'Affairs of the Art' Opens Friday at UPB

More than 90 works of art created by University of Pittsburgh at Bradford students will be featured beginning Friday, March 19, at the campus.

“Affairs of the Art 2010” will feature pieces made by more than 45 students. The show runs through April 16 in the KOA Art Gallery in Blaisdell Hall.

A reception will take place at noon March 19 in the KOA Speer Electronics Lobby. The show, which is free and open to the public, is part of the university’s Spectrum Series.

“This year’s exhibition represents a very broad range of artistic expression, all of which offer the viewer a kind of visual language that transcends words,” said Dr. Martie Geiger-Ho, visiting assistant professor of art at Pitt-Bradford. “Like music, this visual language can move us in ways that we can share as a sort of universal experience.”

Paintings, drawings, digital graphic designs, ceramics and mixed-media works that will be displayed in the exhibition were completed by students enrolled in art courses during the 2009-10 academic year.

Projects include still-life acrylic paintings, landscapes rendered on canvas, two-dimensional painted and three-dimensional sculpted animal figures, studies of the human figure in charcoal and pencil, two-dimensional representations of abstract subjects and various digital images.

“Participating in an event like this art show is important for students because it gives them an opportunity to share their work with others and also to show prospective employers that they can use visual language to communicate,” she said.

The art gallery is open from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday through Friday. The gallery is closed on Saturdays and Sundays.

For disability-related needs, contact the Office of Disability Resources and Services at 814-362-7609 or arj4@pitt.edu.

More information about the Spectrum Series is available by contacting Patty Colosimo, assistant director of arts programming, at (814) 362-5155

Pictured, a drawing created by Amber Ostrowski, a biology major from Warren, Pa., using colored pencil and pastel on rice paper.