MGSA BFA Thesis: Spring 2010

Thursday, April 1, 2010

Recording the shows

It would be great to get the openings and installation shots of both shows online. Could both groups assign people to take photos and get them to Megan, Viktor and me.

Guest critics

We will have guest critics on the second Friday of both shows, Friday April 9 for Group II, and Friday April 30 for Group II. The purpose of this is to give you fresh insights and feedback from experienced young artists, writers, and designers who haven't seen your work before. They will not be grading the work. The same critics will come to the two shows. You will be given a time to meet your assigned critic and you will have a one on one discussion of your work with them. Julian Kreimer and Naomi Fry will meet with painters, sculptors and installation people, Yoonjai Choi and Ken Meier will meet with designers, photographers, sound and digital media people.

Naomi Fry http://www.papermonument.com/
Julian Kreimer www.juliankreimer.com
Yoonjai Choi http://2x4.org http://yoonjaichoi.com/ http://yoonjaichoi.com/work_I/ http://thehighlights.org/
Ken Meier http://kenmeier.info

It should be a valuable experience all round. Let me know if you have any questions.

Thursday, March 25, 2010

Best of the BFA exhibition

A selection of works from the BFA thesis shows will be on display at the Plangere Writing Center in Murray Hall. Faculty from the center are coming to both openings, so can the publicity committee please make sure that an email invitation goes out to Jacob Suskewicz. jacob.suskewicz@rutgers.edu
More about the exhibition soon.

Class Friday March 26

Group 2
This Friday we will devote the first hour and a half to crits for Group 2. These crits are, however, optional, however attendance is not.. I realize a number of people in this group have not discussed their work for a while. I you want to do so please meet in your crit groups in your usual crit rooms at 10:00. If you don't have a critique this week we must see you work next week.

Group 1
The rest of the class, from 11:30 onwards, will be devoted to Group 1. Everyone must attend, please have your work in your assigned space in the Galleries by 11:30. You don't have to install the work unless this is a long and involved process. The work may not be entirely finished yet, but you must put what you have in the space. At this stage it is important that we get a sense of the show as a whole, so that we can resolve any problems with the hanging. We will be discussing the installation in the critique groups and then as a class. You will then have until Monday evening to finish the work and the installation and clean up. The doors will open at noon on Tuesday 30. Viktor, Megan and I will be around after class to help with installation, and we will be checking back on Monday as well. LaToya will not be around on Friday, but her crew will be.

Tuesday, March 9, 2010

Friday 3/12

 A few reminders for Friday:
  • Your thesis paper drafts should be ready to hand in. The drafts should be formatted as per the guidelines and cover the main arguments and elements of your thesis.
  • All exhibition planning groups should have their budget requirements and price quotes ready for Friday. 
  • Viktor is collecting your Gallery Exhibition Proposal Forms.  If you have not handed it in yet, please bring it to him during Friday’s class.
  • Many of you are behind on your blog posts.  You still need to post a short response to the crits you have in class. 

Schedule for Friday:

All students will meet in 110/117 at 10 am to hand in your thesis drafts and to follow up on last weeks exhibition planning discussions.

Group 1: Due to the short time we have until your Thesis Exhibition, we will be holding crits with Group One only.  After we meet as a class, we will break into crit groups 1A, 1B, and 1C in rooms 218 and 404.  This means that everyone from Group 1 should be prepared to present their work in their crit group. This will take about 2 hours.  Following the crit groups, exhibition group 1 will meet back in 110/117 to work on planning.  Gerry, Viktor and I will be present to help during this session.  Be prepared for a longer class. Bring a snack if needed.  With Spring Break next week, it is crucial that certain details be finalized now.

Group 2: Group 2 will NOT be having crits on Friday.  Group 2 will have time for exhibition planning followed by individual studio time.  We will schedule a day focused on Group 2 crits later in the semester.

See you all Friday!

Thursday, March 4, 2010

BFA Thesis Group Lecture

On 28 April we will have a special BFA event in the Bloustein lecture hall, which is just across the hall from visual arts. This lecture, which we hope will be an annual event, is in honor of the BFA Thesis class. The painter Catherine Murphy will be giving a talk specifically about the transition to the world outside art school based on her person experience. Catherine Murphy is senior critic in painting/printmaking at Yale. The talk will be at 5:00 and it is going to be followed by a reception for all BFA students. We want to make sure that our speaker gets to see work from both shows, so make sure you have documented the work from Groups 1 and 2. This event is being paid for from School funds, not from Thesis funds.

Guest critics

On Friday 9 April we will have the guest critics for Group 1. On Friday 30 April we will have the guest critics for Group 2. More details later.

Class Friday March 5

On March 5 we are having our postponed class with a focus on exhibition planning. We will meet in the lounge area on the third floor at the top of the stairs at 10:00. After a general discussion of the exhibition logistics we will split up into our groups. Tomorrow is also sophomore review day so most of the building, including 110/117 is occupied. So the planning groups will meet in the computer labs with Viktor, Paul and myself. We will be there to arbitrate any problems that arise. We want to devote most of the class to planning, but after we have covered all the details we can meet either individually or in critique groups to discuss your work.

Wednesday, March 3, 2010

Text for exhibition publicity

Hi Everyone,

Below is the text required for exhibition publicity on your postcards and posters. You must also include the Rutgers Logo. (Download here)
Show Title
Exhibition Dates (include year)

Opening Reception time and date

Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Mason Gross School of Art
Department for Visual Arts
33 Livingston Avenue
New Brunswick, NJ 08901
732-932-2222 ext 798
 
Gallery Hours:
Monday 10am - 4pm
Tuesday 10am - 4pm
Wednesday 10am - 6pm
Thursday 10am - 4pm
Friday 10am - 4pm
Saturday 12pm - 4pm
Sunday Closed

Friday, February 26, 2010

Snow day

Rutgers has cancelled classes today. This is unfortunate but it gives you a chance to spend much needed time on your thesis exhibition and your written draft. You don't need a finished essay but we do need a draft of your thesis essay by March 12. Get it done today and you won't have to worry about it. Hand it in as soon as you have it done.

Last week we asked that everyone post images of their artwork on their blogs, as in too many cases we are still talking about ideas rather than things. This hasn't happened for everyone yet. In lieu of class today you must post these images on your blog by the end of today, no matter how incomplete. If you are still considering multiple options post all of them. This is a requirement. Students in Group 1 in particular need to have very clear plans on how they are going to complete their exhibitions. Remember, this work should be progressing in your advanced classes too.

We will have our planning meeting next Friday rather than today. In the meantime you can email me with any issues/problems with exhibition planning.

Sunday, February 21, 2010

Class on Friday 26 Feb

We will be meeting back in 117 on Friday. Our focus will be on exhibition planning as we need to sort out both shows asap. So both exhibition planning groups will meet together initially. Please have an update on where all of the subgroups are and any issues that need to be resolved. We will not have critiques groups this week, though you can talk to us after the planning discussion. However, could you please post images of your work as it currently stands on your blog. As discussed last Friday, we are still requiring you to post after you have had a critique, and also for the rest of the critique group to comment on that post. These comments can be very brief, one or two sentences. Also don't neglect your written thesis, remember the draft is due on March 12.

Wednesday, February 17, 2010

Class Schedule Friday 2/19

Hi Everyone,

We will be meeting at the Livingston Art Building as a class this Friday 2/19.  Everyone is expected to be there. Here’s a map of how to get there: http://maps.rutgers.edu/maps/default.aspx There should be parking available or you can take the Rutger’s bus.

We will meet as a group in the LAB gallery at 10am.  Several of your classmates are exhibiting their work in the space and it will give you all a chance to conceive of the LAB gallery’s potential for your thesis exhibitions if you decide to exhibit there.

We will then break up into our exhibition planning groups and critique groups into various rooms in LAB.  The rooms will be announced in the morning in the gallery.

Students who have studios or artwork at LAB should be prepared to present their work.  Students who are scheduled to present their work next week should also transport their work to LAB.  If you are supposed to present work in your crit group but are unable to transport it to LAB due to its size, you will have a crit next Friday instead.

I also want to remind you all that the List of Opportunities for Emerging Artists are due Friday.  You should complete all the info as completely and accurately as possible.  I will not be expanding on your research, only compiling the list for you all.  I’ve pasted the directions below.  Please email your lists to me as an attached doc file or in the body of the email.  Do not put it in my mailbox or on your blog. 

And yet another reminder: you should all be posting a response/reaction/summary of topics discussed in your critique after each crit you have.  Viktor, Gerry, and I will be periodically reviewing these and they will contribute to a portion of your grade.  They will also help you in keeping a record of ideas for the development of your work and your written thesis.  Members of every critique group should be commenting on each other’s posts.  Many of you have been doing this and they seem very helpful so far!

See you all Friday!

Best,
Megan

Resource List for Emerging Artists and Designers
Due February 19, 2010


Please email all lists to meganeflaherty@gmail.com either as text in the body of
the email or as a word doc attachment. Please only send one email.

The purpose of this assignment is to cull a list of opportunities in several categories:
Internships, Jobs, Artist Residency Programs, Juried Exhibitions, Galleries for Emerging
Artists, and Art/ Design Organizations.

Each student is required to list at least 8 opportunities in any of the categories (ex: 2
residencies, 2 internships, and 4 arts organizations) for which you are eligible. This
means that you cannot list an opportunity for, say, a mid- career or established artist or
an employee with many years working in the field already on their resume. You are
looking for opportunities for emerging artists and designers.


Megan and Viktor will then compile all of your findings creating a great resource for all of
you to share!

To make this document as useful as possible please list the following information for
each category:

Artist Residencies:
-Organization Name
-Location
-Who is eligible? (Be specific: painters, sculptors, photographers, performers, writers,
etc. Age? Ethnicity? Nationality? Career level? etc.)
-Length of residency
-Does the residency provide housing?
-Provide a studio?
-What does it cost? Are there scholarships available? If so, what are those
requirements?
-Does it provide a stipend (how much)?
-Application deadline(s)/ requirements/fee
-Contact info: website/email/phone/ Name of Contact Person
-Any other important information

Internships:

-Organization Name
-Location
-Who is eligible?
-Is it paid (how much)?
-Other offerings for interns? (ex. classes, housing, studio, materials, etc.)
-Intern job responsibilities/ short description/ title
-Length and hours per week
-Are their specific dates?
-Application requirements and deadlines
-Contact info: website/email/phone/ Name of Contact Person
-Any other important information

Jobs*:
-Organization Name
-Location
-Title of position
-Who is eligible? Requirements (education, work experience)
-Job responsibilities (be brief)
-Pay? If info is available.
-Application requirements and deadlines
-Contact info: website/email/phone/ Name of Contact Person
-Any other important information

*We understand that you may have a lead on a job opening that you may not want to
share with the rest of the class and that’s OK. What you should do for the Jobs category
is research organizations or institutions that have positions you are interested in and
would be eligible for were the position available. Fill out as much information or relevant.
For example, maybe you’d like to work as an assistant to a specific artist but s/he is not
currently hiring. BUT if you do wish to share an actual job opening, please do.

Juried Exhibitions/ Calls for Entries/ Competitions*:
-Organization name/gallery/venue
-Location
-Title of Show
-Who is/are the juror(s)?
-Show dates
-Who is eligible? (medium, subject matter of work)
-Application deadline and requirements
-Is there an application fee?
-Are there monetary or other prizes offered to those selected?
-Contact info: website/email/phone/ Name of Contact Person
-Any other important information
*This may include calls for publication in print or on the web.

Galleries showing Emerging Artists:
-Name
-Location
-Are they accepting submissions?
-Portfolio/submission requirements
-Contact info: website/email/phone/ Name of Contact Person
-Any other important information

Art and/or Design Organizations*:

-Name of organization
-Location
-Mission
-Services, information, publication(s), events/conferences, etc. they offer
-Do they offer memberships? What are the rates and benefits?
-Contact info: website/email
-Any other important information

*This category can include design firms/ groups or artist cooperatives/ other types of
artist groups. What kind of work do they do?

Here are a few resources to get you started:

New York State Artist Workspace Consortium http://www.nysawc.org
NYFA Source http://www.nyfa.org/source
Arts Opportunities: http://www.artsopportunities.org
College Art Association: http://www.collegeart.org/opportunities/
https://artistsregister.com/opportunities
https://artistsregister.com/links
http://www.artshow.com
Residencies listed around the world:
http://www.resartis.org/
http://www.transartists.org
http://www.artheals.org
Residency search/ opportunity listings:
http://www.artistcommunities.org
The slide library staff put this document together:
United States Residencies
For jobs and internships:
http://www.idealist.org
Design:
http://www.designobserver.com/
http://www.design21sdn.com/
http://www.aiga.org/
Rutgers Career Services: http://careerservices.rutgers.edu/
You may also find information in the binders in the Visual Arts Office or the Slide Library.

Thursday, February 4, 2010

PS1 Studio Visit website

An example of democratic access that gives some idea of what a range of artists are up to in New York.

Friday, January 29, 2010

Thesis Paper Guidelines

Please see this document for the guidelines for writing your thesis paper.

Resource List for Emerging Artists and Designers

Here's a link for the directions we handed out in class.

Wednesday, December 9, 2009

Exhibition Groups

Hi Everyone, Below you will find the group you will be exhibiting with and the dates. I will post the install/ de-install dates ASAP.
 

Exhibition Group 1 
Tuesday March 30th to Saturday April 10th 
Opening Reception April 1st
1. Battistoni, Kara 

2. Benevenia, Michael 
3. Blaine, Joshua 
4. Blair, Dominique 
5. Boruch, Brendan 
6. Bocage, Eric 
7. Budesheim, Dennis 
8. Butkovic, Tomislav 
9. Centore, Kristina 
10. Chery, Rudolph 
11. Cypser, Gregory 
12. Daly, Rebekah 
13. Demetropoulos, Alexis 
14. Enwere, Christian 
15. Farrell, Kyle 
16. Freeling, Edward 
17. Flaherty, Daniel
18. Graniello, Regina 

19. Grosche, Bruce 
20. Imgrund, Mary 
21. King, Kelli 
22. Leahy, Theodore
23. Malm, Ashley 

24. Mancini, Matthew 
25. Masino, Jeffrey 
26. Merced, Luis 
27. Nunuz, Luis 
28. Pillis, Daniel 
29. Pinheiro, Heather 
30. Pirela, Jessica 
31. Regiec, Joanna 
32. Schweighardt, Andrew 
33. Scott, Kerry 
34. Sharma, Priyam 
35. Shaughnessy, David 
36. Stevens, Naqeeb 
37. Tropel, Neil 
38. Wondbandue, Julie

 

Exhibition Group 2 
Tuesday April 20 to Saturday May 1st 
Opening Reception April 22nd
1. An-Wong, Jaime 

2. Arancibia, Ariana 
3. Bajew, Alexandra 
4. Battaglia, Matthew 
5. Bockoven, Katie 
6. Breen, Justin 
7. Brown, Nakeya 
8. Cano, Alan 
9. Chapin, Sarah 
10. Costa, Michael 
11. Donofrio, Matt 
12. Eber, Fran 
13. Epstein, Rebecca 
14. Figueredo, Daniel 
15. Hall, Justin 
16. Hartman-Ohlson, Amy 
17. Jarrett, Julie 
18. Juliano-Villani, Jamian 
19. Kipilla, Kristen 
20. Koo, Kevin 
21. Lykes, Jeffrey 
22. Mack, Conor 
23. Manning, Jennifer 
24. Mecca, Kathryn 
25. Minervini, Christopher 
26. Mitra, Rohan 
27. Nyquist, Marie 
28. O'Bara, Kelly 
29. O'Brian, Hannah 
30. Picone, Vincent 
31. Rabinowitz, Allison 
32. Ramirez, Danielle 
33. Reynoso, Angela 
34. Ruck, Joseph Christian 
35. Ryan, Andrea 
36. Rypkema, Christopher 
37. Stewart, Marteha 
38. Totten, Jenna 
39. Tran, Tony

Friday, December 4, 2009

contemporary art

Take a look at this contribution from Jonathan Jones, which makes this very valid point on why we need to pay attention to contemporary art: "Very few works of art in current exhibitions are going to be remembered, still less accepted into the canon of art history, but contemporary art is the mirror of contemporary life. Its tactics, methods and attitudes reflect this world, here and now."

Thursday, December 3, 2009

transition roundtable

Here are links for the five alumni who will be speaking next week

Wendy White, painter http://www.wendywhite.net

Mike Gallagher, designer and educator http://www.wehavephotoshop.com

Larissa Nycz, art director/ designer http://tribeccadesigns.com

Tiffany Ludwig, photographer, multi-media artist, and designer (she works as part of a collaborative pair of artists)  www.twogirlsworking.com

Miriam Romais, photographer and director of En Foco http://www.romaisphotos.com/ and www.enfoco.org 

eflux online journal

There is a new issue of the eflux journal available online. It addresses something that we will be talking about tomorrow, the problem of defining contemporary art.

Tuesday, December 1, 2009

residencies, grants and resources

The slide librarians have all put together this list of residencies, grants and resources: Residencies

Scroll to the last page for links to research more residencies and opportunities for artists.

Tuesday, November 17, 2009

thesis update

This is an update on where we are on the Thesis class, please keep reading till the end as there is information on our next class. On Friday 13 November we collected everyone's draft thesis proposals. Those people who did not have the ten annotated images and the annotated bibliography of books, articles, poems, novels etc. need to put the revised printed proposal in my mail box for tomorrow Wednesday 18. The same goes for those of you who missed class. The specifications, as discussed in class are here on the second page of the pdf. http://bfathesis.blogspot.com/2009/09/download-revised-thesis-syllabus.html

We also asked people to do a blog review of the first year MFA show in the gallery, paying particular attention to the way in which the space was used and the pieces worked, or didn't work, in the space. This show is not curated, students are simply assigned a space and have to hang a show. Think about how you would have arranged the show. That should be posted asap, we asked the students who were in class on Friday to post it by that evening. Some of these are up and I have read some really thoughtful responses. We will discuss what we can learn from this series of Mason Gross shows in class.

Students also collected the resumes and artist statements that they had handed in previously. Those I have not yet looked through I will put in your mail boxes by the end of the week.

We stressed that you have until the Wednesday after Thanksgiving, December 2, to bring all of your blog posts up to date. Next class on Friday November 20 is a writing week, we have decided that the class will not meet but that we will give you the opportunity to work on your blog, revise your resumes etc. We will return the thesis proposal drafts, with our comments and suggestions during the following class Friday December 4. I want to stress that these are drafts, we don't expect your written thesis to be finished this semester, rather we want to get it underway to make sure you are thinking about your thesis in a critically informed fashion. Next semester you will be producing the actual Written Thesis and developing your Thesis Show. The final Written Thesis won't be due until near the end of the semester, and it will go through revisions up to that point.

I am happy to hear any suggestions you may have for the structuring of next semester. This iteration of the Thesis class is based on the feedback from last year's students. So please email if you want to give feedback.

Saturday, November 14, 2009

bauhaus exhibition at MoMA

This has just opened and will be up until January 2o1o. The Bauhaus linked art and design education and inspired much of modernist design. Those of you who are drawn to clean simple solutions can find the origins here. There are a series of workshops inspired by the Bauhaus that you can take part in and and a Bauhaus lounge.

Wednesday, November 4, 2009

Design Show in New York

This show's theme could be interesting for you designers and artists, some big design names are involved.


Control Print
A Collaboration with the Royal College of Art, London
Considering the Fate of Ink on Paper Through Explorations in Design, Craft, and Technology
Saturday, November 7 - Sunday, December 20, 2009
Opening Reception: November 6, 7:30-9 p.m.


What is the fate of print in a digital age? Parsons The New School for Design takes on this challenge with Control Print, a collaborative exhibition with the Royal College of Art (RCA), London, which explores the intersection of craft and technology. The exhibition will be on view from November 7 through December 14 at the Sheila C. Johnson Design Center. An opening reception will be held on November 6 from 7:30-9 p.m.

Control Print features works by a number of notable international artists and designers who play with the notion of digital technology. In this first American presentation, prominent members of the Parsons community create work in traditional, digital, and mixed media that extend the idea of ink on paper and showcase how machinery and technology can enter the representational process. First conceived by RCA as a research project investigating the possibilities of a customized future for digital art and design, Control Print also features the results of these experiments in a series of limited edition book spreads, large-scale artwork, and digital projections and renderings.

“The Control Print research project was an effort to elevate the digital press, and consider its place in the future of the printed page,” said Russell Warren-Fisher, co-organizer, designer, and lecturer in Communication Art and Design at RCA. “Partnering with Parsons has allowed us to keep this investigation alive through a reflective, cross-cultural dialogue.”

Among the featured artists are co-organizers Lucille Tenazas, Henry Wolf Professor of Communication Design at Parsons, Warren-Fisher, and Dan Fern, Head of the School of Communications at the RCA; Parsons-commissioned artists Andrea Dezso; Danny Durtsch, Jesse Hlebo and Arthur Ou; Zachary Lieberman with James Powderly, Evan Roth, Chris Sugrue and Tony Quan (TEMPT); Spylab (Benjamin Bacon, Glendon Jones, Kyle Li, and Sven Travis); and Allan Wexler; and RCA-commissioned artists Chris Bigg of V23; Sara Carneholm and Leah Harrison Bailey; Malcom Clarke, and Mark Wilson. Also participating remotely are designers Reza Abedini (Iran), Bruno Monguzzi (Italy/Switzerland), Leonardo Sonnoli (Italy), and Catherine Zask (France).

“We often think of digital technology as alienating, as removing us from the production process in some way,” said Tenazas. “Using the RCA project as a starting point, Parsons is exploring the notion that technology can also be a tool to re-engage, to adjust the tactile tradition of craft for the digital age, which is a particular focus of my work at Parsons.

In timing with Control Print, Parsons will present a series of related programs, including three intensive 24-hour workshops, where the public can view teams of Parsons students and faculty creating work that actively explores the boundaries between traditional and digital technologies. A symposium on November 7 will bring together a number of the participants, including Clarke, Tenazas, Warren-Fisher, and Wilson, as well as leading voices from the worlds of art and design, including Paola Antonelli, Senior Curator of Architecture and Design at the Museum of Modern Art, and Susan Yelavich, Assistant Professor in the School of Art and Design History and Theory at Parsons, who will discuss the future relationship of design, craft, and technology.

“This show is just the beginning of a long-term partnership between two world-class universities to explore urgent issues relating to all aspects of contemporary culture,” said Fern, who also chairs the RCA's International Development Group.

For more information on the symposium and other related programming, please visit the Public Programs page.


General Information:
Sheila C. Johnson Design Center

Parsons The New School for Design, 66 Fifth Avenue at 13th Street, New York

Gallery hours: Open daily 12:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m. and late Thursday evenings until 8:00 p.m..; closed all major holidays and holiday eves.
Admission: Free

Info: Please contact 212.229.8919 or visit www.parsons.newschool.edu/events.

Monday, November 2, 2009

list of posts

Here are the examples of posts I promised. They all engage with their exhibition in different ways, they are models of what we are looking for on the course. They also give a broad sense of what is going on in contemporary art, so take a look. 

Tuesday, October 27, 2009

Careers in the Visual Arts Panel

Tuesday, November 10, 2009

6-7:30 pm, Civic Square Building, Rm. 110/117

Join us for a panel discussion with professionals from fields such as graphic design, painting, video art, college art teaching, digital media arts, sculpture, and web design. The panelists will talk about what they do, offer advice for entry into their professions (including internship and job searching), and answer your questions.

Panelists:
Tim Beitz, Production Artist, 160OVER90
Danielle Bursk, Digital Stone Project (sculpture)
Melodie Dhondt, Senior Editor / Graphic Designer
Lucas Kelly, Painter / Video Artist / Art Professor
Sarah Sweeney, Digital Media Artist / Web Designer / Art Professor

Space is limited, sign up required. To register, please call 732-932-7997 or 732-445-6127.
Visit careerservices.rutgers.edu for more information.

Thursday, October 22, 2009

Intern at Murakami's NY studio

Hey all,

Ironically, I just saw this listing on NYFA looking for interns at Kaikai Kiki New York, LLC
(Long Island City NY)... Murakami's studio. It could be an interesting experience!

Tuesday, October 20, 2009

MoMA's Bauhaus exhibition

Early next month MoMA launches Bauhaus 1919-1933: Workshops for Modernity which will be open from November 8 to January 25. This important exhibition explores work from the school that first joined art to design, and vice a versa. In addition to seeing the work you can also take part in recreations of bauhaus classes. Remember Fridays are free from 4:00 to 8:00, but get there early.

Nancy Spero

Nancy Spero, an important artist with a strong Mason Gross connection died at the weekend. She exhibited at Rutgers and her husband Leon Golub, also a significant figure in the art world, taught here for many years. Check out her obituary in the New York Times, an appreciation of her work in the Guardian.

Monday, October 19, 2009

Design Criticism MFA Open House

The Design Criticism MFA at SVA is having an open house on November 7. They have a really interesting program so this might be worth checking out for future reference. I think they want to recruit students with some design industry experience. One of the formats they are looking at as a venue for design writing is blogging. http://dcrit.sva.edu/

Saturday, October 17, 2009

BFA/ BA Art Open

BFA-BA Art Open
Mason Gross Galleries
Thursday, October 15-Saturday, October 31
Tuesday-Friday, 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
Extended hours on Wednesday until 6:00 p.m.
Saturday, noon to 4:00 p.m.
Reception: Thursday, October 22, 5 p.m. to 7 p.m.

Please take the time to see this show before we meet again on Friday the 30th.  Many members of our class have work up and congratulations to you all!

MICA Open House

Maryland Institute College of Art
Open House at MICA for Prospective Graduate Students

MICA Graduate Open House Offers a Rare Opportunity for a First-Hand View of Graduate Study at One of the Nation's Top Colleges of Art and Design

Sunday, November 15, 2009
9-4 pm

http://www.mica.edu

Robert Frank, "The Americans" at the MET

Also as discussed in class here is a link for that show.

Murakami at the Gagosian

http://www.gagosian.com/exhibitions/2009-09-17_takashi-murakami/

For those of you who are interested, the Takashi Murakami show is still up until October 24th. Its at their downtown gallery at 555 W 24th St.

Assignments due by 10/28/09


Hi everyone, 

We will not be meeting next Friday.  Instead you are to visit another exhibition of your choosing and write a review of it.  You should pick an exhibition that you have an invested interest in- that you feel strongly about, either loving it or hating it.  Explain in your review why you chose to see that exhibition- what about it resonates with you? How does it relate to your own work? If you have already reviewed an exhibition at the Zimmerli or on a Rutgers campus, you must choose another non- Rutgers venue. 

You should also read chapter 3 of Seven Days in the Art World, "The Fair" and write a list of 5-10 points of interest.  Again these can be quotes, questions, comments, whatever.  Please refrain from just listing quotes.  We want to see you are considering the topics in the chapter.  

As per our discussion of MFA programs, post-baccalaureate, and other programs in class on Friday- please research a few grad or other programs you may be interested in applying for.  Remember, it is not our intention to assume everyone is interested in a grad program BUT you must make this list anyway- it is a good practice to know what opportunities are available to you even if you are not interested in them.  Remember, a few things to look into- the faculty, current student and alumni artwork, tuition, fellowship, scholarship, and teaching assistantship opportunities, application requirements, facilities, length and program requirements, etc. Make a list of 5 programs you find interesting.  You might want to order the schools' catalogs and look into portfolio review and tour dates. These usually take place in October/November, as most applications are due in January/February for the fall term. 

Please post these assignments to your blogs by Wednesday night the 28th so that Gerry and I have a chance to look them over before Friday's class meeting.  

We will be collecting the final drafts of your resumes and artist statements in class on 10/30.  We will be giving each of you feedback on them.  You resumes should be the "all-inclusive" versions or your art resume.  Your resumes should be designed and printed on good paper as if you were handing it in to a potential employer, school, gallery, etc.

If you are missing posts from previous assignments (like the readings), please complete them as soon as possible to still receive credit. 

Feel free to contact Gerry or I with any questions.

Best,
Megan
                              

Friday, October 16, 2009

best MFA listing

Take a look at the schools on this list to get a sense of what is available, and how they fit with you http://grad-schools.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/best-graduate-schools/top-fine-arts-schools/rankings

Thursday, October 15, 2009

Photo event in Princeton from Charlotte Whalen

dear friends,


I'm going to be in the following show that opens soon: October 24th in

Princeton. It will be a beautiful and very special show - apart from

work by many extraordinary photographers who studied with Emmet, it

will have work of his that has never been seen/published. Not to be

missed! Up until February, so there's plenty of time to visit - but it

would be lovely to see any of you who can make it to the lecture and

opening.


Charlotte Whalen


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Emmet Gowin: A Collective Portrait

October 24, 2009-February 21, 2010

Princeton University Art Museum


Opening: Saturday, October 24, 2009

Lecture by Emmet Gowin, 6:00 pm, McCosh 10, Princeton University

Reception at the museum, 7:00-8:30


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Emmet Gowin: A Collective Portrait celebrates Princeton’s legendary

teacher of photography, who retires in 2009. The exhibition features

work by Gowin, his mentors, and twenty students from the past

thirty-five years. While pursuing careers as diverse as anthropology,

graphic design, activism, and fine art, Gowin’s students trace their

inspiration to his depthless faith in photography as a medium, a

discipline, and a way of life. Join Emmet Gowin as he discusses his

extraordinary career in photography and teaching at Princeton

University. A reception will follow at 7:00 p.m. in the Art Museum.


http://artmuseum.princeton.edu/events/Extended_Pages/Gowin09/

http://artmuseum.princeton.edu/events/viewevent.xml?id=222

Thursday, October 8, 2009

Upcoming design related exhibition

Sister Corita


October 23 - December 5, 2009
Sister Corita Talk: Saturday, November 7, 3 PM

Zach Feuer Gallery is pleased to present an exhibition of work by the Pop artist, teacher and nun, Sister Mary Corita (1918-1986).

Drawn to the power of the word, Sister Corita incorporated fragments of text, slogans and signs taken from billboards, street signs, advertising jingles, pop songs, poems, newspapers and magazines into her work. She sampled quotes by Martin Luther King Jr., Rainer Maria Rilke, Phillip Roth and the Psalms. Sister Corita also appropriated images from magazine and newspaper covers of the Viet Cong, the Pope and the Berrigan Brothers burning draft cards as well as the Wonder Bread logo. Corita's innovative use of loaded text, used alone or combined with images, created powerful graphics. She cropped, skewed, and collaged phrases from disparate sources to enhance the power of the quote and to create unique revolutionary, spiritual and social statements. Sister Corita was not only an activist and Pop artist but also a teacher.

At the Immaculate Heart College where Corita taught art, her classrooms were known for their dynamic interdisciplinary environments, in which films were screened, pop music played and large-scale collaborative projects were conceived and executed. She created happenings such as the reinvigorated annual Mary's Day parade and invited her peers, including Buckminster Fuller, Ben Shann and Charles Eames, to lecture.

In 1969, Sister Corita left the Immaculate Heart Community and moved to Boston where she continued to make serigraphs and watercolors as well as undertook several important corporate and public commissions.

This exhibition will feature Sister Corita's serigraphs from the early 1950's until her death in 1986 and will include memorabilia, such as the books with which she collaborated with Daniel Berrigan and films by Baylis Glascock documenting Corita's happenings and teaching.

On November 7 at 3 PM, the gallery will host a talk given by Alexandra Carrera, Director of the Corita Art Center, on the work of Sister Corita.

ZACH FEUER GALLERY
530 West 24th Street
New York, NY 10011
t. 212 989 7700
f. 212 989 7720
www.zachfeuer.com
Gallery Hours: Tuesday-Saturday, 10-6

Wednesday, October 7, 2009

Assignment Deadlines- Reminder

Due by next Wednesday night, the 14th:
Post a review of an exhibition of your choice
Post 5-10 points of interest: quotes, questions, comments, topics, etc from Chapter 6- The Studio Visit
If you have not already, add some of your interviewee's artwork to illustrate your interview post from last week.

Bring to next class: A draft copy of your resume- the big, all inclusive version, and a draft of an artist statement. Your statement can either be a draft for your statement for your thesis work or a general statement about your artwork.

If you are missing any of the previous assigned posts from your blog, please complete them as soon as possible to still recieve partial credit.

If you have questions about any of the assignments, feel free to contact Gerry or I.

Possible venues for your next exhibition review

Hey all, A few of you requested some recommendations as to galleries to visit for your next exhibition review. Here are a few local shows:

The Zimmerli Museum has two new show that opened last week: Trail Blazers in the 21st Century: Contemporary Prints and Photographs published by Exit Art and Four Perspectives Through the Lens: Soviet Art Photography in the 1970s-80s If you haven't seen it yet, they are also showing:Blocks of Color: American Woodcuts from the 1890s to the present

Visiting artist Cecilia Vicuna is exhibiting in the Douglas Library.

Another venue in New Brunswick is the Alfa Art Gallery. From Oct 9-29, they are showing John Hawaka: A Retrospective.

At the Newark Museum: New Work: Newark in 3D

For shows in New York or elsewhere you can browse Artinfo's Gallery Guide

Remember, you should select an exhibition that you have an invested interest in. Try reading some reviews to learn about artist you have not heard about before. We have a list of links here on the blog under "Art News and Views". You can also look in the NY Times.

Society For Photographic Education National Conference

This year's conference is in Philadelphia.
Deadlines for scholarship opportunities are Nov 1st.  Scholarships pay your admission to the conference as well as a $500 travel stipend.  There are also volunteer opportunities.  See this form: Student Scholarship Opportunities for the 2010 Conference (PDF Form)
Also: www.spenational.org

Guggenheim Internship Opportunity

The deadline for this is Nov 1st.  This is a Spring semester internship available for credit.  

See this link and the press text below for more info:

We are currently recruiting for our Spring 2010 (January 11–April 16) internship cycle in a wide range of departments including Curatorial, Development, Marketing, Exhibition Design, Graphic Design, Web Production, Media and Public Relations, Registrar, Special Events, Education, Conservation, Information Technology, Visitor Services and many more.

Prospective applicants are encouraged to visit our website, www.guggenheim.org/internships to assess their suitability and interest, learn more about the variety of program benefits, and follow the application instructions listed on the site.

Please note that our November 1st application deadline is fast approaching; all applications sent by mail must be postmarked on or before this date.

Qualifications for all internships: BA or MA degree in a relevant field or major and interest in not-for-profit arts sector is desirable. Excellent written and spoken English is necessary. All interns participate in the unique and invaluable Museum Culture Seminar Program, visiting varied New York arts institutions, artist studios, corporate collections, auction houses, etc. Through our exclusive program events, seminars, trips and symposia, interns become familiar with the art world at large as well as make important contacts for a future career in the field. All internships can qualify for school credit.
 

Catalogs

OK-RM are a design group who do a lot of work for galleries and museums. Their work is very very well thought through, as well as being elegant and not getting in the way of the artwork. You will have some printed material to publicize your exhibitions next year, so start looking at and collecting good examples now.

catalogs

OK-RM are a design studio who do a lot of collaborations with artists and art organizations. Take a look at their work not only for the aesthetic but also for the thinking that goes into it. As your show next semester will have a print element it is worth starting to think about some of the options.