Ingrid Derstine, printmaking and jewelry “A lot of times I will use a photo as a base for my prints, sometimes it is obvious that it’s representational and sometimes it’s not so much. Often the photos are ones that I have taken, usually while I am traveling. The photos I use for printmaking all usually have a pretty unusual visual texture. Visual texture is like a silhouette of a bunch of leaves against the sky, you see it all together but you don’t realize its leaves so all you see is this texture.  Like the texture on this ring is...

By Liz Core • March 31, 2011 • Arts

Abe Stucky Sophomore, Art and Physics Double Major My first encounter with clay happened around 2nd grade while I was home-schooled.  My mom bought a chunk of clay that I remember shaping and forming into various objects.  I have always loved working with my hands, whether it be stained glass making, guitar playing, or carpentry projects.  I think this is also why I have enjoyed ceramics so much. I am most inspired by artwork that is clever or art that makes me smile. I am interested in creating pieces that are both functional and recognizable. I am inspired by things found...

By Liz Core • March 23, 2011 • Arts

This weekend, the Senior Art Shows will kick off with an opening reception in the Hershberger Art Gallery from 2-4 pm. This first set of senior art will be on display from March 20-30, with following Senior Art Shows running April 3-13, and April 17 -27. Senior Andrea Kraybill will be one of the featured artists, with silk painting and enameling on display. Of the experience, she says it’s a great opportunity and she feels honored. “It’s like birthing a baby,” says Kraybill. Other exhibitors in this first show are Orion Blaha, sculpture; Tiffany Dull, watercolor and ink; Jordan Kauffman,...

By Lavonne Shetler • March 17, 2011 • Arts

Emma Brooks Graphic Design “I kind of think of design like a puzzle. There are so many options that you could do. Tons of ideas. There are so many things out there and you have to pick just one to three and just fit them together. Then you have to fit the design, lay it out, put in the type and fit them together to make them look good. It’s an interesting problem solving thing. A design solution.”

By Liz Core • March 10, 2011 • Arts

A new exhibit has been opened in the Harold and Wilma Good Library Gallery. The exhibit is titled “Going to Church: Objects Representing Mennonite Congregations.” It was first revealed this past Sunday, January 23 with a public reception. On the wall of the entrance to “Going to Church,” a quote by the martyr Claes de Praet reads, “The earliest Anabaptists worshipped in boats, caves, behind hedges, in the woods, in the fields or mountains, on the seacoast, sometimes in houses.” When the political authorities began to allow for less secrecy, Anabaptists churches sprouted up around Europe. The new exhibit both...

By Maddie Ruth • February 5, 2011 • Arts

“I often doodle when I need something concrete to focus on. There’s a lot of circles. Circles that turn into curves, contrasted by straight lines. Often they take the shape of a woman’s body. Recently, I’ve started doing more images that tend to be whimsical, bizarre or often they’ll be mysterious looking creatures. With the creatures, I think about everybody’s innate thoughts and fears that aren’t shown on the outside. The crazy little creatures that are in all of us that you don’t often get to see.”

By Becca Yoder • January 26, 2011 • Arts

“My grandma is a quilter, so I have always loved fabric and sewing. Later on I would see things at the store and think to myself, ‘I could make that’ and so I just started trying to make things for myself’. [I’m inspired by] anything and everything. I love street fashion and seeing what other people are wearing and how they combine different pieces that seem unusual but as a whole fit together perfectly.” – Jess Sprunger Q & A with the artist: What interested you in fashion design? Well my grandma is a quilter so I have always loved...

By Liz Core • January 20, 2011 • Arts

Work of ceramics artist Juan Granados is currently being featured in the Hershberger Gallery.  Granados, the current Associate Professor of Art at Texas Tech, has been a successful solo artist and professor of art for years. Having been featured in both national and international galleries, Granados’ distinctively earthen style has attracted audiences worldwide. Granados uses his pieces to reflect the organic material that all matter derives from. Having spent much time working with the land and observing the cycles of earth and the seasons, his artwork reflects a distinct reverence for nature. Specifically, Granados designs organically ornate replications of anatomical...

By Liz Core • January 20, 2011 • Arts

  Tolerance. Goshen College Art Club’s current art show, “Tolerance and the Other” is taking advantage of this word’s ambiguity in order to stimulate students’ various opinions and interpretations. Entrance into the art show was open to all students with the encouragement that pieces be inspired by “tolerance” and its connotations. The show has been running since Nov. 19 and will continue until Dec. 6 in the basement of the Good Library. Senior art major and leader of GC Art Club. Jordan Kauffman, began plans for a student art show this past summer. After approaching Professor of Art Randy Horst,...

By Liz Core • December 2, 2010 • News

Do you ever wonder where your favorite bands’ posters come from? They might have been created by Mikey Burton. Burton, a graphic designer from Canton, Ohio, will have his artwork displayed in the Hershberger Art Gallery at Goshen College until Jan. 12. He addressed students in a Topics and Issues session on Sunday following his reception. Burton earned his Bachelor of Science and Master of Arts degree in visual communication design from Kent State University in Ohio. “I always liked drawing,” Burton said.  He describes his design aesthetic as “Midwesterny” and draws much of his inspiration from artifacts found throughout...

By Christine Ludin • November 17, 2010 • Arts

“This summer I was up north and I took a bunch of pictures,”  says senior art major Elizabeth Gunden, “and I took this one photo of a milkweed pod that I really liked.” Our Artist of the Week explains how that particular photo inspired her oil painting. “Sometimes my inspirations come from photos, other times I’ll paint on location. I like to have some sort of connection with what I paint.” Gunden describes her painting as a “high contrast, really dark, really light, abstract interpretation” of the original photo. She explains that this semester she’s been trying different forms of painting,...

By Anita Fonseca • November 17, 2010 • Arts

They say artists can find inspiration in everything, and that’s certainly the case of sophomore Tim Landes. Over fall break, Landes visited Windsor, Canada and met a man that later inspired him to do a sculpture piece. “I saw this really old man,” said Landes. “He had a giant mustache, a big nose, and crazy-looking eyes.  I asked him if I could take his picture and all he said to me was, ‘I don’t speak English very well’ and then kept walking, looking into the distance,” said Landes. The man’s appearance and response intrigued Landes. Although Landes admits to not...

By Anita Fonseca • November 3, 2010 • Arts

They say artists can turn anything into art and when you look at Abi Tsigie’s journey, you could definitely agree with that. Over the summer, junior art major Tsigie and his friend Seth Martin, also a Goshen College student, decided to rent a house together in downtown Goshen. Although the house is old and was initially extremely dirty, Abi saw potential and asked the landlord if they could give part of the house another use:  an art studio. Once they got the thumbs-up, the two friends, along with other help from other GC students, started working vigorously to renovate the...

By Anita Fonseca • October 27, 2010 • Arts

Ducks and mugs are not a very common combination, but Aspen Schmidt, a sophomore majoring in Youth Ministry, turned that around. For her ceramics class she was asked to make artwork combining subjects that were somehow similar and different at the same time. Inspired by a giraffe mug that she owns, she decided to create three mugs influenced by three different animals: a penguin, a toucan and the duck. All of them are made of clay. The penguin mug has the animal carved into the piece and the toucan mug has the beak of the toucan extending out of the...

By Anita Fonseca • October 27, 2010 • Arts

Before retiring from 30 years of teaching art at the end of this school year, Goshen College Professor of Art, John Blosser, has offered a retrospective exhibit of his artwork done throughout his career. Blosser, who graduated with a bachelor of arts degree in art and art education from Goshen College in 1970, went on to get a masters in painting and drawing from Bowling Green State University in Ohio in 1979. He then earned a masters of the fine arts in drawing from Arizona State University in Tempe, Ariz. in 1986 before he returned to join the Goshen College...

By Chagan Sanathu • October 6, 2010 • Arts