Fall Exhibitions
FUTURE REBOOT
Coordinated by Jeremiah Teipen, HCCC Associate Professor
August 30 – October 3
Artist Reception: September 26, 5:30 pm – 7:30 pm
Panel Discussion: October 3, 3:30 pm – 5:30 pm
The rate of scientific discovery has accelerated at warp speed. Electronic technology is relentlessly creating new virtual spaces, while making objects obsolete. Computer-aided engineering has utilized mathematical algorithms to change everything from what we wear to the spaces we inhabit. Meanwhile, the dark cloud of devastating environmental change looms large. With all these forces at work, it may seem that our current reality is taken straight from science fiction. The future seems closer than ever, and is gaining on us. Whether that future is utopian, dystopian or otherwise may depend on the ability of the arts to make these changes understandable, personal and relatable so that we as individuals can gain the agency to affect our futures.
Artists have always influenced and have been influenced by their environments, cultures, and societies and, now more than ever, these are interwoven with science, technology, engineering and math. Whether as a process or tool, a critique or a reflection of our society, the artists in this exhibition use science, technology, engineering and math to create art that questions our current trajectory. The work in the exhibition asks viewers to rethink our relationship to these changes in both natural and human-made environments, and to each other. Before we can arrive at any answers, we must first create a path by understanding the questions. Artists include Meng Chih Chiang, Taezoo Park, Mark Ramos, Nooshin Rostami, Jeremiah Teipen, and Yaloo.
EACH STATE OF MIND IS IRREDUCIBLE: SPANISH & LATIN ARTISTS
Curated by Ysabel Pinyol, Curatorial Director and Alexandra Fowle, Assistant Curator
October 13 – November 17, 2017
Artist Reception: November 17, 5:30 pm – 7:30 pm
When focusing on artists of Spanish and Latin American heritage, it is not enough to use blanket terms like “Spanish,” “Hispanic,” or “Latinx” to classify these artists and their work. With geographical and cultural breadth encompassed within what we call Spanish and Latin American “heritage,” it is nearly impossible, and quite irresponsible, to attempt to define all elements often identified with these cultures. However, it is important to understand and celebrate Spanish and Latin American heritage, and examine their roles within American culture. Understanding and celebration often comes in the form of art, and, therefore, Each state of mind is irreducible: Spanish & Latin American Artists offers a lens into how artists living in the U.S. grapple with their roots.
For the exhibition at Hudson County Community College, artists based at Mana Contemporary New Jersey and Chicago will illuminate diverse ways in which U.S.-based artists allude to their Spanish or Latin American heritage through individualized practice. Each state of mind is irreducible: Spanish & Latin American Artists demonstrates way artists can oscillate between cultures and/or attend to one side of their identity over another. When placed together, the individuality of each artist’s body of work evokes empathy as the exhibition, in all of its sums, reveals cultural complexities that are often veiled by blanket statements.
About Mana Contemporary:
Founded in 2011, Mana Contemporary is dedicated to providing a platform for contemporary art and artists through exhibitions, studio programs, and public programs. Mana’s community network began in New Jersey and has since expanded to include Mana Chicago (2013) and Mana Miami (2015). On the horizon, Mana Contemporary continues to create new partnerships opportunities that explore the intersection of contemporary art, design, new technologies, and music, including collaborations with the Florence Art Academy and the International Centre for Photography. More information can be found at www.manacontemporary.com.
HCCC ART DEPARTMENT REVIEW
December 1 – December 15
Artist Reception: December 1, 5:30 pm – 7:30 pm
HCCC Art Department offers a wide variety of classes in computer and visual arts taught by professional artists living in the New York metropolitan area. HCCC celebrates the artistic talents of our community with a bi-annual exhibition in the Dineen Hull Gallery.
TEACHER AS ARTIST
Curated by Michelle Vitale
September 15 – October 15
The Fall semester features work by Catalina Aranguren at both the Journal Square and the North Hudson campus libraries.
Wavering in between third and first worlds, Aranguren’s work explores the relationship between perception and cognition. She doesn’t set out looking for subjects, instead certain textures, shapes, or connections will fascinate her, and in turn she tries to capture that in the moment. Often times, themes are combined in her images. Aranguren’s intent is to force the viewer to explore for more detail, to take a step back and understand the full picture. Perception will depend on the viewer's clues of content and interpretation based on experience.
Catalina Aranguren has a background in photography, design and metal smithing. She was born in Bogotá, Colombia and raised in Caracas, Venezuela. She holds a BFA from the School of the Art Institute in Chicago and attended El Instituto de Diseño de Caracas and Spéos Photographic Institute. Aranguren is an advocate for the dual language program in Jersey City public schools and is on the Board of the Jersey City Children's Theater. To learn more about the artist, visit www.argia.photos.
HCCC Main Library
71 Sip Ave., Jersey City
Jersey City, NJ 07306
North Hudson Campus Library
4800 Kennedy Boulevard, 3rd Floor
Union City, NJ 07087