Prof. Brian Seymour (Community College of Philadelphia) will give a talk entitled "Making Sense of China's Exploding Art Market", discussing the dynamic changes occurring in the art world in China, especially Shanghai.
Tuesday, February 9, 6:00 p.m., OP2210.
This image shows one of the pots being removed from the packing case in which it arrived from Toronto.
This spring, Kirksville and Truman State University are fortunate enough to play host to a collection of ancient Egyptian pottery on loan from the Royal Ontario Museum in Toronto, Canada (http://www.rom.on.ca/). This extraordinary loan, and the resultant exhibition "Vessels of the Past", have been arranged by Truman Egyptologist and Art Historian Dr. Sara E. Orel. Dr. Orel did her doctoral work in Toronto and traveled there to select these remarkable objects. The exhibition will be in the University Art Gallery (Ophelia Parrish) through Tuesday, February 16, with closing recption on the 16th at 6:00 p.m.
In addition, Dr. Orel has been invited to present a talk about her research on Egyptology as part of the Truman Faculty Forum series (http://forum.truman.edu). Her talk, "The Garstang Excavations at Beni Hasan, Egypt", will take place on Tuesday, January 26 at 7:00 p.m. in Magruder Hall Rm. 2001. For more information see: http://forum.truman.edu/html/current.html. The Forum aims to present faculty research in an accessible manner to both the campus and community.
Thanks and congratulations to Dr. Orel!
Art History junior Valerie Lazalier has just been awarded a Harry S. Truman Presidential Library and Museum Internship for June & July 2009. CONGRATULATIONS, Valerie!
To learn more about the Truman Library & Museum, please visit http://www.trumanlibrary.org/index.php To learn more about the internship, please visit: http://www.trumanlibrary.org/voluntee/intern.htm or contact Dr. Jeff Gall (History) at jgall@truman.edu. A link to Valerie's Rome study abroad blog also appears on the right of this very blog.
Allison Meadows (BA, Art History, 2008, Truman State University) recently received an MS degree in Material Anthropology and Museum Ethnography from Oxford University in the U.K. and sent us this picture. Congratulations, Allison!
On Monday, October 26 at 5:30 p.m. in OP2210, four Art History majors will give presentations about their Out-of-Classroom experiences. These experiences are part of the Art History major and students may choose to do anything that takes them out of the classroom and allows them to apply their art historical knowledge in new settings. In the past, students have done internships, learned art-making techniques such as fresco, studied abroad, participated in archaeological digs, and so on. The following students, who completed their Out-of-Classroom Experiences during Summer 2009, will present on Monday:
Ruby Jenkins, study abroad in Florence
Valerie Lazalier, study abroad in Rome
Samantha Lyons, study abroad in France
Cecilia Muruato, study abroad in Rome
The presentations will be followed by an informal reception including snacks and are organized by the Art History Society (the club for students interested in Art History).
Dr. Ryan Gregg, who graduated from the Art Department (Art History) in 1999, will return to campus in mid-October. Since graduating from Truman, Dr. Gregg has worked at the Art Institute of Chicago, earned a master's degree from Virginia Commonwealth University, and received his Ph.D. in Italian Renaissance Art History from The Johns Hopkins University. He currently teaches Art History at Webster University in St. Louis.
During his visit, Dr. Gregg will meet with Art History and other students as well as with the student club Art History Society. In addition, he will give a public lecture about his research. Information about that talk follows:
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False Advertising in the Renaissance: Fabricating Military Architecture in Images of Siege Warfare
It was common practice in the Renaissance to include a bird's-eye view of a city in images of warfare. Such images normally offered a recognizable portrait of the city. Occasionally, however, artists would alter or embellish a city's fortifications for propagandistic purposes. This paper, after first explaining how such city views were made, will discuss an example by the Florentine artist Giorgio Vasari of such fabrication, found in his painting in the Palazzo Vecchio in Florence celebrating Europe's 1532 defense of Vienna against the Islamic Ottoman Empire—a battle that never actually occurred.
Monday, October 19, 2009
6:00 p.m.
OP2210
Free and open to the public.
This event is generously sponsored by the University Art Gallery.
Jill Weinreich has lived and worked in Venice for thirteen years, working most recently as on-site logistics coordinator and project manager for the American pavilion at the Venice Biennale (biennial international contemporary art exhibition held in Venice, Italy). At the Biennale in 2003 Ms. Weinreich worked with the Fred Wilson exhibition and this past year, 2009, with the Bruce Nauman exhibition ("Topological Gardens") which won the Lion d’Oro award for Best National Participation. Jill will give a brief informal presentation about living in Venice as well as about her experiences working with artists and exhibitions in Venice. To be followed by Q&A. Ms. Weinreich holds a BA in Arts and Humanities from the University of Colorado at Boulder and an MA in Arts Administration from New York University.
For more information about the Venice Biennale, see for example: http://www.labiennale.org/en/art/index.html
For more information about the Bruce Nauman exhibition "Topological Gardens" see for example: http://www.naumaninvenice.org/
There are also You Tube and other clips with video footage of the exhibition so happy surfing! Hope to see you there!
Monday, October 5, 2009
Ophelia Parrish, Room 2210
Truman State University
6:00 p.m.
Free and open to public. This event sponsored by the Truman State University Art Gallery (special thanks to Prof. Aaron Fine).
The art faculty participated in a group show, Truman State University Faculty Invitational Show – Art Gallery, Indian Hills Community College, Ottumwa, Iowa
– John Bohac is currently working on a new body of work.
– Julia DeLancey presented at:
– Matt Derezinski exhibited works in 27 exhibits from local, national and international competitions including the Salmagundi Club – NY, NY; Williamsburg Art & Historical Center –Brooklyn, NY; Mystic Art Center – Mystic, Connecticut; Limerick Printmakers Studio and Gallery – Limerick, Ireland and a traveling exhibit to Milan, Italy. Was published in Best of Photography 28th Annual 2008 by Photographer’s Forum Magazine. Received second at 17th Annual Juried Photography Competition in St. Simons Island, Georgia.
– Aaron Fine received a summer research grant to study political graphics in Mumbai.
– Priya Kambli returns from sabbatical and has recently received…
– Jim Jereb has been invited to exhibit prints in Oni', Japan and has served as Guest Curator at two museums in Wyoming and Colorado. Jim is currently restoring an 1800's era printing press for the Deutschheim Museum near Hermann, Missouri.
– Rusty Nelson completed a 7 ft. x 38 ft. mural for the local post of the VFW in April and an illustration was accepted into the CQ17 online exhibition of Creative Quarterly Magazine.
– Sara Orel was elected a Councilor in the new Arts and Humanities Division of the Council on Undergraduate Research and will be curating an Egyptian pottery show in the Spring semester.
– Wynne Wilbur exhibited work in the following shows: