{"id":1034,"date":"2021-05-07T16:33:45","date_gmt":"2021-05-07T16:33:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/web.colby.edu\/lcbates\/?page_id=1034"},"modified":"2025-07-10T17:57:50","modified_gmt":"2025-07-10T17:57:50","slug":"home-summer-exhibition-2021","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/lcbates\/home-summer-exhibition-2021\/","title":{"rendered":"L.C. BATES SUMMER EXHIBITION 2021"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Marks and Tracks<\/em><\/strong><\/h1>\n\n\n\n

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Welcome Words \u2013 V\u00e9ronique Plesch, Professor, Colby College<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Welcome to Marks and Tracks<\/em>, the L.C. Bates 2021 Summer Exhibition! As has been the tradition for now over a decade, the show is curated by two Colby College students. Taking our cue from the focus of the museum\u2019s collections, we have invited artists to submit works on a theme that engages with the natural world; for instance, by exploring how the landscape has been marked by geological processes or by human presence, the ground by its inhabitants (both human and animal), and animate beings and inanimate things by time. This theme also offers an occasion for artists to reflect on their artistic practice and the ways in which they engage with their chosen materials, leaving marks that record their creative activity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Although sadly once again virtual, this year\u2019s show is the occasion for an exciting collaboration with the Maine Arts Journal<\/em><\/a>, the official publication of the Union of Maine Visual Artists (UMVA). In synchrony with the show, MAJ<\/em>\u2019s summer issue is dedicated to Marks and Tracks<\/em> and includes among its featured artists some of the exhibition\u2019s participants. The issue offers the opportunity to many more visual artists (and poets as well), to engage with our theme. MAJ<\/em>\u2019s summer issue also includes a review of this exhibition<\/a> by noted art writer Carl Little. We are delighted to be partnering with a publication that fulfills such a crucial role for the arts in the state of Maine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Viewing the Exhibition<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

To view each artist\u2019s submission alongside their statement, click on the names of the artists listed below. To return to to the gallery, click the “return to gallery” button at the bottom of the page. To view all of the works in the exhibition, scroll down below the list of artists.<\/p>\n\n\n

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To navigate the gallery, click on the images to view a larger image. Navigate between works in the gallery by clicking the arrow buttons on the right and left sides of the images. To close the gallery and return to this page, click the small X<\/em> button in the upper right corner of the screen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Marks and Tracks<\/em><\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Millions of years ago, the glacier left marks on the stone ledge. Trees\u2019 core bear reminders of their growth over the years. As they move through the landscape, animals and humans (their feet or their vehicles) leave tracks on the snow and on the mud, traces of their movement. Habitations and objects display marks that are witnesses of their use and history. Our bodies too are marked by life, with scars and wrinkles, or with the voluntary mark of a tattoo. Records of an activity and perhaps more fundamentally of existence, tracks and marks are at the core of art-making, as artists too leave marks with their brushes and chisels.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

List of Artists<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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Karen Adrienne<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Janice Anthony<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Elizabeth Awalt<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Joel Babb<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Nancy Barron<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Holly Berry<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bonnie Bishop<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Nancy Bixler<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Nina Bohlen<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bradley Borthwick<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Alan Bray<\/a> <\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Stephen Burt<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Avy Claire<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Maury Colton<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Alan Crichton<\/a> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Michel Droge<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Carol Eisenberg<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jeff Epstein<\/a> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Joe Haroutunian<\/a> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Christine Higgins<\/a> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jo\u00ebl LeVasseur<\/a> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Maggie Libby<\/a> <\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Amanda Lilleston<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Nancy Manter<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Natasha Mayers <\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Abbott Meader<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

John Meader<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Amy Ray<\/a> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Abby Shahn<\/a> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Abby Shahn & V\u00e9ronique Plesch<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Todd Watts<\/a> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

John Woolsey<\/a> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sharon Yates<\/a> <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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