A Walk Through the Woods with Kristin Leachman '84

Last Wednesday, October 21, 福克斯克罗夫特欢迎了1984届的杰出画家和校友克里斯汀·利奇曼,作为海伦·库达希·尼布莱克42年艺术系列讲座的一部分, which has the theme, “Inspired by Nature” this year.

During her presentation, 克里斯汀讨论了她在创作一系列画作时所遵循的艺术过程. To help explain her work and her, at times, unusual subject matter, 她分享了一部她制作的电影(她的另一个创造性努力),记录了她的方法和她最新作品的灵感 — 加州活橡树树皮下的木质部. Starting with a canvas covered in layers of black lacquer, 克里斯汀画了一个有机的图案,灵感来自木质部的细线和曲率. 她完成的作品描绘了复杂的运动,几乎具有三维元素,因为有光泽的黑漆在负空间中闪烁.

The visit was special for another reason, as well. When she was a Foxcroft student, Kristin是Fox Painter,并为Fox团队创造了一个标志性的横幅. 现在,这条横幅在每场狐狸/猎犬曲棍球比赛中悬挂在狐狸队的球门上,装饰着运动衫和狐狸队的商品. Having not returned to Foxcroft in 30 years, Kristin had not seen the banner in person since graduating, only in photographs frequently forwarded from friends, 当她回忆起制作横幅的步骤时,她感到很高兴. 幸运的是,镇上的娱乐商店有完美的粉色布料作为画布!

After her presentation in Morning Meeting, Kristin worked throughout the school day with art students. To discover, 在福克斯克罗夫特500英亩的校园里,探索和受到大自然的启发, 克里斯汀给了女孩们速写本,并带领她们在隐蔽(校长家)后面的树林里散步。, 沿着越野跑道和麦康奈尔马厩后面的围场附近, where the girls settled in and began to draw what inspired them. 当女孩们画草图时,克里斯汀在她们中间走来走去,给她们鼓励和建议. 在访问结束时,克里斯汀将他们的画交给了学校校长凯茜·麦吉.

克里斯汀忙碌的一天还包括与准备艺术学校作品集的学生共进午餐. Senior Rose S. was excited to have the opportunity to meet with Kristin. 作为一名对艺术有着强烈热情的学生,我能够和她共进午餐. Leachman, along with several other art students, to learn more about her career as an artist,” said Rose. “She encouraged us to create pieces that are different than others, 这种方法为她带来了成功,并使她与其他艺术家区别开来. 她还审阅了我们的作品和作品集,并提出了一些改进建议.”

On Thursday, 克里斯汀回到校园,与考特尼·乌尔默的西方美术史课讨论艺术史. 她向班里介绍了一些女性艺术家,这些艺术家也受到大自然的启发,多年来一直是她的灵感来源. One of the artists Kristin focused on was Katherine “Kay” Sage, 她是福克斯克罗夫特学院1915届的毕业生——尽管克里斯汀在为这门课做准备之前并不知道这一点! 凯本身就是一位伟大的超现实主义艺术家,但当她丈夫, Yves Tanguy, died, 她一生致力于弘扬他的艺术遗产,而损害了自己的事业.

在克里斯汀的整个访问过程中,女孩们很快就喜欢上了她随和、平易近人的风格. 也许是在附近长大,再加上她本人也在福克斯克罗夫特上学,使她对这里产生了一种熟悉感. 在她访问结束时,学生们在走廊里欢迎她,就像她是一位老朋友一样.

克里斯汀·利奇曼(Kristin Leachman)的作品正在圣地亚哥艺术博物馆展出, 国家妇女艺术博物馆和国家美术馆的藏品, as well as numerous private collections. Her work was also recently acquired for the US Embassy in Kabul, Afghanistan, by the US Department of State. Her production design work in film includes Senzeni Na?, 这部电影获得了奥斯卡最佳短片奖提名.

Helen Cudahy Niblack ' 42艺术系列讲座由Austi Brown ' 73创立,以纪念她的母亲. Since it began in 2007, the series has brought a variety of literary, performing and fine artists to Foxcroft to share their work, stories, 以及对学生和更大社区的创造性过程的本质的看法. Niblack系列的目标之一是为艺术家提供在舒适和熟悉的环境中分享她的艺术之旅的机会, 为思想交流创造了空间,这可能会激发一两个福克斯克罗夫特女孩追逐自己的艺术梦想.
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