VCUarts http://blog.vcu.edu/arts/ VCU School of the Arts en Copyright 2007 Wed, 08 Aug 2007 11:10:45 -0500 http://www.sixapart.com/movabletype/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Hot Box in a Metal Box hot%20box.jpg
Locker 50b Project
Thursday, August 4, 5-6pm
Hot Box Exhibition runs: August 2nd-31
Featuring the work of VCUarts Summer Studio Program participants.

]]> http://blog.vcu.edu/arts/2007/08/hot_box_in_a_metal_box.html http://blog.vcu.edu/arts/2007/08/hot_box_in_a_metal_box.html Summer Programs Wed, 08 Aug 2007 11:10:45 -0500 What are Those Summer Intensive Kids Up To? s25508009_32968873_1036.jpgs25522163_32963816_392.jpg
Find out exactly what this year's Summer Intensive students have learned at Show Your Stuff, Friday, 7/27, 9-11 a.m. 2D/3D, Photography & Animation will premier in the Fine Arts Building, 1000 W. Broad St.
Dance, Fashion, Theatre & Film will show their stuff in the Singleton Center, 922 Park Ave.

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Collection above by Michael Birch-Pierce, who created and printed the fabric and designed and constructed the dresses. Photo by Jay Paul.

The good press continues this week with a story in July 17th's issue of the Times-Dispatch about seniors in the Department of Fashion Design and Merchandising.

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Photo: Bruce Parker, Richmond Times-Dispatch
Kate Horne graduated from VCUarts with a BFA in 2004, currently works for the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, was part of June's Locker 50B Gallery exhibition, and was just featured in the Richmond Times-Dispatch. Read the article about Kate Horne.

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Doug Richards, who founded the VCU Jazz Studies program in 1980, is featured in this week's Style Weekly

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Josh Rodenberg, '07 Craft/Material Studies MFA, is one of 11 artists in Master Pieces at Manifest in Cincinnati Ohio July 13-Aug. 10. 2727 Woodburn Avenue.

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Flowers After 5 at Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden Features VCU Jazz. The performances are July 5, 12, 19, 26, August 2, 9, 16, 23, 30 and September 6, 13, 20, and 27.
Flowers After 5 takes place from 5-8p, with music and wine sampling from 6-8p. The evening events take place rain or shine. Garden admission is $10 for adults, $9 for seniors, and $6 for children ages 3-12.

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Rebecca Murtaugh, '01 Craft/Material Studies MFA alumna, has her work featured on the cover of today's New York Times Home & Garden section. Her Post-It note projects, which are highlighted toward the end of the NYT article, are intriguing and temporary.

]]> http://blog.vcu.edu/arts/2007/06/craft_mfa_alum_makes_nyt_cover.html http://blog.vcu.edu/arts/2007/06/craft_mfa_alum_makes_nyt_cover.html Thu, 28 Jun 2007 09:16:24 -0500 Future Yonder through July 27 swampTN.jpgtallgrassTN.jpg

Left: The Great Dismal Swamp and Lake Drummond
2006, 22" x 30", gouache and ink on paper
Right: Tallgrass Prairie
2006, 20" x 26", gouache on panel
Amy Chan, a current Painting and Printmaking MFA student will be part of this New York show, which also features Christopher Rose (a VCU alumnus who is curating the exhibition), Bill Brown, Martin Esteves, Saine Gruffat, and Deborah Stratman.
Reception: Thursday, June 28, 6pm-8pm
Hudson Franklin
508 West 26th Street, #318
New York, NY 10001
212-741-1189

]]> http://blog.vcu.edu/arts/2007/06/future_yonder_through_july_27.html http://blog.vcu.edu/arts/2007/06/future_yonder_through_july_27.html Painting and Printmaking Wed, 27 Jun 2007 10:48:43 -0500 TRANSFORMER Opening at Anderson Gallery DSC_0106.jpg
Guests contemplate the meaning of the work. (Or perhaps they're thinking of where to catch a bite after the show.)
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FEAST artist Rebecca Witt performs traditional Mexican music.
Guest artist, Mark Newport, and a gallery visitor view "Fantastic Four."
Opening night Friday had the Anderson Gallery transformed, but if you missed it, the show runs through August 11. The exhibit features the work of FEAST, Mark Newport, McCallum & Tarry, and Annie Schap. Anderson Gallery, 907-1/2 W. Franklin St.

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Leah Raintree, 03 Painting and Art History BFA, is part of a group show, Project to Surface, that opens June 28th from 7-10pm at m127 Gallery, 127 Madison Ave., NY.
Leah works at PS1 as Director of Visitor Services. Other artists in the show include David Diao and Tomokazu Matsuyama. An article about the show is in the current Annual Design Issue of Surface Magazine.

]]> http://blog.vcu.edu/arts/2007/06/project_to_surface_features_sc.html http://blog.vcu.edu/arts/2007/06/project_to_surface_features_sc.html Alumni Mon, 25 Jun 2007 14:42:00 -0500 Recent MFA Grads Take NYC by Storm FA5C3386.JPG
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Taylor Baldwin, War Saguaro
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Rachel Hayes, Blue Black Smash

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It's not exactly arts news, but noteworthy nonetheless. Earlier this week, Joe Seipel and friends on the Skiligal emptied the Outer Banks waters of its largest inhabitants. The Skiligal's captain is Tom Ross, a native Richmonder and '81 VCU alumnus.
Lower photo from left to right: Dr. James K Deveney, VCU math professor, George Cruger, VCUarts adjunct faculty; Joe Seipel, VCUarts Sr. Associate Dean for Academic Affairs and Director of Graduate Studies; Peter Cruger, first mate; Lester Van Winkle, Professor Emeritus, Sculpture; Blake Huff, faculty, Sculpture; Les Smith, VMFA

]]> http://blog.vcu.edu/arts/2007/06/pass_the_tartar_sauce.html http://blog.vcu.edu/arts/2007/06/pass_the_tartar_sauce.html Misc. Fri, 22 Jun 2007 08:57:25 -0500 Building Picturing Stain%200126d.jpg
Stain 0126, 60"x60" Oil on canvas 2007, Vaughn Garland
NY Show with Ties to VCUarts

June 19-July 14
The Painting Center, 52 Greene St., 2nd floor
NY, NY 10013 | 212.343.1060
Opening Reception June 21, 6-8pm
Gallery Hours: Tues-Sat 11-6pm
Curated by Vittorio Colaizzi and featuring the work of our very own Vaughn Garland and 15 others

]]> http://blog.vcu.edu/arts/2007/06/building_picturing.html http://blog.vcu.edu/arts/2007/06/building_picturing.html Painting and Printmaking Sun, 17 Jun 2007 16:19:43 -0500 The Power of Art: Monday night on PBS images.jpg
Wheatfield with Crows, Vincent van Gogh
The new PBS series The Power of Art incorporates re-enactments, location shooting and narration to bring well-known artworks to their moment of creation. Read more about it in this Richmond Times-Dispatch article. 9pm Monday, 6/18 on PBS.

]]> http://blog.vcu.edu/arts/2007/06/the_power_of_art_monday_night.html http://blog.vcu.edu/arts/2007/06/the_power_of_art_monday_night.html Misc. Sat, 16 Jun 2007 07:33:48 -0500