Fun and Games: Scavenger Hunt Drawings

Artist/Instructor: Adam Weekley

Wednesday, July 29

10:30 AM-12:30 PM

Fee: Members $40, Not-yet members $55

Supplies included

Adam Weekley's exhibition includes a series of drawings that play like a field guide designed by a kid who refuses to sit still. Inspired by summer camp games, especially the thrill of a scavenger hunt, each image captures moment of discovery “Found it!”

The subjects are all discoveries from hikes and outdoor adventures; a squirrel, salamander, a cut down tree stump, mysterious bits and pieces that seemed too intriguing not to pocket (at least visually). Every drawing capture that split-second of recognition, when the ordinary suddenly feels like treasure. Created in vivid pinks and subtle greys, the illustrations are bold, graphic, and playful, enough to be named, matched, sorted, or transformed into the rules of a game on the spot. They could belong on a checklist, a flashcard or pinned to a cabin wall with thumbtacks. At its heart, the series celebrates the fun of paying attention. It turns casual encounters with the natural world into an invitation: look closer, notice more, and keep discovering.

Workshop activity:

Participants will create their own series of drawings using markers in shades of pink and grey. Pink carries many associations and stereotypes; in this workshop, we’ll challenge those assumptions and explore its range and expressive power. Participants will design their own set of “scavenger hunt cards” of personal discoveries that transform into playful collectible image.

Adam Weekley
Adam Weekley is a visual artist and art professor. His illustrations, paintings and sculptural installations interrogate concepts like identity and memory through the construction of often whimsical narratives. The stories he tells are fragmented and full of metaphors, drawing from a history of media consumption and time spent attempting to reconcile his own observations about the world around him. Aesthetically his work centers nostalgia and relies on a combination of humor and pathos. Adam Weekley

For Further information please contact Kathy Shiroki: shirokkg@buffalostate.edu