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Art Department presents Printmaking Invitational

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Alex Van Zandt avanzandt@foghornnews.com The Printmaking Invitational show kicked off in the Cain Gallery Sept. 16 with an opening reception. Professor Amorette Garza of the Art Department praised the show for providing examples of the diverse world of printmaking and the variety of processes used to make them. “There’s not only woodblock printing, but intaglio and lithographs as well,” Garza said. “There’s also a large variety of subject matter — there’s people and animals and geometric shapes.” The exhibit displays art from prominent printmakers from across the country, including current and past judges for Del Mar’s National Drawing and Small…

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K Space seeks artists for 10th annual exhibit

Catarina Murphy

Top 5 works will receive $2,500 The K Space Contemporary Art Gallery of Corpus Christi is seeking artists for its 10th annual 3rd Coast National, where it “introduces the Coastal Bend community to innovative artists and artwork being created in other parts of the country, as well as in our own region,” according to the gallery’s website. The competition is non-thematic, so you are open to expression and imagination as you please. Open up your portfolio, or grab some creativity from your brain! The entry fee (nonrefundable) is $40 for nonmembers and $30 for members for up to three works…

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Victims and survivors share their hardship through art

Jonathan Garcia

Del Mar College’s Student Engagement and Retention Office has teamed up with various community agencies for National Crime Victims Rights Week on April 10-16. The week will feature many events, but the highlight is the “Express Past the Pain” exhibit in the White Library on East Campus. The exhibit will consist of artwork that helps express the victim’s feelings and promotes healing through art, writing or other styles in a healthy way. Artists will have their work displayed from April 11-15 on the fourth floor of the White Library. Anyone who has been affected by a crime in any way is invited…

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Student Art Association set to kick-off 27th annual exhibition April 1

Meagan Falcon

More than 250 works of art will be featured in this year’s 27th annual Juried Student Exhibition, which opens on April 1 in the Fine Arts Building on East Campus. “The focus of the program is to bring young artists along and help them develop their artwork and instill in them a sense of competition,” said Ken Rosier, ceramics professor and chairman of Art and Drama Department. Rosier helped start the first exhibition in 1989 and is more than ecstatic as the Student Art Association celebrates its 27th anniversary. Photos by Meagan Falcon/Foghorn Victoria Gibbons admires some of the work…

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National art show is a hit as it marks its 50th

Meagan Falcon

The 50th annual National Drawing and Small Sculpture show opened its doors to the public on Feb. 19. Photos by Meagan Falcon/Foghorn Studio engineering students, Jesse Lopez and Nicole Nccune, admire one of the pieces at the 50th annual National Drawing and Small Sculpture Show. Over 200 guests came to the nationally acclaimed show to see what this year’s participants had to offer. “The show is great and we had an amazing turn out for this year’s show,” said art professor and author Cynthia Perkins. Perkins sat out in front of the gallery selling her books that took 10 years…

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National art show marks 50th anniversary

Meagan Falcon

Samantha Douty/Foghorn Every year the college chooses the second place winner and places it in the gallery on the fifth floor in the William F. White Library on Del Mar College’s East Campus. In 1967, art professor Joe Cain speculated that the way to create an art exhibition worthy of national acclaim was to focus on two genres, drawing and small sculpture, and to bring in a nationally recognized judge. The event Cain started all those years ago at Del Mar is known today as the annual National Drawing and Small Sculpture Show. As the 50th anniversary for the show…

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Ride in Theater presents screening of “Short Circuit”

Kira Hays

Johnny 5 comes back to life this month at the Corpus Christi Ride-In Theater’s screening of “Short Circuit.” The classic 1986 film, which features actors Steve Guttenberg and Ally Sheedy, will screen at the Watergardens on Sept. 12 to close out the Port of Corpus Christi’s Summer Movie Series partnership with Ride-In. The film follows Number 5, a military robot who, after being experimented on, experiences an unexpected transformation when struck by lightning. He suddenly begins to develop self-awareness, consciousness and a fear of the reprogramming that awaits him back at the factory where he was created. With the help…

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Documentary on pot critic to debut during SXSW

Meagan Falcon

Jennifer Gracia Reporter   Hanging out at the beach during spring break is fine, but if you would like a change of scenery then maybe SXSW can serve as an alternative. The annual music and film festival runs March 13-22 in Austin. Among the highlights this year is the premiere of the film “Rolling Papers,” a documentary about the Denver Post’s first pot critic, Ricardo Baca, and the effect it had on journalism. Directed by Denver native Mitch Dickman, the film follows the cannabis critic during his first year at the Denver Post and the new site The Cannabist, at…

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Annual art show names winners

Meagan Falcon

Lexy Garcia Reporter   The winners of Del Mar College’s annual National Drawing and Small Sculpture show were announced Feb. 20 during the show’s opening reception in the Joseph A. Cain Memorial Art Gallery. The Joseph A. Cain Memorial Purchase Award of $2,000 was awarded to Kurt Dyrhaug for the cast iron, small sculpture piece “Tonka Buster.” The White Library Purchase Award, also for $2,000, was awarded to Philip Laber for his multidimensional sculpture “Betrayed by Geometry and Time.” Margi Weir was awarded the DMC Permanent Collection Award and its $1000 prize for the piece “Variety Store.”     Honorable…