You are invited: “Visual Loudmouths: The Art of Good Trouble” reception

A reception to meet the artists for the "Visual Loudmouths: The Art of Good Trouble" exhibition in HFC’s Sisson Art Gallery in the MacKenzie Fine Arts Center (Building F on the main campus) will be held Tuesday, November 26, from 3:30 to 6:00 p.m.

This exhibition, which runs through Thursday December 5, includes a section of the world-famous NAMES Project: AIDS Memorial Quilt, three Käthe Kollwitz pieces from the HFC Permanent Art Collection, and artwork from the following four Michigan artists:

• HFC art instructor Mariam Ezzat
• Adnan Charara, owner of Galerie Camille in Detroit
• Bri Frey, a Detroit-based painter
• Director of the School of Art & Design at Eastern Michigan University Sandra Murchison

Challenging the way people look at the world is what makes art exciting

“Setting up an exhibition, especially in an academic environment, means putting up an exhibition that has visually appealing art and the art somehow makes a statement. In fact, the artwork may not be ‘pretty,’ but it challenges how the viewer thinks and potentially sees at least a bit of the world in a new way. As my graduate school mentor, Dick Hay, would tell his students, ‘I don't want to see more of things I have seen before. I want to see something I have never seen before because that challenges the way I have to look at the world. That is when art is exciting.’ This is what I strive for in putting together exhibitions for the Sisson,” explained Sisson curator Steve Glazer.

The “Visual Loudmouths” exhibition is free and open to the public. Hours for Sisson are as follows:

• 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.: Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday
• 10:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m.: Wednesday

For questions or more information about the “Visual Loudmouths” exhibition, contact Glazer at sglazer@hfcc.edu.