Gallery Exhibitions

LVPA Visual Arts Department Current Students and Alumni Exhibition

Artist: Jessica Bastidas, LVPA class of 2011

Title: My Sketchbook

Banana Factory - Banko

Deconstructing Forms by Daniel Mahlman

Banana Factory - Hallway

Contemporary Caribbean Artists: Cuba, Dominican Republic, and Puerto Rico
First Latin American Show ever in the Crayola Gallery. Artists include: Marina Gutierrez, Rigo Peralta, Alexis Mendoza from Cuba, Ismael Checo from the Dominican Republic, Luis Stephenberg from Puerto Rico, and Jesus Riveras from Cuba.
The show includes paintings, installations, 3-D work, and much more.


Artist: Alexis Mendoza
Title: En el Jardin de la Noche
Banana Factory - Crayola

White Works

Artist: Ann Schlegel

Title: Pete's Trumpet
Medium: Oil, acrylic, paper, graphite

This is one of many beautiful works you can see on display.

Banana Factory Stairway & Walls

Dancing with Triangles by Barry Assed

This series of images originates from an idea I had in the late 90's which incorporated the stencil of a metal screen I found at the hardware store that was used as the front of radiator covers in my childhood home and is still found in many homes today.

In the beginning I used the screen as one element of the composition, but eventually became intrigued with the pattern itself and developed works that dealt just with it.

Since this pattern is so easily recognizable, I experimented with the pattern by enlarging its scale and cutting my own stencils.

These triangles are sometimes combined with another series of works that involves randomly torn shapes from a sheet of paper and used as an abstract stencil to create floating shapes that suggest the element of dance.

ArtsQuest Center - Loft

Pulp Icons: Cast Paper and Prints by Stewart Nachmias

Art tells us how to appreciate the world, in its beauty and in its disgrace. The woodcuts of Stewart Nachmias teach us to look with gratitude at life lived at ground level. The world he shows us is often raw, off-kilter and usually infused with humor, as it celebrates both urban life and the humanity he finds there.

Nachmias depicts aspects of his own life in an urban environment. The emphasis is nearly always on the manic energy that emanates from crowded jam sessions, puppet shows and tilting buildings. These prints celebrate both personal struggles and pleasures: a job end, a new career begins, music is played and lovers kiss. There is an expressionist spirit here, with the black lines of the woodcuts seemingly hacking images into existence.

The Bridge, Tanks and Dumbo - Cast paper, woodcut

Banana Factory - Banko Gallery