On Wednesday, Oct. 8, the Nordstrand Visual Arts Gallery held an opening for the Faulty Art Exhibit at 4:30 p.m., which features 16 art pieces made by art professors at the college.
The exhibit allows the professors to showcase their skills and techniques to students, other faculty members and the community.
The exhibit is open Monday through Thursday from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m., Friday 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Sunday 3 to 7 p.m. and closed on Saturday. The closing day, Nov. 12, will close at noon.
“So, faculty as part of their profession, they make art, right? And I think it’s just a healthy way for students to see what their teachers do…” Professor of Art History and Director of Nordstrand Art Gallery, Andy Haslit said. “It’s a chance for students to see like the people that they’re with all day talking about their own art. It’s a good chance for that.”
Haslit began working as the art historian and visual arts professor at Wayne State College in 2016.
It was then that Haslit became the director of the Nordstrand Art Gallery.
Haslit volunteered to be the director due to his experience working at the Cincinnati Art Museum in the curatorial department for four to five years.
The exhibit features 16 art pieces from five different art professors.
Those include Leroy Von Glan, Carolyn Albracht, Beatriz Rodriguez, Francine Fox and Sarah Lemon, within their taught medium.
Stoneware works created by Professor Leroy Von Glan featured various eccentric shapes and colors.
“They work in their own mediums, so the painting professor brought paintings, the sculpture professor brought the sculptures,” Andy Haslit said. “I basically leave it up to them because it’s what they want to project about themselves and it’s their work and I trust all my coworkers,”
“So, with the faculty show, certainly my goal and I think most of the other professor’s goal is to try to have new work for that…” Professor of Art Education Carolyn Albracht said. “So, yeah other than just trying to make sure it’s work that hasn’t been seen before, that’s really kind of my only goal with the faculty show. It does keep us motivated to keep creating new work.”
Art students were in attendance at the opening to support the professors who have supported them throughout their academic career at WSC.
Students commended their professor’s talent, technique and skills while going through the exhibit.
“You also take higher value of their critiques during class, because you see the level of their mastery,” art student Lillian Wielgus said. “So, being taught by them feels more eye opening when you see the stuff that they are creating themselves.”
“It’s also a great way to see what everyone keeps creating after like so many years of like learning this technique and everything.” art student Destynni Hendrickson said.
Albracht said that continuing creative endeavors remains important for professors.
“Knowing that we do take time to do the things that were teaching, I think is important for the community,” Albracht said.
