The Visual Arts Center of Tidewater Community College presents:

John Miles Runner: Situation Normal

January 24 through March 11, 2010

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The exhibition, John Miles Runner: Situation Normal, will be held at the Visual Arts Center, TCC at Olde Towne, Portsmouth, Virginia, from January 24 through March 11, 2010. The Opening Reception will take place on Saturday, January 23 at 7 p.m. and is free and open to the public.

In this solo exhibition, John Miles Runner (Newport News, Virginia) presents large-scale woodcuts and site-specific installations. The artist works both two- and three-dimensionally and focuses on the social issues of our society including health care, personal identity and public waste. Through his objective approach, the artist asks viewers to consider the world the way it is and not as they have been culturally guided.

In his prints, simple forms and graphic images are created with course texture and dense color. Accordion pleating adds dimension and changing imagery. Sculptural work includes interesting and compelling objects. All are highly poignant and symbolic.

The Visual Arts Center of Tidewater Community College presents:

6th Annual Open House

February 20, 2010

Visit the Visual Arts Center of Tidewater Community College and see all that it offers.

The Visual Arts Center, TCC at Olde Towne, Portsmouth, Virginia (VAC), will host its 6th Annual Open House on Saturday, February 20, 2010 from 10 a.m. until 2 p.m. The event is free and open to the public.

Activities will take place in VAC labs and studios. These will include demonstrations in the rooftop glassblowing studio and the new state-of-the-art Multimedia Lab. Additional activities will take place in photography, computer graphics, drawing, painting and ceramics studios. Full-time faculty, staff and students will be on hand to answer specific questions about programs and classes. A Financial Aid officer will field questions and provide related literature. A raffle will take place; light refreshments will be served. The current exhibition, John Miles Runner: Situation Normal, will be open from 9 a.m. until 8 p.m. Copies of 340 High Street, the annual student art publication of the VAC, will be distributed.

Tidewater Community College’s Visual Arts Center is unique in the nation. This freestanding, comprehensive art school serves students from Hampton Roads and beyond. 33,330 square feet of space houses 14 studios, classrooms, a critique room and a book and images library. The Center’s gallery is one of the premiere exhibition spaces in the region.