RVCC Students Artwork On Display Through Feb. 12

Branchburg, NJ -- Raritan Valley Community College’s (RVCC) Visual and Performing Arts Department will present the annual RVCC Independent Study Students Exhibition, Jan. 29 through Feb. 12, in the Art Gallery at the College’s Branchburg Campus.

An artists’ talk will be held Friday, Jan. 29, from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m., in the Art Gallery, followed by a reception from 6:30 to 8 p.m. Both are free of charge and open to the public. Refreshments will be served.

This year’s exhibition, organized by RVCC faculty members Darren McManus and Donna Stackhouse, will include advanced work in photography, ceramics, and sculpture.

The annual exhibition highlights the artwork of students who have participated in independent study projects from the Spring, Summer and Fall 2015 Semesters. Advanced art students at RVCC work with individual instructors in their various fields of interest. The independent study projects are usually of an advanced nature. Students develop a more independent studio practice than in a classroom situation, and this gives them a concentrated opportunity to develop their own ideas and visions.

Gallery hours are Mondays, 3 to 8 p.m.; Tuesdays, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.; Wednesdays, 3 to 8 p.m.; Thursdays, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.; and Fridays, 1 to 4 p.m.

For further information, contact the Visual and Performing Arts Department, 908-218-8876, or visit the department’s online student gallery and blog at: http://rvccstudentgallery.weebly.com/.

--By Donna Stolzer

(Photo: “Paper Series 1,” by Juan Endara, c-print, created Spring 2015)