Through October 3rd: Hayley Douglas' World Without Walls at FMU

World Without Walls, ceramics by Hayley Douglas, will be on display at Francis Marion University's Hyman Fine Arts Gallery through October 3rd. The gallery is open from 8:30am to 5pm Monday through Friday.

In addition to Douglas' work, Emprical, a photography exhibit by Julie Mixon, will be on display at the Hyman Gallery.  Click here for information about Mixon's work.

Hayley Douglas is primarily a ceramic artist, but she also experiments in other mediums. As of May 2013, she received her Master's Degree in Ceramics at the University of South Carolina in Columbia, SC. She completed her Bachelors of Arts degree in 2009 at Francis Marion University in Florence, SC. She is currently continuing to explore her ocean-inspired concepts and pushing her experimentation to more cosmic levels.

Through October 3rd: Julie Mixon's Empirical on display at FMU

Empirical, photography by Julie Mixon, will be on display at the Hyman Fine Arts Center Gallery on the campus on Francis Marion University through October 3rd. The gallery's hours are Monday to Friday 8:30am to 5pm.

Julie Mixon is an image-based media artist that focuses on processes that merge analog and digital photography. Currently, Julie is an Assistant Professor of Photography at Francis Marion University in Florence, South Carolina. She began her studies in photography as an undergraduate at Barton College where she received a Bachelor's Degree in Fine Arts. In 2004, she received her Master of Fine Arts Degree with a concentration in photography from East Carolina University. Julie's career in photo education began at Lenoir Community College in 2004 where she taught as an Art Instructor for over seven years. Her photography courses emphasize traditional and digital darkroom techniques with an emphasis on the fusion of the two mediums.

In addition to Mixon's exhibit, Hayley Douglas' World Without Walls will be on display in the Hyman Gallery through October 3rd.  Click here for more information about that exhibit.

Through August 8th: Sasha Federer's 'Metamorphosis' at FMU's Hyman Gallery

Metamorphosis: New Works by Sasha Federer will be on display at the Hyman Fine Arts Center Gallery at Francis Marion University from May 7 - August 8. Gallery hours are Monday-Friday from 8:30am-5pm.

Sasha was born in Prague, Czech Republic. He came to the United States in 1972. For the last 40 years he has worked as a Psychologist, which is his profession, and for the last 38 years, worked as a potter, which is his passion. He studied ceramic art in the state of Washington and Wisconsin. He worked as professional studio potter for three years in New Hampshire and served as Artist in Residence with the National Endowment for the Arts.

Sasha and his wife, Tari Federer, built a ceramic art studio and the Running Horse Gallery in Florence, SC. Sasha has exhibited in galleries throughout the east coast. He had the opportunity to have two solo shows in addition to many group shows in Florence, SC. He collaborates, on many of his pieces with Tari, his wife, also an artist, and their shared pieces are signed Satari, which is a combination of both of their names.

Even though he works in all temperature firing ranges, his greatest enjoyment comes from working with high-fired porcelain, which brings out the beauty of colors. He creates all of his own glazes and enjoys the constant search for new colors, combinations, and textures for his surface decoration.

The Hyman Fine Arts Center Gallery is located at 4822 East Palmetto Street on the campus of Francis Marion University in Florence.  For more information, call 843.661.1385.

Through August 8th: Metamorphosis by Sasha Federer at FMU

Metamorphosis: New Works by Sasha Federer will be on display at the Hyman Fine Arts Center Gallery at Francis Marion University from May 7 - August 8. Gallery hours are Monday-Friday from 8:30am-5pm.

Sasha was born in Prague, Czech Republic. He came to the United States in 1972. For the last 40 years he has worked as a Psychologist, which is his profession, and for the last 38 years, worked as a potter, which is his passion. He studied ceramic art in the state of Washington and Wisconsin. He worked as professional studio potter for three years in New Hampshire and served as Artist in Residence with the National Endowment for the Arts.

Sasha and his wife, Tari Federer, built a ceramic art studio and the Running Horse Gallery in Florence, SC. Sasha has exhibited in galleries throughout the east coast. He had the opportunity to have two solo shows in addition to many group shows in Florence, SC. He collaborates, on many of his pieces with Tari, his wife, also an artist, and their shared pieces are signed Satari, which is a combination of both of their names.

Even though he works in all temperature firing ranges, his greatest enjoyment comes from working with high-fired porcelain, which brings out the beauty of colors. He creates all of his own glazes and enjoys the constant search for new colors, combinations, and textures for his surface decoration.

The Hyman Fine Arts Center Gallery is located at 4822 East Palmetto Street on the campus of Francis Marion University in Florence.  For more information, call 843.661.1385.

Through May 4th: Senior Art Exhibits at Francis Marion University

Art Gallery Series

April 22 - May 4, 2013

8:30am-5pm Mon-Fri

Hyman Fine Arts Center Gallery

All artwork on display is from FMU's Ceramics and 3D Design students.

A showcase of new works created during the current semester by students learning skills in visual arts classes.

The Hyman Fine Arts Center Gallery is located at 4822 East Palmetto Street in Florence.

Through March 28th: Gleason and Powers to have artwork on display at FMU

work by Alex Powers

work by Jim Gleason

The Hyman Fine Arts Center on the campus of Francis Marion University will be hosting exhibits by Jim Gleason and Alex Powers from February 19th through March 28th.  For more information about each exhibit, click the links below:

The Brass Menagerie - Works by Jim Gleason

Drawings by Alex Powers

The Hyman Fine Arts Center is located at 4822 East Palmetto Street in Florence. Gallery hours are 8:30am to 5pm, Monday through Friday.   

January 8th - February 14th: Critcher's 'Expansion' at FMU

Don't miss Colleen Critcher's Expansion at the Hyman Gallery on the campus of Francis Marion University.  The show will be display January 8th through February 14th.  

Francis Marion University's Hyman Gallery is located 4822 E. Palmetto Street in Florence.  For more information about this exhibit or the gallery, email Joseph Sallenger at jsallenger@fmarion.edu or call 843.661.1385.

The Hyman Gallery is open weekdays from 8:30am to 5pm.

About the Artist:

Artist Colleen A. Critcher was born in Newton, New Jersey in 1980. She began her childhood in Sussex, New Jersey and later relocated to Florence, South Carolina with her family. She attended college at Francis Marion University where she received a Bachelor of Arts degree in 2002. In 2012 Critcher received her Master of Fine Arts degree in painting from the Savannah College of Art and Design in Savannah, Georgia. She currently lives and works in Florence with her husband Bradford Critcher.

Throughout her career the artist has explored both objective and non-objective imagery. The common thread of Critcher's work is based on personal concerns regarding the significance of images within contemporary life. In one of her recent artistic investigations, The Gnome Project, she employed the image of the humble garden gnome in an attempt to better understand the popular culture's fascination with plastic kitsch objects. In a separate body of work titled Expansion, Critcher has focused on the creation of intuitive abstract works influenced by her immersion in the intense visual language of popular culture. Expansion is an intuitive and non-objective series that seeks to invent space. The artist focuses her concerns on expressing a visceral and universal visual experience explained through the vehicle of color. These works utilize a visual language that is referential of the colors and objectification of popular culture, while at the same time seeking to expose a concealed layer of beauty, contemplation or spirituality.