Tuesday, December 13, 2016

PEL-connected artists represented in Cobb Gallery Christmas Show



Above: l-r Watercolors by Linda Swindall, photography by Cal Brown '16, mixed-media monotypes by Emily Ayers Rideout, and weavings by Stella N. Anderson filled one wall and part of two others at the recent Nearly Annual Christmas Show and Sale in Cobb Gallery.

 Article and images by Anne W. Anderson

Artists with PEL connections contributed a good portion of the work displayed in the 2016 Nearly Annual Christmas Show and Sale in Cobb Gallery. The show ran Monday-Friday from December 5, through December 13, and a portion of the proceeds benefited the John Eckert Memorial Fund, which provides scholarships for visual art students.

Gallery manager Kirsten Ruginski said the works by PEL-connected artists ranged from watercolors to weavings and included work from a recent graduate and from current and former Eckerd College employees and instructors.

Below: The display included several watercolors by Linda Swindall, who worked at one time as the coordinator of special projects in PEL. 



Below: PEL graduate Betsy Orbe Lester '94, who became a PEL instructor and now is an adjunct with Eckerd College, provided these mixed-media works. 


 Below: Work by Stella N. Anderson, former assistant registrar for PEL, included ink paintings, handmade journals, and weavings.


 Below left: These mixed-media monotypes are the work of Emily Ayers Rideout, whose father was a PEL graduate (Daniel, '94) and whose mother was a long-time administrative assistant at PEL's Tampa Center.

Below right: The pottery creations are the work of Lin Jorgensen, who was PEL's enrollment manager for many years.


 

Below: The photographs below are the work of Cal Brown, '16, who graduated from PEL this past May. The porch scenes are from his senior project, Porch-traits.



 Anne W. Anderson is PEL's director of blended and online learning 
and is co-editor of The PEL Connector.

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