Eric Fischl Gallery
Come see what the Eric Fischl Gallery has to offer!
Nestled on top of Phoenix College’s fine arts building, the Eric Fischl Gallery dazzles you with panoramic views of downtown Phoenix and some of the most exciting artwork in the Valley! Visit the gallery throughout the academic year to see exhibitions of local and national artists curated through our annual call for proposals. If the creativity of artists-in-training excites you, then make time for our annual student exposés like Western Eye, The Digital Art Show, and the Vanguard Showcase. You might find our Campus Visions series appealing if you want to investigate the artistry of images and objects from other teaching disciplines. Or maybe you want to hear some music at one of our concerts or purchase handmade gifts at our popular Annual Holiday Art Sale.
Whatever your artistic interests, the Eric Fischl Gallery has something for you!
Hours:
Monday through Thursday, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m
Location:
Fine & Performing Arts Building, 2nd floor
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Event name: Phoenix Landmarks. Artwork by Manny Burruel Date and time(s): August 19 to September 5. Opening August 19 from 5:30 to 8:00. Location: Eric Fischl Gallery Cost of event: Free Description: Phoenix landmarks are the focus of this series. Growing up here, Manny Burruel had the same iconic landmarks as most Phoenicians. However, some landmarks were personally significant only to him. The landmarks, or their spaces, evoked wistfulness or joy. Taking him back to important moments, they are markers of his life. |
The Giant Punch Card |
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Event name: It’s All Askew: Spatial Transformations. Paintings by Barbara Cowlin Date and time(s): August 19 to September 5. Opening August 19 from 5:30 to 8:00. Location: Eric Fischl Gallery Cost of event: Free Description: The Askew series are paintings derived from snapshots of architectural fragments reduced to essential shapes that emphasize ambiguous perspective, hard-edged forms, and simultaneous contrast in colors. The relationship between abstraction and representation creates additional tensions between the pictorial and actual space. |
Askew #60 |
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Event name: Belief. Paintings by Eric Kasper Date and time(s): September 16 to October 3. Opening September 16 from 5:30 to 8:00. Location: Eric Fischl Gallery Cost of event: Free Description: Belief questions how a human develops under the constraints levied on their behavior by religious doctrine, and how or in what ways religious practice facilitates—or impedes—cultural progress. |
Milkbelly |
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Event name: Kurth - McMullen: Abstraction in Action. Paintings by Stan Kurth and Valerie McMullen. Date and time(s): October 14 to October 31. Opening October 14 from 5:30 to 8:00. Location: Eric Fischl Gallery Cost of event: Free Description: For Stan Kurth, intuitive painting is the act of making marks and spreading pigment on a surface until it conveys a personal aesthetic. There is no predetermined finish or elaborate planning. His paintings are expressions of his life experience, everything which has touched and moved him along a path to the latest work. If the work fails to speak visually to the viewer, no amount of esoteric rhetoric here will change that. According to Valerie McMullen, the exhibition aims to present the relationship between the act of intuitive painting and personal expressions conveyed through the visual language of shape, color, line, and texture. |
Stan Kurth, Butterick
Valerie McMullen, Sunrise over Blue Mountain |
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Event name: Navigation of Memory. Installation by Kelly O’Briant. Date and time(s): October 14 to October 31. Opening October 14 from 5:30 to 8:00. Location: Eric Fischl Gallery Cost of event: Free Description: Kelly O’Briant’s current work is an effort to understand the relationship between the disintegration of memory and awareness and how we absorb new information about our environments and relationships. |
Bricks |
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Event name: Avant Garde Fashion 2020. Fashion illustration at Phoenix College. Date and time(s): October 14 to October 31. Opening October 14 from 5:30 to 8:00. Location: Eric Fischl Gallery Cost of event: Free Description: This exhibition of fashion illustration by Phoenix College fashion design students is the first in Eric Fischl Gallery’s Campus Visions series, an artistic exploration of different disciplines’ use of images and objects. While fashion illustration primarily visualizes fashion concepts, the artistry of such illustrations frequently transcends their practicality. |
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Event name: The Western Eye Date and time(s): November 12 to November 28. Opening: November 12, 5:30 to 8:00. Location: Eric Fischl Gallery Cost of event: Free Description: The best of Maricopa County Community College’s photography programs is on display in this juried exhibition. |
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Event name: The Things I Know. Artwork by David Brady. Date and time(s): November 12 to November 28. Opening November 12 from 5:30 to 8:00. Location: Eric Fischl Gallery Cost of event: Free Description: From discarded paper and objects, David Brady creates multi-layered figurative works that delve into the emotional and psychological aspects of life. Included in the exhibit is the "Mind Mask," an installation featuring over 80 portraits to help bring awareness to the many layers of mental health. |
Planning My Escape |
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Event name: Annual Holiday Art Sale Date and time(s): December 4 and 5. 11:00 to 7:00 Location: Eric Fischl Gallery Cost of event: Free Description: Find that special something for that special someone, including yourself! Select from a wide array of ceramics, jewelry, two dimensional art, textiles, and glass, all handmade by our Phoenix College staff and students. |
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Event name: Digital Arts Student Show Date and time(s): December 4 and 5, 11:00 to 7:00. Location: Eric Fischl Gallery Cost of event: Free Description: What’s happening with our digital arts students at Phoenix College? See the latest student projects and designs in illustration and animation, digital imaging, graphic design, and comic and sequential art. |
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Event name: Juried Show Date and time(s): January 13 to January 30. Opening: January 13, 5:30 to 8:00 Location: Eric Fischl Gallery Cost of event: Free |
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Event name: 2ENSES. Installation by Jay Hardin and Karl Schindler. Date and time(s): January 13 to January 30. Opening: January 13, 5:30 to 8:00 Location: Eric Fischl Gallery Cost of event: Free Description: Visual artist, Jay Hardin, and sound designer, Karl Schindler, explore the nature of artists’ inspiration and collaboration, specifically focusing on the two senses primarily represented in art: sight and sound. Hardin’s visual artwork is used as inspiration for Schindler’s sound designs, and vice versa. |
Jay Hardin, In Shape |
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Event name: Panels Date and time(s): February 10 to March 5 Opening: February 10, 5:30 to 8:00 Location: Eric Fischl Gallery Cost of event: Free Description: Comic and sequential art from some of the industry’s best artists. |
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Event name: Mono + Mono: Drawn to Print. Artwork by Wade Carter and Harold Lohner. Date and time(s): March 16 to April 2 Opening: March 16, 5:30 to 8:00 Location: Eric Fischl Gallery Cost of event: Free Description: Wade Carter and Harold Lohner make one-of-a-kind prints drawn from photographs. Carter’s monotypes are self-portraits, using images of his face and body in strange and humorous ways, often printed on found washcloths and towels. Lohner’s monoprints are drawn from found images of other men, collected and sorted with an eye toward recurring gestures and poses. |
Wade Carter, Sitting
Harold Lohner, Self-Portrait, Age 60 |
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Event name: Carrying On. Artwork by George Strasburger. Date and time(s): March 16 to April 2 Opening: March 16, 5:30 to 8:00 Location: Eric Fischl Gallery Cost of event: Free Description: This exhibit includes paintings that are classical in style but deal with modern themes and characters. The narrative scenes describe interaction and existence in a world where we carry on in a timeless manner. |
The Gatherers |
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Event name: Vanguard Showcase Date and time(s): April 20 to April 30 Opening: April 20, 5:30 to 8:00 Location: Eric Fischl Gallery Cost of event: Free Description: The Vanguard Showcase is Phoenix College’s annual student art exhibition. Local jurors select the best work of the year for exhibition in the gallery while internationally recognized artist, Eric Fischl, and Mr. Fischl’s guest confer the best-in-show Vanguard Award. |
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Event name: High School Art Show Date and time(s): May 11 to May 14 Opening: May 11, 5:30 to 8:00 Location: Eric Fischl Gallery Cost of event: Free
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