April & May 2017 College News

The Atlanta Printmakers Studio over spring break. Approximately 1500 conference attendees were able to view the collaboration and the resulting prints. A smaller selection of pieces will be made by a guest curator to be included in a traveling exhibit for the next three years. Soomin Jung will have a solo exhibition at Conduit Gallery in Dallas, May 20 – July 1. Mark Menjivar is included in the group exhibition, The Places We Live , in the Morlan Art Gallery at Transylvania University in Lexington, KY. The exhibition features 6 national artists who co-create their work with specific audiences and is open until March 29th. Mark Menjivar has an interview by art historian Tatiana Reinoza titled, “Retorno: Salvadoran Repatriation and the Landscapes of Memory,” in Volume 20 of Diálogo , an interdisciplinary journal published by the Center for Latino Research at DePaul University, Chicago. Kathryn Blair Moore’s book, The Architecture of the Christian Holy Land: Reception from Late Antiquity through the Renaissance , was published in the U.S. by Cambridge University in February 2017 and will be published in Europe later this month. Randall Reid will have a solo exhibition at Nuart Gallery in Santa Fe, NM. The show is entitled Layers of Time and will be on exhibit May 5 – 21. The opening will be on Friday, May 12. [ 3] In April, Liz Rodda and Joey Fauerso presented their REP funded project “SET,” a video screening accompanied by live musical performances at The Museo de Art Moderno in Medellin, Colombia, and at the gallery Lugar y Dudas in Cali, Colombia. Alessandro Segalini was invited to present his field of research (typography) at the panel of Architecture & Psychology at the 12th Conference of Italian Researchers in the World, Houston, March 25. Presenters included Harry Ransom Center manuscript expert Maria X. Wells, human genetics scientist Dr. Francesco Vetrini, and International Space Station astronaut Paolo Nespoli. On April 22, Alessandro participated in a workshop by renown type designer and sign painter John Downer at The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art, New York City, sponsored by the Teaching & Learning Excellence program of Texas State University. College of Fine Arts and Communication | 3 On August 24, Alessandro will present at TypeCon2017 Type & Design Education Forum in Boston. Silas Finch will release Barry Stone’s monograph, “Daily, In a Nimble Sea,” in May. Barry’s solo show at Art Palace in Houston opened on Friday, April 21 and will be on view through June 3. A solo presentation of Barry’s work will be exhibited in Cologne, Germany at the Gaa Gallery Project Space, from April 23 - 30 during the Cologne Art Fair. Barry Stone’s solo show at Gaa Gallery in Provincetown, Massachusetts will open on Friday, July 15 and will be on view through August 4. Barry Stone’s work was featured in Slices #1, entitled True Nature , a thematic compendium of contemporary photography published in Paris and Zurich. Maia Wright was commissioned by the List Gallery at Swarthmore College to design an exhibition catalog for the show Alexis Petroff: Floating Drawings , which was published in January 2017. Maia and collaborator Kate Jarboe have been awarded a research support grant from Harvard University to conduct archival research in the Schlesinger Library, at the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study. An average of ten research grants are awarded annually on a competitive basis; proposals are evaluated based on the significance of the research and the project’s potential contribution to knowledge as well as its creativity in drawing on the library’s special collections. Maia and Kate will have a solo exhibition as their art/design collective AK/OK at Fernwey Gallery in Chicago, opening June 2. Their work was also included in the group exhibition POSTER at Black Ball Projects in Brooklyn, March 25 – April 22. STUDENT ACCOLADES Texas State students James Borcherding , Michael Arredondo and Trey Holt , were selected to assist the Semographics artists during the five day collaboration. They gained valuable insight into how other artists think and approach making work; this experience also allowed them a window into the larger art word and establish connections to potential graduate schools. A total of seven Texas State students went to the conference, which showcased printmaking exhibits and openings, demonstrations, and panels. The students participated in one of three open portfolio sessions; each session allowed 200 students and professional print based artists to show their work. Open portfolio night is typically the most highly attended part of the conference.