DRAGONS TO ALIENS COLLEGE CANVASSES STUDENT ART.Byline: Daily News LANCASTER - Selected artwork by Antelope Valley College Antelope Valley College is a comprehensive community college located in Lancaster, California, USA. It is operated by the Antelope Valley Community College District, with a primary service area of 1,945 square miles covering portions of Los Angeles and Kern counties. students is on display in the college Art Gallery, 3041 W. Ave. K. Running through Dec. 13, the art show features pen and ink executed or done with a pen and ink; as, a pen and ink sketch s>. See also: Pen drawings, acrylics, watercolors, ceramics, computer graphics and textiles. A reception featuring the artists will be held from 7 to 9 p.m. Wednesday at the gallery. One of the more prominent items is a 3-foot-tall ceramic Egyptian cat by Yaffa Carry, who modeled the work after a statue in the Museum of Art in New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of . A small ceramic dragon by Christopher B. Bell also doubles as an incense burner incense burner n → encensoir m incense burner incense n → Weihrauchschwenker m incense burner n → with smoke issuing from the dragon's open mouth. Student artist Joe Rara created ``Dangel,'' a portrait of a blue alien with yellow eyes, using a technique called acrylic acrylic, artificial fiber made from a special group of vinyl compounds, primarily acrylonitrile. Acrylic fibers are thermoplastic (i.e., soften when heated, reharden upon cooling), have low moisture regain, are low in density, and can be made into bulky fabrics. wash. ``Beautiful things can be dangerous, and dangerous things can be beautiful,'' explained Rara. Ninety-seven pieces are on display in the Art Gallery, and 30 pieces are displayed on a computer set up in the gallery. This is the fourth art show of eight scheduled for the 2000-2001 school year. Gallery admission is free, but campus parking is 50 cents. CAPTION(S): 2 photos Photo: (1 -- 2 -- color) A ceramic sculpture of an Egyptian cat by art student Yaffa Carry, at left, seems to keep an eye on to watch. - Shak. See also: Eye maintenance worker Frank O'Dell as he replaces lights in the Art Gallery of Antelope Valley College. Above, Penelope Hahn-Shay straightens one of the artworks for the student show that will run through Dec. 13. Tom Mendoza/Staff Photographer |
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