Department of Art + Design,
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Keep up with the latest news in the Department of Art + Design, Art History, Art Education. You can also find information on upcoming events.

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TU Students in juried exhibition at Area 405

April 2012

ON LOAN, a regional student exhibition juried by Sarah Tanguy, is on display at Area 405. The show features 32 artists from within a hundred mile radius of Baltimore, who work in a wide variety of media.

From more than 100 applications submitted, six Towson University students were accepted. TU undergraduates include Katy Dombrausky, Nicholas Edwards, Ian Mize, and Allegra Stiles. MFA candidates Rachel Timmins and Vincent Valerio also have work on display.

The exhibition runs through Sun., April 15, 2012, with a panel discussion closing day, from 1–3 p.m.

For more information, visit Area 405.

Nancy Siegel publishes The Cultured Canvas

March 2012

Nancy Siegel, Associate Professor of Art History, has had her recent book The Cultured Canvas: New Perspectives on American Landscape Painting published by the University Press of New England. Written from aesthetic, sociopolitical, cultural, and literary perspectives, The Cultured Canvas explores myriad ways in which American visual culture can be evaluated through newly conceived thematic and ideological approaches.

Sam Lacombe wins Montpelier Library Gallery Competition, displays new paintings at The Montpelier Arts Center

March 2012

New paintings by part-time faculty Sam Lacombe will be on exhibit at The Montpelier Arts Center. His paintings focus on the color and geometry of cityscapes, especially neon and urban signage that the artist views as metaphors for human experience and the American experience in particular.

Lacombe is also the latest featured winner of the Montpelier Library Gallery Competition.

The exhibit runs Thurs., April 5 through Fri., May 25, 2012, with an opening reception Sunday, April 15, from 2–4 p.m.

For more information, visit The Montpelier Arts Center. 

Amy Boone-McCreesh curates "The Sum of the Parts" at Maryland Art Place

March 2012

Amy Boone-McCreesh, MFA 2010 graduate, part-time faculty, and recent selected curator of MAP's Curators' Incubator Program, has curated the exhibition "The Sum of the Parts," currently on display at Maryland Art Place, through March 24, 2012.

Read a review of the exhibition.

For more information, visit Maryland Art Place.

Stuart Stein and Sujan Shrestha bring TU stop-animation class to Towson Commons space

March 2012

Stuart Stein and Sujan Shrestha quoted in Baltimore Sun article, University animation class brings a little motion to Towson Commons: TU class sets up shop in vacant storefront. 

TU is offering a stop-motion animation class, set up in one of the vacant storefronts in Towson Commons. The class is a joint venture between the Department of Art + Design, Art History, Art Education and the Department of Electronic Media and Film. 

Sujan Shrestha, assistant professor of Digital Art and Design and Phil Davis, assistant professor of Electronic Media and Film, are co-instructors of the course. 

Read more at explorebaltimorecounty.com.

Jenee Mateer's Visceral Spectrum at the Jordan Faye Contemporary 

March 2012

Assistant Professor Jenee Mateer's work will be on display at the Jodan Faye Contemporary through Saturday, March 24 in her solo exhibition, Visceral Spectrum.

On Sun., March 4, 1–4 p.m., join Jenee for an Artist Talk. 

For more information, visit the Jordan Faye Contemporary. 

Amanda Burnham's Walkshed at the DCCA 

December 2011

Assistant Professor Amanda Burnham's work will be on display at the Delaware Center for the Contemporary Arts from Dec. 16, 2011 through Feb. 26, 2012 in the exhibition Walkshed. 

For more information, visit the Delaware Center for the Contemporary Arts. 

MFA Students display work at DCCA 

October 2011

Masters of the Visual Universe, on display from Oct. 7, 2011 through Feb. 5, 2012 at the Delaware Center for the Contemporary Arts, features work from several of the department's MFA students. 

For more information, visit the Delaware Center for the Contemporary Arts. 

Kelly Blair commissioned by Melville House for redesign

March 2011

Baltimore native and Towson ART graduate, Kelly Blair was recently commissioned by Melville House to redesign a series of Heinrich Böll novels. (Heinrich Böll, Nobel Prize for Literature recipient, was considered one of Germany's foremost post-World War II writers until his death in 1985.)

Blair is a successful New York based illustrator and designer who began her career as an AIGA intern. She landed a job at Picador Publishing and then became an art director at Little, Brown Publishing before opening an independent studio in 2005. Her elegant graphic illustrations have been published in the New York Times over the years.

Read more about it on the New York Times blog: Under Cover: Kelly Blair and Heinrich Böll, by Monica Racic.

View her other book designs on her website.

Kay Broadwater receives Maryland Art Education Association award

April 2010

Kay Broadwater, Art Professor, has been selected to receive the Maryland Art Education Association's 2010 Maryland Art Educator of the Year award. She will be honored at the National Art Education Association's national convention on Apr. 16 in Baltimore.

Amanda Burnham presents solo exhibition Agglutinate

February 2010

Assistant Professor Amanda Burnham will present the solo exhibition Agglutinate.The exhibition will be held at the Amalie Rothschild Gallery, The Creative Allince at the Patterson, from Feb. 5–20, 2010. The opening reception is Friday, Feb. 5, 5:30–7:30pm.

With inky black shadows, and a limitless range of gray washes, Amanda Burnham’s crumbling urban and exurban landscapes are almost entirely void of people, like cartoon snapshots taken a month or so after the rapture. Here Burnham combines drawing with installation to ghostly effect, with dangling street signs or tangled chain fence etched onto the wall and enfolding the viewer.

For more information, visit the Creative Alliance at the Patterson.

Jim Paulsen in group exhibition, How Did You Do That? A Sculptors Inc. Exhibition

January 2010

Professor Jim Paulsen employs allegory with a wink and a nod, drawing upon a grab bag of techniques and materials and typically finishing with a colorful patina to complete the illusion. His work is part of the group exhibition How Did You Do That? A Sculptors Inc. Exhibition, held in the Main Gallery of The Creative Allince at the Patterson, from Jan. 16 – Feb. 13, 2010. Paulsen will participate in a gallery talk/demo Saturday Feb. 13 at 2pm.

Professor Jessica Ring of the Department of Art + Design, Art History, Art Education art directed student designers (now alumni) Mallory Varvaris, Caren Lipman and Mario Iati in the creation of the Towson University Student Green Map. The piece won a Silver award in the Going Green category of the 40th Annual UCDA Design Competition. Out of 1,300 print, electronic media, and going green entries, a total of 6 Gold Awards, 18 Silver Awards and 213 Awards of Excellence were chosen.

For more information, visit the Creative Alliance at the Patterson.

Arts Council Award Winners

2009

Congratulations to part-time faculty Laura Amussen, David Page and April Wood, recipients of 2009 Maryland State Arts Council Awards for Sculpture.

Jan Baum's jewelry and metal work is published in 500 Pendants + Lockets, published by Lark Books.