Alumni on 5: Fall Exhibition & Opening Reception

Join us for the Alumni on 5 Fall Exhibition & Opening Reception this Friday, October 18, 2013 from 5pm-7pm on the fifth floor. Meet some of the alumni artists, view their work, and mingle over food and drinks. This exhibition's theme is the Start of Something and is curated Nick Albertson (MFA '13).

Library awarded first Faculty & Staff Excellence Award

Photo by Dominic Rossetti

The Columbia College Chicago Library has been awarded the first Faculty & Staff Excellence Award from the Office of Alumni Relations.  

The Library was nominated by Cynthia Vargas, Associate Director of Alumni Events & Programs.  Cynthia stated, "There was no question for me who deserved this the most and who I wanted to nominate.  All of you have been essential and wonderful to work with over the years.  Your continued partnership and the willingness to showcase alumni work is much appreciated".

The award was presented at the Alumni Weekend Alumni & Student Luncheon on Saturday, September 29th, 2012.  Accepted on behalf of the Library staff were Library Dean Jan Chindlund, Head of College Archives, Heidi Marshall and Head of Marketing, Outreach and Special Initiatives, Kim Hale.

Alumni on 5 Exhibition Opening 10/5 from 5-7pm

Alumni on 5: Alumni in the Library Exhibitions Opening Reception
Friday, October 5
5-7pm
624 S. Michigan Ave. 5th Floor

Exhibition Hours:
Regular Library Hours
October 2012 - February 2013
Shows Organized and Curated by:
Jessica Rodrigue (MFA '11)
Chelsea Middendorf (BA '12)

Featured alumni artists:
Linda Benjamin (BFA ‘12)
Kristy Bowen (MFA ‘07)
Valerie Burke (BA ‘76)
Erin Cramer (BFA ‘05)
Brandon Graham (MFA ‘01)
Natalie Kling (BA ‘01)
Jessica Leep (‘12)
Kelsey Lindsey (BFA ‘11)
Vince Rincon (BA ‘85)
Bugs Utsey (‘12)

Alumni on 5 Exhibition, Opening Reception 4/20 5-7pm

Alumni on 5: Alumni in the Library Exhibitions

"Games, Wars + Summits"

The Spring exhibition looks at this year's Critical Encounters focus, 'Rights, Radicals + Revolution' and the upcoming NATO summit in Chicago in May 2012.

Are you radical? Do you play games?  Do you war?  What revolution have/would you join or lead?  Is your art a medium for discussing politics, fun, social issues and community engagement?

Opening Reception
Columbia College Chicago Library
624 S. Michigan Ave., 5th Floor
Friday, April 20, 2012
5pm-7pm

Exhibition Hours:
During Regular Library Hours
April 20, 2012-August 2012

Shows Organized and Curated by:
Jodi Adams (BA '08)
Stephen DeSantis (MFA '08)

Alumni on 5 Exhibit: Revolution of Self

September 23, 2011 – March 9, 2012
Columbia College Chicago Library
624 S. Michigan Avenue, 5th Floor

The fall 2011 Alumni on 5 exhibition explores the rawness of self-portraiture and self-exploration when it is approached with honesty, both brutal and beautiful; our necessary non-fictions.


What is self-portrait and how can you use it to express revolution of self?
What happens when everything you thought you once knew has been altered; when the necessary fictions melt away? What does this change look like? How do you express this revolution/revelation, in your art?

Late Night Television, image by Larry Chiat ('02)

Shows organized and curated by:
Jodi Adams (BA ‘08)
* Stephen DeSantis (MFA ‘08)*

Featured alumni artists:
* Ali Beyer (MFA ’08)*
Evy Briggs (BFA ’08)
Valerie Burke (BA ’76)
Larry Chait (’02)
* Sandi Chaplin (MA ’98)*
Anni Holm (BFA ’04)
* Laurie LeBreton (MFA ’11)*
Shellie Lewis (BA ’10)
Dimitri Moore (BA ’11)
* Kelly Parsell (MFA ’10)*
Carolyn Otto Pavelkis (MFA ’01)
* Rose Camastro Pritchett (MFA ’03)*
*Jamie Rey (MFA ’07)*
Kevin Riordan (BA ’96)
* Karol Shewmaker (MFA ’09)*
Kayla Story (BFA ’11)

* Interdisciplinary Arts Department Alumni

Exhibition open during regular library hours

Alumni on 5 Exhibition - Oct. 11 - March 1

Alumni on 5
Physicality & Virtuality
October 11, 2010 - March 1, 2011


IMAGE NOTES:
"Suspended Freedom"
by Dalia Amara (BFA '09)

The fall 2010 Alumni exhibition, Physicality & Virtuality, takes a look at Columbia College Chicago alumni work exploring the differences and overlap between the physical and the virtual in their art practices.

Congratulations to the following Alumni artists who's work has been accepted into the fall Alumni on 5 exhibition!

Dalia Amara (BFA '09)
Evy Briggs (BFA '08)
Bob Blinn (BA '73)
Valerie Burke (BA '76)
Kevin Cassidy (BFA '02)
Erin Cramer (MFA '09)
Larry Chait (BFA '02)
Craig Jobson (MFA '01)
Keisha Jordan (BFA '04)
Shellie Lewis (BA '10)
Rachel Muich (BA '07)
Joseph Panizzo (BFA '07)
Carolyn Otto Pavelkis (MFA 01)
Rebecca Reuland (BFA '04)
Nino Rodriguez (BA '05)
Erick Rowe (MFA '05)
Karol Shewmaker (MFA '09)
Michael Smith (BFA '03)
Sharon Okeefe Starkman (MA '83)
Liz Wuerffel (MA '06)


Shows organized and curated by:
Jodi Adams (B.A. '08) and
Stephen DeSantis (M.F.A. '08)

Contact us at submitalumni@colum.edu

Alumni on 5: Alumni in the Library Exhibition Reception - April 16

Greater than 16x20; Less than 4x5

Save the date for Alumni Exhibiton Opening Reception!
Friday, April 16th from 5 PM ­- 7 PM
RSVP here

In this inaugural exhibition, alumni working in various mediums explore their ideas about making art smaller than 4”x5” and larger than 16”x20”, and how the smaller or larger scale of the piece is an integral part of the work.

Featured alumni artists include:
Hyunjung Bae
Ali Beyer (M.F.A. '08)
Sarah Bonk (B.A. '07)
Valerie Burke (B.A. '76)
Jon Cancelino (M.F.A. '08)
Kevin Cuasey (M.F.A. '05)
Jessica Covey (B.F.A. '09)
Erin Cramer (M.F.A. '09)
Brandon Graham (M.F.A. '08)
Danyelle Jones-Skinner (M.A.T. '05)
Joseph Lappie (M.F.A. '08)
Lily Mayfield (M.F.A. '07)
Rachel Muich (B.A. '07)
Jacy Neises (B.F.A. '08)
Carolyn Otto Pavelkis (M.F.A. '01)
Cynthia Peters (B.A. '02)
Jamie Rey (M.A. '07)
Kevin Riordan (B.A. '96)
Jen Thomas (M.F.A. '05)
Renee Zbylut (B.F.A. '09)

Show organized and curated by:

Jodi Adams (B.A. '08) and Stephen DeSantis (M.F.A. '08)

Call for Submissions - Alumni in the Library Exhibitions

ALUMNI on 5

Alumni in the Library Exhibitions

Columbia College Chicago Office of Alumni Relations & the Columbia Library call for submissions for the new, twice yearly, alumni exhibition in the Library.

You study, you exhibit, you celebrate, you graduate, you Manifest. Now, you are looking for ways to stay involved with the virbrant arts community that is Columbia College Chicago.

The Office of Alumni Relations is partnering with the Library to offer Columbia Alumni an opportunity to exhibit their original work in a twice yearly, juried exhibition in the Library.

The first exhibition, scheduled for spring 2010, “Greater Than 16x20; Less Than 4x5”, will explore the idea of really big and really small works.

The submission deadline for this juried exhibition is March 21, 2010. Download the submission guidelines here.

Questions? Email Jodi Adams or Stephen DeSantis at submitalumni@colum.edu.