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Fiona Dunbar says she created her first artwork in college. Looking at her works, it's hard to believe.
Yes, there was that dabbling in art like many in the first grade - but her interest really took off when she came to Pitzer.
Fiona's works are on display at the new Delores Huerta Learning Circle Gallery, the unofficial name for the space reserved for solo shows at the Gold Student Center. The exhibit is a collection of ceramic plates, of four basic shapes and four sizes, varying in color from sage green to earthy rust.
The consistency of the finishes on the plates is no "happy accident." Professor David Furman, who Fiona credits with developing her skills in ceramics, says the untrained eye can take for granted the artistry involved in knowing how a glaze will work, what color it will produce and repeating the process to produce the elegantly balanced finishes on the pieces in Fiona's collection.
"Fiona is a dream student," Furman said. "She is bright, proactive, a self-starter - and she has a manner of being in the world and in her art that easily translates into her many activities."
Fiona aspires to more than pleasing the eye with her creations. She has an eye toward the function of the object. It's that leaning toward function and the tactile experience of digging her hands into clay that led her to ceramics and pointed her down the road to considering a career in environmental education. She'll get her first taste of it this
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