DCCA Announces Art Salad talks for Fall 2008
Free lunchtime lecture series kicks off September 17 with a discussion on building your own art collection

Wilmington, Del. - 25 August 2008 -- DCCA will continue Art Salad, its popular weekly lunchtime lecture series beginning September 17. Art Salad is a free one-hour program offered from noon – 1 pm that features a variety of art talks and gallery tours led by artists, authors, curators, and other ‘movers-and-shakers’ in the contemporary art world. The fall series will consist of 13 unique lectures and discussions held at the DCCA – we encourage you to bring your lunch and we will provide a meal for your mind!
 
The Fall 2008 Art Salad lecture series kicks off on September 17, 2008 with a lecture by gallery owner, Evan Slepian. Slepian is the owner of Works On Paper, Inc., a Philadelphia-based gallery that focuses on Contemporary Master Prints, Pop Art, and Minimalism. The gallery has collaborated on projects with notable artists such as Sol LeWitt, Robert Cottingham, Tobi Kahn, and master printer /photographer Tom Baril, along with local emerging artists. During the Art Salad lecture, Slepian will discuss the importance of “uniqueness and imagery and process” in selecting works for a collection and his lecture will focus on the major indicators of a quality piece of art.
 
In regard to building a collection, Slepian remarks, “my opinion with collecting anything has always been the same, find a great artist(s), learn their body of work...get an assessment of value to see what you can afford... then weed through that body of work, to get to the root by their great material.”
 
Art Salad is made possible, in part, by a gift from an anonymous donor and grants from Bank of America and the Delaware Division of the Arts, a state agency dedicated to nurturing and supporting the arts in Delaware, in partnership with the National Endowment for the Arts.
 
Schedule of Art Salad Talks
Access to schedule can be found at www.thedcca.org/programsartsalad.html
September 17
Evan Slepian, owner of Works On Paper Inc. in Philadelphia, discusses the importance of “uniqueness and imagery and process” in selecting works for a collection.

September 24
DCCA studio artist Andrew Wapinski (Wilmington, DE) discusses his work on view in the Elizabeth Denison Hatch Gallery.
 
October 1
Exhibiting artist Piper Shepard (Baltimore, MD) discusses her cut fiber works in her DCCA exhibition, Eon.
 
October 8
DCCA artist in residence Tanya Aguiniga (Los Angeles, CA) discusses her furniture designs and processes as well as her residency project with the DCCA.

October 15
Exhibiting artist Janell Olah (Philadelphia, PA) discusses her mixed media installation at the DCCA, I will find us a path to everything we hope for.
 
October 22
Exhibiting artist Mary Gamble Barrett (Philadelphia, PA) discusses her ceramics on view in Reminiscence: Collecting and Recollecting.
 
October 29
Exhibiting artist Bruce Pollock (Philadelphia, PA) discusses his oil paintings in the exhibition Levity.
 
November 5
Artists John Karpinksi (Philadelphia, PA) and Hiro Sakaguchi (Philadelphia, PA) discuss their works on view in the DCCA exhibition Fantastical Imaginings.
 
November 12
Serena Perrone (Philadelphia, PA), a painter and printmaker discusses her work on view in the DCCA exhibition Fantastical Imaginings.
 
November 19
Artist in residence Liz Hickok (San Francisco, CA), a Wilmington native, discusses her Jell-O based works as well as her residency project with the DCCA.
 
November 26
John Shipman (Germantown, MD) discusses his work on view in Fantastical Imaginings that he states is “a reflection of what he has learned in life.”
 
December 3
Exhibiting artist Moe Brooker (Philadelphia, PA) discusses his paintings on view in his DCCA exhibition The Substance of Feeling.

December 10
Carina Evangelista, Gretchen Hupfel Curator of Contemporary Art, discusses the use of ephemeral materials as a strategy in contemporary art practice.