February 2012
26 posts
from AMANDA LONG - BFA 2005
.S.P. TV at Roulette 2/18, 8pm-12am Roulette, 509 Atlantic Ave. Brooklyn NY First E.S.P. TV Taping of 2012 at Roulette in Downtown BK. Curated by Scott Kiernan and Victoria Keddie for Roulette’s Xperimental Love Fest. GRASSHOPPER MV CARBON AND C SPENCER YEH LITTLE WOMEN AMANDA LONG TIM GERAGHTY Hosted by SAM MICKENS E.S.P. TV is taped “in front of a live studio audience” with live green-screening...
Feb 19th
new work from EDWIN SHELTON - BFA 1978
Feb 19th
ALESSANDRA TORRES - MFA 2005
Greetings from Studio #6 in the Creative Alliance! You are most cordially invited to attend the opening reception of “Subterfuge” (A group show of epic proportion) AND the annual Resident Open Studios on Saturday, February 25 from 5-7pm upstairs in the Old Patterson Theater/Creative Alliance. Come check out both of my newest and hugest sculptural installations, and have a peak behind...
Feb 19th
ROSS CAUDILL - MFA 2006 studio space available
$1175 Studio space available at corner of Morgan Ave and Division Place in East Williamsburg, Brooklyn, NY. Actual address is 488 Morgan Ave. 720 Square feet of actual space. This is not some random number, IT IS THE ACTUAL USABLE SQUARE FOOTAGE. It is on the 5th floor of the building and there is a 24/7 freight elevator that is 8’ x 8’. Getting plywood in here is no problem. There...
Feb 19th
TODD KNOPKE - BFA 1995
 FEATURE,INC.    131 Allen St., NY NY  Feb 15 - Mar. 18, 2012
Feb 19th
GEORGE FERRANDI -BFA 1994 (An Ode to Wayfarers)...
♥ 2 Jillian Rose Wayfarers Brooklyn Pratt DIY art studios Feb 17 Fine Art Friday: An Ode to Brooklyn’s Wayfarers View of Wayfarers’ gallery, via Craig Hein.  Recently, through the kindness of inventive painter Jillian Rose, I had the good fortune to participate in a group exhibition at Bushwick’s Wayfarers. This piece is neither about that show (now on view, until February...
Feb 19th
DIANA AL-HADID MFA 2005 & TIM BLUM - MFA 1992
TUES., MAR 6TH, 7-9PM/ 475 TENTH AV AT 36TH ST., NYC
Feb 17th
TODD KNOPKE - BFA 95 & MATT KING -FACULTY
Pewter Wings, Golden Horns, Stone Veils Curated by Nick van Woert March 3rd through March 31st GRIMM Gallery, Amsterdam www.grimmgallery.com/ Keizersgracht 82/Amsterdam/The Netherlands
Feb 17th
JOSIE DURKIN - BFA 2003 (review attached)
TOWN & COUNTRY Hi Connie and Friends: I currently have work in two shows in Texas: Town and Country, at Brand 10 in Fort Worth and a solo show, Icing (Just like this…)  at Texas A&M University - Commerce. The work at Brand 10 is the installation, Bloom (I knew I loved you when…), which involves a stack of painted suitcases, a love seat, umbrellas, motors and pressure...
Feb 16th
VIRGINIA A. GROOT GRANT (reminder from Tim Blum)
APPLY!  Deadline is March 1, 2012 http://virginiaagrootfoundation.org/info/
Feb 15th
"THE FORMATIVE YEARS" - just a little reminder
If you haven’t seen the department’s video yet, please take a look.  There’s a place for your comments and I’d really like to hear what you think (maybe). http://arts.vcu.edu/sculpture/faculty-staff/the-formative-years/
Feb 14th
SAF GRANT (from DIANA AL HADID)
Open Call: Production Programme 2012 Deadline for application: 24 February 2012   Sharjah Art Foundation announces the 2012 Production Programme Open Call for grants to artists working in a range of media. Up to $200,000 is available in this application cycle. The Sharjah Art Foundation (SAF) Production Programme broadens the possibilities for the production of art in the MENASA region through a...
Feb 14th
NYC SUMMER PROGRAM
Applications are being accepted for the New York Arts Practicum (http://ArtsPracticum.org), an experiential summer program in New York City where advanced undergraduates, recent graduates, and graduate students participate in artmaking and intellectual culture outside of the traditional confines of the art school. The program centers around an internship with an active artist, a studio seminar,...
Feb 14th
JANELLE IGLESIAS - MFA 2007
Hi friends, Unfortunately I’m not in town for the openings but I wanted to let you know about two group shows that I have some new work in. Also if you have a moment, check out Las Hermanas’ interview on Bomblog: http://bombsite.com/issues/1000/articles/6379 Warm Regards, Janelle ****************************       Larissa Goldston Gallery is pleased to inaugurate its new ground...
Feb 14th
DOUG MOULDEN - BFA 1983
1st  February 10 Friday at Artique Underground  A friend Sarah Thompson is hosting an event.  She writes:  Please join me at Artique Underground (basement of the Volt building), on Friday, February 10 from 5-7:30 for a wine and cheese reception and art display of our neighbor, Doug Moulden’s paintings. Our friend and financial planner, Scott Geisbert, is generously co-hosting this event....
Feb 14th
ALUMNI PARTY IN LA
CAA’s there and so are we. If you’re in town, please stop by! Friday, 2/24, 5-7PM at Weiland Brewery Underground. http://www.weilandbrewery.net/WBRunderground/ Please spread the word to faculty, alumni and other friends of VCUarts!
Feb 14th
PETE CORRIE - BFA 2002 (Berlin tattoo artist)
Connie, Hi it has been a long time! I don’t have an event so much as some news but I’d like to let everyone know that I’m a tattoo artist now and would love to tattoo any VCU alumni if they are ever in Berlin. Berlin is such a rad city, so vital but at the same time it has a relaxed vibe, and I would encourage any VCU folks looking for a new home to check it out. I’d be...
Feb 14th
FERNANDO MASTRANGELO - MFA 2004
Hello, I’m happy to announce “This too Shall Pass” a solo exhibition opening at PG Contemporary next Friday the 17th. More Info Below. Concurrently my solo show “Black Sculpture” is still on view at Charest-Weinberg in Miami. http://charestweinberg.com/exhibitions/fernando-mastrangelo-black-sculpture/?time=current The show was recently selected by ArtForum Critics...
Feb 14th
BRIAN BERNHARD -BFA 1999 & Blight Productions
Remember the documentary webseries about clown and physical comedy I began in 2009, well it’s back! I am sorry it took so long to bring these too you, however I hope you all feel that it was worth the wait. This episode is all about “PLAY!” Featuring: Christopher Lueck, Deanna Fleysher, Eric Davis, Jango Edwards, Jef Johnson, Gabriela Muñoz, John Towsen, Michael Bongar, & Zero Boy! Sit...
Feb 7th
FACULTY POSITION in Nashville, TN
Position Title  Assistant Professor of 3D/Sculpture   Position number  (HR provides)   Full Time/Part Time  Full Time   Job Type  Tenure Track   Department  Art   Position Purpose This position is a full-time tenure-track appointment at the rank of Assistant Professor. The primary job responsibilities include teaching 3 undergraduate courses per semester, including all levels of Sculpture and 3D...
Feb 7th
SHANNON WRIGHT - BFA 1990
“Mechanical Reproduction,” 2012. Installation at Mulherin + Pollard Projects.  http://mulherinpollard.com/exhibitions.html 187 Chrystie Street (at Rivington,) NYC. I consider this piece to be about bureaucracy. It’s a heavy rubber stamp made of painted basswood, cast urethane rubber, and neoprene. I used it to awkwardly stamp out a chunky black damask wallpaper pattern over...
Feb 7th
PATRICK STOREY - BFA 1996
Hi there, For the second time I have been invited to take part in this somewhat unusual but well attended event here in Singapore. Open House is an exhibition where artists go into peoples homes, construct installations or install artworks. This years theme “OCCUPY” is more of a play on the current movement than any sort of political one in the amazing (post WW II) neighborhood of...
Feb 7th
CHRISTIAN NEWBY - BFA 2002
  New Work Scotland Programme 2011/12 Jack McConville | Ash Reid | Amelia Bywater & Christian Newby Jack McConville shows a series of figurative paintings exploring the vulnerable borders of the public and private. The figures appear in the setting of the spa, stark and pink against a backdrop much like the odalisques of the 19th century. Abstract masculine figures appear in paintings such...
Feb 6th
FERNANDO MASTRANGELO - MFA 2004
Miami Fernando Mastrangelo CHAREST-WEINBERG 250 NW 23rd Street #408 November 29–February 29 Fernando Mastrangelo, Stella (2), 2011, gunpowder, 10’ 1 1/2” x 7’ 1” x 2”. Fernando Mastrangelo has spent the past few years condensing powders into bricks of social critique. He pressed corn meal pressed into an Aztec calendar...
Feb 5th
DAWN KASPER - BFA 2000
THIS COULD BE SOMETHING IF I LET IT http://www.usaprojects.org/project/this_could_be_something_if_i_let_it A sincere “Thank you” to everyone that has supported this project so far. good news, I’ve almost reached my goal! 2 days left $1,000 left to raise please donate what you can today Thank you
Feb 1st
CALL FOR ARTISTS (project in Arlington
extended deadline: February 10, 2012 The Maywood, Maywood Mews and Cherrydale Citizens Associations, in conjunction with the Christopher Companies, are sponsoring a competition to procure a work of art to be placed on the median of Lee Highway opposite the new building being constructed by the Christopher Companies at the corner of Lee Highway and N Monroe Street, Arlington, Virginia. This art...
Feb 1st
January 2012
28 posts
SCOTT SAUNDERS - BFA 1995
KLRU’s Collective interviewed me during E.A.S.T. in November and the video is now up on their site! Pretty sure I managed to not sound like a total idiot. http://www.klru.org/collective/clip/scott-saunders/
Jan 28th
ELIZABETH KING - FACULTY
THURSDAY, FEB. 23rd, 6:30pm at RISD Museum, Metcalf Auditorium, 20 N. Main St., Providence, RI
Jan 26th
CORIN HEWITT - FACULTY
NEW SHOWS http://www.decordova.org/art/exhibition/2012-decordova-biennial http://thehort.org/programs_exhibitions.html http://artforum.com/picks/section=nyc
Jan 26th
Open Call: ID INTERNATIONAL ONLINE FESTIVAL
Jan. 17 2012 Imagery Dimension Imagery Dimension Festival Jan. 17 2012 - Jan. 31 2012 VideoArtWorld, with the support of the International association of culture for development, Digits Without Borders, and the Ministry of Culture of Spain, is pleased to announce the open call for the 1st edition of the Imagery Dimension International Online Festival for art+innovation. WORLDWIDE...
Jan 24th
WHOO-HOO! The film is ready--enjoy. (thanks,...
Many thanks to the careful eye and hard work of Elizabeth King who envisioned and produced this filmed version of last spring’s symposium of sculpture faculty and staff reminiscing about the VCU of yore. Thanks also go to the dean’s office for helping us to fund post-production costs. We’ve now got the full film up on our website for all the world to appreciate. ...
Jan 24th
from MICHAEL ASENTE - BFA 1982 (job op)
California Institute of the Arts is looking to hire Digital Media Artist Full Time Faculty, Program in Art and Technology/School of Art www.calarts.edu Share this: Facebook | Twitter The successful candidate will be expected to teach two graduate level courses per semester in the Program in Art and Technology, as well as to supervise independent study and workshop projects at the Center for...
Jan 24th
from MACON REED - BFA 2007 (job op)
Exciting Research Assistant Opportunity! PROJECT: Polygonal Address (P.A.) System ARTISTS: Steven Badgett, Deborah Stratman TIMELINE: Jan & Feb, 2012 = primary research window March, 2012 = compilation / ordering of audio documents March 22, 2012 = exhibition opening date BEST SUITED FOR: artists, DJs, students and thinkers interested in social history, sound and public art. Seeking motivated,...
Jan 24th
MICHAEL MCKEAN - SCU FACULTY
Dear friends,   I hope the beginnings of the New Year find you well.  My exhibition, The Gilded Scab opened this week at Parisian Laundry in Montreal - please stop by the gallery if you happen to be in town.   Also opening this week is you, your sun and shadow, an exhibiton I curated at VCU’s Anderson Gallery.    I’m also participating in a number of exhibitions and events in the coming...
Jan 20th
TAYLOR BALDWIN - MFA 2007
Hello Friends, If you find yourself in Louisville in the near future, I invite you to visit Land of Tomorrow gallery where I will have the exhibition ‘Prodrome”, opening on Friday, February 3rd 7pm-10pm. Land of Tomorrow is a large complex that programs several concurrent one-person shows, and ‘Prodrome’ will feature several recently completed sculpture and drawings....
Jan 20th
VIRGINIA MUSEUM FELLOWSHIPS for 2012-13
In the Professional category: CORIN HEWITT - SCULPTURE FACULTY MATT KING - SCULPTURE/AFO FACULTY MELANIE MCLAIN - MFA 2012            and in the Undergraduate category NATALIE KAMINSKI                                       CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL!                   
Jan 19th
SIEMON ALLEN - Visiting Faculty
1/28/12 - 4/9/12     DEUTSCHE-GUGGENHEIM.DE UNTER DEN LINDEN 13/15, 10117 BERLIN n our globalized world, with political, economic, and cultural issues intertwined across nations, boundaries between the local and global have all but disintegrated. he necessity, and the difficulty, of communicating across cultural and historical divides is now an unavoidable aspect of our lives. Within this...
Jan 19th
ROSEMARIE PADOVANO - MFA 2007 & curated by A.J....
 SHAMELESS Curated by AJ Liberto and Kate True work by Daniel Davidson, Tory Fair, Pam Hart, Katie Koti, Steve Locke, Rosemarie Padovano and Kate True   January 9 - March 2, 2012  Fort Point Arts Community Gallery, Boston MA   Shame/Less is an exhibit of seven contemporary artists probing the issues of shame and shamelessness in various aspects: gluttony, lust, vanity, weakness. Can the...
Jan 17th
MYRON HELFGOTT - Prof. Emeritus
ART WORKS     JAN. 26 - MAR. 31, 2012 GALLERY A, 114-A Virginia St., Richmond 23219 Reception: 5-9, Thursday, Jan. 26th Parking available along ‘Flood Wall’ on Byrd St.
Jan 15th
from EMIL SCHLEE -MFA 1985 (& he's in the...
Hi Friends, If you haven’t had the chance to see this type of performance, this is a rare opportunity and truly, world-class event right here in RVA. Seating will be limited. Advanced ticket purchase is recommended. Here’s a link to Gallery 5’s advanced ticket purchase page: $8.50 http://www.gallery5arts.org/Pre-Sale.html (scroll to the bottom)...
Jan 13th
CHRISTIAN NEWBY - BFA 2002
January 21 - Feb. 19, 2012 22-28 Cockburn St. Edinburgh, Scotland
Jan 13th
MYEONGSOO KIM - BFA 2008
Mike Bayne. “Untitled (Downtown Owl)”, 2011. Oil on board. Please join us for the opening reception for Unspecified Urban Site at RH Gallery on Tuesday, January 17th from 6-8pm. Unspecified Urban Site is a group exhibition that explores the structures, materials, objects and forms that signify urban space. Unspecified Urban Site will not attempt to present a utopia or dystopia but...
Jan 13th
DAWN KASPER - BFA 2000
I am currently raising funding to aid in my cost of living expenses while working in NY on a durational performance project that is to be installed in the Whitney Biennial http://whitney.org/Exhibitions/2012Biennial at The Whitney Museum of American Art in New York, NY. http://www.usaprojects.org/project/this_could_be_something_if_i_let_it I need your assistance to fully realize this project, I...
Jan 12th
WHITNEY LYNN - BFA - 2004
Join Us! Sunday, January 22 at 2PM Exhibition Opening & Mess Hall Lunch De-Mobbing: Landscape, Structure, Bioform An Exhibition at Headlands Center for the Arts Curated by Brian Karl     January 22- March 4 Gallery Hours: Tuesday-Friday & Sunday 12-5PM   OPENING RECEPTION: Sunday, January 22 at 2PM Members Reception 1PM Free Admission | Mess Hall Cafe Open & Serving Lunch Invite...
Jan 12th
MARIE SIVAK - MFA 1997
Marie Sivak has been awarded Career Opportunity Grants from the Oregon Arts Commission and The Ford Family Foundation in support of her upcoming solo exhibition “Video Miniatures” next September 2012 at A.I.R. Gallery in Brooklyn, New York. The show will include a series of sculptures which combine carved stone with embedded video and will be on view during the Dumbo Arts Festival....
Jan 12th
LINDSAY LAWSON - BFA 2005
Greetings! I hope you had an exciting new year and would like to invite you to my upcoming exhibitions. If you are happen to be in Berlin or Oslo on the following dates please stop by to say Hello! All my best, Lindsay JAN 19 Death and Taxes Tidens Krav Skippergata 18, Oslo Opening Jan. 19 at 7:00PM The exhibition will be on view Saturdays and Sundays in January and by appointment. JAN 20...
Jan 11th
FSU JOBS (2)
Seeking to fill two position in the Department of Art at the Florida State University. - a tenure track position in Digital Media & Fabrication - a full-time non-tenure track position in Digital Foundations & 3D Details can be found at art.fsu.edu/People/Open-Positions Thank you in advance for helping us get the word out about these opportunities.
Jan 10th
CHRISTOPHER TAGGART -MFA - 1999
‘Time Fugitives’ January 10 - February 12, 2012 opening reception - Saturday January 14  6-9 pm artist lecture - Saturday February 11  3 pm closing reception and catalog signing - Saturday February 11  6-9 pm Center for Contemporary Art, Sacramento 1519 19th st.  Sacramento, CA  95811 www.ccasac.org
Jan 9th
from AMANDA LONG - BFA 2005
LIVE/WORK SPACE SUBLEASE EXILE (AIR — artist in residence space) Long Island City The space is amazing. An artist building (old club) “Exile” with high ceilings and an old bar in the living room. 4-5 roommates. You must be kind, easygoing, and clean. My studio/bedroom, which I am subleasing from Feb. 1st to June 1st is 250 or so square feet.  2 large windows. Access to a huge...
Jan 9th
DOUG MOULDEN - BFA - 1983
Jan 6th