Art
Between September and May, the College hosts inspired art exhibitions in a variety of media and styles, created by our talented students and celebrated visual artists. Each exhibition offers a unique opportunity to engage with bold ideas, creative expression, and contemporary visual culture.
Current & Upcoming Art Events
Planet Haig
Thursday, February 26 – Tuesday, May 5
Opening Reception: Thursday, February 26, 4 – 7 p.m.
Gallery in the Scott Center
FREE
Showcasing over 30 years of interdisciplinary artmaking, Planet Haig is an unabashed exploration and exaltation of Haig Demarjian’s many diverse pursuits in printmaking, drawing, painting, comics, film, and beyond.
A classically trained printmaker and long-tenured Professor of Art + Design at Salem State University, Demarjian holds degrees from Middlebury College and the University of Wisconsin-Madison. His work, which often features movie monsters, references to earlier eras of art, and highly detailed, meticulous printmaking processes, has been featured in exhibitions and portfolios internationally.
Often drawn to conceptual joint projects with other artists and creatives, Demarjian established Blacksmith Press in 2021 as a means of forging idiosyncratic artistic collaborations in printmaking and beyond.
Follow Haig and Blacksmith Press on Instagram via @planethaig and @blacksmith_press and via http://www.artofhaig.com/
I Come Alive in the Neon Lights
Friday, March 13 – Saturday, May 16
Opening Reception: Friday, March 13, 4 – 7 p.m.
Babylon Great Hall
FREE
Washington, DC-based artist and educator Brandon Geurts examines the anxieties associated with being in a body; a body that may or may not match the mind within. His frenetic drawing style, represented in this exhibition via a series of illustrations completed live during underground concerts, enhances feelings of ephemerality and energy, encouraging viewers to consider the interior vs. the exterior, bodies on view and how they, within their own bodies, experience this fleeting life.
Brandon may be found at: https://www.brandongeurts.com/ and on Instagram via @brandon_geurts.
Dually based in Washington, DC and Baltimore, MD, internationally published photographer Josh Sisk has been documenting the musical underground of the Mid-Atlantic region for over 20 years. A contributing photographer for the Washington Post, Baltimore City Paper, Decibel, and Vice/Noisey, his photography has also been featured in Rolling Stone, Revolver, the Baltimore Sun, Guitar World, the Guardian UK, and in various films, books, and websites.
Josh may be found at: https://joshsisk.com/ and on Instagram via @joshsisk.
