Hohenberg Award Exhibition
Glen Coburn Hutcheson

Please click on the image at left to launch a slideshow of images from the exhibition.

The Hohenberg Award for European Travel is awarded every year to a  student enrolled in a full-time course to enable them to travel to Europe in order to study works of art.

The winner of the 2009 Hohenberg Award for European Travel, Glen Coburn Hutcheson, will exhibit his works at the School from January 14 - 28, 2010. Glen will be present to speak on his travels and the work inspired by them at the School on Wednesday, January 27, from 1.15 - 2.ooPM.

Below is a statement from the artist, speaking on his travels and the art made in response.

"These paintings, drawings and sculptures were made in response to the art and cities that I saw last summer, thanks to the Hohenberg Award for European Travel.

In six weeks of traveling, I visited galleries, museums and archaeological sites in Athens, Naples, Florence, Arezzo, Bologna, Venice, Milan, Tübingen, Paris and Barcelona. I spent most of my time sketching and taking photographs, trying to gain a physical understanding of the work I saw.

In recent months, as I've set up a studio in Vermont, I've continued to engage with the themes and problems that came to me in Europe. My goal is always to make art that seems alive, art that holds itself together and speaks clearly. The pieces I found most compelling in Europe were not of one particular period, style or artistic medium, but they were alike in the clarity of their voices. Many of the works in this show are attempting to repeat, in my own way, what some of my favorite paintings and sculpture said to me."

The exhibition will be open from 10.00Am - 6.00PM, with the opening scheduled for Thursday, January 14 from 6.30 - 8.30PM.