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Congratulations Studio Seniors plus Gallery Opening plus Art History Presentations!

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Photo Credit:  print by Danielle Pahls;  photo by Aaron Fine.

Lots going on in this last week of classes!

All Art History majors are required–sometime during their time at Truman–to complete some sort of art historical experience outside of the classroom.  This might be an internship, study abroad, a workshop, or lots of other possibilities.  Students then share their experiences with the campus community;  on Monday, December 5 at 7:00 p.m. in OP 2210 the Art History Society (the club for students interested in Art History) will be hosting a series of presentations by students who completed their experience in Summer 2011.  Please join us to learn more from Amy Hall, April Johnston, Allie Straussner, and Elmer Stunkel about internships at both the DUMBO Arts Center in Brooklyn, New York and at the St. Louis Art Museum (with Truman Art History alum Dr. Mike Murawski), and study exchange in the Czech Republic!

Everyone is also invited to the University Art Gallery on Tuesday, December 6th at 6:00 p.m. for the opening of the exhibition of work by students planning to graduate with a BA: Art or BFA:  Studio Art degree.  The exhibition will be up through Friday, December 9 and will feature work by Sarah Harford, Sierra McCown, Danielle Pahls, Amanda Rispoli, and Sammy Wheeler.  As always, the exhibition is free and open to the public, and (again, as always) refreshments will be served at the opening.  More information on Gallery events can be found at http://tsugallery.org.

Hope you can join us to support and congratulate these students!

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Happy Thanksgiving (and feasting)

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Photo Credit:  Sara Orel

Last year for Thanksgiving break we featured a picture of luxurious ceramic serving vessels;  this year, again thinking of feasting and celebration, and again from Dr. Sara Orel, a picture from one of her study abroad trips to Cairo in Egypt.  The picture, taken after a huge feast on a boat sailing along the Nile, shows a then-Truman student (now alumna) dancing with two of the trip's taxi drivers.

For more on Dr. Orel's work in Egyptology and travels to Egypt, see this week's great feature on her in Truman's award-winning student newspaper, The Index.

For now, have a happy Thanksgiving and visit us again here at the Art blog after Thanksgiving break for news about Gallery openings, etc.

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Ancient Egyptian Old Kingdom mastaba (tomb) from Saqqara showing food offerings being brought to the tomb owner;  the basket includes figs.  Photo Credit:  Sara Orel

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Congratulations to Art History almuna!

Hearty congratulations to Art Department aluma Heidi (Willhauck) Cook (BA:  Art History, 2007).  Heidi recently let us know that she had received her MA in the History of Art and Architecture from the University of Pittsburgh.  Her masters thesis was entitled:  "Peasants and Politics: Croatian Ethnography and Nationalism in the Work of Maksimilijan Vanka". 

Heidi has been accepted into the PhD program at the University of Pittsburgh, also in the History of Art and Architecture where she will be working on a dissertation on Modern central European art and design.  Her university website reports that "her current research focuses on the social and political significance of depictions of folk culture in early twentieth century Central and Eastern Europe. More broadly, her work analyzes visual constructions of nationalism." (http://www.haa.pitt.edu/person/heidi-cook)

Congratulations, Heidi!

If you are an alum and have news to send us, we'd love to hear from you!  Just e-mail art@truman.edu.

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Upcoming Gallery Event

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Lots and lots of great things have been going on in the Department and the University in the last few weeks:  talks on what it means to be a public institution and a liberal arts institution, faculty research presentations, and many other good events.

Next week Monday the University Art Gallery is hosting "Talking 'Bout a Revolution:  a discussion of posters of social protest".  The event is co-sponsored by the Departments of Art, Biology, and Society & Environment so thanks to that interdisciplinary group for good support.  Here's what the Gallery says about the event:  "Your experiences with the artworks on display in "Up Against the Wall:  Posters of Social Protest" will be central to this open-ended discussion".

This exciting discussion will take place on Monday, November 14 beginning at 7:00 p.m. in the University Art Gallery (OP 1114).  Hope to see you there!  As always, more information about gallery events is available at http://tsugallery.org.

 

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New Shows in the Gallery!

Two new exhibitions open in the Gallery on Tuesday, October 18:

Up Against the Wall:  Posters of Social Protest, organized by the University of Texas at El Paso

This exhibition features the work of thirteen international graphic designers who have made work in response to issues of social justice.

Deanna Dikeman:  New Work from the Art Omi Residency

Deanna Dikeman is a Kansas City-based photographer who recently won the Art Omi Residency at the the Omi International Art Center in upstate New York;  the exhibition in Truman's Gallery features work produced during this residency.  Her work is in the collections of museums including the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art and Museum of Contemporary Photography in Chicago.

The opening reception will be Tuesday, October 18 at 6:00 p.m.  Hope to see you there! And for more about these shows, and related programming, check out the Gallery blog.

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Study Abroad and Internships in China!

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Students and faculty at the Great Wall in China.  All Photos:  Ping Xu.

This past summer, Art Department faculty member Prof. Ping Xu (Visual Communication), together with Prof. Julie Minn (Classical and Modern Languages, Chinese), took a group of c. eighteen Truman State University students to China for seven weeks;  seven of the students were Visual Communications majors.  Students were in both Beijing and Shanghai.

While in Shanghai, the Vis Comm majors conducted a five-week internship at the top-ten ranked advertising agency, TBWA.

Students also visited the Great Wall, the Forbidden City, and Pingyao, a 3000-year old ancient town in Shanxi province in addition to many other sites;  they also saw the famous ancient terra cotta warriors of Qin Shi Huang, the first emperor of China.

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IMG_1123Students and faculty at the Forbidden City, Beijing.

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Last Chance to See the Faculty Show in the Gallery

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Featured artist Prof. John Bohac discusses his work with Art students in the Gallery.  Prof. Bohac's work appears in the background.  Photo Credit: Ping Xu.

If you haven't seen the Faculty Show in the University Art Gallery or have been meaning to see it one last time, this week is your last chance!  The show, which features work by Profs. John Bohac (Painting), Julia Karll (Fibers), and Ping Xu (Visual Communications) will close Friday afternoon (October 7).  Stay tuned here for information about the next Gallery exhibitions…opening reception will be Tuesday, October 18th!  As always, more information also available at the Art Gallery blog.

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Art History Graduate News!

 

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Congratulations to Valerie Lazalier (Art History, 2011) who just let us know that she has been accepted into the masters program in the History of Art at Indiana University.  This fall, Valerie began the masters program in Library and Information Science, also at Indiana University, so she will be working towards degrees in both Library and Information Science and the History of Art.

In addition, Valerie was selected to work as a part-time registrar's assistant in the Registrar's Office of the Indiana University Art Museum.  She sent this picture of her in front of the museum building which was designed by the renowned contemporary architect I.M. Pei (who also designed additions for the National Gallery in Washington D.C. and the Louvre in Paris).

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Prof. Matthew Derezinski recent exhibitions

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Prof. Matt Derezinski (Visual Communications) had work accepted in the Chelsea Biannial Art Exhibition 2011 in New York, New York.

His work will also be printed in Best of Photography 2011 and Artist Portfolio Magazine, Winter 2011.

And finally, he won a Photography Award at the Connecticut Academy of Fine Arts 100th Annual Exhibition and was the Director's Choice for the Viridian Artists' First International Juried Photography Exhibition in New York City.

Congratulations!

To follow Prof. Derezinski's work, please visit:  http://mderezinski.wordpress.com/ .