exhibit of more than 40 works by... Continue Reading

    Exhibition pinpoints talented faculty

    Walk across the Academic Quad, step up the two sets of cement stairs and “You Are Here” — at the Ithaca College faculty art show, where the display of mixed media and bright paintings, structural sculptures and large-scale photographs, represent what art at the college means. This year’s faculty art show, “You Are Here,” at... Continue Reading

    Midwest art forms disjointed exhibit

    The figure is one of the most fundamental parts of human existence. Artists spend lifetimes studying it. They learn its different lines, angles, curves and shades. Then they spend the rest of their career drawing, painting and experimenting, all just to find ways of interpreting it.... Continue Reading

    Seniors capture art of human form

    Mirroring the features and form of the human body, the art in this year’s senior show at the Handwerker Gallery is a captivating, diverse look at the human body and portraiture.... Continue Reading

    Art offers healing for sexual violence

    As warm batter bubbles in waffle-makers behind the counter top, the sweet aroma lifts into the air and permeates the upper level of the café, teasing mid-afternoon diners seated at tables where the artwork of sexual abuse survivors hangs above their heads.... Continue Reading

    Display frames iconic American art

    From fast-food chains to celebrity tweets and the clothes people wear, iconography is everywhere. Undergraduates of Cornell University’s History of Art Majors’ Society did an adequate job selecting the works featured in “iCON: Consuming the American Image,” an exhibit depicting the heavy influence of icons in everyday life.... Continue Reading

    Exhibit displays domestic tools as art

    Soft olive hues within the gallery beckon visitors through the sheen of its glass doorway. A smooth manila carpet meets the gentle shading of the intriguing and fresh exhibit now at Ithaca College’s Handwerker Gallery: “reimagining the distaff toolkit,” curated by Rickie Solinger.... Continue Reading