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In the Gallery and Department This Week!

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Photos above and below show the Lori Nix exhibition in the side gallery.  Photo Credit:  Aaron Fine.

Once again, it's a very busy week in the Art Department and the University Art Gallery!

A number of events will be held in connection with the current exhibitions in the Unviersity Art Gallery.  In the main gallery "Apocalyptic:  artwork, poetry, and thought about the end" features contemporary art from around the world.  That show was curated by Prof. Aaron Fine (Studio Art;  University Art Gallery Director) and Dr. Bob Mielke (English & Linguistics).  In the side gallery "Lori Nix:  Post-Apocalyptic" is a solo show of work by Truman State University alumna Lori Nix who is now actively working in New York.

Special events this week in connection with those two shows include:

Monday, January 27, 6:30 p.m., OP 2111:  presentation by Lori Nix.

Tuesday, January 28, 6:00 p.m., OP 1114 (University Art Gallery):  Opening Reception

As always, University Art Gallery events are free and open to the public.  Hope to see you there!

In addition to these events in the Gallery, senior Visual Communications major Andy Doering will be giving a talk on Monday, January 27 at 7:00 p.m. in OP 2210.  Mr. Doering will be talking about being a Viscom major as well as what he has learned both at Truman, and through in internships and working as a freelance designer. Hope to see you there as well!

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Prof. Xu’s Recent Work

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Prof. Ping Xu recently had some graphic design work published in International Contemporary Artists (Vol. 7), including the posters he designed for the University Art Gallery's Cross Connections exhibitions.

In addition, he exhibited work as part of an international exchange of student and faculty graphic design work at the SangMyung Gallery, College of Design, Sang Myung University, in Korea.  A number of Truman students also exhibited work in that exchange (for more information, see the link above).

Congratulations to Prof. Ping Xu (Visual Communications) on these great publications and recognitions.

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Student and Faculty Work at Kirksville Arts Association (Opening Tonight!)

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Tonight will be the opening reception for a new exhibition at the Kirksville Arts Center!  The reception will be from 5:30 – 7:00 p.m. at the Kirksville Arts Center, 117 S. Franklin in Kirksville.

The show, titled "Compositions", features three-dimensional work in a variety of media and includes work by Truman Art Department faculty members Prof. Matt Derezinski (Visual Communications) and Prof. Lily Lee (Fibers/Sculpture/Three-D), as well as students from Fibers and Sculpture classes at Truman taught by Prof. Lee and Prof. John Bohac.  Those students include:  Allison Behm, Emma Roeder, Melanie Pailer, Emily VanGelder, Juliet Desnoyer, Connor Penland Frazier, Jacquelyn Wheeler, Jessica Zilch, Lauren Moll, Katie Burke, Ian Reed, Justin Sevier, Daniel Riekena, Rahil Gomes, Charles Cantrell, and Kevin Foster as well as others.

We hope to see you at the reception or at the exhibition!

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Exhibition Opens Today!

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Work by Jave Yoshimoto, to be included in the exhibition (Photo Credit:  Aaron Fine)

On Wednesday, January 22nd in the University Art Gallery (OP 1114) a new exhibition will open!  The exhibition is entitled "Apocalyptic:  artwork, poetry, and though about the end" and was curated by Prof. Aaron Fine (University Art Gallery Director and Professor of Art) and Dr. Bob Mielke (Professor of English) and features contemporary artwork.

The opening reception for the exhibition will be Tuesday, January 28 at 6:00 p.m.  As always, the opening will offer a chance to meet others interested in the arts, sample some delicious food, and see some great artwork.  We hope to see you there!

On display in the side gallery at the same time will be an exhibit of work by Lori Nix entitled "Post-Apocalyptic".  Nix is a Truman State University alumna and will be visiting campus for the exhibition.  Check back here for more information on her visit.

We hope to see you at some or all of these great events.

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Student Worker Appreciation

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Photo Credit:  Lily Lee.  Left to right:  Kodey Springate, Shaili Patel, Charles Cantrell, Erica Klagues, Grace Flacke, Mat Kuehnle, Randy Soto, Jessica Swopshire

Last semester, Prof. Lily Lee (Fibers/Sculpture/Three-D) sent this great picture from a pizza party she held in appreciation for the student workers who had staffed the Sculpture and Fibers studios last semester.  The students posed wearing their favorite safety gear and some grabbed a favorite tool from the Sculpture studio! They are standing in front of some storage in that studio organized and built as one of their many projects during Fall 2013 semester.

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Visiting Artist on Campus and Gallery Events

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Artist Jill Waterhouse installs work in the University Art Gallery (Photo Credit:  Aaron Fine)

There is lots going on in the University Art Gallery this week!

Thursday, January 16, 9:15 a.m., OP 1114 (main gallery)

Artist Jill Waterhouse will be talking in the gallery about the sculpture/installation piece which she is installing for the upcoming gallery exhibition entitled "Apocalyptic: artwork, poetry, and thought about the end". She is visting campus from the Minneapolis-St. Paul area.  If you can't make Thursday's talk, there will a repeat of that talk on Friday at 11:30 a.m., also in the Gallery.

Thursday, January 16, 4:30 p.m., OP 1114 (side gallery)

Closing reception for the "Strong Foundations" exhibition.  Blog readers may remember that this show features work made by students in the Art Studio Foundations program (generally first-year students).  Faculty have selected some of the best work from this year's Proficiency portfolios to be featured in the Gallery.  As Gallery Director Aaron Fine says:  "Let's all take a good long look at this final sample of work from the foundations program. Free food of course and maybe a door prize too!"

Friday, January 17, 11:30 a.m. (tentative)  (main gallery)

Repeat of Jill Waterhouse's talk on Thursday morning (see above).

Please note also that the the upcoming exhibition, Apocalyptic: artwork, poetry, and thought about the end, curated by Prof. Aaron Fine (University Art Gallery Director and Professor of Art) and Dr. Bob Mielke (Professor of English) will open on Wednesday, January 22.  Prof. Fine reports that new work is arriving daily which is very exciting!  The opening reception for that show, as well as "Lori Nix:  Apocalyptic", a solo show of work by Truman alumna Lori Nix, will be held on Tuesday, January 28 at 6:00 p.m.  As always, Gallery events are free and open to the public.

We hope to see you there!

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Art Department events during Finals Week!

Strong Foundations

Monday, December 9 – Friday December 13

University Art Gallery (OP 1114)

The University Art Gallery will hold its annual Strong Foundations exhibition.  This show features student work from our Foundations courses selected by faculty as some of the most exemplary artwork produced in these intro-level Art courses.  The exhibition will be up during Finals Week, as well as the first four days of the Spring semester.  The closing reception will be held on Thursday, January 16 at 4:30 p.m.

Exhibition of Student Photographs

Wednesday, December 11

5:00 – 6:30 p.m.

Kirksville Arts Association (117 S. Franklin St.)

Students in Prof. Priya Kambli's Photography classes will be displaying work at Kirksville's arts center.  The opening will be on Wednesday from 5:00 – 6:30 p.m. 

As always, these events are free and open to the public.  We hope to see you there!

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Art Department events this week!

We have a busy upcoming week this week–also the last week of classes–in the Art Department.  We hope that everyone can join us for some or all of these events!

Tuesday, December 3                                                         

Art History Out-of-the-Classroom Experience Presentations

All Art History majors are required, sometime during their time at Truman, to gain valuable experience outside the classroom.  Three Art History majors, Paige Allinson, Danielle Bell, and Grace Billimack, will be presenting their experiences on Tuesday.

6:00 p.m., OP 2115

Studio Art Exhibition Opening

Two Studio students, Emily VanGelder and Daniel Riekena, will have work for their Studio Art Capstone on display this week in the University Art Gallery with an opening reception Tuesday evening.

6:00 p.m., University Art Gallery (OP 1114)

Thursday, December 5                                                        

Exhibition Reception

A reception for students exhibiting work from Prof. Aaron Fine's advanced painting and drawing classes will be held.

4:30 p.m., KB Gym

Presentation of Graduate Research

Mayda Bell, Toni Brister, Emily Frierdrich, and Andrea Linskey will present graduate research.

7:00 p.m., OP 2210

As always, all Department events are free and open to the public!  We hope to see you there.