Sunday, February 17, 2008
Luce Center
Deborah found this link to a panoramic view of the Luce Center where we visited on Saturday in DC. We also went to the Jeweler's Werk gallery in Georgetown.
Saturday, February 16, 2008
The Foundation Department at Tyler School of Art presents:
“What We Learned: Janet Koplos & Bruce Metcalf
Discuss Writing a History of American Craft.”
Join us as co-authors Janet Koplos and Bruce Metcalf discuss the writing of their upcoming book "Makers: A History of American Studio Craft" (University of North Carolina Press). Their book has been identified as the number one priority in advancing craft in academia and the curatorial world.
Janet Koplos is a senior editor at Art in America, where she has been since 1990. Since 1976 she has published more than 2,000 articles, art reviews and essays internationally. Among other texts, she is the author of Contemporary Japanese Sculpture (New York, Abbeville Press, 1991) and The Unexpected (Museum Het Kruithuis, the Netherlands, 1997).
Bruce Metcalf has been described as the "Socratic gadfly of metalsmithing" by art historian Sean Licka. He received his MFA from Tyler School of Art in 1977. He has contributed to a number of craft theory anthologies, including Exploring Contemporary Craft (Coach House Books, 2002) and NeoCraft: Modernity and the Crafts (Press of the Nova Scotia College of Art & Design, 2007). He has received two NEA Visual Artists Fellowships, three Ohio Arts Council Fellowships, a Fulbright Teaching & Research Fellowship, and a Pew Fellowship in the Arts. His jewelry has been exhibited internationally, and has been published in a number of books on contemporary studio jewelry. Metcalf’s work is held in numerous public collections, including the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Cooper-Hewitt Museum of Design in New York and the Renwick Gallery in Washington, D.C.
Wednesday, February 27th, 2008, 6:30pm
Tyler School of Art: President’s Hall Auditorium
This event is free and open to the public
Sponsored by the Foundation Department at Tyler School of Art
For information: 215-782-2894 / shanker@temple.edu
“What We Learned: Janet Koplos & Bruce Metcalf
Discuss Writing a History of American Craft.”
Join us as co-authors Janet Koplos and Bruce Metcalf discuss the writing of their upcoming book "Makers: A History of American Studio Craft" (University of North Carolina Press). Their book has been identified as the number one priority in advancing craft in academia and the curatorial world.
Janet Koplos is a senior editor at Art in America, where she has been since 1990. Since 1976 she has published more than 2,000 articles, art reviews and essays internationally. Among other texts, she is the author of Contemporary Japanese Sculpture (New York, Abbeville Press, 1991) and The Unexpected (Museum Het Kruithuis, the Netherlands, 1997).
Bruce Metcalf has been described as the "Socratic gadfly of metalsmithing" by art historian Sean Licka. He received his MFA from Tyler School of Art in 1977. He has contributed to a number of craft theory anthologies, including Exploring Contemporary Craft (Coach House Books, 2002) and NeoCraft: Modernity and the Crafts (Press of the Nova Scotia College of Art & Design, 2007). He has received two NEA Visual Artists Fellowships, three Ohio Arts Council Fellowships, a Fulbright Teaching & Research Fellowship, and a Pew Fellowship in the Arts. His jewelry has been exhibited internationally, and has been published in a number of books on contemporary studio jewelry. Metcalf’s work is held in numerous public collections, including the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Cooper-Hewitt Museum of Design in New York and the Renwick Gallery in Washington, D.C.
Wednesday, February 27th, 2008, 6:30pm
Tyler School of Art: President’s Hall Auditorium
This event is free and open to the public
Sponsored by the Foundation Department at Tyler School of Art
For information: 215-782-2894 / shanker@temple.edu
Friday, February 15, 2008
Thursday, February 14, 2008
Friday Night Film Series
Towson Presbyterian Church (400 W. Chesapeake Ave) is hosting a free friday night film series on human rights and social justice from 7-9pm each friday.
Dates and Shows are:
2/22- Darfur Diaries
2/29- Omagh-(N. Ireland)
3/7- Bringing Down a Dictator(Yugoslavia)
3/14- The Road to Guantanamo
Dates and Shows are:
2/22- Darfur Diaries
2/29- Omagh-(N. Ireland)
3/7- Bringing Down a Dictator(Yugoslavia)
3/14- The Road to Guantanamo
Conflict Stone
Here are some pages Rebecca found that are interesting:
EURweb
Pro HipHop- Blingtastic
Bling: A Planet Rock
Black Blood vs. Bling
Damien Hirst
Damien Hirst was not intentionally making any comment on conflict stones, he bought his stones from the Bently and Skinner. Because of the Blood Diamond issue Hirst's skull " now has the potential to be about death in a more literal way." make note this was not his intention.
Blood Diamonds- Sierra Leone
A Jewelry Co. That uses ecogold and conflict free stones:
Itali Lambertini Jewelry
Washington DC Trip Info-February 16th
This is an outline of how we will be traveling to DC. Included is a map of the bus routes we will be taking, also listed is the route we will be driving from Towson to DC. When you arrive at school at 9:30 meet in 2015.
Acc Show- Map of Light Rail
For anyone having trouble finding a map of the light rail stops, here it is again.
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