Arts Center Receptions at GCC
Exhibits from August 23, 2018 - September 22, 2018
Batavia, NY (08/29/2018) — What: Arts Center Receptions at GCC Feature:
- "Portraits on Recycled Trash" by Dion Hitchings
- "Landscape Interaction/ Intervention" International Photography Exhibit
When: Exhibits from August 23, 2018 - September 22, 2018 ~ Receptions: Thursday, August 30, 2018 at 1 p.m. and 5 p.m.
Where: The Roz Steiner Art Gallery & Stuart Steiner Theatre Lobby ~ Genesee Community College's Batavia Campus
Who: All are invited and welcome!
Background: "Portraits on Recycled Trash" is a collection of paintings and drawings by Dion Hitchings which offer a glimpse into his unique world. From August 23 - September 22, 2018, this glimpse is available to the public through a display in the Roz Steiner Art Gallery at Genesee Community College in Batavia. The entire community is invited to the gallery on August 30, 2018 at 1 p.m. and 5 p.m. for a gallery reception.
"Portraits on Recycled Trash" features portraits created on recycled trash; empty cereal boxes, discarded furniture, and other non-traditional media deemed "trash" by society. In Hitchings's Artist Statement, he describes his process of "break(ing) down pre-existing print, images and textures while allowing the type and pictures from the recycled objects to become organically part of the portrait" he creates with crayon, marker and other supplies.
The resulting portraits appear shattered and broken, often with missing pieces and "form a more powerful, interesting and often disturbing viewpoint" says Hitchings in his Artist Statement. More of Hitchings's work is available on his website http://www.dionhitchings.com/.
Simultaneously, in the Stuart Steiner Theatre, "Landscape Interaction/ Intervention" - a photography exhibit featuring work of students in both GCC and RMIT University in Melbourne, Australia will be on display. Contributing artists will join the reception on August 30, 2018 at 1 p.m. and 5 p.m.
The Roz Steiner Art Gallery is open to the public Tuesdays and Wednesdays from 9:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. and Thursdays from 9:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. The gallery is also open during special events as published at www.genesee.edu/campuslife/arts. Admission is free. For more information, contact Gallery Coordinator Mary Jo Whitman at (585) 343-0055 ext. 6490, or via email: mjwhitman@genesee.edu.
For further information and photographs, the media is asked to contact Donna Rae Sutherland, associate director of Marketing Communications at (585) 343-0055 x 6616 or dsutherland@genesee.edu.
Additional Details: https://www.genesee.edu/home/campus-life/arts/gallery/
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Editor's Note:
For a sample illustration from Dion Hitchings "Portraits in Trash" exhibit go to:
http://marketing.genesee.edu/images/Dion Hitchings Exhibit PortraitsInTrash.jpg
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A sample illustration from Dion Hitchings “Portraits in Trash” exhibit
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