THE PROUD TRADITION CONTINUES
The Fullerton College Art Department is one of the select few college art departments in the nation can boast of a viable and prestigious Artist in Residence program. When California artist Wayne Thiebaud helped launch the first residency in the early 1970s, the Art Department perhaps had no idea that a new chapter in its history was about to be written. Who really knew then that this “happening” would grow into the most important and defining tradition of the department? Decades later, this yearly event continues to inspire not only students and staff, but also the local Art community. We continue to welcome top-flight national and international artists who represent a wide range of styles, themes and issues in their work. The impressive list of guest artists include Miriam Schapiro, Frank Romero, Mia Tavonatti, and Gronk Nicandro, just to name a few.
The annual, four-day residency includes a series of studio demonstrations, an evening slide-lecture, and an exhibition of the artist’s work in our college gallery, all culminating with an opening reception that brings our community together.
As an instructor who has proudly helped organize some of our programs over the years, I know all-too well the rewarding feeling that comes with the annual Artist in Residence event, and the feeling is without doubt, one that is also shared by my esteemed colleagues. May this proud tradition continue to remain a viable and inspiring force as the art world itself finds new areas of exploration, and as Fullerton College begins its entry into the 21st Century.
Prof. Jaime Perez
Art History
Fullerton College
APRIL BEY: Welcome to Atlantica
March 5, 2020 – March 30, 2020
Artist’s Reception: Thursday March 5, 5-7pm Artist in Residence demonstrations: March 9-12
Artist Lecture: Tuesday March 10, 7pm in Wilshire Auditorium Evenings 6-8pm: March 18, 24, & 30
Fullerton College is honored to present April Bey as our 2020 Artist in Residence. Bey, who grew up in the Caribbean (Nassau, Bahamas) and is now based in Los Angeles, is best known for her mixed media and process-based work. Bey’s interdisciplinary artwork is an introspective and social critique of American and Bahamian culture, contemporary pop culture feminism, generational theory, social media, AfroFuturism, and constructs of race. The exhibition in the Fullerton College Art Gallery Welcome to Atlantica will be accompanied by an artist lecture and a week-long series of demonstrations as part of the distinguished Fullerton College Artist in Residence program.
STEPHEN SILVER: EVOLUTION
March 7th, 2019 – April 1st, 2019
ABOUT THE EXHIBIT:
Fullerton College is honored to present Stephen Silver as our 2019 Artist in Residence. Silver is best known for his character design, including designing the style of shows such as “Kim Possible”, “Danny Phantom” Kevin Smith’s “Clerks”, and many more. In addition, he has written and illustrated ten books on the art of sketching, character design, caricature and life drawing. Silver’s solo exhibition will take visitors along on the journey of his evolution as an artist. The exhibition will be accompanied by an artist lecture and a week-long series of demonstrations as part of the distinguished Fullerton College Artist in Residence program.
GALLERY HOURS:
Evenings: March 7th, 13th, & 25th from 6:00pm to 8:00pm.
SUPPORTING EVENTS:
Artist Lecture, March 20th, 7pm in Wilshire Auditorium
Artist in Residence Demonstrations (Room 1023):
– Monday, March 18th 9am-11:30am and 1pm to 4pm
– Tuesday, March 19th 9am-11:30am and 1pm to 4pm
– Wednesday, March 20th 9am-11:30am
– Thursday, March 21st 9am-11:30am and 1pm to 4pm
ABEL ALEJANDRE: COMMITTED TO THE LINE
March 13th, 2017 – April 3rd, 2017
ABOUT THE EXHIBIT:
Abel Alejandre frequently explores the public and private spheres of masculinity. He has spent time examining the concept of masculinity, manhood, and codes of conduct through the lives of men in his life. He has come across no definitive answers, and seeks only to record, and to interpret, a lifetime of observation.
GALLERY HOURS:
Evening Hours: Monday, March 20th, Wednesday, March 20th and Wednesday, March 29th from 6:00pm to 8:00pm.
Admission is always free.
SUPPORTING EVENTS:
Artist in Residence demonstrations: Monday, March 13th through Thursday, March 16th in Room 1028.
Artist Lecture: Tuesday, March 14th at 7:00pm in the Wilshire Auditorium.
ARTIST IN RESIDENCE COLLECTION
September 2nd, 2013 – September 25th, 2013
ABOUT THE EXHIBIT:
For the first time, the Fullerton College Art Gallery will exhibit the entire Artist in Residence collection. Since 1972, when Wayne Thiebaud visited and set the standard for the program, each visiting artist has generously donated to the Fullerton College Art Collection. Artwork by José Luis Cuevas, Ynez Johnston, Miriam Shapiro, Milford Zornes, Alyssa Monks, Gronk and many more will be exhibited.
Opening Reception: Thursday, August 29, 2012, 5-7pm
BEN JACKEL : ARTIST IN RESIDENCE
March 10th, 2014 – March 31st, 2014
ABOUT THE EXHIBIT:
Los Angeles native Ben Jackel will share his work and his methods with our community as our 2014 Artist in Residence. Jackel’s work is often political and socially conscious, but his sculptures are also finely crafted, beautiful objects.
Opening Reception: Thursday, March 6, 2014, 5-7pm
Artist in Residence demonstrations: March 24-27
Artist in Residence Talk: Wednesday, March 26, 7pm, Wilshire Auditorium
The gallery is closed from 12pm to 2pm.
GRONK: ARTIST IN RESIDENCE
March 15th, 2011 – April 12th, 2011
ABOUT THE EXHIBIT:
Los Angeles based painter, printmaker, muralist and performance artist Gronk is internationally recognized for his work. This Chicano artist is best known for his “La Tormenta†series as well as many other subjects involving history and global issues. The exhibition will be accompanied by an artist lecture and a series of demonstrations as part of the distinguished Fullerton College Artist in Residence program.
Opening Reception: Monday, March 21 from 5pm – 7pm
Art Gallery Lecture: Tuesday, March 22 from 7pm – 9pm
Artist in Residence Week: Monday, March 21 – Thursday, March 24
Wilshire Auditorium Demos scheduled for: March 21, 22, 23, 24 from 9am -11:30 am and March 22 from 1-4pm.
SANDOW BIRK: ARTIST IN RESIDENCE
March 5th, 2009 – April 2nd, 2009
ABOUT THE EXHIBIT:
Sandow Birk investigates contemporary social issues, visually inspired by iconic historical artworks. This comprehensive exhibition will include a lecture and week-long series of demonstrations as part of the distinguished Fullerton College Artist in Residence program. Opening Reception on Thursday, March 5th from 5:00-7:00pm. Read more about Sandow at http://www.sandowbirk.com/biography.html or see sample works at http://www.sandowbirk.com/works.html
PHILIP CORNELIUS: ARTIST IN RESIDENCE
March 11th, 2008 – April 10th, 2008
ABOUT THE EXHIBIT:
Opening Reception: Tuesday, March 11 from 5pm – 7pm Artist In Residence Week: March 31 – April 3
TODD FRAHM: ARTIST IN RESIDENCE
March 12th, 2007 – April 14th, 2007
ABOUT THE EXHIBIT:
Todd Frahm is proudly selected by Fullerton College as this years distinguished Artist in Residence. This artist, working in representational and conceptual, carved, cast and assembled sculpture, will carve a 16,000 lb. piece of stone to be deposited on the campus sculpture garden in February. The stone will be carved on site, for public viewing of the sculpting process, throughout the Spring semester. The final sculpture is due to be completed in April 2007.
JUSTIN SWEET: ARTIST IN RESIDENCE
March 7th, 2005 – April 2nd, 2005
ALUMNI PROGRAM: ARTIST IN RESIDENCE
March, 2003
FRANK ROMERO: ARTIST IN RESIDENCE
March 12th, 2001 – March 29th, 2001
ALLEGORY FOR GRIEF AND GRACE, WORK BY LISA CONGDON
March 8th, 2018 – April 9th, 2018
ABOUT THE EXHIBIT:
Fullerton College is honored to present Lisa Congdon as our 2018 Artist in Residence. Fine artist, illustrator and author Lisa Congdon is best known for her colorful paintings and hand lettering. In addition to authoring seven books, she works for clients around the world including MoMA, REI, Harvard University, Martha Stewart Living, Chronicle Books, and Random House Publishing, among many others.
GALLERY HOURS:
SUPPORTING EVENTS:
Artist Lecture: Tuesday, March 13, 7pm in Wilshire Auditorium
Artist in Residence demonstrations (Room 1023):
– Monday, March 12th 9am-11am and 1pm to 4pm
– Tuesday, March 13th 9am-11am and 7pm to 9pm
– Wednesday, March 14th 9am-11am and 1pm to 4pm
– Thursday, March 15th 9am-11am and 1pm to 4pm
LESLEY DILL: ARTIST IN RESIDENCE
February 11th, 2016 – April 4th, 2016
ABOUT THE EXHIBIT:
Lesley Dill works in sculpture, photography, and performance using a variety of media and techniques to explore themes of language, the body, and transformational experience.
THOMAS CAMPBELL: ARTIST IN RESIDENCE
March 5th, 2015 – March 25th, 2015
ABOUT THE EXHIBIT:
Thomas Campbell is a painter, sculpture, photographer, and filmmaker, whose work combines graphic qualities with a rich expressionism to explore essential questions of human nature.
Opening Reception: Thursday, March 5, 5-7pm
Artist in Residence demonstrations: March 2-5
Artist in Residence Talk: Wednesday, March 4, 7pm, Wilshire Auditorium
The gallery is closed from 12pm to 2pm.
MIA TAVONATTI: ARTIST IN RESIDENCE
February 11th, 2013 – February 28th, 2013
ABOUT THE EXHIBIT:
Fullerton College’s 2013 Artist in Residence, Mia Tavonatti, works to reveal the true nature of creativity and the transformative power of beauty. Artprize winner Tavonatti will be exhibiting monumental oil paintings from the Svelata series throughout the month. The exhibition will be accompanied by an artist lecture and a series of demonstrations of both painting and glass mosaic techniques as part of the distinguished Fullerton College Artist in Residence program.
MARLO BARTELS: ARTIST IN RESIDENCE
March 5th, 2012 – March 27th, 2012
ABOUT THE EXHIBIT:
The Laguna Beach-based artist works in ceramic tile; shaping, forming, and glazing the clay elements by hand. The ceramic objects and furniture made by artist Marlo Bartels playfully seduce the viewer into literally relaxing in it and with it. Bartels’ trademark tile swirls around his objects in endlessly random pattern, activating the surface with a centrifugal force seemingly impossible to achieve with tile. The exhibition will be accompanied by an artist lecture and a series of demonstrations as part of the distinguished Fullerton College Artist in Residence program.
Artist in Residence Week: Monday, March 5 – Thursday, March 8
Artist in Residence Talk – Marlo Bartels, Wilshire Auditorium, Wednesday, March 7, 7:00 PM.
The Gallery will close on weekdays from 11:00am to 12:00pm
HUNG LIU: ARTIST IN RESIDENCE
March 15th, 2010 – April 15th, 2010
ABOUT THE EXHIBIT:
Hung Liu stands as one of the most important contemporary painters from China. Born in Changchun, Manchuria and raised during some of the most tumultuous times in recent Chinese history, Liu developed a unique style that combines social realism, abstraction and photography on loose drip-stained canvases. Through her large-scale paintings, she evokes the beauty of her people, and the poetry and tragedy of her native homeland. Liu has shown her work nationally and internationally in solo and group exhibitions since 1978 and her pieces are part of several prestigious collections including the Library of Congress, Washington DC, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, CA and The Whitney Museum of American Art, NY to name a few. In 2006 she created Going Away, Coming Home, a public commission window project for Terminal 2 at Oakland International Airport in California, which consists of a 160-foot glass panel with etched imagery along the terminal walkway. Numerous catalogs and a multitude of articles have been written about her work, most recently the esteemed ArtNews ˜Critic’s Pick” (February 2010) described Liu’s work as, “focused on genuine emotion and life experiences.” Liu has been a Professor of Art, Mills College, Oakland, California since 1990. The Artist in Residence program is a continuing project coordinated by the Fullerton College Art Department originally established in 1972. Through this program world-renowned artists are invited to Fullerton College to exhibit their work in the campus art gallery and interact with students while providing insight into their various artistic careers. Demonstrations and workshops led by artist Hung Liu as well as an artist lecture are all free of charge and open to the public. The Fullerton College Art Department is proud to present Hung Liu as the distinguished Artist in Residence for 2010.
Artist in Residence Week:
Opening Reception: Monday, March 15 5:00 P.M. to 7:00 P.M., Art Gallery
Artist Lecture: Wednesday, March 17, 7:00 P.M. to 9:00 P.M., Wilshire Auditorium
Artist Demonstrations: March 15, 16, 18 9:00 A.M. – 11:30 A.M. and 12:00-4:00 P.M. in 1021
Artist Demonstrations: March 17: 9:00 A.M. – 11:30 A.M. in 1021
For more information about Hung Liu http://kelliu.com/
Images available from the exhibit.
ALYSSA MONKS: ARTIST IN RESIDENCE
March 13th, 2006 – April 6th, 2006
RAUL ANGUIANO: ARTIST IN RESIDENCE
November 11th, 2003 – December 4th, 2003
TERRY ALLEN: ARTIST IN RESIDENCE
March 11th, 2002 – April 4th, 2002
ROLAND REISS: ARTIST IN RESIDENCE
March 13th, 2000 – April 6th, 2000