currents2: Sam Van Aken

November 20, 2005 - February 12, 2006

DAVIS GALLERY

Curated by Sharon Corwin, Carolyn Muzzy Director and Chief Curator

In Colby's second annual emerging artist exhibition, currents2, installation artist and University of Maine Professor of Art Sam Van Aken creates a multimedia installation exploring his personal and artistic engagement with the 1977 Steven Spielberg film Close Encounters of the Third Kind.

currents1: Julianne Swartz

October 28, 2004 - February 6, 2005

DAVIS GALLERY

Curated by Sharon Corwin, Carolyn Muzzy Director and Chief Curator

Julianne Swartz, a New York-based artist whose work was featured in the 2004 Whitney Biennial, uses light and sound to explore the thresholds of perception. Her installations challenge the viewer to see and hear elements in the environment that previously may have gone unnoticed.