{"id":27679,"date":"2018-02-23T08:18:43","date_gmt":"2018-02-23T13:18:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/necc.edu\/newsroom2\/2018\/02\/23\/turkish-artist-exhibits-neccs-artspace\/"},"modified":"2026-05-14T16:18:52","modified_gmt":"2026-05-14T20:18:52","slug":"turkish-artist-exhibits-neccs-artspace","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/necc.edu\/newsroom\/2018\/02\/23\/turkish-artist-exhibits-neccs-artspace\/","title":{"rendered":"Turkish Artist Exhibits at NECC\u2019s ArtSpace"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_17317\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/media-old\/2018\/02\/Arugula-Love.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-17317\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-17317\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/media-old\/2018\/02\/Arugula-Love-300x262.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"262\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-17317\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">&#8220;Arugula Love&#8221; is a 5.85 x 8.30 ink and marker on paper by Turkish artist \u00c7a\u011f\u0131l Harmandar<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Intimacy and female sexuality are the focus of Turkish artist and animator \u00c7a\u011f\u0131l Harmandar\u2019s solo show titled \u201cTouch the Pit\u201d which opens Saturday, March 3, in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.necc.mass.edu\/library\/library-community-services\/\">Linda Hummel-Shea ArtSpace<\/a> at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.necc.mass.edu\/\">Northern Essex Community College<\/a>. It runs through April 7.<\/p>\n<p>An opening reception will be held Wednesday, March 21, from 2:30 to 5:30 p.m. Harmandar will discuss her animations and her oil, pastel, pen and ink brush drawings beginning at 3 p.m.<\/p>\n<p>The ArtSpace is located in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.necc.mass.edu\/library\/\">Harold Bentley Library<\/a> on the Haverhill campus, 100 Elliott St. It is open during library hours, which are Monday through Thursday, 8 a.m. to 9 p.m. and Friday, 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. It\u2019s closed Saturdays and Sundays.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWorks in this exhibition reflect my personal disorientation after ending a five-year long phase in my life as a student in the States and returning to my home in \u0130stanbul, Turkey,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>In addition to her sketches, the exhibit will include short animations related to the drawings will be displayed on a 55-inch monitor in the gallery.<\/p>\n<p>Harmandar will be in-residence at NECC March 5 through 9. She has been invited to speak during various art classes and critique students\u2019 artwork.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_17326\" style=\"width: 209px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/media-old\/2018\/02\/Balloon-Head-press.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-17326\" class=\"wp-image-17326 size-medium\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/media-old\/2018\/02\/Balloon-Head-press-199x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"199\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-17326\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">&#8220;Balloon Head&#8221; 5.85 x 8.30 inch Pen on Paper sketch.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>She received a Bachelor of Fine Arts from the School of the Museum of Fine Arts at Tufts University in 2016. She studied film, animation, and video at the Rhode Island School of Design.<\/p>\n<p>She has earned several awards including Best Film Award from the National Canland\u0131ranlar Animation Competition, \u0130stanbul, Turkey, in 2017.<\/p>\n<p>The ArtSpace exhibit is sponsored by the Art Department and the NECC Foundation.<\/p>\n<p>NECC offers an associate degree in\u00a0general studies: art\u00a0with a focus on specific area of the arts, such as fine arts, multimedia, photography or visual communications.<\/p>\n<p>This show is sponsored by NECC\u2019s art department and the NECC Foundation. For additional information on the exhibit contact Patricia Kidney at\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:pkidney@necc.mass.edu\">pkidney@necc.mass.edu<\/a>\u00a0or Marc Mannheimer at\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:mmannheimer@necc.mass.edu\">mmannheimer@necc.mass.edu<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Intimacy and female sexuality are the focus of Turkish artist and animator \u00c7a\u011f\u0131l Harmandar\u2019s solo show titled \u201cTouch the Pit\u201d which opens Saturday, March 3, in the Linda Hummel-Shea ArtSpace [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":26,"featured_media":27681,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-27679","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-archive"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.2 - 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