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Friday, January 31, 2020
Friday, January 31, 2020
Announcements | Department of Art, UMass, and Five College Art Events
Continuing Notable Events | Art Education News | Educational, Professional, and Internship Opportunities
FRAME 2020: Call for Moving Image Work - Deadline Extended!
Selected works will be shown on the Screen@SAB, like the images above, currently on view through February 18.
Read more about Frame 2020 in our Opportunities section below.
Announcements
Don’t forget- the Italy course started this past Saturday, so anyone interested in joining us in Italy this May still has time! Contact Jana at jsilver@umass.edu
Read more about the Italy program »
Department of Art, UMass, and Five College Art Events
SEED/UNSEED
Vick Quezada
Vick Quezada, MFA alum, will exhibit recent works related to their projects around Indigenous-Latinx hybridity and how material histories function in contested lands and particularly the US Mexico border. The exhibit will loop Quezada’s performance in El Paso, Texas along with sculptural works and documentation that elucidates the artist’s process and vision.
Opening Reception: Friday, January 31, 6:00 - 8:00 pm
January 31 - April 27
SCA Flex Space, 20 Cooper Sq., 4th floor
NY, NY, 10003
Beyond Planet Earth
Anne LaPrade Seuthe
“Whatever lies Beyond Planet Earth we would be well served to leave behind what doesn’t work, salvage what does work, and accept the varieties of people and species that are stronger and more sustainable for the sum of their differences.”
This provocative statement as well as a highly personalized aesthetic reflect the artist’s breadth of experience.
February 3 - 24
Opening Reception: Monday, February 3, 5:00 - 7:00 pm
Augusta Savage Gallery
Danyore- video still, Mahwish Chishty; 5 channel video installation, 2019-2020
Danyore
Mahwish Chishty
The complexity of Pak-China relations as a direct and indirect result of the CPEC (China- Pakistan Economic Corridor) project are captured in this five-channel video installation. Chishty sees this project as an extension of her previous projects that combine her interests in Pakistani traditional folk art/culture and contemporary politics: Wagah border series, Drone art series and Basant,
Let’s go fly a kite.
Initially trained as a miniature painter from the National College of Arts, Lahore, Pakistan, Mahwish Chishty has aggressively combined new media and conceptual work with her traditional practice.
More about the artist and her work »
February 5 – 26
OPENING RECEPTION: February 5, 5:00 – 7:00 pm
Herter Gallery
Coq (Fountain 3), Étienne Le Hongre, lead, polychrome, 1673-1674,
41 x 35 x 70 cm, model built with photogrammetry software, Copper Frances Giloth;
Top left: in process showing parts of the point cloud of pictures Top right: model with no texture
Bottom left: rendered model Bottom right: Full size rendered model
Labyrinth of Versailles: Out of Storage into VR
Copper Frances Giloth
In June 2019, Copper Giloth spent a week in one of the storage facilities at the Château de Versailles taking 25,000 photographs of remnants from the Labyrinth, which was built in the gardens of the château in 1665 and removed in 1775. Working with an assistant and her collaborators John F. Dubach and Jonathan Tanant, Giloth inspected and photographed the precious few remnants of the 39 fountains that once existed in the Labyrinth.
Copper Frances Giloth is currently a Professor of Art at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, having joined the faculty in 1985. She currently teaches courses in Digital Media, Information Design, Mobile Apps and Drawing.
More about Copper Frances Giloth and her work »
February 5 – 26
OPENING RECEPTION: February 5, 5:00 – 7:00 pm
Herter Gallery
Installation view of Boundary Objects, Jeff Kasper
Boundary Objects
Jeff Kasper
In Boundary Objects, the audience activates recent work by Jeff Kasper, including text, time-based media, games, and soft objects. The entire installation serves as a temporary social space for navigating interpersonal boundaries. Visitors are encouraged to use the exhibition to slow-down, rest, and practice playful ‘choreographies of support that can be applied to real-world conflicts, conversations, and collective situations.
Jeff Kasper is an artist, writer, organizer, and integrated designer who employs a trauma-informed and healing-centered approach to social practice.
Not into corporate care culture? Practice self-affirmation with some quiet time in the installation. Bring a partner, an ally, or chill out solo. The artist will be present to share some herbal tea, handmade body care, and community wellness resources to soften the winter blues.
Give & Take Care: a Valentine’s Day Recovery Center
Friday, February 14, 11:00 am – 4:00 pm
February 5 – 26
OPENING RECEPTION: February 5, 5:00 – 7:00 pm
Herter Gallery
Procheta Mukherjee Olson, Nowhere Else But Here, Oil on Panel, 6 x 12 inches, 2019.
Procheta Mukherjee Olson
Palimpsest: Dialogue with a Collection Exhibition
This exhibition is something of a departure from UMCA’s series “Dialogue with a Collection”. Over the years, artists have been invited to integrate their own works with pieces they select from the museum's works-on-paper collection, which includes over 3000 contemporary prints, drawings, and photographs. This year Procheta Mukherjee Olson has opted to select one single artwork from UMCA’s collection by Yun-fei Ji, which she finds pivotal and meaningful to her own art practice.
In this Dialogue with a Collection, Procheta Mukherjee Olson explores the multiple ways in which her work parallels the formal and conceptual concerns of Yun Fei Ji’s “Three Gorges Dam Migration” (2002). A magnificent 32-feet-long hand scroll made with over 500-hand-carved woodblocks, this print from the University Museum’s permanent collection maps the massive social and psychological disruptions caused by the construction of the Three Gorges Dam on the Yangtse River in China.
February 7 - April 26
Opening Reception for the Artist: Thursday, February 6, 5:00 - 8:00 pm
Artist's Talk: Wednesday, February 26, 5:30 pm
UMCA
Comic Jam
Althea Keaton
UMass Studio Arts MFA alumna (2019) Althea Keaton will be hosting a weekly Comics Jam gathering at Workshop13 in Ware, MA during the month of February. Join us for informal fun creating spontaneous, collaborative comics. All skill and experience levels are welcome. Let’s make comics together! Registration for this event is required, so please register in advance!
February 6 - 27, 5:30 pm - 7:00 pm (Weekly on Thursday)
Workshop13
Ware, MA
[Re]generation
Angela Ferraiolo, Asha Tamirisa, Jenny Vogel and Elise Giardina Papa
Connecticut College
Cummings Arts Center Galleries
Ammerman Center for Arts and Technology
January 21 - February 21, 2020
Gallery talk: February 6, 4:15-5:OOpm
Reception: February 6, 5:00-6:OOpm
Admission is free and open to the public.
Release the Moorings: Christine Texiera
As part of her exhibition taking place at Hampden Gallery, Christine Texiera, will offer a paint workshop on Sunday, 2/9. Register below.
Show Dates: January 26 - February 28
Pour and More: A one day workshop led by Christine Texiera: Sunday, February 9, 2:30 - 4:30 pm
Learn Christine’s paint pouring technique, how to prepare a panel, mix paint & mediums, pour and complete a painting. Materials will be provided however participants are encouraged to bring in additional acrylic paints that they may have. Free but space is limited.
Nostras Voces - Our Voices
UMass Students for Reproductive Justice
Including Alice Erickson (BFA)
UMass Students for Reproductive Justice is proud to announce our upcoming showcase! "Nostras Voces" is a student-created, activism-centered, multi-media art show. "Nostras Voces" is Latin for "Our Voices" and is an evolved version of the Vagina Monologues, encouraging artists of all genders, races, mediums, and experiences to join. The show will contain a gallery portion and a live performance. Admission is free + donations are accepted, snacks will be served.
Friday, February 14, 7:30 - 9 pm,
Bowker Auditorium
Art Education News
UMass Amherst: May in Italy
Venice, Florence, Rome
Art and Culture in Italy, Art 792
Earn 6 credits in this spring semester course, with an opportunity to experience
the art and culture of Italy.
Tentative Travel Dates: May 12 - May 26, 2020
For more information, contact Jana Silver: jana.l.silver@gmail.com
It’s been a really exciting week for Tessa Chambers, Betsy Mitchell, Caroline Flynn, and Ani Jermakian who are now officially student teaching and began their practicum placements in West Springfield and Belchertown.
Art Ed would also like to welcome two new MA graduate students to the program Crystal Keldun and Qingyi Zheng.
Continuing Notable Events
Selfportraits: Nancy Johnson, Excogitation: Sloan Tomlinson, and Release the Moorings: Christine Texiera
All artwork © Roni Horn
Courtesy the artist and Hauser & Wirth.
Roni Horn
through April 26
UMCA
Educational, Professional, and Internship Opportunities
Arts & Humanities Internship Fair
The Arts and Humanities Internship Fair will feature local internship opportunities in the arts, arts management, and cultural nonprofit fields. Internship providers will include museums, galleries, publishers, social justice organizations & more!
For a full listing of arts and culture internships and jobs, visit the Arts Extension Service website.
Thursday, February 6, 11:30 am - 2:30 pm
Fine Arts Center Atrium
FRAME:2020
Call for UMASS student moving image work
Deadline extended!
This juried call is open to all Department of Art undergraduate majors and minors. Videos and Animations should be 10 minutes or less in duration. We may consider work that exceeds the 10 minute limit on a case by case basis. Selected works will be screened during the Spring 2020 semester, on the Screen@SAB monitor, located on the second four commons area in the Studio Arts Building.
Deadline for submission is March 10th, 2020.
Submission guidelines below:
Send one email to screensab@umass.edu
In the body of the email include:
- Name:
- Email:
- Current status: (Undergraduate Art Major or Art minor)
- Title of work: 5, Medium: (Video or Animation)
- Duration of work:
- Link to view work through UMASS Box: (Please upload your video to a folder in UMASS Box and send us the link)
Good Luck! Were excited to see your work! Screen@SAB
Jabberwocky is open for submissions for Spring 2020!
Jabberwocky, the English Department’s official undergraduate literary journal, is looking for submissions for its Spring 2020 issue! We publish once at the end of the semester and you can submit:
- Up to three pieces of short fiction,
- Up to six poems,
- Up to three pieces of literary criticism/nonfiction,
- And as much visual art as you’d like!
All majors are encouraged to submit, so tell your friends! The submission deadline is March 31. Please email all submissions as attachments to umassjabberwocky@gmail.com. Questions or concerns can be sent to this address as well.
Office of Professional Development
3MT Competition
The Graduate School invites UMass graduate students to participate in the campus-wide 2020 Three Minute Thesis Competition (3MT).
Popular throughout the U.S. and across the globe, 3MT competitions challenge graduate students to communicate the significance of their research to a general audience in three minutes or less. Our event is open to full-time UMass Amherst graduate students from any discipline.
Register here for the 2020 3MT—spots are limited, so don’t miss your chance to participate! Registration will close by February 1 or earlier, if we reach capacity.
Submit to The Scribe!
Looking to publish your art? Poetry, photography, traditional pieces? The Scribe, the literary magazine through the College of Humanities & Fine Arts is looking for submissions for our winter and spring publications. The winter publication will be published online, with a submission deadline of Feb 3rd. The Spring publication will include a physical copy as well. This deadline is March 10th. Submissions accepted into the winter publication may also be included in the Spring publication (if interested). Email submissions or questions to thescribeumass@gmail.com.
Free Workshop Series Begins this Tuesday!
Reclaiming Your Creative Self!
February 4th, 2020: Reclaiming the Selfie (Photography) with JuPong Lin, Interdisciplinary Artist
February 11th, 2020: Spoken word with Dr. Flávia Santos de Araújo, Artist
February 18th, 2020: Evolving Identities (Dance/Theater) with Terre Vandale, Dance Artist & Arts Extension Service
You can choose to come to any workshop in the series or all three!
All workshops will take place at 6:30 PM in Room 203 at New Africa House
Mass MoCA Internships
Between MASS MoCA's 250,000 square feet of gallery space and our year-round performing arts events, it's always an exciting time to be at MASS MoCA.
Summer 2020 - Internships across all departments available
Dates of internships: Monday, May 18 – Saturday, August 15
Application deadline: March 1
2020 Commencement Student Speaker Contest
The Graduate School is delighted to announce our annual Graduate Commencement Student Speaker Contest! One graduate student will be awarded the honor of addressing the audience at an iconic university event—Graduate Commencement.The winner of the Graduate Commencement Student Speaker Contest will be a focal point of this major celebration, claim a special place in UMass history, and win a $500 prize. Do you want to be recognized as the voice of the 2020 UMass graduate class? Then don't miss the opportunity to compete for this unique honor!
All UMass graduate students who earned or will earn an advanced degreee in September 2019, February 2020, or May 2020 are eligible to compete in this contest.
Submission Deadline: March 9, 2020
FalCon: Artist's Nest
Call for Art
What: Comic convention-style Artist’s Alley celebrating student and local talent
When: Saturday, March 28, 1:00 - 4:00 pm
Where: W. E. B. Du Bois Library, Lower Level
How to get involved: contact Lauren Weiss, Marketing and Outreach Assistant at the UMass Amherst Libraries, weiss@library.umass.edu
