Friends of Visual Arts Lecture
(Art Seminar Series)

Lecturers: Lisa and Dudley Anderson

4 p.m., Barton Art Galleries
5 p.m., Visit the Anderson’s Collection
(The event is open without charge to members of the Friends of the Visual Arts at Barton, and membership in FOVA is open to all.)

Lisa and Dudley Anderson will offer an illustrated lecture about the wonders of art made from glass, followed by a tour of their collection and celebration of the 50th Anniversary of Studio Glass in America.

Friends of Visual Arts Lecture
(Art Seminar Series)

Lecturer: Michael Itkoff

6:30 p.m., Barton Art Galleries

Since 2003, Daylight has engaged in innovative photographic publishing and community art projects by re-imagining the documentary mode. For his lecture, Michael Itkoff will be discussing Daylight‘s programmatic activities in the context of the changing landscape of photography publishing.

Friends of Visual Arts Lunch and Lecture
(Art Seminar Series)

Lecturer: J. Chris Wilson, Artist in Residence

10 a.m. – 4 p.m., Barton Art Galleries

$10 for Friends of Visual Arts members
$20 for non-members

Friends of Visual Arts Lunch and Lecture
(Art Seminar Series)

Lecturer: J. Chris Wilson, Artist in Residence

10 a.m. – 4 p.m., Barton Art Galleries

$10 for Friends of Visual Arts members
$20 for non-members

“Photography for the Painter: Creating Your Best Visuals Workshop,” the second seminar in a new “Lunch and Lecture Series” hosted by the Barton College Friends of Visual Arts, will be held on Thursday, Dec. 6, from 10 a.m. until 4 p.m. Barton’s professor emeritus of art and artist-in-residence J. Chris Wilson will lead the seminar.

The “Lunch and Lecture” cost is $10 for Friends of Visual Art members and $20 for non-members. To register as a Friend of Visual Arts, visit http://www.barton.edu/culturalarts. To make reservations, contact Bonnie LoSchiavo
 at
 252‐399‐6477 or email: artgalleries@barton.edu. An RSVP is required for lunch reservations.

“Technology and painting have been intimately connected for more than 600 years, and many painters, like their forerunners, depend on the camera to capture images to develop into their paintings,” explains Wilson. “While the camera is a tool of choice by many artists, there are some important issues with differences between how the camera records and how the eye sees that can be addressed and overcome.”

This workshop will present the issues both pro and con about the use of photography to create paintings, the limitations of the camera processes for the painter, and the potential working relationship between the two. There will also be examples of historical and contemporary photographs presented that were formative in the creation of paintings.

Additional topics to be addressed during the workshop will include the importance of lighting, the color limitations of photographic output for the painter, and the transformative process from photograph to painting. Post-photographic digital manipulation will be discussed and issues of artistry versus technology will be covered. The ethical and legal issues of copyright surrounding the use of photographs will also be covered during the seminar. Participants are encouraged to bring three to five photographic images that they have saved either on a thumb drive or a CD for group discussion and critique.

Wilson, having served on the Barton College faculty for 38 years, was named professor emeritus of art in spring 2012. With a passion for bringing art into the community, he has been involved in symposia, community presentations, and publications on art, decorative arts, and historic preservation. Wilson has also served on the boards of the Edgecombe County Cultural Arts Council, the Arts Council of Wilson, the Board of Advisors for Preservation/NC. He currently serves on the board of the Blount Bridgers Museum/Hobson Pittman Memorial Foundation and the Board of Directors of Preservation/NC.

Most recently, he is working on a 100-painting series “From Murphy to Manteo—An Artist’s Scenic Journey” of which several works are currently on view at the North Carolina Museum of History in Raleigh.

He earned a Master of Fine Arts degree from the University of Georgia, where he also completed post-graduate work, with Lamar Dodd as his major professor. He has exhibited throughout the Southeast and all across North Carolina. Wilson’s art is represented in numerous public and private collections in the United States, especially in the Southeast, and in England, Japan and Saudi Arabia.

Friends of Visual Arts Lecture
(Art Seminar Series)

Featured Speaker: Dr. Elaine Marshall

6:30 p.m., Barton Art Galleries

Barton Art Galleries Lunch and Lecture Series
(Art Seminar Series)

Lecturer: J. Chris Wilson, Artist in Residence

12 p.m., The Sam and Marjorie Ragan Writing Center

$10 for Friends of Visual Arts Members
$20 for non-members

Barton Art Galleries Lunch and Lecture Series
(Art Seminar Series)

Lecturer: J. Chris Wilson, Artist in Residence

12 p.m., The Sam and Marjorie Ragan Writing Center

$10 for Friends of Visual Arts Members
$20 for non-members