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Shepherd University students exhibit at AHA! Fire Hall Gallery ISSUED: 18 January 2012 Shepherdstown, WV--Artworks which spotlighting conservation that were created by Shepherd University graphic design, photography, and studio art majors are on exhibit at the AHA! Fire Hall Gallery in Charles Town. Students participating in the exhibition include Christine Soares, Richard McClung, Jake Lichtman, Sara Brister, Austin Bridge, Trenton Meiron, Samantha Jones, Kaitlyn Jones, Mariah Donavan, Kyla Johnson, Ana Lopez, Emma Frank, Brittany Bates, and Evan Barke. The AHA! Fire Hall Gallery is located at 108 N. George Street in Charles Town, within the Charles Town Visitors Center. The gallery is open daily from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Professor Rhonda J. Smith, chair of the Department of Contemporary Art and Theater at Shepherd, said the American Conservation Film Festival (ACFF) held in Shepherdstown in November 2011 inspired students enrolled in the Visual Thinking Skills I class to create a work of art that promoted ideas of conservation. They were to select a theme related to advocacy, respect, protection, defense, reporting, or awareness, which supports the ACFF idea of the power of imagery to inform and inspire. Professor Sonya Evanisko organized the exhibit. She said that the artwork had specific guidelines. No people could be used as subjects, yet the image was to bring greater understanding and awareness to others about conservation, how it may be fostered, or how to be an advocate for action. The solution had to incorporate images that provoke rather than document. Evanisko said she told the students to stimulate the imagination of the viewer while conveying your conservation message. "Our students are go-getters," she said. "Our faculty inspires innovation and we get results." AHA is a non-profit organization of volunteers dedicated to supporting cultural and artistic events and programs for both children and adults in Jefferson County. For more information about AHA, visit www.ahajc.org. -30- |
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