Close to 200 high school students and their instructors from our district are expected to come and explore artistic techniques during Parkland’s 14th annual High School Art Seminar, on Friday, November 13 from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. The event will be held at the Parkland Art Gallery and in the art classrooms.
The seminar will correspond with the exhibition "Museum of Mystery: A Thirty-Year Bannerline of Paintings by Glen C. Davies." Highly influenced by his experience of travelling with circuses and carnivals in the 1970s, Davies’ retrospective exhibition focuses on his series of Bannerline paintings. “Bannerline” refers to the style of artwork influenced by the special form of advertising in which banners are hung on clothesline that can be easily put up and taken down for a traveling show. This artistic style allows this Champaign native to express his mysterious narratives through a personal visual language. In his response to the loose canvas format, he brings to mind signage commonly associated with carnival attractions, fraternal lodge rituals, and medieval religious pilgrimages; the artist thus relates life experience as a moral drama, played out in a public forum.
As usual, Parkland Art Faculty will lead the students in hands-on workshops, introducing them to new techniques and methodologies in both two and three dimensions. Glen Davies will also be present to interact with the students and to give a lecture on his life and work. The day will round out with a tour of Parkland’s art facilities, a tour of the art gallery, and refreshments.
We have also scheduled the seminar in coordination with the Parkland College Fall Open House, a campus-wide event intended to familiarize prospective students with all that Parkland College has to offer. Our art seminar will take place during the first half of the day, so students may wish to stay through the afternoon for the Open House.
Registration through the Parkland Art Gallery Office is required. Please feel free to contact us at the Parkland Art Gallery office, 217/351-2485.
Programs at the Parkland Art Gallery are partially supported by a grant from the Illinois Arts Council, a State agency.