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When Niki Johnson, an artist in Milwaukee, heard former Pope Benedict XVI say in 2009
that using condoms could increase the AIDS epidemic in Africa, her creative juices
started flowing.
"I just thought, whoa," Johnson told The Huffington Post in an interview. "'I need
to do something.'"
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March 1 - April 6, 2013
Mitchell-Innes & Nash is pleased to present our first solo exhibition of Virginia
Overton, on view in the Chelsea gallery from March 1 – April 6, 2013. The exhibition
will engage the gallery architecture using lumber from trees harvested from Overton's
family farm in Tennessee.
Virginia Overton was born in Tennessee and lives and works in Brooklyn, New York.
She has been included in exhibitions at MoMA PS1, SculptureCenter, and White Columns,
New York; and White Flag Projects, St. Louis. Her solo shows have included those at
The Kitchen, New York and The Power Station, Dallas, 2012; Freymond-Guth, Zürich,
2011; Dispatch, New York, and N.O. Gallery, Milan, 2010. She has been included in
group shows at Blum and Poe, Los Angeles; James Cohan, Mitchell-Innes & Nash, New
York; Air de Paris and Ile Seguin in Paris. She currently has a public sculpture on
the High Line, New York through August 2013. Upcoming exhibitions include Empire State
at the Palaexpo in Rome this April, curated by Sir Norman Rosenthal and Alex Gartenfeld;
and a solo exhibition at Kunsthalle Bern, Switzerland in August 2013.
http://www.miandn.com/exhibitions/virginia-overton/works/1/
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ART DUBAI:
Featuring Hiba Kalache, Emeric Lhuisset, Greely Myatt, and Alfred Tarazi
March 20-24, 2013
The Running Horse is pleased to announce its participation at ART DUBAI 2013.
TRH will be showing the works of Hiba Kalache, Emeric Lhuisset, Greely Myatt and Alfred
Tarazi.
Current fair
ART DUBAI
Featuring Hiba Kalache, Emeric Lhuisset, Greely Myatt, and Alfred Tarazi
March 20-24, 2013
The Running Horse Contemporary Art Space is located in the Karantina industrial district
of Beirut, Lebanon, opened in May 2009 by Lea Sednaoui, graduate of the Central Saint
Martins College of Art and Design, London.
The Running Horse (TRH) acts as a communicative platform looking to foster contemporary
visual language by inviting emerging artists from Lebanon and the Middle East to articulate
concepts and generate creative possiblities through different media that cover painting,
photography, sculpture, video and installation. In addition to presenting local artists
to a wider international public, TRH also works to introduce emerging and mid-career
international artists through various thematic exhibitions to the Lebanese audience
and the wider Middle Eastern community, advocating thus a permanent discourse in visual
culture.
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Dr. Edward A. Shanken, Dorothy Kayser Hohenberg Chair of Excellence in Art History,
will present a public Lecture April 2, 2013
Title: Investigatory Art: Institutional Critique, Real-Time Systems, and Network
Culture
Reception begins at 5:30pm, lecture begins at 6:00pm in room 310 Art & Communication
Bldg.
Abstract: Dr. Shanken's talk will demonstrate parallels between 1960s art theories
and practices and more recent critical visual culture practices using digital media.
He will outline some theoretical and artistic underpinnings in Jack Burnham's essay,
"Real Time Systems" (1969), Jacob Moreno's theories of sociometry, Hans Haacke's real
time systems series of artworks, and Les Levine's Profit Systems One (1969). This
foundation frames his interpretation of artworks since the mid-1990s by Heath Bunting,
Josh On, UBERMORGEN et al, Beatrice da Costa, and Michael Mandiberg. Mr. Shanken will
argue that these artists use digital 'real-time systems' as artistic media to provide
modes of relating to and interacting with information that make it concrete in ways
that are particular to network cultures. Such meta-critical approaches - that use
new media to interrogate new media - provide a particularly useful method to reflect
on how new media tools, theories, and practices are deeply embedded in modes of knowledge
production, perception, and interaction, and are thus inextricable from corresponding
epistemological and ontological transformations.
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University of Memphis Art Education Alumni Juried Exhibition
University of Memphis Art Education Alumni Juried Exhibition March 20-April 1
Opening reception March 28, 3:30-5:30pm
This is the Inaugural exhibition presented in the The Martha and Robert Fogelman Galleries of Contemporary Art, Located in the Art & Communication Bldg., street level main lobby across the street
from the Holiday Inn on Central Ave.
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Adjunct Professor Isabel Machado and Assistant Professor Daniel Wildberger screen
new film
After presenting their documentary short "Grand Fugue on the Art of Gumbo" in two
film festivals in February — Oxford Film Festival (Oxford, MS) and Big Sky Documentary
Film Festival (Missoula, MT), Adjunct Professor Isabel Machado and Assistant Professor
Daniel Wildberger have scheduled two more screenings this Spring, at the Atlanta
Film Festival (GA) and the Crossroads Film Festival (MS).
For more information:
http://www.oxfordfilmfest.com/
http://www.bigskyfilmfest.org/
http://www.atlantafilmfestival.com/
http://www.crossroadsfilmfestival.com/
http://www.facebook.com/grandfugueontheartofgumbo
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Six of Jason Miller's digital art students win the University of Memphis Women's History
Month Poster contest with their first course project assignment
The Poster image was a collaboration of Brooke Smith, Corie Walker, Zi Felton, Terrance
Mason, Terrell Harmon & Zachary Morgan from jason Miller's Digital Art class.
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Coriana Close, Assistant Professor of Photography, will premiere her video short entitled
DRONE at Denver Photo Week
Coriana Close, Assistant Professor of Photography, will premiere her video short entitled
DRONE at Denver Photo Week. DRONE was selected for inclusion in a group video exhibition
entitled GUISED. The work will be on display at the Center for Visual Art at Metropolitan
State University of Denver February 21st through April 13th. Please visit: www.MetroStateCVA.org for more information.
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Beth Edwards, Professor of Painting was selected to paint this year's Memphis in May
poster honoring the country of Sweden
Beth Edwards painted the image for this year's Memphis in May poster honoring the
country of Sweden. She currently has work in a three-person exhibition, "Nature Reconstructed"
at Freed Hardeman University. Her work was chosen for inclusion in the permanent collection
of the Tennessee Arts Commission and the soon to open Music City Convention Center,
both in Nashville.
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Valerie Aranda, Professor of Painting from Georgia College will present a public lecture.
Valerie Aranda will present a public lecture Thursday, February 21, 2013 in ACB 310
at 7:00. She is a professor and painter and muralist from Georgia College. The event
is free and open to the public.
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Michael Schmidt, Associate Professor of Graphic Design, is recognized as a Faculty
'Millionaire' for conducting more than $1 million in externally supported research
Michael Schmidt, associate professor of graphic design, was recently recognized as
a faculty 'millionaire' for conducting more than $1 million in externally supported
research through his activities as director of the Center for Multimedia Arts (CMA).
The CMA is a community-engaged research and entrepreneurial resource of the University
of Memphis College of Communication and Fine Arts and a partner in the FedEx Institute
of Technology, the University's campus showcase for applied research and technology
development. Professor Schmidt was honored for his achievements at the 2013 University
of Memphis Research Celebration.
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New Performance Photo Web Project – All Couples Welcome!
Recovering Memphis: Courageous Love
Richard A. Lou site-specific performance/photo/web piece 2013
Have your picture taken with your sweetheart for Valentines Day at Nathan Bedford
Forrest Park on Union and Manassas in Memphis on SATURDAY February the 16th between
10am until 4:30pm. Your photograph will be uploaded onto a website. All couples are
welcome, interracial couples, LGBT couples, and couples of all ethnic backgrounds
to have their photograph taken in front of General Forrest's infamous equestrian statue.
I want to document the courage of your love that will over come the forces that continually
try to divide us – show up fiercely in love with your partner. See you on SATURDAY
February the 16th and thank you for allowing me to honor your Courageous Love!
Proyecto Nuevo Performance Web Photo - Todas parejas Bienvenidas!
Recovering Memphis: Amor Valiente
Richard A. Lou site-specific performance / foto / web pieza 2013
Dejame tomar su foto con su pareja para el dia de San ValentÃn en el parque de Nathan
Bedford Forrest en la esquina de Manassas y Unión, en Memphis, el Sábado 16 de Febrero
entre las 10 am hasta las 4:30 pm. Su foto se incluirán en una página web. Todas parejas
son bienvenidas, interracial, parejas LGBT y parejas de todos los orÃgenes étnicos
de tener su foto tomada frente de la estatua ecuestre infame del General Forrest.
Quiero documentar el valor de tu amor que dominara sobre las fuerzas que continuamente
tratan de dividirnos - aparecen fuertemente en amor con su pareja. Nos vemos el Sábado,
el 16 de Febrero y gracias por permitirme dar honor a su Amor Valiente!
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Three Art Department Professors selected for "Present Tense: New Art from Memphis"
Exhibition at the Dixon Gallery & Gardens
Profs. Beth Edwards, Jed Jackson, and Greely Myatt have been selected by curator John
Weeden to exhibit at the Dixon Gallery and Gardens in the community oriented and ground
breaking exhibit "Present Tense: New Art from Memphis" - a survey of over 60 artist
that have created important work while residing in Memphis. From Curator John Weeden,
"Memphis is a city that exudes creativity and stands for artistic excellence. Present
Tense: New Art from Memphis opens at the Dixon Gallery and Gardens in early 2013,
and captures the energy and diversity of the city's contemporary art scene from 2001
to the present. Featuring 100 works from more than sixty Memphis-area artists, 'Present
Tense' reveals the spark of creativity that makes our city such a vibrant and fascinating
place to visit and to live. Guest curator John Weeden has selected outstanding works
that inform, provoke, and excite the imagination of the city that inspired them."
http://www.present-tense-memphis.com/index.php
http://www.dixon.org/eventdetail.aspx?pid=5&eid=672
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Ciao Bella Italia!
Study Abroad in Italy Digital Photography and Art Education
May 26-June 22 or June 2-June 22
University of Memphis graduate and undergraduate study abroad participants will study
specific works of art and architecture in Florence, Italy. Optional day trips to Pisa,
Venice and Sienna will be included in the study abroad experience. Students have the
option to earn 6 undergraduate or graduate credit hours while studying digital photography
and art education in Italy.
The art education class is taught by Dr. Bryna Bobick in conjunction with the digital
photography class taught by David Horan at the Palazzi University of Arts in Florence.
Scholarships are available through the University of Memphis study abroad office:
www.memphis.edu/abroad
Please contact David Horan dhoran@memphis.edu or Bryna Bobick bbobick@memphis.edu for more information.
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PLA(I)N(E) gallery is excited to announce its first 2013 exhibition- "Public Housing,"
a cooperative group exhibition.
Work in the exhibition will include painting, drawing, photography, sculpture, film,
sound, and poetry. The exhibition will explore themes of collaboration, resistance,
and visual culture. Students from the University of Memphis' Art, Communication,
Journalism, Education, and Philosophy departments, Cecil C. Humphreys School of Law,
and Memphis College of Art, musicians from Ex-Cult and Manateees, and organizers from
Homeless Organizing for Power and Equality and Mid-South Peace and Justice Center
will install an exhibition that is representative of the visual and auditory culture
of their experience living and working within Memphis.
A group lecture will be held on Thursday, January 31, 6:30-8:00pm, 3715 Central Avenue,
in room 310 of the Art and Communication Building. Presented by students in departments
across campus, the lectures will address the influence of art in the local and global
community. Topics include imperialism in Haiti through artwork from the last 100 years,
Zapatista School in Chiapas, Mexico, the relationship between artistic images and
rhetorical structures, the gentrification of neighborhoods for the 'arts,' and a critique
of visual arts and culture.
A reception will be held on Friday, February, 1, 5-7:30pm with special show by Drugwars
performing "II. Bootstrap March in E minor." The exhibition will run from January
28 to February 15. PLA(I)N(E) is the new, student-run gallery at the University of
Memphis and is located in the Arts and Communication Building, 3715 Central Ave, room
100.
The initiator and organizer of the cooperative exhibit has three goals. First, represent
a local community's social, political, economic, and artistic environments. Second,
challenge self-identified artists to use their skills to cross disciplinary boundaries
for the purpose of achieving societal growth. Third, inspire organizers to look towards
the arts as a useful tool in resistance.
Follow PLA(I)N(E) Gallery on Facebook
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30th Annual Juried Student Exhibition (Opening Reception February 1st) Exhibition
on view February 2- March 16
30th Annual Juried Student Exhibition Selected by Haejung Lee February 2 through March
16, 2013 Opening reception Friday, February 1, 5 to 7:30 PM Awards announced at 6
PM Support provided by Art Center Supply Store, Inc., Sharri's Discount Arts, University
of Memphis Graduate School, Friends of the Art Museum and Art Department. See also
in CFA Lobby Caseworks: Elisha Gold
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ArtLab Announcement (News-12/12/2012) From AMUM
Haejung Lee, this upcoming year's juror of our 30th Annual Juried Student Exhibition,
has selected Michelle Foster (MFA Program) for ArtLab! Lee noted that it was a difficult
decision in choosing between the offering of ArtLab proposals from this year's graduate
and undergraduate University of Memphis students, and she made the following comment
in regards to her top choice for ArtLab.
"One thing I was attracted to by her proposal is that she will fully bring the outdoor
objects into the indoors to create the space. It will be an interesting way to see
how the viewers interact with the space and also give the viewers many different emotions
such as security, fear, hope and so on." -Haejung Lee
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