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Newsletter - 3/28
Thursday, March 28, 2019
Thursday, March 28, 2019
Special Announcements | Art Department Events | Art Education News | Continuing Notable Events
Educational, Professional, and Internship Opportunities
BFA student Angela Calderone works on her thesis project.
Student exhibition announcements will be featured each week in our Events section!
Special Announcements
Advising
Minors Advising
Advising for Minors takes place on Tuesday, April 2, from 9:00 am - 1:30 pm,
in the Studio Arts Building Commons.
Second Majors
Advising for Second Majors is Wednesday, April 3, from 1:00 - 5:00 pm,
in the Studio Arts Building Commons. Call Lisa at 413-545-6937 for an appointment.
Changes to Regular Advising Hour
Due to Advising Fairs taking place next week, there will be no regularly scheduled advising. Please check with us the following week, when advising hours return to normal.
Herter Art Gallery
Herter Gallery is seeking help for an event reception, taking place
April 3, 4:30 pm - 7:30 pm.
Please contact Jessica Scott, at jessiemonster@icloud.com
HFA Needs Your Help!
The HFA wants to hire 10 students for the Senior Recognition Ceremony.
The Ceremony will be held before Graduation on May 10,
at the Recreation Center from 11:45 am to 3:15 pm. Pay: $55 for 3 ½ hours.
Fill out this brief form if you are interested.
Priority given to those who apply before April 11.
Contact Lynne Latham, at llatham@umass.edu
International Artist Magazine Features Alumna
Deborah Friedman
Deborah Friedman, UMass Department of Art BFA Printmaking Alumna, is featured on the cover of International Artist, which has an 8 page article about her work titled Studying the Color Field, plus a demonstration article.
Department of Art Events
Art+Math=
Curated by MFA Candidate Bibiana Medkova
The University Museum of Contemporary Art (UMCA) is pleased to present Art+ Math = , a symposium in conjunction with a yearlong program of exhibitions about the intersection of art and math, including: Xylor Jane: Counterclockwise; Terry Winters: Facts and Fictions; The Concinnitas Portfolio, curated by Daniel Rockmore; and Pau Atela’s (Re)Creations and MathStudio. This symposium and accompanying concert will be an engaging platform for public discussions that bridge the disciplines of art and math and celebrate the innovative work by those influenced by these fields. The symposium will highlight the connection between art and science while recognizing the gender disparities in the male-dominated art world and STEM fields. The presenters, from a diverse range of disciplines including; quantum physics, education, economics, biology, music, studio arts, and architecture, will discuss their respective work and the connections among them.
The symposium will end with a free, public music performance on April 2 called Art + Math = Music featuring percussionist Ayano Kataoka and electronic artist Jazer Giles at 7:30pm in Bezanson Recital Hall.
The symposium, presented by The University Museum of Contemporary Art (UMCA), is made possible by a grant from the Women for UMass Amherst Fund and is in partnership with Arts Extension Service’s Arts Entrepreneurship Initiative.
The Art + Math = program is curated by Bibiana Medkova, MFA Studio Art ‘20, and has been made possible by the outstanding organizational efforts of Amanda Herman, UMCA Education Curator, and Loretta Yarlow, Director of UMCA.
Symposium: April 1, Monday 1:00 - 5:30 p.m. John W. Olver Design Building Lecture Hall 170
Concert (Art + Math = Music): April 2, Tuesday / 7:30 p.m. / Bezanson Hall /
Free and open to all.
Two MFA Thesis Exhibitions Taking Place at Herter Gallery, UMass
MFA Thesis Exhibition
We Bring Our Lares With Us
Kristy Childress
The works in We Bring Our Lares With Us illustrate the connections between time, place, and memory, and, through our embodied experiences with each, we can then perceive a merging of past, present, future. The title of this exhibition has multiple connotations. Lares in ancient Rome, were the household deities or ancestor spirits that were worshipped for protection and to ensure the continuation of the family line. These existed alongside penates, which were the spirits of household objects. More recently, the phrase lares and penates came to simply mean one's physical possessions. When spoken aloud, lares may be heard as lairs or layers. The former brings to mind dwelling places, secret dens, and, in the case of my practice, the home. The latter impresses upon the viewer the many layers of history that exists within us and and which inform our identity and view of the world. In a sense, we bring the impressions and memories of every space that we have inhabited to new ones when we move, and these impressions compound upon one another so densely layered that it becomes difficult to distinguish between them.
April 3 - 14
Opening Reception: April 3, 5 - 7 pm
Herter Art Gallery
MFA Thesis Exhibition
MEATSPACE
Nick Criscuolo
The title “MeatSpace” is a term popularized in the early 90s. It refers to real life, as in contrast to Cyberspace. This body of work has to do with Artificial Intelligence and simulated environments, how they are being constructed, how A.I. sees and understands the real world, and how we judge it as a reflection of ourselves. This is explored through the manipulation of photogrammetry, volumetric video capture, procedural music generation, hand drawn animations made in virtual reality and a podcast which showcases conversations with ChatBots. Nick Criscuolo sees these as acts of collaboration and play with the digital world and it’s developing tools and inhabitants. These processes thread in and out of randomness and control, between meat space and the uncanny valley.
April 3 - 14
Opening Reception: April 3, 5 - 7 pm
Herter Art Gallery
FalCon is the Library's first-ever multi-genre, miniature comic convention intended to showcase Library and University resources, offer networking opportunities, and create an enjoyable engagement event for the UMass Amherst community. Events include: craft room, RSO showcase, scavenger hunt and zine workshop among others!
Some require registration, so check the link above for details.
Saturday, March 30, 10 am - 2 pm
W.E.B DuBois Library
Ex-Votos
Baltazar Castellano Melo
In this extraordinary exhibition, Baltazar Castellano Melo places his gaze on Mexico’s Black population. Born in Cuajinicuilapa, a region of Guerrera, Mexico, and the son of a Black mother and mestizo (mixed-race) Mexican father, his work is a fervent example of what is possible when artmaking meets research.
On view April 3 - 26
Opening Reception: Wednesday, April 3, 5 - 7 pm
Augusta Savage Gallery, UMass
Art Education News
MA-Art Ed Alumna Recognized
Danielle Troy
MA-Art Ed Alumna Danielle Troy teaches Visual Arts at The Overlake School in Redmond, and the Seattle Times featured an article about her teaching career titled "Teaching art to ‘hilarious, sweet, honest and curious’ students in Redmond"
Art Education Newsletter
See what our Art Ed students and Alumni are up to in in the most recent edition of ARTaFACT (pdf).
Continuing Notable Events
NYPOP: On The Edge (pdf)
On view: March 4 - 29
UMass NYPOP Gallery, 526 W.26th Street,
Suite 314, New York, NY, 10001
A Score for Possibility
Including works by MFA candidate Emily Tareila
Hosmer Gallery at Forbes Library, Northampton, MA
Ellen Grobman: There, Not Here
Through March 31
Hampden Gallery, UMass
FRAME2019:OTHERWORLD
Screen@SAB, Studio Arts Building Commons
Show runs March 18 - April 9.
26th annual Massachusetts Multicultural Film Festival
"Off Track"
Terry Winters: Facts and Fictions
UMCA, Fine Art Center, UMass
Xylor Jane: Counterclockwise
Educational, Professional, and Internship Opportunities
Alliance of Artists Communities Residencies
If you don't already know about the Alliance, they provide wonderful information about artist residencies.
Here are some upcoming deadlines that you might find useful.
2019 Summer Internships at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
The MFA just published descriptions for over thirty summer internship opportunities. Departments include: Conservation & Collections Management; Development; Education; Exhibitions & Design; Intellectual Property; Volunteer and Community Engagement; and several curatorial departments.
Jabberwocky Submissions
Jabberwocky publishes once at the end of the semester and you can submit:
- Up to three pieces of short fiction
- Up to six poems
- Up to three pieces of literary criticism/nonfiction
- And as much visual art as you’d like!
All majors are encouraged to submit, so tell your friends! The submission deadline is April 3. Please email all submissions as attachments to:
umassjabberwocky@gmail.com. Questions or concerns can be sent to this address as well.
