The incredible talent of the Lone Star College-Kingwood art faculty is on display in the 2023 Fall Faculty Art Show. The exhibit features a variety of new work by professors Aaron Bielish, Rosemary Cantu, Perry Chandler, Cory Cryer, Aaron Novak, and Mari Omori.
“These professional artists participate in national and international exhibitions and serve as mentors to their students,” Kristine Larson, art gallery coordinator, said. “This annual show allows students to see the talent of the professors who challenge and inspire them daily.”
Mari Omori has been an art professor at LSC-Kingwood for 23 years. Her pieces showcase works on paper, recycled art - including a wreath crafted with more than 500 tea bags - and bronze fortune cookie sculptures.
Omori said teaching is highly addictive. "The best teaching method might be to have students teach themselves. My role may be an introduction to self-discovery. I feel excited about teaching when my students respond to the concepts, lessons, or the ideas of art making I share and begin to develop his or her own work."
The faculty’s artwork will be on display from October 11-November 28 in the Administration and Performing Arts Center (APA 114) Fine Arts Gallery.
Check out “EYEmusic” by Aaron Bielish on November 14th. Working with two Houston musical groups, Relative Dissonance and Loop 38, Bielish reveals how artwork can be interpreted as a musical score. This demonstration will be at noon in APA 114, immediately followed by live performances in the Recital Hall from 2-3.
To view pictures of the Faculty Art Show, visit https://flic.kr/s/aHBqjAY9RX.
There are also plenty of other exciting shows to look forward to this spring.
The Spring 2024 Gallery Schedule is as follows:
January 15-February 15
Mark Burns, The National Parks Photography Project, classic photographs
Strata-Various, a collaboration between art and geology students
March 18-April 18
The 2024 Art Student Show juried by Marian Ichaso Lefeld, Dallas College
May 2-July 11
Visual Communications, graphic arts, and animation
The LSC-Kingwood Fine Arts Gallery is located 30 minutes north of downtown Houston and open Monday-Thursday from 11:30 a.m.-3 p.m. or by appointment.
For more information on the 2023 Faculty Art Show or future exhibitions, call 281-312-1534, email Kristine.M.Larson@LoneStar.edu, or visit www.LoneStar.edu/arts-kingwood.