December 29, 2009
November 30, 2009
"Bookworks" in the Rowe Arts Main Gallery
With an Opening Reception: Thursday, January 21st, 5 – 7pm
The Rowe Arts Main Gallery
Featuring the work of Janet Williams, Asst Prof of Ceramics at UNC-Charlotte, Bookworks uses connections between ceramics and ‘the book’ to explore ideas of memory, heritage and loss. Books, rapidly being superseded by developing digital technologies are here relegated to the status of matter. Retrieved from the ‘paper junkyard’, the books are porcelain coated and kiln fired, leaving text impressions and coloration in the clay – and sometimes, carbonized residues of the process. Like fossils, these artifacts can reveal information encoded within them. I am dealing with the materiality of books but also making reference to their power as objects – sacred and secular – and as receptacles for knowledge and memory.
Contact Person Name: Janet Williams
Contact Person Phone: 704 687 0208
Contact Person Email: jwill416@uncc.edu
Cost (if applicable): FREE and open to the public
Contact Person Name: Janet Williams
Contact Person Phone: 704 687 0208
Contact Person Email: jwill416@uncc.edu
Cost (if applicable): FREE and open to the public
November 23, 2009
ArteNexus: Holocaust
ArteNexus: Holocaust November 21-Dec 15
Salem Fine Arts Center, Salem College, Winston Salem, NC
Invitational in collaboration with Alban Elved Dance Company.
Artists from throughout North Carolina, Israel and Germany created works of art that reflect on the Holocaust and its relevance to today's world.
The ArteNexus Holocaust Art Exhibit will be on display at Salem College from November 21-December 15.
Exhibiting artists include Ralph Calhoun, Roy Strassberg, Sandra Wimbish, Karola Lüttringhaus , Naomi Greenberg, Karen Dresser, Joe Morgan, Bob Moyer, Janette Hopper and Mary B. Thomas.
November 18, 2009
College Night at Mint Museum of Craft and Design
Thursday, November 19, 5:00-8:00 pm -- FREE
Learn about educational offerings at The Mint Museum, get free posters, and view the craft collection rated the finest in the country. Enjoy jazz and light snacks from 6:30 to 7:30 pm as part of Third Thursdays: Live Jazz. Registration not required.
For more information, students and teachers may contact Allison Taylor at 704/337-2032 or allison.taylor@mintmuseum.org.
www.mintmuseum.org
Learn about educational offerings at The Mint Museum, get free posters, and view the craft collection rated the finest in the country. Enjoy jazz and light snacks from 6:30 to 7:30 pm as part of Third Thursdays: Live Jazz. Registration not required.
For more information, students and teachers may contact Allison Taylor at 704/337-2032 or allison.taylor@mintmuseum.org.
www.mintmuseum.org
November 11, 2009
Drive by Press
On November 18th and 19th, UNC Charlotte's Department of Art and Art History will be hosting an event featuring a truly unusual traveling art studio named Drive by Press. The events are intended to increase the visibility of the visual arts on and off campus, but also to feature the honorable tradition of printmaking and its applicability to contemporary art practice. While the schedule of events is primarily educational in nature, Drive by Press events are typically a source of intense community-building and positive energy among the participants and the artists.
Drive by Press was created in 2005 when two artist and printmakers, Greg Nanney and Joseph Velasquez, met in graduate school and began mission to share their enthusiasm for printmaking with audiences everywhere. Before they could start, the two artists sold their art, pawned their guitars, amps, and all else but their souls in order to buy their printing press. They loaded the 600 pound 14th century style machine in the back of their vehicle and took off across the country and have been on the road ever since. The two, dubbed kings of DIY printmaking, have now traveled over 100,000 miles spreading ink and their style of guerilla art making at events across America.
At each Drive by Press event the two artists show their artistic prowess by drawing and carving several single-color woodblock designs exclusive to Drive by Press. The guests are then able to interact with the DBP during the printing process, selecting their own combination of color and placement of the designs. This way each guest gets to help create their very own piece of one-of-kind wearable art. DBP has worked over 100 events from coast to coast, ranging from parties with the contemporary bands like Spoon, White Rabbits, The Walkmen, Pepper, to art exhibitions, University events, and outdoor music festivals.
DBP has exhibited thousands of pieces of art in the form of prints on paper, and has made over 10,000 pieces of one of kind wearable art along the way.
The Department of Art and Design invites everyone to participate, and the list of activities is as follows:
Wednesday, November 18th, 2009
Lecture - 9:30 to 11:00 a.m., Macy 107, “The History of Printmaking”
Lecture - 12:30 to 2:00 p.m., Storrs 110, “The Story of Drive By Press”
Lecture - 3:30 to 5:00 p.m., Rowe 276, “Contemporary Print Media”
Thursday, November 19th, 2009
Demonstrations - 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. in front of Rowe Arts Building, cutting wood blocks, inking and printing T-shirts
Presentations - 2:15 to 5:00 p.m., Rowe 280, discussion about professional development for young artists
For further information, phone 704.687.0181 or e.mail jwford@uncc.edu.
Drive by Press was created in 2005 when two artist and printmakers, Greg Nanney and Joseph Velasquez, met in graduate school and began mission to share their enthusiasm for printmaking with audiences everywhere. Before they could start, the two artists sold their art, pawned their guitars, amps, and all else but their souls in order to buy their printing press. They loaded the 600 pound 14th century style machine in the back of their vehicle and took off across the country and have been on the road ever since. The two, dubbed kings of DIY printmaking, have now traveled over 100,000 miles spreading ink and their style of guerilla art making at events across America.
At each Drive by Press event the two artists show their artistic prowess by drawing and carving several single-color woodblock designs exclusive to Drive by Press. The guests are then able to interact with the DBP during the printing process, selecting their own combination of color and placement of the designs. This way each guest gets to help create their very own piece of one-of-kind wearable art. DBP has worked over 100 events from coast to coast, ranging from parties with the contemporary bands like Spoon, White Rabbits, The Walkmen, Pepper, to art exhibitions, University events, and outdoor music festivals.
DBP has exhibited thousands of pieces of art in the form of prints on paper, and has made over 10,000 pieces of one of kind wearable art along the way.
The Department of Art and Design invites everyone to participate, and the list of activities is as follows:
Wednesday, November 18th, 2009
Lecture - 9:30 to 11:00 a.m., Macy 107, “The History of Printmaking”
Lecture - 12:30 to 2:00 p.m., Storrs 110, “The Story of Drive By Press”
Lecture - 3:30 to 5:00 p.m., Rowe 276, “Contemporary Print Media”
Thursday, November 19th, 2009
Demonstrations - 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. in front of Rowe Arts Building, cutting wood blocks, inking and printing T-shirts
Presentations - 2:15 to 5:00 p.m., Rowe 280, discussion about professional development for young artists
For further information, phone 704.687.0181 or e.mail jwford@uncc.edu.
October 26, 2009
Charlotte in Layers: A Collaborative Installation
Charlotte in Layers: A Collaborative Installation by artist Sonja Hinrichsen and students at UNC-Charlotte
The media installation “Charlotte in Layers” is the outcome of a Special Topics Class of UNC Charlotte's Art and Architecture Department. Led by installation artist: Sonja Hinrichsen, the class explored, researched and mapped aspects of life and history of Charlotte, NC working with video, photo, interviewing and audio recording.
Students Involved:
Amanda Markham, Austin Ballard, Elizabeth Arzani, Hannah McBride, Jessica Alford, Karen Pierce, Maya Haslett, Ruhi Brelvi, Suje Garcia, Timothy Boettcher, Wesley Lynch
Exhibition Location: Rowe Main Arts Gallery
Exhibition Dates: Nov 19th – Dec 10th
Reception: Rowe Main Arts Gallery, 19th November, 5 – 7.30pm
Public Lecture by Sonja Hinrichsen on the “Mapping Charlotte” project, 20th November 10am, Rowe Arts Building, Rm 130.
Class / Exhibit Blog: http://mappingcharlotteuncc.blogspot.com/
Contact person: Janet Williams, UNC-Charlotte, 704 687 0208; jwill416@uncc.edu
October 19, 2009
The Wroclaw School of Printmaking Exhibition from the Academy of Art and Design in Wroclaw, Poland
An ambitious exhibition of over 60 works employing a wide variety of printmaking techniques including copper plate, lithography, mezzotint, drypoint, aquatint, etchings, linocut, silkscreen, woodcut, stencil and contemporary digital prints. The University of North Carolina – Charlotte, is part of a three-city tour in the United States following an exhibition in Knoxville, TN and continuing on to Chicago, IL. A full color 80 page catalog accompanies this exhibition. The Rowe Arts Galleries are open Monday – Friday, 10 am – 4 pm, or by appointment. Gallery phone: 704.687.0205 For More Information Contact: George Kaperonis, Gallery Manager, Rowe Arts Galleries 704.687.0189 gkaperon@uncc.edu
When: October 12th through November 6th, 2009
Where: The Rowe Arts Galleries, Department of Art + Art History at the University of North Carolina - Charlotte
Featuring the work of 12 master printmaking faculty:
Andrzej Basaj
Pawet Frackiewicz
Agata Gertchen
Mariusz Gorzelak
Anna Janusz-Strzyz
Anita Jaskulska-Jedraszek
Christopher Nowicki
Jacek Szewczyk
Anna Trojanowska
Przemyslaw Tyszkiewicz
Malgorzata ET BER Warlikowska
Katia Zubakhina-Polk
When: October 12th through November 6th, 2009
Where: The Rowe Arts Galleries, Department of Art + Art History at the University of North Carolina - Charlotte
Featuring the work of 12 master printmaking faculty:
Andrzej Basaj
Pawet Frackiewicz
Agata Gertchen
Mariusz Gorzelak
Anna Janusz-Strzyz
Anita Jaskulska-Jedraszek
Christopher Nowicki
Jacek Szewczyk
Anna Trojanowska
Przemyslaw Tyszkiewicz
Malgorzata ET BER Warlikowska
Katia Zubakhina-Polk
September 4, 2009
2009 Faculty Biennial
All are invited to the 2009 Faculty Biennial in the Rowe Main and Upper Galleries.
This is an exhibit of contemporary art by faculty in the department of Art + Art History at University of North Carolina – Charlotte. The reception will be held on September 10th from 5-7pm with a performance by Jennifer Marie Wallace. The exhibit is open Tuesday, September 8th through Friday October 2nd, 2009.
For more information visit http://www.art.uncc.edu/gallery.html or contact George Kaperonis (gkaperon@uncc.edu) 704-687-2869.
This is an exhibit of contemporary art by faculty in the department of Art + Art History at University of North Carolina – Charlotte. The reception will be held on September 10th from 5-7pm with a performance by Jennifer Marie Wallace. The exhibit is open Tuesday, September 8th through Friday October 2nd, 2009.
For more information visit http://www.art.uncc.edu/gallery.html or contact George Kaperonis (gkaperon@uncc.edu) 704-687-2869.
February 6, 2009
Rachele Riley: CAA | ARTspace Los Angeles 2009
Rachele Riley will be chairing the panel, "Nerve Impulse: How Graphic Designers Respond to the World," at the 2009 College Art Association Annual Conference in Los Angeles.
Wednesday, February 25, 2009
12:30pm - 2:00pm
West Hall Meeting, Room 515A, Level 2
Los Angeles Convention Center
1201 S Figueroa Street
Los Angeles, CA
Panelists:
"The Evolution of Silence: Scars of War and the Atomic Bomb Testing"
Rachele Riley, University of North Carolina, Charlotte; Rachele Riley Run Aesthetic
"What's Eating You? The Graphic Language of the Hole: Consumer Culture Vol. 1"
John Jennings, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; Eye Trauma Studios
"Warren Lehrer: Responding to the World through Design and Story"
Warren Lehrer, Purchase College, State University of New York; School of the Visual Arts
"Where’s the (Brotherly) Love? Or, a Strange Thing Happened on the Way to the Pro Bono"
Frank Baseman, Philadelphia University
"Sheep Hill Community Tree"
Kim Fleischman, Daemen College
Roy Strassberg: Exhibition
HOLOCAUST BONE STRUCTURES: BLACK ANGELS
Ceramic sculpture by ROY STRASSBERG
Rowe Arts Main Gallery
UNC Charlotte – 9201 Univ. City Blvd.
Department of Art & Art History
January 20th, 2009 – February 15th
“When I started making work referencing the Holocaust in 1992, my greatest challenge was to find an appropriate metaphor for examining mass murder as a subject for artistic expression. Throughout my career I have often returned to imagery that reflected upon my cultural background and my reaction to some of the unfortunate events that have occurred throughout our history, specifically the destruction and murder of the European Jews. When I decided to undertake the series that ultimately became the Holocaust Bone Structures, I was determined to find a simple symbolic language in that the images used were easily identifiable, but placed in contexts that were eccentric and/or peculiar to ordinary experience. The bone image emerged as a way of suggesting that this work, when seen in context, could ultimately be construed as a symbol of death on a gigantic scale; in a word, genocide.”
Roy Strassberg is the current chairman of the Department of Art & Art History at UNC Charlotte. His work can be found in the Yad Vashem Museum in Jerusalem, Israel.
For additional information please contact George Kaperonis, Gallery Manager, 704-687-2869, gkaperon@uncc.edu or rstrass@uncc.edu.
Dr. Angela Marie Herren: Journey to Mexico Conference
Dr. Angela Marie Herren is organizing the following conference to take place at UNC Charlotte April 23 – 25, 2009:
Journey to Mexico
An Interdisciplinary Exploration of Travel to Mexico as Reflected in Art and Architecture of the 16th – 21st Centuries
A joint collaboration between the Universidad Iberoamericana and the University of North Carolina at Charlotte, this conference brings together an international group of scholars from multiple disciplines to explore physical, mental, and spiritual migration to, from, and within Mexico as recorded in Mexican art and architecture of the 16th to 21st centuries. In different centuries and in different locations, “Mexican” and “Mexico” takes on varied meanings. The name of the present-day country derives from the “Mexica” people who once ruled Central Mexico. Conference participants examine the “Journey to Mexico” in a fluid way that explores early recorded migration histories as well as later ideological journeys.
This conference is supported by: The William Wilson Brown Jr. Conference Fund, Universidad Iberoamericana, UNCC College of Arts + Architecture, UNCC Department of Art and Art History, UNCC Latin American Studies Program, and UNCC Education Abroad.
Journey to Mexico
An Interdisciplinary Exploration of Travel to Mexico as Reflected in Art and Architecture of the 16th – 21st Centuries
A joint collaboration between the Universidad Iberoamericana and the University of North Carolina at Charlotte, this conference brings together an international group of scholars from multiple disciplines to explore physical, mental, and spiritual migration to, from, and within Mexico as recorded in Mexican art and architecture of the 16th to 21st centuries. In different centuries and in different locations, “Mexican” and “Mexico” takes on varied meanings. The name of the present-day country derives from the “Mexica” people who once ruled Central Mexico. Conference participants examine the “Journey to Mexico” in a fluid way that explores early recorded migration histories as well as later ideological journeys.
This conference is supported by: The William Wilson Brown Jr. Conference Fund, Universidad Iberoamericana, UNCC College of Arts + Architecture, UNCC Department of Art and Art History, UNCC Latin American Studies Program, and UNCC Education Abroad.
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