This Summer, MCC is putting the spotlight on a few talented artists who are either on our staff or attend regularly here at MCC. At the HWY 46 campus the Artist Spotlight can be found along the wall just past the Cause Corner and surrounding the main office entrance. [More information coming soon about where to find the Artist Spotlight on the 12 Points campus!]
This exhibit will run from May 28th - August 5th at both of our MCC campuses. Each artist will be featured for a period of two weeks before a new artist will be displayed.
We encourage you to drop by and soak in some creative inspiration.
NOTE: If you are an artist that attends regularly at MCC and you’d like to be notified next Spring about details for next year’s artist spotlight please email Suzanne at suzannew@mccth.org.
MAY 28TH - JUNE 10TH - LYNNE DUNNAVANT
Art was Lynne’s hobby for 40 years. She can focus on it full time now that she is retired. Her favorite creative mediums are oil paints and watercolors.
JUNE 11TH - JUNE 24TH - ERIN CALDWELL
Erin has an undergrad and a graduate degree in studio art, has worked several years in galleries, was a university drawing instructor, and each school year is a musical-theater-set-designer-extraordinaire!
Erin’s favorite art medium is acrylic on canvas.
JUNE 25TH - JULY 8TH - TERI BENNETT
Teri is an English teacher at Honey Creek Middle School. She loves sitting outside a bookstore or beside the Wabash River---reading, writing, and drawing. Sketching has grown to become a form of life journaling for her when reading scripture moves her to draw rather than write.
Teri leans more toward watercolor and charcoal pencil but uses whatever is within reach. Her work is primarily portraits, still lifes, and landscapes.
JULY 9TH - JULY 22ND - EMILY BENNETT
Emily has a Bachelor of Fine Art degree in Studio Art and a Master of Fine Art degree in Sculpture. She has worked as a professor of art at Herron, ISU, and Saint Mary-of-the-Woods Colleges. Her art has been featured in over 45 galleries across 12 cities and 5 states, and in Fiber Art Now magazine.
Emily is passionate about creating sculpture specifically in steel and fiber, but her body of work is comprised of a variety of mediums and processes.
JULY 23RD - AUGUST 5TH - CHRISTEN REED (@HWY 46)
Christen has been a photographer, doing everything from maternity to weddings, to sports for many years. She has always loved all mediums of art and has taught art classes in grades K-8th at her kids' homeschool co-op for the past 7 years.
Christen has recently enjoyed painting with acrylics, oils, and watercolors.
JULY 23RD - AUGUST 5TH - NICK SANDERS (@12 PTS)
Nick has been passionate about art since childhood, receiving formal art instruction from elementary to highschool. In highschool he was inspired to pursue watercolor paints while admiring the works of the late local artist, Omer "Salty" Seamon. Painting realistic rural landscapes has become his favorite subject.
Other favorite mediums include colored pencil, charcoal and acrylic paint.