12.04.13

Event: UNIQUES

Uniques

SNAG (Society of North American Goldsmiths) is excited to announce “UNIQUES,” a holiday sale on Ebay, December 2-16. One-of-a-kind, limited edition, unusual, and other handmade contemporary art jewelry and small metals. Find a great holiday gift, or something special for yourself. Your purchase will help support SNAG and its talented member artists.

Look at my work for sale. SNAG takes 50% for student scholarships. Enjoy!

Gretchen Otto, MFA PhD
Professor of Art
Metalsmithing

Ebay December 02-December 16.

11.15.13

Tech Talk #11-Museum Innovations and Technology

Museums are seeking new opportunities to integrate technology in innovative ways. Though technology and innovation is often expected in a science museum, it can sometimes be controversial in art museums and history museums. Many issues debated regarding technology in a museum setting include education versus entertainment, artifacts versus reproductions, and scholarship versus showmanship.
This week, we’ll share and discuss some interesting examples from museums around the world and how they are addressing technology in their institutions.

Thursday, Nov. 21, 2013
12:15-12:45 pm
Ford 212 Media Center

Presented this week by Amanda Szot.

11.12.13

BFA Photo Enya Moran wins 2nd place in Sohophoto juried exhibition

BFA Photo student Enya Moran receives second place in Soho Photo’s 17th Annual National Photography Competition.

“Soho Photo Gallery is pleased to announce that its July exhibition will present the 39 winners of the Gallery’s 18th annual juried National Photography Competition. The show’s distinguished juror, Laura Paterson, VP and Specialist in the Photography Department at Christie’s, New York, selected these images to be in the 2013 exhibition.

In previous years, this competition has drawn entries from all over the United States and 2013 was even more national in scope. A total of 152 photographers from 35 states, from as far away as Alaska and Hawaii, submitted over 1,000 photographs for the juror’s consideration.

After making her selections, Paterson described this year’s submissions as “an impressive group of pictures” and said her decisions were “…actually rather difficult as I thought the standard was extremely high overall.”

The top three National Competition winners are:
1st Prize – Noah David Bau, Melrose, MA
2nd Prize – Enya Moran, Ypsilanti, MI
3rd Prize – Robert Moran, Bar Harbor, ME

“Sohophoto”: http://www.sohophoto.com/exhibitions/archive/july-2013/

11.11.13

Tech Talk #10- Artograph Projector

Artograph is a small digital projector designed to project photographs, digitized drawings or sketches directly onto any surface for easy composing, layout and transferring of images. Project a video and freeze any frame.
Access digital images from various sources that include computers, SD cards, flash drives or other digital devices.
Join us for our weekly Tech Talk.

Presented this week by
Ben Bigelow
Thursday, Nov.14, 2013
12:15-12:45 pm
Ford 212 Media Center

11.10.13

Graduate Morgan Barrie, Review in Ann Arbor News

Recent photography graduate Morgan Barrie, wins best of show for the Ann Arbor Art Center 2013 Annual All Media Exhibition!

Read a review of the show in the Ann Arbor News here

11.06.13

Rezvan Rasooly Featured in Campus Life Video

MFA student Rezvan Rasooly was recently the subject of a Campus Life video. Watch it here.

11.01.13

Exhibition: Amy Sacksteder Residency and Group Exhibition in Iceland

Faculty member Amy Sacksteder was a resident artist at the SÍM Residency in Reykjavík for the month of October. While there, she gave an artist lecture on her artwork and Island: 22 Artists on Iceland, the 2011 exhibition curated by her and University Gallery Director Greg Tom, at the Iceland Academy of the Arts. She also participated in the group exhibition Fault Lines. She and the other resident artists were featured in the Icelandic paper Frettablaðið.
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Fault Lines is a group exhibition of the multifaceted work of eight international artists from Norway, Lithuania, Australia, New Zealand, Canada, Italy and the United States. The artists have in common their experience at the SÍM Residency on Seljavegur, as well as being visitors to Iceland.

Fault Lines implies potential for seismic change, whether major (an earthquake or volcanic eruption) or a quiet period of gestation until the next event. It is a fitting metaphor for a period of time spent for artists in residence in Iceland where life’s explorations take on an enormity and grandness (through the obvious momentous experiences that can occur to visitors in this very particular place) as well as in the seemingly “inactive” period of quiet time in the studio (where events are anything but inactive) where life’s eruptions are catalyzed into impressions that aspire to indicate and communicate—in many cases—what it is to be here when from elsewhere.

Artists/ Listamennirnir eru:
Jeremy Christopher Blincoe NZ
Ellinor Aurora Aasgaard NO
Kate Beckingham AU
Simen Engen Larsen NO
Tamara Ferioli IT
Frédérique Ulman-Gagné CA
Amy Sacksteder USA
Martynas Petreikis LT

SÍM House, Reykjavík, Iceland.

11.01.13

Exhibition: Landscapes of Altered States

Please come check out this show at MCPA.
Brian Nelson Sculpture and Anne Fracassa Drawings and Paintings.

Art Gallery of Macomb Center For Preforming Arts October 10-December 18. Opening Reception: October 17 5:00-7:00pm

11.01.13

Tech Talk #9-TeachArt Wiki

This presentation will discuss the purpose of the TeachArt Wiki website, how to be involved and incorporate a wiki into a class. There will be examples of student work and a brief step-by-step guide for becoming a member and creating content on the TeachArt Wiki.
Presented by this week by
Tom Suchan
November 07
12:15-12:45
Ford 212 Media Center

10.31.13

Sculpture Metal casting techniques

Look for liquid metal in the Sculpture studio this winter. We are offering ART 435 Metal Casting Techniques. Explore the history of the lost wax bronze casting process at EMU.