Archive for Art programs

YAVAPAI COMMUNITY COLLEGE IS SEEKING ART WORKS FROM STUDENTS AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS THAT CELEBRATE THE THEME OF “PEACE.”

By R. Oliphant
Friday, March 7th, 2025

Selected works will play a significant role in Yavapai Community College’s Peace Summit, to be held Thursday April 3 and Friday April 4 on Prescott Campus

Yavapai Community College is inviting students and community members to submit artwork that reflects the theme of “Peace.” Selected pieces will be prominently featured at the Yavapai College Peace Summit, taking place on Thursday, April 3, and Friday, April 4, on the Prescott Campus, contributing to the event’s mission of fostering unity and meaningful dialogue.

Sponsored by Yavapai College’s Justice Institute and RESPECT campaign, the Peace Summit will hold court on YCC’s Prescott Campus, providing a variety of College and local groups an opportunity to discuss and share ideas on important values like empathy, open-mindedness and courteous conversation. The Community College says that The Peace Summit is designed to create an effective place and time to promote unity and healing among students and community members in this time of great social division.

The deadline for submitted artwork is March 24, 2025. The Community College is accepting a variety of works — including drawings, paintings, printmaking, textiles, and small sculptures – that capture or express a theme of “Peace.” Artists may submit up to two original art works, which will be juried by YCC Art History Professor Dr. Brandelyn Andres and YCC Galleries Manager Tim Hull. Applicants may submit their works on the YCC Gallery’s submission link:

https://yavapaicollegeartgallery.submittable.com/submit

All accepted artwork will be displayed in Yavapai College’s Prescott Campus Community Room, Building 19, Room 147, during the two-day Peace Summit. After the Summit, the artwork will travel to the Mountain Artist’s Guild in Prescott to be part of the annual Yavapai Community College Art Exhibition from April 21 to May 17.

Artists will be notified on Tuesday, March 25. Accepted artwork must be hand-delivered to the YCC Prescott Art Gallery by Tuesday, April 1, between 10 a.m. and 3 p.m. Wall artwork should not exceed 40 lbs. Paintings on canvas must be gallery wrapped and wired for hanging. For additional information, please contact YC Galleries Director Timothy Hull at (928) 776-2031.

Source:  Yavapai Community College Press release by Michael Grady dated February 27, 2025.
Categories : Art programs

THE EXHIBITION TITLED “SUSTAINABLE ART” WILL SHOWCASE ARTWORKS MADE FROM REPURPOSED MATERIALS FROM FEBRUARY 25 THROUGH MARCH 27 AT THE PATTY MCMULLEN-MIKLES GALLERY ON THE VERDE CAMPUS.

By R. Oliphant
Tuesday, February 18th, 2025

Opening reception on Thursday, March 6th, from 5:00 to 7:00 p.m.

The Patty McMullen-Mikles art Gallery on the Verde Campus will host a unique exhibit starting February 25 and running until March 27.  An opening reception for the exhibit, Sustainable Art, will be held Thursday, March 6 from 5 – 7 p.m.

The gallery is open to the public Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays through March 27, from 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. Note: The Gallery will be closed for Spring Break March 17 – 21. For more information about Sustainable Art or the McMullen-Mikles Gallery, please call (928) 649-5479.

A Community College press release described the exhibit as part of a movement to create new art from old or repurposed materials. This concept is known as Sustainable Art.

According to the press release, “Sustainable Art celebrates works created with sustainable practices. Metal Sculptor Paul Klaine selected 15 artists to exhibit a diverse range of artwork made from eco-friendly, up-cycled and recycled materials. The result is exciting mix of Collage, Mixed Media, Assemblage pieces and more.”

“A Southern California native, Paul Klaine specializes in scrap metal sculptures. His affection for metal sculpting began when his parents gave him a MIG welder as a gift more than 25 years ago. He began building and selling sculptures at art festivals, specializing in animal sculptures, authentic lamps and taxidermy wall pieces. Paul now lives in Prescott, where he is represented by the Ian Russell Gallery of Fine Art, and builds commission pieces derived from old car, motorcycle and bicycle parts for clients and collectors all over the world.”

The reception on March 6 from 5:00 to 7:00 p.m. is free and open to the public. Complimentary hors d’oeuvres will be provided, and wine will be available for purchase from the Southwest Wine Center. 

Categories : Art programs

YAVAPAI COMMUNITY COLLEGE PATTY MCMULLEN-MIKLES ART GALLEY ON VERDE VALLEY CAMPUS TO FEATURE AN WABI-SABI EXHIBIT OCTOBER 3 – 31

By R. Oliphant
Wednesday, September 25th, 2024

The opening Reception is Thursday, October 3 from  5:00 pm – 7:00 pm. At 5:30 there will be a dedication ceremony for Dick Marcusen sculpture

The Patty McMullen-Mikles Art Gallery on the Verde Valley Campus of Yavapai Community College will feature an exhibit of Wabi-Sabi  artwork that is imperfect, irregular or asymmetrical. Wabi-Sabi is the mindset of accepting and finding beauty in the imperfect, impermanent and incomplete.

The opening reception is scheduled for Thursday, October 3 from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. It will include a dedication ceremony for the Dick Marcusen Sculpture at 5:30 pm. Marcusen is a local sculptor and foundational artist.

The new sculpture will be installed by Building “F” near the gallery. It is a metal artwork created by Dick Marcusen from the beginning of his art career. One of the founding members of the Yavapai College Art Department, Marcusen began teaching at the Community College in 1971. Over the course of 30 years at Yavapai Community College, he taught Jewelry, Sculpture, Three-Dimensional Design, Welded Metal Sculpture, and Woodworking. He welcomed digital media into the art program and was instrumental in creating the beautiful Prescott Campus Sculpture Garden. The sculpture was donated by Albert Kaminski, an adjunct science instructor at Yavapai Community College  who also enjoyed art classes. The dedication, as noted above,  will take place at 5:30 p.m.

Categories : Art programs, Verde campus events

CLARKDALE ARTISTS EXHIBITION ON VERDE VALLEY CAMPUS

By R. Oliphant
Friday, September 22nd, 2023

September 28 – October 26, Patty McMullen-Mikles Art Gallery

Yavapai Community College will hold a “Clarkdale Artists Exhibition” on the Verde Valley Campus from September 28 to October 26 at the Patty McMullen-Mikles Art Gallery. 

The opening reception is Thursday, September 28 from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m.  The Gallery is open three days a week (Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday) from 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.

Categories : Art programs, Verde campus events

YAVAPAI COMMUNITY COLLEGE LAUNCES FIRST VIRTUAL REALITY COURSE ON PRESCOTT CAMPUS TO USE SYNCHRONIZED HEADSETS TO LEARN ART IN DIGITIZED ENVIRONMENTS

By R. Oliphant
Friday, September 8th, 2023

Is also expanding Artificial Intelligence (AI) technologies, including ChatGPT, into its visual arts programs

Copyright 2023 Robert E. Oliphant, Eyeonyavapaicollege.com

Yavapai Community College has launched its first virtual reality course in Art 201 on the Prescott Campus. This is described in its catalog as the study of “Western art from the Fourteenth to the Twentieth Century. Two-and three-dimensional art and architecture are evaluated in historical and cultural context. Application of design principles.”

This is part of an experiment the Community College is conducting with the digital education provider VictoryXR. VictoryXR provides a virtual reality platform where students and teachers use synchronized headsets to learn in digitized environments.

The College also says that It  has also begun to incorporate Artificial Intelligence (AI) technologies, including ChatGPT, into its visual arts programs. The purpose is to expand students’ analytical capabilities and challenge their creative skill sets.

In the September 6 press release written by Michael Grady, Yavapai Community College President  Dr. Lisa Rhine said that: “Virtual and augmented reality are going to change almost every industry, including education. YC plans to be on the cutting edge of that change.”

The Community College will be launching other VR and AI-assisted learning opportunities, in fields ranging from Healthcare to the Skilled Trades, across its six campuses and learning centers this fall. “It is an incredible way to learn,” Rhine said.

To read the entire press release, which contains much more information, please click here.

Categories : Art programs, Virtual Reality

VERDE VALLEY YOUNG ARTISTS SHOWCASE EXHIBIT JANUARY 19 TO FEBRUARY 16

By R. Oliphant
Sunday, January 15th, 2023

To be held at Patty McMullen-Mikles Art Gallery on Verde Campus in Clarkdale; will showcase Verde Valley High School students art work

Yavapai Community College has announced the Verde Valley Young Artists Showcase that will be held on the Verde Campus at the Patty McMullen-Mikles Art Galley from January 19 to February 16.  This will be a showcase of Verde Valley High School Students art work.

The exhibition features drawings, paintings, photographs, mixed media collages, ceramics, and more.

The Opening Reception is scheduled for January 19 from 5:00 to 7:00 at the Patty McMullen-Mikles Art Gallery on the Verde Valley Campus.  The exhibit is free and open to the public.

Gallery hours are:  Tues/Wed/Thursday 10:00 a.m. to 3 p.m. 

Categories : Art programs

COMMUNITY COLLEGE TO HOLD NAMING CEREMONY FOR VERDE CAMPUS ART GALLERY IN HONOR OF PATTY MCMULLEN-MIKLES

By R. Oliphant
Sunday, September 26th, 2021

District Governing Board approved naming the art gallery on the Verde Valley Campus for Patty McMullen-Mikles a year and a half  ago at its February 2020 meeting; naming ceremony  to be held September  30 at 5 p.m. at the gallery on Verde Valley Campus

The Yavapai Community College District Governing Board unanimously approved naming the art gallery on the Verde Valley Campus for Patty McMullen-Mikles at its February 2020 meeting. Mikles was  a former Yavapai College art instructor who passed away from cancer in 2015. The honor recognized the ongoing financial contributions (at $40,000 in 2020) being made by her family in support of aspiring art students at the Verde Valley Campus, and celebrate and recognize her lifetime of teaching and giving to others.

Ms. Ruth Wicks spoke of Ms. Mikles’ work at the college during the Governing Board meeting.  Bob Oliphant commended the president and faculty for its support of this honor.  Mr. Paul Kirchgraber, then executive director of the Community College Foundation, presented the resolution to the Governing Board.

In a September 22, 2021 press release, the Community College announced a naming ceremony to be held on Thursday, September 30 at 5 p.m. at the gallery on the Verde Valley Campus in Clarkdale.  The press release from the Community College follows below:

Yavapai Community College Press release: September 22, 2021 (Mr. JJ McCormick)

The woman universally described by her former students and colleagues as a fiercely dedicated champion of Yavapai College art programs is being honored posthumously with the renaming of the YC Verde Art Gallery in her honor.

The Patty McMullen-Mikles Gallery of Yavapai College naming ceremony, celebrating the life and legacy of the successful artist and beloved former YC art professor who died in 2015, is happening at the YC Verde Valley Campus art gallery at 5 p.m. Sept. 30.

The ceremony coincides with the opening reception for an exhibition titled “Don Reitz Follow Your Bliss.” The exhibition showcases the art and life of Reitz, a renowned ceramic artist and longtime Verde Valley resident who, before his death in 2014, gifted the college a mural that now decorates the east wall of the Southwest Wine Center.

McMullen-Mikles’ family, friends and former YC colleagues are cheering the fact that she is being memorialized with her name gracing the Verde campus gallery that she founded and directed early in her 20-year tenure with the YC Art Department.

“She is severely missed and well-deserving of this memorial renaming of the Verde campus art gallery,” said YC Professor Dr. Barb Waak. Although a talented artist whose paintings, drawings and fiber art pieces were represented by galleries throughout the Southwest, Waak said teaching was McMullen-Mikles’ “true gift. She could take students who were daunted at the prospect of putting pencil, charcoal, or brush to paper and coax the very best work out of them,” Waak said.

YC Professor Dr. Amy Stein said she is grateful the gallery renaming is happening after a concerted campaign by YC faculty members past and present. Stein called McMullen-Mikles a “generous teacher” who was passionate about art and education. “And her greatest gift to all of us the last year of her life was she taught us all how to leave this landscape with grace, beauty and dignity.”

McMullen-Mikles taught drawing, two-dimensional design, oil, acrylic and watercolor painting, among many other credit and community education classes for YC. She is credited with developing YC’s Associate degree program in fine arts and was a talented vocalist who did some touring in Europe, the United States and Canada early in her career.

The Patty McMullen-Mikles Gallery naming ceremony and the opening reception for the Don Reitz exhibition are free and all are welcome. Learn more about the combined events at yc.edu/artgallery.

Categories : Art programs, Event, Verde Campus

FOUR-YEAR REPORT SUGGESTS VERDE CAMPUS ART GALLEY NEEDS QUITE A BIT OF WORK

By R. Oliphant
Monday, March 15th, 2021

Gallery at Prescott Campus seems to be doing well

Yavapai Community College has two art galleries:  one is located in the Performing Arts Center on the Prescott Campus, the other is located in a small section of the Verde Campus.  The data in the form of two graphs covering the last four years presented to the District Community College Governing Board at the March 9 suggests that there are few exhibits and few patrons annually visiting the gallery on the Verde Campus while the gallery on the Prescott Campus shows that over 7,000 patrons visited it in 2019.

From an outside perspective, the data for the Verde Campus suggests there needs to be a lot of work in terms of further developing that gallery, if that is possible.   You may make your own judgment from viewing the College’s report via the two graphs below.

It is also possible that the graphs, for whatever reason, may not accurately portray the Verde Campus patron/exhibit data.

Categories : Art Gallery Event, Art programs, Economic impact of College

Spring 2016 Faculty Exhibition

By R. Oliphant
Saturday, January 23rd, 2016

Recent work from Yavapai College Verde Art Faculty

The annual spring faculty art exhibit is now on at the Yavapai College Verde Art Gallery, 601 Black Hills Dr., Bldg. F-105
Clarkdale, AZ 86324.  It will run until March 3 and is free to the public.

Gallery hours are:  Monday – Thursday 10:00 am – 3:00 pm.  Closed: Friday, Saturday, Sunday.

 faculty exhibition 2Come and view the “amazing” art work created by Yavapai Community College faculty, which is produced on top of their demanding teaching schedules.    Exhibiting art faculty this year  include Laura Bloomenstein, Ben Norton, Richard Ozanne, Bennett Roti, and Thomas Schumacher.

Categories : Art programs, Verde Campus

Prescott Special events 20; Verde Valley 1

By R. Oliphant
Thursday, September 24th, 2015

September and October calendars shows huge difference in College providing special events to East and West sides of the County: 20 for the West side; 1 for the East side

The September and October special events schedule published by the College shows the huge difference in its view of where cultural events should be produced.  According to the schedule it has posted, so far there are 20 cultural events scheduled for the West side of the County during September and October to be held in the 1105 student auditorium (redeveloped into a Community College dinner theatre).  Only a single event is scheduled so far for the Verde Campus, which will be held in the large multi-use classroom in Building M (canned pop, possibly).  In fact, a check today (9/24/2015) by the Blog of the Verde Campus web site shows no events as being scheduled so far.  

The following is a chart of the announced programs for September and October, 2015.

September October PAC Events schedule

 

Categories : Art programs, Performing Arts Center, Underserving the Verde Valley
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