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Students' Africa-influenced art featured at CAC

Thursday, December 13, 2018

A work by John A. Gondy, of Glenmoore, enrolled in residential construction technology and management: architectural technology concentrationOn display through Dec. 22Abstract artistry by Nowell H. Covington, a construction management student from BentonStabley's craftsmanshipInspired by African tribal masks, artwork by students in wood sculpture classes taught by Penn College art faculty David A. Stabley and Brian A. Flynn is on display at the Community Arts Center through Dec. 22. Each student delivered a presentation and made sketches, then created a small-scale model in clay or Plasticine. They then hand-carved their masks out of pine blocks with mallets, gouges and rasps, encouraged by faculty to incorporate the principles of form, texture, color and pattern into their abstract designs.