Spring 2007 Events, GWU Fine Arts and Art History

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*Past Events Spring 2007:*

Exhibitions

The School of Art Summer Residency Program 2007 Exibition July 10, 2007~ July13, 2007, 10:00am~6:00pm Opening Reception July 10, 6:00pm~8:00pm The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art The Foundation Building, 7 East 7th Street New York, New York

*Torn Porn: the acquisition of the image* Calder Brannock April 26, 2007 6:00p.m.~10:00p.m. Crystal City Motel 901 S. Clark Street Arlington, VA

*Comfort Food for Thought Crimes* MFA Thesis Exhibition Brian Hamill April 24, 2007 ~ May 4, 2007 Dimock Gallery Lower Lobby of Lisner Auditorium (730 21st Street, N.W.)

2007 Annual Awards Show Brady Art Gallery March 28, 2007 ~ April 27, 2007 Opening Reception Wednesday, March 28, 2007, 5:00pm~7:00pm Announcement of Awards, 5:00pm, March 28, 2007

*Multimediale* Siobhan Rigg Festival for Art, Politics, and New Media Friday-Sunday, 20-22 April, 2007 Provisions Library 1611 Connecticut Ave NW 2nd Floor, Dupont Circle Washington, DC Contact: info @ multimedialedc.org

Connections MFA Thesis Exhibition Larissa Raddell April 2, 2007 ~ April 13, 2007 Dimock Gallery Lower Lobby of Lisner Auditorium (730 21st Street, N.W.)

Metamorphosis An Installation Yuriko Yamaguchi March 22, 2007 ~ May19, 2007 Riverside Art Museum

*Web/Seeds and Bones* Yuriko Yamaguchi Koplin Del Rio Gallery Culver City, CA 3 Mar, 2007-14, April 2007 koplindelrio.com

*Specimen* March 16, 2007~ April 21, 2007 Opening reception Fri., Mar. 16, 2007 6:00 pm - 8:30 pm Including the work of Jenna McCracken (recent MFA) and Gina Tibbott (current MFA) Project 4 903 U Street NW Washington, DC 20001 (green/yellow line u street/cardoza: 10th street exit)

5 + 5 five artists select five artists to watch Phyllis Rosenzweig, Curator February 15-May 13, 2007 Opening Reception February 15, 5:30-7:30 pm Ann Loeb Bronfman Gallery Washington DCJCC 1529 Sixteenth Street, NW Washington, DC 20036 Main Phone Line: (202) 518-9400

The Faun, the Chick, and the Kegstand: Undergraduate made, Graduate approved An Exhibition on Undergraduate Artwork! Jurors: Carolyne King, Sara Hubbs, Kenny George, Tim Barry. Opening Reception: Tuesday, March 6th, 5pm-7pm Exhibition Dates: March 6, 2007- March 23, 2007 Dimock Gallery Lower Lobby of Lisner Auditorium (730 21st Street, N.W.
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*Plastic on Paper* Dean Kessmann White Flag Projects St. Louis, MO 24 Feb, 2007 ~31 March, 2007 www.whiteflagprojects.org
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*Recent Work* Turker Ozdogan, Ceramic Sculpture Jeff Stephanic, Photography February 24, 2007~March 24, 2007 The Ninth Street Gallery 1306 9th Street NW Washington, DC 20001 202-332-9363
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*What the Cat Dragged In: the Art of the Found Object* Dimock Student Gallery Opening reception: Tuesday, February 13th, 2007 from 5pm - 7:30pm
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Carniceria Jenna McCracken The Carniceria exhibition features STASIS , the newest in a series of performances investigating preservation, by j.j.mcCracken Full project on display through February 25th Working performances every Saturday, 4:00~6:00PM A wine reception for Carniceria: Chris Williams and j.j.mcCracken Friday, February 2, 2007 ; 6~8:30 pm Meat Market Gallery 1636 17th Street NW Washington, DC 20009 Review: http://grammarpolice.net Review: The GW Hatchet
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*Final Projects, Fall 2006, Drawing One* Jan 25, 2007 ~ Feb 15, 2007 Smith Hall of Art, First floor gallery Opening reception Friday, Jan 26, 2007, 6:00~7:00 pm


Lectures & Visiting Artists

Keynote Lecture: Art as Mediation Multimediale, Festival for Art, Politics, & New Media Beral Madra 7:00 PM, Thursday, April 19th, 2007 Internationally renowned Turkish curator Beral Madra is the keynote speaker for the Multimediale Festival for Art, Politics & New Media (see multimedialedc.org). Ms. Madra will discuss current strategies ofpracticing art as a tool to introduce ways of mutual understanding, reciprocity and participation - an important process for democratization, social awareness, and the emergent mediation between life and art. Her lecture will focus on the contemporary art nucleus in South Caucasus, Middle east and the Balkans, with examples of artworks and art events as mediation models between curators, artists and audiences.Beral Madra, critic, curator and scholar of contemporary art, is noted for her work with Middle Eastern and Eastern European artists. She is the director of the BM Contemporary Art Center in Istanbul and has served as a coordinator of the Istanbul Biennale. Since 1989, she has been the commissioner of the Turkish Pavilion of the Venice Biennale. She publishes widely on a variety of issues in contemporary political art and has served on the faculty of the Yildiz Technical University and the Yeditepe University in Istanbul. Co-presented by the American University Art Department & George Washington University Department of Fine Arts & Art History Free Admission Abramson Recital Hall, Katzen Arts Center, American University The Katzen Arts Center is located on Ward Circle at the intersection of Massachusetts and Nebraska Avenues in NW Washington, D.C.
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*Workshop on Wheel-throwing, Drawing/Painting/Collage, with a Focus on Pottery Form and Function* Catherine Whiteslide Lecture: 4:00-4:45 pm in the 4th floor student lounge Demonstration: 4:45-6:45 pm in room 304 (third floor ceramics studio) April 3, 2007 Smith Hall of Art All art students are welcome
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Middle Atlantic Symposium National Gallery of Art West Building Lecture Hall Saturday, 31 March, 2007 Morning Session: 10:00 am -12:30 pm Among the morning session speakers will be recent FAAH MA Grad: Kathrin V. Halpern The George Washington University Reconsidering The Rustic Couple: A Reinterpretation of Albrecht Dürer’s Peasant Print Dr. Barbara von Barghahn: introduction 2007 MAS Program
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*Workshop on Building with Soft Clay Slabs, on Form, and on Function* Elizabeth Kendall. Slide lecture: 12:45-1:30 pm in the 4th floor student lounge Demonstration: 1:30-3:30 pm in room 304 (third floor ceramics studio) March 20, 2007 Smith Hall of Art All art students are welcome
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*Thomas Eakins' Gross Clinic* Visiting artist Charles Cushing presents his full scale copy of Eakins' *The Gross Clinic* and lectures about the original, the copy, and his experiences and involvelment with the recent events surrounding the celebrated Jefferson Hospital sale. Thursday, February 8, 2007, 3:45 p.m.~ 5:00 p.m. Smith Hall, A-114 Reception to follow lecture in Visual Resorces Center A106 Lecture and reception sponsored in part by GWU Housing Programs
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*Contemporary Art Historian Lecture Series* Smith Hall, A-115, 6:30PM. Professor Dumbadze will hold a conversation with each visiting art historian the following day in A-114 from 12:45 – 2:00.
Wednesday, February 21, 2007 *A Loft Without Labor: Donald Judd* Joshua Shannon, Assistant Professor of Contemporary Art and Theory, The University of Maryland, College Park

Wednesday, February 7, 2007 *Content and Contentment* Matthew Jesse Jackson, Assistant Professor of Art History, The College, and the Department of Visual Arts, The University of Chicago Christopher Petty Heuer, Mellon Postdoctoral Fellow, Columbia University

Wednesday, January 24, 2007 Robert Ryman’s Pragmatism Suzanne Hudson, Visiting Assistant Professor of Modern Art at The University of Illinois Center for the Study of Modern Art at The Phillips Collection


*News*

New York City Bus Trip Friday, April 13, 2007 round trip to New York Bus leaves from Gelman Library at 7:00 am sharp Leaves Manhattan (23rd and 10th) 8:00pm sharp The cost is $20--check made out to the Department of Fine Arts and Art History. The checks should be given to Peter Catama in the Department office. Students should email Prof. Dumbadze (dumbadze@gwu.edu) to confirm their seat on the bus.
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ITALY – SUMMER 2007 Monday, February 5, 2007 4:00 pm Smith Hall of Art, Room 115 Artists Lisa Blas and Bob Devers will discuss their individual courses and participation within the Amalfi Coast Music and Visual Arts program, summer 2007. All Fine Art and Art History students are welcome to attend. www.MusicalStudies.com
*Images and thoughts on her experience at Skowhegan Residency Program* Molly Springfield Jan 24, 2007, 9:00 am Smith Hall of Art, Room 114

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