Department of Fine Arts and Art History > Events > Fall 2008

Past Events: Fall 2008

STUDENT GALLERY MEETING
All are welcome!
Monday, September 8
4:30 pm
Student Lounge, 4th Floor, Smith Hall
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Living Sculpture
A new performance project by J.J. McCracken

August 21 through September 11, 2008
Performances: Thursday, August 21, 7 pm and 8:15 pm
and Friday, August 29, 7:30 pm
 
Project 4 Gallery
903 U Street NW Washington DC 20001
www.project4gallery.com
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden Current Exhibitions
Independence Ave at Seventh St, SW
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Introducing:
People on loan
___________new adjuncts and professor
Welcoming new faculty to the Art Department:
Sarah Geitz, Joe Hicks, and Michelle McAuliffe

September 2 - September 17
Artists' Reception: Thursday September 4, 4 - 6 pm

Linda K. Jordan Gallery
Washburn Arts Center
Gallaudet University
800 Florida Ave, NW
Washington, DC 20002
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"Eclecticism": An Undergrad Showcase
Classroom 102, Smith Hall of Art
Monday, September 22 - Friday, October 3rd.
Closing reception: Friday, October 3rd from 7 to 9 PM.
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Slow Wave comes to DC!
Monday, October 6
3:00 - 4:30 pm
Join artist and cartoonist Jesse Reklaw for a hands-on workshop on the art of cartooning. Reklaw's comic, Slow Wave, is a collective dream diary; every week he illustrates one of the hundreds of dreams people submit to him, transforming it into a four-panel comic. In this workshop, you'll learn to think about the difference between verbal and visual story-telling as you work on illustrating someone else's dream.

Participation is limited to 20 students. Interested applicants should submit the following:
Your name, your email address, the name of your UW20 professor, a 100-200 word description of a dream you've had (recent or childhood), and a 50-100 word paragraph explaining why you want to attend.

Drop off your application letter for Prof. Schell at Rome 555, or submit it to your UW20 professor. Applications must be submitted by Sept. 30.

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Landscape Photography Now
Guest Speaker: Joshua Shannon
Where: Smith Hall of Art, Rm. 115
When: Tuesday, October 7th at 9:00 AM
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The Department of Art
Art Colloquium for Critical Inquiry presents

Masculinity(s):
Alexander Dumbadze
Bas Jan Ader's Will:
The Extremes of Man and Nature in 1970s America

Tuesday, October 7, at noon
Katzen Art Center
Abramson Family Recital Hall
Admission is Free

Professor Dumbadze's colloquium examines how the work
of Bas Jan Ader explores a fundamental questions of the
late 196s and early to mid 1970s: what is the potential and
efficacy of individual agency? He will explicate these issues
by discussing the relationship between Ader, as well as other
male artists, and nature.
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The College of Arts and Sciences
at American University and the Art Departments of
American University and The George Washington University

Invite you to attend:

The Sixth Annual
Graduate Student Symposium in The History of Art

Saturday, October 11, 2008
9 A.M. – 4 P.M.

The Katzen Arts Center
American University
Room 201

On Massachusetts Avenue NW at Ward Circle
Free parking in Katzen Arts Center underground garage
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Fall FAAH NYC Bus Trip!
October 17
Leave GWU (Gelman Library) at 7 am; return around 1 am
The trip is FREE for all FAAH students, faculty and staff.
For those who wish to attend outside the department, the cost is $25 per person.
Registration is first-come, first-serve at the FAAH Main Office.
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Are you creative? Do you care about the environment?
Then enter the GW RECYCLING TRUCK DESIGN CONTEST
Create a design for GW's brand new recycling truck that demonstrates
GW's commitment to recycling and will encourage members of our
community to recycle. The best design will be chosen as the official
artwork of the new GW Recycling Truck.
SUBMISSIONS ARE DUE OCTOBER 15, 2008
More info: http://living.gwu.edu
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The George Washington Society of Arts and Letters(GW SAL) is looking
to add *dedicated *and *creative minds* to its board and staff. Aside
from bringing together various students from the various creative
departments for functions and events, we also release */The Rome
Review/*, a twice-yearly national literary journal. We are looking for
*graphic and layout designers*, as well as *art-editors* to solicit and
consequently review art submissions. Please visit us on the web at
www.TheRomeReview.org <http://www.theromereview.org/>

For more information, how to join, and to set up a meeting, please contact:

Greg Nanni
gnanni@theromereview.org <mailto:gnanni@theromereview.org>
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"Conversations": MFA / MA Collaboration
Classroom 102, Smith Hall of Art
Monday, October 6 - Thursday, October 16
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Pioneering Conservation Practices at Harvard's Fogg Art Museum
Thursday, October 30, 6 pm
Free and open to the public
McEvoy Auditorium, 8th and F Streets, NW at the Smithsonian Art Museum
Discover how the first U.S. museum with a conservation department transformed collections care. Presented by Francesca G. Bewer, Research Curator, Straus Center for Conservation, the Harvard Art Museum
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ALL Fine Arts & Art History students and faculty are invited to spend an afternoon with visiting artist Judit Varga Tuesday, October 28
Slide Lecture: 12:45 - 1:30 pm, 4th floor student lounge
Demonstrations: 1:30 - 3:30, 3rd floor ceramics studio, room 304
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The Early Death and Inevitable Rebirth of 'Message' Politics
Michael Silverstein (author of Talking Politics: The Substance of Style from Abe to "W", University of Chicago)
October 27, 2008 4:00 SMPA B07
Free and open to the public
Presented by The George Washington University
University Seminar on Performance and the Mediation of Social Life and the Institute for Ethnographic Reserach
For more information, please contact the Department of Anthropology:
202-994-6075
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Visiting Artist: Terri Weifenbach
Location: Smith Hall of Art, Rm. 214 (photography classroom)
Date: Tuesday, November 11th
Time: 11 am - Noon
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Fall FAAH Philadelphia Bus Trip!
Saturday, November 8
Leave GWU (Gelman Library) at 8 am; return around 11 pm
The trip is FREE for all FAAH students, faculty and staff.
For those who wish to attend outside the department, the cost is $25 per person.
Registration is first-come, first-serve at the FAAH Main Office.

Update:

The department sponsored a bus trip to Philadelphia during the first
weekend of November. Students and faculty members spent time at the
Philadelphia Museum of Art, the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, the
Institute of Contemporary Art, and various other galleries.

During the trip, Anne Goodyear arranged for students in her current
class to meet with Michael Taylor, PMA's curator of contemporary art.
Michael spoke to students in the museum’s galleries about Marcel
Duchamp’s Large Glass and Étant Donnés. He also met with students
afterward for an informal coffee to discuss his work on the upcoming
Venice Biennale.
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Fine Arts Students:
The Human Services class (HMSR 177) is in charge of hosting this year's National Hunger and Homelessness Awareness Week during November 16-22, 2008. The Poetry/Art Slam Team wants to create hunger and homelessness awareness through art. Interested GWU student artists having their work displayed, please contact Cristian Barrera at cbarrera@gwmail.gwu.edu.
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FAAH NYC Bus Trip: 17 October 2008

Students from the department visited a number of museums and galleries
throughout Manhattan during this day trip.
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"1st Annual Juried Undergraduate Show"
Monday, 3 November - Friday, 14 November
Reception: Thursday, 13 November, 5-7 pm
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"Flora/Fauna Series"
Photography by Jeanette May
Faux/Real
November 11 - December 6, 2008
Artists' Reception: November 11, 6 - 8 pm
Heineman Myers Contemporary Art
4728 Hampden Lane
Bethesda, MD 20814
www.Heinemanmyers.com
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Introspection
Animated Portraits by Scott Hutchison
October 14 - December 5, 2008
Opening Reception: October 15, 5:30 - 7:00 pm
Gallery 101: Georgetown University
1221 36th Street N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20057
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Seeking Context in Sans Serif
An exhibition by two current MFA students Chanan Delivuk and Teresa Sites
December 1-6, 9-5 daily
Smith Hall of Art, 1st Floor, South Gallery
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Lectures at the Center for the Study of Modern Art at the Phillips Collection:

Conversations with Artists Lecture Series: Engaging Spaces
2008-2009

Wednesday, October 22
5:30pm
Vito Acconci

Wednesday, November 19
5:30pm
Andrea Fraser

Lectures at the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden:

Meet the artist: Lawrence Weiner
Thursday, December 11, 7 pm, Ring Auditorium

lecture: David Wilson
Saturday, November 1, 2 pm, Ring Auditorium

 
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FAAH Holiday Party
Wednesday, December 10th
4 - 6 pm
Classroom 102, Smith Hall of Art
For all FAAH Students, Faculty and Staff
Light refreshments, appetizers, holiday sweets and arts and crafts!

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Randall Scott Gallery
Opening this Saturday:
Quasi-Painting
Works by Young, Mid-Atlantic Artists
Curated by Cara Ober
Sarah Gamble * Isabel Manalo * Patrick McDonough * Amy Sherald *
Julie Simon * Katherine Tzu-Lan Mann * Sarah Wilmer
December 13th - January 10th
Opening Reception: December 13th, 7 pm - 9 pm

 

Three current MFA students--Steve Ioli, Patrick McDonough and Teresa Sites--are included in the exhibition Media Mix: 21st Century Collage at Civilian Art
Projects. The show runs from December 12 - 27; the opening reception will take place on Friday, December 12th from 7 - 9.

For more information: http://civilianartprojects.com/exhibitions/mediamix/mediamix.html

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At the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden:

The Panza Collection
October 23, 2008 to January 11, 2009

Ways of Seeing: Giuseppe and Giovanna Panza
October 23, 2008 to January 11, 2009


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