[BCMA] Press Release - Langley Centennial presents IN WANDERING art exhibition

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Langley Centennial Museum features senior art students exhibition IN WANDERING
March 26 - April 27, 2013

In partnership with Trinity Western University's School of the Arts, Media and Culture, Langley Centennial Museum presents the 2013 graduating students' art show, IN WANDERING. The exhibition features artwork by senior art and design students Dan Hurst, Monique Gutjahr, Lisa Nickel, Su Jung Park, Lindsay Schroeder, Rachel Selinger, and Rianna Van de Kamp.

IN WANDERING traces the artists' journeys as they question meaning, inter-subjectivity, identity, depression, the Second Self (the digital social and psychological identity), and impact on the environment. The exhibition's title explores the concept of art making as purposeful wandering-that the searching process allows for an encounter that transforms the artist, their art, and the viewer. IN WANDERING is the result of this process of creating connections, patterns, and possibilities.

Art and design and psychology major Dan Hurst uses a non-traditional medium, human hair, to explore two systems of knowing-mythic and scientific. By juxtaposing these two systems in his work, Hurst explores the odd concurrence of making meaning from remnants. "Knowledge is connecting the dots," said Hurst. He hopes that his work will "cultivate dialogue by revealing connections that may have been previously unexplored."

For these students, IN WANDERING is the pinnacle of four-years of hard work, investigation, and academic study. It is a showcase of their breadth of work and growth as artists.

"I am seeking to navigate the tragic and ironic relationship between the beauty of the sky and human interference," said art and design major Su Jung Park. She uses pastel and graphite to explore the chemical consequences revealed in the sky. "We live in a developed country, yet even now, we still destroy the nature given to us," said Park. "I invite the viewer to consider the beauty of nature that is around us and contemplate the human actions that enhance or destroy it."

IN WANDERING runs March 26 - April 27 at Langley Centennial Museum, 9135 King Street, Fort Langley. An Opening Reception will be held March 26 from 6:30 - 9pm as part of TWU's Festival of the Arts, Media and Culture. For more information for to obtain a photograph, contact Jane Lemke, Arts and Heritage Curator at email jlemke at tol.ca<mailto:jlemke at tol.ca>, phone 604.532.3536 or visit langleymuseum.org.



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