ANNOUNCEMENTS
Call for Artists: GradEx Solo Shows
MICA Alumni Named Young Blood Artists @Maryland Art Place
Congratulations to Taha Heydari (Hoffberger '16), Kei Ito (PEM '16), and Andrew Keiper (PEM '16), who were recently announced as Young Blood Artists at Maryland Art Place. Read all about it!
"Every year MAP's Program Advisory Committee (PAC) curates Young Blood, an annual exhibition of works by recent Baltimore-area Masters of Fine Art graduates. This years show will highlight exceptional works ranging from painting, sculpture, installation, sound and video."
Opening Reception: July 14 @ 6pm
Artist Panel Discussion: July 21 @ 8pm
Exhibition Dates: July 14 - August 20
"Every year MAP's Program Advisory Committee (PAC) curates Young Blood, an annual exhibition of works by recent Baltimore-area Masters of Fine Art graduates. This years show will highlight exceptional works ranging from painting, sculpture, installation, sound and video."
Opening Reception: July 14 @ 6pm
Artist Panel Discussion: July 21 @ 8pm
Exhibition Dates: July 14 - August 20
MICA Alumna Solo Show Corrupted at Haines Gallery, San Francisco
Corrupted, an exhibition of paintings by Taha Heydari (Hoffberger '16) will open at Haines Gallery in San Francisco, CA on July 7. Click to download the press release.
"Taha Heydari’s striking, large-scale canvases reflect the artist’s ongoing interest in the power of images and the role of the spectator in the stagecraft of both politics and terror. Throughout the work, there is an emphasis on historic moments and current events that highlight the complex relationships between observer and image, viewer and viewed."
"Taha Heydari’s striking, large-scale canvases reflect the artist’s ongoing interest in the power of images and the role of the spectator in the stagecraft of both politics and terror. Throughout the work, there is an emphasis on historic moments and current events that highlight the complex relationships between observer and image, viewer and viewed."
VISITING ARTIST LECTURE SERIES
Thursday, 6.30.16
Grant Kester
5:30 - 7:00 PM, Lazarus Auditorium
Sponsored by the Low-residency MFA in Studio Art
Grant Kester is Professor of Art History at UC San Diego and the founding editor of FIELD: A Journal of Socially Engaged Art Criticism. Kester is one of the leading figures in the emerging critical dialogue around “relational” or “dialogical” art practices.
His publications include Art, Activism and Oppositionality: Essays from Afterimage (Duke University Press, 1998), Conversation Pieces: Community and Communication in Modern Art (University of California Press, 2004) and The One and the Many: Contemporary Collaborative Art in a Global Context (Duke University Press, 2011). His curatorial projects include “Unlimited Partnerships: Collaboration in Contemporary Art” at CEPA Gallery in Buffalo, New York in 2000 and “Groundworks: Environmental Collaborations in Contemporary Art” at Carnegie Mellon University in 2005. Kester's essays have been published in The Blackwell Companion to Contemporary Art Since 1945 (Blackwell, 2005), Theory in Contemporary Art Since 1945 (Blackwell, 2004), Poverty and Social Welfare in America: An Encyclopedia (ABC-Clio, 2004), Politics and Poetics: Radical Aesthetics for the Classroom (St. Martins Press, 1999), the Encyclopedia of Aesthetics (Oxford University Press, 1998), and Ethics, Information and Technology: Readings (McFarland, 1997) as well as journals including Afterimage, Art Journal, E-Flux Journal, October,Variant (Scotland), Public Art Review, Exposure, The Nation, Third Text, Social Text and Art Papers. He is currently completing an anthology of writings by art collectives working in Latin America, in collaboration with Bill Kelley.
5:30 - 7:00 PM, Lazarus Auditorium
Sponsored by the Low-residency MFA in Studio Art
Grant Kester is Professor of Art History at UC San Diego and the founding editor of FIELD: A Journal of Socially Engaged Art Criticism. Kester is one of the leading figures in the emerging critical dialogue around “relational” or “dialogical” art practices.
His publications include Art, Activism and Oppositionality: Essays from Afterimage (Duke University Press, 1998), Conversation Pieces: Community and Communication in Modern Art (University of California Press, 2004) and The One and the Many: Contemporary Collaborative Art in a Global Context (Duke University Press, 2011). His curatorial projects include “Unlimited Partnerships: Collaboration in Contemporary Art” at CEPA Gallery in Buffalo, New York in 2000 and “Groundworks: Environmental Collaborations in Contemporary Art” at Carnegie Mellon University in 2005. Kester's essays have been published in The Blackwell Companion to Contemporary Art Since 1945 (Blackwell, 2005), Theory in Contemporary Art Since 1945 (Blackwell, 2004), Poverty and Social Welfare in America: An Encyclopedia (ABC-Clio, 2004), Politics and Poetics: Radical Aesthetics for the Classroom (St. Martins Press, 1999), the Encyclopedia of Aesthetics (Oxford University Press, 1998), and Ethics, Information and Technology: Readings (McFarland, 1997) as well as journals including Afterimage, Art Journal, E-Flux Journal, October,Variant (Scotland), Public Art Review, Exposure, The Nation, Third Text, Social Text and Art Papers. He is currently completing an anthology of writings by art collectives working in Latin America, in collaboration with Bill Kelley.
Thursday, 7.7.16
Jeannine Tang and Lia Gangitano
5:30 - 7:00 PM, Lazarus Auditorium
Sponsored by the Low-residency MFA in Studio Art
Jeannine Tang is an art historian and critic who received her M.A. and Ph.D. from the Courtauld Institute of Art, and holds a B.A. from the National University of Singapore. Previously a Terra Foundation fellow at the Smithsonian American Art Museum, she was also a Critical Studies participant at the Whitney Museum Independent Study Program. Her writing has appeared in venues such as Artforum; Art Journal; Theory, Culture & Society; Afterimage; journal of visual culture; Art India; Broadsheet, among others. Recent and forthcoming essays in books have focused on institutional critique and the afterlife of art (Provenance: An Alternate History of Art, Getty Research Institute 2012); feminism and international survey exhibitions (Politics in a Glass Case: Feminism, Exhibition Cultures and Curatorial Transgression, Liverpool University Press 2013); spectatorship and indigenous sovereignty (Critical Landscapes, University of California Press, 2014); temporalities after postmodernism (Time/Image, 2014-2015). She has published on the work of Cheo Chai- Hiang, Maria Eichhorn, Simryn Gill, Andrea Geyer, Hans Haacke, Sharon Hayes, Martin Beck, among others. She is at work on two book projects: a study of convergences between contemporary art and the 1970s information age, featuring case studies on Marshall McLuhan, John B. Hightower, Margia Kramer, Lucy Lippard, Martha Rosler and others; and a history of cultural and workplace flexibility between 1980-2000s. General research interests include modern and contemporary art, critical histories and theories of feminism, colonialism, social justice and media. CCS Bard core faculty (2010–present) and Graduate Committee (2011–present).
5:30 - 7:00 PM, Lazarus Auditorium
Sponsored by the Low-residency MFA in Studio Art
Jeannine Tang is an art historian and critic who received her M.A. and Ph.D. from the Courtauld Institute of Art, and holds a B.A. from the National University of Singapore. Previously a Terra Foundation fellow at the Smithsonian American Art Museum, she was also a Critical Studies participant at the Whitney Museum Independent Study Program. Her writing has appeared in venues such as Artforum; Art Journal; Theory, Culture & Society; Afterimage; journal of visual culture; Art India; Broadsheet, among others. Recent and forthcoming essays in books have focused on institutional critique and the afterlife of art (Provenance: An Alternate History of Art, Getty Research Institute 2012); feminism and international survey exhibitions (Politics in a Glass Case: Feminism, Exhibition Cultures and Curatorial Transgression, Liverpool University Press 2013); spectatorship and indigenous sovereignty (Critical Landscapes, University of California Press, 2014); temporalities after postmodernism (Time/Image, 2014-2015). She has published on the work of Cheo Chai- Hiang, Maria Eichhorn, Simryn Gill, Andrea Geyer, Hans Haacke, Sharon Hayes, Martin Beck, among others. She is at work on two book projects: a study of convergences between contemporary art and the 1970s information age, featuring case studies on Marshall McLuhan, John B. Hightower, Margia Kramer, Lucy Lippard, Martha Rosler and others; and a history of cultural and workplace flexibility between 1980-2000s. General research interests include modern and contemporary art, critical histories and theories of feminism, colonialism, social justice and media. CCS Bard core faculty (2010–present) and Graduate Committee (2011–present).
In 2001, Lia Gangitano founded PARTICIPANT INC, a not-for-profit art space, presenting exhibitions by Virgil Marti, Charles Atlas, Kathe Burkhart, Michel Auder, and Renée Green, and Greer Lankton, among others. As curator of Thread Waxing Space, NY, her exhibitions, screenings, and performances included Spectacular Optical (1998), Luther Price: Imitation of Life (1999), Børre Sæthre: Module for Mood (2000) and Sigalit Landau (2001). She is editor of Dead Flowers (2010) and the forthcoming anthology, The Alternative to What? Thread Waxing Space and the '90s. As associate curator, she co-curated Dress Codes (1993) and Boston School (1995) for The ICA, Boston, and edited New Histories (with Steven Nelson, 1997) and Boston School (1995). She has contributed to publications including Renée Green, Endless Dreams and Time-based Streams, Lovett/Codagnone, Whitney Biennial 2006-Day for Night, and 2012 Whitney Biennial on Charles Atlas. As curatorial advisor, her exhibitions at MoMA PS1 included Lutz Bacher, My Secret Life (2009). She currently teaches at the Center for Curatorial Studies at Bard College, NYU, and SVA. She is a Board Member of Primary Information and Dirty Looks; Advisory Board Member of the Outpost Cuts and Burns Residency Program and John Kelly Performance; and recipient of a Skowhegan Governors’ Award for Outstanding Service to Artists and the inaugural White Columns/Shoot the Lobster Award.
GRADUATE ELECTIVES GUIDE
Notes from Faculty
You+ Digital Output
Hello MICA Students!
Wanted to say Hi and tell you a little bit about myself and the You+ Professional Development seminar I’m offering this Fall for graduate students. The class is called You+ Digital Output, and will be held Thursdays 4:00 pm - 6:45 pm, October 3, 2016 - November 4, 2016. The one-credit course will focus on how to document your work with photo, video, and audio, and the advantages of good documentation in the competitive funding and art and design worlds. These days the gear and software have gotten so accessible, you don't have to be an expert to get professional-looking results—just a few pro tips and some practice, and you're off! In this 1-credit 5-week course we will go over gear, set-ups, and editing for best results. We’ll also experiment with integrating video and/or audio with other media. I’m an audio visual artist with years of experience both in the video industry and using these tools creatively in my own work. Learn from my mistakes! :)
See you soon,
Kristen Anchor
Wanted to say Hi and tell you a little bit about myself and the You+ Professional Development seminar I’m offering this Fall for graduate students. The class is called You+ Digital Output, and will be held Thursdays 4:00 pm - 6:45 pm, October 3, 2016 - November 4, 2016. The one-credit course will focus on how to document your work with photo, video, and audio, and the advantages of good documentation in the competitive funding and art and design worlds. These days the gear and software have gotten so accessible, you don't have to be an expert to get professional-looking results—just a few pro tips and some practice, and you're off! In this 1-credit 5-week course we will go over gear, set-ups, and editing for best results. We’ll also experiment with integrating video and/or audio with other media. I’m an audio visual artist with years of experience both in the video industry and using these tools creatively in my own work. Learn from my mistakes! :)
See you soon,
Kristen Anchor
Film Branding Workshop
Hello Graduate Students!
I am writing to encourage you to sign up for my Film Branding workshop this fall. This is a landmark 3-credit course that will meet on Tuesdays this semester from 10:00 am - 2:00 pm. Landmark because it has never happened at MICA before! The course is based on my professional experiencebranding Independent Films for niche audiences through the industry at large. With the ever growing myriad of short and feature films entering the film festival, broadcast, and distribution circuits, this field holds VAST opportunity for Designers. Not to mention that the Brand is the Filmmaker’s first interface with their audience and essential for Indie Films to be recognized in competitive environments. Join me for this exciting opportunity for Designers and Filmmakers to collaborate and prepare for the real world.
~ Kirsten D'Andrea Hollander
I am writing to encourage you to sign up for my Film Branding workshop this fall. This is a landmark 3-credit course that will meet on Tuesdays this semester from 10:00 am - 2:00 pm. Landmark because it has never happened at MICA before! The course is based on my professional experiencebranding Independent Films for niche audiences through the industry at large. With the ever growing myriad of short and feature films entering the film festival, broadcast, and distribution circuits, this field holds VAST opportunity for Designers. Not to mention that the Brand is the Filmmaker’s first interface with their audience and essential for Indie Films to be recognized in competitive environments. Join me for this exciting opportunity for Designers and Filmmakers to collaborate and prepare for the real world.
~ Kirsten D'Andrea Hollander
Graduate Survey of Contemporary Art, Design, and Theory
Dear Graduate students,
Welcome back, and, for new students, welcome to graduate school! I hope to see many of you in my Graduate Survey of Contemporary Art, Design, and Theory on Thursdays. We will tackle, discuss, and unpack relevant concepts and themes for your own practice. From site specificity and performativity to biennials, globalization, the artist as curator, techno-spectacle and more! In class we will listen to an international visiting curator and a local artist, and we will visit internationally renowned Glenstone Foundation in Potomac MD. Questions about the class? Please don't hesitate to contact me: mamor@mica.edu.
Cheers!
Monica
Welcome back, and, for new students, welcome to graduate school! I hope to see many of you in my Graduate Survey of Contemporary Art, Design, and Theory on Thursdays. We will tackle, discuss, and unpack relevant concepts and themes for your own practice. From site specificity and performativity to biennials, globalization, the artist as curator, techno-spectacle and more! In class we will listen to an international visiting curator and a local artist, and we will visit internationally renowned Glenstone Foundation in Potomac MD. Questions about the class? Please don't hesitate to contact me: mamor@mica.edu.
Cheers!
Monica
Expanded Design
Join multimedia artist Amanda Agricola for this new course that will allow artists and designers of any discipline to explore new tools for prototyping and interactivity. The course meets part time in the dFab Lab and will cover the basics of 3d software and printing, laser cutting, Processing / Arduino, and projection mapping and designing with code, time and motion. The future is here! No experience necessary!
Amanda Agricola, who graduated from MICA's Mount Royal School of Interdisciplinary Art, is a diverse artist who seeks to explore human conditions, usually by way of the machine and technology. She sees the viewer as an integral part of her work. Amanda’s wide skill set includes photography, programming, 3d modeling, physical computing and fabrication.
Amanda Agricola, who graduated from MICA's Mount Royal School of Interdisciplinary Art, is a diverse artist who seeks to explore human conditions, usually by way of the machine and technology. She sees the viewer as an integral part of her work. Amanda’s wide skill set includes photography, programming, 3d modeling, physical computing and fabrication.
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OPPORTUNITIES
Fall Guggenheim Museum Internships - call for applicants
Deadline: July 5
The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum is still accepting applications for Fall 2016 internships in all museum departments, including (but not limited to): Curatorial, Development, Education, Exhibition Management, Marketing, and Publishing & Digital Media. The attached posting contains updated information about our Fall 2016 Internship Program, including our new application deadline of July 5. Please do feel free to share with any students, alumni, or other young arts professionals who may still be looking for internships next season!
Request for Proposal - Exhibit Design at Jewish Museum of MD
Deadline: July 15
On June 18th, 2017, the JMM will open Just Married! Wedding Stories from Jewish Maryland, an original exhibition that will explore the many different ways our community has expressed Jewish identity through the wedding ceremony, from the 19th century through today. Click to download the full RFP for details.
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