Featuring Charles Beneke, Kent Anderson Butler, Dan Hernandez, and Jeffrey Moser.
Lecture on September 7 at 5 p.m., reception to follow
Charles Beneke is a professor and the printmaking area coordinator at the University of Akron Myers School of Art. Beneke’s artwork addresses global warming.Using a broad range of print media, painting, video, and installation, he urges viewers to consider our accumulated effects and question when we will take responsibility for how we are changing the world by changing our behavior.
Kent Anderson Butler
September 7-29, 2017,
Paul Mesaros Gallery
Lecture on September 21 at 5 p.m., reception to follow
Kent Anderson Butler is a Los Angeles based artist working in a variety of mediums including video installation, performance and photography. He is a Professor of Art at Azusa Pacific University.
Contemporary Ceramics: Mix, Shape,
October 12-November 10, 2017
Laura and Paul Mesaros Galleries
Gallery talk on October 10 at 5 p.m., reception to follow
In March 2018 Pittsburgh PA will host the 52nd Annual National Council on Education
for the Ceramic Arts, known in the art world as NCECA. This is a very exciting
vibrant time for our region, as we expect thousands of ceramic artists and
collectors to visit the conference.
As a prelude to this event, the Mesaros Galleries at West Virginia University
will host an exhibition featuring ten nationally recognized ceramic artists.
Contemporary Ceramics: Mix, Shape, Create, Repeat will feature a diverse array
of ceramics both on and off the wall, mixing classic forms with new inventive
techniques.
Annual Student Juried Exhibition
November 30, 2017-January 12, 2018
Laura Mesaros Gallery
Reception on November 30 at 5 p.m.
MFA Exhibition: Heather Rios
November 27 - December 8, 2017
Paul Mesaros Gallery
Reception on November 30 at 5 p.m.
Dan Hernandez
January 25- February 23, 2018
Laura Mesaros Gallery
Lecture on January 25 at 5 p.m., reception to follow
Dan Hernandez, painter, presents a skewed understanding of mythology, religion
and violence, enlightened by popular culture. He blurs boundaries, rearranges
hierarchies, and calls into question our notions of iconography and devotion.
Genres from the recent and distant past collide with ease. He creates mixed
media works recalling Renaissance and Byzantine art, and vintage video games.
Jeffrey Moser
Paul Mesaros Gallery
Lecture on Feb. 1 at 5 p.m., reception to follow
Jeffrey Moser, interactive media artist, is a teaching assistant professor of
interactive media at WVU as faculty at both the College of Creative Arts and
Reed College of Media.
MFA Exhibition
Ceramics
March 5-9, 2018
Laura Mesaros Gallery
Reception on March 8 at 5 p.m.
