Truman State University Art Department

Happy Summer!

Photo Credit:  Tim Barcus (Campus Photographer)

The Art Department blog is on break until classes resume in late August...enjoy the summer, everyone, and be sure to check back again later in the summer to find out what's going on in Art at Truman!

Vis Comm Portfolio Show Tonight!

Please join us in the University Art Gallery tonight (Monday, April 30th) at 6:00 p.m.   Seniors working towards the BFA Art:  Visual Communications degree will be displaying portfolios of their graphic design work.  It's a great chance to see some wonderful art and congratulate these seniors.  Hope to see you there!

BFA Studio exhibition up this week; opening reception on Tuesday!

This week the University Art Gallery (OP 1114) features the work of three Seniors, Jennifer Fank, Brittni Jakuboski, and Hannah Rosell, all painters.  The work displayed in the exhibition was made in partial fulfillment of the degree requirements for the Bachelor of Fine Arts (BFA) degree.  An opening reception will be held on Tuesday, April 24 at 6:00 p.m. in the Gallery and presents a great chance to see the work and to congratulate these young artists.  The show will close on Friday, April 27.  As always, Gallery events are free and open to the public. Hope to see you there!

Stay tuned also for more information next week's BFA Visual Communications portfolio show on Monday, April 30th!

Student Research Conference on Tuesday

The twenty-fifth annual Student Research Conference will take place at Truman State University on Tuesday, April 17.  On that day, classes are cancelled so that the entire university can participate in and attend presentations (in a wide variety of formats) of research conducted by students at Truman. The conference includes spoken presentations, poster presentations, exhibitions, and performances, and also includes a campus-wide lunchtime lecture as well.  For more information on the Conference, a full schedule, and more please visit the conference website.

Nine Art Department majors will be presenting their work at the conference.  Congratulations to everyone, students and mentors alike!

The following three students will exhibit their work on the South Atrium gallery space in OP;  their artwork will be on display from 8:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. on Tuesday;  these students will also be present in the Atrium space from 1:00 - 2:15 p.m. to answer questions about their work.  Click on the title for more information.

Exploration and Alteration of Wheel-Thrown Ceramic Forms
Rose E. Runser

Elements
Claudia E. Convers

Photographic Printmaking Process
Michael K. Sistek

In addition, four senior Art History majors will present aspects of their year-long Senior Thesis research on Tuesday morning in OP 2210 from 8:00 - 9:15 a.m.

The Modern Muse: Women in the Work of Gustav Klimt
Amy M. Hall

Couture: Elsa Schiaparelli’s Surrealist Object
Mary M. Sauerwein

Frida Kahlo: Mexicanidad y Mujeres
Rebecca A. Pursley

Beyond the Outside: Inside Henry Darger's Legacy
Victoria L. Smith

Two additional students will present work as part of other sessions:

Photo Manipulation
Kristine Campbell, 9:45 OP 2210

Effect of Working with Clay on Mood States and Stress Levels in College Students
Claire M. Schueler, 8:30 a.m. MG1090

Also of interest may be presentations in a session on Disability and the Arts, to be held in OP 2210 from 1:00 – 2:15 p.m.

And, also of interest, will be a reception for the Cabinet of Curiosities at the Ruth W. Towne Museum and Visitors Center at 2:30 p.m. 

And finally, the University Art Gallery will host an exhibition of work by students in partial completion of the requirements for the BA Art degree.  The opening reception will be at 6:00 p.m. on Tuesday in the University Art Gallery.

We hope to see you at some or all of these events!

Friends of the Gallery reception

 
The Friends of the Gallery, a group of supporters of the University Art Gallery, recently held their annual fundraiser in the Gallery. As usual, Friends had a chance to enjoy some great art, meet and mingle with others interested in the arts, and support the Gallery's great programming.  This year, they also had a chance to hear a poetry reading given by students of Dr. Jamie D'Agostino (English & Linguistics) who teaches creative writing (in particular poetry) at Truman.  For more information on the Friends of the Gallery, please contact Gallery Director Prof. Aaron Fine at afine@truman.edu.

Congratulations students

Congratulations to the following students, each of whom had at least one (and in many cases more than one) artwork chosen by the juror, Prof. Armin Mühsam (Missouri State University) to be included in the Annual Juried Student Art Competition.  As a reminder, that exhibition will be up in the Gallery until Friday, April 6th.

Adam McMichael, Aerin Melvin, Albert McCormick, Alexandra Olson, Allison Sissom, Alyssa Vannoy, Amanda Bell, Andrea Hock, Andrea Linskey, Andy Doering, Anna Christian, Antonia Brister, Arayna White, Ashley Buhmann, Carley Robison, Carly Winchell, Cate Chaney, Daniel Riekena, Danielle Naeger, Danielle Tobar, Emily Frierdich, Emma Dunlap, Emma Howard, Emma Roeder, Erica Robertson, Jake Wittrock, Jonathan Moeller, Kat Klebenow, Katharyn Sutton, Katie Brewer, Kristine Campbell, Kyle Pappalardo, Lauren Radix, Lauren Thomeczek, Linh Dao, Lona Moody, Mason Einspahr, Meghan Doil, Rebecca Fels, Rebecca Greiner, Reina Koyano, Sam Meisenbacher, Sarah Harford, Shannon Spickler, Shawn Griffin, and Zhaoli Ge

Congratulations everyone!

Gallery Opening Tonight!

We hope to see you at the University Art Gallery (OP 1114) tonight for the opening reception for two great shows!

The Annual Juried Student Art Exhibition will feature works by Truman State University Art students selected by exhibition juror Prof. Armin Mühsam.  Prof. Mühsam, who is Associate Professor of Painting and Drawing at Nortwest Missouri State University in Maryville, Missouri, was invited to jury the show.

At the same time as the Juried Student Art Exhibition, also up in the Gallery will be an exhibition, entitled "Narratives of Inevitability".  This show features Prof. Mühsam's own paintings which deal with "the changing and changed landscape, particularly the face of nature as altered by human intervention".  For Prof. Mühsam's artist's statement and images of some of his paintings, please click here.

Both exhibitions were funded in part by the Missouri Arts Council and are both free and open to the public.  We hope to see you at the reception!

Artist Talk in the Gallery: "Finding the Sweet Spot"

In conjuction with one of the current shows in the University Art Gallery--"Pioneers of Digital Media" curated by Prof. Matt Derezinski--one of the artists in that show, Prof. Dane Webster (Associate Professor of Creative Technologies, Virginia Tech University) will be giving a talk.  Prof. Webster's presentation, "Finding the Sweet Spot:  Adventures in Computer Animation and Visualization" will take place on Monday, Febuary 6 at 5:30 p.m. in Violette Hall Rm. 1000.  Prof. Webster will be discussing his background and experience in the world of three-dimensional animation. This illustrated talk will explore how he uses pictures to build three-dimensional environments, and then how he translates those into film versions of those same environments.  He will also discuss ways in which he can create models on the computer and then use those to create actual 3D models in wax and how he applies these skills in artwork, interactive media, and visual presentations.  This event is free and open to the public.  Hope to see you there!

Two Gallery Shows Open!

This coming week will see the opening of two exciting new shows in the University Art Gallery (OP 1114), both of which will run from January 17 - February 17, 2012:

Voyeur:  Repositioning the Gaze

This exhibition was curated by the 2012 Truman Curatorial Fellowship recipient, Prof. Brandelyn Dillaway, and includes work by Deedra Baker, Safaa Bilal, Daniel Colburn, Robert Ladislas Derr, Gina Genis, Nate Larson & Marni Shindelman, Freja Mitchell, and Thinh Nguyen. More information about the exhibition and its themes is available here.

Prof. Dillaway will give a presentation on Tuesday, January 17 at 5:00 p.m. in OP 2210, and there will be an artists' panel discussion on Wednesday, January 18 at 12:00 Noon in the Gallery.

Anyone interested in applying for the Truman Curatorial Fellowship should contact University Art Gallery Director Prof. Aaron Fine at afine@truman.edu.

Any students interested in talking with Prof. Dillaway about their own work, or about curating, may sign up for her "office hours" to be held on Wednesday in the University Art Gallery (OP 1114).  The sign-up sheet will be posted later in the day on Tuesday outside OP 1223.

Pioneers of Digital Media Invitational

Curated by Art Department Prof. Matt Derezinski, this show Includes work by Eric Standley, Eric Winter, Siji Keda, and Dane Webster.  Events related to this show will happen in early February so please check back here for more information.

Both shows are free and open to the public.  There will be an opening reception for both shows in the Gallery (OP 1114) on Tuesday, January 17 at 6:00 p.m.

 

Welcome back! + Atrium exhibition and reception

Welcome back and good luck today with the first day of classes!

If you're looking to get some good art in this first week back in classes, please come by the Atrium space in the Art wing of Ophelia Parrish (south wing, ground floor) to check out the exhibition "A Strong Foundation:  Faculty Selections from the Fall 2011 Proficiency Display" (January 9 - 13, 2012).  This exhibition features work selected by faculty members from the first-year Studio and Visual Communications majors' proficiency portfolios and so features some of the best artwork made (in general) by first-year majors in those areas.  There will be a chance to congratulate those students, as well as their instructors, at a reception this Thursday, January 12 at 4:30 p.m.  Light refreshments will be served.  Hope to see you there!

Congratulations to the students whose work was selected for the exhibition:

Emily Bendet, Tim Cooper, Megan Doil, Colleen Glaeser, Andrea Hock, Melanie Pailer, Kyle Pappalardo, Lauren Priest, Emma Roeder, Erin Smith, and Alexandra Williamson