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Tuesday, December 6, 2011
SoA adjunct graphic design professor Maureen Lauran publishes book
The book, Carrying Grace to Santiago, was released last Saturday and will be available on amazon.com this coming Friday or Monday at the latest.
Wednesday, November 9, 2011
SoA Print Internships Spring 2012
INTERNSHIPS – Spring 2012
The School of Art Print Studio (SoA Print) has several internships available for Spring 2012. We are George Mason’s fine art digital print studio located in the School of Art, producing exhibition-quality prints from state-of-the-art inkjet and laser printers.
We are offering internships for friendly, talented, and hardworking students to assist in our day-to-day operations. Students should have interest in a related field such as Photography, Graphic Design, or Digital Art. Our interns will gain extensive knowledge concerning fine art printers and printing techniques, and develop skills in customer service.
Responsibilities will include preparing files to print (preflight and graphics), print production, and creative design services. Interns will also assist customers in preparing and submitting their orders. Internships will start at the beginning of the spring semester, and can count for up to 3 class credits.
To apply, pick up an application form at SoA Print, School of Art, Room 1011 and submit your completed form to our office during our open hours. Interviews will be scheduled near the end of the fall semester.
School of Art Print Studio
Art & Design Building
Room 1011
(703) 993-7203
soaprint@gmu.edu
Open Hours:
Mon-Thu: 10am-7pm
Fri: 12pm-4pm
Monday, November 7, 2011
Thursday, November 3, 2011
Monday, October 31, 2011
Monday, October 17, 2011
Friday, October 14, 2011
Traditional & New October 19 - November 16, 2011
The exhibition was organized by Helen Frederick, professor in Mason’s School of
Art and coordinator of its printmaking program; Shanshan Cui, assistant professor
in Mason’s School of Art; and Shilou Xiang and Youli Zhang, professors at Sichuan
Normal University. Xiang and Zhang will visit Mason’s Fairfax Campus in October
2011, and Frederick will visit Sichuan, China in December 2011.
Art and coordinator of its printmaking program; Shanshan Cui, assistant professor
in Mason’s School of Art; and Shilou Xiang and Youli Zhang, professors at Sichuan
Normal University. Xiang and Zhang will visit Mason’s Fairfax Campus in October
2011, and Frederick will visit Sichuan, China in December 2011.
TRADITIONAL & NEW
SCHOOL OF ART
Art & Design Building, Room 1001
4400 University Drive
Fairfax, Virginia 22030
Phone: 703 - 993 - 8950
soa.gmu.edu/gallery
OCTOBER 19 — NOVEMBER 16, 2011
Wednesday, October 19, 2011 from 6 :00 to 8:30 p.m.
Opening Reception:
Lecture by professor Silou Xiang (during opening reception)
Gallery Hours: 9:00 a.m. — 5:00 p.m. Monday — Friday
Fine Art Gallery @ Art & Design Building
Wednesday, September 28, 2011
Tuesday, September 27, 2011
Thursday, September 15, 2011
Wednesday, September 7, 2011
Wednesday, August 31, 2011
GMU Printmakers Guild Open House
Come to the printmaking Guild open house to meet the members and officers of the Printmaking Guild! There will be some games and fun activities for everyone, so come prepared for ULTIMATE AWESOME FUN TIME AND ROBOTS (Provided by our own King of the Robots).
There will be pizza provided.
Time:
There will be pizza provided.
Time:
Thursday, September 22 · 7:30pm - 10:30pm
Monday, August 29, 2011
"Ten Years After 9/11"
"TEN YEARS AFTER 9/11"
An international exhibition co-curated by Helen Frederick and Bill Dunlap as part of a year long city-wide group of events.
http://www.911artsproject.com
http://www.wtop.com/?nid=41&sid=2513475
"Ten Years After 9/11" opens to the public on August 23rd with a reception Thursday September 8, 7:00-9:00 p.m. at The Pepco Edison Place Gallery, 702 Eighth Street, NW. On September 11 at 4 p.m. Kurt Steger's Burden Boat Project will engage the public in a water-cleansing ceremony in the Kogod Courtyard between the National Portrait Gallery and the Smithsonian American Art Museum, 750 9th Street, NW. The DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities presents Blend: Recording/Responding to Loss and Recovery, a special evening of performances followed by a panel discussion with participating artists moderated by Helen Frederick, takes place at the Pepco Edison Place Gallery on Tuesday September 13, 6-9 p.m.
The artists invited to exhibit are: Saadi Al Kaabi, Ahmed Alkarkhi, Shahla Arbabi, Ken Ashton, Billy Colbert, Combat Papermakers/Drew Cameron, Brian Counihan, Frank Hallam Day, Joan Danziger, Alexander Djikia, Bill Dunlap, William Dunlap, Michael D. Fay, Helen Frederick, Chawky Frenn, Ann Glover, Alison Hall, Pinkney Herbert, Victor Juhasz, Jeffrey Kent, Bridget Sue Lambert, Adam Lister, Despina Meimaroglou, Michael Pestel, Matt Pinney, Michael B. Platt, Phyllis Plattner, Annette Polan, Raoul Middleman, David Richardson, Patrick Sargent, Brian Sentman, Peter Sowiski, Kurt Steger, Erwin Thamm, Leonid Tishkov, Sean Watkins, Sue Wrbican, and Workingman Collective.
An international exhibition co-curated by Helen Frederick and Bill Dunlap as part of a year long city-wide group of events.
http://www.911artsproject.com
http://www.wtop.com/?nid=41&sid=2513475
The artists invited to exhibit are: Saadi Al Kaabi, Ahmed Alkarkhi, Shahla Arbabi, Ken Ashton, Billy Colbert, Combat Papermakers/Drew Cameron, Brian Counihan, Frank Hallam Day, Joan Danziger, Alexander Djikia, Bill Dunlap, William Dunlap, Michael D. Fay, Helen Frederick, Chawky Frenn, Ann Glover, Alison Hall, Pinkney Herbert, Victor Juhasz, Jeffrey Kent, Bridget Sue Lambert, Adam Lister, Despina Meimaroglou, Michael Pestel, Matt Pinney, Michael B. Platt, Phyllis Plattner, Annette Polan, Raoul Middleman, David Richardson, Patrick Sargent, Brian Sentman, Peter Sowiski, Kurt Steger, Erwin Thamm, Leonid Tishkov, Sean Watkins, Sue Wrbican, and Workingman Collective.
Wednesday, August 3, 2011
Monday, July 25, 2011
Wednesday, June 8, 2011
Barcode Orchestra
Art Students Find Barcodes Make ‘Beautiful’ Music
Barcode Orchestra
What does a bottle of shampoo or a Twix bar sound like?exhibit on display through Aug. 31 at Artispherein Arlington, Va Through August 31.
Free
Hallway to Dome Theatre
Most students are used to struggling for their art, but getting kicked out of Target is a different matter entirely. Still, Mason senior Lindsay Hawkswas not at all troubled by the store’s request to vacate the premises.
Instead, Hawks and her partners in art, Alex Straub and Peter Lee, moved on to the Walmart in Burke, Va., to conduct their research as part of Edgar Endress’ interactive installation art class last spring.
Their work involved scanning the bar codes on merchandise in the store to see what a candy bar or a bottle of shampoo “sounds” like. Lee had developed an algorithm to convert bars from a Universal Product Code to musical tones or, more specifically, MIDI (Musical Instrumental Digital Interface) notes.
The group also captured their interactions with the merchandise and customers throughout the “performance” on video.
“We had to come up with a final project, and it had to be collaborative. This is what we came up with,” says Hawks, who will graduate with a BFA in art and visual technology this week.
They called themselves the Barcode Orchestra. Lee and Straub both work in new media. Hawks is “technically a painter.”
“It was Peter’s idea to take the interface we built and go to Walmart to do live performances,” she says. “As soon as we did that, we realized that whatever was happening wasn’t what we expected it to be, but it was still interesting.”
While Lee provided the technical know-how, Straub served as the sound engineer. Hawks soon found that she excelled at interacting with the shoppers.
All considered the project a success, but did they get a good grade?
“I loved the project,” says Endress, who is an associate professor in the School of Art. “I think it is really relevant work and ties into current use of technology in communities and public spaces. It is one of my favorites.”
Others agree with Endress’ assessment. Over the past year, the Barcode Orchestra has contributed an interactive installation to a show at the World Bank and at the Hemphill Fine Arts Gallery in Washington, D.C. The team also has an exhibit on display through Aug. 31 at Artispherein Arlington, Va.
What does the future hold for the Barcode Orchestra?
Well, graduation, of course. Straub has already graduated, and Lee and Hawks are finishing up their course work.
“We could push it some more,” says Hawks of the project, but it all depends on what is going on in their lives.
Endress believes they all have great careers in front of them.
Sargent Thamm sponsor exhibit "...a mile in my shoes."
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Saturday, September 10 at 5:00pm - September 17 at 5:00pm |
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| More Info | Location: George Mason University Art and Design Building Alcove Gallery Dates: 10 – 17 September 2011 This exhibit attempts to demonstrate how we collectively or individually carry the memories of the people that have touched our lives with us as we move through our own. The events of September 11th, 2001 and those that followed have given us ample opportunity to highlight the ordinary, sometimes heroic, but always human, everyday actions of our fellow human beings. Memories of simple giving by people like Jim Lynch who spent many years walking the Pentagon halls handing out Werther’s Originals; he bought them by the case. Every day, during Jim’s lunch break, he would walk a regular route handing out the candies to people, trying to put a smile on their faces. “…a mile in my shoes.” Is an exhibit that connects small portraits of individuals like Jim (painting, print, photo etc.) with a corresponding piece of footwear that signifies not only the person, their individual qualities, but also the fact that we carry the memories and lesson of them with us through our own lives. Imagine a portrait of Jim on one wall and somewhere on another wall is a technicians shoe filled with Werther’s candies for the taking. More about Jim Lynch at http://pentagonmemorial.or - This is a Sargent Thamm sponsored event. |
GMU Grad Student Gwynneth Van Laven featured in Exhibit at Kennedy Center
June 3-30, 2011
Terrace Gallery
The John F. Kennedy Center for
the Performing Arts
Panel Discussion
With Select Artists
Atrium · The Kennedy Center
Thursday, June 9 · 6:30-7:30 p.m.
Free · Reception following
RSVP: rmloose@vsarts.org
202-628-2800 x3898
A quest to capture images, when faced with losing sight.
A career change, after a diagnosis.
Redefining a worldview, from escaping pain to seeking happiness.
VSA invited artists living with disabilities to share moments when a
shift in their landscape occurred. From the personal to the
professional, their stories are told through a range of media in this
international juried exhibition.
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Featuring:
Sarah Beren
Jesse Higman
Hal Moran
Mare Vaccaro
Allen Bryan
John Lambert
William Newman
Gwynneth VanLaven
Brenna Colt
John McCafferty
Thomas Sedgwick
Kurt Weston
Emily Dailo
Bruce Monroe
Chris Tally Evans
Jon Wos
Liz Doles
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For a deeper look inside Shift, don't miss the June 9 panel discussion moderated by the Hirshhorn Museum's Jessica Dawson, former arts writer at the Washington Post. Panelists include Civilian Art Projects founder Jayme McLellan, and artists William A. Newman, Mare Vaccaro, and Bruce Monroe.
The discussion will be followed by a reception.
Image Credit: © 2011 Bruce Monroe, detail of 501,310/1,077,972 (MMWR), handcut fiberglass (72" x 23" x 18")
Photo: Chris Otten
Tuesday, May 31, 2011
Workingman Collective: Prospects and Provisions
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Workingman Collective, digital working proof for "Prospects", 2011 |
June 18–August 20, 2011
Washington DC—Hemphill opens Workingman Collective: Prospects and Provisions on Saturday, June 18, 2011, with a public reception from 6:30–8:30pm. The exhibition will remain on view through August 20, 2011.
Most artists work toward a singular vision. If a social issue is addressed, it is done so rhetorically with no overt response required of the viewer. Yet a recent rise in artist collectives opens up an opportunity to consider something other than rhetorical statements. While contemporary collaborative art making has occasionally pointed to social and political concerns, rarely have artist collectives delved into the nature of collaboration and cooperation. Workingman Collective does not work toward a singular vision. The Collective is a collaborative in which viewer participation is tantamount. The process employed by the Collective moves through stages: from the collection of information, to the construction of objects, to the anticipated participation of the viewer. Typically viewers' interactions are recorded and another layer of responses is solicited. The Collective treats each stage equally, experientially and aesthetically, making it impossible to identify one object or action as the sole location or penultimate moment of the art experience. The Collective's collaborations depend upon a participatory dynamic between the artists of the Collective and their audience.
Now more than ever it is necessary for people to find new ways of working together. It is apparent that sustaining a livable planet will require more from us than advanced technologies or legislation. Workingman Collective is too "working-man" to claim it has broad world-saving ambitions. But it is easy to see in the collaborations within the Collective, and between the Collective and its audience, novel insights into the creative possibilities of cooperation. The primary members of the Workingman Collective—Tom Ashcraft, Janis Goodman and Peter Winant—often speak of the space between the real and the imagined. For an artist focusing on presenting a singular vision, the real as well as the imagined reside in the traditional art experience. For the Collective and its participating audience the imagined is limitless and continuous.
The exhibition at Hemphill will include a double swing set covered with numerous steel arms that hold potted plants capable of removing volatile organic compounds (VOCs) from the air. Titled "Swing," this work entertains and physically mobilizes the viewer while cleaning the air. The plants will be watered daily by a team of volunteers using water from rain barrels situated outside 1515 14th Street. These rain barrels, emblazoned with Workingman Collective's logo, will become a permanent fixture on the property as both a relic of the project and a reminder of water conservation issues.
Also on display will be an original backpack designed and patented by Trapper Lloyd F. Nelson in 1924 (U.S. patent #1,505,661) and once owned by a train conductor and adventurer named C.D. Beebe. The backpack served as the launching point for Workingman Collective's creation of a variety of provisions for the modern adventurer, including a custom designed backpack based on the original Trapper Nelson patent. Fabricated at a workshop in Pittsburgh, PA, the waxed canvas backpack is available in an edition of seven. An HO scale train set on an elevated track, and a single-sided ping pong table that allows the player to compete against a video projection of a ping pong champion, are just a couple of the contraptions and products brought together in this exhibition. In each case, the objects on view are a suggestion of the relationship that might unfold between idea, object, action, and interaction.
"What is the Workingman Collective?
We are a collaborative group of artists and other professionals whose membership, goals and missions change with each project.
We are basic.
We are curious.
We are pedestrians.
We are interested in process, invention, chance, and the public.
Sincerely,
The Workingman Collective
Your ideas are ours."
HEMPHILL 1515 14th St. NW Washington, DC 20005 202.234.5601
GALLERY HOURS
Tuesday–Saturday, 10:00am–5:00pm, and by appointment
Friday, May 6, 2011
Seen around Mason this week
Evening view of planetarium near SoA
Unusual view of the School of Art, taken last Wednesday
Clouds seen after last Wednesday's rain, taken from lunchroom balcony.
Monday, May 2, 2011
Spring 2011 Senior Festival, May 9-13
The Spring 2011 Senior Art & Design Show website is up and running. Special thanks to Kelsey Hunter, George Bartz, and Steven Bell for all their hard work on creating the website!
For more information, please visit: http://masonseniorshow.com/spring2011/.
For more information, please visit: http://masonseniorshow.com/spring2011/.
Wednesday, April 20, 2011
Graduate Student Deborah Lash Featured on NPR!
Deborah Lash, MFA Candidate in Critical Art Practices, was featured on NPR's "Art Beat" with Sean Rameswaram. Please check out the NPR link for more information. Congrats to Deborah!
Deborah's show, "The Fat Lady Sings," runs from April 20-29 in the Fine Art Gallery in the Art and Design Building. The reception and live performance for her show will be held on Thursday, April 21 from 6-9pm. For more information about Deborah and her work, visit her website at www.deborahlash.com.
Deborah's show, "The Fat Lady Sings," runs from April 20-29 in the Fine Art Gallery in the Art and Design Building. The reception and live performance for her show will be held on Thursday, April 21 from 6-9pm. For more information about Deborah and her work, visit her website at www.deborahlash.com.
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Monkey Dress 2010 Safety pins & stuffed monkeys |
Tuesday, March 29, 2011
Art and Design Building Named Best New Art Space near D.C.
Washington City Paper 30 Years - Best of D.C. 2011
"Best New Art Space Almost Near D.C."
The 50 percent increase in space for studio, classrooms, and workshops that George Mason University’s School of Art bought for itself with its new $25 million Art and Design Building afforded it about a zillion-percent increase in visibility in the D.C. art community. Mind you, the 88,000-square-foot Art and Design Building isn’t any nearer to the District. It will still take a long slog out Interstate 66 to get there, with only the promise of lunch at the Eden Center to brighten the long commute. One show, however, was worth sitting through traffic: “Tattoos of Ships,” a 2010 solo exhibit featuring Maggie Michael. Going for gold, the school invited Michael to take on its new ground-floor gallery space as if it were her studio, and she accepted. The results - sculpture, installation, and painting, much applied directly to the wall, all resembling Michael’s take on El Lissitzky's classic Proun project- were unlike anything to be seen in the District or its environs last year. See? The drive can be worth it.
"Best New Art Space Almost Near D.C."
The 50 percent increase in space for studio, classrooms, and workshops that George Mason University’s School of Art bought for itself with its new $25 million Art and Design Building afforded it about a zillion-percent increase in visibility in the D.C. art community. Mind you, the 88,000-square-foot Art and Design Building isn’t any nearer to the District. It will still take a long slog out Interstate 66 to get there, with only the promise of lunch at the Eden Center to brighten the long commute. One show, however, was worth sitting through traffic: “Tattoos of Ships,” a 2010 solo exhibit featuring Maggie Michael. Going for gold, the school invited Michael to take on its new ground-floor gallery space as if it were her studio, and she accepted. The results - sculpture, installation, and painting, much applied directly to the wall, all resembling Michael’s take on El Lissitzky's classic Proun project- were unlike anything to be seen in the District or its environs last year. See? The drive can be worth it.
Manassas Art Guild Seeks Submissions
CALL FOR ARTISTS - EXHIBITS NOW SEEKING SUBMISSIONS
The Manassas Art Guild is seeking artists who would like to exhibit their work in several upcoming art shows. Currently the Guild has openings for three exhibits, taking place this spring and summer. Works in all media, including photography, are eligible for entry.
The first exhibit, eARTh, is on April 23; the theme for this exhibit is artwork which celebrates the natural world (animals, landscapes, recycled art, etc.) In June, the Guild will be hosting a booth at the Manassas Railway Festival; artists are invited to submit work which relates to trains and railways. And in July, the Guild is sponsoring "Remains to be Scene: Artists and Virginia's Historic Places," an exhibit and competition timed to coincide with the events surrounding the 150th anniversary of the Civil War.
A fourth exhibit, the Guild's annual "Paint! Manassas," is being scheduled for the fall; details will be available later this spring.
The deadline to enter the "eARTh" exhibit is April 9, with deadlines for the other exhibits to follow. Artist can find details and entry forms on the Guild's website, www.manassasartguild.org, or call 571/377-1782 to leave a voicemail message.
The Manassas Art Guild is a not-for profit organization which seeks to build and maintain a visible and active visual arts community in Manassas and beyond.
The Manassas Art Guild is seeking artists who would like to exhibit their work in several upcoming art shows. Currently the Guild has openings for three exhibits, taking place this spring and summer. Works in all media, including photography, are eligible for entry.
The first exhibit, eARTh, is on April 23; the theme for this exhibit is artwork which celebrates the natural world (animals, landscapes, recycled art, etc.) In June, the Guild will be hosting a booth at the Manassas Railway Festival; artists are invited to submit work which relates to trains and railways. And in July, the Guild is sponsoring "Remains to be Scene: Artists and Virginia's Historic Places," an exhibit and competition timed to coincide with the events surrounding the 150th anniversary of the Civil War.
A fourth exhibit, the Guild's annual "Paint! Manassas," is being scheduled for the fall; details will be available later this spring.
The deadline to enter the "eARTh" exhibit is April 9, with deadlines for the other exhibits to follow. Artist can find details and entry forms on the Guild's website, www.manassasartguild.org, or call 571/377-1782 to leave a voicemail message.
The Manassas Art Guild is a not-for profit organization which seeks to build and maintain a visible and active visual arts community in Manassas and beyond.
Friday, February 25, 2011
Thomas Stanley Brown Bag Discussion, Center for Consciousness and Transformation
Tuesday, March 1, 2011, 12-1:15PM
Johnson Center, Gold Room (Lower Level)
The end of history or the end of the world, some type of ontological collapse, is written into the mythologies of many cultures including the judeo-christian archetypes that are still quite resonant in our presumably secular society. Unfortunately, where last days prognostications are taken most seriously, they are also taken most literally and in those dim quarters, the end of the world is painted in the gloomiest colors of catastrophe and travail. The world we inhabit is as much a creation of our discursive manipulations over time and through language as it is the product of physics. The manner in which we inhabit a virtual symbolic world has eclipsed in salience, importance, and immediacy our habitation in what used to be called the real world. (Which is now, of course, just a very bad television show.) Hardware apocalypse is when everything melts, burns, or blows up and humanity along with it. Seems very wasteful. Can we talk in the twenty-first century about something like a software apocalypse? That is, a modification of or an accretion to language and/or how it is used that is so massive in its ontological consequences that we, in effect, experience the end of the world created under the old semantic order. Join Dr. Stanley as he uses his experience in life and music to explore and perhaps make palatable something he calls "velvet apocalypse".
ABOUT THE PRESENTER
Thomas Stanley is...
* Ethnomusicologist specializing in new and emerging musical practices, especially as these relate to the collective experience of temporal texture on a macro-scale (i.e., history).
* Author of George Clinton and P-Funk: an Oral History (1998).
* On-air music programmer at WPFW-FM presenting an amazing array of underground and experimental musics.
TOPIC DISCUSSION VIA PB WIKI
We invite you to respond to the following question prior to the presentation on March 1 on the CCT Brown Bag Wiki: What does the expression "I-and-I" mean to you? Source it, interpret it, and connect it, if possible to our discussions of consciousness and its transformations.
If you’ve already signed on to the list, you can go directly to the question prompt by following this link: https://cctbbag.pbworks.com/w/page/36203673/March-2011-Brown-Bag
If you'd like to join the list but haven't, please contact Martha Souder at msouder@gmu.edu.
RSVP via PINGG
Please let us know whether you’ll be attending or not. You should soon receive an invitation from Stacey Guenther for a PINGG evite. Please respond there. If you have trouble accessing the evite, please respond here. We’re asking you to respond, so we can ensure we have enough space to accommodate everyone.
BE THERE, Even if You Can’t Be There
For members of the community who can’t physically attend, University Life will be streaming the presentation, so you can be there without physically being there. This should be especially beneficial to those of you on the Arlington and Prince William campuses. To view a live stream of the event, go to http://www.livestream.com/universitylifelive
Johnson Center, Gold Room (Lower Level)
The end of history or the end of the world, some type of ontological collapse, is written into the mythologies of many cultures including the judeo-christian archetypes that are still quite resonant in our presumably secular society. Unfortunately, where last days prognostications are taken most seriously, they are also taken most literally and in those dim quarters, the end of the world is painted in the gloomiest colors of catastrophe and travail. The world we inhabit is as much a creation of our discursive manipulations over time and through language as it is the product of physics. The manner in which we inhabit a virtual symbolic world has eclipsed in salience, importance, and immediacy our habitation in what used to be called the real world. (Which is now, of course, just a very bad television show.) Hardware apocalypse is when everything melts, burns, or blows up and humanity along with it. Seems very wasteful. Can we talk in the twenty-first century about something like a software apocalypse? That is, a modification of or an accretion to language and/or how it is used that is so massive in its ontological consequences that we, in effect, experience the end of the world created under the old semantic order. Join Dr. Stanley as he uses his experience in life and music to explore and perhaps make palatable something he calls "velvet apocalypse".
ABOUT THE PRESENTER
Thomas Stanley is...
* Ethnomusicologist specializing in new and emerging musical practices, especially as these relate to the collective experience of temporal texture on a macro-scale (i.e., history).
* Author of George Clinton and P-Funk: an Oral History (1998).
* On-air music programmer at WPFW-FM presenting an amazing array of underground and experimental musics.
TOPIC DISCUSSION VIA PB WIKI
We invite you to respond to the following question prior to the presentation on March 1 on the CCT Brown Bag Wiki: What does the expression "I-and-I" mean to you? Source it, interpret it, and connect it, if possible to our discussions of consciousness and its transformations.
If you’ve already signed on to the list, you can go directly to the question prompt by following this link: https://cctbbag.pbworks.com/w/page/36203673/March-2011-Brown-Bag
If you'd like to join the list but haven't, please contact Martha Souder at msouder@gmu.edu.
RSVP via PINGG
Please let us know whether you’ll be attending or not. You should soon receive an invitation from Stacey Guenther for a PINGG evite. Please respond there. If you have trouble accessing the evite, please respond here. We’re asking you to respond, so we can ensure we have enough space to accommodate everyone.
BE THERE, Even if You Can’t Be There
For members of the community who can’t physically attend, University Life will be streaming the presentation, so you can be there without physically being there. This should be especially beneficial to those of you on the Arlington and Prince William campuses. To view a live stream of the event, go to http://www.livestream.com/universitylifelive
Design Competition
A new non-profit group, The Red Truck Foundation, is launching its campaign with a logo design competition. RTF is an organization that works to bring emergency care services to third world countries. RTF recognizes the lack of infrastructure in many of these developing nations - and has found a solution through the use of motorcycle ambulances. Through the competition initiative the organization hopes to not only bring awareness to its cause, but to also encourage creativity across the design community. Logo entries are due by midnight on March 10, 2011. Entries can only be made by individuals, and must be original graphics. There will be two rounds of voting - the first will be conducted by the public, and the second by a jury panel selected by RTF. The final winner of the competition will win $300, and the opportunity to showcase his/her talents. Your design can be the first response. Save lives with a creative design. To learn more about RTF and how you can participate in the competition please visit their website: www.redtruckfoundation.org, or search The Red Truck Foundation on Facebook.
Graduate Student Exhibition
Wednesday, February 16, 2011
Chinese Scrolls from the Collection of Dr. Chi Wang
The School of Art invites you to the reception for an exhibition of Chinese scroll paintings from the collection of Dr. Chi Wang on Thursday, February 24, 2011 from 6 to 8 PM in the Mason Hall Atrium Gallery. The reception will be preceded by a panel of scholars within the gallery who will discuss the works on view and provide some background for these fine works.
This exhibition is jointly supported by the Confucius Institute and the School of Art at George Mason University.
Call for Works: BITE: identity and humor
BITE: identity and humor
Juror Jefferson Pinder
Exhibition dates: June 23-July 30, 2011
Application Deadline: March 31, 2011
Eligibility: All artists, 18 years and older, living in Virginia, Maryland, the District of Columbia, Delaware, Pennsylvania, or West Virginia are eligible.
Acceptable Works: All media including video and new media. Work installed in the gallery must fit through standard double doors, 8H x 6W. All work must be ready for installation with proper hanging devices if needed and instructions where necessary.
Described by the juror, Jefferson Pinder, "Humor is one of the best tools to open dialogue about heavy issues...For this exhibition, artists are asked to use irony, sarcasm, and wit to shed light on issues of personal struggle in mainstream society. Artists are asked to create and share work that challenges historical, societal, and cultural norms that dictate expectations of who we are supposed to be. The selected work does not have to be funny as much as insightful."
Full prospectus:http://www.restonarts.org/Exhibitions/ProspectusBITE.pdf
Each application requires an online application through Juried Art Serviceswww.juriedartservices.com and must include the following:
1. Non - refundable application fee: $10 for GRACE members, $35 non-members
2. 10 works or 3 videos, resume, artist statement, link to artist website if available
For questions or additional information please call Greater Reston Arts Center at 703.471.9242 or visithttp://www.restonarts.org/Exhibitions/Exhibit-Opps.htm
Juror Jefferson Pinder
Exhibition dates: June 23-July 30, 2011
Application Deadline: March 31, 2011
Eligibility: All artists, 18 years and older, living in Virginia, Maryland, the District of Columbia, Delaware, Pennsylvania, or West Virginia are eligible.
Acceptable Works: All media including video and new media. Work installed in the gallery must fit through standard double doors, 8H x 6W. All work must be ready for installation with proper hanging devices if needed and instructions where necessary.
Described by the juror, Jefferson Pinder, "Humor is one of the best tools to open dialogue about heavy issues...For this exhibition, artists are asked to use irony, sarcasm, and wit to shed light on issues of personal struggle in mainstream society. Artists are asked to create and share work that challenges historical, societal, and cultural norms that dictate expectations of who we are supposed to be. The selected work does not have to be funny as much as insightful."
Full prospectus:http://www.restonarts.org/Exhibitions/ProspectusBITE.pdf
Each application requires an online application through Juried Art Serviceswww.juriedartservices.com and must include the following:
1. Non - refundable application fee: $10 for GRACE members, $35 non-members
2. 10 works or 3 videos, resume, artist statement, link to artist website if available
For questions or additional information please call Greater Reston Arts Center at 703.471.9242 or visithttp://www.restonarts.org/Exhibitions/Exhibit-Opps.htm
Thursday, February 10, 2011
Pop Up Class with Carol Barton
Photo from last night's Pop Up Book class taught by Carol Barton. Sponsored by the GMU Printmaking Guild, the event was from 1:30 to 7 PM in the printmaking studio. There was a large turnout for the workshop and lots of paper engineering and bookmaking techniques were offered.
Ms. Barton gave a presentation on the history of pop ups, which were originally made for the scientific and medical communities. Only much later did they become a popular format for children's books.
The artist is currently teaching at the Corcoran and other venues around the country. Techniques taught were from her books: The Pocket Paper Engineer, Volumes 1 & 2.
Tuesday, February 8, 2011
Artist in Residence Opportunity
Independent Day School seeks Artist in Residence. Enthusiastic working artist sought for production of own work during 5 week on campus residency in either October or February. Ability/willingness to provide K-12 students access to their artistic thoughts and processes a necessity. Stipend, housing, and public studio provided. Application Deadline March 1, 2011. Send: letter of interest/intent, resume, list of references and phone numbers, 10 images of own work and SASE for return of images to: Todd Johnson, c/o WebbSchool, 9800 Webb School Drive, Knoxville, TN 37923.
Open Source Gallery Opening
OPEN SOURCE
January 28 – March 25, 2011
Kelly Criscuolo-DeButts
Floating Lab Collective
Olivier Giron
Lindsay Hawks
Peter Lee
Brooke Marcy
Ryan McCoy
Alex Straub
Opening Reception: Friday, February 4
6 pm – 8 pm
Carroll Square Gallery
975 F Street NW
Washington DC 20004
Open Source reflects the collective resource base from which the students and faculty at George Mason University’s School of Art
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| Left to Right: Tom Ashcraft,GMU Professor Brooke Marcy, MFA GMU Sean Watkins, MFA GMU Ryan McCoy, MFA GMU |
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| Paula Crawford, GMU Professor Lindsay Hawks, BFA GMU |
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| Peter Winant, GMU Professor George Hemphill, Hemphill Fine Arts Henry Allen, Writer, Critic, Pulitzer Prize |
Wednesday, January 26, 2011
Torpedo Factory Art Center and Target Gallery Exhibition to Benefit March of Dimes
The Target Gallery is reaching out to colleges and universities in the surrounding DC metro area to participate in an exhibition benefiting the March of Dimes and the Target Gallery’s outreach programming. This is an excellent show for young artists to participate in because they’re guaranteed an opportunity to exhibit in this nationally recognized art center. The exhibition will be juried for prizes and five awards will be given at the Art Party on March 25. Four jurors will each choose their favorite piece. Then the audience at the Art Party will have an opportunity to select their favorite piece to receive a Best of the Rest Award.
The Target Gallery and the March of Dimes are teaming up to raise money for both organizations with the appropriate title, “March Madness.” March Madness is an exhibition of approximately 200 10x10-inch works of art. Torpedo Factory and DC-area artists, as well as local high school students and college students will create the artwork. It will be on display in the Target Gallery from March 17 – March 27. All work will be for sale for $100 with 10% of all sales being donated to the March of Dimes.
This exhibit is open to all artists with the requirement that the work is created on 10x10-inch wood panels provided by the Target Gallery. The $12 entry fee guarantees entry into the exhibit, one wood panel, a chance for jurors’ awards, and free entry with one drink ticket to the Art Party on March 25. There is a limit of 3 entries per artist.
Deadline for participation is March 7, 2011 by 6pm. Upon receipt of the $12 entry fee, the gallery will provide the artist with a blank wood panel, 10 x10 inches. The artist will need to pick the panel up at the gallery between 10am to 6pm. Completed artwork must be brought back to the gallery between March11-14, from 10am to 6pm, to be included in the exhibit. All artwork must be created on the panels provided by the gallery.
If you have any questions please contact the Target Gallery.
National Exhibition Space | Torpedo Factory Art Center | 105 N. Union St., Alexandria, VA 22314 mcook@torpedofactory.org | 703.838.4565x4 | www.torpedofactory.org
The Target Gallery and the March of Dimes are teaming up to raise money for both organizations with the appropriate title, “March Madness.” March Madness is an exhibition of approximately 200 10x10-inch works of art. Torpedo Factory and DC-area artists, as well as local high school students and college students will create the artwork. It will be on display in the Target Gallery from March 17 – March 27. All work will be for sale for $100 with 10% of all sales being donated to the March of Dimes.
This exhibit is open to all artists with the requirement that the work is created on 10x10-inch wood panels provided by the Target Gallery. The $12 entry fee guarantees entry into the exhibit, one wood panel, a chance for jurors’ awards, and free entry with one drink ticket to the Art Party on March 25. There is a limit of 3 entries per artist.
Deadline for participation is March 7, 2011 by 6pm. Upon receipt of the $12 entry fee, the gallery will provide the artist with a blank wood panel, 10 x10 inches. The artist will need to pick the panel up at the gallery between 10am to 6pm. Completed artwork must be brought back to the gallery between March11-14, from 10am to 6pm, to be included in the exhibit. All artwork must be created on the panels provided by the gallery.
If you have any questions please contact the Target Gallery.
National Exhibition Space | Torpedo Factory Art Center | 105 N. Union St., Alexandria, VA 22314 mcook@torpedofactory.org | 703.838.4565x4 | www.torpedofactory.org
Floating Lab Exhibition Opening Reception Cancelled
Due to inclement weather, the opening reception for the Floating Lab Exhibition is cancelled this evening, Wednesday, January 26, 2011. The reception has been rescheduled for Monday, February 14 from 6-8pm in the Fine Art Gallery, Art and Design Building.
Tuesday, January 25, 2011
Gwynneth VanLaven at Adam Lister Gallery until Feb. 21, 2011
Anna Jane Kocon, Bobby Coleman, Chris Duerk, Craig Hill, Eric Bos, Gail Vollrath, Geoff Ault, Glenn Fischer, Gwynneth VanLaven, Michelle Valenton, Phillip Scarpone, Sabine Carlson, Stephanie Rond, Steve Wanna, Travis Childers
Adam Lister Gallery is pleased to present our first exhibition of 2011, a group show featuring 15 artists, titled “Unfamiliar Territories.”
This exhibit brings together a group of artists that have a common ground of questioning our perceptions of the world within their work. Through modifying, investigating, and engaging in exploration for the purpose of discovery, each artist has formulated their own unique system of communication. The work in this show treads a fine line on the border of reality and imagination, incorporating elements and attributes from both sides. Visual language for these artists is not only a transmission of personal culture, but also a window into alternative views of the universe.
The artists exhibiting in “Unfamiliar Territories”, view the world through a combination of comparisons, calculations, schemes, concepts and recipes. They take the familiar and the obvious, and through a process of reformulation, present it as curious and unfamiliar. This reinterpretation defines itself as a pure, non-functional object introduced into the world through the mind and eyes of the artist.
For questions, email: adamlistergallery@gmail.com or call 646-263-7305
www.adamlistergallery.com
Adam Lister Gallery
3950 University Drive
*entrance on North St between University Dr. and Rt.123
Fairfax VA 22030
Helen Frederick's Upcoming Events
Helen Frederick, Printmaking Director, is the 2011 Frances Niederer Artist-in-Residence at the Main Gallery at the Eleanor D. Wilson Museum at Hollins University, February 17-April 16, 2011. The opening lecture and reception will be February 17 at 6pm. Frederick is featured in DISSONANCE, an exhibition that develops her ideas through print media, artist books, video and installation works as a basis for commentary. Focusing on the themes of reflection and protection, she writes, "We use the process of memory to reduce dissonance. Recollections of the immediate and distant past allow us to...maintain a positive balance." After the initial installation of her work, university students will assist Frederick in creating images to be added in the museum's permanent collection and resource room.
A separate exhibition, COLORING OUR WORLD: Artistic Imprints from Pyramid Atlantic and Navigation Press, will run from February 17-April 16, 2011 in the Ballator-Thompson Gallery at Hollins University. Pyramid Atlantic (established in 1981) and George Mason University's Navigation Press (established in 2006) have empowered hundreds of artists by assisting them in papermaking, printmaking, book arts, and digital media through collaboration. The exhibition features selections that were produced under founder Helen Frederick's direction and include examples by renowed artists who play a substantial role in the art world, including Lonnie Graham, Enrique Chagoya, and Miriam Schapiro.
All events are free and open to the public, but some may require reservations. Please contact Laura Jane Ramsburg at 540-362-6081 or LRamsburg@hollins.edu.
Torpedo Factory Art Center Residencies
The Torpedo Factory Art Center invites emerging and experienced artists to apply for one, two, or three-month residencies between June 1 and August 31, 2011. Deadline: February 28, 2011.
The Torpedo Factory Art Center (www.torpedofactory.org) in Alexandria, Virginia is home to more than 140 visual artists working in 82 studios. Artists create in a wide variety of media including painting, fiber, jewelry, ceramics, printmaking, cast and stained glass, and sculpture. The Torpedo Factory is open to the public every day; visitors are invited and welcomed into studios to watch artists at work, ask questions, and purchase original art – allowing the public an opportunity to share in the excitement and fascination of the creative process.
The projects undertaken by Visiting Artists for this self-directed, creative residency must be compatible with available working studio spaces and facilities.
Visiting Artists will be provided with studio space and will be able to display and sell original work.
Finalists will be selected by juror F. Lennox Campello. There is no application fee.
Download the Prospectus and Application Form from www.torpedofactory.org/vap. Send questions to: vap@torpedofactory.org. No telephone calls please.
The Torpedo Factory Art Center (www.torpedofactory.org) in Alexandria, Virginia is home to more than 140 visual artists working in 82 studios. Artists create in a wide variety of media including painting, fiber, jewelry, ceramics, printmaking, cast and stained glass, and sculpture. The Torpedo Factory is open to the public every day; visitors are invited and welcomed into studios to watch artists at work, ask questions, and purchase original art – allowing the public an opportunity to share in the excitement and fascination of the creative process.
The projects undertaken by Visiting Artists for this self-directed, creative residency must be compatible with available working studio spaces and facilities.
Visiting Artists will be provided with studio space and will be able to display and sell original work.
Finalists will be selected by juror F. Lennox Campello. There is no application fee.
Download the Prospectus and Application Form from www.torpedofactory.org/vap. Send questions to: vap@torpedofactory.org. No telephone calls please.
Monday, January 24, 2011
More Mondo Pics
More pics from the December 3 visit to the SoA Printmaking Studio: Mondo Guerra of Project Runway:
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