Faculty Scholarship and Creative Work

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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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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/ .

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Selected Summer Faculty Activities

Of course, all Art faculty members will, this summer, be working on things such as preparing classes for next academic year, reading, and doing scholarship and creative work.  Here's some examples of what profs will be up to:

Prof. Ping Xu will be leading a Truman State University study abroad trip to China.

Prof. Matthew Derezinski has had his work selected for exhibition in 15 shows since January.

Prof. Aaron Fine, Prof. Priya Kambli, and Dr. Sara Orel all received Truman State University competitive Summer Research Fellowships.

Dr. Sara Orel will be studying and preparing publication of Gebel al Haridi survey in Egypt.

Dr. Julia DeLancey will be conducting archival research in Italy.

 

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Alumni and Faculty at Renaissance Conference in Montreal

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The international Renaissance Society of America gathered last week in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.  Three Truman State University Art History alumni and one faculty member were actively involved in conference proceedings.  Prof. Jasmine Cloud, a Ph.D. candidate at Temple University, presented a paper entitled "Reviving the Heart (of the City):  The Renovation of the Churches on the Roman Forum", Dr. Ryan Gregg (Webster University) presented a paper entitled "Vasari's Decorations for the Giovanni Delle Bande Nere Room in the Palazzo Vecchio", and Dr. John Garton (Clark University) organized two sessions entitled "Physiognomy, Disfigurement, and the Early Modern Grotesque", one of which was chaired by Dr. Julia DeLancey (Truman State University).

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Studio Publication…congratulations, Profs. Fine!

Professor of Art, Aaron Fine, and his brother Peter Fine, Associate Professor of Art at New Mexico State University, recently had their paper "Whiteout" published in Racism and Borders: Representation, Repression, Resistance, Jeff Shantz, ed. Algora Publishing. This paper was written collaboratively and was originally presented at the College Art Association Annual Conference in Los Angeles in 2009.

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Gallery-o-rama

Lots of exciting events coming up in the University Art Gallery over the next week:

Thursday and Friday, February 16 & 17, Nancy Mizuno Elliott and Amy Auerbach will be on campus.  Nancy Mizuno Elliott is finishing up her two-year term as the Truman Curatorial Fellow, and has done so by curating the wonderful exhibition "4 Real 4 Faux:  Animating the Vernacular", currently on display in the Gallery.  Amy Auerbach is Gallery Manager at Creativity Explored, the Bay Area arts organization from which much of the work in "4 Real 4 Faux" came.  So, come to some of these great events:

  • Thursday, February 16, 4:30 p.m., OP 2210
    Panel Discussion with Nancy Mizuno Elliotto, Amy Auerbach, and Truman's Gallery Director Aaron Fine
  • Thursday, February 16, 6:00 p.m., University Art Gallery
    Closing reception, "4 Real 4 Faux".  Refreshments will be served.
  • Friday, February 17, 3:30 p.m., University Art Gallery
    Gallery Talk with Nanzy Mizuno Elliott and Amy Auerbach

Congratulations, also, to the next Truman Curatorial Fellow, Brandelyn Dillway (Mt. San Jacinto College).  She will be on campus early next week to jury the Student Juried Exhibition and will give a talk on Monday, February 21 at 6:00 p.m. in OP 2210.

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Renaissance Prints in the Gallery!

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An exhibition of centuries-old artworks is currently on display in the University Art Gallery (Side Gallery) through February 18, 2011.  The exhibition, The Workshop and the World:  Renaissance Prints from Private Collections, features fifteen original artworks by some of the most influential printmakers of the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries, including Albrecht Dürer, Lucas Cranach, and Hendrick Goltzius, as well as a seventeenth-century print by Rembrandt van Rijn.  The exhibition also displays four examples of ekphrasis (a poem written in description of or in response to a work of art) written for the show by four Truman State University faculty poets;  the poems have each then been hand-set and letter press printed by the Truman State University Art Department's Print Shop.

The works in the exhibition are selections on loan from two private collections from collectors with strong Truman State University connections.  These include alumnus Dave Cole and his wife Lily;  this is the second time that the Coles so generously loaned their work to Truman and to the Kirksville community and we are deeply grateful to all the collectors for these wonderful loans.

More information about the show, the works, and special events (including gallery talks, a poetry reading, and a prinmaking demonstration) may be found by visiting:  http://tsugallery.org/workshop-the-world/.

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 Photo Credit:  Valerie Lazalier

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Prof. Kambli’s work acquired by MFA, Houston

Prof. Kambli sent this post with exciting news about her photographs being exhibited in the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston:

Photo Forum 2010 voted to include Priya Kambli's photographs as part of its 2010 acquisition for the Museum of Fine Art in Houston collection. The work will remain on exhibition through January.

Photo Forum is interested in photography as a fine art. The group has a dual purpose: to increase knowledge about the collecting, connoisseurship, and history of photography and to support the museum's growing permanent collection of contemporary photography.

Founded in 1988, Photo Forum sponsors six programs a year and also holds bonus meetings. At the final meeting each year, Photo Forum members vote on acquiring contemporary photographs with their membership dues.

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Prof. Kambli exhibition & book signing in New Orleans

A press release, below, from Prof. Kambli about her wonderful upcoming book signing and exhibition in New Orleans. Congratulations!

PRIYA KAMBLI: COLOR FALLS DOWN

PhotoNOLA Opening Reception & Book Signing Thursday, December 9, 2010 6:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m.

Refreshments provided by Nirvana Indian Cuisine

St. Claude Avenue Arts District Gallery Opening Saturday, December 11, 2010 6:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m.

ANTENNA

3161 Burgundy Street

New Orleans, LA 70117

     Priya Kambli writes:  My photographs visually express the notion of transience and split cultural identity caused by the act of migration. I have been viewing this issue through the lens of my own personal history and cultural journey. My move from India to the United States in 1993 left me feeling that I do not belong fully to either culture – leaving me unable to anchor myself in any particular cultural framework.

 This disconnection from both cultures has changed me. I feel I have a hybrid identity, a patching together of two cultures within one person. Photography has helped me bridge the gap between my two cultures while coming to terms with this dual nature. My digital photographs reflect the tension inherent in this dual nature, by juxtaposing fragmented images, family snapshots, and carefully staged imagery. – Priya Kambli 

 Gallery Hours:

Thursday, December 9, 2010 – 6:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m.

Friday, December 10, 2010 – 4:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.

Saturdays and Sundays 12:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m.

 The Color Falls Down Photo exhibit runs December 9, 2010 – January 2, 2011.

For more information visit: http://www.photonola.org and http://www.scadnola.com  or contact bottletree@gmail.com.