BOOK-TANA: 2011

Thursday, March 31, 2011

FINAL PROJECT

FINAL PROJECTS ARE DUE MAY 2nd.
CLICK HERE TO SEE THE PROJECT SHEET or go to the projects section.

Tuesday, March 29, 2011

Faculty Exhibition @ Dana Gallery

The University of Montana School of Visual Arts Faculty Show

April 1, 2011 – April 17, 2011

Dudley Dana and the Dana Gallery would like to extend an invitation to the opening reception for our April exhibition.  Featuring works by University of Montana School of Art Permanent Faculty James Bailey, Kevin Bell, Mary Ann Bonjorni, Elizabeth Dove, Julia Galloway, Matt Hamon, Trey Hill, Beth Lo and Bobby Tilton.

Friday, April 1st, from 5 p.m. - 8 p.m.

Opening Reception:

Friday, April 1, 2011

5:00 – 8:00 pm

Friday, March 18, 2011

Judy Pfaff: Visiting Artist

Renowned sculptor Judy Pfaff will present a lecture at The University of Montana at 6:10 p.m. Monday, April 11, in Social Science Building Room 356.

CLICK HERE TO GO TO HER WEBSITE.
The event, sponsored by the UM School of Art and the Jim and Jane Dew Visiting Artist Program, is free and open to the public.

With a stellar career spanning more than 30 years, Pfaff is widely regarded as one of the preeminent installation artists of our time. She is known for her lyrical and energetic manipulations of surprising materials, taking over gallery and alternative spaces for months at a time.
Pfaff is a professor of art and co-chair of the Department of Art at Bard College, Annendale on Hudson, New York. She was born in England and received a Master of Fine Arts degree from Yale in 1973.
She has received numerous awards for her sculpture, installation, prints and drawings, including a United States Artists Fellowship, a Barnett and Annalee Newman Foundation Fellowship, a MacArthur Fellowship and two National Endowment of the Arts Fellowships.

Pfaff said she believes in being a positive and encouraging teacher.

“My first time teaching at Queens College, I thought, ‘I don’t want one or two (good students),’” she said. “I want this whole thing to be an organism that grows together. I’m going to get better, and they’re going to get better.”

Nancy Princenthal of “Art in America” said: “Pfaff’s work has always been exuberant, lush and hospitable to the language of poetry and music. But it is based on a very no-nonsense approach to making art. Visual effects don’t interest her much; causes are more her style.

Like any good student of Post-Minimalism, Pfaff is interested in what happens if things are poured, gouged, pulled, punctured, striated; she favors first judgments and immediate results.”

Thursday, March 17, 2011

Student Exhibition opportunity via the Artist Collective

!!!CALL TO ARTISTS!!!

UMAC Non-Gallery Opportunities

The University of Montana Artist Collective (UMAC) is progressively seeking non-gallery places to displace student artwork on a rotation and needs interested artists to fill those spaces. The list of venues will grow over time but the first opportunity is upon us.

Deadline for Entry: 1 PM March 31^st, 2011

This deadline is for the consideration for the first installment in Curry Health Center. UMAC will accept applications for these opportunities year round and consideration for further installments will have their own cut-off date.

Entry Fee: $5.00

The entry fee is a one-time fee per student to be entered into the pool of artists considered. The fee covers unlimited entries of work by an artist for the duration of their enrollment at The University of Montana.

Eligibility:

Applicants must be a student at The University of Montana. The applicant must also be enrolled in at least one class during the semester (excluding winter and summer) that the work will hang.

To Enter:

Visit the UMAC blog http://www.umacblog.blogspot.com and download the Non-Gallery Opportunities Entry Form. Email the form to UofM.Artist.Collective@gmail.com along with images of work to be considered make arrangements to deliver payment to a UMAC member. We Accept Cash and Check only. Make checks payable to The University of Montana Artist Collective.

Venue & Dates:

Curry Health Center

May 2011 - November 2011

Questions Email UMAC

UofM.Artist.Collective@gmail.com