On Sept. 30, the Farquhar College of Arts and Sciences celebrated the opening of the Seventh Annual Faculty Exhibition. The exhibit will be open until Oct. 31 in Gallery 217 in the PVA wing of the Don Taft University Center.
One of several exhibits the college hosts throughout the year, the Faculty Exhibit features several pieces from NSU professors and adjunct instructors including Ed Fitzpatrick, Zachary Ordonez, Daren Capirchio, Broderick Jones, Linda Payne, Hala Georgy, Janet Rudawsky and Veronique Cole.
Hala Geogry, an adjunct professor in the H. Wayne Huizenga School of Business and Entrepreneurship, may not teach art classes at NSU, but she has several pieces in the exhibition and credits her father for passing down his artistic skill.
One of her pieces is “To Her Love,” an oil painting depicting a man and woman.
“It can look as if they are in a glass of champagne or sitting at a piano,” she said. “It kind of represents romantic love.”
Her other piece includes “Shadows of Shapes,” depicting a woman who looks straight at the viewer.
“She is looking in the mirror, looking at herself remembering her past and thinking about the future,” Geogry said.
Daren Capirchio, associate director for Residential Life and Housing, has a master’s in painting from Savannah College of Art and Design. He is an adjunct at Broward College’s visual and performing arts department and became an adjunct at PVA this semester. This is the first time he’s presented his art at NSU, and Capirchio enjoyed the exhibit opening.
“I really enjoyed the interaction with the other faculty,” he said. “I really appreciated the interaction with the students from Farquhar. I enjoyed seeing the other artist’s works, it was a good experience.”
His pieces include oil paintings and watercolor drawings “Offering,” “Santi Medici,” “Solitro’s Bakery” and “Santa Maria Della Civita.” Each depicts people celebrating Catholic festivals.
The inspiration for his pieces is his Italian American cultural heritage and the events he celebrated with his family growing up in Rhode Island.
“I grew up in a neighborhood where we would do a religious festival every summer, dedicated to the Virgin Mary,” Capirchio said. “It was a week in the summer full of marching bands and fireworks and parties and tradition and family. So I really want to remember that these events occurred. They’re kind of fun and they’re kind of weird. It’s a religious piece, but it’s also a big family piece and patriotic piece as well.”
Capirchio said he encourages students to visit the gallery to view the works.
For more information and gallery hours, call PVA at 954-262-7620.
