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Past Events:

Student Gallery Informational Meeting
Location: 4th Floor Student Lounge, Smith Hall of Art
Date: Thursday, October 11th, 2007 at 6 pm
Open to all students
Fine Arts and Art History Back to School Department Reception
Tuesday, October 2- starts at 4 pm
2nd Floor, New Media- The Smith Hall of Art
Light Selection of Refreshments and Food will be served
All current fine arts and art history students, faculty, and staff are welcome!

 
Visiting Artist Hasan Elahi- Tuesday, September 25
Where: Smith Hall of Art, Room 115
When: Tuesday, September 25 at 5:15 pm
GWU Newspaper's The Hatchet Writes Article on the University's Fine Arts Scene
Turkey's Marmara Universitesi Honors Ceramics Professor Turker Ozdogan as Guest Artist and Panel Participant
October 4-10, 2007
The faculty of fine arts at Marmara University marks its 50th Anniversary this October. The University, Professor Ozdogan's alma mater, invited the beloved Professor of Ceramics to serve in the anniversary festivities by serving as a Guest Artist and panel participant. The overseas panel, scheduled for October 8th, is titled "DTGSO School of Applied Fine Arts: Reasons of its Establishment and its Function". The panel will discuss the first graduates of the program and their role in the Turkish industry.
Student Gallery Informational Meeting
Location: 4th Floor Student Lounge, Smith Hall of Art
Date: Thursday, September 13th, 2007 at 4 pm
Open to all students
"Potluck": Dimock Student Gallery Opening
Tuesday, September 25-October 5
Opening 5-7 pm
FAAH New York City Bus Trip- Friday, October 19th
Open to all current students, faculty, staff and alumni
$25.00 one-way or round-trip
Leave DC at 7 AM in front of Gelman Library at 22nd and H St
Leave NYC at 8 PM from 23rd and 10th Avenue
47 Seat Bus- First come, first serve
To reserve seat and submit payment (checks only please) drop by the main office
October 16-19: Paul Chapman's Thesis Exhibition
"Dust to Dust", an exploration in abstract photography
Opening Reception: Thursday, October 16, 5-7 pm
There will be refreshments and music
All are welcome
Dean Kessmann
Simple Dumb Objects
1708 Gallery
Richmond, Virginia
Opening reception: Friday, October 5
OCTOBER 5-27, 2007
Dean Kessmann
Botanica
Carroll Square Gallery
975 F Street, NW
7 September – 16 November
Siobhan Rigg
Options 2007
708 8th Street, NW (just across from the Smithsonian American Art Museum)
13 September – 26 October 2007
October 30-November 2: Carolyne King's Thesis Exhibition
Opening Reception: Tuesday, October 30, 5-7 pm
Yeonhee Ji and Tim Barry
"Variety within Conspicuous Unity"
October 29-November 2
Lecture: October 29, 1 pm

Hallway Exhibition, Smith Hall, First Floor
"It's Not a Telescope. It's a Telephone"
Encounters with the Telephone on Early Commercial Recordings
Richard Baumen, Distinguished Professor, Folklore and Ethnomusicology, Communication and Culture, Anthropology, Indiana University, Bloomington
2:00 pm Friday, November 2
Smith Hall of Art rm. 115
Presented by the Performance & Mediation of Social Life University Seminar
 

November 12-21 (M-F 11 am - 3 pm): Hilary Sloate's Thesis Exhibition
Natura Morta
A mixed media mosaic installation that explores our changing
environmental landscape
Opening Reception: Monday, November 12, 5-7 pm

Critical Practices Fall 2007 Exhibition Schedule
First Floor Hallway in the Smith Hall of Art
The Smith Hall of Art- 801 22nd St, NW Washington, D.C. 20052

Diane Ramos and Celina Amaya
"Body Language"
November 5-9
Artist Talk: November 5, 1 pm, Smith Hall Room 115

Stephanie Kozemchak and Steve Ioli
"Intuitive Language"
November 12-16
Artist Talk: November 12, 1 pm, Smith Hall Room 115

Sara Hubbs and Ding Ren
"Paper or Plastic"
November 19-30
Artist Talk: November 19, 1 pm, Smith Hall Room 115
Wellbound: Dean Kessmann and Mickey Smith
Ellen Curlee Gallery
St. Louis, MO
Opening reception: Friday, October 26

AD / AGENCY
Photographic Resource Center
Boston, MA
Opening reception: Thursday, November 8


Dean Kessmann

In and Out of Space
The Clara M. Eagle Gallery
Murray State University
6th Floor Doyle Fine Arts CenterMurray, Kentucky
Opening reception: Friday, November 9
OCTOBER 5 - NOVEMBER 9, 2007
Dorkbot, DC Meeting
Thursday 29 November 2007 [Last for 2007!]
7 PM - 9 PM

Location:
Smith Hall of Art, Room 114
George Washington University
801 22nd St NW

Dorkbot DC is a monthly meeting of artists (sound/image/movement/etc.), designers, engineers, students and others in the DC area who are interested in electronic art (in the broadest sense of the term.)

This Month's Presenters:
Gareth Branwyn : Maker Faire Austin: A World of Difference
Gareth Branwyn is contributing editor at MAKE and part of the MAKE: Blog team and editor at Make: Books, O'Reilly's new MAKE/CRAFT-related imprint.

Philip Kohn : Real-time processing of live video images
Interactive video artist Philip Kohn will discuss some of his latest work that combines live video feeds with software that places the subjects in virtual worlds.

Alberto Gaitán : Remembrancer - The Software
Alberto Gaitán is a composer/programmer/artist who creates a wide range of new media work. "Remembrancer" deals with transformation, memory, and the spacial, temporal and cultural resonance of events through automated robotic painters responding in real-time to news data flowing in over the Internet.

For more information and to join the e-mail list, visit

http://www.dorkbot.org/dorkbotdc/

GreenGW is hosting an art contest to raise awareness about green issues on campus! The winning pieces will be displayed in the Marvin Center and Gelman Library, and there is possibly a cash prize. The deadline for submission is November 30th. Pieces may either be 2-D or 3-D, but there are some specific construction requirements. If you're interested, please email Leah at lspelman@gwu.edu for details. Students may submit more than one piece for consideration.
Fall 2007 Dimock Gallery Schedule
Lower Level of Lisner Auditorium
730 21st St, NW Washington, D.C. 20052


December 4-20: Interior Design's Thesis Exhibitions
Opening Reception: Tuesday, December 4, 5-7 pm

Critical Practices Fall 2007 Exhibition Schedule
First Floor Hallway in the Smith Hall of Art
The Smith Hall of Art- 801 22nd St, NW Washington, D.C. 20052

Kenny and Teresa
December 3-7
Lecture: December 3, 1 pm

Michelle and Patrick
"My Left is Your Right"
December 10-14
Lecture: December 10, 1 pm
Yukiko Yamaguchi
Interdigitate
The Art Gallery
University of Maryland 26 September – 8 December 2007
(A lecture with Rex Weil, the exhibition curator, will take place on
Wednesday, 17 October at 4 PM in Room 2309 of the Art/Sociology Building.)
Washington Post Article on Yamaguchi Exhibit
The Phillips Collection Center for the Study of Modern Art
Fall 2007 Conversations with Artists: Artistic Partnerships
Wednesdays at 5:30 p.m., Carriage House
No fee; registration required: kstilwill@phillipscollection.org or 202.387.2151 x286


November 14, 2007 Ilya and Emilia Kabakov
The Kabakovs are Russian installation artists who are based in New York. Ilya, a leader of the Russian art movement known as "Moscow Conceptualism," has been making installation art since 1984 and is one of the medium's most important practioners and theoreticians. In 1989, he and Emilia began working together, with Emilia acting as translator, organizer, and originator of critical ideas.

December 5, 2007 Robert A. Pruitt / Otabenga Jones & Associates
Pruitt is a member of Otabenger Jones & Associates, founded in 2002 by Otabenga Jones, namesake of an African Pygmy brought to the United States in 1904 an exhibited at the Bronx Zoo. Through actions, writings, and installations, the group reexamines twentieth-century art in light of African-American experiene, and highlights cross-cultural complexities in representations of the African diaspora.


The Corcoran Celebrates a Season of Photography!
Exhibitions currently on view include Ansel Adams and Annie Liebovitz: A Photographer's Life 1990-2005. In celebration, the Corcoran is pleased to offer a rich array of programs, talks, and classes this fall. Full descriptions are listed of the website, www.corcoran.org.

Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden: Meet the Artist
Troy Brauntuch
Thursday, December 13, 2007
7 pm, Ring Auditorium
Troy Brauntuch talks about his enigmatic work and the 70s generation, which distinguished itself by approaching media imagery in order to pose questions about meaning and context. Brauntuch makes use of motifs from ominous scenarios, scenes of violence, and ambiguous situations to unsettle preconceived ideas and perceptions. His beutifully rendered works on fabric and color photographs can be found in private and public collections, including the Hirshhorn, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, and MoMA. Troy Brauntuch teaches at the University of Texas in Austin and divides his time between New York and Austin.

Wangechi Mutu
Thursday, January 31, 2008
7 pm, Ring Auditorium

Mutu uses pictures taken from fashion magazines and National Geographic publications to create collages that inquire into issues such as identity, ownership of cultural signifiers, and perceptions of female sexuality, among others. Mutu grew up in Nairobi, Kenya, and lives in Brooklyn. Join her for a discussion of her art and how both places influence her work.
Spring 2008 Art History and Fine Arts Course Descriptions (updated)
An article in The Washington Post about Jeremy Blake's "Moving Paintings" by Chris Richards (BA, 2001)


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