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Posted on September 13, 2010 by art history faculty Art History, Department, News and Events, Student Groups, Website

Renaissance Art in St. Louis!

Some of the students who participated in the trip in front of the St. Louis Art Museum

A group of students, mostly Art History majors and mostly from ART324 Renaissance Art and ART428 Topics in Art History: Reading Michelangelo recently visited two exhibitions in St. Louis. Students went to the St. Louis Art Museum to see a wonderful exhibition entitled "The Mourners". This show featured stunning alabaster sculptures originally made for the tomb of Jean sans Peur (John the Fearless), Duke of Burgundy who died in 1419; these late Medieval/early Renaissance works were paired with an early twenty-first-century video installation by the American artist Bill Viola entitled Visitation. In addition, at the Vatican Splendors show at the Missouri History Museum, students had the chance to see autograph documents by artists such as Michelangelo and Bernini as well as a sculpture probably by Michelangelo, as well as lots of other items from the Vatican collections in Rome. In addition, students had the chance to meet with Truman alumni Dr. Mike Murawski (Director of School Services, St. Louis Art Museum) and Ms. Lisa Gilbert (Education Coordinator, Missouri History Museum) to discuss musuem work, education in the museum settings, and internships available through both organizations.

One of the mourner figures for the tomb of John the Fearless

Posted on September 7, 2010 by art history faculty Art History, Department, Faculty Scholarship and Creative Work, News and Events, Website

Dr. Orel in London!

Dr. Sara Orel, Professor of Art History, is teaching for the Missouri in London Program this semester. As classes only get started this week, she has been working at the Egypt Exploration Society library (shown above), where she is preparing a paper to be given at the Third British Egyptology Congress. The conference will be at the British Museum on September 11th and 12th. Dr. Orel will be talking about her investigation of Gebel el-Haridi, a multi-period site in Upper Egypt.

Leave a comment Posted on August 30, 2010 by art history faculty Art History, News and Events, Student Groups

Art History Society First Meeting!

The first meeting of the Art History Society will be Tuesday, August 31 at 6:00 p.m. in OP2250. AHS is the club for any Truman student (regardless of major) interested in Art History. The club takes trips to see great art and to participate in national conferences, as well as holds fundraisers (including the very popular Art History Cupcakes sale!) and run the popular AHS Study Sessions to work with any student in any Art History course needing some extra support–as well as lots of other great activities! Any questions? Please contact AHS at ahstruman@gmail.com

See you there!

Leave a comment Posted on May 21, 2010 by art history faculty Art History, Department, Faculty Scholarship and Creative Work

Have a Great Summer!

Prof. Wynne Wilbur demonstrating maiolica ceramic technique at Bracker's Ceramics.

The summer is upon us, and so the Art Department blog will be taking a break unless we receive groundbreaking news! Here's some more specific news of what some of the Art Department faculty members will be up to this summer in addition to the good work all faculty members will be doing on course prep, mentoring students, teaching, making art, and doing research. So, for now, happy reading and we'll see you in the Fall!

Wynne Wilbur just finished teaching a workshop at Bracker's Ceramics in Lawrence, Kansas.

Ping Xu will spend the summer in Shanghai. While there, he will visit the Luxun Academy of Fine Arts, one of top three Chinese art schools where he will discuss some details for the coming international exchange show at Truman's University Art Gallery in Fall 2010. Follow some of Prof. Xu's activites at his Flickr site.

Aaron Fine has received an artist residency at the Kimmel Harding Nelson Center for the Arts in Nebraska City, Nebraska.

Jim Jereb will be serving in May as an historical consultant at the Deutscheim Historic Site in Hermann, Missouri. In June, he will have a solo exhibition at the Loveland Art Center in Loveland, Colorado as well as a group exhibition at the Centennial Gallery in Centennial, Wyoming. In addition, he will be teaching a letterpress workshop at the Wyoming Photography Institute in Riverton, Wyoming as well as serving from May – August as a consultant and instructor at the Wyoming Territory Historic Museum in Laramie, Wyoming.

Julia DeLancey will be working on two articles related to color sellers in sixteenth-century Venice.

Priya Kambli will has a solo show at the XVI Encuentros Abiertos: Festival de la Luz 2010 in Buenos Aires, Argentina in August and will be traveling there to participate in the Festival.

See you in the Fall!!

Posted on May 17, 2010 by art history faculty Art History, Department, News and Events

Some Student Summer Plans

Truman Art students will be heading off throughout the world this summer…here are some of the plans we've heard about (in no particular order):

Anna Jahn (Studio: Painting) has received a competitive paid internship at Dreamworks Studios in Hollywood.

Sarah Schneider (Vis Comm) has an internship in the Department of Graphic Design at the Lance Armstrong Foundation, in Austin, Texas.

Erin Semple (Vis Comm) has an internship at Fair City News in Springfield, Missouri and at the Wannenmacher Advertising Agency, also in Springfield.

Alyssa Noe (Vis Comm) has an internship with Windsor Crossing Community Church in St. Louis.

Chelsea Shelton (Vis Comm) has an internship with St. Louis Magazine.

Morgan Sachs (Vis Comm) has an internship with Programming and PR at Dance St. Louis.

Emily James (Vis Comm) has an internship at Nestle Purina.

Huyen Dinh (Vis Comm) has an internship at H&J Productions in Hanoi, VIetnam.

Danielle Hill (Vis Comm) has an internship with the advertising agency Trungale Egan & Associates in Chicago.

Corinne Nagel (Vis Comm) has an internship with the St. Louis Artists' Guild as well as a paid internship with Scottrade in St. Louis in the Multimedia Department doing Flash and After Effect videos.

Andrew Doering (Vis Comm) has an internship doing flash animation and digital signage with New Ground in Chesterfield, Missouri.

Tara Larson (Vis Comm) has an internship with The Web Marketing Group of Marsh Global Consumer, Affinity and Private Client Solutions in Urbandale, Illinois.

Valerie Lazalier (Art History) received a competitive internship with the Harry S. Truman Library and Museum in Independence, Missouri.

Jaime Chambers (Art History) was accepted to participate (and will participate) in a SHUMLA Field Methods in Rock Art archaeological field school in Texas.

Stephanie Barry (Art History) will be interning at the Kirksville Arts Association.

Ruby Jenkins (Art History) will be returning to her summer work and travel in Italy with Travel for Teens as well as working as a preceptor for Truman's Joseph Baldwin Academy.

Congratulations to each and all!

Posted on May 11, 2010 by art history faculty Art History, Department, MAE, News and Events

Congratulations Graduates!

Congratulations to all the Art students who graduated on Saturday! Best wishes and please do keep in touch. Here are some of the things that some of our very newly minted graduates will be up to this summer and the coming year (in no particular order).

Alex Merchant: accepted into the MFA program at the University of Tennessee

Megan Klco: accepted into the MFA program at the Kendall College of Art & Design at Ferris State University (Michigan)

Katibeth Lee: will be working at the Houston Area Women's Center, Houston, Texas

Rachel Bock: has been accepted into the MFA program in Costume Design at the University of MIssouri-Kansas City

Julia Curran: year-long residency at Evil Prints, a professional art studio printshop in St. Louis

Galen Gibson-Cornell: one-year internship at the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art (Kansas City) as well as accepted into the graduate program at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, awarded a full-ride stipend and a graduate teaching position.

Matt James: summer internship at Evil Prints, professional art studio printmaking studio led by artist Tom Huck

Rosemary Melton: summer internship at Firecracker Press, a professional letterpress shop in St. Louis (2009); Accepted into the MAE program at Truman State University for Fall 2010

Alex Thierry: accpeted into the MAE program at Truman State University for Fall 2010

Sarah McKee: accepted into the MAE program at Truman State University for Fall 2010

Samantha Lyons: accepted into the Art History graduate program at the University of Kansas

Cecilia Muruato: has been awarded a Teaching Assistantship in France at the Academie de Nantes for the 2010 – 2011 academic year

Natalie Hall: accepted into the immersion program at IFALPES University in Chambery, France. She will also be tutoring French students in English while there

Posted on May 5, 2010 by art history faculty Art History, Department, News and Events

Art Student Awards!

Congratulations to Art majors who were honored this afternoon by Art Department faculty members at a reception in OP (Ophelia Parrish, the building on campus that houses Art, Music, and Theatre as well as the School of Arts & Letters). Some students listed below were selected by the faculty to receive awards that recognize academic achievement and dedication to their area, or extraordinary service to the Art Department. Others applied for and earned (pending final grades) Departmental Honors. Finally, others applied for and were selected by the Art faculty to receive competitive Art-related scholarships (see also this link). Department chair, Prof. Rusty Nelson, served as master of ceremonies.

Congratulations to all!

ACADEMIC AWARDS

Undergraduate Student of the Year: Art (overall): Megan Dowdy

Outstanding Student in Studio Art: Allison Sissom

Outstanding Student in Visual Communications: Andrea Bailey

Outstanding Student in Art History: Cecilia Muruato

DEPARTMENTAL HONORS

Art History:

Cecilia Muruato

Samantha Lyons

Studio:

Bonnie Frisch

Katibeth Lee

Rosemary Melton

Leslie Song

Vis Comm:

Megan Dowdy

Jordan Worcester

DEPARTMENT CHAIR SERVICE AWARD

Valerie Lazalier

ART-RELATED FOUNDATION SCHOLARSHIPS (winner's name is preceded by the name of the Foundation scholarship)

Talley/Johnson – Anna Youngyeun

Unger – Joyce Wong

Kraus – Ashley May

Jamison – Michelle Kimberlin

Hearst - Andrew Doering

Janna Langholz

Samantha Wheeler

McGuire - Laura Wellington

ART DEPARTMENT SCHOLARSHIPS – Returning students

Rocio Mauricio

Sara Rudder

Julianne Gross

Valerie Lazalier

Posted on April 23, 2010 by art history faculty Art History, Department, Faculty Scholarship and Creative Work, News and Events

Art Department Alumni and Faculty at Renaissance conference in Italy!

Three Art History alumni and one faculty member participated in this year’s Renaissance Society of America’s annual meeting held in Venice, Italy; the Renaissance Society of America is the leading international conference on Renaissance studies. Dr. John Garton (BA, Art History and Studio Art; currently Assistant Professor o f Art History, Clark University) presented a paper entitled “The Siege Ladders of Leonardo da Vinci” in a session honoring his doctoral supervisor, Dr. Colin Eisler (Institute of Fine Arts at New York University); Jasmine Cloud (BA, Art History; currently a PhD candidate in Italian Baroque Art at Temple University), was selected to give a paper entitled “A Shifting Sense of the Past: The Early Modern Interpretation of the Façade of San Marco” in a session honoring the historian of Venetian art, Dr. Patricia Fortini Brown (Princeton University); Leslie Contarini (BA, Art History; currently working for the art restoration organization Save Venice) helped to organize and host a session sponsored by Save Venice, entitled “Recent Restorations in Venice: Titian, Tintoretto, Veronese”; and Dr. Julia DeLancey (Professor of Art, Art Department) was invited to give a paper entitled “L’importantissima mercanzie”: mapping color sellers (vendecolori) and visual environments in Renaissance Venice” in a session on period eyes and urban space. Dr. DeLancey also chaired a session entitled "In Search of the Venetian Popolani I: Identities and Representations". Please see the conference program for more information (the relevant abstracts are available in the .pdf on pages 142 (Garton), 1 (Cloud), 175 (DeLancey: chair) and 671 (DeLancey: paper) and for the Save Venice session, please see page 11 of the Special Events section of the program.

(Leslie Contarini, John Garton, and Jasmine Fry in the Centro Don Orione, Dorsoduro, Venice)

Posted on April 21, 2010 by art history faculty Art History, Department, News and Events

Art History Students at National Research Conference

(A view of the campus of the University of Montana)

Four Art History students presented last week at the National Conference for Undergraduate Research at the University of Montana in Missoula.

Two of the students presented aspects of their Senior Thesis projects:

Samantha Lyons presented a paper entitled: "Jeff Koons: Artistic Parody and False Comfort in the Consumer Age".

Cecilia Muruato presented a paper entitled: 'The Mexican Baroque: Survival of Indigenous Artistic Traditions".

Natalie Hall presented on a project for which she received a Truman State University Student Research Stipend: "A Byzantine Traveling Icon: The Hands-On Study of Iconography, Manufacture, and Provenance".

Luke Icenogle presented a paper he wrote originally for ART324 Renaissance Art: "Masculine Homosocial Identity in Donatello's bronze David"

Congratulations to all four on an outstanding job.

Posted on April 14, 2010 by art history faculty Art History, News and Events

Art History Major & Alumni Fall 2010 Plans!

(The Château de Boigne, site of the IFALPES University language school; photo by Natalie Hall)

Congratulations to students and alumni on great news about summer and fall 2010 plans!

Natalie Hall (anticipated graduation, May 2010, Art History major) has been accepted into the immersion program at IFALPES University in Chambery, France. She will also be tutoring French students in English while there.

Samantha Lyons (anticipated graduation, May 2010, double-major in English & Art History) will be attending the Master's degree program in Art History at the University of Kansas' Kress Department of Art History.

Cecilia Muruato (anticipated graduation, May 2010, double-major in Art History & French) has been awarded a Teaching Assistantship in France at the Academie de Nantes for the 2010 – 2011 academic year.

Lauren Walton (BA, Art History, 2008) will be attending the University of Connecticut's Masters program, also in Art History. Lauren has been offered a teaching assistantship which will cover tuition and also includes a small stipend. She will be working with one of the Art History survey classes at UConn.

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