January & February 2017 College News

4 | January & February | College News Caprice Pierucci has a solo exhibition, Rhythmic Forms that will be at Gremillion & Co. from February 9 - March 11. Three prints from Burt Pritzker’s Forgotten Planes series were included in the new publication, Museum of the Southwest, Selections From the Permanent Collection . The museum is in Midland, and it owns all 87 prints from this series. Five images from Burt’s Paper Construction series as well as one image from Burt’s Transmissions series were purchased by private collectors. Liz Rodda’s solo exhibition, Heat Loss , opened at Women & Their Work on Saturday, January 21. The exhibition runs from January 21 - March 2. She also recently participated in the Endless Biennial in NYC. Claudia Roeschmann was nominated as university representative for the Texas Distance Learning Association (TxDLA) Award for Outstanding Commitment to Excellence and Innovation in Distance Learning by an Individual. STUDENT ACCOLADES MFA student and communication design GA Thi Ngyuen’s typeface design “Simply Canon” won a typeface design merit in the PRINT magazine Typography & Lettering Awards Winners 2016. BFA in communication design major Pedro Moreno is one of 66 students (73 in the online edition) to be featured in GDUSA magazine’s feature, “Students to Watch in 2017.” Printmaking students Graham Pooley , Elizabeth Ullman , James Borcherding and Chandler Sosebee were exhibited at Invenio Gallery at Canopy , between January 20 - February 15. STUDENT AWARD WINNERS FLUX Winners: (the AIGA Blue Ridge’s Annual National Student Competition) Logo, Honorable Mention | Jesse Rocha , Anna Surnina , Danielle Drummond , Selena Hu , Brittany Savant Packaging, Best in Category: Melina Sweet Packaging, Honorable Mention: Thy Do , Jesse Rocha Posters, Honorable Mention: Madison Hanlon , Jesse Rocha , Marina Nolen Publications: Bridget Blankenship Web/Interactive, Best in Category: Ramona Rodriguez Web/Interactive, Honorable Mention: Rachel Douglas , Jesse Rocha Graphis Inc. Silver Publication Award Winners: (Work is showcased on web site and printed in the 2017 New Talent Annual) Pedro Moreno , Silver, Logo | Faculty: Meek Christina Rodriguez , Silver, Logo | Faculty: Meek Pedro Moreno , Christina Rodriguez , Randy Gaytan , Silver, Ad Campaign | Faculty: Sterling Alex Aydelott , Ken Morgan , Ashley Plauche , Amanda Culver , Silver, Ad Campaign, | Faculty: Sterling Salena Hu , Silver, Branding System | Faculty: Davis Graphis Inc. New Talent Merit Award Winners: (Work is showcased on web site) Bridget Blankenship , Merit, Logo | Faculty: Lawrence Ethan Nevlud , Merit, Logo| Faculty: Meek Pedro Moreno , Merit, Packaging | Faculty: Kilday Bridget Blankenship , Merit, Logo | Faculty: Lawrence Jon Johnson , Merit, Logo | Faculty: Meek Ethan Nevlud , Merit, Logo | Faculty: Meek Pedro Moreno , Merit, Logo | Faculty: Meek Salena Hu , Merit, Poster Series | Faculty: Davis College of Fine Arts and Communication | 5 DEAN’S SEMINAR Joey Fauerso , artist and associate professor for the School of Art and Design at Texas State University was featured in our Spring 2017 Dean’s Seminar on Febraury 8 in the University Galleries. Her work resides at the intersection between painting, drawing, and performance. Over the last ten years she has been working on a series of paintings, drawings and video that rely on gesture and improvisation to explore themes of nature, gender, family, and humor. PRETEND THIS IS A TRAP Januar y 30 – Februar y 16 Joey’s work was also featured in the exhibit Pretend This is a Trap [pictured] which focuses on her attention to material, process, symbolism and figuration. Fauerso’s new body of work is comprised of paintings and monoprints on multiple, standard-sized papers arranged into clusters around a central textual theme. For more info about Joey, please visit: www.joeyfauerso.com GALLERY INFORMATION To find out which exhibits are coming soon, please visit: www.txstgalleries.org THE UNIVERSITY GALLERIES Galleries 1 & 2 are physically located within the School of Art & Design at Texas State Universit y.