Opening Reception at the Tippecanoe Arts Federation August 7th

Tippecanoe Arts Federation will host artists Jim Binkley, Laelle Busch, and Diane Gee for their first solo exhibits in the Tippecanoe Arts Federation galleries. The Tippecanoe Arts Federation has hosted exhibits for 19 years featuring work by artists from new and emerging to seasoned professional and even organizations. Join us August 7th from 6:00-8:00pm at the Wells Community Cultural Center as we celebrate their opening. The reception is free and open to the public. The exhibit will run from August 7 through September 11 at the Wells Community Cultural Center, 638 North St., Lafayette. The Wells Community Cultural Center galleries are open and free to the public Tuesday through Friday from 9:00am-5:00pm.

Jim Binkley

Casualties of War

Various Media

East Gallery

The work in this show is based on photographs relating to war, mostly of soldiers who have died in Iraq and Afghanistan. “To me, there is a sadness in photographic portraits, a suggestion of mortality, all the more true when we know that those we see pictured have indeed died. If there is a purpose to my work it is to express this feeling-- and the ultimate futility and waste of not just this war but any war—emphasized somehow by the process of reproducing into another medium,” states the artist.

The show consists of oil paintings, etchings and relief prints, and digital drawings. Jim Binkley is a professor of agricultural economics at Purdue University and has taken several Purdue art classes over the years.

Laelle Busch

Tavolara: a compilation

Prints and Drawings

West Gallery

Laelle Busch was raised in West Lafayette and received her BFA in printmaking from Washington University in St. Louis in 2008. Her work ranges from representational to abstract, however, it is united by the theme of human interaction with the earth. Fascinated by both the positive and negative effect people have in shaping the earth, she works with natural patterns of growth and accumulation which are meditations on this relationship.

Diane Gee

Patterns and Forms: Geometry in Art

Ceramics

Northwest Gallery

This exhibit explores geometry and other mathematical principles in artistic pottery forms. According to the artist, “The intent is to show that art and the sciences are not mutually exclusive! Math and Art are strongly linked, with synergistic and rich relationships. Mathematics is not just theoretical; it is imbedded in many patterns and forms which are actively present around us. It has a beauty and vitality which offers a flexible structure for creative exploration and expression. This exhibit links the two through the forms, and includes summary explanations of the associated math, as well as some interactive exercises.”