November 2024 – Sculpture 1 – ARTD150

Caroline Williams artXpose #4

Title of Event: Art Collective – Figure Drawing
Date & Time of Event: Tuesday, November 19th 7 – 8:30 pm
Location of Event: Holmes 3rd Floor Drawing Studio
Type of event: Live Figure Drawing Session Club Event

The Art Collective club at Bucknell hosts figure drawing sessions which are open to the campus in Holmes with a nude model. For the privacy of the model the photos did not include them, and my sketches were somewhat covered. Everyone at the session was very encouraging with each other and we shared our sketches and comments at the end, the model was very happy with them and even took home some to keep.

Caroline Williams artXpose #3

Title of Event: Driftpoints: The Gleaners by Maggie Cardelùs
Date & Time of Event: Friday November 15th, 2 pm
Location of Event: Holmes 1st Floor Gallery
Type of event: Ekard Artist in Residence Exhibition

After attending Cardelús’ lecture and meeting her in person it was great to see her artwork on display. Her experimentation of different media with this exhibit was fun to see and I love the texture of the brushed out needlepoints.

ArtXPose 3

Title of Event: Driftpoints: The Gleaners by Maggie Cardelùs
Date & Time of Event: Thursday, November 14th, 1:15 pm
Location of Event: Holmes Gallery
Type of event: Exhibition

This was such an incredible exhibition in Holmes Hall! One rarely sees needlepoint or stitch highlighted in the Fine Arts so it was special to see a feminine medium and artist supported by Bucknell. What drew my attention was that each of the needle points depicted almost the same scene but with different stitches, sizes, color palettes, and interpretations. She reinterprets an iconic scene by Jean-Francois Millet the Gleaners. The painting depicts 3 peasant women doing backbreaking farm work – responsibilities that often go overlooked and underpraised. Choosing this specific subject matter and recreating it into needlepoint creates an interesting dialogue between materiality, identity, and womanhood. It is also incredible how much detail she was able to get into the needlepoint to replicate the painting – I can only imagine how difficult it is to translate from one medium to the other.