Grand Valley Magazine Winter 2014 - (Page 11)
A RTS
Art in the House includes
Grand Valley alumnae
by Mary Isca Pirkola
A
rtwork by two recent Grand Valley
graduates will be exhibited for an
entire year in the Michigan House of
Representatives Anderson House Office
Building in Lansing.
Pieces by Monica Lloyd and Danielle
Fritz were selected for "Art in the
House," which displays select artwork
by students from each of Michigan's 15
public universities.
The ninth annual Arts in the House
project unveiled 26 pieces of artwork
selected this year during a reception
October 16. The artwork will hang
through September. Art in the
House is a partnership between the
Presidents Council, State Universities
of Michigan and the Michigan House
of Representatives to promote art in
everyday life.
Ed Wong-Ligda, professor of
Art and Design, said both of these
former students are very focused and
dedicated artists who spend "hours
upon hours to create work with a high
level of craft, excellent composition
and interesting concepts." He noted
they were an interesting contrast in
personalities and styles. "Danielle was
very active and social and her work is
for children, while Monica, who was very
quiet and private, creates work geared
toward a more sophisticated adult
audience," Wong-Ligda said. "Their
art looks completely different, but the
underpinnings of their work are the
same, and when it comes to their strong
work ethic, they are identical."
"Five," by Lloyd, was the final piece in
her series about creation. "It is the most
colorful and complex of the series,"
said Lloyd, '13, a native of Grand Rapids
who graduated with a bachelor's of fine
arts degree. "I work a lot in detailed
drawings and explorations of pattern
in a conceptual way." This piece is
exhibited on the Anderson House 13th
Floor - South.
Lloyd has worked as an intern at
Avenue for the Arts. Some of her work
has been exhibited in Grand Rapids
'Five' by Monica Lloyd,
right, and 'The Boy at
the Window,' by
Danielle Fritz, below,
were selected for Art
in the House.
at the Green Well restaurant, Cherry
Street, and in the Free Radical Gallery
on South Division.
"The Boy at the Window," by Fritz,
is a mixed media piece using acrylic,
watercolor, pen and ink, and colored
pencil. "The piece was inspired by a
quote from my 4-year-old brother,
Braeden, and is based on the idea of
how adults lose their creativity as they
age," said Fritz, '13, a native of St. Clair
Shores who also graduated with a BFA,
then participated in the Disney College
Program in Orlando, Florida. This piece
is exhibited on the Anderson House 5th
Floor - South.
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Table of Contents for the Digital Edition of Grand Valley Magazine Winter 2014
Campus News
International Education
Arts
Athletics
Donor Impact
Covenant House provides education, opportunity
Going the extra Medical Mile
Seeds of Promise
Student media: creating community, content and careers
Q&A Bill Holsinger-Robinson
Research
Off the Path
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