Student Exhibitions
Upcoming Exhibitions
Juried Student Art Show 2022
Enter up to three of your favorite pieces in any media for an opportunity to win awards for your art! See the online submission form for full rules. Submissions will be accepted March 21–28 in the Tyler Gallery, E107. The Juried Student Art Show will be on view in the Tyler Gallery April 11–29, 2022.
Off-Site Exhibitions
Highlights from the COVID Times
This exhibit will be on view at the Downtown Branch of the Richmond Public Library from March 4–30, 2022. This show includes paintings created in the middle of the pandemic by Michael A. Pierce’s Fall 2020 and Spring 2021 in Topics in Watercolor (ART 295) students: Amber Brantley, Jane Dowrick, Josh Cloninger, Susan Moncure, Opal Myers and Chia Yang
The Downtown Branch of the Richmond Public Library is located at 101 East Franklin Street, Richmond, VA 23219. A First Friday, Opening Reception for the Artists is scheduled for 6:30 p.m.–9:00 p.m., March 4, 2022.
We Thought COVID Would Be Over By Now
Featuring watercolors from the fall semester of Michael A. Pierce’s Topics in Watercolor (ART 295) class, the latest installment of the Theme & Variations exhibition series will be on view through May 1, 2022. The work is displayed throughout the Collaboratory of Virginia/UTurn facility located at 2101 Maywill Street, Richmond, VA 23230.
Artwork from: Elaine Harris, Linda Hollett-Bazouzi, Hannah Jones, Roni Kingsley, Nishchay Patel, Sallie Lupton Rugg, Janet Scagnelli and Jeanette Wermuth. Exhibition space provided by Artspace, a non-profit gallery for the visual and performing arts.
Reception: First Friday, March 4, 6:00–8:00pm
Online Student Exhibitions
2021 Memory Project: Nigeria
Instructor Colin Ferguson’s Painting I, II, III and IV students painted portraits for the Memory Project, an initiative that gives children who’ve been orphaned a personal keepsake. This year students painted the portraits of children from Nigeria.
Theme & Variations
Special Topics in Watercolor (ART 295
Spring 2021
Instructor: Michael Pierce
Alternative Photographic Processes
Alternative Photographic Processes (PHT 247)
Spring 2021
Instructor: Anne Savedge
Electronic Darkroom
Electronic Darkroom (PHT 135)
Spring 2021
Instructor: Anne Savedge
Digital Photography II
Digital Photography II (PHT 264)
Spring 2021
Instructor: Anne Savedge
2022 Foundation Art Award Finalists
Since 1995 the John Tyler Community College Foundation's annual art competition has highlighted the artistic abilities of Tyler’s students. Each year the winning entry is showcased with a poster and notecard design, and the artist receives a cash award. The 2022 Foundation Art Award will be selected from among these ten finalists and announced at the Student Awards Night in spring.
Closed July 1-4 & Web Changes Underway
The college will be closed July 1 – 4 for the Independence Day Holiday.
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