Inside Art & Art History at UNCC

Burned Out - Ceramic Show Exhibition

2010-04-20T06:17:00.002-04:00

"Re-Layered Perspectives" at Levine Museum

2010-02-27T11:47:00.002-05:00

The installation produced by Sonja Hinrichsen's Special Topics class will be re-presented at the Levine Museum's community Day on Saturday, March 6th, 10am - 4pm. Come and view the installation and join us for a day of FREE events: dance, live music, poetry etc.

Digitally Inclined at the new Student Union Gallery

2010-02-06T19:30:00.003-05:00

The Digital Art Mob (DAM) is proud to host Digitally Inclined, its first student art show, juried by Ryan Buyssens (Digital Fabrication Lab Administrator for the College of Arts + Architecture) and Jae Emerling (Assistant Professor of Contemporary Art History in the Department of Art + Art History).

Digitally Inclined will be on view from February 10th through March 3rd 2010 at the new Student Union Gallery at UNC - Charlotte. A reception will be held on Wednesday, February 17th from 5:00 to 7:30pm and is free and open to the public.

The Digital Art Mob is an informal group of students, faculty and staff interested in the intersection of digital technologies and the arts. Those interested should visit http://digitalartmob.ning.com to find out about upcoming events or contact Heather D. Freeman, Assistant Professor of Digital Media in the Department of Art + Art History at hdfreema@uncc.edu or 704-687-0184.

All students in the College of Arts + Architecture were invited to submit work, although any student in the university community was eligible to apply. The jurors reviewed 191 artworks from 46 artists. The show features 30 works by 23 artists including digital prints, videos, animations, interactive works and mixed media works. DAM asked Buyssens and Emerling to choose works that demonstrated high aesthetic and conceptual refinement, as well as a range of techniques as they related to digital technologies. While some works were completed constructed in programs like Adobe Photoshop or Final Cut Pro, others combined both digital and traditional technologies. The video art ranges from non-linear abstractions to documentary-style narratives and the two interactive works include a meditation on Dia de los Muertos and a game in which the user interacts with a voodoo doll.

The artists included in the exhibition are Nicole Anderson, Christian Anzola, Diego Arocha, Austin Ballard, Stew Cantrell, Amelia Fletcher, Maya Hazelett, Damon Hood, Adam Iscrupe, Bethany Kern, Melissa MacDonald, Ryan Tyler Martinez, Lauren McClure, Abby Moize, James Noland, Elizabeth Ashley Owens, Karen Pierce, Brim Soh, Jessica Soss, Der Vang, Kayla Whitmore, Yanting Zheng and Lina Zuluaga.

Paucity by Lina Zuluaga. Still from Video.

Intimate Animals: Heather D. Freeman and Steven Subotnick

2010-01-24T08:26:00.004-05:00

Assistant Professor of Digital Media Heather D. Freeman will have her digital prints and animated prints at with the animations of Steven Subotnick in Artspace this February 5 - March 26th, 2010. There will be an opening reception Friday, February 5th and a second reception on Friday, March 6th from 6-8pm along with Gallery Hop which Freeman will attend.

These exhibits are free and open to the public. Please visit ArtspaceNC.org for directions and hours.

Intimate Animals Heather Freeaman & Steven Subotnick

February 5 – March 27, 2010 Gallery 2

Intimate Animals presents the work of two artists creating independently -- Heather Freeman and Steven Subotnick. While both artists are investigating individual concepts, the artists were paired together for this exhibition because of their commonalities. Both artists personify animals in their work, utilizing an array of animals. Freeman uses a variety of animals, from flamingos to seahorses to gorillas; in the work of Subotnick, jellyfish, a fly, and an anthropomorphic family of mole-like creatures are the main characters presented. In each artist’s work, animals represent human emotions and feelings. Additionally, each artist has created hand-drawn animations. In Subotnick’s case, Jelly Fishers is the result of many hand-drawn images layered together, along with a musical composition that is also a product of layering. For Freeman, the animations are just one aspect of her Personal Demons series that includes large-scale digital collages on paper or fabric. Another commonality is the importance of metaphor for both artists. Lastly, although both artists work digitally in processes that by their very nature are overtly planned and premeditated, they have both found ways to work intuitively.

Freeman’s Personal Demons series, presented in this exhibition, began with a simple question, sent out by email and on facebook in what year. Initially sent to friends, and then forwarded on to strangers, Freeman asked any willing participants, "Please share with me your personal demon. Also let me know if you'd like it to remain anonymous.” She received more than fifty responses to her inquiry and thus far has created about twenty works based on these responses. The artist hopes to eventually create a work to represent each response. When the project began Freeman was hoping participants would be prompted to reveal “dirty secrets or guilty moments.” Instead, the project took an unexpected turn, as most everyone responded to her question by revealing self-perceived character flaw. In the beginning, answers came from individuals with whom the artist was familiar, and it was easy for her to recognize that these flaws were in fact aspects the individuals were actively and aggressively concerned about. This concern meant that individuals were actively engaged in turning this flaw into a strength, or had already done so. For example, Seahorse developed from an individual writing about his fear of fatherhood. Freeman was personally familiar with the participant and knew he was actually “an absolutely marvelous, even maternal, father.” Thus, when she began receiving responses from unknown individuals, Freeman knew to equate the answers with the strengths of the participant.

Freeman’s use of animals to personify human emotions and traits reflects her childhood-interest in taxonomy. Her investigations at a young age have provided her with quite a lot of knowledge about different species, their unique behaviors, and their habitats. She is also well-informed about animal mythology. Beginning with the project participant’s statement, Freeman selects an animal that seems to communicate the underlying trait, relying either on factual information about the animal or animal mythology. Freeman is particularly interested in the fluidity of mythological personas – the same animal may be associated with different traits in different cultures. Lastly, Freeman researches eastern medicine, and selects images of body parts and organs associated with the particular issue of the mind, referred to in the participant’s personal demon statement.

In the example of Seahorse and the individual’s fear of fatherhood, Freeman relied on pure science to select the appropriate animal. The seahorse was an appropriate choice to represent this man, as male seahorses are impregnated by the females and then carry their offspring to term. The seahorse has also been viewed as a symbol of strength, perhaps alluding to another attribute Freeman perceived in this individual. To create the works Freeman uses photographs primarily from her own personal archive, taken at zoos, aquariums, and natural history museums around the world. The images are composited together before Freeman draws back into them directly on the computer using a Wacom Tablet. The finished images are printed out in two possible formats: on watercolor paper or on cotton sateen. The images on sateen are then cut out along their irregular edges and adhered to voile. In the center of these images Freeman cuts into the imagery, allowing a place for animations to be viewed (on an LCD screen mounted behind the large work on voile). Her hand-drawn animations are an extension of the content of the digital works.

While this work is carefully planned and pre-meditated, Freeman’s process also allows for a reliance on her own intuition. She must distill the statements made by others down to a core element – what she believes is at the heart of their personal demon – such as guilt, identity issues, creativity, natural phenomena, or patience. While knowledge of science, mythology, and eastern medicine might inform her image choices, Freeman must also rely on her own instincts as she selects and composes the various pieces of the puzzle. She spends a great deal of time matching personal demon statements to animals, body organs, and settings, until a harmonious image develops.

Initially Freeman deemed the Personal Demons project as strictly a serious project, but participant responses helped shaped the overall body of work. Both serious fears and traits are represented along with more humorous ones, including plate tectonics, fear of fatherhood, bad hair, and lack of patience. Freeman notes that just as art is a mirror of life, sorrow, fear, and humor are all worthy of representation.

Steven Subotnick’s hand-drawn animation, Jelly Fishers, also presents a full range of emotions, utilizing animals to personify human behavior and traits. Jelly Fishers is based on Title, a lullaby from the island of Guernsey. The artist was attracted to the lullaby because of the melody which is both soothing and dark. He compares it to the sound of the ocean contrasted by a funeral march. The words of the lullaby -- describing a hungry family, a resourceful grandmother, and the act of fishing -- all directly influenced the artist when creating Jelly Fishers. However, in Subotnick’s remake of the lullaby, the family of humans has been replaced by a family of anthropomorphized mole-like creatures on the brink of starvation. The mole-like creatures are passive, despite their dire situation. In one scene, the family sits at a table before their empty plates, miming the act of eating. Raising their empty spoons, they stop just short of their mouths. They carry on in this way – monotonous, repetitive, like a lullaby – as they work at quieting the hungry baby.

The passiveness of the lullaby, Title, the artist’s source of inspiration, bothered Subotnick. In his own version, he inserts an outside force to provide a necessary push; without an external force the family is willing to simply accept their fate. This push comes in the form of an irritating fly whose interference throws everything off balance, spurring a chain reaction. The irritant’s behavior prods the head of the family to go fishing; causes the sleeping baby to wake up and cry; and brews a storm at sea that causes a huge wave to swallow the home of the mole-creatures. Once underwater, however, the family discovers life – thus food – in the form of jellyfish.

From the beginning, jellyfish figure prominently in Subtonick’s story. The currency of the mole-creature’s world -- from the “hill” their house rests on to the clouds, the fishing net, the baby’s bassinette, and ultimately, their savior -- all can be understood as jellyfish. The relationship between the mole-creatures and the jellyfish is not a symbiotic one, but rather one of total dependence. Seen in the context of a lullaby, this dependence might allude to a parent/child relationship, where the danger of being consumed by the other (in this case literally) is always a concern.

Subotnick views jellyfish as a metaphor for the lullaby itself – they are soft and they move slowly, rhythmically, in an undulating way. This description – one of beauty – is quite contrary to how most people view jellyfish. In fact, for the artist, the general disdain most people feel toward jellyfish is what made them such an appealing choice as the angels or saviors of the story.

To make this animated lullaby, Subotnick created numerous drawings, paintings, and collages. These images were then scanned into the computer, then combined, composited, and layered with other drawings and paintings. Just as Subotnick layers the drawings and paintings, composing them into a linear story, he also layers and composes various pieces of music from creative commons websites. Like Freeman, composing both the visual and the audio components are rather intuitive for Subotnick. Working independently provides Subotnick with freedoms simply unheard of in large-production, Hollywood animations and films. He does not have to work linearly from a completed storyboard. The artist can create drawings, paintings, and collages throughout the process, and simply allow his concept, and thus the overall story, unfold naturally.

Intimate Animals pairs two artists, Heather Freeman and Steven Subotnick, both of whom are inspired by stories. In Freeman’s case, the stories are shared through contemporary social networking tools, while Subotnick was inspired by a more traditional lullaby. Both artists utilize animals as substitutes for human counterparts. Working in new media, including digital collage and animation, both artists imbue their animal protagonists with human traits and emotions.

This Murky Purpose at the Hickory Museum of Art

2010-01-24T08:19:00.004-05:00

Assistant Professor of Digital Media Heather D. Freeman will be showing mixed media and digital works at the Hickory Museum of Art this February.

This Murky Purpose is open February 5th through May 3rd, 2010.

There will be a reception Friday, February 5th from 6-8pm.

The reception and show is free and open to the public.

For more information on planning a visit, please go to HickoryArt.org.

Faculty Visit to the new Bechtler Museum

2009-12-29T07:07:00.002-05:00

Arcilla Opening: Intermediate - Advanced Ceramics Students

2009-12-29T06:57:00.003-05:00

"Bookworks" in the Rowe Arts Main Gallery

2009-11-30T11:44:00.001-05:00

January 19th through February 12th, 2010

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

ArteNexus: Holocaust

2009-11-23T07:41:00.001-05:00

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.

College Night at Mint Museum of Craft and Design

2009-11-18T15:13:00.001-05:00

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

Drive by Press

2009-11-11T13:49:00.001-05:00

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.

Charlotte in Layers: A Collaborative Installation

2009-10-26T11:39:00.001-04:00

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

The Wroclaw School of Printmaking Exhibition from the Academy of Art and Design in Wroclaw, Poland

2009-10-19T11:53:00.001-04:00

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

2009 Faculty Biennial

2009-09-04T08:58:00.002-04:00

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.

Rachele Riley: CAA | ARTspace Los Angeles 2009

2009-02-06T18:11:00.004-05:00

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

2009-02-06T18:05:00.003-05:00

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

2009-02-06T18:03:00.002-05:00

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.

Malena Bergmann: Soup Exhibition

2008-11-10T08:58:00.002-05:00

Malena's sound piece/ecosystem and kinetic installation are included in SOUP, a group exhibition on view at Hart Witzen Gallery at 136 East 36th St. in Charlotte’s NODA neighborhood.

Malena Bergmann: Contemporary Cast Iron Exhibition

2008-11-10T08:54:00.002-05:00

In mid-November Malena will have a kinetic sculpture on exhibit in "Contemporary Cast Iron II" at the National Metal Museum in Memphis, TN. Curated by Mark Guilbeau, Sculpture Professor at the University of Colorado, "Contemporary Cast Iron II" includes a variety of contemporary approaches to iron art making. Although the featured artwork is predominately comprised of cast iron, the show is not limited to just metals or the casting processes. The forty-six artists represented in the show couple metals with materials as diverse as wool, wood, glass, fish skin, and fog in contemporary explorations of this 5000 year-old process. The exhibition opens on November 15th and runs through January 19, 2009.

Malena will also participate in the "Iron Pour and Art Machine Performance" on November 15 from 5 to 8 pm by the artists of the Society for the Preservation of Humanity. This exciting event will take place on the Museum grounds in conjunction with the opening of the exhibition, "Contemporary Cast Iron" sponsored by Lawler Foundry. In addition to a double-cupola iron pour, the event will feature performances by 'art machines' specially crafted by the artists.

Malena Bergmann: NC Arts Council Fellowship

2008-11-10T08:52:00.001-05:00

(September 2008) Twenty artists in North Carolina are recipients of the 2008 – 2009 North Carolina Arts Council Fellowship Awards in the categories of choreography, craft, film and video and visual arts. Malena’s 16mm experimental film of a water-based performance piece was recognized with the award.

Maja Godlewska: Exhibitions

2008-10-31T09:29:00.003-04:00

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

2008-10-31T09:18:00.004-04:00

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.

Rachele Riley: Print Magazine Design Winner

2008-10-26T13:51:00.003-04:00

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.

Angela Herren: Receives Fulbright Award

2008-10-13T12:58:00.002-04:00

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.

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

2008-10-09T16:28:00.003-04:00

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"

2008-10-09T14:44:00.006-04:00

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

2008-10-09T14:30:00.014-04:00

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"

2008-10-09T14:21:00.004-04:00

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.

Jamie Franki: Order of Ikkos Medallion Design

2008-03-08T10:38:00.004-05:00

Feb. 28, 2008 – After a nationwide search, the United States Olympic Committee (USOC) has selected artwork submitted by Associate Professor Jamie Franki (UNCC Art and Art History) as the design that will grace the front of the newly created Order of Ikkos medallion.

The medallion, which will be presented to the personal coaches of future U.S. Olympic/Paralympic medalists, represents the athlete’s appreciation for the integral services the coach has provided.

Franki, a former Master Designer in the United States Mint's Artistic Infusion Program, designed the 2005 American Bison Nickel reverse and the face of the Jefferson 1800 Nickel in 2006. Greatly influenced by the artists of the Golden Age of American illustration, Franki strives to create narrative artwork that is rich in detail, expression and accessibility to a wide range of people.

“The design of the Order of Ikkos Medallion is both classical and contemporary, a reflection upon our past Olympic heritage and our determined efforts toward the future,” said Franki. “The elements of the design were chosen and placed to create an interlocked balance as well as a circular eye movement – a tribute to the joined circles in the famed Olympic Rings.”
Read the entire press release.

A Tale of Two Queen Cities: Exhibition Photos

2008-02-26T08:42:00.005-05:00

A Tale of Two Queen Cities Exhibition (a collaborative digital mural project between UNCC and Woodbury College in Los Angeles) closed on February 6. Photos from the reception on January 24 are courtesy of Lauren Squires.

The Annual Mint Museum Art History Symposium

2008-02-12T17:57:00.000-05:00

Sunday March 30, 2008 at the Mint Museum of Art
The Annual Mint Museum Art History Symposium
1:00 to 5:00 PM

UNCC Art History Senior, Carrie Burt, will speak about Maja Godlewska's painting "Fifth Continent" (housed in the Mint Collection). Her talk will be titled "Conquering the Body: Maja Godlewska's 'The Fifth Continent.'"

Rachele Riley: Exhibition "Titres III"

2008-01-28T21:19:00.001-05:00

Rachele has a book art work, "The Evolution of Caution (Cliff Notes version)", included in the traveling show, Titres III: An Exhibition of Artists' Book Works. The show originated in Toronto, traveled to Amherst, MA in October, and is now on view in Montreal at the Librairie L'Ecume Des Jours. The show is organized by the WayUpWayDown collective and runs from February 2 to March 2, 2008.

Titles invites a number of artists, architects and designers to produce book works or related artworks in a bookstore. This project reflects the "curatorial" interest of the WayUpWayDown collective (Sunny Kerr, Yam Lau, Tania Ursomarzo) to set into motion itinerant exhibition structures and manoeuvres. It is the mandate of the collective to facilitate tenuous and fluid relations between exhibitions, artworks and communities.

Rachele Riley: SECAC 2008 Conference

2008-01-24T09:32:00.001-05:00

Rachele Riley and Stephanie Hutin (Independent Artist based in Los Angeles) will present their collaborative work "Slightness of Being" as Co-Chairs of an art panel at the next Southeastern College Art Conference, to be held in New Orleans, LA in September 2008. Their panel, "Slightness of Being: Fresh Ideas in Animation Art," welcomes proposals from artists and designers that emphasize the digital frame in animation art through performance, problem solving, journal writing, and formulating patterns.

Rachele Riley: Exhibition

2008-01-24T09:25:00.001-05:00

Rachele's work "Silent Collage (Border Caution)" was selected for the "Paper Work In , On and Of Paper IV" exhibition (juried by Lewis Knauss) on view at the Foundry Art Centre in St. Charles, MO. The shows opens February 8 and runs to March 21, 2008.

Jean Cauthen: Upcoming exhibition

2008-01-22T09:07:00.000-05:00

Jean Cauthen will exhibit her work in March at the Broome Gallery in New York City in the show, "Made in Italy." On view will be her plein-air paintings, completed in Cortona and Positano, Italy.

John Ford: Exhibition "Syntax of Residue"

2008-01-16T20:24:00.001-05:00

John Ford's exhibition, Syntax of Residue which opens January 10 at the Belfast Print Workshop, was announced in this article in Culture Northern Ireland.

Marek Ranis: Upcoming exhibitions

2008-01-16T20:19:00.000-05:00

In February, Marek will be included in the Annual show at Trizehan Bank of America Plaza Buliding, curated by Joie Lassiter, and the River Docs exhibition is traveling to the Rock Hill Museum of Environment and Heritage.

In May, he will be showing at the Brunnels Environmental Park, Holland and in June, at Browar in, Wroclaw, Poland.

Pamela Lawton: Cone Center Exhibition

2008-01-11T08:37:00.000-05:00

"They Served" will be on view in the Cone Center Main gallery from January 14 to February 17, 2008. There will be a reception and artist talk on Wednesday, January 16 from 5 to 7 pm.

Jason Tselentis: Winner | Best Humorous Business Cards

2008-01-10T17:13:00.001-05:00

Jason's business card was selected by How Magazine for best of of humor catagory.

Jason Tselentis: Published writing

2008-01-10T17:13:00.000-05:00

Jason will be writing about the historical and cultural significance of design classics such as the Helvetica typeface, Mickey Mouse, the Nike logo, and Adbusters magazine for "Graphic Design Classics" by Phaidon Press.

Jason Tselentis: Guest Speaker AIGA Conference

2008-01-10T17:12:00.000-05:00

American Institute of Graphic Arts
Seeds of Change: a design conference about the environment.
How can we motivate ourselves to act in green and sustainable ways? How can design help us think green? Can we really do more by using less?

Kelly Roper: Finalist in the Art With Heart Emerging Artist Competition

2008-01-10T17:09:00.000-05:00

The 8th Annual Art Auction is scheduled for February 2, 2008 to be held at CenterStage NoDa in Charlotte, North Carolina. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. Tickets may be purchased online- all proceeds go to United family services to benefit victims and families of domestic violence. A selection of art donated to the auction by well-known and emerging artists will be available for previewing beginning January 9th at retail shops throughout the new Morrison neighborhood at the intersection of Sharon and Colony Roads in South Park. For more information.

The 2008 Auction will have a New Orleans theme with a cocktail buffet provided by Delectables by Holly.

Student Gallery: Exhibition opening

2008-01-10T09:46:00.000-05:00

Selections from Michael Simpson's abstract painting class will be on view in the Student Gallery. The show opens on January 14 with a reception on January 16th from 5:00 until 7:00 pm.

Michael Simpson: ARPA 10

2008-01-10T09:44:00.000-05:00

ARPA 10: Just Works, a group exhibition of artists who were residents at the McColl Center for the Visual Arts the summer of 2005, will be on view in the Rowe Main Gallery from January 14 to February 8, 2008. There will be an opening reception and Artist talk on Wednesday, January 16 from 5 to 7 pm.

The 10 artists are Amy Sanders, Alyssa Wood, Linda Louise Brown, David Edgar, Charles McMurray, Laura McCarthy, Jennifer Parham Gilomen, Paula Smith, J. Michael Simpson, and and Felicia van Bork.

Heather Freeman and José Gaméz: A Tale of Two Queen Cities

2008-01-10T09:35:00.000-05:00

A Tale of Two Queen Cities
Collaborative digital murals exploring the impacts of Latino immigration on the cultural landscapes of Charlotte, NC and Los Angeles, CA.

Exhibition Dates: January 9th 2008 - February 6th in the Storrs Gallery, University of North Carolina at Charlotte
Closing Reception: Thursday, January 24th, 5 - 8pm

UNC-Charlotte Collaborators:
Heather D. Freeman (Art and Art History) José Gaméz (Architecture) and three architecture graduate students from Architecture: Ronna Gardner, Meghan Meyers and Stephanie Orlich.

Woodbury College Collaborators:
Ramon Ramirez (Art) and undergraduate painting students Emily Cheng, Clinton Evans, John Huey, Eric Lopez, Chris Parsell, Vestalis Pizzaro and Hector Solis

A Tale of Two Queen Cities explores the impacts of Latino immigration upon the cultural landscapes of two distinct but related locations: Charlotte, NC and Los Angeles, CA. This project organized a group of UNC-Charlotte students and faculty to create digital murals parallel to those created by students and faculty at Woodbury College in California. This project was made possible through the Chancellor’s Diversity Challenge Fund.

Maja Godlewska: Upcoming exhibitions

2008-01-10T09:28:00.000-05:00

Maja's site-specific installation: "clouds" will be installed in Norfolk, VA in April 2008. She was the winner of a public art competition.

San Antonio College in Texas will mount a solo exhibition of Maja"s painting, drawing and installation work in Fall 2008.

David Brodeur: Upcoming solo exhibition

2008-01-10T09:26:00.000-05:00

In April, David will be showing at the Appalachian Center for Craft in Smithville, TN.

John Ford: Upcoming exhibitions

2008-01-10T09:20:00.000-05:00

January: "Syntax of Residue: Small Things Forgotten, solo exhibit at Belfast Print Workshop, Belfast, Northern Ireland.

January to February: "PRINTED: Contemporary Prints and Books by North Carolina Artists", group invitational at Green Hill Art Center in Greensboro. A lunch time lecture is also scheduled.

February: "A Case for Small Things: Forgotten Place", solo exhibit at Transit Gallery in Hamilton, Ontario. A lecture and workshop are scheduled to take place at McMaster University in Hamilton.

"Ingenious Imprints", national juried exhibition at Longwood University in VA.

Michael Simpson: Song of I Am Exhibition

2008-01-10T09:18:00.000-05:00

“Song of I Am” a collaborative exhibit between my paintings and poet Jeanette M. Dodge accompanied with a video presentation. at City Art, 1224 Columbia, SC. the show runs from January 10th to Feb 16. Opening reception is on Thursday, Jan. 10th from 5:30 to 8:30 pm.

PRIMED: BFA Graphic Design Exhibition

2007-12-09T13:45:00.000-05:00

On Friday (December 7) UNCC's BFA Graphic Design seniors exhibited their creative work and celebrated with friends, family, faculty and members of the Charlotte art/design community. The exhibition was held at the Hart Witzen Gallery in the NoDA arts district in Charlotte.

Angela Herren and Jim Frakes at CAA in 2009.

2007-12-04T21:11:00.000-05:00

Angela Herren and Jim Frakes (Assistant Professors of Art History) both had session proposals accepted for the College Art Association 2009 Conference in Los Angeles.

Angela is co-chairing a session with Ruth Anne Phillips titled "Activating the Sacred: Ritual and Space in the Pre-Columbian Americas." Jim is co-chairing a session with Celeste Guichard titled "Armchair Cosmopolites and Worldly Travelers: The Dialogue Between Real and Vicarious Travel in the Greco-Roman World."

John Ford awarded residency at Atelier Imago

2007-12-04T21:02:00.000-05:00

John Ford (Assistant Professor of Printmaking) was recently awarded a two-week residency at Atelier Imago in New Brunswick, Canada, for summer 2008. This residency covers all expenses, including travel. Way to go, John! Please send the department a postcard!