Where's Russell : 3rd Year Visual Arts Students

Title
Where's Russell : 3rd Year Visual Arts Students
Date
2017
Type
Text; Visual art work
Identifier
http://researchonline.federation.edu.au/vital/access/HandleResolver/1959.17/157499
Identifier
vital:11617
Abstract
15th November 2016-9th January 2017 This year’s exhibition of completing students in the Bachelor of Visual Arts at Federation University features the work of eight students who have witnessed the change from Monash University to Federation University. For the past three years these students have worked assiduously to research and develop a personal visual language which will enable them to make their mark in the visual arts. In spite of trends which have seen much argument about the relevance of the object in art and the purging of traditional mediums, the Gippsland Centre for Art and Design continues to promote the notion of art as ‘making special’ and remains one of the few art schools in Australia with the facilities to cater for every aspect of the visual arts while still enabling students to make work which is relevant in a contemporary context. These past three years have seen considerable change for both the Gippsland Centre for Art and Design and the students themselves. Among those changes there has been a University wide review of staffing which resulted in the retirement of the art school’s longest serving employee, Mr Russell Snelton. Russell served the Gippsland Centre for Art and Design as a studio technician for forty years during which time he won the respect and admiration of hundreds of students. This exhibition acknowledges Russell and the positive impact he has had on the students who have requested that the exhibition be titled “Where’s Russell?” in his honour. Image: Where's Russell?
Publisher
Switchback Gallery, Federation University Australia, Gippsland
Rights
This metadata is freely available under a CCO license
Subject
1905 Visual Arts and Crafts
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