(RE) Similarities: Photographs by Lucinda W. Bunnen and works by photographer Judy Lampert

...is an exhibition exploring the act of understanding through the study of relationships using broad cross- cultural issues and imagery.

September 3-30

Circles of Hope and Healing: Exploring Trauma Recovery through Art Therapy

The South Carolina Art Therapy Association in conjunction with Converse College presents, Circles of Hope and Healing, an exhibition of images created as circular mandalas by varied client populations in South Carolina.

The culmination of a two-year project, these works illustrate responses by participants to the question, "What are your symbols of hope and healing?"

October 7-22

The contributing South Carolina art therapists will be discussing the work and its healing properties during the exhibition's opening reception Friday, October 22.

The Nature of Art 2004 Department of Art and Design Faculty Exhibition

The 33rd Annual Department of Art and Design Faculty exhibition explores the diverse mediums and talents of the Converse College Department of Art and Design Faculty in a collective investigation into the nature of art and art making.

November 5 - December 12

Confederate Currency: The Color of Money Images of Slavery in Confederate and Southern States Currency Opening

Converse College presents a traveling exhibition organized by the Avery Research Center for African American History and Culture at the College of Charleston in Charleston, South Carolina.

Confederate Currency: The Color of Money investigates the importance of slavery in the economy of the American South. Artist John W. Jones has researched and documented over 126 images of slavery that were depicted on Confederate and Southern States money.

The exhibition juxtaposes framed Confederate Currencies with paintings inspired by the slave images on the currencies to make a poignant, provocative and compelling statement on the contribution of enslaved Africans to the American economy that will be the subject of a panel discussion preceeding the Opening Reception.

January 8 - February 15

Accretion

Conceptual artist and Atlanta sculptor Linda Armstrong creates an environment that is a continuation of her investigations of places in which she experiences cultural impact over time layered with the reality of environmental beauty and degradation.

February 25 - March 18

Wild Renascence: Land from Where I Stand 2004 Juried Student Exhibition Opening

The 2005 Converse College Department of Art and Design Juried Student Exhibition is a focus on individuality using the poetry of Edna St. Vincent Millay as a point of departure.

March 25 - April 15

April 18 - May 20

Dianne Bagnal
Director of Art Education
B.S., East Carolina
M.A. in Gifted and Talented Education with a concentration in art, Converse College

Mac Boggs
Chair and Professor of Art
B.A., University of Kentucky
M.F.A., University of North Carolina

Merilyn Field
Director of the Art Therapy Program
B.A., Converse College
M.A., Norwich University

Frazer Pajak
Associate Professor of Interior Design
B.Arch., M.Arch., Clemson University

Teresa Prater
Associate Professor of Art
B.A., University of Tennessee
M.A., M.F.A., University of New Mexico

Suzanne Schuweiler-Daab
Associate Professor of Art History
B.A., M.A., Virginia Commonwealth University
Ph.D., University of Illinois

David Zacharias
Associate Professor of Art
B.F.A., M.F.A., University of South Carolina