The way we teach art at Shorter links directly to our liberal arts philosophy - a little bit of everything. We let you explore many different media, so you can find your own place. We teach the basics in a functional form, so you know what you can do with the basics. While you are finding the best form of expression for you, you are learning creative problem solving skills. These are the kinds of skills you'll need when you are working professionally.
ART DEGREE
The Bachelor of Fine Arts degree is a demanding course of study that offers a four-year studio art program that challenges students to develop their creative problem solving skills in a variety of media.
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2008-2009 EVENTS
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Guest Artist Exhibition - Reginald Laurent - "Inner Visions"
September 2 - October 2, 2008
Reception and Artist Lecture September 2 at 4pm
Arnold Gallery
Reginald Laurent is a Chicago native who is currently living and working in Atlanta. This artist's colorful abstracts have won many awards and are in many public and private collections including that of Michael Jordan. |
Laurent's detailed abstracts are a balanced menagerie of color and energy that utilize every inch of the surface. His work is impossible to ignore and has the ability to draw the viewer into a world that is distinctly his.
Student Art Exhibit
October 21 - November 14, 2008
Reception Tuesday, October 21 at 4:00pm
Arnold Gallery
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Guest Artist - Eilis Crean - "Presence"
January 20 - February 20, 2009
Reception and Artist Lecture
Tuesday, January 20, 2009 at 4:00pm
Arnold Gallery
Eilis Crean's two current series of painting, Memorial Wall and Portraits, connect with philosophical issues of presence and being. Her work is held in state collections in Ireland, Latvia, and France; the collections of the LaGrange Art Museum and King and Spalding, Atlanta; and private collections in Ireland and the USA. She has exhibited in numerous juried and group shows of national acclaim.
Crean is a native of Ireland and is currently an assistant professor of painting at University of West Georgia. |
Guest Artist Art Exhibit
Steve Loucks - "Altered and Embellished with a Personal Touch"
February 24 - March 20, 2009
Reception and Artist Lecture
February 24, 2009 at 4:00pm
Arnold Gallery
Steve Loucks is a professor of art at Jacksonville State University, Jacksonville, Alabama, and a professional potter.
His work plays upon functional pottery forms that abandon utility for a more playful, organic, and sculptural approach to form, surface embellishment, and presentation. His works have multiple layers of glazes that are high-fired in a reduction atmosphere. Steve received his MFA from the New York City College of Ceramics at Alfred University, and his BFA from the University of Illinois. |
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Art Student Honors Exhibition
March 30 - April 10, 2009
Reception during Celebrate Shorter Day
Arnold Gallery
MEET THE FACULTY
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Mr. Brian Taylor
Chair, Art Department
Associate Professor Art
706-233-7332
btaylor@shorter.edu
Mr. Brian Taylor is a multi-media artist with an interest in the emotive qualities of color in 2-dimensional and 3-dimensional form. He is active in the exhibition of his artwork both nationally and internationally including exhibits in New York, NY., Chicago, IL., Seattle, WA., Los Angeles, CA., San Francisco, CA., Houston, TX., New Orleans, LA., Atlanta, GA., Miami, FL., La Paz, Bolivia, Tokyo, Japan, Paris, France, Adline, Australia and Berlin, Germany.
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He has lectured throughout the United States and as far away as London, England. He serves as a member of the Editorial Board for Collegiate Press, and he is a member of the national organization of art educators - Foundations in Art Teacher Education. He is also the co-founder of The Creative Learning Center, which conducts workshops for children with learning difficulties.
On campus in addition to his studio coursework instruction, Mr. Taylor also conducts art seminar courses in Post-Modern Art, Contemporary Women Artists and Multi-Cultural Issues in Contemporary Art. In March of 2001, Mr. Taylor was the recipient of The Shorter College Teaching Excellence and Campus Leadership award.
Mrs. Crystal McBrayer
Assistant Professor of Art
706-233-7283
cmcbrayer@shorter.edu
Mrs. Crystal Noelle McBrayer, Assistant Professor of Art is a contemporary photographer who is interested in expanding the limits of photography. Her current work consists of photographic and mixed media installations that incorporate tactile and visual interpretations of the natural world.
Mrs. McBrayer studied technical photography and studio art and Appalachian State University in Boone, North Carolina and received her Bachelor of Science degree in 2002. Following her undergraduate schooling, she assisted many influential commercial |
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photographers in Charlotte, North Carolina, and then went on to complete her Master of Fine Arts degree in photography at Savannah College of Art and Design in Savannah, Georgia in 2005.
She now teaches art at Shorter College and continues to pursue her artistic work. She continues to be actively involved in the growing demands of this ever-changing field and is a member of the Society for Photographic Education, and Atlanta Photo Group.
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