Department of Art + Design,
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Antonio Puri Lecture
Thursday, September 10, 6:30 PM
Center for the Arts, Room 2032
Antonio Puri is a Pennsylvania painter originally from the Himalayas. He has exhibited his paintings internationally and has work on display in both corporate and museum collections. He is a member of Pintura Fresca, an international group of painters who met through the Internet and are now exhibiting their work together. Their principal objective is to exist as a platform for contemporary artists, in particular, those working in abstraction. Puri will discuss his work, which is on view in the Holtzman MFA Gallery through Sunday, October 4.
Admission is free.
Art + Design, Art History, Art Education Faculty Exhibition: New Works
Friday, September 11 – Thursday, October 1
Center for the Arts Gallery
Opening Reception: Thursday, September 10, 7:30 – 9 p.m.
Gallery Hours: Tuesday – Saturday, 11 a.m. – 4 p.m.
Faculty will exhibit artworks representing their recent aesthetic concerns in diverse media.
Admission is free.
Pintura Fresca: Contemporary Abstract Artists
Friday, September 11 – Saturday, October 3
Center for the Arts Holtzman MFA Gallery
Opening Reception: Thursday, September 10, 7:30 – 9 p.m.
Gallery Hours: Tuesday – Saturday, 11 a.m. – 4 p.m.
Pintura Fresca is an international group of painters who met through the Internet and are now working together on a number of projects. Their principal objective is to exist as a platform and forum for contemporary artists, in particular, those working in abstraction. This exhibition of paintings represents the work of eleven artists from seven countries. The Holtzman MFA Gallery features the work of the Department of Art + Design’s M.F.A. students, as well as work by visiting artists.
Admission is free.
John Greiner Lecture: Visually Speaking, Discovering and Using the
Grammar of Imagery
Thursday, September 24, 6:30 p.m.
Center for the Arts Room 2032
Thursday, September 24, 6:30 p.m.
Throughout all the visual arts there is a great overlapping of basic grammar. The challenge for the artist-designer is how, where and why to use these elements. Using examples of his work, as well as that of his students, John Greiner will demonstrate what connections we can make between grammar, our life experiences and our knowledge of the arts and our culture.
Admission is free.
Jaime Salm Lecture: Mio Culture, Why I Love Design
Thursday, October 8, 6:30 PM
Center for the Arts, Room 2032
Jaime Salm, Creative Director of Mio Culture, a Philadelphia design laboratory, is dedicated to exploring opportunities in the field of sustainable design. Founded by Jaime in 2003, products from the Mio Collection have been showcased by Material ConneXion, Felissimo Design House, The Ontario Science Center, The National Building Museum in Washington, D.C., and The Museum of Scotland, in Edinburg. Both Jaime and Isaac Salm were featured in Sundance Channel's Big Ideas for a Small Planet. Their newest green line of gardening items premiered at Target in April 2009. Jaime has consulted for a variety of companies on projects ranging from furniture and environments to branding and interactions.
Admission is free.
Exuberant Pattern: Caroline Lathan-Stiefel, Piper Shepard, Merle Temkin, Huguette Caland, and Astrid Bowlby
Friday, October 9 – Saturday, November 7
Center for the Arts Gallery
Opening Reception: Thursday, October 8, 7:30 – 9 p.m.
Gallery Hours: Tuesday – Saturday, 11 a.m. – 4 p.m.
Exuberant Pattern features the work of Piper Shepard, Caroline Lathan-Stiefel, Merle Temkin, Huguette Caland and Astrid Bowlby. Shepard creates lace patterns by printing and hand-cutting patterns in lengths of fabric. Her sources are varied and range from nineteenth-century Belgian lace to Islamic tile work. Caroline Lathan-Stiefel creates architectural installations using pipe cleaners and other re-purposed items of the post-industrial, commercial and global economy. Merle Temkin uses her left index finger print as a kind of self-portrait, exploring issues of identity and creating paintings and collages that emphasize the pattern of her unique print. Huguette Caland is a painter and sculptor who have also worked in fashion design and filmmaking. Her work demonstrates a love of color and pattern that is influenced by her Lebanese heritage, as well as her years in Paris. Bowlby produces black-and-white drawing installations that are sculptural and interpret decorative patterns.
Admission is free.
Master of Fine Arts Exhibition: Jocelyn Sowa
Friday, October 9 – Saturday, November 7
Center for the Arts Holtzman MFA Gallery
Opening Reception: Thursday, October 8, 7:30 – 9 p.m.
Gallery Hours: Tuesday – Saturday, 11 a.m. – 4 p.m.
Jocelyn Sowa presents works in digital photography and video formats, creating images and films that are autobiographical and focus on themes of gender and identity. She is interested in domestic routine and the monotony of daily life. She pairs her digital video works with castings in resin and soap to create installations.
Admission is free.
Caroline Lathan-Stiefel Lecture
Thursday, November 19, 6:30 PM
Center for the Arts, Room 2032
Caroline Lathan-Stiefel, whose work is on view in the Center for the Arts Gallery in October and early November, is this year’s juror for the Annual Student Juried Exhibition. Lathan-Stiefel creates architecture installations using pipe cleaners and other repurposed items of the post-industrial, commercial and global economy, such as plastic grocery bags and newspapers. She views these installations as drawings in space. Integral to the work is the idea of sprawl, as in makeshift, proliferating growth. Her process is highly labor-intensive. She has shown her work in numerous spaces across the United States and Canada. She will speak about her work and about the Annual Student Juried Exhibition.
Admission is free.
Annual Student Juried Exhibition
Friday, November 20 – Saturday, December 12
Center for the Arts Gallery
Opening Reception: Thursday, November 19, 7:30 – 9 p.m.
Gallery Hours: Tuesday – Saturday, 11 a.m. – 4 p.m.
Closed for Thanksgiving Break: Wednesday, November 25 – Saturday, November 28
The annual undergraduate juried exhibition features student works which represent the art + design programs, including painting, sculpture, graphic design, illustration, crafts, metalworking/jewelry, ceramics, digital art and design, photography and printmaking.
Admission is free.
Master of Fine Arts Exhibition: Matt Voelker
Friday, November 20 – Saturday, December 12
Center for the Arts Holtzman MFA Gallery
Opening Reception: Thursday, November 19, 7:30 – 9 p.m.
Gallery Hours: Tuesday – Saturday, 11 a.m. – 4 p.m.
Closed for Thanksgiving Break: Wednesday, November 25 – Saturday, November 28
Matt Voelker’s exploration of clay as a medium for dimensional illustrations results in eccentric worlds that juxtapose figures, objects and scenery. The sculpted objects are composed in these imagined worlds and then photographed with the final image serving as an illustration. Built on the concept of postmodern picture books, Voelker’s illustrations reposition the viewer’s relationship with the text.
Admission is free.
37th Annual Holiday Pottery Sale
Friday, Dec. 4 - Saturday, Dec. 5, 9:00 AM to 7:00 PM
Center of the Arts, Ceramics Studio, Room 3012
Start your holiday shopping by attending this crowd-pleasing annual event! Art + Design students and faculty present functional and fine art ceramic works for sale. A vast selection of hand crafted items, including stoneware, earthenware and fanciful objects, will be available.
Admission is free.
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John Greiner Lecture:
Visually Speaking, Discovering and Using the
Grammar of Imagery
Thursday, September 24, 6:30 p.m.
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