Photo Credits: Sara Orel
In the side gallery from October 16th to November 16th is the exhibition “The China Trade: Qing Dynasty export porcelain from Missouri Collections.” This show, curated by Dr. Sara Orel (Art History) includes objects from the 1640s through the late Qing Dynasty, about 1900. Several pieces are traditional underglaze blue and white from the kilns at Jingdezhen, in southern China, and others are enameled porcelain (of famille verte and famille rose, or green family and pink family, respectively). Several items come from shipwrecks in Southeast Asian seas, representing trade with England , the Netherlands, and Batavia, now known as Jakarta, in Indonesia. Highlights of the exhibit include a large famille rose charger painted with carp and water plants and several pieces painted with European-commissioned imagery. Several local people have loaned objects to the exhibit, as has Elizabeth Porter, who sells porcelain at her antique store in London, United Kingdom.
Author: art history faculty
China in Kirksville! (and Gallery receptions!)
Careful readers of the Art Department blog will know that this Fall is a great time to explore China right here in Kirksville! Last month, the University Art Gallery featured a retrospective exhibition of Lampo Leong's artwork, and our own Prof. Wynne Wilbur spent the month in Jingdezhen studying porcelain.
This week, two exciting new exhibitions open that feature in whole or in part work from China.
The first of those exhibitions, entitled "Cross Connections 2012" has been curated, in part, by our own Prof. Ping Xu (Visual Communications). The exhibition is an international exchange event that presents a significant overview of international graphic design trends, featuring work by faculty and student, from eight institutions that are making their mark in graphic design within their respective countries.
The eight universities are: The University of Texas-Arlington; The University of Texas-Pan American; Truman State University; China Central Academy of Fine Arts; China Luxun Academy of Fine Arts; Shanghai University; Sint-Lucas Ghent Belgium; National School of Fine Arts Mexico.
The exhibition will be held at UTA's Dallas-Fort Worth campus, UTPA's Edinburg campus, Truman State's Kirksville campus, CAFA's Beijing campus, LAFA's Dalian campus, Shanghai University's main campus, Sint-Lucas's Ghent campus, and ENAP's Mexico City campus.
In addition, "The China Trade", curated by Dr. Sara Orel (Art History) will open in the Spotlight Gallery–stay tuned for more information on that exciting show.
The Opening Reception for both exhibitions will be Tuesday, October 16 at 6:00 p.m. in the Gallery (OP 1114); as always, this Gallery opening is free and open to the public. Hope to see you there!
Prof. Wilbur on Sabbatical Leave
Prof. Wynne Wilbur (Ceramics) is on sabbatical leave for the 2012-2013 school year. She just completed an artist's residency in Jingdezhen, China during the month of September, where she worked with the porcelain materials that are historically associated with this community in China. After her return, she will be a featured artist at the Kansas Artist-Craftsman Association yearly meeting, and will be showing her work at the Quincy Arts Center in the spring. She also shared with us these great pictures of her in China!
Careful readers of the blog will know that this semester is a great time to explore China with the Art Department. The Gallery is just finishing a month-long retrospective of Lampo Leong's work; furthermore, on Tuesday, October 16 two exhibitions featuring work from China will both open in the Gallery ("Connections: Design and Illustration From Art Schools Around the World", and "The China Trade"). Stay tuned here and to the Gallery blog for more information about those great shows!
Proficiency portfolios this week!
Photo Credit: Kelsey Wiskirchen
The walls of the Art wing of Ophelia Parrish (OP) this week are full of portfolios being displayed by students who have completed the four courses that make up the Foundations program in Art at Truman. Students who have completed Drawing I and II and Design I and II submit five pieces, one from each course, and then a "fifth piece" of their choice that can have come from any of those courses. Students also submit an Artist Statement to accompany their portfolio. During this week, Art faculty members will be reviewing the portfolios and meeting with students to discuss how students are doing. The portfolios will be up until Friday of this week, so stop by to see some of the great work on display!
Reception and gallery talk by Prof. Wiskirchen!
We hope to see everyone on Tuesday, October 2, 6:00 p.m. in the University Art Gallery (OP 1114) for a gallery talk by and reception for Prof. Kelsey Wiskirchen. The events will be held in connection with the exhibition Handed On: New Works by Kelsey Viola Wiskirchen in the Side Gallery. That exhibition, as well as the Lampo Leong retrospective, will close this Friday, October 5, so if you haven't been by the Gallery, do stop in before Saturday!
Stay tuned to this blog and to the University Art Gallery blog for information about what will be coming up next in the Gallery!
Alumnus hired at Portland Art Museum
Mike Murawski teaching in the St. Louis Art Museum
Heartiest congratulations to Art Department alumnus Dr. Mike Murawski (BA Art History 1999) who has just beed hired as the Director of Education & Public Programs at the Portland Art Museum in Portland, Oregon. Since graduating from Truman, Dr. Murawski earned a PhD in Education from American University in Washington D.C. and returned to the St. Louis area for positions first at the Mildred Lane Kemper Museum at Washington University and then was hired as Director of School Services at the St. Louis Art Museum. While at SLAM, Dr. Murawski developed a popular Museum Education internship, in which a number Truman Art History majors have participated; in addition, Truman students have been often hosted at SLAM by Dr. Murawski, and have benefitted from campus lectures by both him and his wife, Prof. Bryna Campbell who is a PhD candidate in Art History at Washington University in St. Louis working on early twentieth-century American art. We will miss having Mike, Bryna, and their family so close by but send them all good wishes as they make this exciting move!
Prof. Derezinski show!
Congratulations to Prof. Matt Derezinski (Visual Communication) who will have a solo show at Kishwaukee College in Malta, Illinois. The exhibition will be called "thoughts of perception" and will include the two works pictured here ("Hidden Garden" above, and "Choices 2" below). Congratulations!
Prof. Xu’s summer
We identified some of the faculty summer activities in a recent post, but will be highlighting some in the coming weeks. Here is some great information from Prof. Ping Xu (Visual Communication) about his summer!
"After my visiting designer trip to University of Texas at Arlington and my solo show at University of Texas–Arlington in April, I visited Truman's sister school, Shanghai University during my home trip to Shanghai, and met with Viscomm Prof. Du Shiying of SU's Fine Art College. We had a nice conversation about the upcoming event, the Cross Connections 2012 International Design Exhibition, and a possible summer school student exchange program. In addition, I curate and keep contacts with China Central Academy of Fine Arts, Luxun Academy of Fine Arts, and Sint-Lucas Ghent Belgium".
Stay tuned here for more information about "Cross Connections 2012", which will feature international graphic design from the Central Academy of Fine Arts (China), Luxun Academy of Fine Arts (China), the National School of Fine Arts (Mexico), Shanghai University (China), Sint-Lucas Ghent (Belgium), and The University of Texas – Arlington, The University of Texas – Pan American, and Truman State University, all of which are in the States.
Prof. Xu also kindly shared with us the pictures of Shanghai which appear with this post.
Student Clubs Get Started
The Art Department hosts a wide variety of clubs for students interested in various areas relevant to the Department. Most of those clubs are in the process now of getting started and seeking new members.
For example, Truman's student chapter of the American Institute of Graphic Artists (AIGA) is holding a barbecue this coming Thursday for any students interested in joining AIGA. The barbecue will be held on Thursday, September 6 at 6:00 p.m. on the Quad side of Ophelia Parrish.
And Art History Society (AHS), the club for any students interested in Art History, has already had their first meeting and is getting ready to unveil a new format for their long-standing service of hosting study sessions for students in any Art History class. AHS meets weekly this semester on Wednesdays at 7:00 p.m. in OP 2111 and can be reached by e-mail at ahstruman@gmail.com.
The Art Department also hosts the following clubs for the following areas: The Bad Acids (printmaking); Clay People (ceramics); Fibers Club (fibers); and Kappa Pi (national honorary art organization). Stay tuned for more information about those clubs, or contact the Art Department at art@truman.edu with questions.
Gallery talk and opening tonight
Image Credit: Lampo Leung
Tonight, two great new exhibitions open the University Art Gallery's 2012-2013 season. In the main gallery will be a retrospective exhibition of work by Lampo Leung. Prof. Leung is the Maxwell C. Weiner Distinguished Professor, Missouri University of Science &Technology in Rolla, Missouri, and Professor of Art at the University of Missouri-Columbia. In addition, he serves as Honorary Visiting Professor at the South China Normal University, Honorary Master Painter at the Guangzhou Painting Academy, and Honorary Visiting Professor, Guangzhou Academy of Fine Arts, all in Guangzhou, Guangdong, China. Prof. Leung will also give a public talk about his work on Tuesday, September 4 at 5:30 p.m. in OP 2210. For more information about Prof. Leung's work, please visit his website.
Also opening in the Spotlight Gallery is an exhbition of fibers work by Visiting Professor (and Truman alumna) Kelsey Wiskirchen. For more information about and images of Prof. Wiskirchen's work, please read our previous blog post or visit her own blog.
An opening reception for both exhibitions will be held tonight, Tuesday, September 4th, at 6:30 p.m. in the University Art Gallery (OP 1114). Hope to see you there!
To stay up-to-date on Gallery goings-on, remember to check out the Gallery's own blog as well as this one.