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March 12, 2012 Maria Altmann worked for decades to reclaim five family owned portraits painted by Gustav Klimt for her family, including this portrait of her aunt,  Adele Bloch-Bauer. The painting had been shown in an Austrian art museum for years. Nazis had stolen the painting after Altmann and the Bloch Bauers had fled Austria during WWll. Stolen treasures, stolen lives – the story of the plunder of art in Europe during WWII By Barbara Clements The ambulance bumped along a nameless track

the natural shape of land. She depicts water and the local marine environments showing the interconnectedness of nature. “All of my painting processes act as models of environmental systems and states of flux,” Elise Richman says in her artist statement.  “The poured paint dries into forms that evoke the contours of islands, water bodies, and/or fluid dynamics.” Richman is Associate Professor of Art at the University of Puget Sound. She has exhibited at the Center on Contemporary Art in Seattle

and graduating with a BA or BFA in Art and Design this May. The exhibition will show a variety of artistic mediums including book arts, graphic design, painting, printmaking, letterpress, photography and ceramics. Students are expected to produce a significant body of work that reflects their best independent work, not just class assignments. Students submit a body of work, and the best of the best will be displayed. In some cases, students have been preparing for a year to two years for the show

before, such as the Anasazi Indians. The long uninhabited ruins in Mesa Verde and the Puye Cliffs, hold the echoes of a complex civilization. The graphic quality of intermingling shadows and stones and upward reaching ceremonial ladders intensify the mysteries that emanate from these magnificent ruins, she wrote. Evans graduated from Memphis State University with a bachelor’s degree in painting and graphic design, and from the Rochester Institute of Technology with a master’s degree in painting and

custom tees, trying out cool cyanotype techniques, or even getting artsy with rock painting! LASR Radio is PLU’s student radio station, where student DJs represent the incredible musical tastes and diversity of the PLU student body and local and global communities. Read Previous We are the champions! Read Next From Oxford, England to Oaxaca, Mexico, Jackie Lindstrom ’23 uses math to understand migration LATEST POSTS Summer Reading Recommendations July 11, 2024 Stuart Gavidia ’24 majored in computer

work and time, not to mention materials. I don’t have the time or energy to deal with that. At the Archie Bray a couple summers ago I attended a China painting workshop with Kurt Wiser, one of the professors at ASU where I did grad school. It’s a really beautiful glaze technique. It’s a painterly process, like painting with watercolor on glass. It’s all very low-temperature, so we would work on a piece during the day and then fire it that night, and repeat that process all week. You’re constantly

family and I have always been surrounded by it,” Olds says. “Art is a natural extension of who I am and a means to how I both process and live my life.” Olds began his career as an artist at the University of Wisconsin, Madison and graduated from the University of Washington with a BFA in painting in 2005. Since then, he’s become an award-winning artist who’s participated in both regional and national exhibitions. He currently owns a small fine arts company called HOLDstudios that provides both 2D

, student art was evaluated by Samer Fouad and coordinated by Mare Blocker, Visiting Assistant Professor of Art & Design. Mr. Fouad particularly noted the overall high level of craftsmanship in this year’s submissions. The 2019 exhibition features ceramic arts, painting, and photography from students who are all class levels. Keystone students hung the show as part of their training. The opening reception is Wednesday, November 13 from 5-7 PM in the University Gallery where awards will be announced. The

experience teaching book arts and related disciplines,Mare has a nuanced understanding of both two- and three-dimensional media, and she is already familiar with our students and their work in the studios. We’re very grateful for her generous help with this important event.” Works will range from printmaking, ceramics, sculpture, graphic design and painting, plus many more. The show runs November 19 – December 17 and is open Monday – Friday 8am – 4pm. Admission is always free. Read Previous Six students

May 1, 2014 Art in—and for—the Community PLU students prepare the Parkland Post Office wall for a community mural. (Photo: Parkland Community Mural Project) Parkland Community Mural Project is a Shared Reflection of History and Identity By Shunying Wang ’15 Learn more about ‘€”and work on!’ €”the mural project On Facebook. On the project blog. Volunteers are welcome to help paint the mural; May painting dates are scheduled for Saturday, May 10; Saturday, May 17; Wednesday, May 21; Friday, May