{"id":5990,"date":"2017-04-19T09:24:01","date_gmt":"2017-04-19T13:24:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/groups.etown.edu\/news\/?p=5990"},"modified":"2017-04-19T09:38:47","modified_gmt":"2017-04-19T13:38:47","slug":"e-town-art-professor-holds-retrospective-show","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.etown.edu\/index.php\/2017\/04\/19\/e-town-art-professor-holds-retrospective-show\/","title":{"rendered":"E-town art professor holds ‘retrospective’ show"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Since his earliest linoleum-cut print in first grade, Milt Friedly has followed a mantra that we are \u201cmade to be creative.\u201d<\/p>\n

Friedly, a professor of art at Elizabethtown College, celebrates his 30th year of teaching this year. He arrived at E-town in 1987 and was tasked with helping create a \u201csmall art department.\u201d Student art shows didn\u2019t begin until 1988, he said, adding that this will be the third show at E-town for his own work.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn Retrospect Part One\u201d takes place in the Hess Gallery of Zug Memorial Hall beginning April 27. The show features some of the professor\u2019s older work, as well as new pieces from the summer and fall of 2017.<\/p>\n

Friedly said his pieces all come from personal experiences, including dreams, visions and current events. One recent piece is a print featuring Donald Trump and Kim Jong-un. Another is based on Muhammad Ali, whom Friedly recalls watching on television as a child. Several pieces are dedicated to his mother, some of which depict his parents\u2019 farm.<\/p>\n

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You can\u2019t give all your time away; you won\u2019t have anything left.\u201d<\/h2>\n<\/blockquote>\n

<\/a>Though he is a self-described generalist when it comes to artwork, printmaking and bronze sculpting are his two favorite mediums,. According the professor, it is best to try one\u2019s hand at a variety of styles. \u201cArt is about ideas,\u201d Friedly said. \u201cYou have to find the best media that fits your concept.\u201d<\/p>\n

Friedly said he tries to have his own projects going on while teaching. This is especially the case for his bronze work, since E-town\u2019s bronze furnace allows a certain number of molds at a time. \u201cI like to always have something going on as an example for the students,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

When he has an art show, Friedly said, he \"\"<\/a>discusses his pieces with his classes. However, the artist noted that he doesn\u2019t want his students to \u201cover-think or over-talk\u201d art in an effort to get the message right.<\/p>\n

\u201cSometimes we already know the answer.\u201d<\/p>\n

While he dedicates several hours each day to teaching, Friedly said he recognizes that his own art is equally as important. \u201cYou can\u2019t give all your time away; you won\u2019t have anything left.\u201d<\/p>\n

Friedly\u2019s exhibit will be open from 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. Monday through Friday, as well as 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday and Sunday April 27 to May 27. A reception is scheduled for 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, May 2. The exhibit and reception are free and open to the public.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Since his earliest linoleum-cut print in first grade, Milt Friedly has followed a mantra that we are \u201cmade to be creative.\u201d Friedly, a professor of art at Elizabethtown College, celebrates his 30th year of teaching this year. He arrived at E-town in 1987 and was tasked with helping create a \u201csmall art department.\u201d Student art […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":96,"featured_media":5995,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[178,774,5],"tags":[490,89,1128],"class_list":["post-5990","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-achievements","category-arts-and-culture","category-arts-culture","tag-achievements-2","tag-art","tag-feature","et-has-post-format-content","et_post_format-et-post-format-standard"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.etown.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5990","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.etown.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.etown.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.etown.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/96"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.etown.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5990"}],"version-history":[{"count":15,"href":"https:\/\/news.etown.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5990\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6010,"href":"https:\/\/news.etown.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5990\/revisions\/6010"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.etown.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5995"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.etown.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5990"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.etown.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5990"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.etown.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5990"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}