4/6 Lecture

Gerard reminded everyone of the FOUNDATIONS SHOW opening tomorrow!! The exhibition will be up til the 17th and will be located in the Stella Elkins Gallery downstairs. There are supposed to be some speakers and student discussions occurring through this week in relation to the freshman show. Also, Tyler students can find summer and fall internship opportunities at the Career Center or on its website at temple.edu/careercenter. This is a great resource for available job listings, both paid and non-paid.

Today's speakers were a married couple who are both involved in the arts in very different ways. Wes, originally a Bio major, has been producing abstract art for quite some time now. He usually completes about 20 paintings a year, including one large scale piece. He has also done a number of solo shows. He looks to other artists' work for subject reference and ideas on how to produce an abstraction that stimulates the viewer's interest. His wife, Wanda, works in an art museum and tries to persuade people to follow the specific mission of a particular museum. She gives talks and tours to younger children so she can reach a broad audience. Both of them discussed how the ideas of romance and empathy apply to their specific work and how they affect it. Wes was especially interested in the romantic notion of the artist in a world where art is not highly present.