University of Florida

Mindsight exhibit at the Harn

2009-04-15T14:44:00.003-04:00

Touching art displayed at museums is typically against the rules, but the Harn Museum of Art and the Gator Lions Club are inviting people to do just that April 4 from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Held annually at the Harn Museum, MindSight is a program that encourages all participants, including those who are blind or visually impaired, to experience art through senses other than sight.

“This partnership celebrates a real connection between the mission of the Gator Lions Club and the mission of the museum to promote the power of the arts to inspire and educate people and enrich their lives,” said Bonnie Bernau, director of education at the Harn Museum. "Both groups endorse the concept that there are many ways to experience art, and this program gives everyone the opportunity to use senses beyond that of sight.”

Community artists and University of Florida student and faculty artists provided works of art to be explored through touch while the works are verbally described by student guides or the artists themselves. MindSight also invites those with sight to experience the artwork in the same way by wearing a blindfold.

Courtnay Micots

2009-03-30T14:08:00.002-04:00

Courtnay Micots has been studying the Akan Twi language for two years and has received a Summer FLAS Fellowship that will allow her to return to Ghana for a third summer in order to develop her skills in the use of a variant Akan dialect of Fante, which she will use in her dissertation research.

Micots presented at the 17th Annual Graduate Student Research Conference in African Studies at Boston University during Spring Break, March 13-14, 2009. Her paper was titled "Statements of Bravado: The Development of Fante Shrines into Architectural and Sculptural Works of Art."

Ligature 2009

2009-03-16T13:18:00.004-04:00

Ligature 2009 is our annual graphic design event organized by the student group, voxGraphis. It consists of a juried exhibition of student work, a set of lectures by guest designers, special hands-on workshops and individual portfolio reviews. This year four nationally-recognized designers from New York and San Francisco visited our UF campus to inspire and educate students: Joshua Davis, Paul Sahre, Jim Datz and Stephanie Chen.

You can view the student design work in the Ligature show at: http://ufdesigners.com/ligature2009/THEWORK.html

Raymond Gonzalez Receives Award

2009-03-05T15:17:00.005-05:00

Ceramics Teaching Lab Specialist Raymond Gonzalez was recently honored with the UF 2009 Superior Accomplishment Award. This award program recognizes faculty and staff members who contribute outstanding and meritorious service in their fields.

Congratulations Ray!

Charlie Cummings

2009-03-02T13:51:00.003-05:00

Ceramics MFA student Charlie Cummings recently judged the 2009 Winter Fine Art Fair @ Tioga. Organized by The Gainesville Fine Arts Association; the fair featured over 70 regional artists and artisans. Charlie presented the following awards:

Best of Show - Dawn Miller
First Place - Angela Brown
Second Place - Bob Senesac
Award of Excellence - Steve Howell, Steve Auer, David Bellm, Mike Segal, Bob Karmarowskii
Award of Merit - Lyn White, Patsy Lindamood, Virginia Chen, Tim Harrison, Sharon Bartz

Chicken Day 2009

2009-03-02T13:48:00.001-05:00

During a recent Sketchbook Development course taught by Lauren Lake, students spent the class studying and drawing two local hens (Goldie and Panther) thanks to University Gallery Coordinator and Registrar Carrie Westmark.

ON THE PRAIRIE

2009-02-09T15:30:00.002-05:00

ON THE PRAIRIE
an art exhibition curated by Summer Zickefoose and Kelly Cobb
February 6th-27th, 2009 at the WARPhaus, 818 NW 1st Ave.

The Warphaus Gallery will be hosting the exhibition, On The Prairie, from February 6 – 27. Originally an homage to Payne's Prairie, the work in this exhibition generally seeks to understand and present ideas about this and other prairies. The exhibition is curated by Summer Zickefoose, with assistance from Kelly Cobb. Artists in the exhibition include Daniel Blochwitz, Kelly Cobb, Sarah Detweiler, Joe D'Uva, Jamie Kotewa Niess, Rob Millard-Mendez, Nancy Raen-Mendez, Danica Oudeans-Coale, Margaret Ross Tolbert, Merijn Van Der Heijden, Bill van Werden, and Summer Zickefoose, with media ranging from photography, drawing, printmaking, painting, sound, and sculpture.

WARPhaus gallery hours February 6th-27th:
Monday, Tuesday and Saturday 1-7pm
Wednesday 5-7pm
Friday 1-4pm
Sunday 3-5pm

Currents: Contemporary Florida Ceramics

2009-01-28T16:13:00.005-05:00

Juror's Choice Award Winners: Cheyenne Chapman Rudolph, Stephanie Stuefer, Elliot Marquet

The juror's choice awards for Currents: Contemporary Florida Ceramics, a juried ceramics exhibition sponsored by H.O.T. Clay were announced Friday, January 23rd at the exhibition reception. The jurors Holly Hanessian and Anna Cullouri Holcombe awarded cash prizes to Cheyenne Chapman Rudolph, current ceramics MFA candidate Stephanie Stuefer, & Current Post-Bac Elliot Marquet.

Click here for more information about the exhibition.

UF Graphic Design Students Visit Atlanta

2009-01-28T14:28:00.003-05:00

During the first week of the semester forty graphic design students — from sophomores to seniors — trekked to Atlanta to visit a variety of design offices. On our itinerary were six creative workplaces — Primal Screen, Iconologic, CNN.com, LBI, The Morrison Agency and Critt Graham — which range from print design to broadcast to interactive media. The annual trip is organized by our student group, voxGraphis, and provides a unique behind-the-scenes look at how various creative studios operate.

In the photo: Juliet, an editorial director at Iconologic, talks with students Ariella, Katie and Victoria.

Panorama:New ceramic work from the University of Florida

2009-01-28T14:15:00.003-05:00

Panorama: New Ceramic Work from the University of Florida

An exhibition of UF MFA students and alumni at the Roswell Art Center West Gallery

January 12 - February 20, 2009

Reception/Slides: February 21, 1:00-2:00pm

view on the web at: http://www.roswellclaycollective.com/gallery.html

Celebrate Undergraduate Creativity

2009-01-05T16:12:00.001-05:00

Celebrate Undergraduate Creativity in Arts, Sciences at Florida Museum of Natural History and the Harn Museum of Arts

The Florida Museum of Natural History and Samuel P. Harn Museum of Art will host the interdisciplinary Celebration of Undergraduate Creativity in the Arts and Sciences, an exhibition of research and projects in all artistic and scientific disciplines, on Jan. 11, 2009.

For the first time, the program includes student entries from the performing and fine arts and the Harn Museum Art is participating as a venue.

The event is a joint effort of the University of Florida and partners including Morehouse College, Louisiana State University, Lincoln University, Furman University, The University of Puerto Rico and others. Sponsors for the event include the National Science Foundation, Howard Hughes Medical Institute and the Arnold and Mabel Beckman Foundation.

The Florida Museum and the Harn Museum of Art will display a variety of art including photography, performance, lighting and music in addition to scientific posters on undergraduate student research from UF and other colleges and universities. Research on fine arts, music, theatre and dance will also be showcased at the museums, and the undergraduate students responsible for the studies will be available to talk about their work and answer questions from 11 a.m. - 4 p.m.

“Morehouse College, Lincoln, Puerto Rico and the University of Florida have partnered for many years on collaborative research exchanges funded by the National Science Foundation,” said Randy Duran, a professor in UF’s chemistry department. “This event gives undergraduates a unique opportunity to publicize the research they’ve completed over the summer in a more interdisciplinary forum than they usually see, in front of staff from prestigious science foundations that sponsor research, the arts community and the general public.”

This year’s event expands on last year’s science-only poster session at the Florida Museum, which included nearly 100 displays and was enjoyed by 800 attendees.

UF College of Fine Arts Dean Lucinda Lavelli said she is excited to see the variety of art students are submitting.

“This is the first time for the arts portion of the event, so we don’t know how big the art section will be,” Lavelli said. “However, it’s important as a leading university to have these opportunities celebrating art and science because the two areas together represent the diversity and dynamism of the creative mind. We have a few opportunities at UF for students to combine their knowledge of art and science and this event will make creative integration an even bigger priority.”

Event coordinator Dylan Walsh said he’s hoping for 100 to 150 science entries. “The idea and logistics behind the fine arts component have really come into focus over the last few months, and we’re hoping for an exciting turnout,” Dylan said.

In addition to presenting their work to the UF and Gainesville communities, participants will compete for several Howard Hughes Medical Institute Science for Life Undergraduate Creativity Awards. Each $2,500 prize will be awarded to the most innovative presentations in the arts and the sciences and will fund the travel and attendance of each winner to his or her choice of a meeting, workshop or exhibition anywhere in the world.

Admission is free and open to the public.

Society of Art History, Art Education and Museum Studies

2008-12-04T08:29:00.001-05:00

SAHG has changed its name to AHEMS.

The Society of Art History, Art Education and Museum Studies Graduate Students invites all members to their next meeting Wednesday, January 21, 2009 at 5:00pm in FAC 116. Membership is free, and there are many benefits!

Go to http://www.arts.ufl.edu/art/SAHG/ for more information.

Tommy Frank

2008-12-01T09:26:00.001-05:00

Post-bacc alum Tommy Frank’s work is featured in the December, 2008 issue of Ceramics Monthly magazine in the Bowling Green State University article in their MFA Factor feature. Tommy is a first-year MFA student in the BGSU Ceramics program. Congrats, Tommy!

Healing the World Inch x Inch: An Art Benefit Show

2008-12-01T08:35:00.004-05:00

Healing the World Inch x Inch: An Art Benefit Show

Nov 21, 2008

IFAH - International Fine Arts in Healing, a student organization designed to use member's artistic skills to enhance the lives of people around the world and within the Gainesville community, held a fund raising benefit on November 21st. Proceeds from the event will help send IFAH artists to Rawanda on an AIM for Africa initiative to bring the arts to a genocide survivor vilage. There was a silent auction of UF faculty and community artist artworks. All student work was priced 10 cents per square inch.

For more information about IFAH visit http://www.arts.ufl.edu/cahre/ifah.asp

NEW WORK: Advanced Drawing work from Fall 2008 semester

2008-11-26T10:17:00.004-05:00

Twelve first semester senior drawing majors under the direction of lauren lake held an exhibition of work from the semester at the alternative gallery space at the atlantic. for more images: http://freshsqueezedart.blogspot.com/2008/11/new-work-at-atlantic-gallery.html

Fifth Annual Global Culture Photography Juried Exhibition

2008-11-24T12:07:00.001-05:00

UF Grinter Gallery announces its Fifth Annual Global Culture Photography Juried Exhibition

UF School of Art + Art History's Grinter Gallery is featuring photographs from the Fifth Annual Global Culture Photography Competition held in Fall 2008 that is jointly sponsored by the University of Florida International Center and the Transnational and Global Studies Center.

The purpose of this juried exhibition, on display Dec. 8 through Jan. 15, is to promote a global perspective within the UF campus. The theme of “Global Culture” can be seen under four categories: UF students studying abroad; international students attending UF and traveling throughout the United States; faculty, staff and alumni while traveling abroad; and UF photography and photojournalism majors while studying abroad. This year’s photographic locations range from Florida and California to Ghana and Ireland. Each category had 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place awards as well as honorable mentions.

The first place winners of each category are Brian Nelson (Study Abroad Students), Tamas Kolos-Lakatos (International Students), Sarah Kiewel (Faculty, Staff and Alumni) and Chen Wang (Photography and Journalism Students).

Call for Sculptors

2008-11-24T11:01:00.004-05:00

2009 Juried Student and Alumni Outdoor Sculpture Exhibition and Florida's First Coast Arts Festival

The College of Fine Arts at The University of Florida is producing Florida's First Coast Arts Festival to be held in St. Augustine, Florida from May 18-24 2009. The festival will be a week full of engaging art including dance, theatre, music, and sculpture. The sculpture exhibition will be Juried by Amy Vigilante, Director of the University Galleries at UF. Five finalists will exhibit work on the grounds of the St. Augustine Amphitheatre.

For more information and an application, visit http://www.ufsculpture.blogspot.com/

Skopelos Greece Summer 2009

2008-11-24T10:42:00.004-05:00

UF in Skopelos
June 19 - July 12, 2009

Painting, Drawing and Printmaking Workshop
The retreat to exotic places known for their beauty and tranquility has been the prerogative of the artist for hundreds of years. Matisse in Morocco, Gauguin in Tahiti, and Whistler in Chile: each artist uprooted their studio for a change of light and color to recharge their senses, fire their imagination and liberate their creative spirit.

Immersed in the rich artistic and cultural traditions of Greek life, students will draw on the island of Skopelos and their experience as a traveler to create work in multiple media. Demonstrations in painting, monoprinting and drawing (analog and digital) will provide new tools for the development of a personal body of work. No previous art experience is necessary. Graduate students are welcome to join the class or propose a separate project.

The island of Skopelos is midway between Athens and Thessaloniki surrounded by the Aegean Sea and part of the Sporades chain of islands. It has lush pine forests, natural springs and scenic mountains. The beaches are some of the most beautiful in Europe, one of which is a short walk from the Foundation. The studio is located high on a hill overlooking the sea and village. The drawing studio is situated in a large open room on the ground floor with a clear view of the picturesque sea. The floor above houses the printmaking facilities.

The course begins on the mainland of Greece visiting sites and ancient historical areas. The group then travels to the island of Skopelos via the Flying Dolphin hydrofoil. On the island, instruction is offered in the morning and afternoon with an ample mid-day break for lunch and exploration.All classes will be taught by Julia Morrisroe

Application deadline: March 9, 2009
For more information contact: UF International Center or
Program Faculty, Julia Morrisroe, School of Art + Art History,
University of Florida julia01@ufl.edu 352-392-3031

Heidi Landau

2008-11-24T10:12:00.002-05:00

New work by 2006 Drawing BFA Heidi Landau featured in E.A.S.T. (East Austin Studio Tour)904 Spence St., Austin, TX

Art History grads attend ASA meetings

2008-11-24T09:38:00.003-05:00

Six Africanist art history graduate students attended the 51st annual meeting of the African Studies Association in Chicago November 13-16. Pictured in the conference center at the Sheraton Chicago left to right are Genia Martinez, Courtnay Micots, Chris Richards, Robin Poynor, Amy Schwartzott, Jordon Felton, and Susan Kelliher.

Study Abroad Summer 2009

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These interdisciplinary programs welcome students from all areas majors. All courses include newly designed international opportunities with professors who have distinguished themselves as outstanding teacher/scholars at UF, nationally and internationally. Each class has been enhanced with site-specific activities and excursions, guest speakers, and all have been carefully selected for academic excellence and approved by their academic units. There is no language requirement for these programs. We welcome your questions and interest and look forward to offering course of study and international experiences that will serve you for a lifetime.

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Study Abroad Spring 2009

2008-11-20T09:25:00.003-05:00

A partnership between the UF's Honors Program and the Paris Research Center offers the opportunity for high achieving students to enroll in challenging, interactive courses, enhanced by excursions, guest speakers, and tours. The curriculum is tailored for high-caliber students who are enthusiastic about living in France with Paris as their classroom. In addition to intensive studies of Modern French Culture taught by distinguished UF faculty members, students will participate in activities including a week-long trip (location TBA), lectures by esteemed guest speakers, group dinners, a wine tasting, concerts, and excursions to other areas of France. You will also be able to take advantage of an array of weekly activities designed by native Parisian students to provide an insider's view of Paris for students. Classes are held at the UF Paris Research Center, located in Columbia University's Reid Hall, an innovative center for American academic life in the heart of Paris.

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Art Bash 2008

2008-11-18T09:19:00.003-05:00

Art Bash is the University of Florida School of Art and Art History’s yearly open house event. The event showcases the breadth of the school’s disciplines to the community. This is an opportunity for students to share projects, recruit for areas, and encourage discussion between students and the community. The yearly event is free and open to the public.

View images from the event on the Art Bash blog: http://www.artbash.blogspot.com/

Nina Logan & Varian Wolf

2008-11-12T09:33:00.004-05:00

Artworks by ceramics seniors Nina Logan and Varian Wolf are included in Art of the Next Generation at Brick City Center for the Arts, Ocala, FL. The exhibition includes more than 40 students in Tampa, Orlando, Daytona Beach, Lake County, and Alachua County.

Nina Logan's piece entitled "Catch of the Day" (pictured above) received the Best of show award. The following is an excerpt from the Nov 5th issue of the Gainesville Sun:

Nina Logan's "Catch of the Day" is an example of creativity at its best. Logan, a UF senior, used a bunch of palm tree fronds and assembled them to look like a fish. Many people think it resembles a marlin, but Logan said she didn't have a particular fish in mind when she started making the piece. It won Best of Show.
"I always look for inspiration wherever I go. Driving home one day and I noticed the neighbor's had these palm fronds laid out on the curb," she explained. "They just had this beautiful red color to them, so I picked them up and took them home and just started playing with them.”

The show will run through Nov. 15th
Brick City Center for the Arts
23 S Broadway St.
Ocala, FL
9-5 Tu- Sat.
369-1500
nextgenerationartshow.webs.com

Celeste Roberge

2008-11-10T09:58:00.003-05:00

Celeste Roberge is a William Randolph Hearst Foundation Creative Artist Fellow with the American Antiquarian Society. She is researching American furniture, in particular its fabrication, use, history, and depiction in American painting, photography, and sculpture.

Roberge recently gave a lecture at the American Antiquarian Society on her ongoing sculpture project involving American furniture.

Visiting Artist Fritz Haeg

2008-11-10T09:19:00.003-05:00

Fritz Haeg works between his architecture and design practice Fritz Haeg Studio (though the currently preferred clients are animals), the happenings and gatherings of Sundown Salon (now schoolhouse), the ecology initiatives of Gardenlab (including Edible Estates), and other various combinations of building, designing, gardening, exhibiting, dancing, organizing and talking. His new on-going series of projects for 2008, Animal Estates, debuted at the Whitney Biennial with commissioned performances and installations in front of the museum. It is followed by six other editions in 2008, commissioned by museums and art institutions in the U.S. and abroad. His first book, "Edible Estates: Attack on the Front Lawn", was published by Metropolis Books and distributed by D.A.P. in spring 2008. "The Sundown Salon Unfolding Archive" will be released in summer 2009 by Evil Twin Publications. Haeg has produced projects and exhibited work at Tate Modern, London; the Whitney Museum of American Art; San Francisco Museum of Modern Art; Casco Office of Art, Design and Theory, Utrecht; Mass MoCA; the Institute of Contemporary Art, Philadelphia; the Wattis Institute, San Francisco; the Netherlands Architecture Institute, Maastricht; The Indianapolis Museum of Art; and the MAK Center, Los Angeles, among other institutions. He studied architecture in Italy at the Istituto Universitario di Architettura di Venezia and Carnegie Mellon University, where he received his B. Arch. He has variously taught in architecture, design, and fine art programs at CalArts, Art Center College of Design, Parsons, and the University of Southern California. In 2006 he initiated Sundown Schoolhouse, the self-organized educational environment originally based in his geodesic dome in Los Angeles.

Selected profiles and features: New York Times - Topic webpage: Fritz Haeg ; T Magazine A Fertile Imagination by Susan Morgan, 2008; Art and Life, Steeping in a Teapot by David Coleman, 2008; Spanish-Modern Mashup in Los Angeles by Michael Cannell, 2008; Redefining American Beauty, by the Yard, by Patricia Leigh Brown, 2006 / Financial Times - Turf Wars by Simon Busch, 2008; NPR - Day to Day feature: Architect creates Estates for Wild Creatures, 2008 / Here & Now on WBUR , Edible Estates, 2007; Studio 360 feature - Edible Estates, 2008 / The Independant - The urban farmer: One man's crusade to plough up the inner city by Kate Burt, 2008 / Frieze Magazine - Edible Estates by Bradley Horn; Anyone Home? by James Trainor, 2006 / BBC Radio - Animal Estates in the Manhattan Wilderness, 2008 / Dwell Magazine - Emerging Designer: Fritz Haeg, video feature, 2008; The Lawn Goodbye by Arnie Cooper, 2007 / Men's Vogue - Greener than Grass by Tim McKeough, 2008; KCET - Sustaining L.A., 2008 / Creative Time - Interview with Nato Thompson, 2007 / Archinect - Fritz Haeg : Small Revolutions by Amy Seek, 2007 / Treehugger - Edible Estates video, 2006 / ABC World News Tonight - Front Lawns Uprooted for Greener Pastures, 2006 / index magazine - Can a Young L.A. Architect Change the World? by Ariana Speyer, 2004.

Bullet Proof

2008-11-05T11:26:00.004-05:00

Bullet Proof: Photography at UF in a Time of Economic Crisis.

While Photography plays a central role in contemporary art worldwide, here at UF the Photography Area has suffered unprecedented losses. Faculty lines have not been filled and spaces where photo students used to work have been taken away.

Featuring the works of 23 artists from the Advanced Undergraduate and Graduate Photography classes, "Bullet Proof" evidences the resourcefulness and resilience or our students in a time of financial crisis. The works, often ambitious in scale and experimental in nature, reflect a range of highly individual responses to a precarious world and to the challenges facing photography students working in UF's School of Art and Art History at this juncture.

Artists in this exhibition: Charles Benton Leah Floyd Hilary Hoffman Samuel Kingsley Brian Mann Timothy McLaughlin Jill Mullins Austin Reeves Kelly Rogers Jayanti Seiler Mark Zimmerman Jessica Beer Elise Carlson Loren Knack Christopher Kristiansen Alyson Maier Alice Mayeron Catherine Murry Ngani Ndimbie Alexis Patterson Jane Pavis Kelly Sims Kayte Susse Stephanie Tyler.

Please join us at WARPhaus this Friday November 7th from 7-10 PM for great food and drink and some very engaging art projects.

The WARPhaus is located behind the Taco Bell on University Avenue at 818 NW 1st Ave. Directions to WARPhaus: From Campus, travel East on University Avenue. Be prepared to take a Left turn when you reach the Checkers/Taco Bell. The WARPhaus Gallery is in a renovated grey warehouse located at 818 N.W. 1st Avenue. The gallery entrance is on the east side of the building. Visitor parking is available in spaces marked for the WARPhaus.

Margaret Ross Tolbert

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

Gainesville, FLorida
The Cofrin Gallery is proud to present:
Portals in Transition
by Anna Lowdin and Margaret Ross Tolbert
Nov. 6 through December 16, 2008
Swedish Artist Anna Lowdin is a painter and sculptor living and working in Uppsala, Sweden and Margaret Ross Tolbert is a painter based in Gainesville, Florida. Through many years of traveling, working and exhibiting together, these two artists utilize their own unique vision to respond to the light, surface, space and energy of nature, while contemplating our relationship to it.

Please join us for a Reception honoring these artists on Thursday, November, 6 from 7 - 9M
Featuring live improvisational Jazz by Jason Stahl and Ed Legare
Gallery Hours: Monday - Friday 8:30 - 4pm, Sundays 12-4pm
More info: http://www.oakhall.org/home/content.asp?section=fine%20arts

Ben Carter & Patrick Coughlin

2008-11-03T08:53:00.003-05:00

Crossing The Domestic Divide

Ceramics by Ben Carter & Patrick Coughlin

Focus Gallery - Fine Arts Building C

Reception November 14th - 7-10PM

Image: Plate by Ben Carter

Barbara Barletta

2008-10-30T10:18:00.004-04:00

Secrets of the Parthenon featuring and interview with Art Historian Barbara Barletta

From: Providence Pictures

We are pleased to announce that our film Parthenon won first prize at the XIX International Festival of Archaeological Film in Rovereto, Italy.

Parthenon was the highest rated show of the year on ARTE's flagship series Human Adventure, and the second highest rated show for the past two years on PBS's premiere science series, NOVA.

Providence Pictures thanks our co-production partners Studio Internationale, ARTE, and NOVA. Coming up on NOVA/PBS - November 18, 2008
http://www.providencepictures.com/

Michael Bühler-Rose

2008-10-30T08:39:00.003-04:00

Michael Bühler-Rose THE CONVERSATION, Alachua, FL. 2006, 40" x 50" C-Print

HUMBLE ARTS FOUNDATION PRESENTS:
THINGS ARE STRANGE

CURATED BY JON FEINSTEIN
Exhibiting Photographers: Matthew Baum, Dan Boardman, Michael Bühler-Rose, Trey Edwards, Emiliano Granado, William Lamson, David La Spina, Alison Malone, Rachelle Mozman, Eric Percher, Cara Phillips, Matthew Porter, Amy Stein, Brad Troemel, Christian Weber, Hannah Whitaker, Sarah Wilmer, Ofer Wolberger

ON VIEW: Tuesday, November 4 – Saturday, November 15, 2008
OPENING RECEPTION: Thursday, November 6, 2008PRESS PREVIEW: 4PM – 6PM PUBLIC RECEPTION: 6PM – 9PM
+VIEW SELECT IMAGES+
New Century Artists 530 West 25th Street, Suite 406New York, NY 10001
GALLERY HOURS: Tuesday – Saturday 11AM – 6PM

New York, New York—November 2008—Humble Arts Foundation is pleased to announce the opening of Things Are Strange, curated by Jon Feinstein. The group exhibition, which opens on Election Day, presents work by eighteen photographers whose images explores the peculiar, idiosyncratic and often absurd elements of the contemporary world, using them as a metaphor for the current state of social and political affairs. The work includes a range of subjects, from the bizarre phenomena of Emiliano Granado's documentary pictures of ghost hunters and Cara Phillips' transformation of plastic surgery machines into terrifying robots to Eric Percher's exploration of the alienation of late night finance workers and Amy Stein's images of stranded American travelers. Each photographer, by varying degrees, alludes to a world that is gradually falling apart at the seams.

HELP TO CHANGE THE LIVES OF OTHERS WITH YOUR ARTWORK...NOW!

2008-10-27T08:15:00.001-04:00

International Fine Arts and Healing (IFAH) will be holding theirannual art show "Healing the World Inch x Inch" this November andwe need your help! With your artistic donations we will raisemoney to send volunteer student artists to Rwanda this March. IFAHis taking part in a multi-faceted AIM for Africa initiative tobring the arts to genocide surivors and their families in Rwandaand to bring these important messages home to our Florida communities.

The 1994 genocide in Rwanda claimed the greatest number of livesin the shortest period of time in recorded human history. In lessthan 100 days, nearly one million people were slaughtered as aresult of a long-standing and long-tolerated cultural divide. IFAHis determined to extend its hand in promoting healing in thiswounded society. While there is no single answer to how a culturerecovers from such wounds, among the effective responses is thearts.

Artistic donations of all kinds are welcome! Prints, paintings,ceramics, drawings, photographs, sculptures, mixed-media, handmadeclothing, jewelery, music etc. ANYTHING!

If interested in donating, please contact Brittany Rouille atbritty@bethdaly.com.
Thank you so much--with your help we will make a difference!

Julia Morrisroe

2008-10-23T08:53:00.005-04:00

Julia Morrisroe has completed a commission for the Jacksonville International Airport, the opening reception is Wednesday, October 29, 2008.

Morrisroe will also exhibit paintings and prints in the Haskell Gallery at Jacksonville International Airport through January 2009.

H.O.T. CLAY Annual Fall Sale

2008-10-23T08:46:00.003-04:00

Proceeds benefit the student organization H.O.T. CLAY (Handbuilt or Thrown) with programming and professional development.

Adam Frezza

2008-10-20T08:50:00.001-04:00

Adam Frezza (MFA 07) will feature three new print works in the upcoming group show, Keyholder Exhibition at the Lower East Side Printshop in Manhattan. Follow the link for information on the show: http://www.artslant.com/ny/events/show/29404-keyholder-exhibition

In February 2009, Adam will be attending Vermont Studio Center for a month-long residency. For information on the residency program visit: http://www.vermontstudiocenter.org/

Also, in April 2009, Frezza will be an artist-in-residence at the well-established Corporation of Yaddo in Saratoga Springs. For information on Yaddo visit: http://www.yaddo.org/

Guggenheim Museum Internships

2008-10-20T08:47:00.001-04:00

Spring 09 internships at the Guggenheim Museum. The deadline is fast approaching - November 1st. Internships run from January - April 09 in all museum departments.

www.guggenheim.org/internships

Visiting Artist Kerry James Marshall

2008-10-20T08:24:00.003-04:00

Visiting Artist Kerry James Marshall (Website) met with seventeen graduate and undergraduate Drawing and Painting students for a critique in their studio.

Schizzi: An Exhibition of Sketchbooks at "the gallery"

2008-10-15T09:17:00.003-04:00

Brad Smith

2008-10-15T08:22:00.006-04:00

Public Art Sculpture “Rejoined” Installed at the Southwest 5th Avenue Triangle

Gainesville, Florida - The City of Gainesville is pleased to announce the installation of public artwork “Rejoined” by Brad Smith at the Southwest 5th Avenue Triangle. The artwork was purchased through the Community Redevelopment Agency and the City of Gainesville Department of Parks, Recreation and Cultural Affairs Art in Public Places Trust program. The sculpture is scheduled to be presented to the Gainesville Mayor and City Commission at the November 6, 2008 City Commission meeting.

The origin of “Rejoined” dates back to the early 1900s when construction began on the “old Federal Building” in downtown Gainesville. Granite blocks were laid as the foundation, upon which a steel frame supported limestone moldings and entablature. The building was finished in 1911 and housed the Post Office and the Federal Court until 1964 when those offices were moved to the new Federal building. When the building was renovated to house Gainesville’s Hippodrome Theatre, a number of granite foundation blocks and limestone molding were removed from the structure and put into storage in the building’s basement. The artist later used these materials to create the sculpture.

Artist Brad Smith states, “The design, a split column joined by three stainless steel bars, was to symbolize the old made new. It was also to act as a symbolic gateway connecting the University of Florida with the redeveloped University Heights neighborhood located adjacent to it.”

Funded by the Community Redevelopment Agency, the Southwest 5th Avenue Triangle pocket park is gateway to the historic University Heights neighborhood. Located between heavily trafficked 13th Street, the University of Florida’s College of Education (historic Norman Hall) and within the College Park/University Heights Community Redevelopment Area, the sculpture is visible by both high volume student pedestrian and automobile traffic. The park’s landscape architecture was designed by Buford Davis and Associates and the artwork was installed by Painter Masonry, Inc.

Bradley Smith is currently a Teaching Lab Specialist in sculpture at the School of Art and Art History at the University of Florida. After receiving his MFA in 1986, he taught sculpture for two years as an Adjunct Instructor at the Art Department prior to accepting the position of Chief Preparator at the Samuel P. Harn Museum, where he oversaw the installation of over 125 exhibitions during his nine year tenure there. Inspiration for Smith’s sculptures is drawn from ritual objects from diverse cultures and time periods. Multiple materials such as stone, wood and metal are combined to produce visual contrast and the depiction of oppositional forces in his totemic forms. His sculptures have been exhibited throughout Florida and have been included in nationally juried and invitational exhibitions.

WHITE BOX GROUP SHOW 2

2008-10-13T10:03:00.005-04:00

The [5]art artist collective will host WHITE BOX GROUP SHOW 2 at their exhibition space at the West Tampa Center for the Arts.

WHITE BOX GROUP SHOW 2 is the second installment of this annual exhibition and will include local, national and international artists working in a variety of media. The exhibition is curated by the [5]art members and will feature works by:
Elizabeth Alley (Tennessee), Chalet Comellas (Florida), Chad Erpelding(Texas), Arpad Forgo (Budapest), Lauren Garber Lake (Florida), Lynn Manos (Florida), Daniel McFarlane (Florida), Julia Morrisroe (Florida), Liz Rodda (Oklahoma)and Ryann Slauson (Florida).

The opening reception will be held Friday October 10 from 7 - 11 p.m. on the second floor of 1906 N. Armenia Ave. #211 Tampa, FL 33607.
This exhibition runs through October 31, 2008 with Gallery hours by appointment 813.340.9056

This exhibition is free and open to the public. (Donations are always welcomed and appreciated)
Hors d'oeuvres :: Donation Bar

http://www.five-art.com/

mailto:art.five@gmail.com

Volkswagen Green Light Exhibition Features Daniel McFarlane

2008-10-09T08:15:00.002-04:00

MFA Candidate (painting) Daniel McFarlane's work was selected by the Very Special Arts Organization and Volkswagon as part of the "Green Light" Exhibition. Daniel received an Award of Excellence was flown up for the reception which was held at the Rayburn Building on Capital Hill. Two of his pieces are in exhibitions in Washington, DC at the Smithsonian Institution's S. Dillon Ripley Center from September 17, 2008 - January 4, 2009 and the John F. Kennedy Center's Hall of States from September 1 - November 7, 2008. Then one of the pieces (the painting of the shape on a shape) will tour to college and university galleries for two years as a part of the Smithsonian exhibition. His artist narrative and personal statement were published in the show catalog and he was featured in a documentary about the show.

http://www.vsarts.org/PreBuilt/showcase/gallery/exhibits/greenlight/dmcfarlane.html

Visiting Designer Natalie Wedeking

2008-10-06T07:58:00.002-04:00

UF Graphic Design, Vox Graphis, and Mint Design Studio will host NYC graphic and package designer Natalie Wedeking the week of October 6, 2008 with a public lecture on Thursday October 9 at 6:15 (FAC 201).

SCHEDULE
Wednesday October 8
11:45–2:45pm, FAC 315: Feedback on package designs for senior graphic design class
3:00–5:00, FAC 310: Graduate Seminar feedback

Thursday October 9
3–4pm, FAC 314: Intro to Package Design (junior graphic design class)
4–5:30: FAC 314: Individual discussions (junior graphic design class)
6:15–7:30pm, FAC 201: Public Lecture on professional experience in package design Industry (free and open to the public).

ABOUT Natalie Wedeking
I am a self-employed package and graphic designer based in Brooklyn, NYC. After working for several years in arts administration I went back to school in 2001 and earned degrees in both display and exhibit design and package design from FIT/Suny. At Cuticone Design, a boutique packaging firm specializing in food and beverage, I was lead designer on a variety of projects including Starbucks Frappuccino, Pepsi TAVA, Sierra Mist and Jose Cuervo Maestro Tequila.

Now working on my own, I design packaging and branding for a variety of clients and continue to work on freelance projects for larger studios. I also collaborate on design projects with my husband, Tim Laun -- this will be our third year designing the branding and all collateral for the Heisman Trophy Announcement.

CONTACT
For more information, contact Maria Rogal, Associate Professor of Graphic Design, at mrogal@ufl.edu

Elegance of Science contest

2008-09-29T09:59:00.004-04:00

Have you looked through the microscope to find something beautiful? Is your art focused on the tools and concepts of science? The Marston Science Library invites all UF faculty, students and staff to submit artwork to its first annual “Elegance of Science” contest. Winning entries and select other entries will be displayed on the walls of the Marston Science Library and the Health Science Center Libraries. The contest is limited to images produced in the course of research or that incorporate tools and concepts from science. Cash prizes include $150 for first place, $100 for second place and $50 for third place winning artwork. All entries must be received by Dec. 19.

For complete details and official entry form, go to For complete details and official entry form, go to www.uflib.ufl.edu/msl/art.

Co-sponsors of the contest are the UF Health Science Center Libraries, the Architecture and Fine Arts Library and the UF Alumni Association. For more information, contact Amy Buhler amybuhl@uflib.ufl.edu, Val Davis vdavis@ufl.edu or Carrie Newsom carnews@uflib.ufl.edu

Florida Consortium of Art Schools (FLoCAS) Exhibition

2008-09-23T11:49:00.006-04:00

The FLoCAS exhibition opened in the WARPhaus gallery Friday, September 19th. The Florida Consortium of Art Schools (FLoCAS) is a collaboration between dedicated graduate students and educators at major Florida universities who work to create professional exhibitions, lectures, and symposia throughout the year – culminating in a very large group show at Art Basel Miami. The impressive schools involved are as follows: Florida State University, Florida International University, University of Miami, University of Central Florida, University of South Florida, and University of Florida.

http://www.flocas.org/index.html

This exhibition juried by Bonnie Clearwater, the director of The North Miami Museum of Contemporary Art, features graduate students from Florida State University, University of Florida, and University of South Florida.

Featuring: (UF) Anna Kell, Samuel Kingsley, Jennifer Kahn, Ariel Koller-Faloon, Patrick Lemieux, Brian Mann, Jayanti Seiler, Scott Robinson, Matthew Whitehead, Mark Zimmerman (FSU) Matt Gordon, Stephen Hawks, Tina Larkin, David Mcleish, Matt Miley, Jason Orman, Mason Rankin (USF) Ariel Baron-Robbins, Jeremy Chandler, April S. Childers, Ryan Foster, Lin Lin, Ellen Mueller, Daniel Moore, Chris Otten, James Reiman, Marta Slaughter

Call for Undergraduate UF Artists

2008-09-17T09:06:00.002-04:00

The HHMI Science for Life program, the Harn Museum of Art, and the Florida Museum of Natural History invite you to participate in an event which will celebrate UF undergraduate creativity in the arts and sciences. The event follows up on last year’s science-only display and poster session at the FLMNH which drew almost 100 posters from across the US and was attended by about 800 people. This year, thanks to support from the the Harn Museum and the FLMNH, we will expand the event to incorporate both museums.

We are looking for students interested in displaying any type of art work, performance or visual. You could set up a lighting display, do a dance routine or play electronic music as long as we are able to accommodate your work at one of our venues. Your work will be displayed along with that of science-majoring students, who will be presenting posters detailing their research.

In addition, participants will compete for the Science for Life Undergraduate Creativity Award, a $2,500 prize which will go to one student in the arts and one in the sciences. The $2,500 will fund the student to attend his or her choice of a meeting, workshop, exhibition or the like anywhere in the world.

Unfortunately, due to space and time limitations, art-majoring students must apply. Your application will be evaluated by faculty from both the University of Florida College of Fine Arts and the UF Chemistry Department. The application deadline is October 31, 2008.

For information, please contact Dylan Walsh, the coordinator for this event.Email: dylanwalsh033@chem.ufl.edu
Ph: 352-392-9306
Fx: 352-392-7426
Web site: http://hhmi.chem.ufl.edu/creativity/
Facebook Event Page: http://www.new.facebook.com/event.php?eid=27481827638

Cyríaco Lopes: REALDOLLAR, and Cottage Industry

2008-09-04T08:55:00.005-04:00

The John Erickson Museum of Art (JEMA) is an example of one possible method of developing an exciting new venue for artists and viewers. It also functions as a model for discussing innovative possibilities toward the development of vital yet affordable art centers. JEMA’s portable quality offers artists an exhibition space that encourages radical experimentation with a low financial overhead. This new museum space is founded on an unwavering belief concerning the quick, decisive and efficient delivering art to the viewing public. This type of activity is an important sign of a vital cultural institution. Many art museums require years to schedule exhibitions. Moving slowly – these institutions function with power and strength but remain bogged down by red tape and expensive exhibitions. http://www.jema.us/

Victoria Rovine

2008-09-03T08:11:00.001-04:00

Jason Mitcham

2008-09-02T09:07:00.000-04:00

Jason Mitcham is a 2005 graduate with an MFA in Painting.

Lauren Garber Lake

2008-08-28T09:40:00.004-04:00

First and Second Year MFA Show

2008-08-28T08:49:00.005-04:00

Aug. 22nd through Sept. 11th

WARPhaus 818 NW 1st Ave.

Featuring:
First Year
Charles Benton, Sheila Bishop, Benjamin Carter, Abby Chryst, Patrick Coughlin, Chandra DeBuse, Maria-Gabriela Hernandez, Susan Johnson, Jennifer Kahn, Samuel Kingsley, Patrick LeMieux, Chesley Lewis, Daniel McFarlane, John O'Hearn , Scott RobinsonKelly Rogers, Kristin Schimik, Nancy Schreck, Daniel Tankersley, Mark Zimmerman.

Second Year
Michael Christopher, Courtney Crowell, Kelley Eggert, Thaddeus Erdahl, Patrick Grigsby, Hilary Francis Hoffman, Anna Kell, Aaron Kirker, Ariel Koller, Brian Mann, Sonya McAlister, Timothy McLaughlin, Stephanie Stuefer, Matthew Whitehead.

Skopelos Foundation of the Arts

2008-08-25T11:31:00.003-04:00

Architecture, Graphic Design, Art History, Art Education, Drawing, Photography, Painting and Printmaking under the direction of SA+AH faculty members Robert Mueller and Lauren Garber Lake spent three weeks at the Skopelos Foundation of the Arts . While in Greece, they used the island of Skopelos and Greek culture as a starting point for artist’s books, drawings and prints. For more information please visit skopelos2008.blogspot.com.

Welcome Back!

2008-08-25T11:03:00.003-04:00

We are off to a great school year! To celebrate all the exciting events happening through the School of Art + Art History we are featuring them in our blog. Please check back for information of upcoming events, exhibitions, gallery shows, department activities, lectures, and student & faculty achievements! Do you have an upcoming event? Where you the recipient of an honor? Would you like to promote your art club and meetings? Let us know. The School of Art + Art History wants to showcase your achievements! Please email your information to Charlie@ufl.edu.

This blog is now maintained by Ceramics MFA student Charlie Cummings. Many thanks to Painting MFA student Jennifer Kahn for the exemplary work she did in establishing this blog as a vital source of SA+AH information.

Yoko Ono: Imagine Peace

2008-04-21T10:44:00.002-04:00

Professor, Sean Mille, has show up at JEMA, Belfast, U.K.. Check out http://www.jema.us/ for more information!

Anderson Ranch

2008-04-21T10:35:00.004-04:00

Congratulations to Jennifer Kahn, who will be spending some time this summer at Anderson Ranch. Jennifer was selected to be the Marketing and Publications intern for the Arts Center located in Snowmass, Colorado, just outside of Aspen. Way to go!

Emerging Artist: Patrick Coughlin

2008-04-21T10:28:00.004-04:00

Big congratulations to Ceramic MFA Patrick Coughlin! He was selected as the Emergent Artist in Ceramic Monthly. Be sure to read the fantastic article below.

HUB Artists

2008-04-21T10:27:00.001-04:00

Can a student coordinate the installation of a work of public art on UF’s campus? This remains to be seen, but all signs point to yes! For her project in lieu of thesis, Museum Studies Master’s candidate Oaklianna Brown is administering the HUB public art project. As she navigates her way through the University’ s approval system, safety measures, construction arrangements and theoretical public art concerns, Garrett Strobel UF senior in Sculpture, is creating a work of art destine for public display in front of the HUB on Stadium Road. He has proposed to create a solar powered tree that will collect energy during the day and illuminate at night using the stored energy. The tree will be a beautiful work of art in its own right, but also makes reference to UF’s sustainability goals for campus. Both the installation of Garrett’s work of art and Oaklianna’s thesis defense are scheduled for the summer of 2008. Visit plaza.ufl.edu/museulia/ to learn more about this project.

Painting and Drawing BFA Show

2008-04-21T10:19:00.003-04:00

Reve de l’artiste
Francesca Lyn & Manuela Petit

BFA Exhibition
WARPhaus Gallery
April 25, 2008
7-9pm

Margaret Ross Tolbert

2008-04-18T10:14:00.002-04:00

SA+AH Drawing Seniors visit with artist and UF alumni Margaret Ross Tolbert in her studio.
April 16, 2008

Eqquisite Personal Geographies

2008-04-18T09:46:00.001-04:00

Above is an image of Celeste Pierson (New World School of the Arts- Printmaking) giving a guest workshop to Lauren Garber Lake's experimental drawing class as part of their exchange project (SA+AH and NWSA) this spring.

For more images relating to this project see http://exquisitepersonalgeographies.blogspot.com/ which tracks the student part of this exchange. A small artist's book which documents the project will follow prepared by graduate students Gabby Hernandez (Graphic Design) and Susan Johnson (Printmaking).

Best Artist Ever

2008-04-15T11:20:00.002-04:00

Two art giants battle it out for the title of “Best Artist Ever!” in this paper animation movie by Tracy Workman, an art education student at the University of Florida. She made this for the class ARE2456 Digital Media in Art Education.

Ceramics Post-Bac Show

2008-04-11T09:30:00.012-04:00

Congratulations to Post-baccs John Tucker, Falyn Beshwate, Cassie Ryalls, Meghan Sullivan, and Tommy Frank. Lat night was the opening of their show at the University Gallery. Here are some images from the event!

Skopelos, Greece 2008

2008-04-10T08:42:00.003-04:00

Thinking of far away places this summer? Check out the Skopelos, Greece 2008 blog. UF hosts a study abroad program there every summer!

Mapping Correspondence

2008-04-10T08:38:00.001-04:00

Joy Drury Cox, Painting and Drawing Alum has been included in

Mapping Correspondence
Mail Art in the 21st Century

The Center for Book Arts
28 W. 27th Street 3rd floor
New York, NY 10001

Reception: Friday, April 11, 2008 6 to 8 pm

more info:
http://www.centerforbookarts.org
or
http://joydrurycox.com

Give me some air!

2008-04-08T11:43:00.001-04:00

Art professor Katerie Gladdys (left) holds her 4-month-old baby Miles while looking at a collection of baby air potatoes on Friday. Student Anna Kell said she plans to grow the invasive plant artistically in a controlled indoor environment. The potatoes were displayed as part of 'Let's Get Physical," artwork made in collaboration with UF’s Physical Plant Division. It was displayed in the McCarty Storage Building. Gladdys coordinated the project.

Harn Eminent Scholar

2008-04-07T09:25:00.005-04:00

Last week, Qainshen Bai, gave a lecture at the Harn on "The Change of Elite Structure and Its Impact on Contemporary Chinese Calligraphy" Here are some images from the demonstration.

Ceramics Success

2008-04-07T09:20:00.001-04:00

Congratulations to Kristin Schimik, 1st Year Ceramics MFA candidate and Tara Wilson UF Ceramics Alum who were invited as national emerging talents for a prestigious exhibition curated by Ilena Finnochi. The exhibition opens tomorrow evening and will be on view until June 14th at the North, Matthews and Souza Galleries.

Mint Design Studio

2008-04-07T09:14:00.003-04:00

Here are some information about Mint design Studio (fall 2007) working with the Department of Anthropology on the exhibition at the Natural History Museum in New York City.

The exhibition highlights some of the regions showing greatest diversity, including Mesoamerica, the Amazon-Andean slope, the greater Himalayas, equatorial Africa, greater Southeast Asia/Melanesia. John Richard Stepp, Associate Professor of Anthropology said sloping mountainous tropical areas are significant regions for diversity because the range of habitats presented in these areas creates different opportunities for cultural adaptations.

The students in Mint primarily used Adobe Illustrator to make visual sense of the numbers. Mint Director and Graphic Design Assistant Professor Connie Hwang said that tool was only one part of the project.

“It’s the innovative and brilliant minds of the students that made this project extraordinary and successful,” she said.

During the project’s three-month timeline during fall 2007, 11 Mint designers tackled the challenge how to hold the public’s interest while they viewed one map after another. Four lead designers were in charge at the refinement stage. Designer Mason Greenewald carried the project through the production stage.

Stepp said the outcome is fresh and new, not gender, race, or age specific and easy to digest and comprehend.

“The end result of the project is absolutely stunning, interesting, and mesmerizing,” he said. “The Mint designers transformed simple scientific data into something intriguing and beautiful, something that will live in viewer’s mind for a long time.”

National Art Education Association Conference

2008-04-03T08:37:00.004-04:00

Several students and faculty just returned from New Orleans, for the annual National Art Education Association Conference. Below are a few of their presentations and a group shot.

Craig Roland (Associate Professor of Art Education)Tips and Technologies for Teaching Art in a Digital Age, Thursday, March 27, at 2 pm.

Michelle Tillander (Assistant Professor of Art Education)

Beyond Black Boxes: New Media Art, Identity, and Translations, Wednesday, March 26th at 9AM.

Cultural Interface as an Approach to New Media Art Education, Seminar for Research in Art Education: Marylyn Zurmuehlen Working Papers in Art Education, Thursday, March 27, 6-9 PM.

Blurring Boundaries: An interrogation of learning with new digital media and new media art (Co-Christine Liao), Sunday, March 30th at 11AM.

Amy Rioux and Laurie Canfield (MA Candidates in Art Education)Exploring alternative curriculum models: Choice-Based Art Education and ArtsPROPEL, Wednesday, March 26 at 5PM.

Elizabeth Coker (MA Candidate in Museu Studies)Re-envisioning Diversity in Museum Education, Wednesday, March 26th at 1PM.

Also in attendance at the conference from UF were Bonnie Bernau from the Harn Museum; undergraduates Jamie Sue Greenhut, Ryan Guarisco, Chelsea Avchen; and graduate student Sarah Lloyd.

International Fine Arts and Healing

2008-04-03T08:32:00.003-04:00

International Fine Arts and Healing has just returned from our first international journey to Gambia, West Africa! The group of 8 students painted murals in clinics, restored a clinic sign, performed arts in medicine with patients at a hospital and in clinics, volunteered at a primary school, organized photography projects, and so much more.

Additionally, we brought 1,000 pounds of medical and art supply donations that were dispersed amongst the community. IFAH's mission is to identify and develop connections between the creative arts and the healing arts to improve physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual health within communities. We are interested in the use of art making as a means of enhancement and growth, believing that the simple act of creating art can fulfill lives in powerful ways. IFAH students will use their personal art to engage with patients and caregivers around the world.

If you are passionate about using art for different purposes (like outside the classroom), we welcome you to the incredible experiences that IFAH has to offer. Please join us at our next meeting on April 7 in Reitz 355 at 7:30 pm! If you have any questions about IFAH, please contact Zarabeth Golden at zgolden@ufl.edu. Hope to see you there!

Hairs & Other Animals

2008-04-02T08:42:00.004-04:00

Hairs & Other Animals was a solo show by graphic design sophomore Blake Suarez. With over 50 pieces, the opening reception had a great turnout with sushi, churros and t-shirts on the table. Limited edition zines titled "Haircuts" were given away to the first 35 attendees. and more! The exhibition ran from March 17-28, 2008.

Contact Blake for more info at blakeissuarez@gmail.com

Ceramics Success

2008-04-02T08:37:00.005-04:00

Graduate Student, Patrick Couhglin, has been a busy quite a busy ceramicist! Check out all the shows he's participated in this year!

"I have shown at the Terra Incognito Gallery in Chicago IL, Baltimore Clayworks, Baltimore MD, Museum of the Earth, Ithaca NY, The Clay Studio of Missoula MT, and the Manchester Craftsmen Guild in Pittsburgh PA. I have also exhibited work in Florida at the Gulf Coast Community College in Panama City and at the Media Image Galllery here in Gainesville. "

Your Mascot: Art Exhibition and Rock Show

2008-04-02T08:34:00.000-04:00

Richard Heipp

2008-04-02T08:26:00.001-04:00

Digital Media Show!

2008-04-01T09:20:00.001-04:00

NCECA

2008-04-01T08:27:00.005-04:00

More fantastic news from NCECA!

NCECA Pittsburgh was the usual fun press of clay people, art, new products, and too much to see and do. Heard and seen at the UF Reunion Happy Hour:

Great news: Kevin Snipes has been awarded a residency at the Archie Bray Foundation! He’ll start some time between August and January. Renee Audette is there as a resident artist now, and Tara Wilson, former Bray resident, now finishing a residency at Red Lodge, will be moving to a charming house she’s just bought in Helena, MT, so she’ll also be in the neighborhood.

The UF reunion was great fun! Ovi Giberga talks with Andrea Gill, Charlie Cummings talks w/Tara Wilson

Jeremy Randall and Aurora, in the background Brian Weaver, Pavel Amromin, Eva Champaign, front Katy Rush, Renee Audette

Amanda Small, Ben Carter, Anna Holcombe

Brian Weaver, Sarah Panzarella, Beau Raymond, Eva Champaign, Chris Pickett, Renee Audette w/Aurora, Molly Brauhn, Kevin Snipes, Jeremy Randall

"Ovi Giberga gave an amazing, insightful presentation as emerging artist. In his introduction, he thanked Nan Smith for her nomination. Wonderful talk. Wish you all could have seen and heard." -Linda Arbuckle

MFA Thesis Exhibition

2008-03-31T10:40:00.005-04:00

Friday night was a fantastic success! The first MFA exhibition looked great, here are some pictures just before the opening.
Michael Buhler-Rose, MFA Photography

Kyle White, MFA Graphic Design Stephanie Storm, MFA Photography

New York City

2008-03-27T08:55:00.010-04:00

This past week, twenty UF students participated in the annual New York City trip hosted by Richard Heipp and Lauren Garber Lake. The adventure was fantastic and included the Whitney Biennial, Guggenheim, DIA Museum and some special studio visits with David Humphery, Jose Lerma, and Jimi Rizzi.

Graduate Student, Hilary F. Hoffman, took some fantastic images along the way. Check out the snapshots from our Soho studio visit with Alumni, Jimi Rizzi!

MFA Thesis Exhibition

2008-03-27T08:49:00.002-04:00

The end of the year is just around the corner, which means tons of fantastic graduation shows! Friday evening kicks off the season at the first MFA thesis exhibition. The show features
Michael Buhler-Rose, Jonathan Frey, Abigail Gunnels, Kendal Johnson, Stefanie Storm, Kyle White in the University Gallery and Ladis Pietros performing in Focus. It should be a fantastic evening, please join us for the opening reception Friday, March 28th, 7 to 9pm.

Connie Hwang selected as American Corporate Identity Winner

2008-03-27T08:41:00.004-04:00

SA+AH would like to congratulate Connie Hwang for her award winning designs! The University Galleries Make a Splash calendar/poster/mailer and www.paradiseinthenewworld.com website have been chosen as winners in the American Corporate Identity 24 competition . The will be published in American Corporate Identity 2009 by Harper Collins this fall. Kudos!

UF and New World School of the Arts

2008-03-26T11:19:00.006-04:00

Students from the University of Florida School of Art + Art History and students from the New World School of the Arts (Miami, FL) under the direction of Lauren Garber Lake and Celeste Pierson record their adaptation of the Exquisite Corpse method by sharing their "personal geographies" through anonymously exchanged sketchbooks.

Arnold Mesches awarded Pollock-Kransner Grant

2008-03-26T11:06:00.002-04:00

On top of winning a Florida State Individual Artist Fellowship, Arnold Mesches has just been awarded a Pollock-Krasner grant!

"Pollock-Krasner grants have enabled artists to create new work, purchase needed materials and pay for studio rent. Past recipients of Pollock-Krasner grants acknowledge their critical impact in allowing concentrated time for studio work, and in preparing for exhibitions and other professional opportunities such as accepting a residency." Congratulations!

Alyssa Welch awarded the Albert K. Murray Grant

2008-03-26T10:59:00.004-04:00

Congratulations to 3rd year MFA candidate, Alyssa Welch, who was awarded an Albert Murray grant (her second) . Alyssa will use the funds to support the thesis project research and development.

Alyssa Welch is a third year graduate student in ceramics at the University of Florida. She received her BFA from N.Y.S.C.C. at Alfred University in ceramics and has been an Artist in Residence at St. Petersburg Clay Company, in St Petersburg FL. Alyssa creates functional work that has been designed for the domestic setting by referencing historical formal serving pieces and dinnerware with a rich history in food presentation. Special service tableware defines the occasion, creates ritual, evokes memories, refines the human spirit, and gives importance to what is being served.

Harn Eminent Scholar Lectures

2008-03-25T11:57:00.003-04:00

NCECA 42nd Annual Conference 2008

2008-03-25T11:09:00.009-04:00

The National Council for Education of the Ceramic Arts held their annual conference this past week in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Many of our faculty and grads were in attendance and had a fantastic time. Check out the images below from the 42nd Annual Conference:

Chandra DeBuse at University of Florida Booth; NCECA 42nd Annual Conference

Author Judtih Schwartz, Alumni Lynn Duryea and Ovidio Giberga, and Faculty Linda Arbuckle

Ovidio Giberga was featured in Legacies: Emerging Artists at the Conference. Also, Linda gave the closing lecture entitled: View from the Bridge, Roots, Flowers, Fruit.

Ranch Hands, Exhibit curated by MFA Ben Carter. Features Anderson Ranch residents in the winter of 2006-2007

Congrats to Linda Arbuckle!

2008-03-25T10:41:00.002-04:00

Linda Arbuckle, a professor in the School of Art and Art History, was chosen by the UF Graduate School as one of five recipients of the prestigious 2007-2008 Doctoral Dissertation Advisor/Mentoring Award from among an exceptional group of nominees.

Arbuckle's "dedication to the support of graduate education and sponsorship of student research reflects the highest standard of excellence," according to her award letter. The honor comes with a $3,000 cash award and a $1,000 bonus for her use to support her graduate students.

Springtime

2008-03-25T09:58:00.004-04:00

It's Spring! Many exciting events have happened in the past few weeks. Lots of our students and faculty have been traveling and participating in many national events. Check back this week for news of gallery openings, cnferences, tavel, visiting artist and upcoming events.

We also want to hear what you've been up to! Please send your updates and information to jekahn@ufl.edu. We would love to share your news!

Professor Barletta on PBS

2008-03-07T09:42:00.002-05:00

In January, Art History Professor Barbara Barletta shared her expertise about Ancient Greece for a Nova episode on "Secrets of the Parthenon." If you missed the TV broadcast, you can still view the program on the PBS web site at http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/parthenon/ .

CAA Dallas 2008

2008-03-07T09:21:00.005-05:00

We had so many faculty in attendance at the College Art Associate Conference this year! It was wonderful to see so many from the School of Art + Art History. Here are some images from the reunion party!

Richard Heipp Gallery Exhibit

2008-02-29T10:11:00.003-05:00

PhD Student Presenters

2008-02-29T10:00:00.002-05:00

Courtnay Micots, a Ph.D. Student of African Art History, will present a paper at the Spring Meeting of the Southeastern Regional Seminar in African Studies (SERSAS)on 15 March 2008. Her paper, titled "Did Jesus Build the Posuban?: The Effects of Colonialism and Christianity on Fante Shrines" will be part of a panel addressing The Legacy of Colonialism in African Art.

The symposium is hosted by Middle Tennessee State University in Murfreesboro, Tennessee.

PhD Student Presenters

2008-02-29T09:35:00.003-05:00

Two of our Africanist grads will be presenting papers March 14-15 at the symposium “Transcending Boundaries, Bridging the Continent”. This is the 16th Annual Graduate Research Conference in African Studies at Boston University African Studies Center.

On Friday, MacKenzie Moon will present her paper, “Recognizable Re-imaginings: Yinka Shonibare’s Utilization of Western Visual Ar” in the panel; titled Communication, Media & Propaganda.

On Saturday, Amy Schwartzott will offer “Joseph Sumegne: Contemporary Nganga or Junk Man? A Preliminary Inquiry” on the Self/Other, Identity & Classification panel.

Congratulations, Amy and MacKenzie. In addition, Amy and Susan Kelliher will go to Harvard this weekend for the symposium “New Geographies in Contemporary African Art.”

PACKED

2008-02-29T09:19:00.003-05:00

W.A.R.P. Professor, Sean Miller organized "PACKED", at Stetson University. The show features Bethany Taylor, Connie Hwang, Sergio Vega, and Arnold Mesches. Check out the fantastic review below!

Daytona Beach News-Journal
Art 'packs' heat in Stetson gallery show
By LAURA STEWART Fine Arts Writer

DELAND -- The provocative, surprisingly witty new exhibit at the Duncan Gallery of Art offers a brave new world of bold, broad and probing statements.

That's not so much because pieces like Sean Taylor's "100 Paces" is a 2006 videotape, projected onto a blank wall, or because Bethany Taylor's 2007 installation, "After the Clean-up," uses nothing more than bent wires and tangled skeins of red string to make its powerful statement.

It's simply because all of the show's unconventional pieces conform to an even more unconventional thesis: they're portable, easily packed and set up in a new space -- even on the fly, and even without the special atmosphere of a gallery.

Deceptively simple and as small as the disc that contains it, Taylor's video is a gripping time-bomb of complex concepts. Both beautiful and terrible in its martial precision, a drill team of Irish Defense Force soldiers pinwheel and pivot, their grim camouflage reflecting the gray walls of their Dublin barracks.

Warriors become part of a grand choregraphed chorale, in a blurring of the line between war's destructive impulses and art's creative energies that lasts only for the length of the recording -- or, thanks to its transformation into art -- forever.

Just so is "After the Clean-up" an arrangement of everyday materials that can be set up quickly, and revised in keeping with whatever setting Taylor chooses for its future installation. A pile of mops rests on the gallery floor, stained the same unsettling red-brown as the piles of string that surround them. Scattered on the white gallery wall behind the cleaning supplies are clusters of disaster-related imagery, each shaped from thread-like wires to resemble doodles. There are bombs falling from an airplane and grenades of all sizes, gas masks and prone bodies, skeletal ladies with mops, actual skeletons.

Compact though the objects in "After the Clean-up" would be, packed into a box or bag, they expand hugely on the wall to illustrate monumental concerns, and societal problems. Not the least among them, ironically, is the main idea underlying the work: of cleaning up after a variety of man-made disasters, whitewashing their impact, and covering up their causes.

"Packed" is a marvelous exhibit, one that combines sharp intelligence with profound questions about contemporary life. A former prison guard addresses past atrocities in Amanda Dunsmore's "Billy's Museum" and, by lavishly adorning the smallest details of museum life, Connie Hwang and Sean Miller confront traditional approaches to art.

And in a work like "Gore Buses and Pretty Buses," a black-and-white wall-mounted poster that's part of Aisling O'Beirne's "Some Things About Belfast (Or So I'm Told)," humor and horror vie for dominance -- and end up enlightening their viewer. The new Duncan gallery exhibit, easily packed and shipped and reassembled, is everything art should be: serious, and serially

Student Art Juried Show Winners

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SAJE was a great success! We has Seventeen winners this year, check out the recipients below:

Visual Arts Award Winners:
1st Place, Presidents’s Award - Sonja McAlister, Spines 2
nd Place, Dean’s Award - Natalie Richardson, Series
3rd Place, Dean’s Award - Jonathan Frey, Interiors #2
Henri Theil Memorial Award – Kyle White, Good Game
Sarah and Kenneth Kerslake Printmaking Award - Adam Brown, Skull Study
Samuel P. Harn Museum of Art Award - Josh Cajinarobleto, The Venting Box
School of Art + Art History Faculty Award - Alison McNulty, Dust Display
Central Florida Office Plus Award – Tommy Frank, Mission Accomplished
Hector Framing and Gallery Award - Nicolas Pilato, Miracle Pod
Creative Workshop Award – Juliane Elin, Cerclage
Goering’s Bookstore Award - Brian Bivona, tie-breaker
Judge’s Honor – Sonya McAlister, Untitled

Art History Award Winners:
William M. Goza and Sue Goza Award – Gianina Valle
2008 Harn Museum Outstanding Art History Student Award - Thuvia Martin

Ligature 17 Winners

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Award Winners were...
Best Senior Work: Harn Museum Eminent Scholar Poster (collaborative) by Stephanie Gomez, Jonathan Hart, Mason Greenwald.
Best Junior Work: Fifty Feet (environmental typography) by Morgan Slavens.
Best Fresh/Sophomore Work: Sasquatch Tshirt by Blake Suarez. Honorable Mention: Friendly Fire Exhibition Poster by Kyle White.

Study abroad

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Spend the summer in Greece... checkout the SA+AH study abraod program in Skopelos!

Roaming Artist: Samuel Levart

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University Scholars

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Art History students Brady Lee and Thuvia Martin will be presenting the results of their research in the 2007-2008 University Scholars Program on Saturday, March 1 at the Undergraduate Research Symposium. Brady will speak at 10:45am in Anderson Hall 119 on “Powerful Patrons: Art and conflict in Quattrocento Florence.” Thuvia will talk at 1:15pm in Anderson Hall 132 on “Crisis of Spanish Royal Masculinity: Representations of Philip V, 1701-1723.”

Congrats!

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Hearty congrats to post-bacc Tommy Frank on his grad school acceptance with assistantship at Bowling Green State University with faculty John Balistreri and Joe Pintz!

College Night at the Getty Center

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Art History Professor, Dr. Melissa Hyde, will be a guest at the Getty Center in Los Angeles next week. She will be apprearing along side Dr. Drew Pinksy, from Loveline and VH1's Celebrity Rehab, in a special College Night series. This evening compliments the exhibition Consuming Passion: Fragonard's Allegories of Love. Dr. Hyde and Dr. Drew, will discuss art and sexuality and take your questions!

In you happen to be in the LA area be sure to attend! For more information check out the Getty Calendar: http://www.getty.edu/visit/calendar/events/Performances.html

Visiting Artist Louise Lawler

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Visiting Artist: Louise Lawler
Harn Museum of Art
Thursday, Feb. 21st, 4 PM

Louise Lawler (born 1947, Bronxville, New York) is a U.S. artist and photographer. From the late 1970s onwards, Lawler's work has focused on the presentation and marketing of artwork. Much of this work consists of photographs of other peoples' artwork and the context in which it is viewed. Examples of Lawler's photographs include images of paintings hanging on the walls of a museum, paintings on the walls of an art collector's opulent home, artwork in the process of being installed in a gallery, and sculpture in a gallery being viewed by spectators.

Funded by Visiting Artist and Scholars Committee and Harn Museum of Art.