Plasticalia

Two Columns presents Plasticalia, curated by Anne-Marie Melster.  Please come to the opening reception, Tuesday, November 19, 6-9pm.

Mapping a Site

Mapping a Site: In and Out of Context

Ringling College sponsors International Student Art Project

Ringling College of Art and Design is hosting students and faculty from Aalto University in Finland, Sint Lucas College of Art and Design and the Royal Academy in Antwerp, Belgium from November 1-November 10^th.

The project is called “Mapping a Site: In and Out of Context” and includes faculty and students from multiple artistic disciplines including photography, fine art, motion design and graphic design. The goal of the project is to provide students the opportunity to work collectively outside of the classroom analyzing a pre-determined site from multiple cultural and artistic perspectives. This year’s site is Spanish Point. The results of the student’s collective and individual responses to the site will be on view at Two Columns in downtown Sarasota at 1947 Ringling Blvd. on Saturday, November 9^th from 5-8PM. All are welcome.

The Ringling College faculty and students who are participating in the project will be travelling to Antwerp, Belgium in March to “map’  sites in that city for part two of the experience.

Mapping Project Students and Faculty 2013-2014 

Aalto University, Helsinki, Finland

Liisa Ahlfors                                    
Suvi Saastamoinen                     
Pia Lindman                                  
  

Sint Lucas and Royal Academy, Antwerp, Belgium

Yentl Noppen (Royal Academy)      
Sandra Buyck (St Lucas)             
Lise Marie Van Loon (St Lucas)  
Alecia Pradolini (Royal Academy)
Petra Van Brabandt (St Lucas)       
Kurt Vanbelleghem, Project Coordinator, (St Lucas)   

Ringling College of Art, Sarasota, Florida 

Javier Aparchio Lorente                  
Mariana Greif Etchebehere             
Zachary Louis See                          
Robert Farber   
Thomas Carabasi , Project Coordinator, (Sarasota)
                       

Pareidolia

Two Columns presents Pareidolia, a show by Studio MANA Experimental Film Club. The performance involves experimental music and live projection techniques that are threaded by the idea of finding where new and old technologies meet. The theme is homologous to its name, Pareidolia, which is a psychological phenomenon involving a vague and random stimulus (often an image or sound) being perceived as significant. MANA is formed by Ringling students, alumni and artists from the community that are working towards generating a space for experimental filmmaking.

The gallery will be open at 8:00 pm on October 24th.  The performance will start at 8:30. The artifacts from the performance will be on display until November 1.

Participants:

Jose Carlos Zavarse Pinto

Irene Garibay Sanchez

Makar Malinousky

Erin Schweers

Peggy Blount

Jackson Ray Petty

Greg Ferris

Chelsey Curtin

Matt Decker

Seven at Two

Two Columns presents Seven at Two, a group of 3^rd year Fine Art students attending Ringling College of Art & Design.  These works share a collective goal of gaining exhibition experience in order to mature as artists and in turn continue to inform their theory and practice. This is the first gallery exhibition for all artists and includes examples of all Fine Arts Disciplines; Peggy Blount, acrylic on canvas; Danielle Colón, acrylic on panel and glass sculpture; Glenna Dame-Baker, Ceramic Sculpture; Yilmaz A. Sazak, bronze sculpture as well as time-based media; Maurice Mullinax, acrylic on canvas; Jose Carlos, cyanotype; and Tammy A. Zeitler, bronze sculpture as well as acrylic on canvas.

The exhibition is open September 26 – October 11, 2013.

Please come to the opening reception on Thursday, September 26, 6 - 9pm.  There will refreshments and live music from 6 – 7 pm. 

Chemical Abuse

Two Columns presents Chemical Abuse, a solo exhibition of paintings by Hunter Slade.  This exhibition displays 11 paintings on canvas and panel created by the artist this past year.  These works demonstrate a dedicated studio practice informed by multiple approaches to create visual experiences through color saturation and texture.   Slade also finds distinction in each piece through the integration of addiction narratives, emphasizing struggle within each composition that also presents an opportunity for resolution.  Hunter Slade is currently a Senior in the Fine Arts Department at Ringling College of Art + Design.

The exhibition is open to the public September 5-20, 2013.  The gallery is free and open to the public Wednesday-Friday from 12-6pm.

Please come to the opening reception on Thursday September 5, 6 - 9pm.

"In my artwork, I represent the sense of a healing and therapeutic power that overtakes me through each piece. I approach this sensitive topic not enhanced nor dumbed down. This is my reality of addiction. My art is a representation of a life with addiction and the horrible never-ending battle of the addiction. As shown in my choice of materials; Tar. This material will stand the test of times along with a slow, dirty, toxic process just like an addiction. Although before a piece is considered finished I transform the once solid black tar piece, and then add color or a gloss like feel. This color then represents the end of the piece and the beauty within the stereotype addict. Each piece I create helps me maintain my journey further from my own addiction. Just like art and solving a piece to the finish, I will always be in the process of solving my own addiction." 

Hunter Slade, 2013

Due Diligence

Two Columns presents Due Diligence, an exhibition of contemporary artworks from the Fine Art Faculty at Ringling College of Art + Design, August 19- 30, 2013.  The exhibition features a variety of studio practices involving digital and traditional methods of drawing, printmaking, painting, sculpture and digital media.

Please come to the reception August 22, 5-8pm, free and open to the public.