Katherine Wentz Undergraduate Juried Show Guidelines

The Katherine Wentz Undergraduate Show is fast approaching, and as a Studio Art major, your participation is MANDATORY (whether you're a 1st, 2nd, 3rd, or 4th year at McD). All others are welcome, and encouraged, to participate.

All art work to be considered must be submitted on WEDNESDAY, THURSDAY, or FRIDAY, MARCH 9, 10, or 11, between the hours of NOON-4 PM in the Rice Gallery in Peterson Hall.

Students may submit up to 5 pieces. All pieces must have been completed while a student at McDaniel. Work can be submitted unframed. If accepted, you will then be required to return the work by FRIDAY APRIL 1, MATTED AND FRAMED, or matted under glass (backed with foam core and attached to glass with mirror clips). Frames should be black or natural wood and mats should be white or middle gray. Any painting 48" or larger in any direction need not be framed, but should have painted sides. If you have any questions about framing requirements, please contact Chloe Watson at ext. 2770, by email chloklo@yahoo.com, or stop in during my office hours.

An outside panel of jurors (painter Jonathan Stoneyl and sculptor Seth Crawford) will jury all submitted work. All students are to go to the Rice Gallery on MONDAY MARCH 21 to see if your work has been selected for the show. THOSE PIECES NOT ACCEPTED FOR THE SHOW MUST BE RETRIEVED BEFORE 4 PM THAT DAY. NO EXCEPTIONS!

Work not accepted will be eligible for the Salon des Refuses exhibition sponsored by Ars Nova, to be held at the Carroll County Arts Center. Date TBA.

The opening reception and awards presentation will be held TUESDAY APRIL 5 at 7:00 PM in the Rice Gallery. The show closes on April 15. All work is to be picked up and removed from the Gallery by 4:00 pm on April 15. Again, NO EXCEPTIONS!

Cat for Adoption

So this post is obviously not art related! My fiance and I are trying to re-home our cat Terry. Terry HATES our other cat and is making our lives miserable, and he's not very happy in our one bedroom apartment either. Ideally, Terry would live on a farm, be a barn cat, and would be able to go inside and outside (we can't let him out since we live in downtown Bmore). He's not good with other cats (ie why we are trying to find him a new home) and would probably not be good with kids. He's very affectionate, but on his own terms--he'll come to you when he wants to be petted, doesn't like being picked up, and basically just likes to do his own thing. He's a Maine Coon mix, about 15 lbs, and is generally a large cat. Let me know if you or someone you know is interested!

Walter Buttrick

This is Walter Buttrick's website http://www.walterbuttrickprints.com/index.html. He has some nice detailed prints, both linocuts and etchings.

Just in case anyone is interested...Shawn Lockhart is having a gallery showing at Carroll Community College. Although I have not personally seen any of her work, I hear that she does fabulous prints.
Here is a link to the info on CCCs page
www.carrollcc.edu/campus/galleries/default.asp

Lee Oliver: Define Home

Installation shots of Lee Oliver's fiber show, Define Home. February 22-March 18.

Found this on Stumble Upon

I was stumbling looking for inspiration and I found these photos of a printmaking studio. Thought they were pretty sweet.

you can see their whole website at http://www.tugboatprintshop.com/HOWandWHY.htm

enjoy!

-jen

Instructables.com

Not sure how to make something? Try www.instructables.com

This is a pretty great resource for recipes, DIY projects, and hacks. It's free to sign up and you can download PDF's of "How To" instructions for each project. Here are some examples of projects:

-Make Pro Rubber Stamps
-Glowing Plastic Spoon Tulips
-Turn Leather Belts into Pens
-Kinetic Marble Track Around the Top of a Room
-Photography Light Box

FYI: The Intaglio Process

http://www.scottkolbo.com/printmaking/Printmaking%20pdfs/2X4%20book.intaglio%20introduction.pdf

A pretty thorough overview of preparing the plate, inking, wiping, printing, etc.

Intaglio Printing: Rembrandt van Rijn

Intaglio Printing: Kiki Smith

We'll be watching a short video of Kiki Smith working with a master printmaker in class: http://www.moma.org/interactives/exhibitions/2003/kikismith/flash.html

Blinky Palermo Retrospective Opening Soon at the Hirshhorn

A retrospective of painter Blinky Palermo's work will open at the Hirshhorn Museum on February 24th! The exhibition runs until May 15. For more info, visit www.hirshhorn.si.edu

Suprasensorial: Experiments in Light, Color, and Space Coming to the Hirshhorn this Summer

The Hirshhorn Museum in Washington, DC is going to have an AMAZING show coming it's way this summer called Suprasensorial: Experiments in Light, Color, and Space. It opens June 23rd. For more info, go to www.hirshhorn.si.edu

Collective Archive at School 33

I'm in a show coming up at School 33 Art Center in Baltimore. Visit www.school33.org for all the info, or click on the above e-card.

Happy Valentine's Day!

Jim Dine

Anatomy of a Linocut by Bill Fick

We're going to watch this in class on Thursday!

http://vimeo.com/19641694

Enjoy Super Bowl Sunday!

Here's a link to maybe the closest football has come to the contemporary art world:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ts9eiOlmJH4

Matthew Barney, Cremaster I (clip)

Opportunity: Carroll County Public Library

Here's some info I was forwarded--let me know if you're interested in participating:

The Children's Services Supervisors at the Carroll County Public Libraries are planning an in-service training in April that will teach our staff about picture book illustrations. We would like part of the training to be hands-on with art. To that end, I wonder if McDaniel students could be present to demonstrate some of the techniques. For example, watercolor, pastels, torn paper collage, wood block printing, and computer art. As well, we would like to have examples of these techniques displayed for viewing. Perhaps we could borrow some students' works to display during the training sessions.

The training is scheduled for the afternoons of April 19 and 20. The students would need to be able to be present at the library's headquarters in New Windsor from approximately 2:30 - 4:00 p.m. on those days.

Please let me know by March 6th if you're interested!

Opportunity: Alcohol Abuse Prevention Committee

Do you enjoy art and design?
Would you like to see your design printed on a t-shirt and worn by students all over campus?
DO YOU WANT TO WIN AND X-BOX KINECT?
The Wellness Center, the Alcohol Abuse Prevention Committee (AAPC), and the Office of Student Engagment are sponsoring a t-shirt design contest. The Wellness Center is seeking a student-created t-shirt design that includes a printed message which discourages high-risk drinking and promotes responsible choices about alcohol. The winning design will be printed on several hundred t-shirts and given free to students at Spring Fling this year. Students will have the opportunity to tie-dye the shirts at Spring Fling.
If you would like to enter the contest, please follow these instructions:
-Contest Deadline: 3/1/11
-Must include a picture/graphics as well as a printed message
-Must be in black and white and/or gray scale
-Must be provided in printed form to the Wellness Center. It should also be emailed to Megan Hearron at mhearron@mcdaniel.edu, if possible.
-Please keep in mind that the dimensions of a full front or back t-shirt design are 13x15”. The dimensions of a small lapel design for the front of a t-shirt are 4x4”.

Designs will be judged by the members of the AAPC, and the winner will be chosen based on the following criteria:
-The design and message must promote the AAPC’s goals of reducing high-risk drinking and increasing responsible decision-making among students.
-The design and message must be relevant to students.
-The design and message must both be suitable for the campus audience and the Spring Fling event.
-The design must have a professional and attractive appearance.

**REMEMBER, THE WINNER WILL RECEIVE AN X-BOX KINECT!
QUESTIONS? CONTACT MEGAN HEARRON IN THE WELLNESS CENTER (410-857-2243).

Google Art Project

http://www.googleartproject.com/

This is mind-blowingly awesome!!

Visiting Artist: Josh Haycraft

Our 2nd visiting artist of the semester is Josh Haycraft. I am SO EXCITED Josh has agreed to come speak at McDaniel--I think he's going to blow you all away! Josh's website is located at www.bhbitb.com.

MARK YOUR CALENDARS: Josh will be speaking on Tuesday April 26 at 7:30 pm.

Visiting Artist: Andy Holtin

Our first visiting artist this semester is Andy Holtin. He is an Assistant Professor of Sculpture at American University and I am really excited to have him coming to speak to us. For more about Andy, visit his website: www.andyholtin.com

MARK YOUR CALENDARS: Andy's talk is taking place Wednesday March 2 at 7:30 pm.