News Release

IWV Campus

Cerro Coso to Host New Art Exhibit - The Constructed Image

February 26, 2007

Cerro Coso Community College will present an exciting art exhibit in the new Learning Resource Center Art Gallery for the month of March. Beginning March 1st and continuing through March 31st the art gallery will display a collection of digitally created images by students taking courses in the Media Arts Department of the College.

"The Constructed Image", as the show is titled, provides a special opportunity for these students to show their work in a public venue, perhaps for the first time. It is also an opportunity for the rest of us - to see a collection of unique images that express traditional design principles while employing alternative methods of creating art. A common element among the images is the aspect of collage; many incorporate photographs and graphics, blended with original digital painting. The results of combining such disparate elements within one image are compelling; these pieces juxtapose the ordinary with the extraordinary, the real with the imagined, and the innovative with the conventional.

"The Constructed Image" exhibit will be available for viewing from 9am to 9pm Monday through Thursday, and 9am to 4pm on Fridays. For additional information about this show, contact instructor Dick Benson at 384-6240.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, PLEASE CONTACT:
Joann Handeland, Director of Public Information (760) 384-6230