Sinclair Community College’s Huber Heights Learning Center (HHLC) is hosting the “Jazz and Art at the HHLC” event April 21 from 6 to 8 p.m in the lobby.
Art from Sinclair associate art professor Kevin Harris will be shown, and it’s an event for local businesses in the area to come and meet, according to Katherine Lewis, administrative assistant. It is also free.
Lewis said the event aims to add culture. This is the fourth year the Learning Center has hosted it, and people are encouraged to bring a camera.
There will be “upscale refreshments,” including an olive bar, hummus with peta bread and a veggie tray, according to Lewis.
Harris said he will show selections from his previous work.
“The work presented will include selections from my solo exhibition compositions that was held at Sinclair’s Triangle Gallery in January and my two person exhibition, Eyeful, held with James Pate at Visceral Gallery in February,” Harris said via email. “Images will include Parisian street-scapes, Bahamian island scenes and jazz club sketches.”
Harris said that he takes a lot of things into consideration to make an exhibition successful, including selecting the right pieces; framing the art or making the art suitable to be shown before then installing a frame, if necessary.
“The next challenge is to install the exhibition so that each piece is easily viewable. That way, the work blends with the exhibition space, and each individual piece blends with the whole, in hopes of creating a stimulating visual experience,” Harris said.
Dawayne Kirkman, manager of the HHLC and the Englewood Learning Center, said he tries to set up events in order to provide a social atmosphere.
“Students who are academically and socially satisfied tend to retain,” Kirkman said.
Because Sinclair is a commuter school, students often take their class and leave. In a four year college with dorms, it is much easier to reach students socially, according to Kirkman.
“It is imperative to support student connections to campus through creative means,” Kirkman said. “We want this to be more than just a place to come to class.”