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Studio Visit: Yasemin Tekgurler ’19

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March 31st, 2019

Senior Studio Art Majors Exhibitions 2019
Meet Yasemin Tekgurler! Yasemin is a Studio Art and Sociology double major from Istanbul, Turkey. On first glance at her senior show, you might think wax is her medium of choice, but during her time at Davidson, she has worked with many different media. In one of her favorite classes, Basic Sculpture, she was first introduced to woodwork, welding, bronze-casting, metalwork and so many other media in addition to wax. For Yasemin, the medium she chooses to work with reflects the nature of the subject she is researching. As she explores her topics, she finds that her creative process allows...
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Homecoming: VAC Celebrates 25 Years

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March 28th, 2019

Homecoming: VAC Celebrates 25 Years
Asking directions to the Davidson College Art Galleries over twenty-five years ago would have sent you to Chambers, where the College’s “exhibition space” consisted of a dark, cramped hallway located in the basement of the building. My own art history professors love to recount stories of the old days, when the entire art department consisted of two tiny, inadequate rooms located in the antiquated music building. Much has changed over the years, but echoes of the past reverberate in present-day celebrations and landmarks for the college’s art program. In fact, this academic year marks the twenty-fifth anniversary of the Katherine...
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Queen City Zine Fest 1.5 Comes to Davidson College

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March 21st, 2019

Queen City Zine Fest 1.5 Comes to Davidson College
On April 14 from 11am-3pm, Davidson College will welcome more than 50 exhibitors for Queen City Zine Fest 1.5, a gathering space for makers of independently published, non-commercial zines, small press publications, and other printed matter to come together to share their work with each other and with the public at-large. These creators will come together to market and sell their work while fostering the creative community that is a zinefest. The event will take place in the Lilly Family Gallery, Chambers Building, at Davidson College. This family-friendly event is free and open to the public. Parking will be available...
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Studio Visit: Quinn Massengill ’19

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March 12th, 2019

Senior Studio Art Majors Exhibitions 2019
Meet one of our senior Studio Art majors, Quinn Massengill! Quinn is a Studio Art/English double major. While he started his English major very early on in his Davidson College career, Quinn’s passion for art evolved later, during his sophomore year. At the time, Quinn was writing stories, but also practicing figure drawing. His drawings allowed him to connect the worlds of literature and visual art, and to fall in love with the art-making process. From then on, Quinn’s art-making practice became his full-time focus. In the beginning, Quinn delved into work with two-dimensional media, creating paintings and drawings, and...
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Support the Galleries & Alumnus McNair Evans ’01

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March 6th, 2019
In celebration of the 25th Anniversary of the Belk Visual Art Center, and in conjunction with our exhibition, Homecoming: Art by Alumni, we are delighted to offer a work of art for sale by award-winning photographer McNair Evans '01. This beautiful, limited edition work (5 with 1 Artist Proof) encapsulates Evans' In Search of Great Men, a multi-year project supported by a Guggenheim Fellowship. Evans grew up in a small farming town in North Carolina and discovered photography while studying anthropology at Davidson College. His Guggenheim supported project, In Search of Great Men, explores themes of shared experiences and identity through photographs...
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