Past Events
May 4, 2019- Artist Talk with Stephen Halko and Nick Reszetar
Stephen Halko, MFA
Investigating that which cannot be known, artist and educator Stephen Halko primarily employs figurative forms to construct contemplative works of art. His process utilizes drawing, painting, sculpture, pixels, and pessimism. He participates in solo, group and invitational exhibition formats both nationally and internationally.
Having received a BFA degree from the Rochester Institute of Technology, he holds both a Post-Baccalaureate and MFA degree from the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts. While at PAFA, he studied Gross Anatomy and human dissection at Hahnemann University Hospital.
Stephen is a full Professor and Chair of the BFA and MFA Drawing programs at Kendall College of Art and Design of Ferris State University.
Nick Reszetar, MFA
Nick Reszetar holds degrees in the visual arts from Washtenaw Community College (Photography), Eastern Michigan University (Painting and Drawing), and Kendall College of Art and Design (Drawing). He works primarily in drawing, painting, and photography, and has experience with digital work and installation. Much of his current work focuses on drawing the figure, where he questions psychology, identity and interdependence.
“I am making work about being alive, about being in a physical body, and in that work the body is a metaphor for this larger idea. I am interested in letting the narrative exist through psychological means, something of which the human form is highly capable of.”
Nick is an Artist and Adjunct Professor College for Creative Studies, Detroit, MI.
Investigating that which cannot be known, artist and educator Stephen Halko primarily employs figurative forms to construct contemplative works of art. His process utilizes drawing, painting, sculpture, pixels, and pessimism. He participates in solo, group and invitational exhibition formats both nationally and internationally.
Having received a BFA degree from the Rochester Institute of Technology, he holds both a Post-Baccalaureate and MFA degree from the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts. While at PAFA, he studied Gross Anatomy and human dissection at Hahnemann University Hospital.
Stephen is a full Professor and Chair of the BFA and MFA Drawing programs at Kendall College of Art and Design of Ferris State University.
Nick Reszetar, MFA
Nick Reszetar holds degrees in the visual arts from Washtenaw Community College (Photography), Eastern Michigan University (Painting and Drawing), and Kendall College of Art and Design (Drawing). He works primarily in drawing, painting, and photography, and has experience with digital work and installation. Much of his current work focuses on drawing the figure, where he questions psychology, identity and interdependence.
“I am making work about being alive, about being in a physical body, and in that work the body is a metaphor for this larger idea. I am interested in letting the narrative exist through psychological means, something of which the human form is highly capable of.”
Nick is an Artist and Adjunct Professor College for Creative Studies, Detroit, MI.
April 13, 2019
Artist Talk and Deviant Life Drawing Session with Jeanine Leclaire
Join Philadelphia-based artist Jeanine Leclaire as she shares how she learned to refuse to find shame in her daily life, and in turn found the power to start making artwork that included her kinky side. Jeanine will speak about how that led her to develop the Deviant Life Drawing sessions which attracted the community she had been searching for. After her talk in the gallery, take a walk across the street to where Jeanine will host Flint’s own Deviant Life Drawing session. Jeanine will
give a quick ink drawing demonstration then invite anyone who wishes
to join her to draw. Feel free to bring your favorite drawing supplies.
This session will have a live nude model who will be lightly bound with
rope and belts.
Artist Talk and Deviant Life Drawing Session with Jeanine Leclaire
Join Philadelphia-based artist Jeanine Leclaire as she shares how she learned to refuse to find shame in her daily life, and in turn found the power to start making artwork that included her kinky side. Jeanine will speak about how that led her to develop the Deviant Life Drawing sessions which attracted the community she had been searching for. After her talk in the gallery, take a walk across the street to where Jeanine will host Flint’s own Deviant Life Drawing session. Jeanine will
give a quick ink drawing demonstration then invite anyone who wishes
to join her to draw. Feel free to bring your favorite drawing supplies.
This session will have a live nude model who will be lightly bound with
rope and belts.
About the Smallidge Family Lecture
The Smallidge Family Fund for the Arts was established in 2015 to honor the memory of Bernice Smallidge and her passion for the arts and the arts community in the Flint area. This perpetual restricted fund is maintained by the continual donations of family members and friends. The endowment funds The Annual Smallidge Family Lecture, a yearly arts-related talk hosted by Buckham Gallery. Donations to the Smallidge Fund for the Arts are tax deductible.
About Thom Bohnert
Thom Bohnert’s art has been included in over 200 exhibitions and is represented in numerous museum collections including the Detroit Institute of Art and the Flint Institute of Art. In addition to being a practicing artist, Bohnert, who received an MFA from Cranbrook Academy of Art, is an educator and has been a college professor, a visiting artist, lecturer, and has conducted workshops both in the U.S. and abroad. Visit thombohnert.com for more information.
This activity is sponsored in part by an award from the
MICHIGAN COUNCIL FOR THE ARTS AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS
and the NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE ARTS.
MICHIGAN COUNCIL FOR THE ARTS AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS
and the NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE ARTS.