Exhibitions & Lectures Fall 2007

Below is the fall semester schedule for exhibitions and lectures happening in the Center for the Arts and hosted by the Department of Art.

We have a terrific graduate program and this year we have some fabulous graduate students putting on their thesis exhibitions. Take advantage of this opportunity and attend their gallery show openings. (see schedule)

DEPARTMENT OF ART EVENTS FALL 2007

CENTER FOR THE ARTS GALLERY
SEP 7 –Sep 29 ART DEPARTMENT FACULTY EXHIBITION
Reception: Thurs Sep 6th, 7.30-9pm
The Faculty of Towson University’s Department of Art present examples of their recent aesthetic concerns in a broad range of media.

LECTURE: Thurs Sep 6th , Koli Banik, 6.30pm, CFA2032
(organized by the Asian Arts Center)

HOLTZMAN MFA GALLERY
SEP 7 – SEP 29 DENNIS BEACH: Paintings and Sculpture
Reception: Thurs Sep 6th, 7.30-9pm
As a part of the MFA program, established artists exhibit their work at Towson and also visit with graduate students in their studios. One of these practicing artists, Dennis Beach, creates exacting, abstract paintings and sculpture, both of which are included in this exhibition.

CENTER FOR THE ARTS GALLERY
OCT 5 – NOV 3 RON KLEIN: SPIN BEFORE TIME
LECTURE: Thurs Oct 4th Ron Klein, 6.30pm, CFA2032
Reception: Thurs Oct 4th, 7.30-9pm
Ron Klein creates sculpture with objects found in nature and from the urban environment which he combines with constructed forms inspired by these two sources. For this installation he will work with TU students to place thousands of sweet gum pods on the walls of the gallery, integrated with seed pods from the Amazon; the artist plans a gallery space that is both celestial and liquid, appearing as if underwater and simultaneously the night sky
(TOWSON NCAA CONFERENCE OCT 30 - NOV 3)

HOLTZMAN MFA GALLERY
OCT 5 – OCT 27 MFA THESIS: Dan Keplinger
Reception: Thurs Oct 4th, 7.30-9pm
Graduating MFA student Dan Keplinger was born with Cerebral Palsy. He says of his work, “I include images of my wheelchair and other objects that help me through life because they are a major part of my daily life. I morph these images with images of my body to create my own vocabulary. However, these pieces are about much more than my disability. Obstacles and challenges are a universal part of the human condition. We all face them in everyday life, although, we have a choice as to how we deal with them. Many of us are likely to get discouraged during difficult times in our lives. In my work I hope to show everybody that they have the ability to persevere.”

HOLTZMAN MFA GALLERY
NOV 3 – DEC 1 MFA THESIS: Brenda Fike and Sugako Kawai
Reception: Fri Nov 2, 7.30-9pm.
Brenda Fike creates photographs, films, and installations. Sugako Kawai designs nature-based patterns that can be applied to domestic environments and objects.
(CLOSED FOR THANKSGIVING NOV 22-23)

LECTURE: Fri Nov 2, Rod McCormick: Digital Technology for Small Scale Objects and Sculpture, 6.30pm CFA2032
Artist Rod McCormick will present a lecture on his work which utilizes digital technology and ranges from small scale objects to larger scale sculpture and lighting. McCormick’s work is included in many publications and he has received an individual NEA grant and a fellowship from the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts. Recent exhibitions include the traveling Virtual/Tangible 2.0.


CENTER FOR THE ARTS GALLERY
NOV 16 – DEC 8 ANNUAL STUDENT JURIED EXHIBITION
Reception: Thurs Nov 15th, 7.30-9pm
The annual undergraduate juried exhibition featuring works that represent the various tracks, including painting, sculpture, graphic design, illustration, metalworking/jewelry, ceramics, digital art, photography, and printmaking. Darsie Alexander, Senior Curator of Contemporary Art at the Baltimore Museum of Art will jury the exhibition.
(CLOSED FOR THANKSGIVING NOV 22-24)

LECTURE: Thurs Nov 15th, Darsie Alexander, 6.30pm CFA2032
Darsie Alexander began as a photography curator, working first as assistant curator at the Museum of Modern Art and subsequently as associate curator at the Baltimore Museum of Art. While at MoMA she organized numerous exhibitions, including New Photography 14, Robert Cumming: The Clutter of Happenstance and Sets and Situations. In 2005, she organized the critically-acclaimed SlideShow, the first exhibition to explore the history of projected slides in post-1965 art. She is currently curating a retrospective of work by Austrian sculptor Franz West (2008). In addition to her exhibitions, Alexander has written on performance art, conceptualism, and new media. With Johns Hopkins University professor Michael Fried she has moderated an ongoing series of conversation with major figures in contemporary photography, including Jeff Wall and Tacita Dean. Alexander is also a visiting critic for the MFA program at the University of Pennsylvania.