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Student artwork from Open House on display.

Special Announcements

Registration begins November 5.

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Advising for Freshmen Art Majors

November 5 - 9, and will take place in Foundations classes

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Screen@SAB

Join us for popcorn at the Screen@SAB on Wednesdays in Commons! See the newest screening running through November 21 (more below).

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HFA Advising and Career Center

Visit the HFA Calendar here to see what opportunities are available to you!!

November Career Calendar (pdf)

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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 for instructions on how to apply! (pdf) »

Department of Art Events

Yet not to be attained: reflections on landscape in contemporary video art

Curated by Jenny Vogel, featuring the work of: Ishu Han, Cynthia Hooper, Erica Molsworth, Scott Polach, Renee Rhodes, and Maya Smira.

 

Now showing on the Screen@SAB! Located at the top of the stairs.
Studio Arts Building
November 1 - 21

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Fossil
Jacin Giordano

A solo exhibition by MFA Alumnus and current Adjunct Faculty Jacin Giordano at Galerie Sultana in Paris, France.

November 3 - December 22
Galerie Sultana

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Alter/Altar
Department of Art MFA Candidates

HERTER ART GALLERY is pleased to present ALTER/ALTAR, an exhibition of work by graduate students in the Department of Art at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. Making art implies alteration, literally and figuratively, while an altar suggests a place for offering. By altering in the pursuit of offering, these artists work towards various forms of "altars". Through this thematic play on words, this exhibition explores the parallels that exist between their diverse practices, which range from painting, video, sculpture, installation, to performance.

Please join us at the opening reception to celebrate these artists and their journeys!

Opening Reception: Wednesday, November 7, 5 - 7 pm
November 7 - 28, Herter Art Gallery, UMass

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Candy Average

Tristatic presents CANDY AVERAGE, a collective identity crisis, documented through video and objects. Using improvisation and intuition as their guides, three figures navigate constructed worlds that softly blend reality and fiction. Vignettes in which wigs are portals, fresh lilies are lunch, and friendship is choreographed through wood piles, living rooms and discount stores.

Tristatic is Jacqueline Dougherty, Julia Handschuh, and Haley Morgan. This trio makes performance for video, generating work through the embodied exploration of space and identity, and using a camera to document, amplify, and share their playtime. Based in Atlanta, GA and Western Massachusetts.

October 30 - November 16
Closing reception on Thursday, November 15, 5 - 7 pm
Student Union Art Gallery, UMass
Gallery Hours: Monday - Thursday, 10 am to 5 pm, Friday, 10 am to 3 pm

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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

More information on Robin Mandel's exhibit »
Directions to Swarthmore's List Gallery »

Contact List Gallery Director Andrea Packard.

Art Education News

NATIONAL ART EDUCATION ASSOCIATION (NAEA)

For members or prospective members (it's easy to join!), register now here. There are 140+ ticketed events, hands on workshops, gallery and historical tours, that cost extra but are well worth it. Click here for more info.

Continuing Notable Events

Labyrinth of Fables
Copper Giloth

View by reservation in large green screen room.
DuBois Library, Third floor, Digital Media Center

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The Body of the Condemned
Omid Shekari

Greenfield Community College Art Department.
October 9 - November 8

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[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.

Hampden Gallery, UMass
October 21 - November 15

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We Wear the Mask
Dorrance Hill

Augusta Savage Gallery, UMass Amherst
On view: October 29 - November 16

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Pat Lasch

through November 23
Merideth Ward Fine Art Gallery

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The Concinnitas Portfolio

University Museum of Contemporary Art
Fine Arts Center

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Pau Atela's (Re)Creations and MathStudio

September 12 - December 9
University Museum of Contemporary Art
Fine Arts Center

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Global Indigenous Visions Film Festival

Screenings at 7:30 pm
See schedule here.
Flavin Family Auditoria School of Management (SOM137)

Educational, Professional, and Internship Opportunities

Apply now! Winter/Spring Internships at MASS MoCA

MASS MoCA offers internship positions in almost all departments — here you will find links to the full descriptions and an application for this season.

Dates of internships: Monday, January 28 – Sunday, May 12, 2019
Application deadline: Saturday, November 17, 2018.

Questions? Email internapplications@massmoca.org

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Art Majors!!
Join Jabberwocky, the English Department’s official
undergraduate literary journal!

For the first time, Jabberwocky is opening staff applications for the Spring 2019 edition to Art majors!
Application »

Upper- and underclassmen are both encouraged to apply! More information about Jabberwocky can be found on the English Department website. Applications are due by December 22 at 11:59PM EST. Please feel free to contact the Editor in Chief, Mira Kennedy, with questions, comments, or just to express interest, at umassjabberwocky@gmail.com

 

Interested in submitting work? Keep an eye out for Jabberwocky’s call for submissions at the start of the spring semester.

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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

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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 »

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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

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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

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2018 CAA Professional Development Fellowships

now open for MFA students! 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
Click here to learn more and apply.

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