Spring Semester 2008

Art Exhibits & Displays

Printmaking Exhibit The library is pleased to present a new exhibit featuring the printmaking works of Carmen Teal, an adjunct art instructor at VVC. The exhibit illustrates a variety of printmaking techniques including woodcut, lithograph, monotype, aquatint, and Chine-colle. Highlighting the exhibit are works that document Carmen’s visits with the Gaumbiano Indians who reside in the remote foothills of the Colombian Andes in an area known a Guambia. In Carmen’s words, “the images emanate from my pleasant and vivid memories of times shared with the Indians of the Guambia region, from exchanges that took place in their homes and places of business, at a village elementary school, a market place, in a park, a town square, a cemetery, and their agricultural fields.”

Student Sculpture Exhibit
VVC art student Joan Sowinski has created a 7-foot high paper mache sculpture entitled "All Is One." The sculpture is in the shape of a head with an atlas of the world opening from the top. The work is hollow and larger enough to allow viewers to step inside and experience a collage of cultural imagery "with out the boundaries of time and space." The sculpture took 2 months to complete and is made entirely out of wire, paper, starch, and paint. (Located at the top of the stairs on the main floor.)

Antique Bottle Display
VVC's Willie Pringle, Director of Student Services, and Gary Bernor, Communication Systems Technician, are displaying a small portion of their extensive antique bottle collections. Willie began digging up bottles in the High Desert when he was a young boy and has never stopped. Gary has found and collected bottles from areas throughout California. Included in the display are milk, soda, whiskey, medicine, and perfume bottles. The display offers a unique insight into local and state history. (Located near the main floor elevator.)

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