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Newsletter - 10/21
Monday, October 21, 2019
Monday, October 21, 2019
Announcements | Department of Art, UMass, and Five College Art Events
Continuing Notable Events | Art Education News | Educational, Professional, and Internship Opportunities
Current MA student Jonathan Wilhelm has shared his video with us, created with animation in oil paint.
Read more below under the Art Education heading below.
Announcements
Registration Advising coming up soon!
Information about the Department of Art Registration Advising Fair will be sent out to student's email this week and the email will contain your specific appointment time and date. Regstration Advising will take place on Tuesday, October 29 and Wednesday, October 30, in the SAB Commons.
Department of Art, UMass, and Five College Art Events
Department of Art - Artist in Residence Lecture
Joanna Tam
Joanna Tam, Artist in Residence in the Department of Art, will give a lecture in the department, at the end of her residency, as well as a closing reception which includes work from Susan Jahoda's Image Capturing course.
Lecture: Thursday, October 24, 12 noon, room 240 SAB
Closing Reception: November 5, 7:00 pm
Lee Edwards Gallery, Studio Arts Building, UMass
Oddtopsy
Elena Olson
Artist in residence alumna Elena Olson was invited to feature her work in progress on the Wall@SAB. Her work, a photo/print based installation, will continue to be installed through to the closing date.
On display through Sunday, October 27
Closing Reception: Sunday, October 27, 12:00 pm - 3:00 pm
The Wall @ SAB
Studio Arts Building Commons
States of Being
MFA Studio Art Candidates
The Screen@SAB now features work by Department of Art MFA Candidates Taylor Benoit, Amanda Boggs, Richenda Cope, Sally Curcio, Avery Formes, Bibiana Medkova and Nima Nikakhlagh.
Stop by to see the screening or their works.
through November 17
Monday to Friday, 9:30 am to 7:00 pm
Studio Arts Building Commons
Soundbox
Installation and Performance by Nima Nikakhlagh
“Soundbox” looks backward, looks forward, but firmly places us in the uncomfortable “now.” It offers us all the invitation to act.
This installation/performance connects, both physically and conceptually, the official art world with the public. While critical of this “official” art world, it also relies upon the established system to draw people to the gallery (a recognized art space) in order to pull their attention to art outside in the real world. It is there that we – and art – can have the most impact.
October 15 through October 25
Opening Reception: Wednesday, October 23, 5:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Performance at 6:00 pm.
Student Union Art Gallery, Room 310 Bartlett Hall
Fielding: Goldenrod and an Exploration of Connections
Emily Tareila
Fielding: Goldenrod, An Exploration of Connections, is the first Pop-Up Exhibition organized by the University Museum of Contemporary Art (UMCA) and the UMass Natural History Collections (NHC), curated by Emily Tareila (MFA, Studio Arts, 2019). This inaugural collaborative project brings an artist’s perspective to the Natural History Collections and offers a new way for students and the public to engage with the natural world, and with the rich collections NHC has to offer.
On view October 16, 23, & 30
Closing Reception: Wednesday, October 30, 5 - 7 pm
144 Morrill Science Center 2 South
UMass Amherst Department of Art Fall Open House Event
The UMass Amherst Department of Art invites you to an Open House for prospective students! Take a tour of the Studio Arts Building, meet Art Department faculty, and get feedback on your portfolio in advance of your application. Student work will be on display throughout our building. Featured in our atrium space will be a special project by recent graduate Elena Olson. Elena will be on hand at the opening to discuss her project and share her experiences as an art student at UMass Amherst.
This event is scheduled in conjunction with UMass Admissions’ final Fall Visit Day for 2019. All are welcome, even if the Admissions event fills up; no registration is required for the Art Department Open House. Please call our office at 413-545-6937 with any questions.
If you are an arts educator, please let your students know about this opportunity to learn more about studying art at UMass Amherst.
Sunday October 27, 2019
1:00 - 3:00 pm
Studio Arts Building Commons, UMass Amherst
Games of Chance
Shawn Farley & Lois Guarino
Shawn Farley’s constructions are comprised of foundry molds, wood, oil, latex and/or acrylic paint and have been both exhibited and collected extensively. To embark on her her work, she searches flea markets and seeks out junk dealers from all over the country who clean out the closed and abandoned machine foundries of their wood patterns or molds, unique pieces formed by talented craftsmen long ago that are on their way to becoming the trash of history.
Lois Guarino, artist, writer, and teacher is widely exhibited, and collected. She is the recipient of numerous awards and grants, including two fellowships from the New York Foundation for the Arts. With a focus on the interconnectedness of all living things, she describes the drawings on view in this exhibition as a departure for her, coming from a place beyond consciousness.
November 6 - 26, 2019
Opening Reception: Wednesday, November 6, 5 - 7 pm
Augusta Savage Gallery
Art Education News
Wayfaring Soul - Solitude
MA Student Jonathan Wilhelm created an animation in oil paint that showcases his skills learned at UMass in his undergraduate studies through animation and painting courses. This is a music video for the local band Wayfaring Soul which has been featured on Lazer 99.3 during locals music hour. Click on the video to see his amazing work.
Continuing Notable Events
Latchhooking
Chaehee Yoon and Xuan Pham
continues in the Commons @ SAB until finished, on Fridays, 12 - 4 pm.
Disruptions & Continuities
George Wardlaw
through October 25
Herter Gallery
Games of Chance
Erika Radich & Rocío Olguín
Through October 29
Augusta Savage Gallery
Mythologies
Rina Goldfield
October 13 - November 6, 2019
Opening Reception:
Hampden Gallery
Local
Sandra Matthews
October 13 - November 6, 2019
Hampden Gallery
Cycles : Leonardo Drew
From the Collections of Jordan D. Schnitzer and His Family Foundation
through December 8
UMCA
Avital Sagalyn: A Life of Exploration
through Dec 8
UMCA
Forever Young
Featuring work by Cynthia Consentino
Newport Art Museum
through December 31
Educational, Professional, and Internship Opportunities
FRAME 2020
This juried call is open to all Department of Art undergraduate majors and minors. Videos and Animations should be 10 minutes or less in duration. We may consider work that exceeds the 10 minute limit on a case by case basis. Selected works will be screened during the Spring 2020 semester, on the Screen@SAB monitor, located on the second floor commons area in the Studio Arts Building.
Deadline for submission is December 15th, 2020.
Submission guidelines.
Good Luck! We're excited to see your work! Screen@SAB
HFA Here to Career ("H2C") Series
The Fall 2019 HFA Here to Career ("H2C") Series, hosted by the College of Humanities and Fine Arts (HFA), is a six week career and internship-skills workshop series geared toward HFA students that teaches students strategies to help successfully navigate the job/internship search and application process. Free dinner is provided at every session and students who attend all six sessions are eligible to receive a $20 Gift Card and Certificate of Completion.
The H2C Series meets every Wednesday
from September 25, 2019 to October 30, from 5:30-7:30 pm
South College E470.
Students of all majors are welcome. Students can register by completing this
registration form .
John Wilmerding Internship
National Gallery of Art
Applications are now open for John Wilmerding Internships for 2020-2021. The John Wilmerding Fund for Education in American Art supports two internships - one in American art and one in digital interpretation. These programs are focused on providing institutional training to students who are interested in pursuing a museum career. Both programs will run for 9 months in Washington, D.C.
Apply for John Wilmerding Internship
The Artifice
The Artifice is an online magazine that covers a wide spectrum of art forms, including Film, Anime, Comics, Literature, Games, and Arts. It is collaboratively built and maintained by the writers. The platform has an established audience of millions. We are currently expanding and we would like to provide an opportunity for students, staff, and faculty to join our team of writers. Our writers range from undergraduates to emeritus professors.
Blacklist Journal-Brandeis University
Blacklist Journal is currently seeking submissions from talented student writers and artists in graduate and undergraduate programs across the country. This is a fantastic opportunity for students to have their works published.
We are a student-run publication seeking work that balances clarity, experimentation, and bite. We publish fiction, poetry, creative nonfiction, and all forms of visual art that can be rendered in a 2-D still or moving format.
Submissions are due October 31, 2019, before midnight.
