Challenge - Spring/Summer 2012 - Tiffin University

Art, Music and Theatre
The Diane Kidd Gallery
Through the leadership of Diane Kidd, the original Tiffin
University Art Gallery opened in Franks Hall in 1994. From her
initial vision, the gallery has grown to become the spacious
and light-filled Diane Kidd Art Gallery in the Hayes Center for
the Arts. It is one of the finest exhibition spaces in the area,
a drawing card for art lovers in northwest Ohio and beyond.
More information about The Diane Kidd Gallery and upcoming
shows can be obtained by contacting Marsha Pippenger,
Gallery Director, at marsha.pippenger@gmail.com
Calvert Student Show
The gallery presented “Coordination of Creative Scenes,”
featuring artworks by students from Tiffin Calvert High School
in the first exhibition of the 2012 calendar year.
The exhibition was a collection of 2-d works that vary
in medium,” according to Marla Shultz, Calvert art instructor.
“The media included photography, charcoal, paint and
mixed-media. Included was a collection of drawings of the
Seneca County Courthouse. The students preserved the
courthouse in charcoal drawings that brought the beauty of
the structure to life.”
Burning the Maples
Artist Holly Hey paid tribute to
her father, Don, in “Burning the
Maples,” at the gallery’s February
exhibition. Don Hey spent
time in the woods gathering
wood to heat the family home
and for carpentry and craft
projects. Part of the installation
recreated a scene from the artist’s
childhood.
action. Whether
working with
the surface of a
painting or with a
theatrical space,
he integrates his
vocabulary of images,
texts, schematics,
sounds,
and objects into a
variety of inventive
compositions.
Smith, Nelson & Smith Art
Annual Student Exhibition &
Senior Reception
The April art show featured an exhibition
by TU art students combined
with a special reception recognizing
this year’s graduating seniors.
The student art show featured
work from regular undergraduate
courses in drawing, painting, and
design, as well as a special exhibition
of advanced undergraduate
portfolio projects and creative
thesis projects from TU’s Master of
Humanities program. While the subject matter was eclectic,
the work exhibited represented the best of Tiffin University’s
art program.
CampusScene
Burning Maples
Apparitions, Remixes, & Fault Lines
The March exhibit, “Apparitions, Remixes, & Fault Lines,” was
presented by nationally recognized artist Nelson Smith.
Earning widespread recognition as a painter, designer,
composer and theater artist, Nelson Smith is a recent Ballinglen
Arts Foundation Fellow and Senior Artist-In-Residence
in Painting and Drawing for the Oregon College of Art and
Craft. His work reveals his ongoing exploration of relationships
between diagrammatic language, objects/images, and
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