Professor of Art Doug Calisch and his students gathered old bicycles from various sources to create the window display for the ReVision Show at Crawfordsville's Athens Arts Gallery, opening October 10. Here Calisch works with Joey Dierdorf ’18 to salvage parts for the student's sculpture.
Dierdorf's finished piece, Bad Bearings of Love.
Sparks fly as Aren Peters ’16 works cuts and grinds off pieces for his sculpture, 'Cyclist's Battle Cross.'
Detail from 'Cyclist's Battle Cross'
Peters' Cyclist's Battle Cross even has dog tags.
Professor Calisch works with Sean Grannan ’16.
This finished arch by Sean Grannan welcomes guest to the exhibit.
Peters at work.
Joey Dierdorf and Aren Peters
Kolby Lopp ’17 created Lady Liberty.'
Detail from Lady Liberty.'
Robbie Carter and Pat Embree teamed up to create the largest of the pieces.
Carter and Embree at work.
Carter and Embree's kinetic piece.
Turn the pedals and the wheels all move at once.
'Riding on Water' by Corey Hoffman ’16
'Greyhound' by Duc Trinh ’15
Detail from 'Greyhound'
Daniel Miller ’17 created 'On the High Seas.'
'On the High Seas' from a different angle.
Senior John Vosel had two pieces accepted for the juried portion of the ReVision Show. This is 'Tracks.'
'311 Crawford Street' by John Vosel ’15
Carter and Embree
Student work adorns the gallery window and is what visitors will see first at tonight's opening of the ReVision Show at the Athens Gallery.
Sculptures created by Wabash students from salvaged bicycle parts made for a striking entrance to the Athens Art Gallery as the Crawfordsville art space opened its ReVision Show on Friday.
The work by students in Professor of Art Doug Calisch's sculpture class was just one component of the gallery's ReVision exhibit, which challenged professional and student artists to work from recycled materials. Two pieces by Wabash senior John Vosel were accepted into the juried portion of the show.
Praising both Vosel's work and that of his sculpture class students, Calisch said the exhibit provided a great learning opportunity.
"It was a great first assignment for the semester," Calisch said. "The exhibit got the students involved right away with the issues of being an artist, not just getting a grade in a classroom. They had to work within the size restrictions of the gallery, come up with a price, and realized they'd need to think through a title for the piece.
"I hadn't really thought all of this through when we accepted the invitation to be part of the show, but through classroom discussion the students collectively realized they were going to be professionals. There was a level of pride that doesn’t often surface because they knew this first work would be publicly viewed, that they would be, in a way, ambassadors for the College, representing an aspect of learning that’s going on here. They reached a level of seriousness you don't often see at beginning of the semester."
The opening reception for the show is 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Friday, October 10. Read more about the show in Helen Hudson's article in the Journal-Review.