Cornell College Department of Art & Art History

12/31/2024

December 2024 graduates: Congratulations to Alyssa Alaiafune, Sydney Scout Raffenaud and Piper Leeson.

09/21/2024

The American Indian Art class (Sophomore Year Seminar) put together the first show of Native American Art at Cornell College.

04/30/2024

Look at what is happening in Prof. Susannah Biondo-Gemmell’s block 8, Advanced Ceramics course! We had a sgraffito workshop with visiting artist (and alumna), Maddie Althoff. We visited the Iowa Ceramics Center and Glass studio and spoke with resident artist (and alumna, again), Emma Burnett. AND, look at all the fabulous work being made by students!

04/30/2024

Last Saturday, was Cornell's Student Symposium, and there were a number of art history presentations. There was a poster session on the revision of the Sonnenschein website of Early Modern Drawings with Kai Feitler, Zoe Lopez, and Helena Cheatham.

Orals presentations included:
Jessica Berge (senior thesis), "Bramante's Tempietto, Saint Peter, and Syncretism"
Grace Anderson (senior thesis), "The Angora Cat'
Helena Cheatham (senior thesis), "Kehinde Wiley's Judith and Holoferenes: Two Contexts'
Anna Greve (senior thesis), "Rubens's Leda and the Swan: An Absolutist Interpretation"
Isabella Strauss, "The Dichotomy of a Male Renaissance Perspective"

04/22/2024

What an exciting weekend! The Department of Art and Art History and the Peter Paul Luce Gallery opened the work of our graduating Studio Art Seniors. Audrey Pagel, Safiyat Aminu, Avery Schroeder, Mady Rainey, and Milo McDonald are showing their artwork in the Peter Paul Luce Gallery and Hall-Perrine. The show will be up until May 5, 2024.

Additionally, graduating Art History senior Kai Feitler presented their work, "Identity and the Works of Edmonia Lewis" to a crowd in 222 McWethy last Sunday. Feel free to contact them for more information. Four more art history majors will present at senior symposium next weekend.

04/15/2024

Kai Feitler will be presenting their senior thesis on the scholarship examining the work and identity of Edmonia Lewis on Sunday, April 21, 2024 at 1:30 pm in 222 McWethy Hall.

Edmonia Lewis was a black and indigenous American sculptor during the latter half of the 19th century. Her works frequently included figures that could be understood as belonging to one ethnic group or another; much of the art historical research address her sculptures centers around her own identity, perhaps to a detrimental degree

04/15/2024

Very proud of our students.

DKW Art Gallery is proud to announce the internship and Artist in Residence of Emily Hiner. Emily has been an artist at the gallery for three years as an associate artist. She first came to the attention of Mark and Deb when, as a high school student, she boldly walked into the gallery one day and asked, “How do I get my art into an art gallery?”
Currently a junior at Cornell College majoring with a Bachelor's Degree in Studio Arts, Emily will be working the summer is all aspects of the gallery including teaching multiple classes, updating the web page, bringing the YouTube videos to fruition and day to day business operations.
May 11th will feature a special selling of her Mega Mug Sale on the front lawn of DKW Art Gallery with other a hundred different mugs that she has made over the last few months. All the proceeds from this sale go right into her pocket to help pay college expenses.
In the meantime we invite you to come by the gallery to meet and chat with the emerging artist who one day plans on having her own art gallery. She’ll be busy helping Mark and Deb get better organized but will be glad to spend time with anyone interested in art and improving life.
The first three Summer Camp classes on Emily’s agenda are:
Pinch Pot for Kids – A 3-day class learning the pinch & coiling technique plus decorating.
Pinch Pot for Teens – A 3-day class for the older group
Clay & Diorama Class – A summer camp for teens and above to create a character, scene, and storyline.
Other art classes by Emily and Deb will be forthcoming soon.

03/07/2024

Students took their final exam in Modern art in front of works by Po***ck, O'Keeffe, and Rothko at the Stanley Museum and the Des Moines Art Center.

10/06/2023

McWethy Hall has finished exams and is ready for Homecoming.