Reflections Magazine Issue #74 - Spring 2011 | Page 6

Campus News

Siena Art Students on
Display in Exhibition

Heckman Named Fulbright Scholar

By Austin Harper—Student Writer

Siena Heights University Associate Professor of English Davin
Heckman was named a Fulbright Scholar and will spend 10 months
teaching and researching at the University of Bergen in Norway.

Siena Heights University participated in the first
Christian Colleges Art Exhibition at Spring Arbor
University’s Ganton Art Gallery earlier this year.
Nineteen students from Siena exhibited their
artwork along with students from Spring Arbor
and Taylor universities.
Of the 200 or so entries of differing artistic
styles, only 72 were selected to be exhibited.
SHU students had 21 entries make the cut.
Nick Hullibarger, an art major, was the only
SHU student to win an award. He received an
honorable mention and $50 for his triptych.
“It is a small 8x5 inch
piece of paper with
three black and white
graphite drawings on
it,” Hullibarger said.
“The inspiration for my
piece came from an
artist and movement
I have been studying
for a little over six months. The artist’s name is
George Maciunas, and he was the founder of
a movement in the 1960s called Fluxus.”
Currently studying to earn his Bachelor of Fine
Arts degree with a concentration in drawing
and a minor in art history, Hullibarger said
winning the award motivated him. “I plan on
going to graduate school to earn my MFA in
studio art,” he said. “This will allow me to teach
at the college level and provide me the facilities
and time to continue my own art to exhibit.”
J.D. Garn, the director of the Ganton Gallery,
said each semester Spring Arbor has a show
that highlights the best work of its students.
“It is a great show, but I want our students see
what is happening at similar schools,” he said.
“All Siena art students were invited to submit
digital images of two original works,” said SHU
Professor of Art History and Art Department
chair Peter Barr, PhD. “Once all of the art was
submitted by the students, the digital images
were compiled onto a CD and sent to Garn.”
Because of the initial success of the event, Barr
said there are plans for an exhibit every other
year, perhaps hosted on a rotating basis by
participating institutions.

SHU’s Bob Conlon
Releases New Music CD
Assistant Professor of Art
Robert Conlon recently
released his new music CD
“Love Unsought is Better.”
For more information on his
compact disc, visit www.robertconlon.com.

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