Art Department Celebrates 30 Years of Relationships Through Creating

From the studio to the gallery, creativity is the name of the game for the Art Department and its faculty, this year celebrating their 30th anniversary. The department graduates students who are traditionally trained but taught to observe the world differently.

Gordon College to Host Photography Exhibit by Stephan Gersh

Gordon College presents two new art exhibitions, featuring photographs by Essex-based artist Stephan Gersh, and paintings and prints by Gordon’s Department of Art faculty. A reception will take place on Saturday, January 26, 4-6 p.m. in the Barrington Center for the Arts.

Julia Spruance ’11: Shattering a Stigma at 19,000 feet

In 2011, for the first time in Kilifi County, Kenya, parents of hearing-impaired children were saying, “I want to communicate with my child.” Julia Spruance’s 100 Signs for Parents in Kenya Sign-Language was their introduction.

For the Craft and the Creator

For 20 years, artists Bruce Herman and Bryn Gillette ’02 have been pursuing the perennial question they discussed in their very first meeting: What does it mean to be a Christian who is an artist?

Receiving the ‘Permesso di Soggiorno’: 20 Years of Gordon in Orvieto

Over a decade of conversations, including during a sojourn in Italy, John Skillen and Bruce Herman thoughtfully gave shape to an innovative study abroad program, which piloted in 1998 in the small, historic Italian hill-city of Orvieto.