Works created using a wide variety of techniques and media will be on display at the Emerson Gallery as part of "Instants: Hamilton Senior Art Show." Photography, ceramics, sculpture, video, painting, solar etching and animation represent some of the media used in the production of works for this show. Opening on Friday, April 27, at 4 p.m., the show runs through May 19 when another reception will be held from 1 to 3 p.m. The exhibition and all related events are free and open to the public.
Seniors whose work will be displayed in the exhibit include Ashlee Childers (Kirkville, N.Y.), Matthew D'Elia (Port Washington, N.Y.), Sarah Felder (Keene, N.H.), Ann Foster (Wilmette, Il.), Emily Hamlin (Pennington, N.J.), Andrew Mention (Bowdoinham, Maine), Shannon Mims, Keigo Shimura (Tokyo, Japan), Devin Soule (Wallingford, Vt.), Katherine Steigerwald (Fayetteville, N.Y.), Katherine Stones (Bethel, Conn.), Zoe Viccaji (Karachi, Pakistan), Erin Weinstock (Pennington, N.J.) Daniel Wittenberg (New York, N.Y.), and Nicholas Woodall (Arroyo Seco, N.M.).
Zoe Viccaji painted a series of oil portraits, dedicated to recognizing the day to day effort workers expend to make the Hamilton community function properly. Her paintings, focused on several members of the staff, celebrate the skills, affection and dedication that these individuals bring to their work. Matthew D'Elia created a series of portrait collages weaving faces in black and white surrounded by colored images.
Shannon Mims completed a series of large scale black and white photographs titled "Scars" that explore physical and emotional trauma and scarring that can be viewed as a handicap or a mark of individuality and beauty. Combining self-portraiture with figurative imagery, Sarah Felder's silver gelatin prints convey the anxieties, insecurities, and seductions that compel her to make photographs.
Keigo Shimura created a five-minute original claymation film, a clay animated film using the voices and sounds of classmates. The film was inspired by Japanese anime and pop culture. Emily Hamlin explored her year-long experiences and conveyed them in a life-size abstract self portrait constructed of ceramic pots..).
