Congratulations to Prof. John Bohac on his juried show featuring current work at The Gallery at the University City Public Library in St. Louis. More works can be seen at the Gallery website and if you're in St. Louis, please come to the opening reception on Sunday, September 12 from 2:00 – 4:00 p.m.! The show will be up from September 1 – 25, 2010 so please do stop by.
One Prof. Xu's photographs of the Expo 2010 pavilions in Shanghai.
Incoming students are moving in this weekend. Kirksville is going to be absolutely crazy. Have fun at Walmart buying all your dorm survival gear. You will have your first Truman Week class on Sunday and be sure to attend Major Day activities in the gallery on Tuesday at 3:30. You will get to meet the entire Art faculty. If you have an AP credit portfolio to review, drop it off at OP1109 (department office) or OP1221 (my office). Stop by and say hello. Rusty
If you are interested in working in Fine Arts Publications (FAP) as a large-format inkjet Print Monitor, apply today! FAP has two big printers… they are pretty cool and fun to drive. We are going to be busy and need interested, dedicated workers. Apply today!
Print Monitor Job Description
WANTED: students with electronic/digital understanding and aptitude to serve as print monitors in FAP. FAP has two EPSON large-format inkjet roll printers (Stylus Pro 7900, 24 inch and Stylus Pro 9600, 44 inch). This printing service is utilized by the entire university community – administration, department, faculty and students.
Print monitors will be responsible for the work flow of inkjet/laser printing submitted to FAP's printing service. Applicants must be able to dedicate 4 to 5 hours a week on a routine schedule. Applicants must be reliable and dedicated to provide excellent service.
Knowledge and experience with Macintosh OS is preferred, but not required. Ability and confidence to interact with "clients" and troubleshot technical issues with digital files and hardware is a must. Work load will vary through the course of the year. Great opportunity to develop and refine production management abilities.
Scholarship and Work Study workers are welcome to apply. Limited institutional funds may be available. Available work hours are Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
If interested: apply through Tru-Positions
If you are an incoming freshman or transfer student with AP or transfer art credit, you need to submit a Request for Substitution Credit application to the Department Chair in OP1221 if you want this credit to substitute for course required in the major. The form can be obtained in the Art Department Office in OP1109. You are also required to submit a portfolio of work from the course you want to substitute. The faculty will review the portfolio to assess if the work is comparable to the Truman Art course. This review will take place at the first department meeting on August 31st. Please drop off portfolios at OP1221 prior to the 31st. Normally, if substitution is not granted, the credit is assigned as Art Elective credit. If you have questions, please contact art@truman.edu.
If you are planning on being an Studio Art, Visual Communications or Art History major, be sure to attend the Major Day activities in Ophelia Parrish on August 24th. You'll meet all the art department professors and get an overview of the department and programs. If you have any questions about your first semester at Truman, this will be the time to get some answers. If you are undecided and have no place better to be… you are more than welcome to attend. Stop by. The fun begins at 3:30 in the University Art Gallery. There will be food.
Less than a month before classes begin. Freshmen will arrive for Truman Week on August 21st and will have the campus mostly to themselves for a few days. We are looking forward to a new academic semester and hope everyone has had a good break. See you soon in Ophelia Parrish.
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!!
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!
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