Artists and Their Sketchbooks: Process Visible

Co – Curators: Karl Benner, NESAD ‘14 and Deborah Davidson, Suffolk University Gallery Director

September 4 – October 10, 2014

Artists and Their Sketchbooks: Process Visible

Co – Curators: Karl Benner, NESAD ‘14 and Deborah Davidson, Suffolk University Gallery Director

September 4 – October 10, 2014

Artists and Their Sketchbooks: Process Visible explores the rich territory and importance of drawing, especially as a way of thinking and making notation.  For centuries, the artist sketchbook (or the writer’s notebook) has been a window into the creative process, normally a private enterprise; the artists in the exhibit generously share with the viewer their private musings, observations and development of ideas.

The exhibit is divided into several parts – sketchbooks by professional artists, journals and notebooks by NESAD student artists and faculty, and sketchbooks and facsimiles from a private collection, which offers a look at how process leads to the manifestation of ideas. Also featured are drawings, paintings and animations by the artists included in the exhibition.

FEATURED ARTISTS:

Pier Gustafson
Tim Fish                    
Ric Haynes                
Mattias Adolfsson    
Corey Corcoran        

STUDENTS + FACULTY:

James Helenski         
Emily Shedlock         
Katie O’Brian            
Leah Cantor
Nancy Hackett
From the collection of Mark Brus

RELATED PROGRAM: Gallery Presentation

Thursday, October 2, 1:00 – 2:00pm

Mark Brus, Associate Professor of Interior Architecture and Design, Suffolk University, will share his passion for the private visions of architects by showing examples from his personal collection of designers’ notebooks and sketchbooks.