October 31, 2008

Maja Godlewska: Exhibitions

In September 2008 Godlewska participated in the 23rd Tallahassee International Juried Exhibition at Florida State University and had a solo show "Cumuli and Other Clouds" at the San Antonio College in San Antonio, TX.

Godlewska is currently working on a Public Art Commission for Beatties Ford Road Library in Charlotte, NC, which will be installed in early 2010.

Maja Godlewska: WODA exhibition

In July 2008 Maja Godlewska (US/PL), Susan Brenner (US), Marek Ranis (US/PL), Hrafnkell Sigurdsson (Iceland) participated in WODA (Water) International, a four artists' outdoor, site-specific exhibition in Wroclaw, Poland and co-curated with Marcin Wiktorski. Water was the exhibition theme, interpreted as a physical occurrence/natural resource and as a metaphor for change, movement and formlessness. WODA (Water) is a part of Wroclaw Non-Stop, an annual, international, summer festival, showcasing visual arts, performing arts, music and film.

For more info about WODA click here.

October 26, 2008

Rachele Riley: Print Magazine Design Winner




Assistant Professor Rachele Riley's design of the "Ann Agee: Boxing in the Kitchen" exhibition brochure has been selected to be included in the Print Magazine Regional Design Annual 2008. This year 863 winning designs were selected from tens of thousands of entries.

October 13, 2008

Angela Herren: Receives Fulbright Award

Angela Marie Herren, Assistant Professor in Art History, has been awarded a Fulbright Scholar grant to lecture and conduct research at the Universidad Iberoamericana in Mexico City, Mexico during the 2008 – 2009 academic year. Angela Marie Herren will be working on her book "Portraying the Mexica (Aztec) Past: A Study of 16th-Century Mexican Painting in Transition."

Recipients of Fulbright awards are selected on the basis of academic or professional achievement, as well as demonstrated leadership potential in their fields.

October 9, 2008

ART PARTY: Tuesday, October 21 from 4 to 7 pm

The ART PARTY brings all art and art history students and faculty together for an afternoon of visual presentations, food and music. There will be an introduction to the faculty and area concentrations, with opening remarks made by Roy Strassberg (Chair of the Department of Art and Art History) and Ken Lambla (Dean of the College of Arts and Architecture). Following the presentations, we will enjoy food and a live band! Come and have a good time!

Rowe Arts 130 
Main Lecture Hall

Rachele Riley: Exhibition "Media X"


Media outlets frequently mislead the public by failing to provide important facts and information in their coverage of current events and news. 1708 Gallery’s election year exhibition Media X, curated by Vaughn Whitney Garland, cuts through the absence of the real story and exposes what many media agencies refuse to cover completely, if at all.

Works by: Chris Barr, Véronique Côté, Althea Georgelas, Michael Takeo Magruder, Rachele Riley, Matthew Kenyon, Kalika Gorski, Patrick Gregory and Bob Paris.

Panel discussion on Friday, October 17 at 6pm, followed by an opening reception. The exhibition will be on view from October 17 to November 22, 2008.

1708 Gallery is located at 319 West Broad St in Richmond, VA.

Rachele Riley: SECAC 2008 New Orleans

Rachele Riley (UNCC) and Stephanie Hutin (Pitzer College and NewSPAT) presented their collaboration (an on-going performance realized in the form of an animation), "The Unbearable Slightness of Being," on a panel that they also co-chaired, "Slightness of Being: Fresh Ideas in Animation Art," at the 2008 Southeastern College Art Conference in New Orleans, LA. Presentations on this theme were also made by John Jota Leaños (California College of the Arts), Yam Lau (York University) and Pamela Taylor (Virginia Commonwealth University).

To see Rachele and Stephanie's presentation, follow this link.


Janet Williams: Exhibition "The Register Series"

The Walker Art Gallery at the University of Nebraska at Kearney presents an exhibition of Assistant Professor Janet Williams' work, in which she explores the ancient partnership of ceramics and text. The exhibition, "The Register Series: Ceramics and the Book," will be on view from September 29 to October 31, 2008.