The Looking Glass Gallery is located on the first floor of the Plemmons Student Union Building, directly across from Crossroads Coffeehouse in the International Hallway. 

Gallery Hours: Gallery hours for Spring 2013 are Monday - Friday from 8am - 10pm; Saturday from 10am - 10pm; and Sunday from 1pm - 10pm. For our full building schedule, visit http://studentunion.ap...du/pagesmith/34.

CURRENT EXHIBITION: An Exploration in Ceramics

Dates: March 21-April 19, 2013

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An Exploration in Ceramics offers viewers the opportunity to experience works from the students in Department of Art instructor Lisa Stinson’s intermediate/advanced clay class. The works are self-directed projects that include functional pottery, sculptural forms, and casted objects. On display are works that range from the traditions of functional pottery, to ceramic interpretations of the human form, to abstract pieces that challenge traditional notions of the limitations of ceramics.  All works included stem from each student’s individual ideas and their own personally pursued projects. An Exploration in Ceramics offers a glimpse into the range of unique styles and approaches the each student has developed and offers the ASU community.

About the Artists:

Katherine Meeks is a junior pursuing a BS in Art Education and BFA in Studio Art with a concentration in ceramics.  Her work focuses largely on education, information, technology, and logic and reason.

Laurie Kirkpatrick is a third year student at Appalachian State University working towards her BFA. Her primary focus is ceramics and work currently focuses on functionality in porcelain.

Devyn Vasquez is a junior BFA Studio Art and Art Management major. She is from Raleigh, North Carolina and has worked primarily two-dimensional, but is exploring the realm of working three-dimensional and plans to concentrate in clay sculpture. Much of her work deals with the figure, particularly the female figure, and contains a narrative aspect.

Maria Perry is a junior studying Clay and Fibers. Her recent work is inspired by her interest in the collective nature, paradoxical existence, breath, and movement.

Melissa Horne earned a BFA in Studio Art with an emphasis in Painting and Ceramics, and also has a minor in Interdisciplinary Studies. Currently, she is finishing a minor in Psychology and plans to pursue a Master’s in Art Therapy. Horne’s work is inspired by the unique perspectives that humans bring to their own lives and situations.  Personality, background, location, and relationships make each perspective unique, however small the differences. 

Melina LaVecchia is a senior Art Education major. She is inspired by the remnants of nature and the texture of the sea.  She uses those influences in everyday life, as a functional reminder of where we live. 

Emily Smith was born in Greensboro, North Carolina in 1990, and currently resides in Boone, North Carolina.  Smith’s current work focuses on the creation of ceramic vessels dealing with the idea of the gestural figure and pertaining to humanity’s moral struggles.  She is currently pursuing a Bachelor of the Fine Arts degree with a concentration in Ceramics, and plans to graduate in December 2013.

Brandon Kourie is a junior Art Education major.  His work explores form versus function and exploring the process of making using the potter’s wheel.

Jenna Leitner is a junior Studio Art major. Recently she has been exploring ceramics, but usually focuses on painting and drawing.  Her work is inspired by her everyday experiences and the people who inspire her daily.