Art and Art History Schedule of Events: Fall 2014

Fall 2014 - SCHEDULE OF ART EVENTS
Presented by the Boyden Gallery and the Deparment of Art and Art History

Every Monday, 8-10PM,Montgomery Hall 129 (Sept 15– Dec 1)
Life model sessions Come in and draw!

September 10, Wednesday, Boyden Gallery, 4:45-5:45
Faculty Panel Discussion w/ Jeff Byrd, Joe Lucchesi, James Mantell: In conjunction with the Life is Flux: Visualizing Change in Art and Biology exhibition these multi-discipline SMCM faculty discuss the relationship between art and biology.

September 11, Thursday, Goodpastor 195, 4:30-6:00
Neuroscience and Art Lecture - Dr. Bevil Conway, Wellesley College Dr Conway, a neuroscientist and artist will deliver a lecture titled Color! What is it, and how is it computed by the brain?

September 22, Monday, Boyden Gallery, 4:45-5:45
Gallery Talk: Alice Oh The sense of space in Oh's paintings is "derived from the multilayered accumulation and composition of the oval shape. She searches for the delicate boundaries of the medium by introducing a subtle degree of shifts in transparency, opacity and brilliance of color and light.
For more information about Alice Oh: http://www.aliceohstudio.com

September 22, Monday, Art Annex (next to public safety), 6-7:30 pm
Art SMP Open Studios Join the Studio Art SMP students in their studios to see artwork they have produced during their Marathon, an assignment to create a body of work in a short period of time to kickstart their creative SMP’s!

September 24, Wednesday, Glendening Annex, 4:45-5:45
Visiting Artist Lecture: Katherine Gagnon Katherine Gagnon is an artist and writer based in Baltimore, MD. She holds a Master in Fine Arts from the LeRoy E. Hoffberger School of Painting at the Maryland Institute College of Art. Gagnon recieved her B.A. from Colby College in Maine, majoring in Art with concentrations in Art History and Studio Art. Katherine is teaching an intro drawing class at SMCM this semester and is the Artist House artist in residence.
For more information about Katherine Gagnon: http://www.katherinegagnon.com

October 1, Wednesday, Boyden Gallery, 4:45-5:45
Gallery Talk: Lynn Tomaszewski Lynn Tomaszewski creates work inspired by generative systems. The paintings in theBoyden Gallery exhibition are about directed action and series play – both individual and collective. How we act is how we learn which leads to what we know. Scaling these ideas up, Tomaszewski considers issues of how we consume, how we effect our environment, what we leave behind, and, ultimately whether we survival at all.
For more information about Lynn Tomaszewski: http://www.lynntomaszewski.com

October 15, Wednesday, Glendening Annex, 4:45-5:45
Visiting Artist Lecture: Cassandra Kapsos Cassandra Kapsos is a photgrapher and digital artist from Baltimore and is teaching two photography classes at SMCM this semester.
For more information about Cassandra Kapsos: http://www.cassandrakapsos.com/

October 30, Thursday, 8 pm and October 31, Friday, 4:30 pm, Boyden Gallery
Fallen Man: A Dance and Visual Art Collaboration performance by Leonard Cruz (Asst. Professor of Dance) and Caiti Sullivan (Art, '14) that responds to the work of German Expressionist, Max Beckmann, through original choreography and visual art

November 2-7, Boyden Gallery
Creative Workshop: The Big Draw A drawing creative workshop open to all!

November 19, Wednesday, TBA, 4:45-5:45
Visiting Artist Lecture: Jerry Truong Jerry Truong is a Maryland/Washington D.C.-based conceptual artist, whose work deals with issues of memory and history as they relate to the exercise of power and the residuals of trauma
For more information about Jerry Truong: http://jerrytruong.com/

November 19, Wednesday, Boyden Gallery, 6-8 pm
Fracking PA: Documentary Practice and Environmental Activism A screening of Triple Divide and discussion with Filmmakers, Joshua Pribanic and Melissa Troutman.
For more information see: http://tripledividefilm.org/

December 8, Monday, Boyden Gallery and the Art Annex, 4:45-5:45
Gallery Opening: Studio Art SMP Midyear Exhibition