UNT GIVING WEEK 2015, Sept 14-19

Today, we’re kicking off a celebration of UNT Giving Week – 125 hours of giving, designed to help kick off the 125th anniversary celebration. The campaign is running from September 14 through September 19 and will give you a chance to reconnect to your UNT roots and celebrate your alma mater.

The College of Visual Arts and Design (CVAD) assumes a critical role in building our region into a world-renowned center for culture and education. CVAD fosters creative futures for its diverse student population and the area through rigorous arts-based education, arts- and client-based studio practice, scholarship and research. Your generous support helps us to achieve this mission.

No matter where you are, I hope you’ll join me in raising the bar for UNT by visiting One.UNT.edu/Inspire125 and giving back to CVAD. On the donation form, check “other” and write in College of Visual Art and Design.

Let’s kick off the next 125 years the right way!

Thank you for your support!

Blue House Too interested in showing work

Blue House Too Gallery, a new arts space in Allen, Texas is interested in showing work by CVAD students this summer, perhaps small group shows of advanced undergrads or grads. They are interested in all fine art media.

Click here for more information!

Alumnus Michael Bise - "New Drawings" opens 3/28, 2-5 pm, Artist talk 3 pm

MOODY GALLERY

Between You and Me  2014  graphite on paper  62 3/4" x 43"

MICHAEL BISE

NEW DRAWINGS

MAR 28 - APR 25, 2015

RECEPTION FOR THE ARTIST

SAT MAR 28 2-5 PM

ARTIST TALK

SAT MAR 28 3 PM

SUPPORTED BY THE HOUSTON ARTS ALLIANCE INDIVIDUAL ARTIST GRANT

Moody Gallery is pleased to announce an exhibition of new drawings by Michael Bise. This exhibition is supported by the 2014 Houston Arts Alliance Individual Artist Grant. Bise's work consists primarily of large-scale graphite drawings that combine autobiographical narrative with labor-intensive attention to detail, creating a disorienting relationship between personal psychology and formal picture making concerns.

Michael Bise was born in Flagstaff, Arizona and moved to Dallas, Texas in 1990. He received his Bachelor of Fine Arts in drawing and painting at the University of North Texas in 2001 and his Masters of Fine Art in drawing and painting at the University of Houston in 2005. In 2014 his work was exhibited at the Art Museum of Southeast Texas and the Acadiana Center for the Arts in Lafayette, Louisiana. His work was also included in the Texas Biennial at the Blue Star Contemporary Art Museum, San Antonio and a survey of his drawings was on view at the Galveston Arts Center in 2013. In 2012 he was awarded The Hunting Art Prize, an Artadia Finalist, and a Nominee for the Texas Contemporary Award. He has also exhibited at the McKinney Avenue Contemporary, Dallas, Fort Worth Contemporary Arts at TCU, and the Contemporary Arts Museum, Houston. He regularly contributes criticism and reviews for the online art journal Glasstire.

The exhibition New Drawings is on view at Moody Gallery from Saturday, March 28, 2015 through Saturday, April 25, 2015. A reception for the artist will be held Saturday, March 28 from 2:00 pm to 5:00 pm with an artist talk at 3:00 pm.

MOODY GALLERY | 2815 Colquitt Houston, TX 77098

Gallery Hours: Tues-Fri 10:30-5:00, Sat 11:00-5:00

713-526-9911

www.moodygallery.com

info@moodygallery.com

GRADUATE OPEN STUDIO NIGHT

Graduate Open Studio Night at University of North Texas
Oak Street Hall, 1120 W Oak Street, Denton, TX
Thursday, April 2nd, 2015, 5pm – 8pm


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The graduate students at Oak Street Hall, 1120 West Oak Street, Denton, invite the community into their studio spaces. The event will be held from 5pm – 8pm. Graduate Students from the College of Visual Arts & Design will open their individual studio spaces for this one night. There will be artists working work on display for all to enjoy.

The event is free and open to the public.

The facility houses spaces for graduate students in the programs of Ceramics, Drawing & Painting, Photography and Printmaking. Students from programs such as Fibers, Metalsmithing & Jewelry, and Sculpture will also participate by showing work in spaces throughout the building. Some artists will have work for sale.

The event is accompanied by an exhibition reception from 5pm-7pm in the Cora Stafford Gallery, located within Oak Street Hall.

The Graduate Students at UNT are calling on their community to come out and see the fresh, contemporary artwork being made right here in the Denton Community.

Nasher Sculpture Center Announces New Artist Microgrant Program for North Texas Artists

New granting program to provide small-sum grants to support the studio practices of local artists

DALLAS, Texas (February 11, 2015) – The Nasher Sculpture Center announces the launch of the Nasher Sculpture Center Artist Microgrants, a program to provide financial support to North Texas artists through the distribution of small-sum grants. The Artist Microgrants are awards that range from $250 to $1000 and are offered to local artists on a twice-annual basis to help further their personal or professional development. The microgrants aim to champion artistic excellence and encourage innovation, collaboration and engagement within the local visual art community. In addition, by bringing in jurors from the international and regional art communities to meet the grant recipients and discuss their work, Nasher Artist Microgrants will help bridge the gap between the North Texas art scene and the world.

“As a cultural center, it is essential that Dallas make an investment in its working artists to help foster and network this ever-growing creative ecosystem,” says Nasher Director Jeremy Strick, “and the Nasher Sculpture Center is proud to aid in the enrichment of this invaluable aspect of our city. We look forward to watching the continued growth of this rich artistic community.”

The jurors for the inaugural granting of Nasher Artists Microgrants are Dallas artists Frances Bagley, Annette Lawrence, and John Pomara and the Chicago-based artist Tony Tasset, as well as Nasher Assistant Curator Leigh Arnold and Nasher Curator of Education Anna Smith.

Local artists are encouraged to submit an application for review by April 3, 2015. Grantee winners will be announced on May 1, 2015.

The Nasher Sculpture Center Artist Microgrants are now accepting submissions from artists currently residing in North Texas (Dallas, Tarrant, Denton, Collin, Hunt, Rockwall, Kaufman, Navarro, Ellis, Johnson, Somervell, Erath, Palo Pinto Hood, Parker or Wise County).

Applications can be found at: http://www.nashersculpturecenter.org/artist-microgrants

Applicants are encouraged to check the Nasher website for further information and future open call dates.

MFA Alumnus Irby Pace: Explosions in the Sky

Galleri Urbane is pleased to announce the second solo exhibition by Galleri artist Irby Pace, Explosions in the Sky. Represented by Galleri Urbane since 2013, Pace’s “Idle Voids” series experienced widespread exposure, from the cover story of the Dallas Observer to coverage in the Huffington Post. What began as a simple idea while completing his MFA in photography at the University of North Texas has successfully come to fruition over the past two years, with works placed in numerous national and international collections.

Explosions in the Sky finds Irby Pace after a residency at the Dallas Arboretum and a trip to the vast landscape of Marfa, Texas. By using crude and readily available sources, Pace experiments with the tension of upwards or outwards movement against the downward force of gravity, creating the illusion of gravity defiance. In a tricky collaboration with nature and the urban environment, he alters the physical space with real floating colorful clouds of smoke, capturing a momentary glimpse of the vacant space. Through his latest photographs, Irby Pace will be sure to offer a view of these environments like never seen before.

Irby Pace received his BFA in Photography from Texas Tech University and an MFA in Photography from the University of North Texas in 2012. He currently is an Assistant Professor in Photography/Video at Troy University in Troy, Alabama. His photography has been featured in Wired Magazine, Ripleys Believe it Or Not, and many other websites, blogs and online magazines. Explosions in the Sky is traveling from the Louise Hopkins Underwood Center for the Arts in Lubbock, Texas.

There is a reception and preview on March 28, 6-8pm.

Galleri Urbane Marfa + Dallas • 2277 Monitor St. • Dallas, TX 75217 • USA

2015 Summer Workshops with Professor James Thurman

Glass Blowing & Metalworking

May 26 – June 4, 2015
The Glass Furnace
Istanbul, Turkey
https://www.camocagi.org/en
No prior experience required!

Creative Connections

(jewelry-making)
August 2 – 14, 2015
Haystack Mountain School of Crafts
Deer Isle, Maine
http://www.haystack-mtn.org

Scholarships and possible Special Problems credit available. Contact James Thurman as soon as possible to discuss the possibilities: James.Thurman@unt.edu

UNT Grad Students Finalists in "WINNER TAKES ALL"

Contemporary Art Dealers of Dallas

present

WINNER TAKES ALL!

Sunday, November 16 // 5:30 - 8:00 pm

SOUP.CREATIVITY.COMMUNITY.CASH

2014 CADD FUNd Finalists!

Tim Best - MFA, studio art, 2014, SMU
Lynne Bowman - 3rd year MFA, photography, UNT
Ellie Ivanova - MFA candidate, photography, UNT
Anansi Knowbody, MFA candidate, SMU
Julie Libersat - MFA candidate, new media, MA candidate, art education, UNT
Fari Rahimi - MFA, sculpture, 2013, UNT


Contemporary Art Dealers of Dallas celebrate creativity and community with a Sunday Soup Supper on November 16th at 3015 at Trinity Groves. "CADD FUNd: Winner Takes All", will be a fun, fast-paced evening of sharing innovative ideas about potential artistic projects. The CADD FUNd will make possible a high-impact idea that needs the support of the Dallas-Fort Worth arts community.

The idea for "CADD FUNd: Winner Takes All" was inspired by similar events throughout the United States such as Feast in Brooklyn, Incubate in Chicago and Spread in Santa Fe. Over the past several years, numerous organizations have taken the basic premise of a Sunday soup dinner - collect creative proposals, invite the public to pay, eat, and listen, and then democratically vote for a winner - and adapted it to their own local purposes.

Our six finalists are from a pool of current or previous M.A. or M.F.A. candidate from an institution within 100 miles of Dallas. They were selected by three jurors including: Gabriel Ritter, the Nancy & Tim Hanley Assistant Curator of Contemporary Art at Dallas Museum of Art; Judy Deaton, Chief Curator at The Grace Museum; and William Rudolph, Ph.D., The Marie and Hugh Halff Curator of American Art and Mellon Chief Curator at the San Antonio Museum of Art.

During the event the finalists will each present short proposals for original and yet-to-be-realized new projects, audience members will ask questions and then vote for their favorite project. After a short recess to tally the votes, the Winner Takes All!

ALL funds raised by ticket sales will go to the winner!
Tickets are $40.00 per person
Tickets will not be available at the door

purchase TICKETS!

Need more information or have questions?
contact:

• holly @ hollyjohnsongallery . com
• cohn @ cohndrennancontemporary . com

Alumna Erika Edwards at the DMA Center for Creative Connections

Date: Friday, September 19, 2014 - 07:00pm to 08:00pm

Location: Dallas Museum of Art, 1717 N Harwood, Dallas, TX

 

Erika Edwards, UNT Photography alumna, will teach a workshop at the Dallas Museum of Art's Center for Creative Connections on​ Friday, September 19, 2014.

Late Night Art Bytes: Photoshop Drop-In
7:00–8:00 p.m., Tech Lab, Center for Creative Connections
Drop in to learn about photographer Erika Edwards’ artistic process and experiment with Adobe Photoshop.
Click Here for more information on the DMA 3C.

Tactical Robotics Symposium: Oct 1

Lectures and Gallery Talk by Natasha Egan

Thinking About Contemporary Photography 
Lecture: September 22, in Curry Hall 204, at 3:00 PM
Gallery Talk: September 23 at the UNT Art Gallery, at 12:30 PM

Natasha Egan is the Executive Director of the Museum of Contemporary Photography at the Columbia College Chicago. This lecture is part of the exhibition Discoveries of the FotoFest Houston Meeting Place, which features photographs by emerging artists from around the world, who have participated in the Meeting Place” Portfolio Review of the acclaimed Houston FotoFest Biennial. The exhibition dates are September 11, 2014 through October 18, 2014.

UNT Visiting Artist Shira Richter featured at DMA

Shira Richter will be a visiting artist at UNT October 6-8, 2014. She will be presenting to the Fibers and Core Design classes in addition to her presentation to the Jewish Studies Department.

Hot Potato Called Mother

In connection with the installation The Mother Load, the DMA welcomes Israeli artist Shira Richter. Using such issues as feminism, politics, anthropology, and popular culture, Richter's work addresses the fundamental roles that motherhood and art play in our lives. The Mother Load is an international collaborative project on view in the Center for Creative Connections that engages with women who lead the creative life of an artist while being a mother.

For more information and to get $5 tickets, please go to the DMA website.

Faculty and alumni featured by the DMA in October 2014

Senior Lecturer Lesli Robertson and alumna Natalie Macellaio (MFA) will be giving a gallery talk at the Dallas Museum of Art Center for Creative Connections on October 29, 2014. For more information about the DMA Gallery Talk series, please see the DMA website.

Studio Alumni featured in Houstonia

"Sebastian Boncy describes himself as existing in a sort of cultural limbo: a Haitian in Texas, a Texan in the other 49 states..."

Meet Sebastien Boncy, Houston's Poet of Visual Blight 

Local photographer's mordant camera eye tells it like it is. 

Article by John Nova Lomax

TASA 2014 Conference "OFF CENTER"

The conference will take place Oct. 23-25 at the Omni Hotel in Dallas. (Click on the image of the flyer)

This year we are bringing in Diego Leclery and Pedro Velez, both Whitney Biennial 2014 artists, and Sabina Ott, Chicago artist and curator. Our keynote this year is Terry Allen and Trenton Doyle Hancock will be around Thursday night for a scholarship fundraiser. Also, our very own Margaret Meehan received the Paul Hanna Lecture award and will be discussing her recent work made at ArtPace.

We have lowered the student fee to $25 ($5 for TASA membership and $20 for the conference.) Students will be fed lunch on Friday and Saturday, see lectures and can attend workshops, as well as having the option to enter the one square foot student exhibition at El Centro College. They even get a t-shirt and swag bag.

See the exhibition entry form below for more information. For a full-size copy to use to apply, please email the Department of Studio Art at studio@unt.edu.

GET FUNDED! 2014 - 9/12/2014 @ 1:30pm

Bi-Annual Exhibition of Graduate Students enrolled in Professional Practices for Visual Artists

The University of North Texas is pleased to present the return of the bi-annual exhibition of graduate students enrolled in Professional Practices for Visual Artists.

This spring’s exhibition is titled Agent Form, a reference to the artists’ cooperation in bringing about the exhibition and agency as the living presence and response a work of art elicits. Expect to see a wide array of media and conceptual bases in this exciting exhibition of talent including painting, printmaking, photography, ceramics, sculpture, and fiber arts. The visual artists, who call themselves The Brik Haus Collective are…

• Colby Currie 
• Rachel Fischer 
• Aaron Michael Flynn 
• Tara Horton 
• Bumin Kim 
• Kai Peter Martin 
• Adam Rowlett 
• Abby Sherrill 
• Jon Vogt 
• William Arthur Wright

Closing Reception Friday, April 18th, 7-10 p.m.

Reception will feature sound performances by…

Lily Taylor & Sean Miller, (Sean Miller is a New Media MFA Candidate at UNT)
Stephen Lucas, Music Composition (MFA UNT 2010)
Jon Vogt, Printmaking MFA Candidate at UNT

The Panhandle House Recording Studio Warehouse
313 N Locust St, Denton, TX 76201
Entrance in the alley between North Locust and North Elm Street

For more information please contact Miriam Ellen Ewers at 859.797.7694

Professor Robert Jessup featured at The MAC

5/10/14 – 6/28/14

Robert JessupSelections – New Work: 2013-2014

An opening reception will be held Saturday, May 10, 2014 from 6:00pm to 8:00pm at The McKinney Avenue Contemporary, located at 3120 McKinney Avenue, in the Uptown District of Dallas.

Exhibitions will be on view through June 28, 2014.

The MAC welcomes Robert Jessup for a solo exhibition in the New Works Space this summer. Selections – New Work: 2013-2014 includes selected paintings from the past year, which explore his journey into a “free play of form”. The intuitive, non-representational form making gives his paintings an open ended resolution, keeping singularity in meaning out of his works. Having identity without being identifiable, the paintings are free to speak for themselves through an abstract visual narrative.

For more information, please go to the MAC website.

Annette Lawrence: Leaning Toward an Algorithm

"Seven Artists" Opening at McMurtrey Gallery

SEVEN ARTISTS
February 22 - March 8, 2014

Opening Reception
Saturday, February 22
6:00 - 8:00pm

Seven Artists is an exhibition that brings together seven gallery artists whose work differs in form and concept. Working in paint, gouache, collage, and bronze, this exhibit showcases the various processes these artists undergo to create their vision.
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January Number Two, oil on canvas, 2013

ROBERT JESSUP: NEW PAINTINGS

February 22 - March 22, 2014

These pictures are the result of intuitive, non-representational form-making interacting with the mental forces that want to imagistically bind visual elements together. I have been trying to invent configurations that stop just short of representation, configurations that have identity without being identifiable. I have wanted there to be the feel of drama and the sense of narrative without the presence of recognizable images or symbols. Neither abstract nor figurative but still imbued with the current of a story. -Robert Jessup
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For more information, please see the McMurtrey Gallery website.