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Newsletter - 10/26
Friday, October 26, 2018
Friday, October 26, 2018
Special Announcements | Art Department Events | Art Education News | Continuing Notable Events
Educational, Professional, and Internship Opportunities
Student artwork is on display for the upcoming Open House this weekend.
Special Announcements
Save the Dates
Advising for Art Minors
Thursday, November 1, 11:00 am - 2:00 pm, SAB Commons
Just stop by. Refreshments and light lunch provided!
Advising for Freshmen Art Majors
November 5 - 9, and will take place in Foundations classes
Screen@SAB
Join us for popcorn at the Screen@SAB on Wednesdays in Commons!
See the newest screening running through October 31 (more below).
Wall@SAB
The Department of Art is pleased to announce the second call for exhibiting students' work on the Wall. We'll accept two proposals for the spring 2019 semester.
More information about the Wall@SAB, and instructions on how to apply!
Department of Art Events
![[Containing] Great Space](/art/sites/default/files/assets/art/containing-great-space-n-20181026.jpg)
[Containing] Great Space
Curated by Department of Art Professor Emeritus Jeanette Cole, and featuring artists Paula Elliott, Sigrid Miller Pollin, and Joan Weber, this exhibition originated with the notion of a container like image as a vehicle to enter a place of interiority, and the possibilities of distinctly personal results when artists embark on this path.
Showing through November 15
Hampden Gallery, UMass
Herstory: Digital Innovation Symposium and Book Signing for New Media Futures: The Rise of Women in the Digital Arts
Professor Copper Giloth will be giving a talk and participating in a panel at this event. Hear from Midwestern women who shaped early digital media and participate in breakouts focused on empowering women.
The event has 13 lightening talks followed by interactive luncheon breakout sessions and is based off a new book titled “New Media Futures: The Rise of Women in the Digital Arts”. Professor Giloth has a chapter on her work included in the book. Thirteen book contributors who give talks include the woman who designed the first graphical web browser, the first female gaming company founder, and the woman who built the first room-size virtual reality room environment.
Symposium and Booksigning, October 26, 9:00 AM to 2:00 PM, room 1030University of Illinois NCSA
1505 West Clark, Urbana, Illinois
In Conversation: “The Intersection of Art and Math”
Bibiana Medkova, Department of Art MFA candidate, will moderate.
What does it mean for the fields of art and math to intersect? Join us for a conversation about the relationship between mathematics and art.
Mathematicians Daniel Rockmore (Professor of Mathematics and Computer Science at Dartmouth College) and Pau Atela (Professor of Mathematics and Statistics at Smith College) will discuss how bridges can be built between
these two worlds. Monday, October 29, 5:00 pm
University Museum of Contemporary Art
Fine Arts Center, UMass
We Wear the Mask
Dorrance Hill
Aptly titled in honor of Paul Laurence Dunbar’s iconic poem, We Wear The Mask displays Dorrance Hill’s creative depth and many years of experience in a long awaited exhibit. The sculptor and former UMass professor became a practicing artist in mid-life, eventually going back to school at the University of Massachusetts Amherst where he earned BFA and MFA degrees. Opening Reception: Monday, October 29, 5:00 - 7:00 pm
On view: October 29 - November 16
Augusta Savage Gallery, UMass Amherst
One Down
A Durational Screening of Video Works by current Department of Art MFA Students.
Current screenings are running through October 31, Studio Arts Building Commons
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detail of Siren, 2016, featured in the upcoming exhibit Hold Still, at Swarthmore College's List Gallery
Robin Mandel
Solo show, outdoor projections, live performance, and more...
First there's Hold Still, a solo exhibition in Swarthmore's List Gallery. The show will feature recent work, including Siren (pictured above) and Entertaining Illusion, a new installation that will be on view for the first time ever. There's also a printed catalog, with an essay about my work by artist Elizabeth King, one of Robin's art heroes. The show opens with a reception on Thursday, November 8, and he'll be giving an artist's talk right before the reception that night.
See below for times, locations and other details.
Projections take place on Swarthmore's North Campus Quad:
November 5–9, 7:00–8:00 p.m. each night
Artist's Talk in the Lang Performing Arts Center Cinema:
Thursday, November 8, 4:30 p.m.
List Gallery Reception:
Thursday, November 8, 5:30–7:00 p.m.
Live Performance:
Friday, November 9, 7:30–7:50 p.m.
List Gallery Exhibition Dates:
November 8 – December 15
For more information click Swarthmore Event Page
Directions at Swarthmore Visitors Page
Art Education News
Vanessa Kirby, MA in Art Education, ponders her course of study. Vanessa teaches K-8 art at the Peck School in Holyoke.
The MA in Art Ed students are traditionally students who are already licensed to teach art, who are currently teaching art full time in the public schools, and who attend graduate classes in the evening. The state of Massachusetts requires that all teachers receive a Master's degree in their content area within five years of beginning teaching, in order to advance to a Professional license.
Continuing Notable Events
Labyrinth of Fables
Copper Giloth
View by reservation in large green screen room.
DuBois Library, Third floor, Digital Media Center
Afterparty
October 3 - October 27
Student Union Art Gallery, UMass Amherst
The Colored Bone China
Juana Valdes
through October 30
Herter Gallery
XTCA
The UMCA, along with the Department of Architecture, have partnered with the Town of Amherst to build an art and culture bridge– a series of public sculptures– to activate the North Pleasant Street corridor and connect downtown to campus. July 1 – November 1
The Body of the Condemned
Omid Shekari
Greenfield Community College Art Department.
October 9 - November 8
Pat Lasch
through November 23
Merideth Ward Fine Art Gallery
The Concinnitas Portfolio
September 12 - December 9
University Museum of Contemporary Art
Fine Arts Center
Pau Atela's (Re)Creations and MathStudio
September 12 - December 9
University Museum of Contemporary Art
Fine Arts Center
Global Indigenous Visions Film Festival
Screenings at 7:30 pm
Screening schedule.
Flavin Family Auditoria School of Management (SOM137)
Educational, Professional, and Internship Opportunities
CALL TO ARTISTS: Future Forward Benefit Exhibition
Haley McDevitt, Department of Art BFA Alumna, is working at Easthampton City Arts this fall, and thought you might be interested in being a part of the upcoming Open Calls happening in Easthampton! The Future Forward benefit exhibition will be up during the Eastworks Open Studios, and the Small Works Show will be taking place in December. You can support ECA's Youth Arts Initiative by donating 1-3 original artworks for our special benefit art exhibition or by visiting the exhibition & purchasing artworks from the show! Please confirm your participation by sending an email to pazzarello@easthamptonma.gov
Visit ECA
Important Dates include:
Artwork Drop - Off at MAP Gallery: Thursday, November 1 at 12-7pm
Eastworks Open Studios: Saturday, November 3rd at 10am-5pm & Sunday, November 4th at 12-5pm
Art Walk Reception: Saturday, November 10th at 5-8pm
Haley McDevitt, Marketing & Events Coordinator
Easthampton City Arts (ECA), (781) 771-9505
Two Positions Available
Colleen Keough, Lecturer in the Department of Art, recently joined the advisory board for Paperbark Literary Magazine, and they are looking to fill two positions: Special Project Coordinator and Development Manager.
These positions come with a small stipend. The positions require a commitment to the vision and workload of the project. The staff would prefer graduate student applicants, but will consider highly motivated undergraduate students. Paperbark is a collaboration between the School of Earth and Sustainability, the College of Humanities and Fine Arts, and the UMass Libraries. They're a really great group of conscious, passionate folks.
Paperbark is a print and electronic-based literary magazine, published annually, with a focus on the environmental humanities, sustainable living, and the promotion of literary and fine arts. Please contact them directly with any questions.
Paperbark Website »
Ceramic Figure Workshop
Cynthia Consentino, Ceramic Faculty, will be teaching a figure workshop in Mexico,
January 7-13, 2019. Enrollment is still open. Sign up ».
January 7 - 13, 2019
San Miguel De Allende, Mexico
First Generation Initiative Schedule of Events
The First Generation Initiative, under the direction of the Graduate School's Office of Inclusion and Engagement, offers supportive programming and special events for graduate students who were the first in their immediate family to attend college.
- Student/Faculty Mixer - Wednesday, October 24, 4:30 - 6:30 pm
Commonwealth Honors College room 160 - GSCA Luncheon Panel - Thursday, November 8, 12 - 2 pm
Life Sciences Lab room 320 - OPD How to Overcome Imposter Syndrome - Thursday, November 15,
1 - 2 pm, Goodell Lounge
Graduate National Portfolio Day
MassArt Admissions and Graduate Programs are hosting the Boston Graduate National Portfolio Day Interested in pursuing a graduate level education in the arts? Join MassArt and meet with representatives from more than 30 of the leading art and design colleges accredited by the National Association of Schools of Art and Design.
More information and pre-registration »
.Saturday, October 27, 10:00 am - 2:00 pm
MassArt Design and Media Center Atrium, MassArt, Boston
Office of Professional Development upcoming Events and Workshops for Graduate Students
- Find Your Fit and Make a Plan: IDP for the Humanities and Social Sciences
- Perfect is the enemy of good.
OPD Events for Grad Students »
SAVE THE DATE!!
Women in Arts Leadership Symposium
CONNECTING | EMPOWERING | CHANGING THE CULTURE
If you self-identify as an artist, arts manager, arts leader, or ally, please join us!
People at all career stages and people of all genders are invited to attend.
Free for UMass and Five College students. $25 for Professionals.
Registration Deadline: Friday, October 19
Saturday, October 27, 2018
South College, 2nd Floor, University of Massachusetts Amherst
More information on the Women in Arts Leadership Symposium
or email aes@umass.edu
2018 CAA Professional Development Fellowships
Now accepting applications! CAA's Professional Development Fellowships program supports artists, designers, craftspersons, historians, curators, and critics who are enrolled in MFA or PhD programs and graduating in 2019. Fellows are honored with $10,000 unrestricted grants to help them with various aspects of their work.Application deadline: November 16, 2018
More information and application for 2018 CAA Professional Development Fellowships.
