1
May
2012

Art Department Awards at Honors Convocation

Posted by acarr

In the Honors Convocation held on Tuesday, May 1, 2012, the Art Department made the following awards:

Outstanding Junior Major Prize awarded for exceptional academic achievement, performance in the seminar, and contribution to the general life of the department.
In Studio Art: Randall Potter ’13
In Art & Technology: Anna Good ’13
In Art History: Stephanie David ’13

The Foster B. Doane Outstanding Senior Project Prize is awarded for the best senior project, according to the evaluation of the Art Department faculty.
In Studio Art: John Conant ’12
In Art & Technology: Andrew Kaye ’12

Also acknowledged at the ceremony was Jacqueline M. Reynolds ’12 for election to Phi Beta Kappa.

Congratulations to all of these outstanding students! The Art Department is very proud of your achievements.

9
Apr
2012

Cammarano ’92 to speak on game development at Microsoft

Posted by acarr

Ben Cammarano, A.C. Class of 1992, Studio Art Major, will be on campus this Friday, April 13. Ben is Director of Central Media, Microsoft Studios, where he oversees game development for the company. More information on Ben can be found on his alumni page.

Ben’s public talk, “Meet the Company,” will take place at 4:00 p.m. in CC 301-302. Anybody interested the computer gaming industry is welcome to attend.

Art Majors and Minors will have a special opportunity to meet with Ben at lunch on Friday. Contact George Roland for more information.

4
Apr
2012

Prizes Awarded at Annual Student Art Show

Posted by acarr

Tuesday, April 3rd: At the opening reception of the Annual Student Art Show the Art Department faculty were pleased to announce the following awards:

This year’s juror Dave Mosbacher awarded the Juror’s Prize for Best in Show to Cynthia Lee, for “June 20, 2012”

Doane Prize for Painting & Drawing: Kelly Burtch
Honorable Mention: Randy Potter

Doane Prize in Sculpture & Ceramics: Jack Conant
Honorable Mention, Matt Freeland

Doane Prize in Graphics: Nicholena Moon
Honorable Mention: Morgan Harman

An Art Department Purchase Prize was also awarded to Jack Conant for “Repetitive Fate #4.”

The Exhibition, open to all Allegheny will be on view in the Art Department Bowman, Megahan and Penelec Galleries from March 27 through April 15, 2012. Additional student work can be seen in the adjacent hallways in the “Salon des Refusés.”

26
Mar
2012

Art History Lecture by Stephanie David

Posted by acarr

Stephanie David, a junior Art History major, will present a talk “Georges Bataille: Subjectivity and Base Materialism in Modern Art,” on Wednesday, March 28th at 7pm, Doane Hall of Art, Lecture Room A104.

Stephanie will be presenting this talk at Case Western Reserve University’s Annual Undergraduate Art History Symposium on Friday, March 30th, 2012 at the Cleveland Museum of Art.

Jacques-Andre Boiffard, Untitled, 1929, silver gelatin print

26
Mar
2012

Faculty Lecture Series To Present Talk by Darren Lee Miller:

Posted by acarr

Darren Lee Miller, assistant professor of art and director of the Bowman, Megahan, and Penelec Art Galleries, will present “Places of Assignation” as part of the Allegheny Faculty Lecture Series on Monday, March 26, at 6:30 p.m. in Campus Center 301/302. Miller enacts performances for the camera and aims his lens at cultural signifiers of power to better understand how we all participate in domination and subordination from day to day. He uses upstate New York and northwestern Pennsylvania, two geographic areas stuck in time, as the strange, anachronistic stages for the world he creates in his photographs. Miller’s curatorial vision works to cultivate an “experimental laboratory” for artistic endeavors and also attempts to serve off-campus constituencies like farmers and gardeners, local business owners, educational groups, and artisans.

7
Mar
2012

Entries Sought for Doane Prizes in Art

Posted by rhershel

Through the generosity of the late Foster B. Doane, a former Allegheny trustee, awards in art are given annually as a result of a competition.  The prizes in Painting and Drawing, Graphics, Sculpture or Ceramics, and Art History will be presented on April 3, 2012 during the opening reception of the student art exhibition.  All winners will receive a cash award and a book inscribed to indicate the nature of the award.

Entries are due on March 27th from 12:30 to 4:30 p.m. If these times are not workable, special arrangements can be made to drop off the work at an earlier time. Works will not be accepted after due date! 

Additional information is available in the Art Gallery, Doane Hall of Art, or from Art Department faculty.

6
Mar
2012

Volunteers needed for Mural at Meadville Medical Center’s new Pediatric Emergency Room

Posted by rhershel

Volunteers needed for Mural at Meadville Medical Center’s new Pediatric Emergency Room
Meadville Medical Center (MMC) is looking for student artists to design and paint a mural for their new Pediatric Emergency Room. The mural wall is estimated at 10′ x 5′ and MMC would like the mural to help put children at ease while the go through their emergency room experience. Some ideas include:  images of a happy family riding in a car (child  and parents in seat belts, sunny day—enroute to the hospital with a ambulance and helicopter in the picture), family moving into emergency room and being greeted by friendly doctors and nurses, etc. MMC is open to alternative ideas as well. Please contact Amara Geffen (ageffen@allegheny.edu) if you are interested. MMC will provide materials for the project.

15
Feb
2012

Internship Available

Posted by rhershel

PITTSBURGH CENTER FOR THE ARTS

Position title:  Summer Teaching Assistant Intern

Position Description:  Assistants will support the classroom instructors in weeklong studio arts camps for students ranging in age from 4 to 18. Camps begin on June 11 and continue until August 31. Weekend hours are also available. This is an unpaid internship with a possibility of college credit.

Position Requirements: Potential candidates will be able to effectively manage a classroom of up to 20 students, work as a team member, be reliable, and have excellent communication and customer service skills. Assistants are required to work at least one week (Monday‐Friday) but have the opportunity to work up to 12 weeks. Experience working with children is required and experience with non‐profit organizations or studio arts is recommended. Students pursuing a degree in education, studio art or art history are encouraged to apply.

Act 33/34 clearances required.

To apply for this position please send a cover letter and resume to:

Jena Robbins Schieb

Children’s Program Manager & Camp Supervisor

Pittsburgh Center for the Arts

jschieb@pittsburgharts.org

7
Feb
2012

Kleeman Award recipients announced.

Posted by acarr

The Art Department would like to congratulate the following recipients of Kleeman Fund awards for Spring 2012.

John Conant
Natalie Curtis
Janna Dickerson
Matthew Freeland
Anna Good
Jessica Jeroski
Cynthia Lee
Dominic Meyer
Nicholena Moon
Jacqueline Reynolds
Anna Shriver

The Kleeman Fund supports artistic or art historical projects that are ambitious, that are significant to the development of the student’s work, and that could not be completed without this support. Money awarded this semester will enhance projects related to the Junior Seminar and Senior Project. Congratulations!

The Kleeman Fund honors Richard Kleemen, Professor Emeritus of Art who taught at Allegheny from 1953 to 1992.

19
Dec
2011

Art Department News & Updates Blog

Posted by Sean O'Connor

Welcome to the Art Department News & Updates blog!