Exhibition Roster

OK everyone. This is who I have down as participating in the Fine Arts Seminar Exhibition next month and who will be going onto the postcard, that I'm going to try and get going early next week. At this time all exhibition spaces are assigned though we can definitely fiddle with the space once all the work is in the gallery.

Donna Butterworth
Marie Cardillo
Loralei Heater
Ryan St. George
Steve Resch
Meaghan Smith
Emily Stamp
Zachary Sullivan
Donna Votolato

Artist-Darrell Morris, Fiber and Material Studies

This coming Wednesday, March 17th Greyson Hong will speak to the Seminar class about programs at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, and the application/transfer process.

The presentation will take place in the Mac Lab, Room 4078, 4th floor, Knight Campus

Animation

This Monday , Feb. 22nd, we will host Julie Comforti from the Savannah College of Art and Design. The presentation will take place in the Mac Lab, Room 4078, 4th floor, Knight Campus

Julie will speak about the variety of programs at SCAD which encompass the Schools of Fine Arts; Building Arts; Communications Arts; Design; Fashion; Film, Media, and Digital Arts; Foundations Studies, and Liberal Arts. SCAD has off-campus programs of study in Provence and now Hong Kong. All are welcome on attend.


Graphic design

Week Of Feb 15th

Class resumes group meetings on Monday, Feb 15th.
We begin with basic image editing for creating a saved
image file and for use in Powerpoint.

Those who did not make their scheduled individual reviews
should plan to come this Weds. Please check the prior email
for this weeks sign-up schedule.

But is it Art?

Welcome to the Fine Arts Seminar class of Spring 2010.

On your right is posted the new list of class members as last semester's class links move on to the archives. As members send me their own blogspot address I will update the links.

Check this blog for weekly updates on class activities, new links of interest, and a quick way to access your fellow student's blogs.

Artist's Presentations

Crystal Fenner 2009

Tomorrow, Monday, Nov. 23rd, members of the Fine Art Seminar fall 2009 class will give digital presentations on their work, inspiration, progress, and influences.

Presentations will take place in the Art Dept. Mac Lab. 4th Floor, Room 4078, Knight Campus.

The 2nd round of presentations will take place on Mon. Dec. 7th in the same location.

All members of the art department, faculty and students, are invited to attend.

Hope to see some of you there!

Jay Ryan

Cover of the book "animals and objects in
and out of water" by Jay Ryan

I was scouting for some new artist's books for my library and ran across Jay Ryan, a Chicago artist working in screenprinted posters. I was really drawn to his work and thought you might like to take a look. He works with traditional hand screenprinting techniques. He also has some information under "questions" about how he first got started in posters. The image above links to one of many portfolios on his site, The Bird Machine.

Tomorrow, Monday, Nov. 2nd we have guest speaker Richard Whitten, from Rhode Island College, in to speak about the portfolio requirements involved in transferring to RIC.

Afterwards there will be ample time to work at the computers on your artist's statements or Powerpoint presentations. I will open the equipment cabinet for anyone who needs to photograph work. Work can be shot in either the computer lab or one of the open spaces in room 4060, in the art dept.

Steven Mardo, 2D-The Illusion of Depth

This coming Monday, Oct. 19th we have a guest speaker, Steven Mardo. We have other business to take care of as well. Be sure to check your email for specific details and other announcements.

National Portfolio Day

Student work from the School of the Museum Arts Boston

Huge portfolio review day taking place tomorrow in Boston sponsored by SFMA and the National Portfolio Days Assoc. There will be representatives of art programs from all over the country ready to look at your work. Grab 10-15 pieces and head up to Boston for the afternoon.

Here's the link for details.

Sunday, October 4
12 to 4 pm
Hynes Convention Center
900 Boylston Street
Boston, MA 02115

This Monday we begin shooting work for portfolio development.

If you have your own camera bring it along. I'm bringing a small digital point and shoot if anyone needs to use it. Or, you might find people willing to trade you some camera time for help with their set-ups. Whatever works. There are also some card readers available. Be sure to bring a flash drive so you can save and transport your images.

We will have on hand a small tripod, and 3 halogen lights, along with backdrop paper for shooting 3-d objects.

I suggest we start with no more than 3-4 items each for this first round. After that we can pull the equipment out as needed.

Class blogs

Links to your individual blog sites are now up so click on over and see what some members have going so far. I enjoyed the comments on our classroom adventures in technology!

Use your blog to start putting down some thoughts about your work, examples of work, and those things that influence it. At this stage it's a conversation between yourself and the rest of the class. It doesn't have to be perfect.

To get started check out Mike Collington's amazing photographs.



If you didn't give me your URL last class you can email the address to me when you're ready.

Reviews and blogs

Our next class, Mon. 9/28th, is reserved for individual portfolio reviews. I will be sending an email out to the class to your ccri.edu address reminding everyone of their time slots. From the work I've seen so far it looks like a great group.

Fall 2009

Gearing up for the new semester. Updates in progress. See you soon!


Linda Grausgruber, Spring 2009

Fine Arts Seminar Exhibition

Reception: Thursday, May 7, 2009
Food, Treats, and Refreshments
4:00pm to 7:00pm

Room 4078 and Balcony,
4th Floor, Main Building

The Finish Line

Kudos to all who spoke last Wednesday wrapping up the last of our source and image presentations. Many thanks to Art. Dept. Chair. Prof. Natalie Coletta for attending and offering commentary on the presentations.

The exhibition and reception this Thursday, May 7th, marks our last event together as a class. Check your campus email over the next couple of days to make sure we're all on the same page as to set-up for this event.

Don't forget your completed CD compilations are due this week no later than Thurs. You can leave them in my mailbox in the office or give them to me at the reception.

Good job everyone!

Congratulations to all who completed their artists presentations today. Everyone was remarkably poised and articulate in discussing their work and sources of inspiration.

I think I join the class in extending a very big Thank You to artist and CCRI Prof. Emeritus Sherrill Hunnibell for joining us today for the first round of presentations. Prof. Hunnibell's comments and feedback were most appreciated.

On to the next round!

Monday

Y.Leonard 2002

I thought the practice presentations last Weds. went well.

Monday I'm sticking my head out with the rest and giving a short talk on my own work in printingmaking and drawing.

There will also be time to polish up presentations, work on resumes, and discuss any other items. You can stay past 1 o'clock both Mondays if you need more individual help.

Fine Arts Seminar Exhibition Postcard

Good work Jennifer!

Work this week

Tomorrow we'll be working at the computers on either your PPTs or your statements. While you work I'd like to talk to some of you individually about your progress, statements, etc. so far.

On Weds. I'll be going over some templates for making a resume and talk to more of you about statements and progress. I'll bring in the camera equipment if anyone wants to shoot work that day.

Be ready to make hay in class this week. The end of class will be here before we know it.