The Haven Magazine Spring 2018
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LHU students view art on display during the “Transformations” exhibit at Arthaus Projects in Williamsport.<br />
TRANSFORMATIONS<br />
Many current and former<br />
college students can remember<br />
a certain professor or two who<br />
impacted them in a profound<br />
way. Someone who said or did<br />
something that lit that spark<br />
within the student to push them<br />
in the direction of their chosen<br />
career, inspired them to do<br />
something great, or just think of<br />
something they hadn’t thought<br />
of before. So many students have<br />
had these experiences, but few<br />
of them are presented with the<br />
opportunity to honor their mentors<br />
with more than a “thank you.”<br />
Two LHU alumni and Lock <strong>Haven</strong><br />
area artists, Tom Svec ’79, and Kurt<br />
Herrmann ’95, recently found a way<br />
to honor their former LHU college<br />
professor and mutual mentor, the<br />
late Bill Foster, through a dual<br />
art exhibit. “Transformations,” an<br />
exhibition highlighting Foster’s work<br />
and influence and featuring pieces<br />
from all three artists, was on display<br />
from February 16 through March 31<br />
at Arthaus Projects in Williamsport,<br />
formerly Converge Gallery.<br />
Both Svec, hardwood timber furniture<br />
artist, and Herrmann, figurative and<br />
abstract painter, studied with Foster<br />
at LHU - Svec, a liberal arts major and<br />
Herrmann a fine arts major.<br />
“Without valid critique, one can<br />
seldom move forward effectively in<br />
any creative undertaking,” Svec said.<br />
“Mentoring in the case of Bill Foster<br />
involved not only moral support and<br />
constructive criticism, but also actual<br />
6 SPRING <strong>2018</strong> THE HAVEN LOCK HAVEN UNIVERSITY
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