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Aug. 2, 2010
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| Batik print by Keisuke Mukai |
The exhibit “Dye a Little Each Day,” featuring batik and tie-dye fabric arts, will be on view in the Eppley Art Gallery, 3625 Garretson Ave., on the Morningside College campus from August 15 through September 12. Gallery hours are 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. weekdays.
A reception will be held from 5 to 7 p.m. on September 2 in Eppley Art Gallery.
Thirteen Morningside students from twelve majors learned batik and tie dye techniques, including shibori and indigo reduction dyeing, during the college’s 2010 May Term from May 10 - 28. Morningside’s May Term courses are designed to be innovative and experimental and to offer students experiential learning opportunities.
Student artists displaying works in the fabric art exhibit are Anna Ahrens, Krissi Bata, Mark Hantla and John Kelley, all of Sioux City; Kara Nelson and J. J. Nitz, both of Cherokee, Iowa; Krissy Beason of Shenandoah, Iowa; Kate Ericson of Hawarden, Iowa; Misty Harding of Whiting, Iowa; Whitney Postma of Ireton, Iowa; Skye Slater of Pierre, S.D.; Chigusa Yoshihara of Arlington Heights, Ill.; and Keisuke Mukai of Tokyo, Japan.
Instructors for the course were Amy Foltz, who teaches drawing and printmaking courses at Morningside, and Stephen Haas, who teaches drawing and art appreciation courses at Wayne State College.
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