"My daily practice uses active imagination in conversation with the materiality of clay. I would like my work to offer a sense of being buoyed by love, hope, curiosity, and the imagination."
Jenny Mendes
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Spiral Theory, terracotta, electric fired with underglaze and terra sigilatta, 12.75 x 14 x 3, 2020. For Sale: $950
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Online Artist talk by Jenny Mendes
January 27th, 10:30 am
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Dear Friends of the gallery,
Our 2021 State of the Art: Ceramics Biennial exhibition, "The Living World in Clay," ends Saturday, February 5. Thursday, January 27 at 10:30 am, exhibiting artist Jenny Mendes will speak about her art and inspirations. Her colorful ceramic plates in the show feature hybrid human-animal figures amid tranquil nature-inspired motifs.
My Ceramic work has always had a life of its own, separate from my desire to control it. If I look back at my ceramics over time, a continuous thread runs through my work, a signature stylistic message from my unconscious to conscious self. Always learning and relearning how to decipher and translate the special union I experience with this material, I find inspiration from a deep connection to self and friends, from my relationships with nature, humans, and animals, and from working with energy, both tangible and intangible.
Mendes received a BA in Ceramics from Washington University in St. Louis, MO, in 1982 and continued her education at Penland School of Crafts in North Carolina, returning after that as resident artist and instructor.
The lecture is Free and open to the public via Zoom for the community.
Stay warm,
Lisa Costello
Director, Giertz Gallery
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Jenny Mendes, Fawn, terracotta, electric fired ceramics with underglaze and terra sigillata,
10.75 x 10.75 x 1.75, 2019. For sale: $800.
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Jenny Mendes, Butterfly, terracotta, electric fired ceramics with underglaze and terra sigillata, 10.75 x 10.75 x 1.75, 2019. For sale: $800. |
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Students in Parkland College 505 District may submit up to two entries from the following mediums: drawing, painting, collage, photography, printmaking, ceramics, and sculpture. It is free and open to the public.
Entrants will be placed into categories by age: 7 - 10, 11 - 13, and 14 - 18.
All artwork must be original and created by the student after January 1, 2021. Images of the artwork must be entries online as a digital still image. Mailed submissions will not be accepted.
There is no contest theme but artwork must be original content. Copyrighted sources (Disney, Marvel, DC, Pixar, Celebrity images, etc.) will be disqualified.
Enter your 2D or 3D artwork by Sunday, February 20, 2022, for a chance to win a camp scholarship and have your artwork featured on Giertz Gallery's social media page!
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Prefer to write a check? Please make your donation check to:
Giertz Gallery at Parkland College
2400 W. Bradley Ave
Champaign, IL 61821
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Your donation is greatly appreciated. Thank you for your continued support of the Giertz Gallery through a direct donation. |
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Giertz Gallery acknowledges support from the Illinois Arts Council Agency.
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In compliance with state mandates, Parkland College has limited the number of ways to enter Parkland College and has greeters stationed at designated doors. The greeters are checking that students, faculty, and staff comply with the mandates. Let the greeter know that you are on campus to visit the gallery, you will need to sign in, nothing else is required besides wearing a mask.
While you may enter through any of the designated doors to visit the gallery, we suggest using the M1 parking lot on the north corner of campus and entering door M1. Follow the signs to the gallery, located on the north side of the X wing.
All events in the accessible gallery are free and open to the public. Parkland College is a section 504/ADA-compliant institution. For accommodations, call 217/353-2338 or email [email protected].
As the situation evolves, so will our approach to keeping you safe. We thank you for your patience and flexibility as we manage this and ask that you check our website for updates or call 217/351-2485 for more information.
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Mask up!
Giertz Gallery hours:
Monday - Wednesday 10 am-5 pm
Thursday 10 am – 7 pm
Saturday 12 – 2 pm.
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2400 West Bradley Avenue
Champaign, Illinois 61821-1899
217/351-2485
Giertz Gallery hours:
Monday - Wednesday 10am - 5pm
Thursday 10am - 7pm
Saturday 12 - 2pm
Closed: February 24 for Professional Development Day.
Our doors our open, but we will continue to have some online programming and resources to better server everyone.
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Giertz Gallery acknowledges support from the Illinois Arts Council Agency. |
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All events in the accessible gallery are free and open to the public. Parkland College is a section 504/ADA-compliant institution. For accommodation, call 217/353-2337 or email [email protected]
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