‘Pulp: Works on Paper’

Pulp: Works on Paper, an art exhibit featuring local regional and national artists, has come to Butler Community College's Erman B. White gallery.

This exhibit brings artists from diverse disciplines together. Their individual perspectives of the world around them create a myriad of great dialogue and aesthetic views for the observer's consideration.
Among these are nostalgia, memory, humor, realistic manipulations of surfaces, space fragments, observations of community and place as well as pure abstraction.

The exhibit's curator, Matthew Hilyard of Andover, has done artwork for the exhibit, as have 26 other artists he gathered. Among them are acquaintances, former professors and former classmates of his.

"Of all those I have met on my still ongoing journey as an artist, David Row has made the most profound and meaningful imprint on my connection to the art of abstraction," said Hilyard. "Eight people here who are in the show went to school with me at Wichita State University. It's an honor to be here. This is where I started."

One of the people who was there as Hilyard was getting started is Valerie Haring, lead art instructor at Butler and director of the Erman B. White Gallery.

"It has been my mission to assemble exhibits that exemplify professional craftsmanship and diversity for the 7,000 students, faculty, fellow artists and community members who visit the gallery each year," she said.
"The exhibit ‘Pulp: Works on Paper’ is yet another example of diverse expression and exemplary art-making processes. Twenty-seven artists have agreed to merge their individual artworks into one cohesive, aesthetic experience for the viewer."

For the exhibit, each artist was instructed to create a work of art from paper.

"Each artist has manipulated the paper to create personal visions that reflect the complexities of human experience, observations from the world that surrounds them, and inventions of color and form from within," said Haring. "It's a good teaching tool. The artists who made work for this show are very serious about their craft."

“Pulp: Works on Paper” will be at the White Gallery through April 9. On March 26, the gallery will be open from 6 to 8 p.m.

Regular gallery hours are 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Friday.