Art History

Posted on March 22, 2013 by art history faculty Art History, Department, News and Events, Website

Various news!

Congratulations to the following Art Department folk on recent(ish) accomplishments!

Prof. Wynne Wilbur (faculty, Ceramics) won the Love of Learning award from The Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi.

Mr. Buck Jones (alumnus, Vis Comm) was one of four featured artists at "Toonfest" in Marceline MO last fall.

Mr. Adam Rowlett (alumnus, Studio) had an exhibition of his work, entitled "Gothic Abstract" at McKinney Avenue Contemporary at Mercantile Coffee House in Dallas.

One of the books for which Ms. Ruby Jenkins (alumna, Art History) did the illustrations is now available through iTunes. The title is "Runley's A Pig in a Tub".

Posted on March 8, 2013 by art history faculty Art History, Department, News and Events, Website

Spring Break!

Photo Credit: Tim Barcus (Campus Photographer)

Even though we're still snow-covered here, Truman State University will be on Spring Break until Monday, March 18 so we hope everyone can enjoy viewing some great art outside of Kirksville.

As a reminder, when you return, check out the two shows in the University Art Gallery: the Student Juried Exhibition, and Futilitarian (and exhibition of work by alumna Danielle Yakle). Congratulations to Ms. Yakle and to all the students who had work selected for the exhibition.

The annual Friends of the Gallery fundraiser will be Friday, March 22. Please contact Aaron Fine (afine@truman.edu or (660)785.5386 if you'd like to know more about that.

For now, have a great break everyone and we'll see you in a little over a week!

Leave a comment Posted on March 1, 2013 by Russell Nelson Art History, Department, News and Events, Student Groups, Website

Kappa Pi Update

Students in Truman's Art Department have initiated a new chapter of Kappa Pi International Honorary Art Fraternity. The fraternity received an official charter earlier this semester, and members are making plans for events this semester. Currently, the fraternity is partnering with a local Lutheran elementary school to teach art classes, and
are preparing to help with the annual Tom Thumb art event.

Truman's Theta Eta Chapter of Kappa Pi at induction earlier this semester.

Kappa Pi members having a bleach tie dye event last semester.

Posted on February 27, 2013October 28, 2016 by art history faculty Art History, Department, Website

Museum & Gallery Internships!

We are coming into the season when applications for internships in Art History–and all areas in Art–come to be due. Here is some further information and some links about some internships that might be of interest to various majors in the Art Department. We will also be updating this list as we learn of more opportunities, so check back often!

Chicago Area

Art Institute of Chicago

Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago

Kansas City Area

The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art

For those of you especially interested in curatorial work, see the Nelson’s Mellon Summer Academy

Kemper Musuem of Contemporary Art

The National Museum of Toys/Miniatures

Contact Dr. Jason McDonald in History at Truman (jasonmcd@truman.edu) about internships for Truman students at the National World War I Museum and Memorial in Kansas City.

Kirksville

Kirksville Arts Association

Truman State University Press

For more information on the Conservation Internship in Special Collections (Pickler Memorial Library), please contact Ms. Amanda Langendoerfer (Director, Special Collections) at alang@truman.edu.

St. Louis Area

St. Louis Art Museum: check website in January for more information or check here.

Contemporary Art Museum

The Pulitzer Foundation: check website for more information

Contact Dr. Jason McDonald in the Department of History at Truman (jasonmcd@truman.edu) about internships for Truman students at both the Missouri History Museum and the Mercantile Library in St. Louis.

Other nearby areas

Des Moines Art Center

Summer Internship at the Harry S. Truman Museum and Library (Independence, Missouri) (before applying, please contact Dr. Jason McDonald in the Department of History at Truman to discuss possibilities to work on art-related projects: jasonmcd@truman.edu).

Daum Museum of Contemporary Art (they often have a Collections Internship on offer; please contact them for more information)

National Internships

McDermott Internships, Dallas Museum of Art

The Walters Art Museum, Diversity in the Arts Internships, Baltimore, MD (paid!)

Smithsonian Institution, Washington D.C.

International Internships

Truman offers various opportunities for internships overseas. Check here for information about overseas internships through Truman’s Center for International Education, or here for information about the Truman in Washington program which also offers interships overseas!

Archival internship in Florence, Italy at the Medici Archive Project (scroll down to “Opportunities”; reading ability in Italian is likely required).

In addition, any urban area (or rural too!) will have art galleries, not-for-profit arts organizations, and the like so check Google to see what might be available. Listed above are some of the places where Truman students have found internships, but lots more are available. Students, please talk with your academic advisors, also, about more opportunities, including those outside the Midwest if you are interested!

Posted on February 26, 2013 by art history faculty Art History, Department, Faculty Scholarship and Creative Work, News and Events, Website

Truman at CAA!

Photo Credit: Sara E. Orel

Last week in New York was the annual meeting of the College Art Association, the national professional organization for artists, designers, and art historians. Truman's Art Department in general, and the Art History program in particular, were very well represented! Four faculty members attended, as well as one current student, and a variety of Art History alumni. The picture above shows some of the alumni who came to a breakfast for Art History students and alumni on Thursday morning of the conference.

The conference was a great chance for faculty, students, and alumni to attend sessions on everything from using social media in the museum world to Egyptology to the 100th anniversary of the 1913 Armory Show to the popular television show "Mad Men". Two alumni also presented papers on their research, and the current student and one of the alumni were selected to work as session assistants for CAA. In addition, with the wide range of museums and galleries in Manhattan, everyone was able to see some great art!

Hope to see you there next year!

Posted on February 12, 2013 by art history faculty Art History, Department, News and Events, Student Groups, Website

Alumni back on campus!

In the past week we have been pleased and fortunate to have back on campus two Art Department alumni to work with students and the Department!

Last week, Heidi (Willhauck) Cook came back to meet with Art History Society and with students in ART 329 Historical Methods. Heidi is currently a Ph.D. candidate in Art History at the University of Pittsburgh where she is working on Modern European art.

This week, Galen Gibson-Cornell gave a wonderful campus-wide talk about his own work and worked with students and others in the Print Shop. Galen is currently in the MFA program at the University of Wisconsin-Madison where he focuses on lithography.

We are very grateful to both for coming back to campus and sharing their expertise with us.

If you are an alum and have news to share with us, please drop us an e-mail at art@truman.edu!

Posted on November 27, 2012 by art history faculty Art History, Department, News and Events, Website

Alumnus returns to speak on Federico Barocci show at the St. Louis Art Museum

Federico Barocci, Italian, c. 1533-1612; "Annunciation", 1582-84; oil on canvas; 97 5/8 x 67 inches; Vatican Museums, Vatican City; photo copyright Vatican Museums

We are looking forward very much to welcoming back an Art Department alumnus to campus later this week! Prof. Chris Naffziger (BA Art History, 2000) is Research Assistant in Early European Art to 1800 at the St. Louis Art Museum and teaches Art History at Lindenwood University. He will be returning to speak about two projects he is actively involved in. The first is the exhibition currently in display at the St. Louis Art Museum about sixteenth-century Italian Renaissance painter Federico Barocci (http://www.slam.org/barocci); the exhibition travels from St. Louis to The National Gallery in London (under a different title). Chris will speak about Barocci with Dr. Julia DeLancey's ART 324 Renaissance Art class, and then will give a public lecture about his work on the exhibition: "You Spent How Many Years Working on This?: Reflections on Mounting a Major Renaissance Painting and Drawing Exhibition", Thursday, November 29, 4:15 p.m., OP 2210.

In addition, Prof. Naffziger writes the popular and award-winning blog, St. Louis Patina, which chronicles architecture in one of Missouri's most well-known cities. Prof. Naffziger will be working with Dr. Cole Woodcox's JINS course on architecture while on campus. The blog was awarded "Best Architecture Blog" by The Riverfront Times in St. Louis.

All events are free and open to the public; hope to see you there!

Federico Barocci, Italian, c. 1533-1612; "Study for the Head of the Virgin Mary for the Annunciation"; chalk and pastel on blue paper; 11 3/4 x 9 inches; Lent by Her Majesty the Queen Elizabeth II, The Royal Collection copyright 2011 Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II/The Bridgeman Art LIbrary

Posted on November 12, 2012 by art history faculty Art History, Department, Faculty Scholarship and Creative Work, News and Events, Website

“Discussing the China Trade” panel discussion!

Please join us Tuesday, November 13 at 6:00 p.m. in OP 2210 for a panel discussion "Discussing the China Trade". This event will involve three short talks by three experts involved in the exhibition The China Trade, currently on display in the University Art Gallery. The presenters and topics are as follows:

Elizabeth Porter (Managing Director, Nanking Porcelain Company): “The Modern China Trade: A Personal Perspective"

April Johnston (junior Art History and English double major at Truman State University): “Ming and Qing Dynasty Porcelain in the St. Louis Art Museum”

Wynne Wilbur (Associate Professor of Art, Truman State University): “Jingdezhen”

As always, this event is free and open to the public. Hope to see you there!

Posted on October 17, 2012 by art history faculty Art History, Department, Faculty Scholarship and Creative Work, News and Events, Website

The China Trade

Photo Credits: Sara Orel
In the side gallery from October 16^th to November 16^th 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.

Posted on October 15, 2012 by art history faculty Art History, Department, Faculty Scholarship and Creative Work, News and Events, Website

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!

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