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For Monday, May 7, 2012

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This is your last regular Week Here At Tyler for this school year. Summer issues will go out on the first Monday each month (June 4, July 2, and August 6) with announcements and opportunities only.

Lectures & Artist Talks

None this week!

Exhibitions

Temple Gallery: MFA Candidate Shows - Wednesday May 9 – Saturday May 12. Gallery is open Wed-Sat 11-6.
Edward Trenton
Hannah Johnson
Yuan Yao
Reception Friday, May 11, 6 – 9 pm

Stella Elkins Tyler Gallery – Wednesday May 9 – Saturday May 12. Gallery is open Wed-Sat 11-6.

Kristen Rosser, Fibers
Kyle Goldbach, Painting
Nathan Zeidman, Painting
Reception Thursday, May 10, 6:30 – 9 pm

Student Lounge Gallery – Wednesday May 9 – Saturday May 12.
Diana Mousetis, Fibers
Courtney Heavens, Fibers
Tia Bianchini, Fibers
Reception Thursday, May 10, 6:30 – 9 pm
Cookie Jar & Java – Free coffee & cookies at the opening of the downstairs galleries on Wednesday May 9 at 11 am.

Tyler Atrium: Senior Graphic Design Show – Monday, May 7 through the summer
Reception Friday, May 11, 7 – 9 pm

Photo Gallery Lower Level: New Photography Alumni Exhibition
Reception Thursday May 10, 2012, 6 pm

Birds Eye View – Paley Library, though May 31
One of the greatest dangers to birds is the widespread use of glass in urban structures. As many as a billion birds die each year when they fly into both reflective and nonreflective glass surfaces. This tragic loss of precious wildlife is a serious threat to the survival of many species, particularly migratory birds. Many ways to mitigate this problem are currently being explored. One possible solution, applying specialized film to windows, is intended to enable birds to recognize windows as an obstruction. These films have visible patterns on them and are being tested in a variety of locations including The Philadelphia Zoo and Temple University’s Main Campus. Bird’s Eye View, an initiative of the Graphic & Interactive Design program at Tyler School of Art, aims to raise awareness of this problem at Temple and across the city of Philadelphia and to explore visual options for effective window film patterns. This exhibition includes the work of design students at the sophomore, junior and senior levels. The brief for this project was to design a pattern that would be conceptually and visually compelling for human viewers while being an effective deterrent to birds that might otherwise fly directly into the windows where they are installed.

See what‘s happening this week at Temple Rome! Visit the Temple Rome blog at artturome.blogspot.com.

Opportunities

Need a 2000 level studio this summer? Computer Imaging, GAD 2601, CRN 1537 is offered during Summer 1, May 21 – July 2, MTWR 4:30 – 7 pm.

Scholarship Opportunity, deadline June 1: Betty Ann Shema Morris scholarship. Applicants must be a Full time senior graduating in May 2013, enrolled in the College of Liberal Arts (majoring in Spanish), Landscape and Horticulture, the Fox School of Business and Management, or the Tyler School of Art and must have a cumulative GPA of at least 3.0 at the end of the Spring 2012 semester. For an application, see http://tinyurl.com/bvypnya

Job opportunity: Product photography. Hours: 20-40 hours per week, between the hours of 9:00 and 5:30 (Monday-Friday). 6-18 month position, would consider summer only if its 40 hours per week. Overview: Photographing products for e-commerce Web site, as well as photo correction and image preparation for Web. Location: Narberth, PA, near train station – Paoli/Thorndale line. Requirements: Basic knowledge of digital photography and intermediate knowledge of Photoshop required. Knowledge of children’s toys a plus. Send email cover letter, resume, and a small relevant jpg portfolio to Leigh Calarco at leigh@acquirevisual.com (no phone calls!).

International Design Competition, deadline July 15: Design a 3x3ft plaque honoring historic LGBT figures. The designer of the winning submission will receive an honorarium of $1,000 and will also have their plaque fabricated and installed in the sidewalks of San Francisco’s Castro district, kind of like the Hollywood walk of fame. Details at http://rainbowhonorwalk.org/?page_id=201

Residency Opportunity, deadline May 18: City Of Philadelphia Mural Arts Program Artist Residency – Structure and Surface: Philadelphia Textile Project (Summer 2012). The City of Philadelphia Mural Arts Program is pleased to invite 6 artists/designers/makers to participate in a summer artist residency to explore the potential of Philadelphia’s textile industry. Applicants must have an interest in exploring history and processes and demonstrate this through their work. Selected artists will work with a curatorial committee and textile-related manufacturers to develop a public art proposal, which may receive further funding. Artists will receive a residency fee of $3,000 and up to $800 to pilot their project. Details at http://muralarts.org/about/jobs-artist-opportunities.

Call for artists, deadline May 12: On the Threshold – A National Juried Exhibition. Looking in or out of your door … interiors, vistas, transitions … open to all mediums and concepts that communicate your literal or emotional views of “On the Threshold.” On display at the Attleboro Arts Museum from July 14–Aug 10, 2012. Six juror’s prizes of $100 each will be awarded. Details at http://attleboroartsmuseum.org/index.php/on-the-threshold-2/

Call for artists, deadline May 17: Juried Photography Exhibition, WANDERLUST: Travels Near & Far. Whether it’s a road trip, first day at University, a walk around the block or a trip around the world, travel brings new views and fresh perspectives. And isn’t that photography in a nutshell? So wherever you are in the world, we want to see what you see on your travels. From desert sands to ocean shores, the alps to antartica, a greyhound bus or a truck stop diner. Approximately fifty works will be chosen from submitted photographs to be included in the WANDERLUST exhibition at 1650 Gallery in the Echo Park neighborhood of Los Angeles. Additional works may also be selected for an online gallery exhibition page. There is an entry fee of $25 for up to 5 images. Additional entries may be submitted for $5 each. We offer free matting and framing for accepted photographs that fit our pre-cut mat sizes for the duration of the exhibition. Standard precut mat sizes we have are 5×7″, 8×10″, 11×14″, 16×20″, 20×24″ mats. We will also print your photo for a nominal fee if you are accepted into the show and would prefer not to mail a print. Selected artists may choose to offer their work for sale. The gallery retains 50% of the sale price, as well as 8.75% California sales tax. We offer free matting and framing for accepted photographs that fit our pre-cut mat sizes for the duration of the exhibition. Details http://1650gallery.com/wanderlust2012_call.php

Call for artists, deadline May 21: WiLARD’s First Art Catalogue. Open Call awards one artist, who has never published a catalogue before, the opportunity to have their work professionally captured in book form. WiLARD will collaborate with recipient artist on the design and editing of the book. 50 copies of the book (published using Blurb or equivalent) will be printed and given to the artist. Artist retains 100% copyright and all future sales revenue.Final catalogue will contain 20-50 images and one to three bodies of work. In addition, WiLARD will commission an appropriate writer to contribute a one-page essay to go along with artist’s images. Cost per entry is $20. Details: http://www.wilard.org.

Call for artists, deadline May 25: dharmakaya art studios is searching for two dimensional visual artists for its 2012/2013 fine art collection. The collection will be marketed to thousands of art industry partners, art galleries, interior designers and art buyers. The twenty selected artists will have an opportunity to sell a limited edition of a body of work in the form of fine art giclee prints and also a revolving source of original work. Each artist will also participate in at least four group exhibitions between September 2012 and august 2013, dates to be determined, with the exhibitions being in both our Seattle and San Francisco locations. We are giving priority to artists working on paper, to be reproduced on paper limited edition fine art giclees. Details at http://www.dkartstudios.com/artopps

Call for artists, deadline May 26: Best of the USA. Art Affiair Gallery presents a call for submission of original works of art for “Best of the USA,” including, but not limited to painting, sculpture, glasswork, ceramics, drawing, and assemblage. Our goal is to have art from across the USA. The exhibit will be held in our gallery in the heart of Historic Downtown Sanford, FL as well as on our gallery website, www.artaffairgallery.com, and in our exhibition binder which will be available for viewing in the gallery during and after the show. Artist’s bios, statements and images provided by the artist of their works will be included. The Best of the Show in wall and sculpture catagories will receive a two person show in our Studio Gallery. Entry fee $40/2 works. The gallery will take a 40% commission on artwork we sell. All art must be available for sale for the duration of the exhibition. Details at http://www.artaffairgallery.com/bestusa.pdf

Call for artists, deadline May 31: If you are an artist who lives in Pennsylvania and has a disability, the Governor’s Advisory Committee for People with Disabilities is looking for you. The committee is looking to showcase people’s talent through the Works for Me 2013 calendar. Through this calendar, you can help raise awareness about employment supports for those who have a disability. This calendar will feature information about work incentives and will also include selected artwork. Must be original art you have done yourself; include title of the artwork, full name of artist, phone number, email address: photographs, paintings (picture of), sculptures (picture of), wall hangings, textile designs (picture of). Send picture as an email attachment has .jpg or .gif at end of file name. Limit of one picture for each email. Please limit artwork to 3 items per artist. All artwork should be submitted by email to Kiley Hassinger at c-khassing@pa.gov by May 31, 2012. Artists will be contacted in July 2012 if their work has been chosen. Winning entries will be featured in the 2013 calendar. For questions, contact: 1-877-268-9894.

Call for artists, deadline June 1: Spaces and Places: 2nd Annual Juried Exhibition. The theme for this juried exhibition will focus on a wide range of artwork that explores a creative interpretation of “spaces” and “places.” Contemporary and traditional subject matter encouraged. The Village Theatre Art Gallery is located in the Town of Danville which is situated in the East Bay of Northern California. This venue reaches a wide audience during the exhibition period and also serves as a lobby for the Village Theatre. Juror:

DeWitt Cheng, a San Francisco-based art critic who writes for Art Ltd., Artillery, Sculpture, Huffington Post, Visual Art Source, East Bay Express and DeWittCheng.com. Work produced in the last three years is preferred. Entry fee. Details at http://www.ci.danville.ca.us/uploadedFiles/Content/Enjoy_Danville/Art_Gallery/Exhibits/Call%20for%20Entries%20Form_2012_Spaces%20and%20Places.pdf

Call for artists, deadline June 13: Ecumene: Global Interface in American Ceramics National Exhibition. Ecumene: Global Interface in American Ceramics will showcase artworks displaying current American ceramic practice connecting to a larger global dialogue in which artists have access to a tremendous amount of historical and contemporary art information, inspiration and images via the internet, travel opportunities and workshops. This New World of Art is a trans-global cultural movement of which America is a full partner. Ecumene also refers to the individual practice of artists in selecting the most relevant, appropriate and meaningful elements from this vocabulary to communicate through their art. To be staged concurrently with the International Academy of Ceramics general assembly in New Mexico, Ecumene is intended to survey current America ceramic practice in light of this globalization. The exhibition is curated and organized by NCECA Exhibitions Director, Linda Ganstrom; the Santa Fe Community College School of Art and Design’s Visual Arts Gallery Director, Clark Baughan and Ceramics Head, James Marshall with Special Guest Curator, Jane Sauer. Santa Fe Community College School of Art and Design’s Visual Arts Gallery will host the 2012 “Ecumene: Global Interface in American Ceramics” National Exhibition from August 29, 2012 to September 20, 2012. Application Fee: $20 Members, $40 Non-Members. Details/to enter: http://www.juriedartservices.com/index.php?content=event_info&event_id=508

Call for artists, deadline June 20: So Tiny! An Exhibition of Small Work in 3-D. The Baum Gallery of Fine Art, a small museum on the campus of the University of Central Arkansas, is pleased to announce a call for submissions to So Tiny! An Exhibition of Small Work in 3-D. The Baum invites submissions by artists working in sculpture and ceramics with work that is “smaller than a shoebox, measuring roughly 10″ long by 6” wide by 4” deep. Works chosen by the juror will be exhibited in the Baum from August 20-November 1, 2012. Images and artists will also be featured in a full-color brochure and in web and print media. The juror for this year is Virginia Samsel, a working artist known for her small-scale work who has curated numerous exhibitions of miniature art. To enter, visit http://www.juriedartservices.com/index.php?content=event_info&event_id=533&admin_verify_view=true

Deadlines

None this week

Out & About

Architecture in Film: Philip Johnson: Diary Of An Eccentric Architect (1996, Barbara Wolf) + selected short films by Charles & Ray Eames (1945-1970, Charles & Ray Eames) – Monday, May 7, 6:30 pm, Philadelphia Center for Architecture, 1218 Arch Street FREE!
This monthly series, which screens films that explore ideas and themes on architecture and architects, is hosted by John DeFazio, AIA (Architect & Associate Professor @ Drexel University) and Nick Groch, Assoc. AIA. Films begin with a discussion of the relevant themes and elements to notice during the screening and are followed by an informal discussion. Join us before every film at 6:30pm for a wine and cheese reception.

Bones, Books, & Bell Jars: A Conversation with Photographer Andrea Baldeck, MD, FCPP – Tuesday, May 8, 6:30 pm, The College of Physicians of Philadelphia, 19 S. 22nd Street FREE!
What is it like to go behind the scenes at the Mütter Museum of The College of Physicians of Philadelphia? It is an opportunity to venture from basement to attic, encountering treasures in storerooms and library stacks. It is the chance to open books rare and beautiful, to hold instruments wielded long-ago in laboratory and clinic, to encounter specimens floating in fluid-filled glass jars, to marvel at articulated skeletons, to keep company with history. It is to become aware of the vanished lives of countless caregivers and patients when surrounded by visible and palpable evidence of the past. With a physician’s training and a photographer’s sensibility, Andrea Baldeck, MD, FCPP, Fellow and Trustee of The College of Physicians of Philadelphia, explored the wealth of materia medica, selecting and combining objects in still life compositions that speak of the art, science and history of medicine. By capturing the eye, stimulating the imagination and provoking questions, these arrangements are intended to engage the viewer in a visual dialogue about the nature of illness, suffering and the healing arts.

City Hall Presents: Nikki Jean – Wednesday, May 9, 5:30 – 6:30 pm, Philadelphia City Hall FREE!
Nikki Jean is a singer-songwriter, musician, and occasional actress. She was a part of the band Nouveau Riche, and is featured on Lupe Fiasco’s second album, The Cool, as a lyricist and vocalist. As an actress, she performed in the award winning independent film On the Outs.

ICA Whenever Wednesday: Return of the New—Recent Film/Video Works from the UK: Two Years At Sea – Wednesday, May 9, 7 pm, International House, 3701 Chestnut St. $7 (students)
A man called Jake lives in the middle of the forest. He goes for walks in whatever the weather, and takes naps in the misty fields and woods. He builds a raft to spend time sitting in a loch. Drives a beat-up jeep to pick up wood supplies. He is seen in all seasons, surviving frugally, passing the time with strange projects, living the radical dream he had as a younger man, a dream he spent two years working at sea to realize. Winner of the FIPRESCI Prize (Critics’ Week and Horizons sections), Venice Film Festival 2011

Lydia Panas Talk & Book Signing – Thursday, May 10, 6 pm The Print Center 1614 Latimer Street FREE!
A must see for artists looking to navigate the art world! Photographer Lydia Panas will discuss her artwork, sign her newly published book The Mark of Abel and talk about her successful approach to sharing her work. The Kutztown, PA native’s career has centered on creating evocative color portraits of friends and families which offer the viewer incisive character studies revealed through gaze and body language.

Hip And Hidden Philadelphia: The Unexpected House In A City Of Tradition – Thursday, May 10, 6:30 pm, Free Library of Philadelphia, 1901 Vine Street FREE!
For most people, Philadelphia is a place of red brick, Revolutionary War-era structures, or 19th-century townhouses, with 20th-century row-houses added into the mix. But there is more to the story. All across the city – one here, a few there – are unique, surprising homes that are as much a part of the Philadelphia picture as the usual suspects. Authors Virginia Restemeyer and E.I. Weiner brought together years of research and traveling to every part of the city, looking for and recording these one-of-a-kind houses. In their talk, the authors will show some of the best of the 90-plus properties spotlighted in their book: Houses by some of the finest, boldest, most thoughtful, whimsical and singular minds who ever worked and lived in Philadelphia, resulting in the Hip and Hidden city that it is.

Film Screening: Hunger – Thursday, May 10, 7:30 pm, Gershman Y, 401 S. Broad St. FREE for Students with ID.
Steve R. McQueen is a distinguished artist whose early work involved gallery projections with simplistic, black and white motifs. Influences of minimalism in McQueen’s film Hunger, about the 1981 Irish hunger strike, are what contributed to its award-winning successes. Hunger was an Official Selection of the 2008 Philadelphia Film Festival.

Art after Five: Karen Gross – Friday, May 11, 5 – 8:45 pm, Philadelphia Museum of Art FREE!*
Backed by a stellar jazz ensemble, cabaret singer and songwriter Karen Gross performs classics from the Great American Songbook, fresh interpretations of contemporary favorites, and poignant original songs. Based in Philadelphia, she has delighted crowds at premier venues including the Kimmel Center and Lincoln Center. *The PMA is free to Tyler students with a Tyler Admission Card and your Owlcard. Download your copy of the Tyler Admission Card from the Links section of the Tyler Student Life Blog at http://tylerstudentlife.wordpress.com/

Judith Schaechter: The Battle of Carnival and Lent – Opening reception Friday, May 11, 5:30 – 7:30 pm, Eastern State Penitentiary, 2027 Fairmount Ave. FREE!
These 17 stained glass windows are inspired by the prison’s dark history and installed in historic skylights throughout Cellblocks 8, 11, and 14 for the duration of the 2012 season. The Battle of Carnival and Lent responds to the penitentiary’s narrow skylights and arched windows. The imagery, which Ms. Schaechter describes as “addressing in a non-religious way the psychological border territory between ‘spiritual aspiration’ and human suffering,” is evocative of theology but secular in purpose. The figures depicted are literally confined by the unnaturally tall and skinny apertures of the window frames – squished, cropped, straining, and reaching – as a representation of the types of incarceration that are basic to the human experience. Ms. Schaechter balances them with more traditional, cathedral-esque stained glass windows, based very loosely on the design of 13th century European cathedral windows (e.g. Chartres). Her intention is to draw an association between the prison’s original purpose – to provide an environment conducive to self-reflection and, ultimately, penance – and the harsh realities of solitary confinement.

39th Annual Old Pine Church Flea Market and Neighborhood Festival – Saturday, May 12, 10 am – 4 pm, 412 Pine Street FREE!
Features giant rummage sale (including men’s, women’s and children’s clothing, toys, books, kitchen gadgets, knick-knacks and sports equipment), bake sale, grill tent, children’s activities, musical entertainment, and vendors selling pottery, jewelry and collectibles. Rain or shine!

Kathryn Andrews: Performative Sculpture – Saturday, May 12, 2 – 4 pm, ICA, 118 S 36^th St. FREE!
In conjunction with First Among Equals.

Ian Svenonius: Supernatural Strategies for Making a Rock ‘n’ Roll Group – Sunday, May 13, 2 pm, ICA, 118 S 36^th St. FREE!
Musician and writer Ian Svenonius presents a coffee talk on “Supernatural Strategies for Making a Rock ‘n’ Roll Group.” In this presentation he will give a preview of his forthcoming publication, which functions as an instructional guide for would-be stars, a warning device, a philosophical text, an exercise in terror, an aerobics manual, and a coloring book. Svenonius is the host of the talk show Soft Focus, the author of the collected essay volume The Psychic Soviet (Drag City, 2006) and the frontman of iconic bands such as The Nation of Ulysses and The Make-Up, who have been invited to reunite for this year’s All Tomorrow’s Parties “I’ll Be Your Mirror” festival in London. This event is organized by Wendy Yao (Ooga Booga) in conjunction with First Among Equals and as a lead-in to Excursus III: Ooga Booga opening September 26, 2012. Complimentary La Colombe Pure Black cold pressed coffee will be served.

For Monday, April 30, 2012

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Lectures & Artist Talks

The Business of Being an Artist – Monday, April 30, 6 pm, Room B-04
Our LAST Super Stellar Seminar of the Semester! Prof. Christian Tomaszewski on his two years spent at Rijksakademie Residency, Amsterdam; Prof. Rachael Gorchov on her Artist collective tArt and her latest residency stay; Prof. Anne Schaefer on Cranbrook University’s MFA program; Prof. Rubens Ghenov on RISD’s MFA program; Jeremy Klotz on his website PHLocal.com which allows you to make a profile in an Artist registry for self promotion. !!PIZZA, first come first served!! A special thank you to Tyler senior Ashley Scrivener who organized these popular Monday evening workshops for all Tyler students.

8th Annual Library Prize for Undergraduate Research & 2nd Annual Library Prize for Undergraduate Research on Sustainability & the Environment – Tuesday, May 1, 4:00 pm, Paley Library
Once again, please join us to celebrate the winners of the Library Prize for Undergraduate Research and the Library Prize for Undergraduate Research in Sustainability & the Environment. This competition attracts the very best research projects from undergraduates while encouraging the use of library resources, and is a year-end celebration for all of us at the libraries.

The 10th Annual Juried Show of Student Interactive Design and Animation – Tuesday, May 1, 6:30 pm Room B-04
See what this year’s Graphic & Interactive Design students are doing in web design, application design and animation. And since this year’s show is a special anniversary, the competition has been opened up to Graphic & Interactive Alumni too. It promises to be a great show. This year’s esteemed judges are: Cristina Chiappini, Kinny Edwards, Group Creative Director at Tribal DDB, Megs Fulton, Karma Scientist at Karma Science, and Andy Zahn, Senior Graphic Designer at Vanguard.

Independent Study Research Presentation: Kathryn Yuen, The Business of Photography – Wednesday, May 2, 2 pm, Room B-04

Lecture: Heads of State – Thursday, May 3, 10:00 am, Room B-04
2001 Graduates of Tyler School of Art, Heads of State (Jason Kernevich and Dustin Summers) will address the entire Tyler community with a lecture about the development on their artistic design practice. This lecture is part of The Tyler School of Art Mentorship Circle, authored by The Exhibitions and Public Programs Department, in collaboration with the Office of the Dean. This inaugural program highlights the accomplishments of Tyler’s most distinguished alumni and the potential of our recent graduates, by partnering these two entities to form a mentor relationship over the course of a year. This mentorship will result in a two-person exhibition, to be installed in Temple Gallery in the Spring of 2013.

Finals Film Screening: Reclaiming The Rust Belt – Thursday, May 3, 12:33 pm, Paley Library
Join us for a study break, as our Exploring the Cities series concludes with a screening of Reclaiming the Rust Belt. This film focuses on manufacturing declines that took place during the 20th century and their effect on densely populated urban centers in Philadelphia and Birmingham, England. This is film is informative and provocative, demonstrating how economic shifts are felt in communities and their built environments.

Exhibitions

Temple Gallery: MFA Candidate Shows - Wednesday May 2 – Saturday May 5. Gallery is open Wed-Sat 11-6.
Nicholas Lenker
David Sackett
Bridget Mae Farnack
Daniel Petraitis
Reception Friday, May 4, 6 – 9 pm

Stella Elkins Tyler Gallery: BFA Shows, Wednesday May 2 – Saturday May 5. Gallery is open Wed-Sat 11-6.
Gina Hoover-Painting
Emily Assiran-Photography
Matt Giacomucci-Photography
Reception Friday, May 4, 6 – 9 pm

Student Lounge Gallery: Wednesday May 2 – Saturday May 5. Gallery is always open.

Dennis Ritter-Ceramics
Reception Thursday, May 3, 6-9 pm

Cookie Jar & Java – Free coffee & cookies at the opening of the downstairs galleries on Wednesday April 25 at 11 am.

See what‘s happening this week at Temple Rome! Visit the Temple Rome blog at artturome.blogspot.com.

Opportunities

The Second Annual Tyler Spring Carnival – Tuesday, May 1, 1 – 4 pm, Tyler Courtyard/back lawn
Come to the second annual Spring Carnival! This year we’ll have the ever-popular MoonBounce, along with a Wrecking Ball and Velcro Obstacle Course, carnival games with prizes, free hot dogs, sno-cones and funnel cakes along with other goodies, and more. All food is first-come/first-served. Bring your TUID with you and enter the courtyard from the Tyler Café. Come have fun celebrating the end of the semester!

Still haven’t lined up a summer job or internship? Check out these opportunities:
-Beerjobber – Web Interface Design Internship and Marketing Internship
-Bridgeline Digital – Design Internship
-G.K. Elite Sportswear L.P. – Marketing Business Manager
-Initiative – Assistant Planner
-Janney Montgomery Scott, LLC – Graphic Design/Media Arts Internship
-Lokalty, Inc. – Social Media & Marketing Internships
-PMCO, Inc. – Architecture Internship
-Toll Brothers, Inc. – Marketing Internship
-Whitestone Gallery – Gallery Assistant & Public Relations Coordinator
Visit the Student Life Internship page at tylerstudentlife.wordpress.com/internships/ for information about how to apply for these internships or jobs on the Temple Career Center database.

The Environmental Art Department at the Schuylkill Center for Environmental Education seeks an intern to provide support to the management and organization of the Environmental Art Department’s activities. The Environmental Art Department at the Schuylkill Center incites curiosity and sparks awareness of the natural environment through art, and works collaboratively to create exhibitions of the highest quality that attract, educate and inspire the public. Offers an alternative both to traditional art venues, and to formal methods of presenting environmental education to the public. The Art department challenges established and emerging artists to reflect on environmental issues, to consider the natural context in which the artwork is being created, and to explore working with innovative and non-traditional materials.

visit http://www.schuylkillcenter.org/departments/art/ for more information.

Discounted student tickets for the Philly ComicCon, (http://www.wizardworldcomiccon.com/) Thursday May 31 – Sunday June 3 at the Philadelphia Convention Center are available at http://wizardworld.ticketleap.com/PHILADELPHIASPECIAL/

Call for (paid) volunteers: Baltimore based artist, David Page seeks volunteers for an installation/performance in Philadelphia at Globe Dye Works, the exhibition runs September 9 – October 21, 2012. Volunteers are needed for the opening & closing receptions with the possibility of a weekend event within that time period. The work, Camp X involves 5 seated figures immobilized and enclosed in vinyl and felt textile structures (they shall be adequately ventilated), the occupants shall not interact with the viewing public, but it is essential to the meaning of the piece that it is occupied for a specified time. Volunteers should ideally be of medium/small build, not be claustrophobic (the piece deals with immobility and enclosure) and be in good general health. They shall receive $10 per hour for their participation. Each performance requires five volunteers. Interested? Pease contact David Page: david@davidpageartist.com ; 410 889 4745 (home) or 410 615 2645 (cell)

Call for artists; new gallery in Flemington, NJ: SOMI is seeking artists for membership at our new concept gallery located in Flemington’s emerging arts district. A limited number of artists and artisans will be showcased at this industrial chic gallery and SOMI is now accepting applications in advance of our June 2012 opening. More information at http://www.somifineart.com/

Residency Opportunity, deadline May 1: The Distillery, a former rum distillery and arts building in South Boston, MA is offering a free eight-week, site-specific, workspace-only residency running from June 18th to August 17th. Residents will have a 240 sq. ft studio space and a materials budget up to $800 depending on the scope of their project. The deadline for submissions is May 1, and more details can be found at http://distilleryresidency.org/.

Residency Opportunity, deadline May 21: be an artist in residence at the Statue of Liberty! The National Park Service is offering its first artist residency program, calling for three to six artists to make work honoring the re-opening of the Statue of Liberty to visitors in late 2012. Winners can choose a two, three, or four-week residency; although there is no stipend, New Jersey City University is offering free studio space and housing for the winners. The guidelines for proposals at http://www.nps.gov/elis/2012-artist-in-residence.htm.

Grant Opportunity, deadline May 31: The Manuel Rivera Ortiz Foundation announced its second annual call for a $5,000 grant for photographers, to be used in the completion of a social documentary project. Entries are accepted from anywhere in the world. More information at http://www.mrofoundation.org/.

Call for artists, deadline May 15: Hot! August! Night! A night of performance at Grizzly Grizzly. In August – for one night only – Grizzly Grizzly will be showcasing performance, live art and inter-disciplinary practice of artists living in the Philadelphia region. This event will feature selected artists, who will perform over the course of the evening in the Grizzly Grizzly space and adjoining floor. We are looking for compelling artists to present unique performative works, as well as seeking proposals that best represent and support emerging live art practice. Artists who live or work in the Philadelphia area are invited to submit proposals for inclusion. These can be performance, time-based, sound, dance, intervention, durational, and interdisciplinary. Each work submitted must include a live element in its presentation. If you have any uncertainty about what type of work is eligible, please feel free to contact us. Requirements: awritten proposal, no longer than 2 pages outlining your statement, intent and a brief description of the piece you would like to perform; images or video recording of recent performance or online links to your work; CV and Biography; and technical requirements. Please send all submissions to 2xgrizzly@gmail.com with ‘Hot! August! Night! Submission’ as the subject of the email. This event will be taking place on Friday August 3, 6pm – 10pm

Call for artists, deadline May 21: Color Art Show. This is an open Call for Submissions from artists all over the USA for an exhibit in our gallery, The Brooklyn Waterfront Artists Coalition (BWAC) – an 8000 sf Civil War-era warehouse on the Red Hook waterfront. With its trendy restaurants, bars, boutiques and billion-dollar view of the Statue of Liberty and New York Harbor, it’s an exciting place to visit and EXHIBIT. The enormous space of the gallery affords us the opportunity to exhibit really huge work, and we welcome it. We are fortunate to be joined by a prestigious juror – Brooke Kamin Rapaport, former curator in Contemporary Art at the Brooklyn Museum of Art and guest curator at NY’s Jewish Museum. With her experience, expect an exceptionally exciting exhibition. Gallery Exhibition Dates: July 28 – August 19, 2012 weekends 1-6PM Opening Reception: Saturday, July 28, 2012 from 1-6PM. Artists accepted into Color can also send one additional work that will be exhibited in our Affordable Art area. All works must be smaller than 12″ x 16″ and must be priced for sale at $500 or under. For details see http://colorartshow.com/.

Call for proposals, deadline June 13: Eastern State Penitentiary 2013 Season Art Program. Eastern State Penitentiary Historic Site is currently accepting proposals for its 2013 season of site-specific artist installations. Maximum funding is $7,500 per project. For details, see http://www.easternstate.org/visit/site-rentals-special-arrangements/artists-proposals-2011-season.

Call for artists, deadline June 18: 25: Target Gallery Celebrates Twenty-five Years. This is an all media exhibition that celebrates the 25th anniversary of the Target Gallery. This is open to all artists nationally and internationally. Artists are asked to submit work that responds to world events that have occurred over the past 25 years. A special catalog and poster will accompany this exhibition. Juror: J.W. Mahoney is an artist, critic and independent curator who serves as Washington’s Corresponding Editor for Art in America. He is an Affiliate Professor of Visual Arts at the University of Maryland in Baltimore, and his latest exhibition, “Carceral,” will open at Curator’s Office this May. Exhibition Dates: September 8 – 30th, 2012. For details, see http://www.torpedofactory.org/galleries/targetcallforentry.htm.

Call for entries, deadline July 5: American Women Artists is pleased to announce its 15th annual juried competition to be held at the K. Newby Gallery and Sculpture Garden in Tubac, Arizona. Online entries through Juried Art Services. It is our intention to choose the very best art in terms of composition, technique and overall excellence. We feel that the final show will be elegant, very well rounded and include a wide range of artistic expression from artists who draw, paint or sculpt in a representational style. The total awards will be approximately $15,000 in cash and prizes, with a Best of Show award package of over $6,000. The Leonard J. Meiselman Foundation is sponsoring the Leonard J. Meiselman Award ($350) for the best sculpture done in a realistic and academic manner. Award packages are designed to encourage and inspire women in the arts. For details/prospectus, visit http://www.americanwomenartists.org/.

Call for entries, deadline July 15: Everything Is Art 2012 Celebrity Juried Contest. Everything Is Art is a magazine started in early 2011 as a venue for artists and visionaries to share their thoughts, ideas, and emotions with the world. This publication aims to educate and unite the world as to how powerful art can be as a medium and concept. Everything Is Art developed around the need to provide a platform for artists to speak their piece. This publication is a vehicle for artists of all walks of life, backgrounds, nationalities, and mediums. Whether your artwork is created via paint, sculpture, photography, words, or anything else in between, no one piece is better than another. At the end of the day, it’s all art. If it moves you, it’s art. If it speaks to your soul with a voice you’ve never heard before, it’s art. For more information/to enter visit http://everythingisart.cc/enter-contest/.

Call for entries, deadline September 13: CraftForms 2012. The 18th international juried exhibition is dedicated to enhancing the public’s awareness of contemporary craft while providing a venue for established and emerging artists alike to share their functional and sculptural creative endeavors. All work must have been completed within the past two years and may not have been previously exhibited at the Wayne Art Center. Wayne Art Center reserves the right to reject entries that do not meet the requirements. Shipped work that differs from work accepted from digital submission will be disqualified. Work damaged in shipping will regretfully not be presented. All accepted work must have proper identification. No accepted work may be picked up before the closing of the exhibition. All work must be available for sale during application and until November 30, 2012. NFS or POR submissions will not be accepted. Withdrawal of accepted work prior to the exhibition will result in exclusion from exhibiting at WAC for the following year (2013). For more information, see http://craftformsentry.com/.

Call for proposals, deadline November 1: Monument to Cold War Victory. The Committee for Tacit History is issuing a call for proposals for a Monument to Cold War Victory, an open-call competition for a public monument commemorating the outcome of the Cold War. Artists from around the world are encouraged to submit proposals by November 1, 2012. Monument to Cold War Victory is a conceptual project by the artist Yevgeniy Fiks, taking the form of an open-call, international competition for a public, commemorative work of art. For over two decades, public signifiers of the Cold War, such as the Berlin Wall, have been framed in terms of destruction and kitsch. A monument created at the moment of its own destruction, the Wall encapsulates the continuing geopolitical imagination of the conflict as linear, continuous, binary, and terminal: the culmination of a now-historicized narrative of competing empires. But while the impact of half a century of sustained ideological conflict still reverberates through all forms of public and private experience—from Middle Eastern geographies of containment to the narrative structures of Hollywood—it has yet to be acknowledged through a public and monumental work of art. The Cold War, the longest and most influential conflict of the twentieth century, has no publicly commissioned commemoration in the United States. This project examines the enduring genre of war monuments, memorials, and institutionally framed and commissioned artworks. How might the legacy of the Cold War, in all its complex material, social, and cultural forms, be visually articulated? In what ways might the notion of “victory,” implicit in all retroactive commemorations of conflict, be interpreted? Can the traditional, formal structure of the monument, and the historical revisionism endemic to that form, be redefined? Artists are invited to participate in this project by submitting a proposal for a public monument commemorating the outcome of the Cold War by November 1, 2012. All submissions must be made through the website: www.coldwarvictorymonument.com. Submissions should include: a one-page narrative text on your proposed work and its relationship to the legacy of the Cold War, the notion of “victory,” and its reevaluation (if any) of the monument form; a visual schema in the form of three images; and an artist CV. A select number of finalists will be awarded a stipend and the opportunity to further develop their proposal for an institutional exhibition. The submitter of the winning proposal will be awarded a cash prize, and their concept will be implemented and installed in a publicly accessible location, to be determined, in the United States.

Deadlines

None this week

Out & About

City Hall Presents: Rennie Harris PureMovement – Wednesday, May 5, 5:30 pm, Mayor’s Reception Room, Phildelphia City Hall FREE!

Craft and Culture Lecture Series: ‘So You Want to Be an Entrepreneur?’ – Wednesday, May 2, 6 pm, Philadelphia Art Alliance, 251 S. 18th Street FREE!
The Philadelphia Art Alliance is pleased to present “So You Want to Be an Entrepreneur?” featuring a presentation by textile designer Harshita Lohia followed by a conversation between Harshita and renowned fiber artist Lewis Knauss, a former professor of textile design at Moore College of Art & Design.

Burberry CEO Visits Drexel – Wednesday, May 2, 6 pm, Drexel University Bossone Research Enterprise Centet, Between 32nd and 33rd on Market St. FREE!
Since taking over the iconic British luxury brand Burberry in 2006, Angela Ahrendts has led a management team that has transformed the brand into one of the most innovative and successful names in fashion. For her efforts, Ms. Ahrendts was named to Forbes’ list of the 100 Most Powerful Women in each of the last three years. Burberry was ranked by Fast Company magazine as the 13th most innovative company and by Interbrand as the fourth fastest growing brand in the world last year. Ms. Ahrdents will visit campus as the 2012 Design & Merchandising Distinguished Speaker of the Year. Ms. Ahrendts will sit down for a one-on-one interview with Judith Glaser, founder of Benchmark Communications and recipient of the 2011 Drexel Distinguished Alumni Award. The talk will focus on how Angela became Burberry CEO and the strategies that have reinvigorated the historic brand.

Opening Reception for David Adika – Thursday, May 3, 6 – 8 pm, Gershman Y, 401 S. Broad Street FREE!
Exquisite portraits and still life photographs by Israeli artist David Adika. Exhibit runs from Monday, April 30th to Sunday, May 6^th.

Opening Reception for The View from 915 – Thursday, May 3, 6 – 8 pm, Philadelphia Center for Architecture, 1218 Arch Street FREE!
Be the first to see these two-dimensional works of art featuring the view out of the 915 Spring Garden Street artist studios from the past 30 years. Meet the artists and see Philadelphia’s changing skyline through their eyes.

Tim McDonald: Onion Flats Project on Kelly Drive – Thursday, May 3, 8 – 10 pm, Philadelphia Center for Architecture, 1218 Arch Street FREE!
At the May 3rd meeting of the Design Advocacy Group, Tim McDonald will present the Onion Flats project at the former Rivage site on Kelly Drive. As reported in Newsworks in December, “The Philadelphia Redevelopment Authority has selected Northern Liberties-based Onion Flats to redevelop the Rivage property near Kelly Drive in East Falls. It’s called The Ridge, and features 126 residential units, 8,700 square feet of retail space and an ambitious energy and sustainability plan, with a striking design meant to create a sense of unity with the nearby Schuylkill riverfront. It would be the largest residential development by far for Onion Flats, known for the Rag Flats and Thin Flats projects…..All energy for utilities including heating, cooling, light and home hot water will be generated on site, with green roofs and a solar panel array.”

Art after Five: Cinco de Mayo Party – Friday, May 4, 5 – 8:45 pm, Philadelphia Museum of Art FREE!*
Magdaliz and Her Latin Band Crisol (Spanish for “melting pot”) has been performing in the Philadelphia area since 1997. This Latin ensemble is dedicated to the interpretation of folk and traditional music from Latin America. Dance the night away to Puerto Rican boleros, Cuban sones, Mexican mariachi music, Colombian cumbias, and Dominican merengues. This program is supported by the Mexican Cultural Center. *The PMA is free to Tyler students with a Tyler Admission Card and your Owlcard. Download your copy of the Tyler Admission Card from the Links section of the Tyler Student Life Blog at http://tylerstudentlife.wordpress.com/

First Friday: Tea for Two with Jen and Gigi – Friday, May 4, presentations at 5:15, 6:15 and 7:15 pm, Chemical Heritage Foundation, 315 Chestnut Street FREE!
Pinkies up! Join CHF’s resident femmes fatales of food science as they set a place for you at CHF’s version of high tea. Jen and Gigi will give you a step-by-step account of science’s role in the creation of the perfect cuppa. Learn about the proper temperature for infusion based on the type of tea in your pot and how additives like milk and sugar interact in your cup. We’ll even explore how the vessel’s material and shape can impact the resulting beverage. Light refreshments will be provided.

First Friday at Asian Arts Initiative – Exit Saigon, Enter Little Saigon – Friday, May 4, 6 – 8 pm, Asian Arts Initiative, 1219 Vine Street 2nd Floor East FREE!
Asian Arts Initiative, in collaboration with Boat People SOS, is proud to present a journey more than 30 years in the making: Exit Saigon, Enter Little Saigon. When the U.S. government opened its gates in 1975 to thousands of Vietnamese immigrants, they faced the idea of permanent resettlement with a mixture of survivors’ guilt and overwhelming relief. Exit Saigon tells the story of adapting to life in the United States where, amongst the struggle for equality and acceptance, Vietnamese Americans have maintained their linguistic, cultural, and religious traditions. Exit Saigon, Enter Little Saigon is produced by the Smithsonian’s Asian Pacific American Program and SITES.

Closing Reception: Center City Restoration Presents: Works by Lauren Rinaldi – Friday, May 4, 6 – 9 pm, Center City Restoration 142 N. 2nd Street FREE!
Lauren Rinaldi is a Brooklyn born artist who has lived in Lancaster County, PA, has a BFA in painting from Tyler School of Art, and also studied at Temple University, Rome. The works on display, once described as seductively repugnant, tell intricate and personal stories exploring the meanings of encountering the unexpected through her engaging and vibrant paintings. She uses her own body and experiences to talk about issues of identity, self-exploration, gender, and very literally, the form and function of the human body. A Philadelphia resident, she lives in the Fishtown section of the city with her husband and son.

Microwave: Charlotte Hallberg and Johannes DeYoung – Opening Reception Friday, May 4, 6 – 10 pm, Grizzly Grizzly Gallery, 319 N 13^th St FREE!
It’s “sweeps week” all month long at Grizzly Grizzly this May, as televised media color and culture are explored in eye-popping and mind-bending ways. “Microwave”, a two-person exhibition featuring Johannes DeYoung and Charlotte Hallberg, pairs Hallberg’s high-test color installation work with DeYoung’s psychotropic video, emphasizing both artists’ insight into a modern life increasingly experienced on screen. Charlotte Hallberg paints in response to the increased speed at which we process visual information, and the irreversible influence technology has brought to bear on our experience of light, color, and space. Her one-of-a-kind “printed” paintings, created using rollers and brayers, employ high-speed, pop-up, fluorescing colors drawn from the visual language of on-screen media. Her paintings are installed to completely cover the wall in a grid, the “thumbnail view” translated into space. Johannes DeYoung’s video works address identity in an increasingly media-based landscape. Using humor as an entry point in the work, DeYoung’s absurd narratives slowly reveal into a confrontation of failure and mortality. In Ego Loser, a claymation mask repeats oddly familiar self-help doctrine while spontaneously (and disconcertingly) sculpting itself, never forming into anything recognizably human for more than a fraction of a second at a time. As DeYoung describes it, “My videos are essentially portraits, exploring shifting identities, cultural affects, and psychological unraveling.” The characters in his videos are broad extensions of himself, occupying dream spaces that reflect, distort and magnify reality.

Fairmount Flea Market – Saturday, May 5, 9 am – 5 pm, Eastern State Penitentiary, 2027 Fairmount Ave, FREE!
The largest outdoor flea market in Philadelphia! More than 175 antique and vintage flea market vendors surround the historic Eastern State Penitentiary, featuring antiques, collectibles, vintage furniture, jewelry, glassware, pottery and much more! Rain date: Sunday May 6.

Spring Craft Bazaar at Greensgrow Farms – Saturday, May 5, 9 am – 5 pm, Greensgrow Farms, 2501 E. Cumberland Street FREE!
Enjoy the atmosphere of the farmstand and the nursery while getting your Mother’s Day Gifts from Greensgrow’s talented array of 30+ local artists and craft vendors. The bazaar will feature handmade, one-of-a-kind items including a variety of upcycled crafts, handmade soaps for home, bath and body, candles, crochet and knitted accessories, prints, ceramics, photographs, jewelry, wood crafts and furniture.

3rd Annual Book Fair – Saturday, May 5, noon – 6 pm, Philadelphia Photo Arts Center, 1400 N American Street Suite 103 FREE!
PPAC will be hosting its third annual book fair in May of 2012. A number of local, national and international presses, publishers and artists will be in attendance selling books, prints and other ephemera. Panel discussion and presentation schedules will be announced.

Bodega: Performance Series with Yve Laris Cohen – Saturday, May 5, 2 pm, ICA, 118 S. 36th Street, FREE!
As part of their participation in First Among Equals, Bodega has organized a series of performances that will take place in the exhibition gallery. Yve Laris Cohen presents “Soft Goods III,” a live archive of past works, explores ballet as a form of manual labor, and repositions virtuosity in the mundane.

Organon Opening Reception – Saturday, May 5, 6 – 9 pm, Rebekah Templeton Gallery, 173 W. Girard Avenue FREE!
Rebekah Templeton Contemporary Art is pleased to present Organon an exhibition of drawings by Alana Bograd, Colin Keefe, and Sarah Laing. Each of these artists use drawing to explore the biological circumstances that surround and embodies us. For this exhibition, Organon refers to a set of tools that support the process of investigation. Alana Bograd‘s series of drawings titled Biophilia,investigate the human form “…to explore the limits of our subconscious connections to nature.” Her morphed figures are spliced specimens of plant and human parts. Both playful and surreal, they point towards the notion that we are all just a collection of tissues. Colin Keefe‘s pen and ink drawings are top down inquiries of cities grown using organic models. Referencing Petri dishes and urban construction, his images examine the biological construction of ourselves and the physical constructions that we surround ourselves with. Sarah Laing‘s drawings explore the struggle of existence via images of biological and/or geological masses. Laing’s images show bent and twisting masses yearning to survive the journey of life. Laing is “interested in imagery that at first appears fantastical, but on closer inspection, reveal a representation of real circumstance: a tenuous grasp on existence where we sit between the foils of potential and the opening of new realms.”

Guest Artist Recital: Juniper Trio – Saturday, May 5, 7:30 pm, Rock Hall FREE!

Chestnut Hill Home & Garden Festival – Sunday, May 6, 11 am – 5 pm, 8000 to 8700 Germantown Avenue FREE!
Historic Germantown Avenue in Chestnut Hill is transformed into a colorful outdoor marketplace for the 16th Annual Chestnut Hill Home & Garden Festival. More than 150 vendors, artists and craftsmen line the street selling and exhibiting their wares. There will be garden and urban bee keeping demonstrations; Eco Alley, an entire block dedicated to sustainable businesses and products; live music on two stages; festival foods and al fresco dining; amusement rides, face painting, colorful characters, and arts and craft activities for kids; a free kids train ride; and an Elmwood Park Zoo exhibit.

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Lectures & Artist Talks

Artist Talk: Leslie Friedman, “The Future of Jewish Art: One Artist’s Perspective” – Tuesday, April 24, 7 pm, Hillel at Temple University,15th and Norris
Professor Leslie Friedman is offering a talk at the Rosen Hillel in light of the visiting art exhibit, Transcending History: Moving Beyond the Legacy of Slavery and the Holocaust. Her artwork, which is inspired by her own Jewish identity and journey, has been featured here in Philadelphia and across the country.

Temple Arts Night – Wednesday, April 25, 4 – 7 pm, Tyler Lobby
Temple Arts Night is a forum for sharing work across disciplines. Hosted by the Vice Provost for the Arts Student Advisory Committee, it features performances, installations, and exhibitions from Art History, Architecture, Dance, Film, Fine Art, Graphic Design, and Music. Light snacks will be served!
Schedule of Events:
4-4:30pm American Choral Director’s Association Performance (Music)
4:30-5pm Site-Specific Dance Performance (Dance)
5-5:30pm How to Read a Painting Talk (Art History)
5-6pm Film Screening in B004 (Film)
5:30-6:30pm Jazz Combo Performance (Music)
4-6pm MFA Thesis Exhibitions (Fine Art)
4-7pm Architecture Installation (Architecture)
4-7pm Film Installation (Film)
4-7pm Graphic Design Computer Installation (Graphic Design)
Vice Provost for the Arts Student Advisory Committee is: Lucas Ballasy (Graphic Design), Scott Gratson (Art History), Kristin Ionata (Architecture), Richard Magee (Theater), J. Louise Makary (Film), Jo Ann Mollo (Music Education), Ryan Olivier (Composition), Erica Prince (Fine Art), Meredith Steinberg (Dance)

Philly Painting: A Conversation with Dre Urhahn & Jane Golden – Wednesday, April 25, 6 pm, Paley Library Lecture Hall
The City of Philadelphia Mural Arts Program is currently hosting world-famous Dutch artists Jeroen Koolhaas and Dre Urhahn, the duo known as Haas&Hahn, for a year-long artist residency to create their first permanent art installations in North America, Philly Painting. Join Mural Arts Program Executive Director Jane Golden in welcoming Dre Urhahn, as they discuss this exciting new project and their respective experience with community-based public art.

Exhibitions

Temple Gallery: MFA Candidate Shows - Wednesday April 25 – Saturday April 28. Gallery is open Wed-Sat 11-6.
Julia Staples
Emma Salamon
Daniel Román
Samantha Jones
Opening reception Friday, April 27, 6 – 9 pm

Stella Elkins Tyler Gallery: Art of Student Teaching
Reception Sunday, April 29, 2 – 4 pm
Cookie Jar & Java – Free coffee & cookies at the opening of the downstairs galleries on Wednesday April 25 at 11 am.

Mother’s Day Ceramic Sale – Monday, April 23, 10 am – 4 pm, Tyler Lobby

See what‘s happening this week at Temple Rome! Visit the Temple Rome blog at artturome.blogspot.com.

Opportunities

Employment and Internship Opportunities:
*The Summer of Your Life at Camp Canadensis. Consider working for a children’s summer sleep away camp in the Pocono Mountains in Pennsylvania this summer! We are looking for people to join our team of motivated college students who enjoy the perfect balance of work and fun. We are looking for a Glass Fusion Director, Ceramics Director, Jewelry Director and Photography Specialist. We also offer other positions from Athletics to Water Sports to Outdoor Adventure to the Arts. We offer a very competitive salary and travel allowance, and hire staff from all over the world. We are looking for staff to work from 6/15-8/11. Check us out at www.canadensis.com, call us at 484-674-1941 or e-mail us at pam@canadensis.com.

*Temple Institutional Advancement is looking to hire a student to create procedural job aids to support critical tasks in Institutional Advancement. You will be posting job aid content to a Google Site using screen capture software to document click-by-click processes for critical computer tasks in Institutional Advancement, use internet resources to answer questions about the software independently, navigate web-based software used in fund raising. Requires education in adult learning, corporate training, communications, web-design, excellent writing skills, ability to follow a style guide when developing graphics and printed content, ability to view work from the perspective of an end-user of an online job aid, using web-based applications/software, and learning in an independent manner using online resources. Graphic design-experience, eLearning development, experience with Snag-it, experience with Camtasia, and website design & HTM are helpful. For details, contact kevin.c.taylor@temple.edu.

*Paid Internship: eMaint is looking for a dynamic, self-motivated, creative intern with experience and skills in graphic and web design to join our growing team in Marlton, New Jersey. If you are currently in school studying design or have recently graduated as a graphics designer and have a passion for graphics and web design, we would like to hear from you. This is an excellent opportunity for someone with a graphics and web marketing background looking to launch their career with an emerging software company with a unique corporate culture. The Graphic Design Internship will be summer-long, with the potential to work with the company after you finish school, or build your portfolio. This position will be responsible for assisting in consistently communicate the brand voice through all aspects of the organization’s online presence, as well as help create design and advertising materials. A candidate with experience in video editing and written communications is a plus. Tasks require a strong attention to detail and the ability to work under deadlines. This is a paid full-time summer internship at a hourly rate of $15. For full job description and how to apply, see http://tinyurl.com/7oswfgx

*Paid Internship: O’Neill Properties is looking for a Marketing Intern: King of Prussia-based commercial real estate company seeks Marketing Intern for creative work on flyers, brochures, mailings, and websites. Applicants must be skilled in Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, Powerpoint) and Adobe Creative Suite (In Design, Photoshop, Illustrator). Must have a can-do attitude with strong attention to detail, while being able to juggle multiple tasks at once. Experience working with a printing press a plus. Be prepared to provide work samples at first interview. Must be Junior standing or higher, 3.0 Responsibilities will include: basic research and information implementation, including navigating research platform; creating/assembling/updating brochures, tour books, market overviews, branding and advertising programs, proposals and other materials; continued implementation of new brand identity; learning basic real estate terminology and practice; maintaining Web site and social media presence, including Facebook, LinkedIn and Twitter; and finding potential clients and aid in the proposal of services. MUST include cover letter and resume for consideration. Submit your interest to Claire Gallagher at cgallagher@oneillproperties.com.

Volunteer Opportunities at the Main Line Art Center:
Teaching Artist Apprentices: Gain classroom experience and build confidence through working with professional Teaching Artists and children of all ages in after-school classes and the Summer Art Camp.
Arts Alive Mobile: Taking Art to the Street! Throughout the year, the Arts Alive Mobile will make 2-3 spontaneous and scheduled stops per month at school and community events to engage children in free art activities led by Street Squad Artists.
Family Arts Festival Sept. 8: Assist in the planning and preparation of a Family Arts Festival on Sept. 8 that will reach over 600 families in our community and engage them in 10 art projects in a variety of media.
Exceptional Art: Creative Classes for Children and Teens with special needs: Work alongside children and teens with physical and cognitive disabilities and help them express their creativity and unique voice through a variety of art projects and media.
Center for the Blind and Visually Impaired in Delaware County (CBVI): Assist adults who are blind or visually impaired to create both functional and sculptural works out of clay.
If you would like more information or have any questions please contactKatherine at volunteer@mainlineart.org or call 610.525.0272.

Main Campus Program Board, the premier student event planning organization on campus, is looking for a student who is interested in assuming the Webmaster position on our Executive Board. The student who assumes this role will be expected to maintain and update both the MCPB website and the Homecoming website. The student should be well versed in Dreamweaver, Contribute, HTML and CSS coding, as well as FTP, PHP, Java and C+. If you are interested in this position please send contact information and a resume to Tania Neptune via email at tania.neptune@temple.edu.

Clay Studio is looking for Associates: Clay Studio’s Associate Program is a communal, low cost studio space fully equipped with kilns, throwing wheels, wedging table, glaze and chemical room, and more! The program promotes the artistic and technical development of ceramic artists, providing a unique learning community in an urban setting. The communal nature of the program provides an environment that accommodates artists at many levels of commitment and accomplishment, in which all benefit from a diversity of experience and expertise. The program reflects a vast aesthetic range of artists – potters work side by side with both abstract and representational sculptors. The program is housed on the entire second floor of The Clay Studio. The monthly rent is currently $170.00 plus a yearly Individual level membership fee, with 24/7 access. If you are interested in becoming an associate or have more questions, please contact Director of Education and Operations Jennifer Martin via email at jennifer@theclaystudio.org or call 215.925.3453, x 16.

Need an art studio? Studios for rent at Stenton Guild in Germantown. Visit www.stentonguild.com and look at the top floor plan, A5, A7, and A8 are the vacancies. Contact Ed Lampe: edlampe@stentonguild.com or 215.843.5640.

Washington Squares Official Drawing Group presents Foundation Drawing with Jennifer Scott every Tuesday from 7 – 9 pm. Instructor Jennifer Scott is an educational professional with 10 years experience as a community developer, urban youth educator and arts administrator. As an eternal student with a love of visual process she holds a BFA in Studio Art from the College of the Ozarks and an MFA in sculpture from the The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts. Classes are open to the public and include a live model with light refreshments provided. Each session is $12. James Oliver Gallery, 723 Chestnut St 4th Floor.

Looking for a summer class? GAID is offering an Intro to Web course for all majors this summer. GAID 2073, CRN 1750, Summer session 2, July 9 –August 18, Tuesday/Wednesday/Thursday 9:00am–1:00 pm. An excellent web course for all Tyler studio majors!

Call for (Jewish) artists, deadline April 27: Five Senses, One Community. Stimulate each of your senses through the passion of an artist. See what they draw, hear what they play, taste and smell what they create and allow this touching experience to let you savor the evening. The Collaborative and Art In Here is looking to showcase young Jewish artists from the Philadelphia region, and we want you to participate! The night’s mission is to simply explore a varied cross-section of young (20s/30s) Jewish talent from different backgrounds, and not necessarily focusing on Jewish-themed works. http://thecollaborative.org/call-for-artists. We invite artists to submit up to three works (including title, year, medium, dimensions, price), and a short statement describing your work to artinhere@gmail.com. All mediums are welcome! It is free to submit. If you are selected there is a participation fee of $20 per artist. We do not take commission on sales. A one-night showcase reception: Saturday, May 12 at PhilaMOCA, 531 N. 12th Street.

Call for artists, deadline May 2: Workhouse Arts Center 2nd Annual Clay National. The Workhouse Arts Center is proud to announce a call for entries for the 2nd Annual Workhouse Clay National Ceramics Exhibition in Lorton, VA. This exhibit is an “Open Call” for any functional and/or sculptural ceramic artworks. Mixed media entries will be acceptable, but clay must be the primary medium. Internationally renowned ceramics curator and critic Mr. Peter Held- curator of ceramics at the ASU Art Museum Ceramics Research Center at Arizona State University in Tempe, Arizona will be the juror for this second annual exhibition. For details/to enter visit http://tinyurl.com/dxhwwee

Call for participants, May 4 – 6: Art on Avenue of the States, in downtown Chester on May 4th thru May 6th 2012. The competition will be held at three sites on the Chester Water Front and Surrounding Area. All work must be created by the entrant during the three day competition and brought to the gallery. Artists will deliver their work to the gallery, located at 504 Avenue of the States, Chester PA on Sunday, May 6th between 1 and 4 PM. Only artwork completed during this Plein Air event, and not in a studio, will be accepted. The event is sponsored by Widener University, Health Mats and Andrea’s Attic. Judging will be done by Mary Beaumont, a plein air artist and teacher. Cash prizes will be awarded at the Preview Party on Friday, May 18th , 5 – 9 PM, along with music and refreshments. Sales continue on Saturday, May 19th. Contact Linda at lbrace@comcast.net or 610-547-5967 for details and to receive the Artist Prospectus.

Call for artists, deadline May 4: Art in the Park, Mario Lanza Park. We are looking for artists who are interested in participating in the event on Saturday, May 19th from 11am-5pm (with the raindate on May 20th), the same day as the Queen Village Open House tours. The cost to artists to participate is $35 (with all proceeds going directly to the park. Artists of all kinds are welcome! Registration form at http://tinyurl.com/cou9546.

Call for artists, deadline May 5: 33 Contemporary Gallery in collaboration with the Zhou B Art Center is pleased to announce Facemask. An art exhibition exploring the “other” behind our social media face. Facemask is not an exhibition about Facebook /Twitter or other social media. Rather, it is a self-protrait exhibition that evolves in the middle of a “social media” revolution. Facemask explores the hidden personality behind our social media face. Such personality here described as our “other”. This exhibition will take place in the main gallery of the Zhou B Art Center and it is the theme of this year’s 8th Annual National Self Portrait Exhibition. We are inviting artists nationwide to submit works exploring the other, not often seen, side of themselves. For more information, visit http://www.33contemporary.com/SelfPortrait2011.html

Call for artists, deadline May 6: Join the International Society of Acrylic Painters celebrating its Fifteenth Open International Exhibition held in the California Wine Country City of Paso Robles, CA July 12, 2012 to August 12, 2012. Juror for this event is Katherine Chang Liu who will receive a Life-time Achievement Award from the Watercolor Honor Society in 2012. ISAP entrants and members have a significant reputation in the art collecting community. The overall scope of the Society is very diverse representing a wide range of subject matter and styles. Paintings must be original work completed within last 3 years, 80% ACRYLIC on any surface: Min = 9” x 12”; Max width 40” framed. $43 for two Paintings per artist entry via jpeg. $1500 Best of Show plus $2200 additional Cash Awards; material awards of at least $4000. For details/to enter visit http://tinyurl.com/c75oc2s.

Call for artists, deadline May 11: One Night Stand & Young Friends Cookout, Main Line Arts Center. For one night only, we’ll open our galleries to artists of all mediums ages 21-35. Emerging painters, jewelers, sculptors, photographers, potters, and multi-media artists are invited to bring work to be displayed, viewed and sold. Pieces must be manageable by you, the artist, for the installation. Work must be complete, presentable, and ready to hang, and marked with title and price. Work should be priced under $350 or be marked not for sale. All sales will be made through the artist. Cash or check written to artist ONLY. The Art Center will not take a commission. One Night Stand is free and open to the public. Currently accepting exhibiting artists: $15 for Non-Members ($20 at the door); FREE for Members. For prospectus, see: https://www.mainlineart.org/pdf/general/prospectusfinal.pdf

Call for artists, deadline May 31: Philadelphia Latvian Society presents Thirty Under Thirty, to be held September 2012. The exhibit will feature 15 local artists plus 15 Latvian-American artists. No entry fee. For details, see prospectus at http://tinyurl.com/cvsw379.

Call for artists, deadline June 15: The Photo Review is calling for submissions for its 28th annual photography competition, juried by Peter Barberie, Curator of Photographs at the Philadelphia Museum of Art. An entry fee of $35 for up to three images and $8 for each additional image buys all entrants a copy of the full-color catalogue, and the prize-winning photographers will be chosen for numerous honors and chances to have their work seen worldwide. Contest rules and the form for submitting images can be found at www.photoreview.org/compete.htm.

Call for artists, deadline June 30: Dave Bown Projects 4^th Semiannual Competition. Jurors: Diane Mullin, Weisman Art Museum; Ron Platt, Birmingham Museum of Art; Mónica Ramírez-Montagut, The Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum. $10,000 in prizes (1 artist will receive $5,000 and 5 artists will each receive $1,000). In addition to the cash prizes, Dave Bown Projects will be buying works of art, on an ongoing basis, from select artists as submissions are received. All styles and media are eligible. The top 25 artists will be selected by the jurors and featured under Competitions on this website. Each artist will have their own page that will feature an image, caption information, and a link to their website. You will retain the copyright to your images. We will not handle the sale of your work. All inquiries will be forwarded to you and/or your gallery. For details/to enter visit http://davebownprojects.com/submissions.html.

Call for artists, deadline September 7: An exciting opportunity for all photographers is this year’s photo contest and exhibit: Media ICONS – Closely Seen. Focus your photographic talents on anything within the Borough of Media, PA – Close Up! This is the Media Arts Council’s 6th annual juried photo competition, and this year four cash prizes will be awarded with $300 going to the first place winner. Submission deadline is September 7, 2012 @ 8:00 pm. All selected photos will be displayed at the Media ICONS Photography Exhibit during the 2nd Saturday Arts Stroll in October. For contest terms and specifics visit: http://www.mediaartscouncil.org/icons-photo-contest

Deadlines

None this week

Out & About

Are you secretly a geek at heart? Philadelphia Science Festival continues this week. Some events are listed below; for the full calendar of events (many are free) visit http://www.philasciencefestival.org/.

Temple Night Owls Community Band Inaugural Concert – Monday, April 23, 7:30 pm, Tomlinson Theater FREE!
TU Night Owls Campus Community Band Inaugural Concert, Matthew Clauhs, Haley Franzwa, Jeff Molush and Jeanette Soebbing, conductors:
Ticheli – Cajun Folk Songs
Kahelin – Clown Act
Fillmore – His Honor
Sheldon – Images
Balmages – Journal for a Soldier
Holsinger – On a Hymnsong of Philip Bliss
Balmages – Reverberations
Erickson – Toccata for Ban
Sheldon – West Highland Sojourn

Conversation with artist Carolee Schneemann – Tuesday, April 24, 6:30 pm, College of Physicians of Philadelphia, 19 S 22nd St FREE!
Join us for an evening dialogue with pioneering artist Carolee Schneemann. Her work has profoundly shaped contemporary discourses on the body, sexuality, and gender since the 1960’s. This unique conversation will take place in historic Mitchell Hall at The College of Physicians of Philadelphia, surrounded by paintings of the College’s founding Fellows. Speakers: Carolee Schneeman, Multidisciplinary artist, Christine Poggi, PhD, Professor of modern and contemporary art and criticism in the History of Art Department, the University of Pennsylvania and Aaron Levy, PhD, Executive Director and Chief Curator, the Slought Foundation

PAFA Art at Lunch: Graduating MFA and Certificate Students – Wednesday, April 25, noon-1 pm, PAFA Historic Landmark Building, 118 N Broad St. FREE!
The next generation of great American artists is graduating, and this program will feature the work of several of PAFA’s own. In advance of the Annual Student Exhibition, students will discuss their work and artistic vision, paying special attention to pieces on view in the Samuel M.V. Hamilton Building. If you’re thinking about applying to PAFA’s Graduate or Certificate programs, this is a great opportunity to see what they’re doing.

The Iconography of the Dragon: East and West – Wednesday, April 25, 6 pm, Drexel University 3141 Chestnut St FREE!
Come to a lecture presented by Jacqueline M. Degroff, Curator of The Drexel Collection. The lecture describes the contrast between the Eastern representation of the dragon as a benevolent bringer of luck and fortune and the Western dragon as a winged, ferocious beast. The lecture will be held in the Anthony J. Drexel Picture Gallery on the 3rd floor of Drexel’s Main Building, with a reception to follow.

ICA Whenever Wednesday: Return of the New—Recent Film/Video Works from the UK: What is Not and Slow Action – Wednesday, April 25, 7 pm, International House, 3701 Chestnut St. $7 (students)
An overview of young British artists working in narrative and experimental film. A new LUX touring program curated by Gil Leung brings together a selection of new works by UK-based artists including Ed Atkins, Mark Leckey, and Laure Prouvost. (Total running time 56 mins.) Followed by a screening of Ben Rivers’s Slow Action (2011), a post-apocalyptic science fiction film which exists somewhere between documentary, ethnographic study, and fiction. (40 mins, 16mm, color, sound)

Sculpture Flashlight Mob – Wednesday, April 25, 8:30 – 10 pm, Iroquois Sculpture, Pennsylvania Ave & 24^th St. FREE!
Help illuminate the Iroquois sculpture with a symphony of flashlights! For those who want to see public art in a new light, Sculpture Flashlight Mob is a one-night-only open invitation for participants to bring their flashlights and help light the “Iroquois” sculpture at night. A program of the Fairmount Park Art Association’s Site Seeing: Rediscover Public Art this Spring! series, Sculpture Flashlight Mob invites “flashlight-mobbers” to help transform this monumental abstract sculpture into the focus of a unique light performance. BYOF! Sculpture Flashlight Mob is one of four free Site Seeing: Rediscover Public Art this Spring! programs, which offer Philadelphians and tourists new and unexpected ways to engage with Philadelphia’s outdoor sculpture throughout the month of April.

Utterly Precarious: Carolee Schneemann in 5 Parts – opening reception Thursday, April 26, 6:30 – 8:30 pm, College of Physicians of Philadelphia, 19 S 22nd St FREE!
Slought Foundation and The College of Physicians of Philadelphia are pleased to present Utterly Precarious: Carolee Schneemann in 5 Parts through May 2012. The project consists of a 5 part engagement with the artist Carolee Schneemann, whose work has profoundly shaped contemporary discourses on the body, sexuality, and gender since the 1960s. Probing the precariousness of nature, art, and life, Schneemann has continually foregrounded the relationship between the body of the artist and the social body. The project encompasses the following: an exhibition of her film works, a public conversation, a Master Class with students, a celebratory party for the artist’s cat companions, and a museum tour.

PennDesign Conversation: Simon Kim and the Dufala Brothers – Thursday, April 26, 6:30 pm, ICA, 118 S 36^th St FREE!
Imagine an alternative use for vacant lots and scrap yards. ICA Assistant Curator Kate Kraczon moderates a conversation between Simon Kim, PennDesign Associate Professor of Architecture, and artists Billy and Steven Dufala about their respective reclamation projects, Philadelphia Masque and RAIR (Recycled Artist-in-Residency).

New Technologies: Impact on Artists, Their Work and Careers. – Thursday, April 26, 6:30 pm, The Gershman Hall, Chapel 401 South Broad $12
Panel discussion with David Clayton, who as Curator of Programs for Breadboard at the Science Center, plays at the intersection of Art and Technology. Breadboard explores creative applications of technology in art. He also co-organizes the regular Ignite Philly and annual TEDxPhilly events. David was recently named one of the Top 76 Creative Connectors by Leadership Philadelphia and is currently a finalist for the 2011 Knight Arts Challenge; Adam Fontecchio who is an Associate Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering and Associate Dean of Engineering for Undergraduate Affairs. His background is in Physics (Brown University). His research involves fundamental investigations of liquid crystal interactions to develop novel devices. His nano-photonics laboratory focuses on the nanoscale interaction of light with matter. This includes liquid crystal/polymer composites for gratings, lenses and Holographic Optical Elements; liquid crystal interactions with surfaces and in confined nanospaces; alternative energy generation through novel photon interactions; and ink-jet printed conducting materials for RF and photonic applications. Dr.Fontecchio is also a collaborator in Drexel University’s Shima Seiki Haute Technology Laboratory developing technology embedded textiles and Youngmoo Kim, who is an Associate Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering and Assistant Dean of Engineering for Media Technologies at Drexel University. He received his Ph.D. from the MIT Media Lab and also holds Master’s degrees in Electrical Engineering and Music (Vocal Performance Practice) from Stanford University as well undergraduate degrees in Engineering and Music from Swarthmore College. His research group, the Music & Entertainment Technology Laboratory (MET-lab) explores machine understanding of sound, interfaces and robotics for expressive interaction, and K-12 outreach for engineering education. He co-chaired the 2008 International Conference on Music Information Retrieval and was invited by the National Academy of Engineering to co-organize the “Engineering and Music” session for the 2010 Frontiers of Engineering conference. Preregistration is required; to reserve a space, please contact Genevieve Coutroubis, by phone (215) 546 – 7775 x 11 or by email Genevieve@cfeva.org

South Street 4^th Friday Gallery Receptions – Friday, April 27, 5 – 8 pm, South Street Area (Magic Gardens, 1020 South St) FREE!
Spring has sprung and the next Fourth Friday is approaching very quickly! This upcoming Fourth Friday hosts a series of thrilling and intriguing gallery exhibitions that are sure to delight! This month’s Fourth Friday will include:
The Roots Mural Project (327 South Street) will feature visual artist Tatyana Fazlalizadeh, one of the muralists on The Roots Mural Project, for a curated exhibition of her work at their new space with Arts on South. Fazlalizadeh uses oil on canvas to bring depth to thought-provoking portraits of those who live in the margins of society. A special guest DJ provides the beats, and there will also be food, drink, and an artist meet-and-greet at this fun, FREE event.
The Bikery (508 S 5th Street) will feature: Outside the Frame Collective will be partnering with Neighborhood Bike Works for the second time to have a closing ceremony for their first collaborative show, Super Shiny.
Phantom Hand (604 South Street) will feature the exhibition Spring Cleaning, prints and framed originals from new and current participating Phantom Hand artists. The walls will be filled with all the scraps, odds and ends, and bastard kids that slipped through the cracks over the past few creative years from a hand-picked selection of local artists.
Philadelphia’s Magic Gardens (1020 South Street) will feature the exhibition Echele Ganas: A Life Left Behind. PMG will feature the photographs and short films of internationally-known artist Laurence Salzmann as part of De Pueblo a Pueblo, a citywide festival of Mexican culture. Echele Ganas offers intimate glimpses of village life in Sierra Norte de Puebla, a rural region of Mexico. Many Mexicans living in Philadelphia come from this region.

Art after Five: Martha Graham Cracker – Friday, April 27, 5 – 8:45 pm, Philadelphia Museum of Art FREE!*
Martha Graham Cracker, the queen of Philadelphia drag cabaret, brings her campy cultural commentary to the Museum’s Great Stair Hall. Martha, whose vocal range is matched only by her witty banter, will perform with accompanist Victor Fiorillo. *The PMA is free to Tyler students with a Tyler Admission Card and your Owlcard. Download your copy of the Tyler Admission Card from the Links section of the Tyler Student Life Blog at http://tylerstudentlife.wordpress.com/

Philadelphia Science Festival: Don’t Burst My Bubble – Friday, April 27, 6 pm, Frankford Hall, 1210 Frankford Ave FREE!
A mixture of engineering, sensory science and physics will bubble up to discuss—and demonstrate—the science of bubbles. How are these wonderful spheres formed? How big can they get without popping? How can teeny tiny bubbles be used to travel through the blood and target cancer cells? What’s the scoop on carbonation? Everything bubbly you ever wanted to want to know.

Philadelphia Science Festival: Astronomy Night – Drexel University Lynch Observatory Main Building – Friday, April 27, 8 – 10 pm, Drexel University Main Building, 3141 Chestnut St FREE!
Grab a blanket and take a tour of the cosmos with local astronomers. More than 20 venues in and around Philadelphia — from universities to community centers, wildlife refuges to cemeteries — will host star parties. At each site, professional and amateur astronomers will bring out their telescopes to show locals the wonders of the night sky. Participants can also make take-home star-wheels. Some sites will have additional activities: For example, Independence Seaport and the Battleship New Jersey will have celestial navigation talks, and the John Heinz Wildlife Refuge will host a frog watch. Stargazing starts at 8:20 pm; some sites have activities that start earlier.

Film Screening: Oleg Gershman’s “December Art” – Saturday, April 28, 6 pm, James Oliver Gallery, 723 Chestnut St 4th Floor FREE!
December Art follows the story of several paralyzed teens and their families in their quest for self expression. Through their participation in the A.R.T. and Sound-beam programs at The Bancroft School at Voorhees Pediatric Facility, both teens finds the ability to express themselves, and share their visions of beauty with a world they struggle to be a part of. A.R.T. (Artistic Realization Technologies) is an advanced system for helping those with physical challenges help realize their artistic vision on a canvas. Sound-beam is a system that helps those same children create music through movement.

Perception of Perfection – Saturday, April 28, 6 pm, Dylan’s Gallery, 1050 N Hancock St Suite 84 FREE!
Snax magazine, a strictly visual collaborative art magazine, is releasing its inaugural issue on April 28th. This event showcases a variety of artists’ perception of perfection. Snax magazine brings artists together to tell a story through their art. Each issue centers around a theme that can be represented and cultivated in limitless ways. Snax is a bi-annual magazine that is uninhibited by client demands and corporate standards. Artists are free to interpret each theme honestly, and without restraint. Snax magazine represents the raw power of the liberated artist’s voice.

Philadelphia Science Festival: Science Ink – Tattoos of the Science-Obsessed and Medical Tattooing – Sunday, April 29, 2 pm, Frankford Hall, 1210 Frankford Ave FREE!
This is the event for anyone who has ever thought of having an image of the double helix imprinted on an arm or buttocks. Author Carl Zimmer and body artist Mandy Sauler will discuss Zimmer’s book Science Ink, which looks at the devoted men and women of the scientific world who have commemorated their research with body art. They’ll also cover the use of tattoos in modern medicine and cosmetics.

Fairmount Arts Crawl – Sunday, April 29, 2 – 6 pm, Fairmount Neighborhood (west of Broad between Girard & Spring Garden) FREE!
The Fairmount Arts Crawl is an annual event that attracts over 4,000 residents, visitors, and art lovers alike to the Fairmount neighborhood. Come and stroll down the avenue visiting over 37 different businesses-turned-art-venues housing over 70 installations. Along the way enjoy music, dancing, kids activities, live demonstrations, and so much more!

For Monday, April 16, 2012

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Lectures & Artist Talks

Foundations Arts & Authors Lecture: Ellen Harvey – Monday, April 16, 10 am, B-04
Ellen Harvey is a Brooklyn-based artist working in a variety of media, including painting, video, installation and performance. She is a graduate of Harvard University, Yale Law School and attended both the Whitney Independent Study Program and the PS1 National Studio Program. Harvey has exhibited extensively both in the United States and internationally. She has been the recipient of numerous awards including a Rema Hort Mann Foundation Artist’s Award in 2004, a Philadelphia Exhibitions Initiative Award in 2004, and a Lily Auchincloss Foundation Fellowship from the New York Foundation for the Arts in 2002, among others. She is known for work that uses traditional aesthetics and media in surprising ways to call into question the social or physical situation in which it is placed. She has often stated that her goal is to “seduce people into thinking”. Her work ranges in size from intimate pieces to large-scale installations and interventions and public works.

Repetitive Injury Prevention – Monday, April 16, noon, Fibers Studio Room 250
Professor Scott Burns from Temple’s Physical Therapy Department is providing a work-shop for Fibers and Material Studies area students. Fibers and Material Studies students are “at-risk” for the development of repetitive use injuries. He will present some basic information regarding risks, common warning signs, advice/exercises to reduce the risks, and education regarding when to seek additional help. All students are invited.

Kathleen A. Foster, “Winslow Homer’s The Life Line” The Second Annual Steuben and Vivian Granger Lecture in American Art – Monday, April 16, 4 pm, Room B-04
Dr. Foster is the Robert McNeil Curator of American Art at the Philadelphia Museum of Art as well as the author of numerous exhibition catalogs and other publications. The topic of her lecture will be Winslow Homer’s 1884 masterpiece, The Life Line, the most dramatic marine painting in the history of American art.

Artist Talk: Paul Thulin from Virginia Commonwealth University – Tuesday April 17, 12:30 pm, Photo Studio

Tom Finkelpearl on Public Art – Tuesday, April 17, 2:30 pm, Paley Library
Public art has a way of sparking discussion and community action. Sometimes controversial, sometimes intriguing and sometimes aesthetically displeasing, public art exists in almost every city and town. Join Tom Finkelpearl in a discussion on the process behind these sometimes divisive, sometimes unifying artworks that reside in the public sphere. Tom Finkelpearl is currently the director of the Queens Museum of Art, and is a foremost expert on public art. He has approached the topic from nearly every angle: as an administrator while directing NYC’s Percent for Art Fund, as a practicing artist in New York, and as a scholar and author of Dialogues in Public Art (MIT Press). Join him at Paley Library to discuss public art, and the role public arts projects play in planning and defining our cities

Lecture: Pedro Gadanho, Curator of Architecture and Design, Museum of Modern Art – Wednesday, April 18, 6 pm, Architecture Building Gallery

Pedro Gadanho is the new curator for architecture and design at the Museum of Modern Art in New York originating from Lisbon, Portugal. He is an MA in art & architecture, holds a PHD on architecture & mass-media, and teaches at the Faculty of Architecture of the University of Porto. He is the editor-in-chief of the bookazine BEYOND, Short Stories on the Post- Contemporary, curates the blog ShrapnelContemporary and contributes regularly to other international publications. He has co-authored two TV series on architecture and design and, between 2000 and 2003, was one of the directors and chief curators of ExperimentaDesign, the Lisbon Biennial. He is the co-founder and director of CUC, the Centre for Contemporary Urban Culture, which recently organized Once Upon a Place – Haunted Houses and Imaginary Cities, the 1st International Conference on Architecture and Fiction. He curated Metaflux, the Portuguese representation at the 2004 Architecture Venice Biennale, and exhibitions such as Post.Rotterdam, for Porto2001, Space Invaders, for the British Council London, Pancho Guedes, for the Swiss Architecture Museum, and most recently Habitar Portugal 2006-2008. As an architect exclusively dedicated to retrofitting, his designs include widely published exhibition layouts, galleries and house refurbishments.

Critical Dialogs: Paul B. Franklin – Wednesday April 18, 6 pm, Room B-04
Paul B. Franklin received his Ph.D. in art history from Harvard University. For the last decade, he has been the editor in chief of Étant donné Marcel Duchamp, an internationally acclaimed bilingual (French and English) scholarly journal devoted to the life and work of Marcel Duchamp. Residing in Paris, he also works closely with the heirs of Marcel Duchamp, managing the artist’s estate.

Michael Fried: “Losing the Body: The Later Art of Jacques-Louis David.” – Friday, April 20, 5 pm, Temple Center City, 1515 Market St Room 222.

Michael Fried is a professor at Johns Hopkins University. This is the invites you to the 2012 Monroe Beardsley Lecture from the Department of Philosophy at Temple.

Alumni Panel Discussion: “Outside the Box” – Saturday, April 21, 11 am, B-04
The panel will include the following Tyler Alumni:
Bruce Hoffman, Independent Curator
Kim Mitchell, Chief Communications Officer, Museum of Modern Art
Jennifer McTague, Executive Director of Second State Press
Michael Adler, Partner at Weber Gallagher Simpson Stapleton Fires & Newby LLP
Gabriel Martinez, Visual Artist
This is an excellent way to meet and network with some Tyler alumni, learn about career paths you might not have considered, and ask some questions you know are burning in your head. These alumni are generously giving their time to you! Come and hear what they have to say, AND enjoy a FREE post-panel lunch and breakout session afterwords! Even though it’s the weekend before final crits/final papers are due, YOU KNOW you will need to be here working on your final projects, and YOU KNOW you will need to eat, so take a couple hours out of your Saturday COME AND START YOUR FUTURE! The first 50 students/alumni to attend will get a FREE bamboo Tyler Alumni jump drive.

Exhibitions

Temple Gallery: MFA Candidate Shows - Wednesday April 18 – Saturday April 21. Gallery is open Wed-Sat 11-6.
Sharon Koelblinger
Amy Harbilas
Elizabeth Blau
Ashley Rodriguez Reed
Opening reception Friday, April 6, 6 – 9 pm

Stella Elkins Tyler Gallery: BFA Shows
Keristan Gaber, Photo
Tara Drissel, Printmaking
Paige Pearsal, Painting
Student Lounge Gallery: BFA Show
Natalie Ortiz, Printmaking

BFA Reception Friday, April 20, 6 – 9 pm

Cookie Jar & Java – The next Cookie Jar & Java will be April 18. Free coffee & cookies at the opening of the downstairs Galleries on Wednesday at 11 am.

Tyler Atrium: BFA Show: Tabatha Trolli, Ceramics. Reception is April 19- 6:30 to 9pm.

Tyler Lobby: PLY, the spring Metals/Jewelry/CAD-CAM Sale – Thursday – Saturday, April 19 – 21, 10 am – 5 pm.

Mother’s Day Ceramic Sale – Monday, April 16, 10 am – 4 pm, Student Activities Center

BFA Thesis Exhibition: Oh, You Fancy, Huh?
Kelly Flegal, Caleigh Stednitz, Alexis Turner, Christina Lukac, Fibers
Always By Design Gallery, 265 S 10th St
Thursday & Friday 3-7, Saturday 12-6, through April 21.

See what‘s happening this week at Temple Rome! Visit the Temple Rome blog at artturome.blogspot.com.

Opportunities

Third Annual Tyler School of Art Foundations/Paley Library Book Give Away and Artists and Authors Lecture: Stop by the Paley Library Circulation Desk during the week of April 16 and receive your own copy* of Ellen Harvey’s New York Beautification Project. Between 1999 and 2001, Harvey executed small old-fashioned landscapes in oil on graffiti sites across New York City. New York Beautification Project documents the works and Harvey’s diaristic accounts of painting illegally throughout New York. The narrative of her “beautification project” is both provocative and hilarious, touching on such issues as who is allowed to make art in our society, and what distinguishes art from graffiti, while never losing touch with the frequently comical reality of creating a contemporary art project on the streets of New York. *The fine print: from Monday, April 16 through Friday, April 20, copies of New York Beautification Project will be given away to the first 20 patrons to request a book and show their Temple ID to Library Circulation Staff. Any member of the Temple community can receive a book. Each day the giveaway will begin at a different time to accommodate the variety of schedules of our faculty, staff and students.
Monday, April 16, 9:00 AM, Get your copy of Ellen’s book right before she speaks!
Tuesday, April 17, 11:00 AM
Wednesday, April 18, 1:00 PM
Thursday, April 19, 3:00 PM
Friday, April 20, NOON
This annual program is sponsored by the Foundations Department, Tyler School of Art. It is made possible through the use of General Activity Fees. Don’t miss Harvey’s lecture, Monday, April 16 at 11:00 in Tyler Room B004.

Job Opportunity: Art Instructor for ages 6-12 – Feltonville Dream Center for Arts is currently seeking an art instructor for their summer program. Introduce basic art techniques, assist students in designing a set and props for final production, assist other instructors with maintaining classroom order and monitoring students while on camp outings, work Extended Care hours at least 3 times a week (more hours available). Pay is $10 – 12/hr. If interested, contact thefeltonvilledreamcenter@gmail.com.

Another job opportunity: AICU, a support company for contractors in Philadelphia, is looking for a freelance web designer. Duties: Immediate work is available for a web designer to create an Interactive and Dynamic, Corporate, Content website. The candidate should be available to work continuously through the end of June, 2012 and should be open to future employment with the company. Please send your contact information, resume, and portfolio to hannah.t@icadvocates.com for immediate consideration.

Career Center Internship Opportunities this week:
-Burns Engineering, Inc. – Marketing Internship
-Diccicco Battista Communications – Advertising Account Management Internship
-Educate Delaware in Partnership with Innovative Schools – Teach in DC Charter School
-New Century Transportation – Social Media / Marketing Internship
-Shamlian Advertising – Spring/Summer 2012 Design Internships
-The Gabriel Institute – Marketing, Communications & Public Relations Internship
For details about how to log on and more, visit http://tylerstudentlife.wordpress.com/internships/

Deadline to apply to CityYear is April 30. City Year unites young people of all backgrounds for a year of full-time service, giving them the skills and opportunities to change the world. In communities across the United States and through two international affiliates, these diverse young leaders help get students back on track to graduation by working to improve their attendance, behavior and course performance. To apply visit: http://www.cityyear.org/applynow.aspx

Are you graduating and still looking for what you want to do next? Consider giving back to Philadelphia with the 2012 – 2013 SERVE Philadelphia AmeriCorps VISTA Team in the Mayor’s Office of Civic Engagement and Volunteer Service. Applicants must have completed their undergraduate degree in order to be considered. Visit www.SERVEPhiladelphia.com to get more info and download the complete application (simply go to the homepage, scroll down and look for the SERVE Philadelphia logo).

Fellowship Opportunity: MoMA PS1 is calling for applications for Volkswagen Fellowships. The fellows will work on developing a large scale international exhibition at PS1; the year-long fellowships come with a $20,000 stipend. The deadline to apply is April 30th, and more info can be found on the MoMA website: http://www.momaps1.org/news/view/83

Volunteer for Art in the Open: Art in the Open (AiO) is looking for volunteers to support the third annual art event held on Schuylkill Banks May 18-20, 2012. Volunteers handle a wide variety of tasks during AiO, including photographing the event, handing out information and answering visitor questions, and providing support for the artists. Those interested in participating should email volunteer@artintheopenphila.org (link to email). Learn more about AiO on the festival website (www.artintheopenphila.org).

Call for proposals, deadline July 1: Hidden City has issued a call for proposals for the 2013 Hidden City Festival. The deadline for submissions is July 1, 2012, and the final projects accepted will be announced in October 2012 (accepted projects will typically be funded to $5000, or more, if need be). Hidden City’s mission is the exposing the hidden architectural gems in the city and making them vibrant in a new way and with new audiences. Check out all the great sites they are partnering with here: http://hiddencityphila.org/2013festival/2013prospectivesites/. See the Call for Proposals here: http://hiddencityphila.org/2013festival/callforproposals/

Call for women artists, deadline April 30: Philly’s own Ingrid Schaffner, ICA Senior Curator, is the juror for a Biennial at A.I.R. Gallery, the renowned NYC women’s gallery. All women artists, including self-identified women, may submit original works of art. A.I.R.’s site contains more details, including the application form: http://www.airgallery.org/

Call for artists, deadline May 1: West Collects. If you are an artist 18 years or older, from any country in the world, working in painting, drawing, sculpture, video, photography, or mixed media submit to the $300,000 collecting initiative West Collects. Free application at our website. The West Collection is a 3,000 work emerging contemporary collection located outside Philadelphia. Prospectus : http://westcollects.com/westCollection/dirty_details

Call for artists, deadline May 15: Paul Frank is having a second Art Attack! Your mission is to create art in your unique style that incorporates the iconic Paul Frank characters (asset files available on the link below). You might win the war and receive funding to support your artistic call of duty! Art Attack participation requires at minimum an upload of 1 piece of original art including some element of the Paul Frank characters/ brand, an explanation of how and why the artist incorporated the Paul Frank brand, a description of what kind of art education program the applicant will be supported by the prize money, and brief background info. The Paul Frank online community will vote on submissions to narrow to the top 10 in each age group on PaulFrank.com. Paul Frank design team may select additional finalists. A panel of expert judges will select the first and second place winners in each category. For details visit: http://www.paulfrank.com/art_attack/

Call for artists, deadline May 23: Philadelphia Sculpture Gym, soon to open its new Frankford Ave location, is holding three open calls, the details of which can be found here. And Sculpture Gym co-founder Darla Jackson will be giving demos in clay sculpting and mold making at the Art Star Craft Bazaar on Saturday, May 12th & Sunday, May 13th, 11-6pm. Details at http://philadelphiasculpturegym.blogspot.com/p/calls-for-artists.html

Call for entries, deadline June 8: Philadelphia Water Color Society 112 Anniversary International Exhibition of Works on Paper. Spring is just a short three weeks away and soon we’ll be looking to even warmer weather and longer days. That’s why now is the time to turn your thoughts to preparing your images and marking your calendars for submission into the PWCS 112th Anniversary International Exhibtion of Works on Paper. The juror of selection and awards is Frank Webb AWS d.f., NWS. Frank will also be providing a demonstration. For details, download http://www.pwcsociety.org/Prospectus/Entry_FAQ.pdf

Call for artists, deadline June 12: Philadelphia Photo Arts Center has an open call for its 3rd Annual Contemporary Photography Competition and Exhibition. Juried by Natasha Egan and Kathy Ryan. The show runs July 12- September 8th, 2012, with an opening reception July 12th from 6 to 9 pm. For details see: http://www.philaphotoarts.org/gallery/call-for-entries/

Deadlines

None this week

Out & About

The Porch at 30th Street Station Presents: The Perseverance Jazz Band – Monday, April 16, 4 – 6 pm, 30th St Station FREE!
Join University City District for the sounds of New Orleans Dixieland jazz and Mardi Gras parades.

urator’s Talk on Andy Warhol Exhibition – Tuesday, April 17, 1 pm, LaSalle University Art Museum, 1900 W Olney Ave FREE!
Klare Scarborough, Ph.D., Director and Chief Curator of the La Salle University Art Museum will present a curator’s talk on the exhibition Andy Warhol: Portraiture and the Business of Art, an exhibition of photographs on view in the Special Exhbitions Gallery, lower level, Olney Hall.

‘A Work to Wonder At’: Stowe House and the American Revolution - Tuesday, April 17
Reception at 5:30 pm, Program at 6:00 pm, Library Company of Philadelphia, 1314 Locust St. FREE!
Dr. Jonathan Foyle, Chief Executive of World Monuments Fund Britain and British architecture expert, will discuss the rise and fall of Stowe House in the context of American Independence and the demise of the English aristocracy, and will chart its rediscovery and ambitious restoration as one of the major current projects of World Monuments Fund. Co-sponsored by the English-Speaking Union. To attend, register online at http://www.librarycompany.org/events/wonderreg.htm

Craft & Culture Lecture Series: Digital Technology and Textiles:
Presentation by Author Janet Koplos – Tuesday, April 17, 7 pm, Philadelphia Art Alliance, 251 S 18th St FREE!
Janet Koplos. Koplos will discuss her new book project, a comprehensive study of functional pottery in America today. Trips across the United States, interviews with artists and extensive research have given Koplos a new appreciation for the field of ceramic tableware, which needs more robust and sophisticated criticism. Her presentation will provide valuable insights for seasoned craft professionals, students and amateur artists alike.

PAFA Art at Lunch: Abject Pop in Chicago – Wednesday, April 18, noon-1 pm, PAFA Historic Landmark Building, 118 N Broad St. FREE!
Ray Yoshida (1930-2009) had a profound effect on two generations of artists in and beyond Chicago. His dazzling comics-inspired imagery and his eclectic taste as a collector provided inspiration for artists ranging from Jim Nutt to Chris Ware. A visionary teacher, Yoshida put his ideas into practice through a series of groundbreaking collages he started in 1968 called “comic book specimens.” PAFA recently received a major gift from the Yoshida estate and PAFA’s Senior Curator, Robert Cozzolino, will put the work in context by describing the distinctive character of Pop in Chicago art.

Social Media: The New Political Battleground – Thursday, April 19, 6:30 pm, National Constitution Center, 525 Arch St
This year’s presidential race is arguably the first to fully reflect a major political shift to the digital world. Tim Pawlenty announced his run for the 2012 Republican presidential nomination on Facebook. Newt Gingrich announced his via Twitter. Presidential campaign staffers are working around the clock to turn online supporters into voters and donors. Will candidates who don’t show up on this digital playing field be left in the dust? Social media expert Andrew Rasiej, MSNBC contributor Jonathan Capehart, seasoned Democratic strategist Maria Cardona, Crowdverb’s Todd Van Etten, and technology reporter Daniel Sieberg will join the National Constitution Center for a timely discussion about the new political battleground. This program is presented in partnership with the Kal and Lucille Rudman Media Production Center at Temple University and the Kal and Lucille Rudman Institute for Entertainment Industry Studies at Drexel University and and is part of Election 2012, the Center’s yearlong programming series on the key issues facing Americans during this important election year. Event is “free” but advanced tickets are required, which incur a $1.50 service charge. For tickets: http://constitutioncenter.org/calendar/social-media-the-new-political-battleground

PennDesign Fine Arts Lecture Krzystof Wodiczko – Thursday, April 19, 6:30 pm, Meyerson Hall, Room B1, 210 S 34th St FREE!

Art after Five: Preview of Center City Jazz Festival: Double-Header Featuring the Korey Riker and George Burton Bands – Friday, April 20, 5 – 8:45 pm, Philadelphia Museum of Art FREE!*
Saxophonist Korey Riker has played with The Roots, Esperanza Spalding, Jill Scott, and Queen Latifah. Pianist George Burton has performed with such renowned artists as Me’Shell Ndegéocello, the late Michael Brecker, Christian McBride, Joe Lovano, and Patti LaBelle. His style of playing features creative voicings, haunting melodies, and unrelenting rhythmic energy. *The PMA is free to Tyler students with a Tyler Admission Card and your Owlcard. Download your copy of the Tyler Admission Card from the Links section of the Tyler Student Life Blog at http://tylerstudentlife.wordpress.com/

Krzysztof Wodiczko and the “uncitizen” In conversation with Orkan Telhan and Aaron Levy – Friday, April 20, 6:30 pm, Slought Foundation, 4017 Walnut Street FREE!
Who enables the uncitizen? How does one design relationships with the marginalized, and advocate for and work with them? How can the voice of the marginalized be embodied in culture-whether through aesthetic reflection, knowledge exchange, or the reallocation of resources? This forum necessarily begins from the understanding that any definition of citizenship simultaneously defines the limits and conditions of citizenship-by defining, that is, the non-citizen, the foreigner, the alien, the stranger, the immigrant, the refugee, the criminal, the prisoner, or the outsider. There can be no concept of citizenship without laws of segregation and exclusion-without borders, barriers, interdictions, displacements, censorships, racisms, and the marginalization and eviction of languages and peoples. By beginning the conversation here, this forum seeks to construct a viable framework for discussing the rights, responsibilities, and obligations that citizenship entails.

Philadelphia Science Festival: Hiding in Plain Sight – Friday, April 20, 6:30 pm, Frankford Hall, 1210 Frankford Ave FREE!
Facial recognition systems aren’t science fiction. From social media to law enforcement, they’re used in web applications and surveillance operations. Learn about the implications — positive and negative — for personal privacy, and discover what one techie is working on that will allow people to hide from them.

Philadelphia Science Festival: Science Carnival! – Saturday, April 21, 11 am – 4 pm, Logan Square, 19th & Ben Franklin Parkway FREE!
You’ve never experienced an outdoor carnival like this one! The event features more than 100 exhibitors offering non-stop family-friendly experiments, interactive activities, games, and a packed line-up of live entertainment. Enjoy liquid nitrogen ice cream, make gak, meet live zoo animals, check out the inner workings of robots, take a tour of a helicopter, extract DNA from a strawberry, test a “crime scene” for forensic evidence, and so much more!

Earth Day Event – Saturday, April 21, noon – 5 pm, Dick Blick, 1330 Chestnut St. FREE!
This is a free event for people of all ages. Activities will include recycled bookmark making, mask making, and face painting. Everyone will also have the opportunity to decorate a free eco-tote bag as well as help build a wall mural. Blick will also have a raffle for a Blick earth-friendly prize pack, and everyone who attends gets a coupon for 30% off one item, 40% off custom framing and 20% off any prints!

Closing Conversation: “Turning to Art in Wood” with Gerard Brown and Michelle Holzapfel – Saturday, April 21, 2 – 4 pm, The Center for Art in Wood, 141 N. 3rd Street FREE!
In closing its 25th anniversary exhibition “Turning to Art in Wood: a Creative Journey,” the Center for Art in Wood presents a public conversation with Tyler professor Gerard Brown, who curated the show, and Michelle Holzapfel, whose “Self Portrait” is among the works displayed.

Truth, Trust and Fracking – Philadelphia Science Festival – Sunday, April 22, 2 – 4 pm, Wagner Free Institute of Science, 1700 W Montgomery St FREE!
We often see debates between experts on scientific issues that affect our lives and livelihoods. What can we do when the experts disagree but their decisions have enormous impacts on us? Do we try to influence their debate? Do we trust one side? Do we trust our gut feelings? Hydraulic fracturing in the Marcellus Shale has brought up these questions and issues. Join the Wagner Free Institute of Science for a panel discussion with speakers from a number of fields and disciplines who will help us understand the way we access and understand information and help us apply lessons learned from history in our decision-making process. Panel: Brook Lenker: Director of FracTracker.org, former Manager of Education and Outreach for the Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources, and Director of Watershed Stewardship for the Alliance for the Chesapeake Bay. Susan Phillips: Reporter for WHYY and contributor to State Impact PA who is covering the fiscal and environmental impact of Pennsylvania’s booming energy economy, with a focus on Marcellus Shale drilling. Sara Wylie, PhD MIT, develops new modes of studying and intervening in large-scale social issues through a fusion of social scientific, scientific and art/design practices. She co-directed development of web tools for community monitoring of Natural Gas Industry for her dissertation, is presently Director of Toxics and Health Research for publiclaboratory.org and teaches at RISD. Moderator: Babak Ashrafi: Executive Director of the Philadelphia Area Center for History of Science.

For Monday, April 9, 2012

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Lectures & Artist Talks

An Evening With Kal Penn – Monday, April 9, 7:30 pm, Temple Performing Arts Center
Discover how Kal Penn has played an active role in changing the racial landscape of Hollywood and how he has promoted active citizenship through his own public service in Washington, D.C. *Sponsored by TSG, MCPB, Leadership Development and Student Activities*

Patricia Aufderheide, Free Speech and Fair Use in the Academic Environment: Libraries, Scholarship, and Teaching – Tuesday, April 10, 4:00 pm, CHAT Lounge, 10^th Floor, Gladfelter Hall
Patricia Aufderheide teaches Film and Media Arts at American University

Artist Talk: Annu P. Matthews – Wednesday April 11, 2 pm, Photo Studio.
Annu P. Matthews is a Tyler Faculty candidate from the University of Rhode Island.

Lecture: Timothy McDonald, Onionflats, Philadelphia – Wednesday, April 11, 6 pm, Architecture Building Gallery
Timothy McDonald is the President and CEO of Onion Flats LLC. Tim received his Bachelors of Architecture degree from Penn State University in 1989 and a Masters Degree in Architectural History and Theory from McGill University in Montreal, Quebec in 1994. In 1997, with his brother Patrick, he co-founded Onion Flats LLC; a Philadelphia based real estate development/design/build firm. Tim has been an adjunct Professor of Architecture at Philadelphia University, Temple University, University of Calgary, and University of Pennsylvania. His service and experience extends into his community by holding current positions in the Northern Liberties Neighbors Association Zoning Committee and Urban Design Committee, the Philadelphia Sustainability Advisory Board, as well as a previous position on the Old City Civic Association Board of Directors. Tim is also Founder/President of FAARM, a non-profit organization dedicated solely to the exhibition of art and architecture in Philadelphia. As a partner in Onion Flats, Tim’s role is Lead Architect and Construction Manager for many of Onion Flats’ projects. Additionally, Tim is a Certified LEED Accredited Professional and Passive House Certified Consultant.

Critical Dialogs: Wayne Gonzales – Wednesday April 11, 6 pm, Room B-04
Wayne Gonzales is an artist who lives and works in New York. Recent solo exhibitions of his paintings of crowds, buildings, and abstracted light forms include Light to Dark/Dark to Light at the New Orleans Museum of Art, and Wayne Gonzales at the Centro de Arte Contemporáneo de Málaga, Málaga, Spain. His work is included in the collections of the Whitney and Guggenheim museums in New York, the Hirshhorn Museum and Scupture Garden in Washington, DC, the Dallas Museum of Art, the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston, and the Albright-Knox Gallery in Buffalo, NY, among others. In 2007 Gonzales collaborated with poet Vincent Katz on Judge, a book combining his artworks and Katz’s poem of the same name, as a response to the Supreme Court confirmation hearings of John Roberts and more broadly, the political atmosphere of the Bush years. Gonzales was born in New Orleans, LA and received his BA in Fine Arts from the University of New Orleans.

Temple Undergraduate Research Forum - Creative Works Symposium – Thursday, April 12, 9 am – 5 pm – Howard Gittis Student Center, 2^nd floor
For the complete schedule visit: www.temple.edu/vpus/opportunities/turf.htm

Chris Cagle, When Hollywood Met Durkheim: Popularized Social Science and the Social Problem Film – Thursday, April 12, 12:30–1:50 pm, CHAT Lounge, 10^th Floor, Gladfelter Hall
Chris Cagle teaches in Temple’s Film and Media Arts Department.

Guest Lecture: Dr. Maryan W. Ainsworth, “Left Unfinished by Albrecht Dürer: What We Can Learn from Technical Art History” – Thursday, April 12, 5:30 pm, Room B-04
Maryan Ainsworth is the Curator of European Paintings at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

Exhibitions

Temple Gallery: MFA Candidate Shows - Wednesday April 11 – Saturday April 14. Gallery is open Wed-Sat 11-6.
Kristen Mills
Ryan Foley
Cally Iden
Jean-Jacques du Plessis
Opening reception Friday, April 6, 6 – 9 pm

Stella Elkins Tyler Gallery /Student Lounge Gallery
BA Seminar Show

Cookie Jar & Java – The next Cookie Jar & Java will be April 11. Free coffee & cookies at the opening of the downstairs Galleries on Wednesday at 11 am.

See what‘s happening this week at Temple Rome! Visit the Temple Rome blog at artturome.blogspot.com.

Opportunities

It’s Sustainability Week!
Monday, April 9^th
-Point A to Point Green: Reducing Cost & Carbon Through Transport: Fox Net Impact’s SEC Conference is coming around again and the theme this year is “Point A to point Green: Reducing Cost & Carbon Through Transport”. Tickets are free for students! Location TBD from 9:00am – 12:00pm.
-Greening Philadelphia: From the Ground Up: This panel will bring together leaders in Philadelphia to discuss how sustainability can be used to create thriving communities. From the fields of urban design, education, urban agriculture, media, local government, the panel will highlight how sustainability can drive a holistic approach to community development. Gladfelter 107 from 5:30pm – 7:00pm.
Tuesday, April 10^th
-Music Swap: Boyer College of Music is celebrating Campus Sustainability Week by promoting the three R’s – reduce, reuse, recycle. Boyer is encouraging students, staff and faculty to bring in their lightly used sheet music for a music swap. Stop by to make a donation or to browse for free sheet music. Tyler Atrium from 10:00am – 2:30pm.
-Canning and Jamming Demonstration: Liz Bada, a Temple Alumna, will be teaching attendees how to can and jam their own preserves. Anderson 1221 from noon – 1:00pm.
-Tour of the Computer Recycling Center: Take a tour of the award winning Computer Recycling Center and learn about the new pilot Swap Room. Computer Recycling Center, 3rd floor of the Tech Center from 1:00pm – 2:00pm.
Wednesday, April 11^th
-Wake Up Yoga: Before jumping out bed and rushing to class or work, join Campus Recreation and the Office of Sustainability for wake-up yoga to bring you back to your center so you can feel inspired, creative and grounded all day long! Bell Tower from 9:00am – 10:00am.
-Solar Power and Remote Production: Associate Professor Michael Kuetemeyer will give a talk on the use of solar power for remote production. He will draw from his experience from his recent sabbatical in Hawaii. Studio #1, Annenberg Hall from 12:00pm – 12:50pm.
-Sunset Yoga: Decompress from your hectic Wednesday schedule and share a sunset with the Temple Community with a free Sunset Yoga class. Join Campus Recreation and the Office of Sustainability for a free Sunset Yoga class in the Bell Tower at 6:45 pm. The class will be geared toward beginners and mats will be provided. The session is limited to 30 participants. Stop by to unwind. Bell Tower from 6:45pm – 7:45pm.
Thursday, April 12^th
-Basic Bike Maintenance: Tyler School of Art: Bike Temple rolls out its first ever Basic Bike Maintenance course as part of the events for Campus Sustainability Week. This course is designed to teach individuals how to best care for their bikes, including fixing a tire flat, and bike cleaning and maintenance. All attendees receive a free Bike Temple water bottle. B004, Tyler School of Art from noon – 1:00pm.
-Veg Out: Taking the Stress out of going Vegetarian/Vegan: Julie Rhule, Dietician for Sodexo, will provide tips and strategies on how to be a healthy vegetarian or vegan. 941 Ritter Annex from noon – 1:00pm.
-Stress Reduction through Sahaja Meditation: Sahaja Meditation is a simple and time honored meditation technique that helps bring balance in our lives. This workshop will provide a brief overview of Sahaja principles. The remainder of the session will teach participants basic practices of Sahaja mediation. 941 Ritter Annex from 1:00pm – 2:00pm.
Friday, April 13^th
-Better Business Conference: Various businesses will be present to discuss their sustainability practices. 1st Floor, Alter Hall from 11:00am – 2:00pm.
-Animation in the Environment: Patrick Murphy, Chair of the Department of Broadcasting, Telecommunications and Mass Media in the School of Communications and Theater, will be giving a talk about the portrayal of the environment in animations. This presentation will survey the history of environmental animation in the US, charting the application of key metaphors and the rendering of competing discourses in animation entertainment media. At issue is, given animation’s “cartoon grammar” and its tendency to simplify complex environmental issues, how important has environmental animation been in shaping audiences’ perception about the environmental stewardship? Examples will be draw from film and television animation from the birth of the environmental movement in the late 1960s and early 1970s to the raising of green consciousness in the new millennium. Room 3, Annenberg Hall from 11:00am – noon.

Employment Opportunities:
-Widener University seeks a graphic artist and large format print operator who is able to work independently to join its University Relations Department. The graphic artist and large format print operator will design a variety of materials including posters for academic conferences and slide presentations for plasma/LCD screens across campus; print, laminate, and mount posters on foam core. The successful candidate must know how to operate a Ledco hot roll laminator, large format printer, and wall mounted cutter. Candidates must also be familiar with Macintosh computers, Adobe Creative Suite (Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, Acrobat Pro) and Quark software. Bachelors degree and three years experience required. Contact: Please send three examples of design work, including poster design; resume; and cover letter describing relevant computer/software experience, experience with a Ledco hot roll laminator, large format printer, and wall mounted cutter to labulik@widener.edu. Please include salary requirements.
-Philadelphia Parks & Recreation is looking for interested teachers and artists to teach youth ages 8-17 for their Summer camp. The camp runs Monday-Friday, 9-3pm from July 1st- August 20th. They are looking for teachers in either painting, drawing, sculpture, or photography. Please send resume and cover letter to Valerie Arhondakis, Parks & Recreation Visual Arts Programming Coordinator, atfrankfordvalerie@aol.com by May 7th, 2012.

Promotion opportunity: PHLocal launched recently and is a combination artist registry, exhibit guide and event calendar. All Tyler students are invited to make a free profile via the parent site EventsFilter.com. Your profile will always appear on the registry (though you must select a specific neighborhood) and will be linked to — and automatically track — your exhibits and events. Over 75 area galleries, including the Temple gallery, and an increasing number of alternative art spaces (e.g. coffee shops) are listing their events on the site.

Another promotion opportunity: NextDayFlyers is giving away 100 professionally printed custom Postcard Portfolios to a lucky artist each day for 30 days. These Postcard Portfolios are perfect for designers, photographers, Illustrators and other artists looking to promote their work to potential employers, galleries and clients. It’s a great way to leave a lasting impression. Details/to enter visit: http://www.nextdayflyers.com/printing/postcard_portfolio_giveaway

Studio space available in New Jersey: building located at the original center of commerce in Washington Township at Route 168 (Black Horse Pike) and Woodbury-Turnersville Road. Owner would like to develop an environment for a community of creatives who are interested in sharing studio space for their own artist needs and/or to give workshops/classes. Please e-mail tdivietro@hotmail.com with questions or for details.

Grant opportunity, deadline May 15: We are now officially announcing the Emerging Photographer Fund award for 2012. We will now award $15,000 as three different grants: $10,000 to one photographer, and two smaller grants of $2500 each. Each intended to get a photographer going, and with efforts on our part to create more funding to finish an essay depending on what the photographer produces. The whole point of these grants is to support emerging photographers in our craft. Open to all types of photographers. This is not a photojournalism grant, nor an art photographers’ grant, but could be garnered by either or both. We just want to support committed authored photography of any ilk. For details, visit http://www.burnmagazine.org/emerging-photographer-grant/

Residency opportunity, deadline May 7: 40^th Street Artist in Residence. Residency: August 25, 2012 – August 15, 2013 If accepted to the program, you will be granted a studio space at either 4007 Chestnut or 4013 Chestnut Street for a period of one year, beginning on August 25, 2012 and ending August 15, 2013. You will be encouraged to use that time to develop your own creative work. In exchange, you will be asked to share your talents with West Philadelphia through a minimum of 40 hours of outreach work over the course of the year. Examples of this include a public installation or a workshop or class. Support will be provided to help you develop this project effectively. In addition, the artists in residence will have opportunities to work together to plan group exhibitions, both of their own work and of their outreach work. Monthly meetings (or more when necessary) will help facilitate this work as well as create opportunities for artists to share ideas and create a true community. In addition to working with your fellow residents, a student intern and a professional facilitator will help to coordinate efforts, including outreach, gallery activities, publicity, maintenance, etc. Please note that our sites are not live-in facilities. The studios are available at all times, but the buildings are shared; you must be considerate of other tenants. The spaces can accommodate a variety of creative activities, including painting, sculpture, installation art, photography, and performance art. Collaborative as well as individual efforts are welcome. Ceilings are high (approximately 12 feet in some areas); rooms range from 100-300 square feet. Some areas have ample natural light, while others have none at all (making them ideal darkrooms). The studios are not furnished. The buildings also have small yards in the rear that may be used for assembling larger works, or as a place to exhibit sculpture. The spaces have ventilation, running water, and 120- volt AC outlets. However, the facilities will not accommodate highly toxic chemicals, welding, or very high-powered electrical equipment. Note also that within the spaces, there is open access to the different work areas; we count on resident artists to show respect for others’ property and privacy. If you are interested, please email 40th.AIR.app@gmail.com for an application.

Call for artists, deadline daily: Over the past five years Artists Wanted has provided over $1.5 million in cash and awards to artists, photographers and designers like you. This summer Chashama and the Times Square Alliance is working with Artists Wanted to present artists from around the world in brilliant lights on a massive scale in one of the most iconic locations in the world. No entry fee. You are invited to participate in: Art Takes Times Square. For details/to enter, visit http://www.artistswanted.org/arttakestimessquare

Call for artists, deadline April 16: Be Still Life. Though a still life can be a broad topic covering every non-living thing under the sun, the most thought-provoking ones are a joy to behold. Send us your best still lifes. All artists worldwide will be considered for this Call for Artists from photography, to paintings in oil, acrylic, watercolor and ink, printmaking, digital prints, new media, mixed media, graphite drawings and fabric work from quilts to stitchwork. Basically, if it can hang on a wall, we’ll accept it. Those accepted artists will be asked to be a part of a collective show in the future months. The artists will be asked if they wish to submit their artwork for the show, which is not a requirement to being a part of this show. Cost: $35 for 3 entries. Details:

Call for artists, deadline April 26: UncommonGoods, a Brooklyn-based online retailer, is hosting a Wall Art Design Challenge. This opportunity is for any 2D artist or designer to submit the paintings, watercolors, collages and digital renderings from their portfolio. The winning designer will win $500, the opportunity to see their work printed in a limited run by UncommonGoods and will receive 5% commission on their sales. All finalists will have the opportunity to submit their entire portfolio to UncommonGoods buyers, get their work critiqued by a panel of judges that will include illustrator James Gulliver Hancock and experience some serious online exposure. Our last Design Challenge saw over 30,000 votes from our online community. Artists can learn more on our design page and submit their designs through our online form: http://www.uncommongoods.com/designs/art-contest. Since 1999, UncommonGoods has worked with independent artists and designers to promote their work via our catalog and website, and we place a high value on supporting emerging artists and designers in a variety of ways. This year, we’re expanding our business support local artists with development events, provide content on our blog to help them grow their craft and business and give opportunities to more fine artists through our challenges. We would love to see what Tyler students are creating!

Call for New Jersey artists , deadline: April 27: RSI Bank presents: A Juried Exhibition of New Jersey Artists. $4,500.00 in prizes will be awarded to 5 winning entries (1 winning entry per artist only). Reception: Sunday, May 20th 2012. The purpose of this exhibition is to showcase artists living in New Jersey. All works submitted should reflect the theme of Renaissance, Rebirth or Revival (a renewal of life, vigor, commerce, interest or hope). For details/to enter visit http://www.rsibanking.com/home/promotions

Call for artists, deadline May 6: The Summer Show Project offers the unique chance for artists to work directly with FOLEYgallery. The exhibition will feature one artist that works with photography and one artist that makes works on paper. This initiative will provide an opportunity for emerging or under represented artists to have their work seen, recognized and reviewed in a professional gallery setting. Upon acceptance, you will work on your own and with the guidance of gallery owner Michael Foley to create a well curated two person exhibition. This is the third year for The Summer Show Project. We invite you to submit your work to participate in this unique opportunity and share the experience of exposure, guidance, feedback, community, recognition and support. We invite artists from all disciplines to apply who work in photography and works on paper. The Summer Show Project is open to all artists world wide. For more information: www.thesummershowproject.com

Call for artists, deadline June 6: Vox Populi is happy to announce an open call for VOX VIII – our eighth annual juried exhibition of emerging artists, which will take place July 6-29, 2012. This year’s jurors are Ruba Katrib and Marlo Pascual.Application fee $35. To apply, download a prospectus here and follow the instructions. The application is on SlideRoom and can be accessed here.

Deadlines

None this week

Out & About

Film Screening: Peter Greenaway’s The Cook, the Thief, his Wife, and her Lover (1989), and Rembrandt’s J’accuse (2008) - Tuesday, April 10, 5pm and 8pm, Slought Foundation, 4017 Walnut Street FREE!
Peter Greenaway was born in Wales and educated in London. He trained as a painter for four years, and started making his own films in 1966. He has continued to make cinema in a great variety of ways, which has also informed his making of installations for the Palazzo Fortuny in Venice, the Joan Miro Gallery in Barcelona, the Boymans -van Beuningen Museum in Rotterdam, the Louvre in Paris, the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam, the Hoffburg in Vienna, the Brera in Milan and the Armory in New York. He has worked and collaborated with the composers John Cage, Philip Glass, Michael Nyman, Wim Mertens, Louis Andriessen, Goran Brekovic, Giovanni Sollima and David Lang, and toured the world with his Tulse Luper Suitcases VJ Show. He has regularly been nominated for the Film Festival Competitions of Cannes, Venice and Berlin, published books and written for the theatre and opera. His first feature film, The Draughtman’s Contract, completed in 1982, received great critical acclaim and established him internationally as one of the most original and important film makers of our times, a reputation consolidated by the films, The Cook, The Thief, His Wife & Her Lover, and The Pillow-Book and most recently by Nightwatching and the documentary Rembrandt’s J’Accuse.

PAFA Art at Lunch: City as Spectacle: Visual Illusion and the Early Philadelphia Theater – Wednesday, April 11, noon-1 pm, PAFA Historic Landmark Building, 118 N Broad St. FREE!
Before 1811, when PAFA began holding annual exhibitions, theaters doubled as important spaces for the display of art in Philadelphia. Scene painters tantalized audiences with illusions ranging from the shape-shifting effects of pantomimes, to stage-wide panoramas, to transparent paintings of the city itself. Wendy Bellion, Associate Professor of Art History at the University of Delaware, highlights some of these visual spectacles of early Philadelphia theaters in this talk.

Andy Warhol: Portraiture and the Business of Art – opening reception Wednesday, April 11, 5 – 7 pm, La Salle University Art Museum, 1900 W. Olney Avenue FREE!

ICA Whenever Wednesday: Free For All, an expansive evening of art and music – Wednesday, April 11, 6:30 – 9:30 pm, ICA, 118 S. 36^th St FREE!
Come on, get happy! Join us for an evening of art, music, and activities at ICA. The event kicks off in the auditorium with a conversation about ICA current exhibition First Among Equals with ICA curators Alex Klein and Kate Kraczon and artist Alex Da Corte, moderated by ICA Student Advisory Board members Julia Nelson and David Galperin. The evening continues with a performance by Brown Recluse and a Stefan Sagmeister-related screen printing session (T-shirts will be provided!). Springtime refreshments include Federal Donuts.

The Future of Museums with Dr. Brent Glass – Wednesday, April 11, 7 pm, the Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University (1900 Benjamin Franklin Parkway FREE!
Museums in the 21st Century will undergo significant changes as they grapple with increased public expectations in the face of dwindling financial support from government. In addition, museums must face the rapid advances in technology that challenge their more traditional roles as collection and preservation institutions. Drexel University’s Antoinette Westphal College of Media Arts & Design, along with the Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University, will host a talk with Brent Glass, Director Emeritus of the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History in Washington, D.C. Dr. Glass’ talk, The Future of Museums, will examine the role of museums in our digital age and focus on the partnerships, strategic advantages, and opportunities necessary to remain effective. Most importantly, Dr. Glass will address how museums continue in their traditional roles when faced with new challenges and threats from internal and external sources.

Temple University Percussion Ensemble – Wednesday, April 11, 7:30 pm, Temple Performing Arts Center FREE!
Phillip R. O’Banion, director. Featuring works by Harrison, Cage, Marta and Daugherty.

Craft & Culture Lecture Series: Digital Technology and Textiles:
Presentation by artists Hitoshi and Heather Ujiie – Thursday, April 12, 7 pm, Philadelphia Art Alliance, 251 S 18th St FREE!
Please join the Philadelphia Art Alliance on Wednesday, April 11, for a lecture and presentation by artists and husband/wife duo Hitoshi and Heather Ujiie. Mr. Ujiie will speak about digital inkjet technology and science, and how the emergence of “surface imaging” is changing the future of the textile art and design field. Ms. Ujiie will continue the conversation by discussing the impact of digital and computer technology on her own work process as a textile designer.

Art after Five: Dominick Farinacci – Friday, April 13, 5 – 8:45 pm, Philadelphia Museum of Art FREE!*
According to the New York Times, jazz trumpeter Dominick Farinacci has “the ability to move through several moods, then drive an improvisation home with power.” He has performed and/or recorded with artists like Wynton Marsalis, Ron Carter, Peter Cincotti, Warren Vaché, and Renee Rosnes. *The PMA is free to Tyler students with a Tyler Admission Card and your Owlcard. Download your copy of the Tyler Admission Card from the Links section of the Tyler Student Life Blog at http://tylerstudentlife.wordpress.com/

Tulse Luper in Philadelphia/ Peter Greenaway’s 92 Suitcases – Reception on Friday, April 13, 2012 ; 6:30-8:30pm, Slought Foundation, 4017 Walnut Street FREE!
The Tulse Luper Suitcases reconstructs the life of Tulse Luper, a professional writer and project-maker, caught up in a life of prisons. Luper was born in Newport, Wales in 1911. He was in Moab, Utah in 1928 when Uranium was ‘discovered’ there, and he was in Antwerp in 1939 when the Germans invaded Belgium. He was in Rome when the Americans arrived in 1944, and he met Raoul Wallenberg in Budapest in 1945 and followed him to Moscow in the 1950s. He was at an East-West German checkpoint in 1963, and presumably last heard of in 1989. His life is reconstructed from the evidence of 92 suitcases found around the world – 92 being the atomic number of the element Uranium. These suitcases tell Luper’s story from 1928 to the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989, sketching not so much the biography of one man as the story of a century related through some of its key events.

GO WEST! Craft Fest – Saturday, April 14, 11 am – 5 pm, Woodlands Cemetery and Mansion, 4000 Woodland Avenue FREE!
GO WEST! Craft Fest is back with the biggest fest yet! Fifty of Philly’s finest makers of jewelry, art prints, home goods, ceramics, terrariums, paper goods, kid and adult clothing, accessories, toys and dolls, soaps, candles and more will show their wares at The Woodlands, across from the trolley portal. If you haven’t been there, it’s one of West Philly’s sweetest spots, a 54-acre wooded green space, popular with joggers, dog walkers, and history buffs. (Yes, it is a cemetery, but please note, the Fest is in a part of the grounds that is set apart from the actual grave sites.) A rain date is planned for the next day, Sunday, April 15th, in case those April showers invade. Visitors may bring a picnic lunch, stroll around the 54-acre grounds, sit under a grand old tree, and view historic grave markers. There will be tours of the Hamilton Mansion during the day as well, an example of 18th century neoclassical architecture.

Wanamaker Grand Court Organ Spring Concert – Saturday, April 14, 2:30 pm, Macy’s, 13^th & Market Sts. FREE!
The Spring Concert will feature Grand Court Organist Peter Richard Conte together with four rising stars from the Curtis Institute of Music: Caroline Robinson, Bryan Anderson, Tom Sheehan and Patrick Kreeger. The event features symphonic masterpieces and is dedicated in memory of Friends member Harry Knox, who passed away in January.

Jazz Month: The Swinging Foxes – Saturday, April 14, 6 – 7 pm, Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts, 300 S. Broad FREE!
The Swinging Foxes draw inspiration from the romantic Hollywood musicals of the 1930s and 1940s, the Swing era of jazz and the soulful dance music of early 1950s rhythm and blues. They capture the nostalgic essence of vocal driven music creating a deliberate focus on the bands vocalist Amber Rae who blends the stylings of artists such as Anita O’Day, Billie Holiday, and Ruth Brown. “We’re a bit…like musical archeologists, digging through recordings of years past and rediscovering beautiful songs”, says Rae. Veteran guitarist Andy Buraz then arranges the finds to fit the unique sound of the four-piece combination.

Bad Girls of 2012 – opening reception Saturday, April 14, 6 – 9 pm, Interstate Projects Gallery, 56 Bogart Street, Brooklyn NY FREE!
Featuring Gina Beavers, Rachel de Joode, Dora + Maja, Tyler MFA Candidate Jamie Felton, Rebecca Gilbert, Denise Kupferschmidt, Narcissister, Amy Yao; organized by Jamie Sterns
In 1994 Marcia Tucker, the founder and director of the New Museum, organized an exhibition entitled Bad Girls that included works by more than 60 artists who were creating art that resonated with her ongoing engagement with feminism. “The work that particularly fascinated me and pushed me to rethink a lot of old issues had two characteristics in common,” she wrote.[1] “It was funny, really funny, and it went ‘too far.’” It has been 18 years since that show and now is as good a time as any to reassess what it means to be a “bad girl” in contemporary art today. Bad Girls of 2012 takes a small sample of artists to reflect on how things have changed. The shift that I have noticed most is that female artists are making whatever type of work they want to make without negotiation or burden. They are wholly unapologetic in their art making and do not seek permission to work with any ideas, materials, or subject matter. This includes the inheritance of any past “-ism” within art and cultural history and also the use of any imagery, including feminized objects or the body. Everything is up for grabs, and the results are as complex as their makers.

Temple University Concert Choir – Sunday, April 15, 4 pm, St. Mark’s Church, 1625 Locust St FREE!
Paul Rardin, conductor

For Monday, April 2, 2012

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Lectures & Artist Talks

Critical Dialogs: R.H. Quaytman – Wednesday April 4, 6 pm, Room B-04
R. H. Quaytman is a painter living in New York City. Over the last decade Quaytman’s practice has encompassed various roles, including artist, writer, and curator. Recent projects include the artist book Spine published in 2011, directorship (from 2005 to 2008) of the New York gallery known as Orchard, a collective of artists, filmmakers, and art historians widely admired for its innovative efforts to “put the diversity of its members’ practices into discursive motion.” In November 2009, Quaytman’s first solo museum exhibition was mounted at the ICA Boston, and in November 2010 the artist’s first survey opened at the Neuberger Museum of Art in Purchase, New York and traveled in June 2011 to the Basel Kunsthalle. Quaytman has had solo exhibitions at Miguel Abreu Gallery, New York; Vilma Gold, London; Silberküppe, Berlin; and Daniel Buchholz, Cologne. I Modi, Chapter 22, was included in the most recent Venice Biennial. Quaytman is currently working on Point de Gaze, Chapter 23, an exhibition of paintings planned to open in January 2012 at Barbara Gladstone’s gallery in Brussels. Also planned for the summer of 2012 is an exhibition at Museum Abteiberg in Mönchengladbach, Germany.

Mediated Engagements: Presence, Participation, and Cyberspace – Thursday, April 5, 11:30 – 3:30 pm, Chat Lounge, 10^th Floor, Gladfelter Hall
Angel Adams Parha, Sociology, Loyola U New Orleans, John L. Jackson, Jr., Communication, U Pennsylvania, Naomi Schiller, Anthropology, Temple U

Exhibitions

Temple Gallery: MFA Candidate Shows - Wednesday March 28 – Saturday March 31. Gallery is open Wed-Sat 11-6.
Young Do Jeong
Matthew Craig
Kaitlyn Coppola
Andre Ponticello
Opening reception Friday, April 6, 6 – 9 pm

Stella Elkins Tyler Gallery /Student Lounge Gallery
closed this week

BFA Thesis Exhibitions: Brianna Didyoung, “I’m Happy She Said” – opening reception Friday, April 6, 5-8pm Papermill Gallery, 2825 Ormes St, Philadelphia. Show runs through April 8.

Cookie Jar & Java – Cookie Jar & Java is on hiatus. The next Cookie Jar & Java will be April 11.

See what‘s happening this week at Temple Rome! Visit the Temple Rome blog at artturome.blogspot.com.

Opportunities

First Friday Bus Trip – Temple bus to Old City Art Galleries – this will be the last First Friday trip. We’ll be leaving at 6 pm SHARP from behind Tyler at 13^th & Diamond and going to Old City (Arch St, between 2^nd & 3^rd). Gallery visits on your own. Bus leaves from the Betsy Ross house (Arch St, between 2^nd & 3^rd) at 8:30 pm to return to Tyler. I know it’s close to the end of the semester, but you should still take a couple of hours from your studio and be inspired by the latest art!

It’s Architecture Week!
Monday April 2
-6-7PM: Temple University 20/20 campus plan, Panel Discussion ground floor exhibit room
Tuesday April 3
-12PM: Lunchtime chat with Bill Smith ground floor exhibit room 5:30–7PM: Building City Center: Lecture by William Smith (class of 1979) at Temple (AIA CEU)
-7–10PM: Gala Reception: Inauguration of the New Temple Architecture Building ($25, $10 recent graduates) ground floor exhibit room
Wednesday April 4
-6:01PM: Architecture Alumni Quarterly lecture and reception AIA Center for Architecture, 1218 Arch St.
Thursday April 5
-1–2PM: Alumni / Student Roundtable Discussion: Career Paths for Architects ground floor exhibit room
-4–6PM: Architecture Student Career Fair ground floor exhibit room 6PM: Reception
Friday April 6
-9AM–12PM: Alumni/ Student Design Charrette (AIA CEU credit) 12–1PM: Charrette Awards Lunch ground floor exhibit room

It’s time again for Temple Community Garden’s biannual Feast (formerly known as the Spring Banquet)! Come out to the Artist’s Palate Café in the Tyler School of Art on Thursday, April 5, from 5:30-8:30pm for night of homemade food, live music, raffles, and a good time! Only $5 at the door, and bring your own cup to get an extra dessert! All proceeds benefit our own gardens, as well as our community programs in North Philly.

Call for Designers, deadline April 11: Speed-dating for designers and tech businesses Looking to exercise your creative chops in the business world? Looking for a designer to help you create compelling products and experiences that customers adore? Look no further. This first-of-its-kind event will bring together businesses serious about hiring designers and creatives serious about finding a foothold in the world of tech startups and emerging growth companies. Attendees from selected companies will have the opportunity to spend 3 minutes with each of 25 selected designers including a view of their portfolios and a high-level view of where their skills can be applied. Applications will be open to any interested designers and companies. Attendees will be selected based on their commitment to hiring/joining and making the most of the capacity-limited event. Event will be held on February 18. Interested designers can apply at https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/viewform?formkey=dGQxeXNkeS1KZzhhMm1UeTQwTFdKcHc6MQ – gid=0

Free workshop: Crowdfunding: What Artists Should Know about Web-based Fundraising -
Tuesday, April 24, 5:30-7pm, Leeway Foundation, 1315 Walnut Street, Suite 832
Presented in collaboration with Pennsylvania Performing Arts on Tour. Thinking of using a ‘crowdfunding’ site like Kickstarter to fund your next project? Join us for a discussion with Dina Leytes, intellectual property and new media attorney with Griesing Law; Kate Watson-Wallace, a dancer and choreographer who has successfully raised project funds using Kickstarter; and Jamie Lokoff from “Feed the Muse”, Philadelphia’s own crowdfunding site. Learn more about the benefits and potential pitfalls of these campaigns, as well as things to consider before launching a campaign yourself. For more information and to register visit http://bartol.org/teaching-artist-programs/workshops/

Internships opportunities available through the Career Center:
-Camden County Historical Society – Summer Museum Internship
-Carina Romano Photography/Love Me Do Photography/The Photo Studio – Photography Intern
-CASA of NJ – VISTA Marketing and Communications Coordinator
-Center City District –Marketing Internship
-Comcast – Market Research Intern
-Data-Core Systems – Marketing Assistant
-Funtimes Magazine, LLC – Graphic Design and Photography Internship
-LanguageCorps – English Teacher Abroad
-New Century Transportation – Social Media/Marketing Internship
-Real Biz, LLC – Marketing Representative
-Stars and Stripes Ink Jet Recycling – Marketing/Sales Internship
-Warmdaddy’s – Internship
For more information about how to log onto the OwlNetwork: http://tylerstudentlife.wordpress.com/internships/

Call for entries, deadline May 5: Neon Art Show and Sale (NEON ART: FOLK, FOUND, and FINE) at the Center for Architecture, 1218 Arch Street, Philadelphia, PA. No entry fee. Show runs from June 4 to July 27, 2012 Curated by Len Davidson. The pieces have to have neon in them, but need not be primarily made of neon. Sculpture is preferred but photography and painting will also be considered. Contact Len@DavidsonNeon.com for submission guidelines and show information.”

Reconfiguring Site Six-week Public Art & Architecture Summer Intensive in New York City: July 2–August 10: Crossing the boundaries into architecture, urban planning, landscape architecture, new media technologies and other arenas, the revitalization of public art has become a global trend, as more sensitivity to the nuance of site is increasingly valued. This residency will delve into a process that reflects key site-specific aspects and intrinsic elements: scale, history, social meaning and formal aesthetics. For details/to apply visit http://reconfiguringsite.sva.edu/

Study Abroad opportunity: San Gemini Preservation Studies Program Introduction to Art and Building Restoration in Italy, dedicated to the preservation of cultural heritage and offers students the opportunity to study and travel in Italy. For details/to apply visit http://www.italy-program.net/

Call for artists, deadline April 6: “In, On or Of Paper.” Paper Circle, a non-profit paper and book arts center nested in the hills of Nelsonville, Ohio, announces a call to artists for its first annual juried show, May 25-August 12, 2012. Awards: $500/$200/$100. Juror: Eileen Wallace. All works, sculptural, decorative and functional must be original, be made primarily of paper and must have been completed in the last two years. Works will be selected based on uploaded digital or submitted CD entries only. The juror may disqualify work that was not adequately represented by digital image or suitably prepared for exhibition. $25 for up to two submissions. Details/to enter: http://www.papercircle.org/2012-juried-exhibition

Call for artists, deadline April 6: artspace International Juried Printmaking and Photography Exhibition in Richmond, Virginia announces a call to artists for a juried exhibition, May 25 – July 22, 2012. Up to $1000 in cash prizes and a solo show. Juror: James Stroud, Master Printmaker and Director Center Street Studio. Artists working in 2D and 3D that incorporate printmaking or any photographic process, from around the world, may submit 3 digital images of work to be considered for the exhibition. Additional images may be submitted at additional cost, for up to a total of 5 works. Work that has been previously exhibited at artspace is not eligible. $25 (US) up to 3 entries; $5 (US) each additional to total 5 images. Details at http://www.artspacegallery.org/aijppe12

Call for artists, deadline April 7: Lancaster County Art Association National Juried Exhibition announces a call to artists for a juried art exhibition, June 10 – July 19, 2012 in Strasburg, PA. $3,000 in cash awards. Juror: John Costanza. All original work in five categories: Oil & Acrylic, Watermedia, Photography, Sculpture & Ceramics, and Other Media is eligible for entry. Up to three pieces may be submitted. Work previously shown in the LCAA galleries will not be accepted. Artwork must have been completed in the past three years. All artwork must be framed and securely wired for hanging (saw tooth hangers are not acceptable.) All 2-D works must be matted and framed under glass or plexiglass except oils and acrylics treated like oils. Work on canvas with finished edges is acceptable. No frames that leave the edges of the glass exposed will be accepted. Entries should not exceed 45 inches in any direction (including the frame). $10 per artwork submitted by LCAA members; $15 per artwork submitted by non-members. For details: http://www.lcaaonline.org/Images/ApplicationFlyer2012web.pdf,

Call for entries, deadline April 18: 8th Annual Rites of Passage. Every year Manifest Creative Research Gallery and Drawing Center in Cincinnati, Ohio seeks to energize students and recent graduates of art and design programs towards higher goals and professionalism. Therefore, for a 8th year in a row, Manifest offers this challenge to students in college programs to show us what you’ve got, bring it off campus, and share it with the everyday viewing public. All entrants must have received or be scheduled to receive a college degree in 2011, 2012, or 2013, and provide an academic reference’s contact info. Work submitted may be in any media, including painting, drawing, photography, printmaking, sculpture, ceramics, video, digital imagery, etc. $10 per work submitted. The exhibit runs June 1-29, 2012. $300 Best of Show. All exhibitors receive one free copy of the full-color catalog. For details, visit http://www.manifestgallery.org/rites12/

Call for artists, deadline April 20: The City of Germantown, Tennessee is seeking artwork for its first annual Sculpture Promenade Project, October 2012 through August 2013. Three-dimensional, free-standing sculptures of any media suitable for long-term installation in outdoor public spaces are sought for six sites. They are also looking for one work of art that is suitable for suspension from the ceiling of the City Hall public area. Open to all professional artists over the age of 18 living in the U.S. Each artist selected for the project will receive a $1,000 stipend per sculpture. Artists can make works available for purchase at the end of the exhibition. Deadline: April 20. More information can be found at http://vitabrevisartsbureau.com/resume.

Call for curators, deadline May 30: CUE Arts Foundation is having an open call for curatorial proposals. They are seeking group show proposals that are conceptually rigorous and focus on innovative, challenging artists, projects, and themes (especially ideas that are not well represented in the commercial sector). The deadline for submissions is 6 PM on May 30. For details see http://www.cueartfoundation.org/open_call.htm

Call for artists, deadline May 31: Pterodactyl has put out a call for entries for their Animal Show, looking for work that explores how people project their myths, fantasies and ideas onto animals. Running July 14 to August 18, Opening Reception July 14, the entry deadline is May 31. No entry fee? For details/to upload your entries visit http://www.pterodactylphiladelphia.org/artistopportunities.html

Call for artists, deadline July 1: PhillyWorks has put out a call for collaborative projects for the “Qualities of Life in Philadelphia” exhibition at the Philadelphia Art Alliance, which will run September to December 2012. The work submitted must be collaborative in nature and make use of more than one skill set. For details visit http://phillyworks.net/?q=content/open-call-work

Deadlines

none this week!

Out & About

Artist Talk: Illustrator Eric Wight – Monday, April 2, 7:30 pm, Bucks County Illustrators Society, Paxson Hall at St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, 84 E. Oakland Ave., Doylestown $5 students
Eric is the author and illustrator of “Frankie Pickle,” a chapter book/graphic novel hybrid series for young readers published by Simon & Schuster. Eric has worked as an animator for almost ten years for such companies as Walt Disney, Warner Brothers, and Cartoon Network. His comic book adaptation of “The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay” helped garner both the Harvey and Eisner Awards for Best Anthology, as well as the Russ Manning Award for Most Promising Newcomer, and his debut graphic novel “My Dead Girlfriend” was listed among the 2008 Great Graphic Novels for Teens by the Young Adult Library Services Association. His artwork has also been prominently featured on such television series as The O.C. and Six Feet Under. Eric will also have for sale the latest book in his Frankie Pickle series.

Triggered: A Memoir of Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder – Tuesday, April 3, 6:30 pm, Penn Bookstore, 3601 Walnut St FREE!
Fletcher Wortmann takes readers on a journey through the psychological landscape of his mental illness.

PAFA Art at Lunch: A Source of Light – Denise Green: An Artist’s Odyssey – Wednesday, April 4, noon-1 pm, PAFA Historic Landmark Building, 118 N Broad St. FREE!
Australian-American artist Denise Green’s new book charts the shifting landscape of the New York art scene from 1970 to 2010, mapping out her challenges as an international woman artist in a gallery and museum culture experiencing constant transformation. Released in the U.S. in the spring of 2012, this new book by an esteemed PAFA faculty member provides instruction for any artist imagining a career in the art world as well as a personal account of a life and career lived inside a global art scene.

ICA Whenever Wednesday: Opening Reception – Wednesday, April 4, 6 – 8 pm, ICA, 118 S. 36^th St FREE!
Come join us at the official opening of exhibitions First Among Equals and Stefan Sagmeister The Happy Show. ICA members-only walkthrough of First Among Equals with participating artists, a performative sculpture by Kathryn Andrews, and curators Alex Klein and Kate Kraczon, and The Happy Show with designer Stefan Sagmeister and curators Claudia Gould begins at 5PM

Creative Ventures Presents: Night of the Living Room, a Creative Capital Project – Wednesday, April 4, 7 pm, Kelly Writers House, 3805 Locust Walk FREE!
Ever ponder about the journey of a secondhand coffee table? Or wonder what bottoms have sat upon the heirloom couch in your grandmother’s parlor? Ever stop to consider what the busted bookshelf you’re about to toss in the trash could be transformed into? This semester, a Creative Ventures project spearheaded by Tim Miller and Jenny Chen aims to find out the answers to all such musings! Combining the talents of renovators, handymen, repair-women, bloggers, programmers, videographers, and photographers, Tim and Jenny have collected old and broken pieces of furniture on the brink of being thrown away and repair or recreate them. Each piece of furniture has it’s own blog, featuring the previous owner’s stories about an old chair or table as well as documentation about each piece’s transformation. Every new piece of furniture will also be labeled with a QR code so that future owners can easily link to their furniture’s blog and add to their stories. Come and find out about this creative project!

conTemplum Temple Composers Orchestra – Wednesday, April 4, 8 pm, Ethical Society Building, 1906 S Rittenhouse Sq FREE!
A concert featuring new compositions by student composers from Temple University. The chamber orchestra features students and alumni of the Boyer College of Music and Dance at Temple and is conducted by Adam Vidiksis.

Ivette Spradlin: Everything Changed, Then Changed Again – Artist Talk & Reception Thursday, April 5, 5 – 7 pm, Center for Emerging Visual Artists, 237 S 18^th St 3^rd Floor FREE!

An Evening of Tango at the Swann Memorial Fountain – Thursday, April 5, 5:30 – 7:30 pm, Logan Sq, Ben Franklin Pkway @ 18th, FREE!
The Fairmount Park Art Association kicks off Site Seeing: Rediscover Public Art This Spring! – a month-long celebration of public art in Philadelphia – with An Evening of Tango at the Swann Memorial Fountain! When Swann Memorial Fountain first opened to the public in 1924, crowds of Philadelphians danced the tango to the music of a live band. This spring, history comes alive at a free public tango dance party at Swann Memorial Fountain, complete with live music, tango instructors, costume contests, and more. Relive that magical evening and celebrate Philadelphia’s public art!

Craft & Culture Lecture Series: Yarnbombing – Thursday, April 5, 7 pm, Philadelphia Art Alliance, 251 S 18th St FREE!
The Philadelphia Art Alliance is pleased to present another installment in its signature lecture series, Crafts and Culture. Join PAA to welcome Philadelphia artist Jessie Hemmons, aka “ishknits,” for a presentation on “Yarnbombing.” Hemmons, ishknits, will discuss the development of “yarnbombing” as an international art form with a diverse community of artists. She will also describe yarnbombing’s implications in the culture of street art and public discourse.

Art after Five: La Dolce Vita – Friday, April 6, 5 – 8:45 pm, Philadelphia Museum of Art FREE!*
DisCanto is a group of Italian conservatory-trained musicians who reinterpret traditional Abruzzese and ethnic southern Italian songs through contemporary and traditional instrumentation. Sung in dialect, the songs evoke the Apennine Mountains, which have defined Abruzzo’s culture, and cover historical themes of celebration, mourning, and struggle. They also reflect the diverse influences that have played a role in Abruzzo’s history. DisCanto’s U.S. tour is supported by Ristorante Le Virtù. *The PMA is free to Tyler students with a Tyler Admission Card and your Owlcard. Download your copy of the Tyler Admission Card from the Links section of the Tyler Student Life Blog at http://tylerstudentlife.wordpress.com/

FIRST FRIDAY:
-Recipro-city, A Collaborative Exhibition, opening reception Friday, April 6, 5 – 7 pm, Painted Bride Art Center, 230 Vine St FREE!
Recipro•city, an exhibition-led inquiry into contemporary practice of communal exchange. The exhibit investigates the notions of the physical, emotional and spiritual act of sharing as an art practice. The artists come together to present a multilayer art installation transforming the Bride’s Independence Foundation Gallery for the Visual Arts. Recipro•city is initiated by artist Pepón Osorio in collaboration with participating artists: Laura Deutch, Coleen Hooper, Leila Macbeth, Charlene Melhorn, Kiaro Miles, Liz Reynolds, Rachel Schaffran, Kathryn Sclavi, Lee Tusman, Jared Wood.
-Exit Saigon, Enter Little Saigon – opening reception Friday, April 6, 6 – 8 pm, Asian Arts Initiative, 1219 Vine St 2nd Floor FREE!
Exit Saigon, Enter Little Saigon recounts a journey more than 30 years in the making. When the U.S. government opened its gates in 1975 to thousands of Vietnamese immigrants, they faced the idea of permanent resettlement with a mixture of survivors’ guilt and overwhelming relief. Exit Saigon tells the story of adapting to life in the United States where, amongst the struggle for equality and acceptance, Vietnamese Americans have maintained their linguistic, cultural, and religious traditions.
-Threaded Interface: Annica Cuppetelli and Cristobal Mendoza – opening reception Friday, April 6, 6-10 pm, GrizzlyGrizzly, 319 N 11 St. FREE!
“Threaded Interface” will fill the entire gallery with fields of vertical and parallel lines made of elastic cord and illuminated with a video projection generated through a custom software program. The motion of the projected lines is ruled by a simulation that makes them act like soft ropes. The direction and strength of their movement is affected by the viewer’s motion as registered by a video camera that feeds its image to the computer. Thus, the physical movements of the audience are translated into virtual forces that affect the computer-generated lines, while the physical lines of the installation remain motionless. Interface – the point of contact between entities – is revealed in multiple ways: between the viewer and the piece (a human/computer interface); between the real and the virtual (the physical structure and its relationship with the projected structure); between the foreground and the background (as the projection interferes with its shadow).

Awake in Nature – A Special Saturday – Saturday, April 7, 10:30 am, Schuylkill Center, 8480 Hagy’s Mill Road FREE!
A sensory exploration of nature through simple meditative techniques. Guests will be guided in “pebble meditation,” touch experiences, listening, walking, and mindful tasting. By awakening the senses we can understand the relationship between our bodies and the earth’s elements. We can become attuned to nature and cultivate a deep appreciation for its gifts.

Bread and Butter Artistic Perspectives on Food and Culture – opening reception Saturday, April 7, 6 – 8 pm, Transformer Gallery, 1404 P St NW, Washington DC FREE!
Is food about class or identity? Are we as individuals totally responsible for our eating habits? Do our individual preferences influence others? Carolina Mayorga invite artists Chanan Delivuk, Sara Pomerance, Kari Scott, Shannon Young and guests to explore these and other questions about our relationship with food through installation ,photography, sculpture, performance, and more.

Bam Margera & Friends – opening reception Saturday, April 7, 6 – 11 pm, James Oliver Gallery, 723 Chestnut St 4^th Floor, FREE!
“Bam Margera & Friends” marks the first public exhibition for artists Bam Margera, Ryan Gee and Geoff “Red Mohawk”. The show explores edgy, satirical and contemporary punk imagery on topics such as social reform, sex, religion and law. Through the use of vibrant colors, exciting imagery, and uncommon choices in subject matter “Bam Margera & Friends” creates a lively exhibition that embodies the raw energy shown throughout the exhibition. Key themes in Margera’s works are recurring religious, sexual and pop culture symbols, which are highlighted in his use of vibrant color. Margera creates a parallel of subtle social commentary that causes an echoing nostalgic theme consistent throughout his works that is both insightful and enjoyable. Geoff Blake and Ryan Gee exhibit their expertise with signature panoramic views of skateboard sequences, muscle cars and classic pin-up model shoots. As Philadelphia natives, both Gee and Blake use key local landscapes as the backdrops for their raw and lively images. With such a dynamic group show “Bam Margera & Friends” set in their hometown of Philadelphia, it is certain to be a can’t miss exhibition.

Easter Promenade – Sunday, April 8, 1 pm, South St Headhouse District, S. 2nd & Lombard Sts FREE!
South Street Headhouse District Presents 81st Easter Promenade 2012 featuring Annual Easter Parade! This Easter Sunday afternoon will host activities and events for visitors of all ages and interests, including an Easter attire contest judged by local Philadelphia notables. The parade will begin promptly at 1pm, starting at Passyunk Avenue and South Street. Easter Promenade will feature MC Henri David “Mr. Halloween”, Steve Ballock’s Vaudevillian Jazz Troope and regional artists from the Arts on South organization. Join a Doggie Parade by PAWS animal shelter and receive giveaways courtesy of B101. All patrons are asked to arrive at the parade check-in on Passyunk Ave at 12:30 PM to receive a pair of bunny ears and a chance to ride VIP in the headlining Big Bus! The festivities at Headhouse Square will follow immediately after the parade and include contests, music, dancing, giveaways, and even animal adoption opportunities. Patrons will also receive a Spring Time Map of the District that will highlight activities and brunch specials at local District businesses. Leading up to the Easter Promenade, each weekend the South Street Headhouse District Bunny will be hopping from event to event to invite families to partake in the social media engagement leading up to the big day! While snapping photos of the SSHD Bunny, upload photos to Facebook and tag the “South Street Headhouse District” for all of the surprise locations in the city. Full event listings and participating businesses available at www.southstreet.com

The Night Sky – Sunday, April 8, 2 pm, PAFA, 118 N Broad St FREE!
Join Franklin Institute astronomer Derrick Pitts on an exploration of the drama of the night sky, thinking particularly about how nineteenth century communities would have seen their view of nighttime change as electricity became more and more popular. Pitt’s incredible images of the starry sky above capture a mysterious vastness just as intense as the intimate magic of Tanner’s own view of nighttime scenes.

For Monday, March 26, 2012

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Lectures & Artist Talks

Business of Art Seminar Series: Galleries – What to Expect as an Emerging Artist – Monday, March 26, 6 pm, Room B-04
John Dowell, who has been shown at MoMA and NYC’s Met will talk about how the gallery scene has drastically changed over the past few decades. Matt Sipielli will talk about the Philadelphia based co-op gallery Tiger Strikes Asteroid. Grad student Zachary Rawe, who has helped to run a gallery, will talk about the expectations of artists and basic gallery operations. Refreshments will be served on a first-come/first-served basis.

Composting Workshop – Tuesday, March 27, noon, Anderson Hall Room 806
Please join us to learn about a great way to get your garden ready for the planting season.

Schooled: A conversation about the relationship between free alternative art schools and more traditional ones – Wednesday, March 28, 2:30 pm, AKA building, Tyler Front Lawn
The presence of the AKA building outside the Tyler building has sparked much lively discussion here at Tyler. Part of this discussion is an interesting (and possibly productive) debate around the pros and cons of free and alternative schools in relationship to those of conventional schools like Tyler. This course takes these conversations among Tyler students and faculty as the basis for a more intentional and open public discussion. Please join Suzanne Seesman and Philip Glahn for a discussion about our community’s existing institutions, alternative options, and possibilities for the future. Cookies and coffee will be available to fuel discussion.

Lecture: Susanna Gold and Malgorzata Rymsza-Pawlowska, Centennial Celebrations in the City: Philadelphia, Historical Memory and America’s Biggest Birthday Parties – Wednesday, March 28, 2:30 pm, Paley Library
1876 and 1976 saw the launch of two massive national celebrations originating right here in Philadelphia. In 1876 we hosted America’s first World’s Fair, timed with the nation’s centennial celebration. And, one hundred years later we did it all over again to celebrate America’s bicentennial birthday. Come discuss the impact these celebrations had on Philadelphia and what large, national celebrations have to say about our culture with scholars Malgorzata Rymsza-Pawlowska and Susanna Gold. Gold received her PhD from the University of Pennsylvania. Her dissertation is “Imaging Memory: Re-Presentations of the Civil War at the 1876 Centennial Exhibition,” and she currently teaches here at Temple in the Tyler School of Art. Rymsza-Pawlowska is a doctoral candidate at Brown University, working on a her project, “Bicentennial Memory: Postmodernity, Media, and Historical Subjectivity in the United States, 1966-1980.”

Critical Dialogs: Keltie Ferris – March 28, 6 pm, Room B-04
Keltie Ferris’ large abstract paintings mirror the aggressive vibrations of New York City in their intensity of spirit, layered surfaces, and angular compositions. Ferris balances the mechanical application of sprayed oil paint with hand-painted grounds, wielding a brush and palette knife to carve forms out of the sprayed haze. In this way, figure and ground wrestle with each other for supremacy and create dynamic labyrinth-like pictures. Ferris received a MFA from Yale University in New Haven, CT and a BFA from Nova Scotia College of Art and Design (NSCAD). In addition to Horton Gallery, she has been featured in exhibitions at the Nerman Museum, Overland Park, KS; Deitch Projects and D’Amelio Terras, both New York, NY; David Castillo, Miami; and Pilar Corrias, London, England. Her work has recently been discussed in The New York Times, Modern Painters, Artforum, and Details, among others. She is the recipient of both a Jacob Javits Fellowship and a Rema Hort Mann Foundation Grant. Her work was the subject of a solo show at the Kemper Museum, Kansas City, MO, for which a publication is available. Keltie Ferris lives and works in Brooklyn.

Visiting Artist Lecture: Ana B. Hernandez – Thursday, March 29, 11:15 am, Room B004
Ana B. Hernandez’s personal experiences of bi-cultural upbringing and immigration inform her work. As a young woman, she became very sensitive to the behaviors that define Womanhood in the cultures in which she was raised. This generated an internal process of transplantation and adaption that leads her to make artwork that references the female biology and explores the boundaries between the organic instinct and the culturally imposed. In nature, she is inspired by the ability of fungi colonies to thrive and create a community on or around any host structure. This is reflected in her installations through the repetition of multiples.

CHAT Lecture: Petra Goedde, Cold War Battles Over the Concept of Peace – Thursday, March 29, 12:30 pm, CHAT Lounge, 10^th Floor, Gladfelter Hall
During the early cold war the Soviet Union’s support for international peace organizations and their diplomatic peace initiatives did much to discredit peace initiatives among Western cold warriors. By the early 1950s, peace no longer represented a universal idea but an ideological weapon in the East-West confrontation. This talk explores the transnational rhetorical battles over the concept of peace in the 1950s and 1960s.

Art History Dissertation Defense: Tamara Smithers, “Memorializing the Masters:

Renaissance Tombs for Artists, and the Cults of Raphael and Michelangelo” - Thursday, March 29, 2:00 pm, Room B083.

Guest Lecture: Professor Paul Barolsky, University of Virginia, “Ovid & the Metamorphosis of European Art” – Thursday, March 29, 5:30 pm, Anderson Hall Room 007

WHYY Segment: Keith Morrison, “Magical Visions” – Friday, March 30, check http://www.whyy.org/tv12/ for time
The show,” Magical Visions”, curated by Keith Morrison and featuring work by Tyler faculty Odili Odita and Karyn Olivier will be featured on WHYY-TV. We’re not sure which program this is a part of, but it’s probably on “First” which airs at 5:30 pm.

Exhibitions

Temple Gallery: MFA Candidate Shows - Wednesday March 28 – Saturday March 31. Gallery is open Wed-Sat 11-6.
Suzanne Seesman: Study of the Silver Lining
John Pastini
Liz Hamilton: Delicate Place
Opening reception Friday, March 30, 6 – 9 pm

Stella Elkins Tyler Gallery/Tyler Lobby/Tyler Atrium/Student Lounge Gallery/Green Hallway: Annual Student Show
Closing Reception and Student Mixer, 6 – 9 pm, Tyler Lobby http://www.facebook.com/events/349747628401733/

Cookie Jar & Java – Cookie Jar & Java is on hiatus. The next Cookie Jar & Java will be April 11.

See what‘s happening this week at Temple Rome! Visit the Temple Rome blog at artturome.blogspot.com.

Opportunities

Deans Office Hour – Thursday, March 29, 10 am, Dean’s Office, Admin Suite. No appointment necessary. Open to all students, faculty and staff.

At press time there were still a few tickets left to visit the Whitney Biennial in NYC on Saturday, March 31. Pick up tickets on Monday between 9:30 -11 or Tuesday from noon-2 at the Tyler front desk.

Did you lose something? There’s lots of stuff in the lost and found, including artwork! Visit the Admissions office if you lost something!

Call for volunteers: Arts and Criminal Justice Symposium, Friday, April 27, 9 am – 3:15 pm. Mural Arts, with support from the Ford Foundation, presents the Arts and Criminal Justice Symposium, a forum for organizations and practitioners where they can share program findings, learn from others in the field, seek partnership with other organizations, and reduce institutional obstructions between non-profits, academia, and the criminal justice field to foster a climate of collaboration and mutual learning. If you would like to attend and are interested in volunteering, contact Sharon Ostrow at scostrow@temple.edu.

A local performing artist is looking for a student to create a charcoal portrait of her grandfather from a photo. This is a paid gig. If you are interested, contact Kima at 267-701-0861, and leave a message if she doesn’t answer.

Granting Opportunity, deadline April 30: Temple University Commission On The Arts Invites Cross-Disciplinary Arts Projects – 2012-2013 funded by the Office of the Vice Provost for the Arts. The Arts Commission seeks to create new cross-disciplinary connections and to promote the richness and vibrancy of the arts at Temple, both across the campus and beyond. To that end, the Arts Commission, under the aegis of the Vice Provost for the Arts, Dr. Robert T. Stroker, invites proposals for cross-disciplinary arts projects for the 2012-2013 academic year. Up to $1500 will be available for student projects and up to $5000 for faculty projects. The project organizer must be a member of the Temple University arts community, either a Temple faculty member or a student. Student project organizers must have the support of a Temple faculty mentor. The cross-disciplinary project must engage a minimum of two disciplines, one or more in the arts. In addition, it must engage two Temple artists (faculty, student or staff). Collaboration with non-Temple artists can form part of the project. For more information and application visit http://tinyurl.com/7rg6jm9

Artist in Residence call, deadline May 18: DCCA Art & Community Visual Arts Residency Program in Wilmington, DE. During the residency, an artist lives at the DCCA and makes a full-time commitment to collaborate with an under-served community group for ten weeks to create artwork based on issues relevant to the participants’ lives. Artists work with the community group approximately 8 – 10 hours per week in addition to several hours of additional preparation time necessary for fulfilling the goals of the residency. Residencies typically culminate in an exhibition, performance, or installation at the community site and/or at the DCCA. The DCCA may also schedule an exhibition of the artist’s own work dependent on timing and curatorial review. The DCCA oversees the details of the residency, arranges for the community partnership in cooperation with the artist, seeks funding, and supports the planning and documentation processes. This includes a catalogue that features residencies with images, project summaries, and artists’ biographies. The Delaware Center for the Contemporary Arts is a non-collecting museum housed in a former railroad car factory in the Riverfront area in Wilmington. The DCCA functions as a kunsthalle for temporary exhibitions. Hundreds of artist members have shown new bodies of work made specifically for shows at the DCCA as well as site-specific installations. The DCCA galleries lend themselves to the varieties of artistic experimentation. Learn more about DCCA’s Art & Community Visual Arts Residency Program Here: http://www.thedcca.org/content/artist-residency-program

Call for entries, deadline MONDAY March 26: Boffo Show House. Surface is a proud media sponsor of the BOFFO Show House opening this May in New York City as part of ICFF and New York Design Week. If you’re an artist, designer, manufacturer, retailer, or supplier, and are interested in showing your work—whether furniture objects, fine art, textiles, accessories, tabletops, upholstery, storage, or electronics. For complete submission guidelines visit http://www.icontact-archive.com/yJGI1mFpec41w5tvOZk1U84ZSWCFc3QU?w=3

Call for artists, Deadline April 6: Tomorrow Stars at Verge NYC 2012 has announced an open call for artists. Finalists will be selected by a panel of distinguished jurors and given space to exhibit one work from their application at Tomorrow Stars Verge NYC. Works selected by the panel will be exhibited at Verge NYC in a special artist’s spotlight section. Visit http://www.brooklynartfair.com/opencall.html for more information and to apply.

Call for entries, deadline April 13: Woodmere Art Museum’s 71st Annual Juried Exhibition will be on view from July 28 through September 30, 2012. The exhibition will feature a variety of media from artists living in the greater Philadelphia metropolitan area or within 50 miles of the Museum. Works will be selected in order to create a cohesive exhibition that explores themes and ideas that are current within the arts of Philadelphia. Juror: Philadelphia artist Alex Kanevsky. Fee: $12. Visit http://www.woodmereartmuseum.org/juried.html for submission guidelines.

Call for entries, deadline April 14: Spread Joy Give Hope fundraiser for breast cancer T-shirt design contest. For details, see http://spreadjoygivehope.weebly.com/t-shirt-competition.html

Call for entries, deadline April 15: Cheltenham Center for the Arts. Professional artists, 18 years or older, may enter one two-dimensional wall painting executed within the last two years and not previously shown in any Cheltenham Center for the Arts exhibits, wired and ready for hanging. All painting media accepted: no prints, multiples, crafts, sculptures or photographs. No wet or ill prepared work. Hand Delivered One Work Only. White mat and simple light colored frames strongly suggested. Work on stretchers does not have to be framed, but edges should have clean appearance without visible staples or tacks. Fee: $20. Visit http://www.cheltenhamarts.org/node/1920 for more info.

Call for entries, deadline May 12: 6^th Majestic National Juried Competition 2012. This year’s juror is Ken Emerick, Director of the Individual Artists and Percent for Arts Programs at the Ohio Arts Council (OAC). A graduate of Otterbein College, his responsibilities include administering the OAC Individual Excellence Awards, and managing a number of artist residency programs funded by the OAC. He has been a juror for numerous awards and exhibitions for various Ohio arts organizations, colleges and universities. Emerick received the 2011 Outstanding for service to the field. Cash awards. Entry fee. For details, visit http://www.majesticgalleries.com/majesticgalleries/Majestic_National.html

Call for artists, deadline June 1: Temple University’s Invisible Children presents the 2012 Art Meets Activism Exhibition. Invisible Children is both an organization and a movement, seeking to create global awareness of the longstanding conflicts in Africa and bring children soldiers home. Temple University’s Invisible Children chapter is excited to bring attention to our cause by hosting an art show that will be open to the public at The Arts Garage in Philadelphia. Our vision is to celebrate the fusion of art and activism by showcasing the art of students that share these values. Our 9-day exhibition will not only include art work, but also live performances and themed events hosted by various organizations who believe in community involvement as a means of correcting social injustice. This event will be a revolutionary mix of people from across our diverse city, who have their own interpretation of what it means to be an activist. It will serve as an art exhibition and place for live entertainment, as well as a place for the exchange of ideas and the beginning of ground-breaking collaboration. Invisible Children’s goal is to maintain their character as motivated misfits and masses redefining what it means to be an activist. All artists will have the option of selling their work on display. 35% of the sale, which is normally given directly to The Arts Garage, will go toward Invisible Children’s fundraising initiative. To learn more, including how to enter, visit http://tinyurl.com/7qj8ouo

Deadlines

Tuesday, March 27: Don’t forget to take the TU Student Questionnaire (TUSQ), an important survey of all undergraduate students at Temple. The TUSQ asks students about the Temple experience, from their views about our academic and social programs to how they spend their time outside of class. The survey is accessible at survey.temple.edu/TUSQ. Students who complete the TUSQ are eligible to win one of ten $100 Diamond Dollar awards.

Wednesday, March 28: Registration for fall classes begins.

Friday, March 30: Last day for graduating students to order tickets for Tyler’s commencement ceremony online: www.temple.edu/commencement/tickets

Out & About

Melees and Other Social Forms: The Implosion of Art, Life, and Gaming – Monday, March 26, 4:30 PM, Stokes 102, Haverford College, 370 Lancaster Avenue, Haverford FREE!
Ted Purves is a writer and artist based in Oakland. He works in collaboration with the artist Susanne Cockrell to create social art projects that investigate the overlay of urban and rural systems upon the lives of specific communities and ask questions about the nature of people and place as seen through social economy, history and local ecology (http://fieldfaring.org/). In 2005, he created the Masters curriculum for Social Practice at the California College of the Arts in San Francisco, and is currently the chair of their MFA Fine Arts program. His book What We Want Is Free: Generosity and Exchange in Recent Art, was released by SUNY Press in early 2005.

Lecture: Bill Moggridge – Monday March 26, 6 pm, Meyerson Hall, UPenn, 210 S. 34^th St. FREE!
Bill Moggridge is the Director of the Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum, co-founder of IDEO and the designer of the first laptop. Part of the Integrated Product Design Lecture Series. To register, visit http://billmoggridge-eorg.eventbrite.com/

Roxborough Reservoir Walk w/ Parks & Rec Staff – Tuesday, March 27, 6:30 pm, Port Royal and Lare Street (Parking is at the ballfield on Port Royal Ave. just off Ridge Ave) FREE!
Evening Walk at Roxborough Reservoir- a program from Philadelphia Parks & Recreation. Join environmental educators from Philadelphia Parks & Recreation for an evening walk at Roxborough Reservoir, a special place that’s rarely seen. Discover where toads go to breed on their mysterious journey every spring. Enjoy the beauty of the reservoir, constructed in 1892, while listening for the toads weird calls and learn about the reservoirs rich history. The walk follows an easy path at one of the highest points in the city. Rain or shine. Adults only.

A Conversation with Lionel Shriver and Heidi Julavits – Tuesday, March 27, 7:30 pm, Free Library of Philadelphia, 1901 Vine Street FREE!
Lionel Shriver is the author of ten novels and the recipient of the 2005 Orange Prize for her acclaimed book We Need to Talk About Kevin, recently adapted into a major motion picture. With her gift for psychological portraiture and a knack for skewering timely social phenomena, Shriver’s work is “tough, complicated, brilliant,” according to The New Republic‘s Ruth Franklin. “Shriver isn’t the kind of writer who lets her themes bubble up opaquely; she seizes them and interrogates them for all they’re worth.” Shriver is also a respected journalist whose work has appeared in such publications as The Guardian, the New York Times, and the Wall Street Journal. In her new novel, Shriver examines cults of personality and terrorism in an alternate past. Heidi Julavits is co-editor of The Believer, a literary magazine she founded with Dave Eggers, which was described by A.O. Scott as part of “a generational struggle against laziness and cynicism, to raise once again the banners of creative enthusiasm and intellectual engagement.” Her anti-snark manifesto “Rejoice! Believe! Be Strong and Read Hard!,” lobbying against mean-spirited book reviews, appeared in the debut issue. She is the author of three novels, including The Uses of Enchantment, about a young girl’s faked abduction, and The Mineral Palace, a depression-era story of sexual corruption and infanticide—both New York Times Notable Books. Her new novel The Vanishers is a meditation on grief, female rivalry, and the power of a daughter’s love.

PAFA Art at Lunch: Abraham Lincoln and The Great Central Sanitary Fair – Wednesday, March 28, noon-1 pm, PAFA Historic Landmark Building, 118 N Broad St. FREE!
In June of 1864, a collection of fair buildings went up in Philadelphia’s Logan Circle to bring to town the Great Central Fair, a two-week exposition of donated goods and services, artwork, commercial products and curiosities that raised over $1 million for medicine and bandages for Union soldiers. Historian Michael Wunsch brings to life this rousing moment in Philadelphia history, highlighting the acclaimed 1,500 piece art gallery that premiered at the fair as well as President Abraham Lincoln’s historic visit to the festivities.

Art Demo at Utrecht – Wednesday, March 28, 4 pm, Utrecht Art Supplies, 301 South Broad St FREE!
Utrecht Art Supplies on S. Broad street is putting on a Foundations Demo on March 28th at 4pm. We have brought in a representative from Logan matt cutters to do a matt cutting demo and we will also be doing a demo on strechter building and stretching canvas. We will have food and refreshments and goody bags for students of all the art universities in the area.

Author and Writer Austin Kleon: Steal Like An Artist – Wednesday, March 28, 6 pm, UPenn Bookstore, 3601 Walnut Street FREE!
Kleon explains how to copy, steal and be inspired by the world around you – without plagiarizing it. Practical advice aimed at professionals and recent graduates alike. Kleon is also author of the best-selling “Newspaper Blackout,” a book of art and poetry made by redacting newspaper articles with permanent marker.

Panel Discussion: City of Neighborhoods, City of Homes – Wednesday, March 28, 6:30 pm, Historical Society of Pennsylvania, 1300 Locust St. FREE!
Philadelphia’s strong tradition of neighborhood distinctiveness has lasting power and deep roots. In this culmination of the series, you’ll look at the foundations of community experience. How do neighborhood ties unite and sometimes divide us? Across neighborhood boundaries, how do we form the common bonds of civic life? Hosted at the Philadelphia History Museum. This panel will be moderated by Carolyn Adams of Temple University with panelists including Linn Washington of Temple University, Domenic Vitiello of the University of Pennsylvania, and Thoai Nguyen of SEAMAAC, and Louis Massiah of Scribe Video. Program co-sponsors include the Philadelphia History Museum and SEAMAAC. This event is part of the Greater Philadelphia Roundtable series “Phrasing Philadelphia” presented by the Encyclopedia of Greater Philadelphia.

Panel discussion between Adelina Vlas and Dechemia, Sebastien Leclercq, Josh Shaddock, and Brent Wahl – Wednesday, March 28, 6:30 pm, Grey Towers Castle, Mirror Room, Arcadia University, 450 S Easton Road, Glenside FREE!
Arcadia University Art Gallery is pleased to present “A Closer Look 8″, the latest iteration of an ongoing series of curated exhibitions that presents in greater depth the work of artists who have previously been juried into the gallery’s “Works on Paper” shows. From a pool of 150, Vlas selected three artists and a collaborative duo on the basis of the individual strengths of their work and its capacity to reveal complexities upon closer examination. The resulting show attempts to provide a venue for these four practices to be alone while together–in dialogue with each other while maintaining their distinctive identities. All participating artists made new work for the exhibition. In addition to a print and photographic diptych (illustrated above), Josh Shaddock is represented by a three-dimensional ampersand onto which he has affixed pigeon spikes. Abrasively attempting to claim the space around it, the sculpture offers a wry comment on the territorial dynamics of group exhibitions. Sebastian Leclercq also responded directly the given conditions of the show. His Expert Collaborator, a large work on paper spilling out of four wall-mounted binders, suggests the chaos and possible cohesion of individuals attempting to get onto the same page. Two works by Brent Wahl continue his photographic series documenting urban and domestic debris. Conflating studio explorations with a forensic approach to existing sites in Philadelphia, 44 color prints (presented on two tables) and a large framed work engage the viewer in a focused reading of their details as well as their overall compositions. Two poured plaster pieces by Dechemia (John Gibbons and Isobel Sollenberger) advance the pair’s investigation of forms, materials, and iconography. A modular wall piece referencing a 1954 photograph of Marilyn Monroe reading James Joyce’s Ulysses hovers above a floor work based on the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool. Poised in a spectral opposition open to multiple readings, the impact of one work on the other mirrors the conditions that define the entire exhibition.

ICA Whenever Wednesday: Machete Group: Discussion Series – Wednesday, March 28 6:30 pm, ICA, 118 S. 36^th St FREE!
In conjunction with First Among Equals, a presentation of the Dictionary of the Present: Are there a set of key terms, events, and images that can help us better understand our present condition? Machete Group members Gabriel Rockhill, Alexi Kukuljevic and Avi Alpert will discuss the idea of making a Dictionary of the Present, as well as present some of their entries thus far.

Lecture: Matthew Day Jackson – Wednesday, March 28, 6:30 pm, Meyerson Hall B3, Penn School of Design, 210 South 34th Street FREE!
Matthew Day Jackson (born 1974, lives and works in Brooklyn, NY and Wilson, WY) is an American artist whose multifaceted practice encompasses sculpture, painting, collage, photography, drawing, video, performance and installation. Since receiving an MFA from Rutgers University in 2001, the response to his numerous solo exhibitions has proved him to be one of the most inventive and though provoking artist of his generation. Jackson’s work has been widely exhibited nationally and internationally and is included in both private and public collections.

Stained Glass Mosaic Art Workshop – Wednesday March 28, 7 pm, Temple Newman Center, 2129 N Broad FREE!
Learn how to create stained glass windows from recycled glass.

Adaptations Film Series – Short Films by Ken Jacobs – Wednesday, March 28, 7:00pm, Ibrahim Theater @ International House, 3701 Chestnut Street FREE!
Day and Night, The Green Wave, Jack Smith Tumbling, Another Occupation, and Seeking The Monkey King, all by Ken Jacobs (2010-2011). Intro and Discussion: Charles Bernstein, English, Penn and Ken Jacobs, Filmmaker.

Jazz@TheUnderground – Elijah Thomas Septet – Wednesday, March 28, 7:30 pm, Howard Gittis Student Center FREE!

Interactive Event: The Art of Appropriation – Thursday, March 29, 2 pm, La Salle University Art Museum, 1900 W Olney Ave FREE!
The Art of Appropriation is an interactive event led by artist Jane Irish, Connelly Library Director John Baky, La Salle University Art Museum Director Klare Scarborough and Curator of Art Carmen Vendelin. This event will be held in the Renaissance Gallery of the La Salle University Art, lower level, Olney Hall.

Craft & Culture Lecture Series: Post-War Ceramics: The Syracuse Annuals and the Search for Form – Thursday, March 29, 7 pm, Philadelphia Art Alliance, 251 S. 18th Street FREE!
Please join the Philadelphia Art Alliance on Thursday, March 29, as we welcome Doctor Jennifer Sorkin for a presentation as part of our ongoing Craft and Culture Lecture Series. Jenni Sorkin is Assistant Professor of Critical Theory, Media, and Design at the University of Houston. She is currently completing a book manuscript, titled Live Form: Craft as Participation, which examines the confluence of gender, artistic labor, and craft pedagogy from 1950 to 1975. She holds a PhD in the History of Art from Yale University, an MA from The Center for Curatorial Studies, Bard College, and a BFA from The School of the Art Institute of Chicago. Formerly, she served as a Post-Doctoral Fellow at the Getty Research Institute in Los Angeles.

A Conversation with Arlen Specter Author of Life Among the Cannibals – Thursday, March 29, 7:30 pm, Free Library of Philadelphia, 1901 Vine Street FREE!
The longest-serving senator in Pennsylvania history, Senator Arlen Specter began his goodbye speech after 30 years in office by declaring: “This is not a farewell address but rather a closing argument.” Referring to the internal ideological wrangling that forced him from the Republican Party in 2009—only to be defeated in a Democratic primary in 2010—Specter decried the gridlocked Senate in his farewell address, lamenting: “In some quarters, compromise has become a dirty word… Politics is no longer the art of the possible when senators are intransigent in their positions.” In Life Among the Cannibals, he shows how increased extremism extinguishes any opportunity for moderate, bipartisan agreement.

Faculty and Guest Artist Recital – Thursday, March 29, 7:30 pm, Rock Hall FREE!
Phillip R. O’Banion, marimba and Megan Emigh, flute.

Art after Five: The Other Philly Sound – Friday, March 30, 5 – 8:45 pm, Philadelphia Museum of Art FREE!*
We often hear about “The Sound of Philadelphia” but there is another Philly sound: the innovative jazz of McCoy Tyner, Philly Joe Jones, John Coltrane, Lee Morgan, and The Heath Brothers. The Arpeggio Jazz Ensemble will explore the music and philosophy of some of these pioneers, offering entertaining histories and anecdotes. *The PMA is free to Tyler students with a Tyler Admission Card and your Owlcard. Download your copy of the Tyler Admission Card from the Links section of the Tyler Student Life Blog at http://tylerstudentlife.wordpress.com/

Toad Walk – Friday, March 30, and Saturday March 31, 6:30 pm, Schuylkill Center for Environmental Education, 8480 Hagy’s Mill Road FREE!
The toads are coming! Come on a fun walk to see mating toads up close, hear their wierd calls and look for their eggs in our ponds. We’ll hike rain or shine, but toad migration is highly weather dependent. Check SCEE’s Facebook page the day of a program to learn if toads are active.

Mixed Messages: Marshall McLuhan and the Moving Image
-Film Screening: The Medium is the Medium, US, Turn, Turn, Turn – Friday, March 30, 7:00pm, Ibrahim Theater @ International House, 3701 Chestnut Street $7 (students)
The Medium is the Medium: dir. Frank Barczyk, US, 1969, video, 28 mins, color; US: dir. Jud Yalkut, US, 1966, 16mm, 16 mins, color; Turn Turn Turn: dir. Jud Yalkut, US, 1966, 16mm, 10 mins, color, sound by USCO. For tickets, visit http://ihousephilly.org/events/mixed-messages-marshall-mcluhan-and-the-moving-image/
- Panel Discussion – Saturday, March 31, 2 pm, International House, 3701 Chestnut Street FREE!
This panel discussion further investigates the influence of Marshall McLuhan within the realm of moving image art. Join media artists Peter d’Agostino, Tom Sherman and Gerd Stern for a lively discussion ranging from the origins of intermedia art practice to issues of participation and dissemination in media art works. The session will be moderated by Rebecca Clemen (EAI) and is free and open to the public. Peter d’Agostino: Video/Media Artist, Professor of Film and Media Arts, and Director, NewTechLab Temple University; Tom Sherman: Video/Media Artist, Professor of Art Video, Department of Transmedia, College of Visual and Performing Arts, Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York; and Gerd Stern: Poet/Media Artist, Founder, Art/Technology Collective, USCO (The Company of Us), and President, Intermedia Foundation.

Gallery Talk: On Elaine Kurtz – Saturday, March 31, 3 pm, Woodmere Art Museum, 9201 Germantown Ave FREE!
Lecturer: Pamela Birmingham, The Robert L. McNeil, Jr., Curator of Education, Woodmere Art Museum. Join educator and artist Pamela Birmingham for an intimate look at Elaine Kurtz’s early geometric color works and her late Alluvial paintings. Wine and cheese will be served.

Celtic/Catholic Concert: Seasons – Saturday, March 31, 7:00 pm, Newman Center, 2129 Broad St. FREE!
Seasons, a Celtic/Catholic band comprised of 5 siblings and based in Harrisburg, has been playing regionally for almost a decade. Copies of their CDs will be available for sale.

Harlem on My Mind: Songs for Americans in Paris – Sunday, April 1, 2 pm, PAFA Historic Landmark Building, 118 N Broad St. FREE!
The great songwriters of the 1920s and 1930s wrote tributes and love songs to two great international cities – New York and Paris. Whether dreaming about the romance of Paris from afar or longing to return to Cole Porter’s “dear old dirty” New York from travels abroad, these two anchor points in the life of visual artists like Henry Tanner were also deeply influential subjects in the music scene of the day. Join Michael Lasser, a historian of American popular music, for this afternoon of music and magic.

For Monday, March 19, 2012

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Lectures & Artist Talks

Guest Lecture: Derek Burdette: “Turning Fame into Fortune: The Cult of the Señor de Santa Teresa in Viceregal Mexico City” – Monday, March 19, 3:30 pm, Room B-04
Throughout the colonial period, the life-sized crucifix known as the Señor de Santa Teresa was a religious celebrity of the first order. Fashioned in the first decades after the conquest to aid in the evangelization of the indigenous population, it soon became one of Mexico City’s most popular and revered cult images. By the eighteenth century, it was not only an invaluable asset, but also a wealthy actor imbedded within the spiritual economy of the region. In this talk I will explore the means by which the statue’s patrons, a group of Carmelite nuns, turned the statue’s fame into their own fortune. I will show that at the turn of the nineteenth century, just as the Bourbon reforms cracked down on such activities, the Carmelites were able to find a way to work within the strictures of the colonial administration to profit from the statue’s symbolic value and succeed where others failed.

Philadelphia and the Makeshift Metropolis (Place X Promise=Philadelphia) – Tuesday, March 20, 11:00 am, Kiva Auditorium
Architect, urbanist and University of Pennsylvania’s Professor Witold Rybczynski shares ideas from his recent book Makeshift Metropolis and discusses them within the Philadelphia context. Traditional city planning has important lessons to offer, but after more than a century of big ideas that falter, Rybczynski argues, we’ve learned that cities may actually thrive best on a myriad of smaller ideas. Joining the discussion with Rybczynski is a distinguished panel (Paul Levy, President and CEO of the Center City District; Sandra Shea, Opinion Page Editor of the Philadelphia Daily News; and Temple Professor Carolyn Adams) who will ground the promise of urban place by introducing Philadelphia examples. A Symposium Program by the General Education Program and Temple University Libraries

Guest Lecture: Monica Amor, “Forms of Affect: Hélio Oiticica’s Parangolés.” – Tuesday, March 20, 11:30 am, Room B004
In 1964 Hélio Oiticica developed, in dialogue with his daily incursions into the shantytown of Mangueira in Rio de Janeiro, a series of works entitled Parangolés: capes, tents, and banners made of brightly colored plastic and cloth that also included photographs and text to be worn by participants in motion. These works not only clearly attacked traditional mediums, such as painting and sculpture, but also, under the aegis of phenomenology, ushered in a reflection on popular culture, public space, spectatorship, subjectivity, and affect that has proved to be one of the artist’s most complex and radical contributions to contemporary art.

Art History Practice Talk: Scott Gratson, “A Cultural Reappropriation of Trees: Albrecht Dürer’s Rendering of the Wild Forest Motif ”- Tuesday, March 20, 4:00, Room B083.
Scott Gratson will be presenting a paper at the “New Growth: Dialogues on the Tree” Art History Graduate Student Symposium at York University in Toronto at the end of this month.

Lecture: Peter Bohlin, Bohlin Cywinski Jackson, Philadelphia – Wednesday, March 21, 6 pm, Architecture Building Gallery
Peter Bohlin, founding design principal of Bohlin Cywinski Jackson grew up in New York and New England. Since childhood he has been deeply interested in the human circumstance and how architecture can enhance and elevate the experience of our surroundings. “We believe in an architecture that springs from the nature of circumstance…the nature of its place, whether natural or man-made-the tilt and warp of the land, the sun and wind, rain and snow, its attitude, its spirit, the marks of man on a place, a dense urban world or a landscape that reveals its geological past and vestiges of man’s hand…the nature of man-our senses, how we move, how we touch, our intellect and our emotions, our dreams, our memories, our past, our institutions…the nature of making, of materials-stone, wood, concrete, steel, aluminum, glass, plastic, fabric-each has its particular qualities. All materials have a kind of will – we are fascinated by the connection between the nature of materials, the places they quite naturally make and our use of these particular places. Buildings can reveal the nature of their making and their place.” Peter Bohlin holds a Bachelor of Architecture degree from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and a Master of Architecture degree from Cranbrook Academy of Art. A Fellow of the American Institute of Architects, Bohlin served as Chairman of the AIA Committee on Design from 1984 to 1985. Bohlin’s work first came to national attention in 1975 when Forest House, a summer house for his parents in West Cornwall, Connecticut, appeared on the cover of The New York Times Magazine. An early National Honor Award from the American Institute of Architects came in 1984 when the Shelly Ridge Girl Scout Center was recognized for its solar design strategies. The Shelly Ridge project was also the recipient of a grant for Commercial Passive Solar Demonstration from the United States Department of Energy. In 1989, Carnegie Mellon’s Software Engineering Institute was called the “soft machine” by James Russell, writing for Architectural Record: “…respectful of both place and program; there is a kind of architectural hum as aspects of its heterogeneous neighbors resonate throughout.” Paul Goldberger has described Peter Bohlin as a “romantic modernist, determined to use the form of modernism to achieve the emotional impact of traditionalism.” William Bruder in his introduction to Ledge House says, “It is architecture of its time that aspires to timelessness…It is a place where the magic of architecture inspires one to relax and dream what might be.” Of the house, the national AIA awards jury said, “a tour de force, a deeply American building.” Peter Bohlin has taught and lectured at many schools of architecture throughout the United States. A monograph on the firm, The Architecture of Bohlin Cyinski Jackson, was published by the AIA Press in 1994, and a second book, Ledge House, detailing the design and construction of that house, was released in 1999. Arcadian Architecture/12 Houses, a monograph on the firm’s residential work was published by Rizzoli in 2004. Grand Teton: A National Park Building, a book on the Craig Thomas Discovery and Visitor Center was published in 2009. A monograph on the firm’s work, The Nature of Circumstance, was published by Rizzoli in 2010. From a single office in a small city in northeastern Pennsylvania, the firm founded in 1965 by Peter Bohlin and Richard Powell has grown to five offices in Wilkes-Barre, Pittsburgh, Philadelphia, Seattle and San Francisco. In 1994, the firm received the AIA Architecture Firm Award. Bohlin and his partners and colleagues continue to work on a wide range of architectural projects, from houses to large buildings for universities, retail stores for Apple worldwide, public institutions including the new Seattle City Hall and cultural buildings such as the new visitor center in Grand Teton National Park. Peter Bohlin won the AIA Gold Medal in 2010. His firm BCJ has received over 500 awards since it was found until today.

Critical Dialogs: Carlos Vega – March 21, 6 pm, Room B-04
Carlos Vega’s multi-media work incorporates historic documents, quotidian written fragments and objects that he finds in flea markets from around the world. He collages these materials onto canvas and most recently into intricately engraved lead plates in an attempt to show the commonalities of our human condition. The cross-cultural references present in his work derive from his experiences living in Melilla, a former protectorate of Spain in North Africa where Catholics, Jews, Muslims and Hindus have co-existed for centuries. In 1988 he received a MFA at the Universidad Complutense of Madrid, and in 1990 he enrolled at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. His work has been exhibited regularly throughout the U.S. and Europe. Jack Shainman Gallery in New York began representing him in 2000. He will have a solo exhibition at the gallery in April 2012.

A Conversation with Bettye Collier-Thomas at the Blockson Collection – Thursday March 22, 2:00 pm, Paley Library

Join us for an annual Women’s History Month program at the Charles L. Blockson Afro-American Collection. This year’s program features Temple’s own Dr. Bettye Collier-Thomas. A professor in the Department of History and the former director of the Temple University Center for African American History and Culture, Collier-Thomas is also a Distinguished Lecturer for the Organization of American Historians. She is the founder and served as the first executive director of the Bethune Museum and Archives in Washington, D.C., the nation’s first museum and archives for African American women’s history. She is the author of the award-winning Jesus, Jobs, and Justice: African American Women and Religion (2010) and editor of Sisters in the Struggle: African American Women in the Civil Rights-Black Power Movement. She is currently a Public Policy Scholar at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, where she is working on a book-length history of African American women and politics.

Exhibitions

Temple Gallery: MFA Candidate Shows - Wednesday March 21 – Saturday March 24. Gallery is open Wed-Sat 11-6.
Brandon Dean
John Crowe
Erica Prince: Other Ways of Being
Bethany Pelle: Give the Cat a Name
Opening reception Friday, March 23, 6 – 9 pm

Stella Elkins Tyler Gallery/Tyler Lobby/Tyler Atrium/Student Lounge Gallery/Green Hallway: Annual Student Show
Opening Reception Wednesday, 10:30 am – 1 pm, Tyler Lobby

Cookie Jar & Java – Cookie Jar & Java is on hiatus. The next Cookie Jar & Java will be April 11.

See what‘s happening this week at Temple Rome! Visit the Temple Rome blog at artturome.blogspot.com.

Opportunities

Dean Stroker’s Open Office Hours – have an issue you want to discuss with the Dean? He’s holding open office hours on Tuesday at 1:45 pm.

Philadelphia Nonprofit and Government Career Fair – Tuesday, March 20th, 12:30 – 3:30pm

Saint Joseph’s University, Athletics Center in the Hagan Arena
*You must bring a copy of your resume for entrance into the Career Fair. All Temple University students and alumni are invited to attend the Philadelphia Nonprofit and Government Career Fair! At the Career Fair, you will have the opportunity to distribute your resume and speak with representatives from numerous organizations about internships and paid full-time jobs. If you have ever considered working for a nonprofit or governmental organization, this is your chance to make connections. For the list of participating organizations, click here

Part-Time and Summer Job Fair – Thursday, March 22, 12:00-4:00 pm, Student Center Atrium
See a list of registered employers here: http://templeuniv.experience.com/stu/cf_details?fhnd=5369

New internship opportunities this week:
Iris Creative Group – Intern – Graphic Designer/Illustrator
Please Touch Museum – Literacy Intern
These and more are available on the OwlNetwork. For instructions on how to log on, plus information about internships at Tyler, see http://tylerstudentlife.wordpress.com/internships/

Free Bus trip to Whitney Biennial – Saturday March 31
Bus leaves Tyler at 8:30 am and returns around 7:30 pm. Bus trip is free but admission to Whitney is $12 with Student ID. Open to ALL Temple students. At press time there were still tickets available. You must pick up your ticket in person (no tickets for your friends).

Residency opportunity, deadline March 23: Grin City Collective seeks talented college artists and writers for its 2012 Emerging Artist Residency. Open to undergraduate juniors and seniors at time of application with a strong background in writing, visual or performance art. Applicants from Iowa colleges and universities are given special consideration. Interested students can apply for either session as meets their schedule. You do not need to be an art major to apply. Selected resident artists/writers/performers receive: Free housing and food, a private area in a large studio space. Access to kiln, pottery wheel and woodshop can be arranged, final gallery show at the Grinnell Arts Center on July 12-August 3 (Session I) and August 16-September 7 (Session II), a $100 Stipend, and four week intensive individual and collaborative art practice Details/to apply: http://grincitycollective.org/applyemerging.html

Call for submissions: The Visual Anthropology Society at Temple would like to cordially invite you to participate in this spring’s Futures of Visual Anthropology Conference. The conference will be scheduled at the end of the Spring 2012 semester. More details to follow. The FVA conference will provide an opportunity for Temple graduate students, undergraduates, alumni and faculty to present and discuss completed films, multimedia projects, papers and posters, as well as cinematic works-in-progress in a positive atmosphere conducive to constructive criticism and discussion. We are currently accepting submissions at http://vastmosphere.wordpress.com/2012abstractsubmissionform/.

Call for entries, deadline March 26: LACDA 2012 International Juried Competition for digital art and photography. Entrants submit three JPEG files of original work. All styles of artwork and photography where digital processes of any kind were integral to the creation of the images are acceptable. The competition is international, open to all geographical locations. The selected winner receives 10 prints up to 44×60 inches on museum quality paper (approximately a $2,500-$3,000 value) to be shown in a solo exhibition in our main gallery. The show will be widely promoted and will include a reception for the artist. Special consideration will be given to all entrants for inclusion in future shows at LACDA. Many entrants from past competitions have been included in our exhibits. The artists reception will be in conjunction with the Downtown Art Walk which is attended by 20,000 gallery goers. Entry fee. For more information, visit http://lacda.com/juried/juriedshow.html.

Call for artists, deadline March 30: New Public Art Opportunity at Broad & South Streets, Philadelphia! The Philadelphia Redevelopment Authority’s (PRA) Percent for Art Program seeks images of recent work from artists who wish to be considered to create an original permanent work of public art at Dranoff Properties’ new development at Broad & South Streets in Philadelphia. This development, which sits at the intersection of two major urban and arts corridors, will be a new mixed-use building with 10,600 square feet of ground floor retail space and 85 residential rental units above. The mid-rise transit-oriented development is directly adjacent to an existing historic head house for the South Street station of the Broad Street Subway line. Construction of the LEED-registered development will begin in Summer 2012 and be complete in Summer 2013. More information at http://www.phila.gov/pra/PDFs/Call_For_Artists.pdf

Call for entries, deadline April 10: ArtLa.com is giving away $10,000, a MacBook Pro, and an exhibition at a major LA gallery in their Student Artist of the Year contest. No entry fee. Submit your artwork at: http://www.artla.com/

Call for entries, deadline April 20: Five Senses, One Community. Stimulate each of your senses through the passion of an artist. See what they draw, hear what they play, taste and smell what they create and allow this touching experience to let you savor the evening. The Collaborative and Art In Here is looking to showcase young Jewish artists from the Philadelphia region, and we want you to participate! The night’s mission is to simply explore a varied cross-section of young (20s/30s) Jewish talent from different backgrounds, and not necessarily focusing on Jewish-themed works. We invite artists to submit up to three works (including title, year, medium, dimensions, price), and a short statement describing your work to artinhere@gmail.com. All mediums are welcome! It is free to submit. If you are selected there is a participation fee of $20 per artist. We do not take commission on sales.

Call for entries, deadline May 1: West Collects. If you are an artist working in painting, drawing, sculpture, video, photography, or mixed media submit to the $300,000 collecting initiative West Collects. Free application at our website. The West Collection is a 3,000 work emerging contemporary collection located outside Philadelphia. See more at our website: http://westcollects.com. Prospectus : http://westcollects.com/westCollection/dirty_details

Deadlines

Tuesday, March 20: Last day to withdraw from a class.

Wednesday, March 21: Registration for summer classes begins.

Wednesday, March 28: Registration for fall classes begins.

Friday, March 30: Last day for graduating students to order tickets for Tyler’s commencement ceremony online: www.temple.edu/commencement/tickets

Out & About

Flamenco Master Class with Rosario Toledo – Monday, March 19, 11:20 am, Pearson Hall 2^nd floor Dance Studios FREE!

Stained Glass Mosaic Art Presentation – Tuesday, March 20, 7 pm, Temple Newman Center, 2129 N Broad FREE!
Learn about the beauty of making stained glass mosaics with a presentation from a Temple Alum. Workshop to follow next week.

PAFA Art at Lunch: Ruth St. Denis: The Woman and the Dance Behind the Painting – Wednesday, March 21, noon-1 pm, PAFA Historic Landmark Building, 118 N Broad St. FREE!
As a young woman, the New Jersey-born dancer and choreographer Ruth St. Denis (c.1877-1968) achieved international fame for her beautifully costumed solos, loosely inspired by the cultures of ancient Egypt and Greece. St. Denis later established a successful touring company, a major American dance festival, and influenced countless students—including Martha Graham. Robert Henri’s arresting portrait of St. Denis is the focus of this lunchtime talk by University of the Arts Professor Nancy Heller, examining the broader significance of both St. Denis and Henri’s painting.

Penn Humanities Forum: Elizabeth Wilson: Feminist Darwin – Wednesday, March 21, 5:00 pm, Rainey Auditorium, Penn Museum, 3260 South St. FREE!
Evolutionary theory has been invoked to support a range of social and political agendas, but it has rarely been seen as providing a useful framework for feminist approaches to gender and sexuality. In a provocative reading of the classic texts by Charles Darwin and Jean Baptiste Lamarck, Emory University feminist scholar Elizabeth Wilson argues that key evolutionary concepts like coadaptation and organic affinity may in fact hold immense value for contemporary feminist and queer thinking.

ICA Whenever Wednesday: Lecture: George Baker – Wednesday, March 21 6:30 pm, ICA, 118 S. 36^th St FREE!
Reflect on the life and work of artist Mike Kelley. George Baker, Associate Professor of Art History at UCLA and an editor of the journal October, will present his new paper,” Mike Kelley: Sublevel.”

Art Opening: Transcending History: Moving Beyond the Legacy of Slavery and the Holocaust – Wednesday, March 21, 5 – 8 pm, Rosen Hillel, 1441 Norris Street FREE!
Come to the opening of this new exhibit at Temple’s campus highlighting the agony, legacy, and even exploitation of African American slavery and victims of the Holocaust. You are invited to complementary food, wine, and schmoozing at the Rosen Hillel, just a few blocks from Tyler.

Adaptations Film Series – Le Million – Wednesday, March 21, 7:00pm, Ibrahim Theater @ International House, 3701 Chestnut Street FREE!
Le Million, René Clair (1931) Intro and Discussion: Carolyn Abbate, Music, Penn

Craft & Culture Lecture Series: Qualities of Life 2.0 – Thursday, March 22, 7 pm, Philadelphia Art Alliance, 251 S. 18th Street FREE!
Please join the Philadelphia Art Alliance for a presentation by members of the design collaborative PhillyWorks, who will be staging an invitational exhibition entitled Philadelphia Qualities of Life in the PAA galleries in the Fall of 2012. PhillyWorks Co-founders Will McHale and Alexandra Schmidt-Ullrich will lead the presentation, focusing on the themes and proposed entries for their exhibition.

A Conversation with Sarah Vowell, Author of Unfamiliar Fishes – Thursday, March 22, 7:30 pm, Free Library of Philadelphia, 1901 Vine Street FREE!
Cultural critic and public radio giant Sarah Vowell is a contributing editor for National Public Radio’s This American Life and the author of The Partly Cloudy Patriot, Take the Cannoli, and Assassination Vacation. Known for her witty and irreverent exposés of the glorious conundrums of United States history, Vowell examines the far-reaches of Western intervention in our 50th state in her new book, Unfamiliar Fishes. With an eye not just to power but to (as Vowell claims), “our favorite religion, capitalism, and our second-favorite religion, Christianity,” Unfamiliar Fishes teases the hypocrisy from our earliest interactions with Hawaii, featuring dour missionaries, incestuous royalty, sugar barons, and a much-too-merry monarch.

Art after Five: Orrin Evans – Friday, March 23, 5 – 8:45 pm, Philadelphia Museum of Art FREE!*
Orrin Evans has been recognized as one of the most distinctive and inventive pianist of his generation. Described by the New York Times as “a poised artist with an impressive template of ideas at his command,” he is at the forefront of the music scene. *The PMA is free to Tyler students with a Tyler Admission Card and your Owlcard. Download your copy of the Tyler Admission Card from the Links section of the Tyler Student Life Blog at http://tylerstudentlife.wordpress.com/

A Source of Light: A Musical Portrait – Sunday, March 25, 2 pm, PAFA, 118 N Broad St FREE!
Experience the drama and magic of Henry Tanner’s mystical paintings as the backdrop for an original performance by Opera North, Inc., Pennsylvania’s only African American opera company. Through arias, duets and love letters performed by the vocal artists of the opera company, the life and times of one of America’s greatest artists will be illuminated.

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Lectures & Artist Talks

Lecture: Adele Nelson, “Creating History: The Definition of Modernism at the Second São Paulo Bienal” – Monday, March 12, 4:30 pm, Room B-04
In the winter of 1953–54, Brazil was the site of the most comprehensive display of the history of modern art ever realized in South America. A monumental achievement for a newly democratic and developing nation, the second Bienal de São Paulo (São Paulo Biennial) included not only seminal works of European modernism, including Pablo Picasso’s Guernica (1937) and Piet Mondrian’s Broadway Boogie Woogie (1942–43), but also in-depth displays of recent geometric abstract art by artists of the Americas. Through analysis of the composition and installation of the biennial in architect Oscar Niemeyer’s open-plan buildings and comparison to the presentations at the postwar Venice Biennales, this lecture argues that the second Bienal created a paradigmatic account of the avant-garde artistic past and present that would prove transformative for the nascent practice of abstraction among Brazilian artists.

Lecture: Elizabeth Abel, Inscribing Race: The Graphic Signage of Jim Crow – Tuesday, March 13, 4:00 pm, CHAT Lounge, 10^th Floor, Gladfelter Hall
The Jim Crow signs that stretched across much of the United States for almost a century constitute this nation’s most obvious and overlooked inscription of race as a network of signs. This paper redirects attention from our obsession with the somatic signs of race to the graphic signs that were composed like human bodies of multiple signifiers that don’t coalesce in a single definition. As we re-encounter these signs through the camera’s lens that has preserved them for our scrutiny, we discover a complexly layered racial text that translates verbal into visual signs and a set of regional practices into a national conversation conducted in the language of the image.

Lecture: Vincent Feldman and the Abandoned City – Tuesday, March 13, 4:30 pm, Paley Library
Photographer Vincent Feldman has made a career of capturing the architectural ghosts of our city, the remainders of our built environment that have been rendered obsolete by the constant changes of the city and nation. His photography captures commercial, cultural and government buildings left vacant throughout Philadelphia. He has also worked on photography projects focusing on the built and natural environments of the Gulf Coast, the Ivy League schools and overseas, in Europe, Japan and China. Join photographer Vincent Feldman in conversation with Temple’s Ken Finkel, as they discuss Vincent’s artistic oeuvre around the abandoned city. City Abandoned: Charting the Loss of Civic Institutions in Philadelphia, Feldman’s first monograph, will be released by Paul Dry Books next Fall.

Critical Dialogs: David Humphrey – March 14, 6 pm, Room B-04
David Humphrey is a New York artist who has been showing his paintings and sculptures internationally since the 1980’s. Occasionally called a Pop Surrealist, his work hybridizes a variety of depiction schemes and idioms to make works charged with psycho-social content and narrative potential. Blind Handshake, an anthology of his art writing, was published last year and includes a wide variety of reviews, essays and curatorial statements. Humphrey has won the Rome Prize, a Guggenheim fellowship and a variety of grants including an NEA and the New York State Council for the Arts among others. Humphrey has exhibited at the McKee Gallery, and Sikkema Jenkins and co in New York, and is currently represented by Fredericks & Freiser, where he will be having an exhibition in the fall of 2012. He received his BFA from Maryland Institute College of Art (MICA), and a masters degree from NYU.

Art History Practice Talks – Thursday, March 15, 11:30 am, B-83
– Both Erin Downey and Rose May will be presenting their papers at the Renaissance Society of America Conference in Washington, DC, held March 22-24, 2012.
– Shana Cooperstein will be presenting her paper at the 2012 Midwest Art History Society Annual Conference in Wichita, Kansas, held March 29-31.
– Laura Turner Igoe will present her paper at “New Growth: Dialogues on the Tree,” an Art History Graduate Student Symposium at York University in Toronto on March 31st.

Lecture: Dr. Joan Marter, Distinguished Professor of Art History, Rutgers University, “The Women of Abstract Expressionism: Art, Critics, and Ethical Issues” – Thursday, March 15, 4 pm, room B-04
Dr. Joan Marter, a distinguished Temple alumna, is an internationally respected and widely-published art historian and curator. She is editor of Woman’s Art Journal and served as Editor-in-Chief of the Grove Encyclopedia of American Art. In 2011, Marter received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Women’s Caucus for Art at the College Art Association meetings. She has been a guest curator for 16 exhibitions and her show, Women and Abstract Expressionism, was honored by the International Association of Art Critics (AICA). This paper problematizes the received canon of Abstract Expressionism by presenting the critical reception of women artists from the 1950s to the present. As the organizer of the only exhibition devoted to these artists—Women and Abstract Expressionism—she will also consider some of the ethical problems in working as a guest curator. Joan was among the first to receive a B.A. in Art History from Temple University, graduating magna cum laude in 1968.

Lecture: Dr. Aleca Le Blanc, “Concrete and Steel: Art and Industry at Rio de Janeiro’s Museum of Modern Art” – Friday March 16^th, 4:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. Room B-04
In 1956, Niomar Moniz Sodré, the director of Rio de Janeiro’s Museu de Arte Moderna, installed an exhibition of Brazilian Concrete art in the halls of the National Steel Factory in the industrial city of Volta Redonda. This show featured paintings and sculptures of geometric abstraction by Grupo Frente, a collective of young Rio-based artists who were experimenting with the Concrete style. The coming together of the museum and Brazil’s first nationalized industry with the aim of exhibiting Rio’s most vanguard contemporary art – all compelling symbols of the modernization of the country – provokes many questions about why such alliances were forged between art and industry. Despite these seemingly overt connections, the historiography of the period tends to divorce Brazilian art from contemporaneous politics and has focused on formalist readings of the artworks. This paper argues for the works’ relevance in expanding our understanding of significant political and cultural changes that were underway in Rio de Janeiro at mid-century. Furthermore, it demonstrates how Moniz Sodré’s many initiatives at the museum embodied developmentalist ideology and a changing sense of nationalism, making the Museu de Arte Moderna emblematic of the period.

Exhibitions

Temple Gallery – Closed till March 21 while we get ready for MFA shows this spring.
CofFREE Mondays: There will be no CofFREE Mondays during the spring.
Stella Elkins Tyler Gallery: Closed for installation of annual show

Cookie Jar & Java – Cookie Jar & Java is on hiatus. The next Cookie Jar & Java will be April 11.

See what‘s happening this week at Temple Rome! Visit the Temple Rome blog at artturome.blogspot.com.

Opportunities

Free Bus trip to Whitney Biennial – Saturday March 31
Bus leaves Tyler at 8:30 am and returns around 7:30 pm. Bus trip is free but admission to Whitney is $12 with Student ID. Open to ALL Temple students. Pick up a free ticket from Student Life beginning 9:30 am Wednesday, March14, first come/first served. You must pick up your ticket in person (no tickets for your friends).

Mock Interviews at the Career Center – Wednesday, March 14
Mock Interviews are offered to help you practice your interviewing skills. 30 minute practice interviews are conducted by employers and professional staff to allow students an opportunity to try out their interviewing skills and receive constructive feedback on how they might improve. Prior sign-up is required. Details at http://www.temple.edu/provost/careercenter/Students/MockInterview.html

City Year, an AmeriCorp Program, and the Peace Corp will be on Temple University’s Campus March 14 in Tuttleman 405A, 4:00 or 5:00 PM for an information session. City Year unites young people of all backgrounds for a year of full-time service, giving them the skills and opportunities to change the world. In communities across the United States and through two international affiliates, these diverse young leaders help get students back on track to graduation by working to improve their attendance, behavior and course performance. Attend City Year Greater Philadelphia’s next On-Campus Information Session to get an inside peek into City Year and to learn how you can help students and schools succeed. Hear from corps members about what it’s like to serve in Philadelphia. The FINAL deadline for the 2012-2013 program year is April 30, 2012. Apply online at cityyear.org/applynow.

Opportunity for art sales or commissions: Want your art to become part of Temple’s on-campus legacy? Madison Art Consulting is part of a team that’s working to rehab one of the residence halls, and we want Temple artists to play a huge part in the new look. We’re looking for artists in several genres. Please send your submission to nicole@madisonartconsulting.com by NOON on Tuesday, March 13th. 1) Sculpture: particuarly large-scale outdoor art, and also installation art that can be hung from the ceiling. Both of the sculptures will be custom commissions, so please include images of your past work, tell us what mediums you can work in, and include measurements (height, width and depth). 2) Two-dimensional art that is available as a hi-res jpeg. Please let us know the maximum printable size of the jpeg. 3) Mural or mosaic artists (indoor AND outdoor installation). We’d like to feature Temple pride (the “T” logo, the Owl, etc), so the mural/mosaic will be custom for the space. Please include images of your past work, and tell us what mediums you can work in. Budget will be very tight for this project – of you’re able to donate any or all of the artwork, please include that information in your email. Keep in mind that becoming a part of this stepping stone building, and part of the fabric of Temple’s growth, will be priceless.

Are you interested in your work being exhibited with the opportunity to sell? Kathy Wickline Casting is extending an invitation to feature your photography portfolio in our new office. We are looking for the following: Black & white Photography series of 4-7 images. Preferably architectural images of the city of Philadelphia. Images must be already matted and framed. Opportunity to have them sold, we would have your information available to prospective buyers. We are ONLY accepting online portfolio links at info@wicklinecasting.com

Full time job opening – Interested in Fashion Photography? Deb Shops is looking for a full-time photographer to be placed as soon as possible. This position is responsible for all web shots daily, including the selection and minor editing, all flat shots, as well as the creative for all social media, home pages, etc. Send your resume and compact portfolio to JShank@debshops.com

Local author looking for a book illustrator: Marilynn Sambrano, a local author, is looking for someone to illustrate the cover of a book she is currently shopping to publishers. If you are interested, email msambrano702@comcast.net for specific details.

Another gig opportunity: Potential job painting the mural for Victory Beer’s new location in South Philadelphia. It’s 46′ long and will be painted on concrete. Those interested in the job should respond to: Jake Miller, Entertainment Consulting International, LLC, 601 East Pratt Street 5th Floor, Baltimore, MD 21202, 410-246-2275.

Internship opportunity: The John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art in Sarasota, Florida will be offering six paid internships to be held for ten weeks, from May 21- July 27, 2012. The Ringling is part of Florida State University and serves as the State Art Museum of Florida. Located on a 66-acre site overlooking Sarasota Bay, it consists of an art museum, circus museum, historic home, theater and research library. Summer internships at the Ringling combine practical, hands-on experience working on a project for a specific department with exposure to all aspects of the museum’s operation. The internships are in the following departments: Collections Management, Curatorial (Modern and Contemporary Art), Education, Library, Marketing and Communications. Interns earn $11.25 per hour (less taxes) and are paid bi-weekly. Interns are responsible for their own housing (the Museum will assist with locating nearby rentals). Candidates must be graduating seniors or current graduate students. International students must have a current US Visa and be eligible to work in the US. The positions require fingerprinting. The Museum encourages students from all backgrounds to apply and is committed to a culturally diverse group. Application materials can be found on the Museum’s website: http://www.ringling.org/Opportunities.aspx

Internship Opportunity: 2012-2013 McDermott Internship Program, the Dallas Museum of Art’s paid internship program made possible by the Eugene McDermott Education Fund. The McDermott Internship provides those with a BA or MA degree in art, art history, museum studies, and related fields the chance to explore the possibilities of a museum career. Eight internship positions are available, four each within the Curatorial and Education Divisions. Interns work closely with staff throughout the Museum and are given considerable responsibility during their tenure, allowing them the opportunity to gain an in-depth perspective on museum work, from programming to exhibitions and beyond. Interested? Download the 2012-2013 McDermott Internship Application Form on our website at www.dallasmuseumofart.org/internship. Note that applications must be postmarked by March 16, 2012.

Main Line Art Center’s Summer 2012 Teaching Artist Apprenticeship Program. Check out this great opportunity for aspiring young artists and educators in our community. For more information: http://www.mainlineart.org/employment_detail.php?id=48

More internships opportunities available through the Career Center:
-Alteva – Graphic Design Internship
-Blinds To Go – FaME: Fast Track Management Trainee
-Brian Communications – Internship
-DMG Marketing – Assistant Account Manager
-Domus, Inc – Business Development Internship
-Fox Run USA, LLC – Graphic Artist Internship
-Frog Tutoring – Tutor
-Harith Productions, Ltd – Marketing/Communications/Meeting Planning Administrative Assistant
-Lil Bowtique – Marketing Consultant
-MATCH Charter Public High School – MATCH Corps: Urban Education Fellowship Year in Boston
-Mission Incorporated – Marketing & Events Internship
-National Specialty Publications – Inside Advertising Sales
-Night Kitchen Interactive – Summer 2012 Interactive Design Internship
-Perkiomen Pines Day Camp – Camp Counselor
-Resources for Human Development – Graphic Design Internship & Internal Communications Internship
For more information about how to log onto the OwlNetwork: http://tylerstudentlife.wordpress.com/internships/

Unpaid internships are often listed on the Tyler Activities Facebook page. Like that page to get this information in your Facebook feed: http://www.facebook.com/TylerActivities.

Local project opportunity: The “Stations of the Cross” project in Philadelphia’s nearby Kensington neighborhood is trying start a tradition involving artists and people in the community that appeals both to the secular and religious communities. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FeHThACHHOM&feature=youtu.be For more information and to sign up: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/viewform?formkey=dG1XRWh2MEtkaFh1VEY1d0ZDS0c1aVE6MQ#gid=0

Residency opportunity, deadline March 15: 1 to 3 mo. (Jul-Dec) to step away from daily obligations, concentrate on work in Ménerbes, France. No fee/10 (CD or DVD if time-based), Fellowship includes private bedroom, bath, studio, round trip travel expenses, grant. Details at http://www.mfah.org/fellowships/fellowship/

Residency opportunity, deadline April 1: Kohler 2013 Arts/Industry Residency Program. Apply for the Arts Center’s world-renowned Arts/Industry residency program! Up to sixteen exceptional artists from around the world are chosen each year for two- to six-month residencies that give them access to the pottery or iron/brass foundry and enamel shop in Kohler Co.’s Kohler, Wisconsin, plant. Details at http://www.jmkac.info/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=53&Itemid=60&utm_source=Call+for+Artists+2.29.12&utm_campaign=Call3_1_12&utm_medium=email

Residency opportunity, deadline April 1: 2013 Corning/Kohler Collaborative Residency. The Studio of The Corning Museum of Glass and the Arts Center have partnered to offer one residency annually to an artist who desires to combine her/his current work in glass with either slip-cast vitreous china or cast iron and brass. The chosen finalist will spend one month at the Corning Museum Studio and two to four months in Kohler Co.’s foundry or pottery. Details at http://www.jmkac.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=265&Itemid=313&utm_source=Call+for+Artists+2.29.12&utm_campaign=Call3_1_12&utm_medium=email

Residency opportunity, deadline April 1: 1-yr to work and show at Manifest Art Center, Cincinnati, Ohio. $30/12 (CD/DVD or email to show@manifestgallery.org), appl, résumé, etc. Use of 500 sq ft studio, free drawing studio membership, submission to Manifest shows, etc. Details at http://www.manifestgallery.org/mar/

Study Abroad opportunity: Painting in China, May 24 – June 23, 2012. The School of Art and Design at West Virginia University is proud to announce its international painting study in China. This program will provide an opportunity for students to study landscape painting in Chinese Ink style in Nanjing and Tangka (scroll painting in Tibetan) in Tongren with extensive traveling to major historical and artistic sites throughout China. Details and costs at http://artanddesign.wvu.edu/international_programs/painting_in_china.

International workshop opportunity, deadline March 30: workshop in Italy held in English. Workshop Jul 2 – 25 approaching concepts of freedom and sharing spaces, thoughts and actions. No fee, workshop is free but travel and housing expenses are not covered. Details at http://www.fondazioneratti.org/news/91/open_call_-_xviii_advanced_course_in_visual_arts_-_liliana_moro

Call for entries, deadline March 15: Towson University in Baltimore is accepting work for Bridges 2012, an exhibition of 2D and 3D mathematical art. The website will help you with all the details: http://bridgesmathart.org/bridges-2012/2012-art-exhibition/.

Call for entries, deadline March 16: Juried exhibition of “works of devious nature.” $30/3 (CDor email), Ides of March, Desotorow Gallery. Details at http://desotorow.org/?p=693

Call for entries, deadline March 24: International juried show of work by artists and designers using recycled or discarded materials, theme: “No Waste – less consumption”. No fee/4 (CD or email, up to 3 views of ea.), statement of why piece appropriate, list, bio. Prospectus: http://www.fibreartsdesign.com/gallery/downloads/prospectus_waste_not.pdf

Call for entries, deadline March 26: Exhibit of work using the idea of “home” as a source of inspiration. No fee/images (CD or photos), proposal, statement, list résumé. There is no place like home: details at http://andromeda.rutgers.edu/artgallery/opportunities/index.html

Call for entries, deadline March 31: Create, preferably interactive, mobile installation transforming interior of 7.5 x7.5×16′ PODS container, to travel around Lexington, KY area stopping in public parks and schools. No fee/10 (CD/DVD), description/proposal, image list, etc. Details at http://www.lexingtonartleague.org/calltoartist.htm#mobile

Call for entries, deadline March 31: Exhibit of work relating to time. $38/3 (on line). Jury: William Moreno, curator, writer, gallerist. Random Acts of Time, details at http://www.occca.org/exhibition-images/2012/5-Random_Acts_of_Time/Random_Acts_of_Time-prospectus-2012.pdf

Call for entries, deadline April 1: International Invitational Salon of Small Works in Kutztown, PA. Invitational, small works (<200 sq. in.) demonstrating dedication to contriving of body of work. No fee/5 (sl, photos or CD), call or email for prospectus. Booklet of show. Artists wishing to be considered should send a one-paged typed statement about the work, 10 slides, photo copies or CD of their work and a SASE for return to: Exhibitions, New Arts Program, POB 82, Kutztown, PA 19530, or email at info@napconnection.com

Call for entries, deadline April 1: Kol Ami Fine Arts Craft Show in October 2012 in Elkins Park. Details at http://tinyurl.com/7ld7drq, application at http://tinyurl.com/6n6jeex

Call for entries, deadline April 13: The Woodmere Museum has a call for entries for its 71st Annual Juried Exhibition. Applicants must live in the Philly metro area within 50 miles of the museum. Visit the call for entries page for all the submission guidelines. Entry fee, $12. Details at: http://www.woodmereartmuseum.org/juried.html

Deadlines

Tuesday, March 20: Last day to withdraw from a class.

Wednesday, March 21: Registration for summer classes begins.

Wednesday, March 28: Registration for fall classes begins.

Friday, March 30: Last day for graduating students to order tickets for Tyler’s commencement ceremony online: www.temple.edu/commencement/tickets

Out & About

Master’s Recital: Chelsea Tamte-Horan, conductor, Recital Chorus – Monday, March 12, 8:30 pm, Rock Hall FREE!

Public Conversation: Huang Rui and Ko Siu Lan in dialogue, moderated by Aaron Levy – Tuesday, March 13, 6:00-8:00pm, Sweeten Alumni House, 3533 Locust Walk. FREE!
Possible topics of conversation include Huang Rui’s activities following the Cultural Revolution and specifically as co-founder of the Stars Group in 1979, as well as Ko Siu Lan’s engagement with and inheritance of the work of a preceding generation. Huang Rui was born in 1952 in Beijing, China, and is regarded as one of the founding members of China’s contemporary art movement. Beginning in 1978, Huang co-published the literary journal Today, with writers and activists Bei Dao and Mang Ke. Although the influential magazine only lasted three years, the journal was considered one of the most radical publications in circulation after the Cultural Revolution. Huang Rui received some formal art education at the Beijing Worker’s Cultural Center in 1979 before founding The Stars Group, with Ma Desheng the same year. The Stars were one of the first publicly active art collectives to protest governmental censorship after the Cultural Revolution. Before taking part in the ground-breaking 1979 Stars exhibition outside the China Arts Gallery (now the National Art Museum of China), Huang participated in a number of secret art shows held at private homes. Often these impromptu exhibitions would spark considerable debate over issues such as artistic freedom and Western art trends. The artists who participated in these debates included Ai Weiwei, Bo Yun, Li Shuang, Ma Desheng, Mao Lizi, Qu Leilei, Shao Fei, Wang Keping, Yan Li, Yang Yiping, and Zhong Acheng. More recently, beginning in the early 1980s and into the present, Huang Rui has explored the I-Ching (Book of Changes), interpreting the divinatory symbols in a variety of visual forms and through a diverse body of works, some of which will be foregrounded in the installation at Slought Foundation. Huang left China in 1984 for Japan, but returned in 1992 hoping for greater freedom. Under government pressure he left again in 1994. In 2001 he was allowed to return to China with relative freedom. From 2004 to 2006, Huang Rui was intimately involved in the effort to save the 798 Factory from demolition and preserve it as an art district. He has since endeavored to preserve other threatened art districts in 2009 and 2010. Ko Siu Lan was born in 1977 in Xiamen, China, and grew up in Hong Kong. She holds an MPhil in Sociology and worked for NGOs in China until 2007. She works in performance, installation, and other cross-medium projects. After completing the prestigious Program LaSeine of Ecole Nationale Superieure des Beaux-Arts of Paris in 2009, she is now based in Beijing and Toronto. The reinvention of everyday ready words and slogans are often at the center of her art process. One example is her controversial public installation exhibited on the faade of the Ecole Nationale Suprieure des Beaux-Arts in Paris. Inspired by the French president Nicolas Sarkozy’s slogan, it consisted of two banners with four words ‘Gagner’ (earn) ‘Travailler’ (work) ‘Plus’ (more) ‘Moins’ (less). Depending on the viewers’ position (space) and movement, different sentences and meanings could be derived. More recently, her solo exhibition in Beijing entitled Don’t Think Too Much consisted of words created with suspended T5 lights on a support steel substructure. The floating words and their connotation contribute to an environment of nostalgia and fear. Ko Siu Lan’s works reflect on the control of body and mind in public space and architecture. Some of her performance works deal with the politics of memory and forgetting as well, and include Memory of Air (2006), in which she writes in the air ’6′ ’4′ amidst a bustling Hong Kong marketplace.

Doctoral Chamber Music Recital: Hannah Yu, piano – Tuesday, March 13, 7:30 pm, Rock Hall FREE!

PAFA Art at Lunch: Ensemble: Albert C. Barnes and the Experiment in Education – Wednesday, March 14, noon-1 pm, PAFA Historic Landmark Building, 118 N Broad St. FREE!
In advance of the Barnes Foundation moving into downtown Philadelphia, this talk introduces the collecting, display, and educational practices of Albert C. Barnes, who assembled one of the world’s most important holdings of post-impressionist and early modern art. Judith F. Dolkart, Chief Curator of the Barnes Foundation, presents an inside look at the collection of the Barnes Foundation in this illustrated talk.

Penn Humanities Forum: David Nirenberg, Scriptural Conflict, Scriptural Change: Judaism, Christianity, and Islam – Wednesday, March 14, 5:00 pm, Rainey Auditorium, Penn Museum, 3260 South St. FREE!
Inter-religious conflict is once again at the center of the geopolitical stage. What is the role of scripture in such conflict? Do the respective claims of the Jewish, Christian, and Islamic holy texts contribute to the violence between the various communities that read them? Or do they provide a basis for solidarity between the three “Abrahamic” religions? David Nirenberg considers how the Qur’an, the New Testament, and the Torah have been read at various moments in history—including our own—in order to suggest a new approach to the scriptural politics of conflict among the “Peoples of the Book.” David Nirenberg is a historian of the medieval period; his research focuses on Muslims, Jews, and Christians in Europe and the Mediterranean. Dr. Nirenberg studies interactions among the three groups in Spain and France, and explores how “Judaism,” “Christianity,” and “Islam” figure in each other’s thought about the nature of language and the world. His first book, Communities of Violence: Persecution of Minorities in the Middle Ages (1998), has been translated into Spanish and French and has received many awards, including the American Historical Association’s Herbert Baxter Adams Prize and the Medieval Academy of America’s John Nicholas Brown Prize. Engaged in long-term thematic projects on capacious and innovative topics such as love and poison, Dr. Nirenberg’s work investigates historical imaginings of the limits and possibilities of community. A new book, The Figure of the Jew: From Ancient Egypt to the Present, is forthcoming from W. W. Norton.

ICA Whenever Wednesday: Opening Celebration First Among Equals – Wednesday, March 14 6:30 pm, ICA, 118 S. 36^th St FREE!
Celebrate First Among Equals with a DJ set by Wendy Yao of Ooga Booga (Los Angeles), a performative sculpture by Kathryn Andrews, complimentary La Colombe coffee, and a cash bar. The evening begins with an exhibition walkthrough with participating artists and curators Alex Klein and Kate Kraczon.

2012 Ernesta Drinker Ballard Book Prize – Thursday, March 15, 5:30pm – 8:00pm, Moore College of Art & Design, 1916 Race Street, FREE!
Join WOMEN’S WAY for the 2012 Ernesta Drinker Ballard Book Prize honoring Big Girls Don’t Cry: The Election that Changed Everything for American Women by Rebecca Traister. Please join us for this important public dialogue about women and elected office, hosted by Tamala Edwards, morning anchor for 6abc news.

Meetup: “Startups for Creatives” – Thursday, March 15, 6 pm
The program is intended entirely for designers and features a panel of creatives currently working in startups around the region sharing their stories and guidance. More details and RSVP are located at: http://www.meetup.com/philly-tech/events/54473282/?a=ea1_grp&rv=ea1

Art after Five: Cyro Baptista – Friday, February 10, 5 – 8:45 pm, Philadelphia Museum of Art FREE!*
Since arriving in the United States in 1980 from Brazil, Cyro Baptista has emerged as one of the premier percussionists in the country. With Beat the Donkey, his percussion and dance ensemble, Baptista mixes music, humor, and theatricality with instruments from Brazil, the Middle East, Indonesia, Africa, and the U.S. *The PMA is free to Tyler students with a Tyler Admission Card and your Owlcard. Download your copy of the Tyler Admission Card from the Links section of the Tyler Student Life Blog at http://tylerstudentlife.wordpress.com/

Live Performances: I-Ching by Huang Rui and Love Me If You Can by Ko Siu Lan – Friday, March 16, 6:00-8:30pm, Slought Foundation 4017 Walnut Street FREE!
I-Ching by Huang Rui and Love Me If You Can by Ko Siu Lan will be performed outside by the artists directly across from Slought Foundation, together with students from the Penn MFA Fine Arts Program and the attending public. In the early 1980s, Huang Rui began exploring the I-Ching (Book of Changes) – a set of divination systems created in the Zhou Dynasty. During the interactive performance art piece I-Ching, Huang Rui will invite 64 volunteers to participate for 64 minutes. Love Me If You Can is a new work by Ko Siu Lan that will also engage the audience. At once a performance and an action, it will explore and question the dichotomies and boundaries between public/private and collective/individual.

St. Patrick’s Day Party – Friday, March 16, 7 pm, Moore College of Art, 20^th & the Parkway FREE!
The new Programming Board at Moore College of Art and Design cordially invites Tyler School of Art to join in Moore’s St. Patrick’s Day Event. There will be free pizza, music and fun!

Sonic Arts Union: Hardware Hacking Workshop with Nicolas Collins – Saturday, March 17, 2 – 4 pm, Ibrahim Theater at International House, 3701 Chestnut St FREE!
Composer, musician and professor Nicolas Collins leads a workshop in “hardware hacking.” Assuming no technical background whatsoever, these workshops guide the participants through a series of sound-producing electronic construction projects, from making simple contact microphones, through “bending” toys, to making oscillators and other circuits from scratch. The curriculum is drawn from Collins’ book, Handmade Electronic Music—The Art of Hardware Hacking.

For Monday, February 27, 2012

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Lectures & Artist Talks

The Business of Being and Artist: On building an Artist’s website, self-marketing techniques and some quick tips on writing grant proposals – Monday, February 27, 6 pm, Room B04
1. Recent Tyler graduate Will Haughery shows his website and will talk briefly about how it has been a positive tool for him. 2. Senior Lucas Ballasy shares how his blogs/website and self-marketing has helped his art/music career. 3. GAID Prof. Dermot Maccormack gives a tutorial on purchasing domain names, finding domain hosts and websites designed specifically for Artist portfolios. 4. Foundation Prof. Gerard Brown will give quick tips on writing grant proposals. (Pizza and beverages first come first served).

Visiting Artist: Leah Macdonald – Tuesday, February 28, 12:30 – 4:30 pm, Painting Studio 300J
Leah MacDonald will be doing an encaustic with photography workshop and slide presentation. All are welcome to attend. Sponsored by the Photography Department and made possible through the use of GAF funds.

Film Screening and Director’s Talk: The City Dark – Tuesday, February 28, 2:30 pm, Paley Library
Join us to watch The City Dark, filmmaker Ian Cheney’s exploration of how we, as dwellers of contemporary cities, relate to the night sky. After moving to light-polluted New York City from rural Maine, he asks: “Do we need the dark?” Exploring the threat of killer asteroids in Hawai’i, tracking hatching turtles along the Florida coast, and rescuing injured birds on Chicago streets, Cheney unravels the myriad implications of a globe glittering with lights. After the film, enjoy refreshments and a participate in a panel with Cheney and Temple faculty members Barry Vacker and Paul Swann of Film and Media Arts.

Artist Talk: Andrew Martin – Wednesday, February 29, 9:30 am, Ceramics Studio
Andrew Martin currently lives in the Netherlands and earned his BFA from the Kansas City Art Institute and his MFA from Alfred University in New York. He has been a resident at the Archie Bray Foundation, Arts-Industry Program at the Kohler Company, and was awarded two Artist Fellowship Grants from the National Endowment for the Arts. He has taught over 70 workshops across the US and Canada, exhibited nationally and internationally, written essays and articles for American Ceramics and Ceramics Monthly. He has been a moderator, demonstrator, and presenter at the annual conference of The National Council of Education in the Ceramic Arts (NCECA) and “Utilitarian Clay–Celebrate the Object” at Arrowmont School of Crafts. His book, “The Essential Guide to Mold Making and Slip Casting” has become the standard text on the subject. Made possible through the use of GAF funds.

Critical Dialogs: Robert Bordo – Wednesday, February 29 6 pm, Room B-04
The paintings of Robert Bordo hover at the edge of abstraction and representation. His paintings could be called landscapes, but only if considered beyond the conventional definition of the word. The combination of silent spaces and named places further narratives – depicting a kind of edge-land, both literal and metaphorical, where there is an unsettling slippage between the external and the internal, illusion and actuality. Bordo lives and works in New York, He is represented by Alexander and Bonin in New York, where he has been the subject of 4 solo shows since 1999. Bordo has collaborated with the choreographer Mark Morris in designing sets and costumes, most notably: “Dido and Aeneas” (performed in 1989 in Brussels and in 1998 at the Brooklyn Academy of Music.) Bordo has also exhibited with Rene Blouin, Montreal, Mummery and Schnelle, London and the Rubicon Gallery in Dublin in 2007 for which an accompanying catalogue with an essay by Aidan Dunne was published. He has been a recipient of prestigious awards and fellowships including the Solomon R. Guggenheim, Tesuque, Canada Council, MacDowell Colony and the Ballinglen Foundation. An illustrated conversation between Robert Bordo and Steve di Benedetto was published in the London based painting journal: Turps Banana in 2010. Bordo is on the full-time faculty of the Cooper Union School of Art where he leads the painting program. He has also taught at Bard MFA as a visiting artist during †he summer of 2011. His next one-person show will take place at Alexander and Bonin in 2012.

Lecture: Nora Newcombe, The Development of Spatial Representation and Reasoning – Thursday, March 1, 12:30 pm, CHAT Lounge, 10^th Floor, Gladfelter Hall.

Exhibitions

BFA Shows
Glynne Temple, Painting
Cara Taggersell, Glass
Greg Fuguet, Sculpture

Student Lounge Gallery:
Andrew Souders, Painting

BFA Receptions are Friday, March 2, 6-9 pm

Cookie Jar & Java – Wednesday, February 29 outside the Stella Elkins Tyler Gallery at 11 am: free cookies and coffee while you see the artwork in the downstairs galleries! This week, in honor of the Girl Scout’s 100^th birthday, will be Girl Scout Cookie Week (remember, first come, first served!). Cookie Jar & Java will going on hiatus after this week for spring break and the Annual Show (don’t worry—there are 2 receptions planned for the annual show). The next Cookie Jar & Java will be April 11.

“Oh You Fancy, Huh?” - Fibers students will be selling handmade accessories on Wednesday, February 29^th from 11 am to 1 pm in the Tyler School of Art lobby. Items include accessories such as scarves, handbands, bracelets, wallets, keychains, etc. Yarn will also be for sale. All proceeds go towards these four students’ BFA Thesis show, “Oh You Fancy, Huh?” which opens on April 6th at Always By Design Gallery. Come help us out and get fancy!

Open Studio, Fibers and Material Studies Area – Saturday, March 3, 10:30am-4:00pm
For FiberPhiladelphia Opening Weekend, the Tyler Fibers Studio will open! Visitors will see the Fibers and Material Studies studio which includes loom, off loom, dye, screen printing, sewing, toxic process, and digital printing on fabric areas. Elizabeth Hamilton, Samantha Jones, and Ashley Rodriguez Reed, Fibers and Material Studies MFA candidates, will be in their studios preparing work for their Spring 2012 thesis exhibitions.

Architecture Lobby: Selected Works of WRT Design
An exhibit of current projects by the Philadelphia office of WRT Design, a national collaborative design practice of planners, urban designers, landscape architects and architects will be in the Entry Gallery in the new Architecture Building, 2001 N. 13th Street. The exhibit will run from March 1 through March 29.

See what‘s happening this week at Temple Rome! Visit the Temple Rome blog at artturome.blogspot.com.

Opportunities

Have you lost something? The Lost and Found has now been moved from the information desk to the Admissions Office, open from 8:30am to 5pm every weekday. We have lost sets of keys, ID cards, phones, etc. So if you think you have lost something, come and find it!

Career Center Panel: Government and Public Policy Internships – Tuesday, February 28, 12:30 pm, 821 Anderson Hall
Learn about government and campaign internship opportunities from students who participated in the Pennsylvania Capital Semester, internship supervisors, department faculty, career advisors, and more!

Career Center Workshop: Internship Strategies – Tuesday, February 28, 3:30 pm, 220 Mitten Hall
Discover resources to help you identify internship opportunities and strategies to help you in your internship search

Ceramic artist and moldmaker Andrew Martin Andrew will be doing an afternoon workshop on Wednesday, February 29, 2:00-4:30 and a morning and afternoon workshop on Thursday, March 1, from 9:30-12:30 and 2:00-4:30 in the Ceramics Studio. Worshops are open to everyone. The workshops explore an intuitive yet practical approach to working with molds beyond the repetition of forms. The investigation is open-ended. We will alter castings, make sprigs, collage cast elements, and learn about the value of technical failures. Our exploration will be within an intimate scale. We don’t look for “answers” but for notions to investigate further.

It’s FiberPhiladelphia!
*Opening Reception and Lecture: Elissa Auther, Fiber in the 21st Century Art World – Friday, March 2, 2:30 pm, Moore College of Art & Design, 20^th & the Parkway
Preregister here: http://fiberphiladelphia.eventbrite.com/?ref=ebtn
Elissa Auther will discuss the explosion of fiber and fiber-based practices in contemporary art and everyday life. The 21st century has witnessed a tremendous increase in the visibility of fiber in art, a rise related to the broader currency of craft within the context of DIY and artisan movements, among other social, political, and cultural forces. In this talk, Auther discusses this terrain, with an emphasis on the unique role fiber has played in the expansion of artistic practice today.
*FiberPhiladelphia Bus Loop – On Saturday March 3, shuttle busses will run a Philadelphia galleries tour. Tickets cost $20 + $2.09 processing fee.
At 10am shuttle buses will begin the loop at 18th & Rittenhouse Square and will continue the gallery circuit until 5:30pm. Ticket holders may hop on and off the buses all day. Volunteers will be at the stops and on the buses to help coordinate. At 5:30 the bus service will end at the Crane Arts Building for the opening receptions of Outside/Inside the Box and Distinguished Educators. Taxis will be available after those receptions. Get a ticket at http://www.eventbrite.com/event/2840001521?ref=ebtn
*Launch at Space 102 – Reception Saturday, March 3, 5 – 8 pm Crane Arts Space 102, 1400 American St
*FiberPhiladelphia’s Volunteer Showcase, including many Tyler students!
Full List of FiberPhiladelphia events at http://www.fiberphiladelphia.org/fiberphiladelphia_exhibitions_2012

Upcoming symposium: “Faith, Identity, and History: Representations of Christianity in Modern and Contemporary African American Art” – Friday-Saturday March 23-24.
Presented by the Association of Scholars of Christianity in the History of Art (ASCHA), dedicated to the facilitation and promotion of scholarship which examines the historical and contemporary relationship between Christianity and the visual arts. For symposium schedule and registration visit http://christianityhistoryart.org/PHL2012.html

Residency Opportunity, proposal due June 29: The Marlin and Regina Miller Art Gallery at Kutztown University of Pennsylvania requests proposals from artists, craftspersons, and designers for the production of an original, temporary, site-specific installation for our exhibition space. The artwork will remain on view from February 7 – March 17, 2013. The selected artist (or artist team) will be awarded $7,500. The award must cover all material and labor costs associated with the production of the work, all incidental costs, meals, and all artist fees and honoraria. The university will provide $2,500 stipend for travel and housing one block from the gallery (Main Street Inn) for one artist — all remaining housing costs for additional artists and/or support personnel must be covered from the $7,500 award. A group of Kutztown University students will be available to assist with the physical production of the selected proposal. More info/details at http://www.kutztown.edu/acad/artgallery/residency.html

Interested in being a curator? Application deadline April 6: Independent Curators International is offering an intensive course called Contemporary Curatorial Practice from July 8 – 17 2012 in New York. It costs $1,900 but there are generous scholarships available to four participants. They are looking for outside the box thinking, all you DIY curators. More information at http://curatorsintl.org/intensive/contemporary_curatorial_practice.

Call for papers, deadline March 8: Third International Conference On The Image, 14-16 September 2012, Higher School of the Humanities and Journalism, Poznan, Poland. SPECIAL THEME: ‘The Thread to the Unknown’: Is the Unknown a construct? Can we actually construct the Unknown, and if so how do we do it? This conference aims to explore the boundaries of language, culture, scientific research, artistic production and images in relation to the Unknown, in order to think about the limits of science and the future of human society. The deadline for the next round in the call for papers (a title and short abstract) is 8 March 2012. Future deadlines will be announced on the conference website after this date. Proposals are reviewed within two weeks of submission. Full details of the conference, including an online proposal submission form, may be found on the conference website at http://ontheimage.com/conference.

Call for Artists, ongoing: Prelude Gallery has announced a call for artists. Artists must be enrolled at a college/university within the past 12 months. Visit http://www.preludegallery.com/callforart for further details.

Call for Artists, deadline March 1: The Carolyn Fiedler-Alber Gallery at Allens Lane Art Center has slots available for each season and encourages area artists to submit materials for consideration for an exhibition. Our gallery committee reviews all submissions and chooses exhibits for the coming season. If accepted, artists may be asked to exhibit in either a group show or a solo exhibition at the discretion of the center. There are no fees to submit materials for review. The review process may take several weeks. The gallery welcomes artists working in a variety of mediums including painting, drawing, sculpture, glass, ceramic, fiber, photography, collage and other craft disciplines. Visit http://www.allenslane.org/gallerysubmissions.htm for more information.

Call for entries, deadline March 1: Re: Green’ National Juried Exhibition, a juried exhibition featuring work in all media with a focus on Ecological and Sustainability themes at the Martha Gault Art Gallery at Slippery Rock University. Juror Jeff Schmuki. No entry fee. More information at http://artdeadline.com/artman2/publish/opportunities/ReGreen.shtml

Call for entries, deadline March 5: Sequim Arts 36th Annual Juried Show. Sequim Arts announces a call to artists for an international juried show, May 1-27, 2012 at the Museum & Arts Center in Sequim, WA. Over $1,500 total in cash & prizes. Jurors: Marilyn Bergstorm & Kari Bergstorm MacKenzie. Work in both 2D & 3D considered in all visual arts media. All entries must have been executed within the last two years. Entry fee: $20 for first entry, with all additional entries $5 each up to 5 entries. Visit http://sequimarts.org/news/ for more info/prospectus.

Call for entries, deadline March 10: Visual Arts Alliance 29th Juried Open Exhibition. The Visual Arts Alliance announces a call to artists for a juried art exhibition, May 11 – June 30, 2012 at the Continental Building, Houston, TX. $2600 in cash and merchandise awards. Juror: Wade Wilson. Open to all US artists 18 years and older. $35 for 1 to 3 works. Visit http://www.visualartsalliance.org for prospectus.

Call for entries, deadline March 13: The 27th Chelsea International Fine Art Competition. Agora Gallery announces a call to artists for the 27th Chelsea International Fine Art Competition. Awards include: cash prizes, online and print promotion and participation in a NYC art exhibition. The prizes are chosen to help artists advance their careers and to maximize exposure to collectors and the New York art scene. Visual artists 18 years of age and older from anywhere in the world and at all stages in their careers are invited to enter. The competition accepts a broad spectrum of art media and styles. Juror: Mr. Ira Goldberg, Executive Director of the Art Students League of New York. $35 for up to five images, $5 for each additional image. Deadline: March 13, 2012. For more information, visit http://www.agora-gallery.com/competition/default.aspx.

Call for entries, deadline March 23: Enter SCRUB’s Clearing the Clutter Video Contest for a chance to have your video featured on YouTube and win a $300 prize! The video should spread awareness on billboards as visual pollution. The Clearing the Clutter Video Contest is open to anyone over the age of 18 who wants to apply. Your video or photography display will use the song “Clutter and Confusion” by Colin Kassekert and Ian Bennett. Timing of this piece will be 3:16 in length and along with the music you will need to include billboards and/or other forms of commercial outdoor advertising in the public space. For more information, please visit https://www.facebook.com/pages/Clearing-the-Clutter-Video-Contest/144395765677042

Call for entries, deadline March 30: Curators Elisabeth Murray and Jonathan Brantley, in collaboration with Rogue Video and Performance, seek video art to be projected out-of-doors in the Williamsburg neighborhood of Brooklyn, NY. The exhibition, Speculation and Spectacle, will address the theme of gentrification. Eligibility: Only video submissions will be accepted. Limit of five submissions per artist. Submissions must be accompanied by an artist statement and CV. Entrants must be 18 years of age or older to apply. Visit http://rogueart.org/ for more information.

Call for entries, deadline March 31: Griffin Museum of Photography has announced a call for entries to its 18th Annual Juried Exhibition, from July 19 – September 2. Open to all photographers. Entrants must be members of the Griffin Museum of Photography (with an expiration after 4/1/2012). Juror: Paul Kopeikin, owner and director of Kopeikin Gallery. Prizes: $1,000 Arthur Griffin Legacy Award, $500 Griffin Award. Fee: The entry fee is $15 for five images. Visit http://www.griffinmuseum.org/ for more information.

Call for entries, deadline April 13: The Delaware Center for the Contemporary Arts has announced an open call for artists for its 2012 Annual Members’ Juried Exhibition. Juror: Julien Robson, Curator of Contemporary Art at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts. Must be a member of or join DCCA to enter. Visit http://www.thedcca.org/artistopportunities for more information.

Deadlines

None this week!

Out & About

PAFA Art at Lunch: Between Shores: Henry Ossawa Tanner and Transatlanticism – Wednesday, February 29, noon-1 pm, PAFA Historic Landmark Building, 118 N Broad St. FREE!
Henry Ossawa Tanner lived a life between two shores of the Atlantic – America and France – and his navigation of these national boundaries deeply affected his art. Tanner pursued his prolific body of religious paintings solely during this time “in between,” never painting a religious scene on American soil, and in this talk, Jeff Richmond-Moll, a Lecturing Fellow at PAFA, discusses how a Transatlantic vision of space and a precedent of “betweenness” in theology can enhance our understanding of the artist’s biblical scenes.

Penn Humanities Forum: Carolyn Abbate, In Praise of Unreal Sounds – Wednesday, February 29, 5:00 pm, Rainey Auditorium, Penn Museum, 3260 South St. FREE!
Penn opera scholar Carolyn Abbate reveals how, in the hands of directors like René Clair and Erik Charell, the operetta movie came to exemplify a kind of vernacular avant-garde that flourished in the 1930s.

ICA Whenever Wednesday: Performative Lecture: Jacqueline Hoang Nguyen’s 1967: A People Kind of Place – Wednesday, February 29 6:30 pm, ICA, 118 S. 36^th St FREE!
Explore the revolutionary potential of film and the cinematic archive with a series of screenings, discussions, and performances presented as part of the exhibition Living Document / Naked Reality: Towards an Archival Cinema. Investigate a monumental UFO-landing pad built into the Canadian prairies with Jacqueline Hoang Nguyen, who takes this momentary convergence of science fiction and identity politics as the basis for archival research into the beginnings of the idea of multiculturalism. Followed by a discussion between the artist and Jennifer Burris, Whitney-Lauder Curatorial Fellow

Adaptions Film Screening: Adaption, Spike Jonze (2002) – Wednesday, February 29, 7:00 pm Ibrahim, Theater @ International House, 3701 Chestnut Street FREE!
Intro and Discussion: Timothy Corrigan, English and Cinema Studies, Penn. This original comedy seamlessly blends fictional characters and situations with the lives of real people. As Charlie Kaufman (Nicolas Cage) struggles to adapt Susan Orlean’s (Meryl Streep) best-selling book, he writes himself into his own movie. The various stories crash into one another exploding into a wildly imaginative film.

ICA People’s Conference with Jens Hoffmann and Harrell Fletcher - Saturday, February 25, 11 am – 5 pm, ICA, 118 South 36th St FREE!
Ask questions about display, structures of support, regionalism, and under-recognized artists as raised by the People’s Biennial on view at Haverford College. In collaboration with Haverford College and Independent Curators International (ICI). The People’s Conference is funded, in part, with a professional development grant from the Pew Center for Arts & Heritage, through the Philadelphia Exhibitions Initiative. Program available at http://news.haverford.edu/blogs/biennial/

It’s First Friday! Go see these shows!

BANG Opening Reception – Friday, March 2, 6pm-9pm Power Plant Productions, Basement, 230 North Second Street (Entrance on N. Bread St) FREE!
BANG is a group invitational exhibition showcasing the work of the Tyler School of Art’s 2012 MFA candidates. This group exhibition will also act as a preview for the upcoming thesis exhibitions, this Spring, at Tyler School of Art’s Temple Gallery. BANG Show Dates: Wednesday, February 29 – Thursday, March 8, 2012. Open Daily 12pm-6pm
Works by Vasil Anastasov & Lauren Rinaldi – opening reception Friday, March 2, 6 – 9 pm, Center City Restoration, 142 N 2^nd St FREE!
Vasil Anastasov was born in Europe in family of artists. Graduated from the College of Fine Arts, Sofia, Bulgaria with a Bachelor of Art and Majored in Mural Painting at the Academy of Fine Arts, Sofia, Bulgaria. He has 25 years of experience in fresco and seco mural painting, mosaic, stained glass, icons, logos, architectural restoration, decorative painting, trompe l’oeil, interior finishes and Fine Art. He currently lives and works in Philadelphia. Lauren Rinaldi is a Brooklyn born artist who has lived in Lancaster County, PA, has a BFA in painting from Tyler School of Art, and also studied at Temple University, Rome. The works on display, once described as seductively repugnant, tell intricate and personal stories exploring the meanings of encountering the unexpected through her engaging and vibrant paintings. She uses her own body and experiences to talk about issues of identity, self-exploration, gender, and very literally, the form and function of the human body. A Philadelphia resident, she lives in the Fishtown section of the city with her husband and son.
Fantasme: Saira McLaren and Michelle Oosterbaan – opening reception Friday, March 2, 6 – 10 pm, Grizzly Grizzly, 319 N 11th, 2nd Floor FREE!
Brooklyn-based painter, Saira McLaren will be presenting two new series of panel-based work created with fabric dye and bleach. While local artist, Michelle Oosterbaan will be creating a site-specific installation that incorporates wall painting and works on paper. Both of these exceptional artists use highly saturated color to explore the liminal space between representation and abstraction.
Freedom Rings Placed Within: A Morris Gallery Program project by Cynthia Norton – opening reception Friday, March 2, 5:30 – 7:30 pm (performance at 6 pm) – PAFA Historic Landmark Building, 118 N Broad St. FREE!
The Morris Gallery program continues in PAFA’s Historic Landmark Building with a special project by Kentucky artist Cynthia Norton entitled Freedom Rings Placed Within. Influenced by the folk aesthetics and history of her surroundings, Norton’s work employs music, video, mixed media, and performance as her country-music alter ego Ninnie, in a manner that combines feminist thought with local and vernacular imagery inspired by the cultural traditions of the rural South and specifically of her native Kentucky. Fascinated by the culture of fictional celebrity that pervades Country Music contests in the South, Norton employs Ninnie as a surrogate to address the struggle for women to be seen and heard, her ingenuity transcending her ordinariness and revealing her to be the Everywoman of Country and Blues.

Crystal Days - opening reception Saturday, March 3, 5 – 7 pm, Sugar, 12 W. Willow Grove Avenue in Chestnut Hill FREE!
Crystal Days features Philadelphia abstract painter Douglas Witmer and West Coast cartoon and word artist Timothy Buckwalter with local conceptual phenom Michael Macfeat.

For Monday, February 20, 2012

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Lectures & Artist Talks

Guest Artist Recital: L2Ork – Tuesday, February 21, noon – 2 pm, Tyler Atrium
The Linux Laptop Orchestra from Virginia Tech, the world’s first orchestra of its kind built on Linux.

Pietra Rivoli: The Travels Of A T-Shirt In The Global Economy – Tuesday February 21, 12:30 – 2pm, Temple Gallery
Pietra Rivoli is a professor of finance and international business at Georgetown University and author of award-winning book, The Travels of a T-Shirt in the Global Economy. Join us for a lecture about her book, where Rivoli will discuss and explain issues in the global economy, and trace the production and sale of t-shirts from cotton farms in Texas to used clothing vendors in Tanzania.

Archaeology, the President’s House, and the Transformation of the Urban Landscape: a Conversation With Emanuel Kelly And Rebecca Yamin – Tuesday, February 21, 5:30 pm, Paley Library
The urban landscape is constantly changing, but underneath the surface lay clues to our past. Join archaeologist Rebecca Yamin and architect Emanuel Kelly to discuss architecture, archaeology and the changing urban landscape. Emanuel Kelly, FAIA, is a principal and co-founder of Kelly/Maiello Architects & Planners, established in 1976. His 38-year career is notable for service to the community, the education of future architects and a sustained commitment to preserving and revitalizing communities that is inspired by his roots in the urban African American experience. Mr. Kelly is a member of the Philadelphia Art Commission, the Philadelphia Zoning Code Commission, and for ten years was a member of the Bureau of Historic Preservation (BHP) of the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission that recommends historic sites for placement on the National Register. He is a Fellow of the American Institute of Architects (AIA). In 1993 he became the first African American president of the Philadelphia AIA. From 1976 to 2003, he was a professor in the architecture program at Temple University. He holds a Master of City Planning and Urban Design Degree from Harvard University and a B. S. in architecture from Drexel University. Rebecca Yamin has been active in urban archaeology for the last 20 years. Her major projects include the analysis of almost one million artifacts recovered on a block that was once part of the notorious Five Points in New York City, and the research and excavation done before the construction of the new Visitor Center and Liberty Bell Center on Independence Mall. She has also headed projects on Franklin Square, Independence Square, on the expansion site of the Convention Center, and the search for the Willie Sutton escape tunnel at Eastern State Penitentiary. Her book, Digging in the City of Brotherly Love, published in 2008, describes many of these projects as well as other important archeological projects done in the city. Ms. Yamin holds a BA in Anthropology from the University of Pennsylvania and MA and Ph.D. degrees from New York University.

Lecture: Ersela Kripa & Stephen Mueller, AGENCY Architecture – Wednesday, February 22, 6 pm, Architecture Building Gallery, first floor.
AGENCY is a research and design practice established by Ersela Kripa and Stephen Mueller in New York City. By drawing on a wide range of design technologies and research initiatives, the practice hopes to redefine the role of the architect and designer in an increasingly urbanized, and globalized world. Designers must embrace society’s changing needs if they are to remain a vital and significant part of cultural production. Students and practitioners must master not only the traditional spatial, aesthetic, and organizational skills long attributed to architectural endeavor, but become increasingly savvy in societal structures, political policies, and ethical practices, in order to address the needs of a rapidly changing world. AGENCY engages contemporary global culture through a range of commissioned architectural projects, speculative proposals, urban research, film, and photography. In each project we strive to identify and capitalize on what makes each client, site, or social context truly unique, taking advantage of circumstance to propose new modes of living.

Critical Dialogs: Adelina Vlas – Wednesday, February 22 6 pm, Room B-04
Adelina Vlas is the assistant curator for modern and contemporary art at the Philadelphia Museum of Art. Vlas has a master’s degree in Art History and a curatorial diploma in Visual Culture from York University, as well as a master of arts in Curating Contemporary Art from the Royal College of Art in London, where she co-curated the exhibitions Public Smog and Various Small Fires. Previously, Adelina has worked at the National Gallery of Canada, where she concentrated on permanent collection displays and special exhibitions. Since joining the Philadelphia Museum of Art in 2007, she has organized the contemporary art exhibitions in the Notations and Live Cinema series, including recent projects with younger-generation artists including Mohamed Bourouissa, Tobias Zielony, Tim Hyde, Carlos Amorales, Martha Colburn, Jennifer Levonian, and Joshua Mosley.

Chat in the Stacks—Race in the Race – Thursday, February 23, 2:30 pm, Paley Library Lecture Hall
Join us for the February 2012 installment of Chat in the Stacks, as Temple scholars explore “Race in the Race.” This panel will examine the role of race in politics, particularly in relation to the Republican primaries now taking place. The Chat in the Stacks series is a continuing conversation series with faculty members across a broad range of disciplines, and is cosponsored by Temple University Libraries and the Faculty Senate Subcommittee on the Status of Faculty of Color.

Nato Thompson: Seeing Power: Art and Activism in the Age of Cultural Production – Thursday, February 23, 7 pm, Temple Gallery
In his talk, Nato Thompson will explore the implications of how incredibly different the world is today than it was at the beginning of the 20th century. With many of the tools of art now integral elements of major industries (advertising, public relations, design), the territory for making art (and perhaps more radically meaning itself) has had to shift. This talk comes out of Thompson’s new book from Melville House. Nato Thompson is the Chief Curator at Creative Time. Since January 2007, Nato has organized major projects for the New York-based nonprofit arts organization such as most recently Living as Form: Twenty Years of Socially Engaged Art (2011), Democracy in America: The National Campaign (2008), and Paul Chan’s acclaimed Waiting for Godot in New Orleans (2007). He also organized the first three Creative Time Summits. Previous to Creative Time, he worked as Curator at MASS MoCA where he completed numerous large-scale exhibitions such as The Interventionists: Art in the Social Sphere (2004). In 2009, he curated an exhibition for Independent Curators International titled Experimental Geography, which is also a book available by Melville House Publishing and his book Seeing Power: Art and Activism in the Age of Cultural Production is due out this March from the same publisher.

Matthew J. Palczynski, Curator, Woodmere Art Museum: “Woodmere Today: Nature, Realism, and Contemporary Art” - Friday, February 24, 1-2:30 pm, Room B-083
Woodmere Art Museum has long been a beacon for Philadelphia artists. Now under new leadership and with a reinvigorated mission dedicated specifically to the art and artists of Philadelphia, the museum is even more focused on collecting, exhibiting, and interpreting the art of one of the most fruitful artistic epicenters in America. Dr. Matthew Palczynski, Curator of Woodmere, will explore the central place that twentieth and twenty-first century art will occupy in the future of the institution. His talk will focus on current and upcoming exhibitions that underscore the vitality of contemporary Philadelphia art. Lecture sponsored by the Department of Art History, Tyler School of Art, Temple University and the University General Activities Fund (GAF).

Exhibitions

Temple Gallery - open Wednesday – Saturday, 11 am – 6 pm.
CofFREE Mondays: 7:45 – 9:45 am – free coffee in the gallery. This is the last CofFREE Monday of the year; the gallery closes Saturday, February 25 to prepare for the MFA Thesis Shows. There will be no CofFREE Mondays during the spring.
Stella Elkins Tyler Gallery: Gallery is open Wednesday – Saturday 11 am – 6 pm.

BFA Shows
Kyle Kogut, Printmaking
Lindsay Rosetti, Painting
Coady Brown, Painting

Student Lounge Gallery:
Rachel Barnes, Fibers

BFA Receptions are Friday, February 24, 6-9 pm

Cookie Jar & Java – Wednesday, February 15 (and every Wednesday) outside the Stella Elkins Tyler Gallery at 11 am: free cookies and coffee while you see the artwork in the downstairs galleries!

Tyler Atrium: Lisa Kay, re/search re/mix: visual notes (February 12-29)

Green Hallway: Bird’s Eye View (through February 26)
One of the greatest dangers to birds is the widespread use of glass in urban structures. As many as a billion birds die each year when they fly into both reflective and nonreflective glass surfaces. This tragic loss of precious wildlife is a serious threat to the survival of many species, particularly migratory birds. Many ways to mitigate this problem are currently being explored. One possible solution, applying specialized film to windows, is intended to enable birds to recognize windows as an obstruction. These films have visible patterns on them and are being tested in a variety of locations including The Philadelphia Zoo and Temple University’s Main Campus. Bird’s Eye View, an initiative of the Graphic & Interactive Design program at Tyler School of Art, aims to raise awareness of this problem at Temple and across the city of Philadelphia and to explore visual options for effective window film patterns. This exhibition includes the work of design students at the sophomore, junior and senior levels. The brief for this project was to design a pattern that would be conceptually and visually compelling for human viewers while being an effective deterrent to birds that might otherwise fly directly into the windows where they are installed.

See what‘s happening this week at Temple Rome! Visit the Temple Rome blog at artturome.blogspot.com.

Opportunities

Career Week Continues:
Career Fair Prep – Monday, February 20, 4 -5 pm • Howard Gittis Student Center, Room 217 C & D
Prepare to maximize the Career Fair. Rotate through stations to learn what to wear and how to research, approach and follow up with employers.
Liberal Arts Alumni Career Paths (great for art majors too!) – Monday, February 20, 6 pm, 821 Anderson Hall
Hear success stories and career advice from Liberal Arts Alumni about life after Temple. Student liaison co-sponsors: The English, History, and Sociology Student Liaisons
Student and Alumni Networking Night - Tuesday, February 21, 5:00-7:30 pm, Howard Gittis Student Center, Room 200
Professional dress is required. Build your networking skills and increase your confidence, practice with alumni mentors and win a Macy’s gift certificate. Student organization co-sponsors: Her Campus Temple University, National Council of Negro Women, PRSSA-Public Relations Student Society of America
Federal Job Search and Application Process – Wednesday, February 22, 4 -5 pm. Howard Gittis Student Center, Room 200
Learn how to navigate the federal job search from a former government recruiter! Topics covered will include finding opportunities, tailoring resumes, and understanding the application timeline and process. Student organization co-sponsors: Temple Economics Society, Political Science Society

Career Fair – Thursday, February 23, noon – 4 pm, Howard Gittis Student Center, Room 200
Professional dress is required. Juniors, Seniors, Graduate Students and Alumni: Connect with employers with full-time and professional internship opportunities. Student organization co-sponsors: Black Student Union

CampusPhilly Online Internship Fair – February 20 – 24, visit http://campusphilly.org/careers/
Students: Meet Your Match! Campus Philly Careers is the Greater Philadelphia’s #1 site for internship and job opportunities. It’s free and easy to use!

Internships this week on the Career Center Database:
-1&1 Internet, Inc. – Content Marketing Internship (Deadline: 2/29/12)
-Comcast – Communications Internship (Deadline: 2/22/12)
-CVS Pharmacy – Summer Internship (Deadline: 3/9/12)
-Data-Core Systems – Marketing Assistant (Deadline: 3/1/12)
-Direct Image & Design – Associate Managing Producer (Deadline: 3/5/12)
-Educere, LLC – Service Specialist Internship (Deadline: 4/20/12)
-Heritage Conservancy – Advancement and Communications Summer and Fall Internships (Deadline: 3/1/12)
-Northstar Travel Media – Editorial and Marketing Internships (Deadline: 4/10/12)
-Penn Medicine – Junior Multimedia Designer and Social Media/Digital Operations Internship (Deadline: 5/31/12)
-Philadelphia Teaching Fellows – Communications and Operations Internship (Deadline: 2/17/12)
-pledge4good, LLC – Marketing Internship (Deadline: 2/18/12)
-Project H.O.M.E. – Farm-to-Fork Internship (Deadline: 3/5/12)
-Roaring Lion Energy Drink – Student Brand Manager (Deadline: 4/4/12)
-Solar Light Company, Inc. – Product Photographer Internship (Deadline: 3/20/12)
-TerraCycle – Public Relations Internship (Deadline: 4/30/12)
-WPHL-17 – Broadcast Design/Graphic Design Internships (Deadline: 3/1/12)
Instructions for applying to the Career Center Database, as well as more information about internships at Tyler is available at tylerstudentlife.wordpress.com/internships

EVEN MORE internships: MuralArts has several different Internship programs for the summer. More information and instructions for applying are at http://muralarts.org/about/jobs-artist-opportunities.

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Curatorial Conversations: Curating as Social Practice – Thursday, March 15, 11:30 – 1:30, Moore Galleries 20^th & the Parkway FREE, but RSVP required
The Galleries at Moore and Moore’s BFA in Curatorial Studies invite you to ‘Curatorial Conversations: Curating as Social Practice,’ the next installment in a series of small-group conversations about issues and ideas in contemporary curatorial practice. Through a sequence of roundtable luncheon discussions led by area curators, critics, artists and cultural workers, we will examine curating as a discursive social space for dialogue and action, and the engagement of curatorial work with issues of cultural urgency. This program is free and open to the public, but seating is limited, and a reservation is required. Lunch will be provided. Please RSVP by 2/24/12 to egilly@moore.edu

Spring Break Service Trip to DeSales Service Works in Camden, NJ – Sponsored by the Newman Center (Temple’s Catholic Center). Sunday March 4 – Saturday, March 10, Newman center students will do various service projects including helping parish schools, soup kitchens, homeless shelters and more. If you are interested/for more information, email Matt Filomeno at tub46395@temple.edu.

The Diamond Award is the highest recognition by Student Affairs given to a Temple University undergraduate student. This recognition is based on a holistic evaluation of the student’s accomplishments. The Award is reserved for those who have demonstrated superior leadership, academic achievement, service to the University, and impact on a community (local, regional, or global). Through their leadership, it is clear that they are set apart from others as especially deserving of this unique honor. Award recipients are recognized at the Annual Diamond Award Ceremony. Juniors and seniors may apply, with two letters of recommendation, a personal essay and a resume. Applications are due by March 20. A member of the Temple Community may also nominate a junior or senior student for the award.

Call for participants: artists are invited to email your rejection letters from grant applications, residencies or exhibition submissions to Building Backbones (rejectionrank@gmail.com) by Friday, February 24 for a public reading at the College Art Association’s Art Exchange. The letters will be read aloud in unison with whomever is present. For more info:www.diedrakrieger.com/index.php?/news/

Fellowship opportunity, deadline April 13: CFEVA’s NewCourtland Artist Fellowship. The Center for Emerging Visual Artists (CFEVA), in partnership with NewCourtland, is pleased to offer Philadelphia area artists the opportunity to participate in an exciting, community-based fellowship. Through the NewCourtland Artist Fellowship, visual artists will be selected to bring innovative and engaging art-making to seniors in sites throughout Philadelphia. In order to apply, artists are asked to develop an intergenerational project that brings members of the New Courtland Network together with school age children/teens to create a meaningful experience and an high quality artistic project. Work created by seniors and their school-aged partners during the 2012 Fellowship Program will be exhibited with the work of the artist fellows in a large, well publicized exhibition entitled Art is Ageless. Accepted artists will receive a fellowship award of $2,500. Once artists receive this award they will be responsible for conducting ten 1.5 hour workshops, attending several preliminary and post-workshop meetings, attending one sensitivity training session, and participating in the Art is Ageless exhibition in Spring 2013. Artists will also be separately compensated for purchasing all necessary art supplies and professionally presenting the artwork created in their program for the final exhibition. To apply to the 2011 NewCourtland Fellowship please visit https://cfeva.slideroom.com/ and follow the application instructions.

Call for entries, deadline February 27: We are looking for an artist to be showcased as TheArtList.com’s March 2012 Artist of The Month! We are running the call on Facebook so please to pass this along to all of your friends and colleagues in the art world and encourage them to enter! The selected artist will be showcased as the March 2012 Featured Artist on TheArtList.com website which offers a great opportunity for exposure from galleries, exhibition directors, collectors, and even other artists! NO entry fee! To enter to go: http://www.facebook.com/TheArtList?sk=app_95936962634

Call for entries, deadline February 29: You’re invited to join the 3rd Ward Winter 2012 Open Call, an international search for exciting, innovative, and compelling work awarding $15,000 in grants and prizes, including an Exhibition and One Year Residency in New York City. This is your chance to earn the resources that can help you secure the next step in your creative and professional path. Entry fee. For details see http://www.3rdwardopencall.com/?f=3ww12aw1

Call for entries, deadline March 12: Cred Magazine seeks fine art, creating writing, photography, graphic design and illustration from Philadelphia artists under 25. No entry fee, and honoraria is paid for published work. For details/to submit: http://credmagazine.wordpress.com/submit-to-cred/

Call for entries, deadline March 30: Connecticut Academy of Fine Arts 101st Annual Exhibition, May 25 through July 14, 2012. Connecticut Academy of Fine Arts was established in 1910 by a group of renowned artists with the intent of creating an organization dedicated to promoting excellence in the arts. Over one hundred years later this organization continues as an alliance of artists. An annual exhibition is an opportunity to recognize selected artists as outstanding in their field. Awards are selected by the jurors when all of the work is in the gallery. The exhibition is hosted by the Mystic Art Center in Mystic Connecticut. This event takes place during the height of activity for this historic township. Entry fee. Visit our site for more information and place your entry: http://ctacademy.org/Application%202012/101-Exhibition-Info.html

Deadlines

None this week!

Out & About

Gallery Talk And Tour Spring 2012 exhibitions with PAA Chief Curator Sarah Archer - Tuesday, February 21, 3:30 pm, Philadelphia Art Alliance 251 South 18th St, FREE!
On Tuesday, February 21, PAA invites you to meet one of our newest team members and discuss the curatorial process for the current exhibitions. PAA Chief Curator Sarah Archer will lead a tour of the galleries and discuss the current exhibition, Sondra Sherman: Found Subjects, Andrea Donnelly: Binary and A Sense of Place guest curated by Bruce Hoffman. Can a textile evoke a time and place to a viewer who has never been there? Can a piece of jewelry also be a work of sculpture? The artists’ intentions as well as viewers’ reactions to the work on view will all be discussed as part of an informal conversation. This program is FREE and open to the public. The gallery tour will begin at 3:30 PM and will run approximately one hour. at https://philartalliance.ejoinme.org/MyPages/Spring2012Programs/tabid/338500/Default.aspx

Radical Content And Form: Scenic Route – Tuesday, February 21, 7 pm, Girard Hall, 527 W Girard Ave FREE!
Mark Rappaport is like the New York Dolls of filmmaking: Rappaport came a little too late to be included in the film movements of the 1960s and was too early to be a part of either No Wave or the American Independent scene, yet is influential to American independent cinema and highly praised by the likes of J. Hoberman, Roger Ebert, Ray Carney, and Jonathan Rosenbaum. The Scenic Route (1978) is pure Rappaport: absurd, kitschy, funny, referential, campy, melodramatic, and self-conscious. This film will be preceded by a Shooting Wall short film.

PAFA Art at Lunch: Moe Brooker: Start to Finish – Wednesday, February 22, noon-1 pm, Hamilton Auditorium, Historic Landmark Building, 118 N Broad St. FREE!
Artist and PAFA faculty member Moe Brooker has been instructing young artists for almost forty years. Brooker’s philosophy of art-making includes the belief that process determines product, focusing specifically on how studio practices and choice of materials determines the types of images that an artist creates. This talk by Brooker, at the same time that an exhibition of his work is on view in PAFA’s Alumni Gallery, highlights his own process of creation and tracks the influences and themes of his lauded career.

Haitian Quilt Square Workshop – Wednesday, February 22, 4 pm, Free Library of Philadelphia Eastwick Branch, 2851 Island Ave FREE!
Mama Carla will help participants learn the history of quilt culture in Haiti in the hands-on workshop. Each person will also create their own quilt square to take home. This workshop is presented in conjunction with 10th Anniversary One Book One Philadelphia.

Adaptions Film Screening: Contempt, Jean-Luc Godard (1963) – Wednesday, February 22, 7:00 pm Ibrahim, Theater @ International House, 3701 Chestnut Street FREE!
Intro and Discussion: Alex Galloway, Culture and Communication, NYU

Jazz@TheUnderground: Kelvin Grant Group – Wednesday, February 22, 7:30 pm, Howard Gittis Student Center FREE!

Paula Scher at PennDesign – Thursday, February 23, 5:30 pm, Meyerson Hall – B1 University of Pennsylvania, 210 South 34th St. FREE!**
Paula Scher studied at the Tyler School of Art in Philadelphia and began her graphic design career as a record cover art director at both Atlantic and CBS Records in the 1970s. In 1984 she co-founded Koppel & Scher, and in 1991 she joined Pentagram as a partner. Drawing from what Tom Wolfe has called the “big closet” of art and design history, classic and pop iconography, literature, music and film, Scher creates images that speak to contemporary audiences with emotional impact and appeal. Three decades into her career, these images have come to be visually identified with the cultural life of New York City. **This event is free and open to the public, but registration is required: http://paulascher.eventbrite.com/

Art after Five: Avi Wisnia – Friday, February 10, 5 – 8:45 pm, Philadelphia Museum of Art FREE!*
Singer-songwriter Avi Wisnia finds inspiration in bossa nova, American folk music, 1950s West Coast jazz, and pop. He returns to Philadelphia after touring for his debut album, Something New, performing at the Kennedy Center, and sharing the stage with artists like Ani DiFranco and The Roots. *The PMA is free to Tyler students with a Tyler Admission Card and your Owlcard. Download your copy of the Tyler Admission Card from the Links section of the Tyler Student Life Blog at http://tylerstudentlife.wordpress.com/

Classical Music Recital: Liebesfreud – Friday, February 24, 5:15 pm, Philadelphia Art Alliance 251 South 18th St, FREE!
Mendelssohn Quartet op. 13 & Beethoven Quartet op. 132, Featuring violinists Geoffrey Michaels and Philip Kates, violist David Giles, and cellist Charles Forbes, the Philadelphia based Liebesfreud is an ensemble devoted primarily to the performance of great literature for the string quartet. For this performance, the featured works will be Mendelssohn’s String Quartet No. 2 in A Minor, op. 13, and Beethoven’s String Quartet in A Minor, op. 132. The String Quartet No. 2 in A minor, Op. 13, was composed by Felix Mendelssohn in 1827, when he was just 18 years old. The quartet draws much of its inspiration from Beethoven’s quartets. The Quartet in A minor, Op. 132, by Ludwig van Beethoven, was written in 1825, and was dedicated to Count Nicolai Galitzin, an amateur cellist and contemporary of Beethoven.

Lecture & Demonstration in the Art of Icon Writing, followed by a Tour & Reception – Sunday, February 26, 4pm, St. Sophia Greek Orthodox Church, 900 S. Trooper Road, Jeffersonville FREE!
Featuring Dr. Georgios D. Kordis, PhD., Professor of Iconography, University of Athens, School of Thoeology, who is one of the worlds foremost iconographers. Dr. Kordis and his team of artists from Greece are currently writing the iconography in the new St. Sophia church temple – scheduled to open April 2012. Dr. Kordis is one of only a few iconographers in the world that use the historical techniques of painting iconography directly on the walls and ceilings. Dr. Kordis will demonstrate the art of icon writing and then will host a tour of the new St. Sophia church, followed by a complimentary reception.

For Monday, February 13, 2012

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Lectures & Artist Talks

James Castle: An Illustrated Discussion Between John Ollman And Ann Percy – Tuesday February 14th, 2-4 pm, Temple Gallery
Temple Gallery will welcome John Ollman and Ann Percy for an illustrated discussion on the works of James Castle (1899-1977). Born profoundly deaf in a small town in Idaho, Castle was a self-taught artist who had very little means of communicating. He created drawings and assemblages using found materials such as soot, saliva, hand-made tools, packaging papers and discarded mail, and depicted interiors, buildings, animals, and people based on the places he lived and visited. This informal discussion will be complemented by a small selection of works made by Castle that will be shown at Temple Gallery. John and Ann will talk about the inventive processes and unconventional materials Castle used to create his unique artistic style through necessity. John Ollman has been the director of The Fleisher/Ollman Gallery since 1970, and the sole owner since 1997. In 1970, the gallery began to focus predominantly upon American self-taught artists. Shortly thereafter the gallery collaborated with Herbert W. Hemphill, a founding member of New York’s Museum of American Folk Art, on a series of survey exhibitions exploring the work of twentieth-century American self-taught artists. Ann Percy, curator of Drawings at the Philadelphia Museum of Art, organized the exhibition James Castle: A Retrospective. This marked the first comprehensive museum exhibition of the work of James Castle, and consisted of some 300 drawings, color wash pieces, handmade books, assemblages, and text works.

Artist Talk: Lisa Kay, re/search re/mix: visual notes – Wednesday, February 15, Noon, Tyler Atrium
Professor Lisa Kay will give an informal talk about her installation, research and arts-based methods.

Art History Practice Talk: Ruth Bohlander, “ The Two-Sided Icon with the Virgin Kataphyge and the Vision of Ezekiel: Innovation and Continuity,” – Wednesday, February 15, 3 pm, Room B081.
Ruth Bohlander, an alumna from Art History, will be presenting her paper in St Louis at the end of March for the 2012 meeting of the Medieval Academy of America.

Lecture: Karol M. Wasylyshyn, “Behind the Executive Door” – Wednesday, February 15, 2:30 pm, Paley Library
Join us on February 15 for conversation, refreshments and special opportunity with Dr. Karol M. Wasylyshyn. Karol Wasylyshyn’s Behind the Executive Door explains the three leadership types –Remarkable, Perilous and Toxic. This book is a “how-to” manual for students, managers and employees at any level. It provides the key to understanding the continuum on which leadership exists and offers the power of insight for identifying boss types and bettering one’s efforts to manage them. Not just another leadership reflection, this book includes an inside look at the behavior of top business executives from the files of a licensed psychologist who has “seen it all” through 25 years of research, consulting, and coaching, along with case examples, exercises, and other engaging tools to help you better understand the leadership at your school, organization or place-of-work. Dr. Karol Wasylyshyn is a consulting psychologist and a pioneer among executive coaches. She has coached hundreds of business leaders in every global sector. Her clients have included Bristol-Myers Squibb, Colgate Palmolive, Dupont, FMC, General Electric, GlaxoSmithKline, Johnson and Johnson, and PriceWaterhouseCoopers. Dr. Wasylyshyn is currently an adjunct professor of Clinical Psychology at the Institute for Graduate Clinical Psychology at Widener University. She is also a past member of the coaching faculty in The Wharton School’s Advanced Management Program. Widely published in her field, she is also a poet and recently published Standing on Marbles: Three Leader Types in Verseand Imagery. Her latest book, Behind the Executive Door: Unexpected Lessons for Managing Your Boss and Career, was published in November 2011.

Critical Dialogues: Sarah Oppenheimer – Wednesday, February 8, 6 pm, Room B04
Sarah Oppenheimer’s work exists in the juncture between art and architecture. Notably, Oppenheimer’s “Typology of Holes” begins with the premise that the specificity of site can be extended from the particular to the general. This generality (for us, the inheritors and inhabitants of modern space) is the arrangement of spatial zones that abut and overlap in a mappable way. Holes alter this arrangement, functioning as a catalyst for the transformation of the perceptual experience of the occupant. The hole is an active blurring of the (architectural) distinction between zones. Sarah Oppenheimer’s work has been shown nationally and internationally. Recent and upcoming projects include the Baltimore Museum of Art, the Warhol Museum, Rice Art Gallery, Art Unlimited at Art Basel, the Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego, the Saint Louis Art Museum, Mattress Factory, Skulpturens Hus (Stockholm), The Drawing Center, and Sculpture Center. She is the recipient of the Rome Prize from the American Academy in Rome, the Louis Comfort Tiffany Biennial Award, and a Guggenheim Foundation Fellowship among others. Oppenheimer is a critic at the Yale School of Art and a visiting artist at Cooper Union.

Lecture: Alex Gottesman, Publicity Stunts in Democratic Athens – Thursday, February 16, 12:30–1:50 pm, CHAT Lounge, 10th Floor, Gladfelter Hall
In contemporary discourse, a publicity stunt is often characterized as a cynical and manipulate ploy for attention, usually for the purpose of advertising a consumer product or a service. A publicity stunt is a false act, something that hides the true motives of its planners and performers. By examining the role of publicity stunts in the world’s first democracy, this talk will consider whether the publicity stunt can be recuperated from ignominy and be taken seriously by democratic theory.

Discover The Hidden And Forgotten Waterways Of Philadelphia With Adam Levine – Thursday February 16th, 6:30 – 8pm, Temple Gallery
As you walk on many of Philadelphia’s sidewalks, beneath your feet is a hidden world of streams that once crisscrossed the city. Join us for a fascinating illustrated lecture including rare artworks and artifacts drawn from the archives of the Philadelphia Water Department that will uncover part of Philadelphia’s history that few people ever think about – the drastic changes made in Philadelphia’s landscape since its founding in 1682. Historian and archivist Adam Levine has been digging into the history of the city’s sewers and drainage systems since 1998, and his talk will focus on the systematic obliteration of hundreds of miles of surface streams. Buried deep underground in pipes as large as 20 feet in diameter, these former streams – some of which had watersheds that covered thousands of acres -became main drainage arteries in the city’s 3,000 mile sewer system. These massive alterations to the landscape, undertaken over two centuries, have environmental repercussions that are still being felt today. This lecture is guaranteed to reveal a side of the Philadelphia you have never seen, and change the way you think about our sprawling urban environment. Registration for this FREE event is required. Please visit http://waterwaysofphilly-adamlevine.eventbrite.com/ to reserve your seat.

Exhibitions

Temple Gallery - open Wednesday – Saturday, 11 am – 6 pm.
CofFREE Mondays: 7:45 – 9:45 am – free coffee in the gallery.
This week see works of James Castle (1899-1977). Born profoundly deaf in a small town of Idaho, Castle was a self-taught artist who had very little means of communicating. He created drawings and assemblages using found materials such as soot, saliva, hand-made tools, packaging papers and discarded mail and depicted interiors, buildings, animals, and people based on the places he lived and visited.

Ceramics Sale: The Tyler Ceramics Collective (formerly known as The Mudslingers) invites you to shop for your sweetie (or for yourself!) at our one-day SALE on Monday February 13th, 9am-4pm. We’ll have a variety of handcrafted ceramic items to fit any budget, plus we’ll be offering FREE COFFEE with every purchase! Shop for functional pottery, porcelain jewelry, ceramic buttons, candy-colored clay magnets, wall ornaments and tiles, and ceramic sculpture.

Stella Elkins Tyler Gallery: Gallery is open Wednesday – Saturday 11 am – 6 pm.
BFA Shows
Megan Bogert, Sculpture
Steph Hedges, Sculpture
Kristen Noel, Jewelry/Metals/CAD-CAM

BFA Receptions are Friday, February 17, 6-9 pm

Cookie Jar & Java – Wednesday, February 15 (and every Wednesday) outside the Stella Elkins Tyler Gallery at 11 am: free cookies and coffee while you see the artwork in the downstairs galleries!

Student Lounge Gallery:
PARTS AND LABOR: Works from the MFA Photography and Related Media Program at Parsons The New School for Design
In Parts and Labor, the MFA candidates in Photography and Related Media from Parsons The New School for Design embrace the opportunity to forge a dialogue between their own multi- disciplinary creative impulses and the Tyler School of Art and Philadelphia communities. Featuring works by Adam Abel, Alison Chen, Angela Maria Pulido, Charlie Rubin, Chelsey Morell, Christina Labey, Colleen Fitzgerald, Denise Monczewski, Devon Dill, Dominica Paige, Dylan Entelis, Eugen Litwinow, Haley Bueschlen, Jeanette Spicer, John Deamond, Jose Soto, Joy McKinney, Kate Stone, Kreerath Sunittramat, Leif Huron, Light Park, Lisa Haefner, Madelaine Edmonds, Maria Sprowls, Nathan Bett, Noelle Theard, Phoenix Lindsay-Hall, Regis Trigano, Sara Maria Salamone, Sharon Ma, Sylvia Hardy, Terrance James, Tony Flanagan, Yichen Zhou.

Tyler Atrium: Lisa Kay, re/search re/mix: visual notes (February 12-29)

See what‘s happening this week at Temple Rome! Visit the Temple Rome blog at artturome.blogspot.com.

Opportunities

Career Week Begins Thursday February 16:
Dress 4 Success Fashion Show – Thursday, February 16, 5:00-7:00PM • Mitten Hall, Great Court
Check out the latest in professional attire provided by Macy’s and modeled by our very own Temple students, faculty and staff! Learn how to look professional (and fabulous) on a student budget. Student organization co-sponsors: Phi Lambda Fraternity, Temple Ad Club, Temple Gospel Ministries, National Society of Leadership & Success, The Progressive NAACP
Resumania - Friday, February 17, 10:00 am – 3:00 pm, Career Center, 220 Mitten Hall
Receive immediate feedback on your resume from our Employer Partners. Stop by between classes for a 15-minute session.

Participate in an excavation of the Roman villa of Artena and earn course credit! Tentative Course Dates: July 1 – July 28, 2012. Students in the course will participate at the excavation of the Roman villa in Artena, a small hill town approximately 40 miles south-east of Rome, under the direction of Temple University Rome faculty member and archaeologist Jan Gadeyne and his colleague Cécile Brouillard, who works for the French Institute for Preventive Archaeology (INRAP). The site, occupied since the archaic age (6th century BC) has revealed substantial remains of a Roman villa and other buildings that existed from the 4th century BC until at least the 7th century AD. Program Application Deadline: February 24, 2012. Temple Summer Programs Scholarship Application Deadline: February 15, 2012. For more detailed information, to apply for the course, please visit: http://www.temple.edu/studyabroad/programs/summer/RomanVillaExcavation.htm

Tyler Interdisciplinary Summer Art Workshop in Japan – The Tyler Summer Interdisciplinary Art Workshop, based at Temple University, Japan Campus (TUJ), is a rigorous and professional program that integrates theory and application through an intensive series of guest lectures, research trips, critiques and studio work. The workshop is interdisciplinary in nature, welcoming students of drawing, painting, digital printmaking and digital photography. The opportunity to engage in discussions and critiques with students from different art disciplines opens up a wide range of topics in art. In addition to the focus on art, students will also take one course from TUJ’s range of summer session course offerings. Application deadline is February 24. For more information visit http://www.temple.edu/studyabroad/programs/summer/japan/art_workshop.html

Grant Opportunities:
Diamond Research Scholars Program: February 15
The Diamond Research Scholars Program offers a seven-month long funded research experience under the direction of a faculty mentor. Participants receive a summer stipend of $2,750 and tuition remission for up to three hours of research or independent study in the fall for their research or creative arts project.  For more information, go to www.temple.edu/vpus/opportunities/ResearchScholars.htm.
AMP International Research Scholars Program: March 1
The Temple AMP International Research Scholarship provides undergraduate students a stipend of $5,000 in support of international STEM research projects undertaken with the supervision of a faculty mentor during the summer.  To be eligible, students must be underrepresented minority STEM majors, US citizens or permanent residents, enrolled full-time at the time of application and at Temple Main Campus for the fall semester following the research experience and propose to conduct STEM research in an international location for a minimum of four (4) weeks. The scholarships are competitive and limited to eight (8) awards. For more information and the application, go to http://www.temple.edu/vpus/opportunities/index.htm#funding.
Diamond Peer Teachers Program: March 1 for fall semester
The Diamond Peer Teachers Program provides upper-level undergraduates at Temple University the opportunity to experience the challenges and rewards of college-level teaching, to work with faculty mentors to develop their own pedagogical skills, and to provide supplemental instruction in lower-level and GenEd courses.  Peer Teachers earn a semester stipend of $2,250 and tuition remission for one internship credit. For more information, go to http://www.temple.edu/vpus/opportunities/peerteacher.htm.
Creative Arts, Research, And Scholarship (CARAS) Program: March 15 for summer and fall projects
The Creative Arts, Research And Scholarship (CARAS) Program provides funding to encourage and support undergraduate and professional students engaged in scholarly, creative, and research projects that contribute to advancing their field of study. Two types of grants are made through the CARAS program:  Research/Creative Project Grants provide undergraduate and professional students up to $3,000 in support of scholarly, research or creative arts projects undertaken with the supervision of a faculty mentor.  Travel Grants provide up to $1000 for undergraduate travel to present research or creative work or travel to conduct on-site research. For more information, go to www.temple.edu/vpus/opportunities/CARAS.htm.

Little Berlin Arts Collective, http://littleberlin.org/, is currently seeking new members! Members become part of an active collective. They help organize and assist in putting together exhibits, develop and work on projects like our upcoming Fairgrounds outdoor art space, maintain the gallery, talk with visitors, assist during performances and openings. They may paint walls, write grants, build a website or lead a talk. In keeping with our goal of remaining an undefined exhibition space, no previous curatorial experience is necessarily required. We are looking for people with great ideas and lots of energy. During your first year of membership we will work with you to train you how to organize an exhibit from idea to execution. Little Berlin holds monthly collective meetings to work on projects and exhibits together. If you are interested in Curatorial Membership please inquire by writing to berlin.little@gmail.com. We will follow-up with more details and application instructions.

The Fox Graduate Student Association is looking for a new logo and needs your help. Fox GSA is undergoing an exciting period of growth and is seeking to leverage the Fox School’s recent rebranding effort to increase our presence on campus and promote our school’s visibility in the business world. You can be a part of this movement by contributing your creative energy to the design of our new logo. We are looking for students with experience in graphic design who would be interested in taking on this short (1-2 week) project in conjunction with our Marketing Team. The ideal candidate is someone who can take the feeling behind our new slogan, “Experience the Power of Fox”, and bring it out in a bold visual display. The logo should make use of Temple University Cherry Red, and may also include black and white. The winning designer will receive: campus-wide recognition of their work; public announcement and recognition at our launch event/unveiling party/etc. and a $50 Amazon gift card in appreciation of your time and effort. If you think you have what it takes to bring this vision to life, please email Ryan at ryan.davies@temple.edu by 2/27/12 with a sample of your work that you think best represents your abilities.

Internship opportunity: Dan Diamond, soon to be graduate of the School of Tourism & Hospitality Management at Temple University is promoting the launch of a new social media website called Peekseed. Although the website is still in beta mode, they are looking for some students to promote the website, which is set to publicly launch in a few months. The site is great for art students as they can share content easily and customize there page to their own liking. While this is primarily a marketing position, applicants are in no way limited to business and marketing majors. While we value an entrepreneurial spirit and marketing experience, we wish to assemble a team of diverse minds. Therefore, we also highly value applicants from creative majors (e.g. film, design, music, etc) or with diverse extracurricular activities (e.g. community leadership, blogging, promoting, etc). There will be no minimum criteria for applicants, and all will be evaluated on a per case basis in order to ensure that we compile a team with a wide array of talents and ideas. You will need Basic computer skills, with working knowledge of major internet browser software; be comfortable with being able to quickly correspond via email or phone; strong communication and networking skills, able to engage others beyond their social circles; be self-driven and able to independently generate ideas and strategies; and the ability to manage multiple tasks & deadlines. The ideal candidate should have an outgoing personality, be knowledgeable about social media, and be willing/able to engage other users. This is a compensated part time 15 Hours per week minimum position working from either home or Philadelphia headquarters, $7.50 per hour. Interested? Send resume & cover letter to ddiamond@sparksonline.com.

The Joy of Manipulation Contact Improvisation Class – Thursday, February 16, 7-10 pm, Mt. Vernon Dance Space, 1720 Mt. Vernon Street, $5-10 sliding scale
In this class we discover how manipulating & and being manipulated can be an inspiring source for expanding our spectrum of movement and range of expressivity, as well as a powerful tool for breaking long-entrenched habits. Through a series of technical exercises and research projects—working solo, duo/trio and whole group—we explore diverse landscapes of playful struggle and trails of dissonant sensing. Why-how-when do we guide, lead or direct as the Giver, submit, follow or resist as the Receiver? Which options are available to us as we navigate between and around these roles, and what is asked of us to broaden our assumed preferences and deepen our perceived understandings of the boundaries and forces at play? As we bring our discoveries into more round robin and open jaming, we sharpen our physical articulation and spatial tuning—supporting us further in sustaining a state of comfort in moments of discomfort and cultivating a sense of ease in experiences of uneasiness. For more info: info@contactimprovphilly.com

Call for donations, deadline February 24: Green Generations islooking for you to donate your art for charity. We need your talent and your help. Your art will raise funds to help inner-city children in NYC. In return, your name and artwork will be displayed during a 1-day event in a NYC art gallery and featured on our website. Submitted artwork can be small to medium in size. We’re looking for art that reflects joy, positivity, and inner-city renewal. It can be any media. Questions? Contact Tyler student Elissa Heim, who writes: I am very passionate about Green Generations, because it is an educational nonprofit founded and created by my sister. As I was growing up, I spent many weeks and summers in NYC with her in the South Bronx while she was teaching and I witnessed first-hand many of the struggles children, families and teachers had in disadvantaged neighborhoods – something we see here in Philadelphia, too. I believe in this is very beautiful and much-needed endeavor wholeheartedly. Even though it is not a local organization, the compassion we have to help other human beings, especially children, is always local. For that reason, I encourage anyone who can help contribute to do so. Download a submission form at http://tinyurl.com/7uoajdl

Call for entries, deadline February 20: Art In City Hall issues a call to Philadelphia area artists for the next exhibition in historic City. Meta-Fiber, part of FiberPhiladelphia2012 is open to artists working in non-traditional ways and with non-traditional materials that utilize fiber and textile art-making techniques such as weaving, sewing, applique`, quilting… Non-traditional materials may include: recyclables, post-industrial, organic, or repurposed products, etc. Exhibition display case dimensions are 84” H x 94” W x 30”D. There are 7 display cases. Exhibition Dates: March 12—May 11, 2012 For prospectus: http://tinyurl.com/7s2cp8q

Call for entries, deadline March 1st: Too often, creative impulses are set aside to meet the wonderful, but pressing, demands of raising a family. The Sustainable Arts Foundation’s goal is to encourage parents to continue pursuing their creative passion, and to rekindle it in those who may have let it slide. The foundation offers unrestricted cash awards to artists and writers with families — specifically, at least one child under the age of 18. Each year we award approximately $70,000 in two cycles. The deadline for our Spring awards is March 1st. The deadline for our Fall awards is September 1st. Our program focuses on awards to individual artists and writers with families. Specifically, the applicant must have at least one child under the age of 18. We welcome applicants from anywhere, but will give some preference to residents of the San Francisco bay area. for more information: http://www.sustainableartsfoundation.org/awards?utm_source=artlist&utm_campaign=artlist2012

Call for entries, deadline March 19: Forged at the Torpedo Factory Art Center, Alexandria, VA. This is a media specific sculptural exhibition that explores the contemporary approaches to forged metal work. The work can range in size with the stipulation that it incorporates forged metal elements. This is open to all artists nationally and internationally. Entry fee. Apply online at http://www.torpedofactory.org/galleries/target_online_form.htm.

Call for entries, deadline April 15: The Portrait: Up Close and Personal at the MPLS Photo Center, Minneapolis, MN. Portraits tell a story, depict a character”, reveal emotion, demonstrate sensitivity and illustrate an intimate connection with your subject. The greatest challenge and most important element in a successful portrait is an intimate connection with the subject. The ways in which you explore this connection, going beneath the surface and finding what is the essence of the portrait determines its success as a representation of your subject. Explore different styles and methods of making revealing portraits that reflect not just the subject but you the photographer as well. Demonstrate the sensitivity necessary to move beyond literal renderings to more intimate portraits. Create images that go below the surface and penetrate deeply into a subject’s character. On Exhibit: June 22nd through August 19th, 2012. Entry fee. For details: http://www.mplsphotocenter.com/exhibits/exhibit-competitions.php

Call for entries, deadline June 1: GoggleWorks Center for the Arts will hold the first arts festival READING on Saturday and Sunday, October 20-21, 2012. The show will include more than 70 juried artists, our GoggleWorks studio artists, music, performing arts and food. The festival will take place inside our main building and the hot glass studio. Proceeds will benefit GoggleWorks. The arts festival READING is currently accepting applications for artists and artisans known for quality and craftsmanship in both traditional and contemporary styles. The application provides more detailed information. Please visit www.artsfestivalreading.org for more information. The jury process began February 1, 2012, with notifications for acceptance beginning March 1, 2012. The deadline for application is June 1.

Deadlines

Wednesday, February 15: Deadline for application for May graduation.
See more deadlines and important dates on the Academic Calendar: http://www.temple.edu/registrar/documents/calendars/11-12.asp

Out & About

Bucks County Illustrators Society Meet & Greet – Monday, February 13, 7 – 9 pm, St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, 84 E. Oakland Ave., Doylestown FREE!
Join us for our second annual Illustrators’ Meet & Greet, a night of informal networking open to all area illustrators and those in related fields. Illustrators are invited to display their portfolios and bring business cards and any promo material they wish to distribute. Art directors, ad agencies, tech, licensing, publishing, marketing and P.R. reps, authors and small business owners are all welcome to come and chat with our illustrators – see the value the Bucks County Illustrators Society provides to the business community and the buzz that custom illustration can bring to your products and services. The Illustrators’ Meet & Greet will be held in Paxson Hall at St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, 84 E. Oakland Ave., Doylestown, PA 18901 from 7 to 9 PM. Light refreshments will be served. If you are an illustrator and are interested in coming, please email patachilles@aol.com or monhingreetings@gmail.com for further info.

PAFA Art at Lunch: Clocks, Calendars, and Conversion Charts: Globalization and the Reorganization of Time, 1880-1930– Wednesday, February 15, noon-1 pm, Hamilton Auditorium, Historic Landmark Building, 118 N Broad St. FREE!
This talk explores how the first modern globalization wave around 1900 profoundly altered notions of time, space, and simultaneity. In 1884, Greenwich Mean Time was adopted as a new universal time standard. Clocks and watches became more affordable and proliferated among ordinary people and as a consequence, new understandings of personal time management, punctuality and time efficiency emerged. Vanessa Ogle, from the University of Pennsvlvania, traces these heated and controversial debates about time to such destinations as France, British India, German colonies in Africa, and trading hubs like the port city of Beirut in present-day Lebanon.

Black Gotham: African American Family History in the 19th Century – Wednesday, February 15, Reception at 5:30/Program at 6:00 pm, The Library Company of Philadelphia, 1314 Locust Street FREE!
Carla L. Peterson, Professor of English at the University of Maryland, College Park, and author of Black Gotham: A Family History of African Americans in 19th-Century New York City, will speak about Philadelphia’s 19th-century African American elites. Black Gotham is Peterson’s riveting account of her quest to reconstruct the lives of her 19th-century ancestors. Register at http://www.librarycompany.org/events/blackgotham.htm.

Free Film: The Spiders Go Forward! (1967) – Wednesday, February 15, 7 pm, The Bellevue, 200 S. Broad Street, 7th Floor FREE!
Late ’60s rock group The Spiders star in this Beatles- esque musical comedy from director Ko Nakahira (Crazed Fruit). An Unknown Japan film series presentation.

Discussion: How Fair is Fair Trade? – Wednesday, February 15, 7 pm, Free Library of Philadelphia, 1901 Vine St FREE!
Join Numa St. Louis, Vice President of Haitian Professionals of Philadelphia, Darlene DeLaPaz of Ten Thousand Villages Center City, and Dr. Sharon Ravitch of the University of Pennsylvania for a discussion on whether or not fair trade policies improve the economic independence of farmers and artisans in Haiti and other developing nations. The discussion will be moderated by Tamara Walker, Assistant Professor of History at the University of Pennsylvania. This event is part of the Free Library of Philadelphia’s One Book One Philadelphia program.

Poet-tree En Motion – Wednesday, February 15, 7 pm, The Rotunda, 4014 Walnut St. FREE!
Poet-tree En Motion is a free community event (but donations are always appreciated)! This ongoing seasonal event series features a variety of dance/movement/theater mediums, live electronic/acoustic music, vocalists and poetry/spoken-word presentations, circus/fire performances, community art creations, VJ projections and open stage/open mics!

ICA Whenever Wednesday Screenings: Foreword To Guns For Banta And Domestic Tourism II – Wednesday, February 15, 7 pm International House, 3701 Chestnut St FREE!
Explore the revolutionary potential of film and the cinematic archive with a series of screenings, discussions, and performances presented as part of the exhibition Living Document / Naked Reality: Towards an Archival Cinema. Screenings: Foreword to Guns for Banta (Dir. Mathieu Kleyebe Abonnenc, 2010, black-and-white, sound, 29 minutes) and Domestic Tourism II (Dir. Maha Maamoun, 2009, color, sound, 62 minutes), Retrace Third Cinema director Sarah Maldoror’s lost film through Mathieu Kleyebe Abonnenc’s Foreword to Guns for Banta and experience the complexities of a rapidly changing society in Maha Maamoun’s film Domestic Tourism II , composed of excerpts from Egyptian films that feature the pyramids. Followed by a conversation between Nora Alter, Professor of Film and Media Arts at Temple University, and Eve M. Troutt Powell, Associate Professor of History at Penn. In collaboration with International House and Penn Cinema Studies.

Faculty and Guest Artist Recital: Phillip O’Banion (marimba) and Megan Emigh (flute) – Thursday, February 16, 7:30 pm, Rock Hall FREE!
Featuring music for flute and marimba including works by Piazzolla, Farr and Wilder.

Documentary Realism Between Cultures: Rey Chow - Friday, February 17, 5 pm, University of Pennsylvania Museum- Harrison Auditorium, 33rd and Spruce Streets FREE!
New media technologies have given us unprecedented power to simulate, fabricate, and falsify, while casting doubt on any notion of objectively recording or documenting actual life. Why, then, is the present moment a time of unprecedented vigor and excitement among documentary-makers? Rey Chow, a renowned scholar of Asian-American film and literature, uses this question as her point of departure to discuss some new forms of documentary realism. A program of the 2011-2012 Penn Humanities Forum on Adaptations. Cosponsored by Penn’s Department of English.

Art after Five: Ralph Peterson Featuring the Curtis Brothers – Friday, February 10, 5 – 8:45 pm, Philadelphia Museum of Art FREE!*
Ralph Peterson is one of the most distinctive drummers in jazz, his talents as a musician, composer, arranger, and bandleader setting him apart as a master. The Curtis Brothers present modern Latin jazz with a social and political consciousness. *The PMA is free to Tyler students with a Tyler Admission Card and your Owlcard. Download your copy of the Tyler Admission Card from the Links section of the Tyler Student Life Blog at http://tylerstudentlife.wordpress.com/

Heart*Print – reception Friday, February 17, 6 – 8 pm, Fleisher Art Memorial Suzanne Fleisher and Ralph Joel Roberts Gallery, 705 Christian Street St. FREE!
The Fleisher Art Memorial is proud to present HeartPrint, a group printmaking exhibition celebrating the artists who have continued to make the Print Love-In a roaring success over its’ 12-year history. Each of the exhibiting artists was invited to submit an artwork made by a printmaking process. Featured artists in the exhibition are Alison Altergott, Hanna Aufschauer, Alyse Bernstein, Christine Blair, Bill Brookover, Candy Depew, Nicole Dul, Marie Elcin, Charlotte Elsner, Elaine Erne, Mike Geno, Rebecca Gilbert, Geoff Hindle, Kathryn McFadden, Judy Panetta, Caitlin Perkins, Michelle Platt, Marta Sanchez, Miriam Singer, Hester Stinett, and Marlise Tkaczuk.

Network: Launch into Fashion – Friday, February 17, 6 – 8 pm, Moore College of Art, 20th Street & Benjamin Franklin Parkway FREE!
Rock your favorite style and accessories for a night of cocktails, local DJ, and the chance to meet some of Philadelphia’s top designers and fashion experts. Featured speakers include Elissa Bloom, Executive Director of the Philadelphia Fashion Incubator, launching this spring at Macy’s Center City, and Jay McCarroll, Philadelphia-based designer and winner of Project Runway, season one. Currently Jay is Chief Creative Officer for Jay McCarroll Online and Jay McCarroll Apparel & Accessories. Launching in February of 2012, Network is The Galleries’ new series of networking events that bring together emerging designers and business and arts professionals to meet, exchange ideas, and make new connections.

Radical Form and Content: Screening I – Friday, February 17, 7 pm, 503 Greenwich Street, Cell #513 FREE!
A viewing of “In Deep Distress.” Shooting Wall is putting on a month of free screenings that will culminate in a discussion. to embolden the local film community and start making revolutionary cinema in our small city. All the films will have radical examples of film-form and narrative. They have been chosen due to their obscurity, dynamism, humor, and revolutionary qualities. Shooting Wall member short films will be shown before each screening. Screenings will be projected with a high definition digital projector and will have a decent sound set-up. Food will be provided for free or at low cost at each screening.

Freedom Bound: African American Women in 18th and 19th Century Philadelphia – Saturday, February 18, 1 pm, 4601 N. 18th Street FREE!
Join us at Stenton on Saturday February 18th for a lecture and discussion examining the rocky road to emancipation experienced by the majority of African American women in the 18th and 19th century urban North. Although experiences varied according to location, age, marital status, and wealth, African American women in Philadelphia serve as useful symbolic representations of the hopeful possibilities of emancipation. Tours of Stenton emphasizing service spaces on the property will follow the talk.

Informal Photography Critique – Sunday, February 19, 4 – 6 pm, 1305 Germantown Avenue FREE!
Looking for constructive feedback? Project Basho will be hosting an informal photography critique on the first Sunday in December. Critiques are open to anyone who has a strong interest in engaging in conversation about photography regardless of their level. All participants are encouraged to bring 10-20 photographs for review. Please RSVP: info@projectbasho.org

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Lectures & Artist Talks

Lecture: Daniel Black, on his novel Twelve Gates of the City – Tuesday, February 7, 5:00 pm, The Charles L. Blockson Afro-American Collection, Sullivan Hall
Join acclaimed author and scholar Daniel Black as he celebrates the release of his most recent novel. Dr. Black is a professor at Clark Atlanta University and author of the major scholarly monograph, Dismantling Black Manhood. His third novel, Perfect Peace, was released in March of 2010 and has been nominated for the Lambda, the Georgia Book of the Year, The Ferro-Grumbley Literary Award, and the Ernest Gaines Prize. Join us to celebrate the release of Dr. Black’s fourth novel, Twelve Gates of the City. This program will include a reading, discussion, and refreshments.

Art History Practice Talk: Christa DiMarco, “Living in Paris: Van Gogh’s Adaptation of Modernist Ideals” – Wednesday, February 8th, from 3:30 to 4:30 pm, Room B081.
Christa DiMarco will be presenting her paper at The University of Pennsylvania’s Penn Humanities Forum on February 27th.

Critical Dialogues: Dike Blair – Wednesday, February 8, 6 pm, Room B04
Dike Blair is a painter and sculptor and since 1980, his work has been shown in many venues, including group exhibitions such as “Vanishing Point”, Wexner Center for the Arts, Columbus; “Let’s Entertain”, Walker Art Center, Minneapolis; “Elysian Fields”, Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris; and the “2004 Whitney Biennial”, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York. In the fall of 2009 a 10-year survey of his work, “Now and Again”, was on view at the Weatherspoon Art Museum in Greensboro, NC. His work will be part of the exhibition, Lifelike, which opens at the Walker Art Center in February 2012. He is a Senior Critic at the Rhode Island School of Design, and a fellow of the Guggenheim Foundation and the American Academy in Rome.

Lecture: Keith Russell, Audubon Pennsylvania – Thursday, February 9, 11 am, B04.
Keith Russell, Audubon Pennsylvania will be speaking about the problems faced by migrating birds traveling through urban areas, including the high number of collisions with glass,. One of the greatest dangers to birds is the widespread use of glass in urban structures. As many as a billion birds die each year when they fly into both reflective and nonreflective glass surfaces. This tragic loss of precious wildlife is a serious threat to the survival of many species, particularly migratory birds. Many ways to mitigate this problem are currently being explored. One possible solution, applying specialized film to windows, is intended to enable birds to recognize windows as an obstruction. These films have visible patterns on them and are being tested in a variety of locations including The Philadelphia Zoo and Temple University’s Main Campus. Bird’s Eye View, an initiative of the Graphic & Interactive Design, aims to raise awareness of this problem at Temple and across the city of Philadelphia and to explore visual options for effective window film patterns. This exhibition includes the work of design students at the sophomore, junior and senior levels. The brief for this project was to design a pattern that would be conceptually and visually compelling for human viewers while being an effective deterrent to birds that might otherwise fly directly into the windows where they are installed.

Lecture: Joseph Straus: Performing Disability,Performing Music - Thursday, February 9, 4:00 pm, CHAT Lounge, 10^th Floor, Gladfelter Hall
Musical performers are inherently prodigious figures, possessed of “extraordinary bodies.” Those who are also marked by stigmatized bodily differences find that their disability both inflects their music-making and profoundly shapes its general reception. Disability, like music, is something they learn to perform, and they do so in accordance with well established cultural scripts. We will consider the simultaneous performance of disability and music for Glenn Gould, Thomas Quasthoff, Itzhak Perlman, and Evelyn Glennie.

Panel Discussion: LOOKING IN PHILADELPHIA – Thursday, February 9, 4 – 6 pm, Temple Gallery
This panel brings together multiple and new perspectives on Philadelphia’s spaces, as they are imagined, lived, and reborn. It features:
Mary Seton Corboy, co-founder of Greensgrow Farms, the nationally recognized leader in urban farming. Greensgrow Farms comprises a nursery, a farm stand, and a 600-member Community Supported Agriculture program, all housed on one acre in Philadelphia’s Kensington neighborhood, the former site of a galvanized steel plant.
Dr. Amy Hillier, Assistant Professor in City and Regional Planning in Penn’s School of Design. Professor Hillier’s research applies geographic information systems (GIS) and spatial analysis methods to housing and health topics. She directs the Mapping the Du Bois Philadelphia Negro , a curriculum, research, and outreach project aimed at recreating W.E.B. Du Bois‘ 1896 foot survey of downtown Philadelphia using GIS.
Dr. Rickie Sanders, Professor of Geography/Urban Studies at Temple University. Professor Sanders’ research centers on issues of gender, race, and class in geography education. Her photography of the city was featured in a recent exhibit, “Images of the City: An Exploration of Geographic Concepts on the Urban Landscape”.
The panel will be moderated by Kenneth Finkel, Distinguished Lecturer in Temple’s American Studies Program. Temple Gallery will be displaying a range of artworks, artifacts, and city planning materials to complement the discussion, including work by Philadelphia artists Zoe Strauss, and Arden Bendler Browning.

Exhibitions

Temple Gallery - open Wednesday – Saturday, 11 am – 6 pm.
CofFREE Mondays: 7:45 – 9:45 am – free coffee in the gallery.
This week Temple Gallery will be displaying a range of artworks, artifacts, and city planning materials, including work by Philadelphia artists Zoe Strauss, and Arden Bendler Browning, to complement the panel discussion Looking in Philadelphia (see listing above for details).

Glass Sale: the Glass Guild will be holding their Valentine’s Day Sale next Wednesday, February 8th in Tyler’s Main Lobby from 9am to 5pm

Stella Elkins Tyler Gallery: Gallery is open Wednesday – Saturday 11 am – 6 pm.

BFA Shows
Kevin Mann, Printmaking
Brian Gallagher, Printmaking
Jessica Feld, Painting

BFA Receptions are Friday, February 3, 6-9 pm

Cookie Jar & Java – Wednesday, January 25 (and every Wednesday) outside the Stella Elkins Tyler Gallery at 11 am: free cookies and coffee while you see the artwork in the downstairs galleries!

Student Lounge Gallery:
PARTS AND LABOR: Works from the MFA Photography and Related Media Program at Parsons The New School for Design (February 10 – 18). Opening Reception: Friday, February 10, 2012, 6:00-8:00pm
In Parts and Labor, the MFA candidates in Photography and Related Media from Parsons The New School for Design embrace the opportunity to forge a dialogue between their own multi- disciplinary creative impulses and the Tyler School of Art and Philadelphia communities.
Featuring works by Adam Abel, Alison Chen, Angela Maria Pulido, Charlie Rubin, Chelsey Morell, Christina Labey, Colleen Fitzgerald, Denise Monczewski, Devon Dill, Dominica Paige, Dylan Entelis, Eugen Litwinow, Haley Bueschlen, Jeanette Spicer, John Deamond, Jose
Soto, Joy McKinney, Kate Stone, Kreerath Sunittramat, Leif Huron, Light Park, Lisa Haefner, Madelaine Edmonds, Maria Sprowls, Nathan Bett, Noelle Theard, Phoenix Lindsay-Hall, Regis Trigano, Sara Maria Salamone, Sharon Ma, Sylvia Hardy, Terrance James, Tony Flanagan, Yichen Zhou.

Tyler Lobby: Post Traumatic Packaging Show (through February 11) Reception Saturday, February 11, 7-9 pm.

See what‘s happening this week at Temple Rome! Visit the Temple Rome blog at artturome.blogspot.com.

Opportunities

Free bus trip to the American Crafts Council Craft Show in Baltimore. Bus leaves from 13^th & Diamond Street at 8:00 am Wednesday, February 22, and returns approximately 8:00 pm the same day. Tickets are available from Kari Scott, Student Life Coordinator beginning Wednesday, February 8. Pick up tickets in the Exhibitions office in person, or from Kari in at the Tyler front desk during office hours: Monday 9:30 – 11 am, Tuesday 12 – 2 pm and Wednesday 3 – 4 pm. Must show Temple ID and trip is open to ALL TEMPLE students.

Marketing for Artists Lecture- Monday, February 6th, 6:00 – 9:00pm at the CBS Auditorium, Hamilton Hall (320 S Broad St) at the University of the Arts
This session will introduce artists to the basics of marketing. Participants will learn how to identify a target audience, build a business value proposition, and use a range of marketing and promotion tools. The event is free for UArts students, alumni, and the general public. Seating is limited, registration required. RSVP at corzocenter.ticketleap.com

New Internship Opportunities: AEG Live – Summer 2012 Marketing Internship (Deadline: 5/4/12); AY Digital – Advertising Internship (Deadline: 2/15/12); ING Direct – Training Web Designer (Deadline: 2/1/12); Legacy Design Photographers – Hilton Head Island Beach Portrait Internship (Deadline: 2/20/12); The Smithsonian Associates – On-Line Marketing Internship (Deadline: 5/31/12); The Smithsonian Associates – Public Affairs Internship (Deadline: 5/31/12); WebpageFX – Social Media Networker (Deadline: 1/31/12). These internships and more are available on the Career Center OwlNetwork. For instructions on how to log on and find these and more visit http://tylerstudentlife.wordpress.com/internships/.

Career Center Workshop: Communicate with Confidence – Tuesday, February 7, 10:00 am, 250 Mitten Hall
Create a strong introduction, project confidence, and enhance your marketability through effective written and verbal communication.

City Year Greater Philadelphia Information Session – Tuesday, February 7, 4 – 6 pm Tuttleman 300AB
Every 26 seconds, a student gives up on school in America. You can change the course of these students’ lives by joining City Year. As a tutor and mentor, you will work in high-need neighborhoods, where you will become a powerful role model to youth and help create solutions for community problems. http://www.cityyear.org

Modeling Job: The Communications, Arts & Humanities department at Delaware County Community College is accepting applications for Nude Life Models. Male and female models are needed to model nude for a college ART course. There are no specific physical requirements except for dependability and reliability. Prior experience is desirable, but will train. Hours are flexible during the semester. Salary is $17/hour. Please contact Professor Bertha Gutman at bgutman@dccc.edu or 610-359- 5382. DCCC is an equal opportunity employer.

Concerned about your employment possibilities? Check out this exciting news about a Tyler alumnus! http://tylerstudentlife.wordpress.com/2012/02/06/exciting-news-about-a-tyler-alumnus/. You can always find news about Tyler people on the Student Life blog at tylerstudentlife.wordpress.com.

Philadelphia Public Art Program Artist Registry: Philadelphia’s Public Art Program invites artists to submit an application with the Public Art Artist Registry. The registry allows artists to participate in all selection processes by maintaining a record of their work that will be consulted by Public Art staff, panelists, architects, and City agencies as public art opportunities become available. The registry is open to all professional artists. There are no residency requirements for the registry, although some opportunities will be limited to the greater Philadelphia region. To join the registry or just learn more about it, please visit http://www.phila.gov/publicart/textPages_beta/Opportunities.html

Conference: Abstract Painting and Beyond – Friday, February 10 @ 11am-5pm & Saturday, February 11, Terrace Room, Cohen Hall, University of Pennsylvania
Might new paradigms and periodizations allow us to see abstraction differently? Kaja Silverman, Keith L. and Katherine Sachs Chair of Contemporary Art in the Department of the History of Art, convenes Penn colleagues and guest speakers including Elise Archias, Darby English, Briony Fer, Rachel Haidu, Daniel Marcus, Anne M. Wagner, and Margaret Werth. To register for this event go to http://www.kajasilverman.com/abstract-painting-and-beyond-conference.php

A Curator’s Conversation – Thursday, February 16, 5:30 pm, The Center for Emerging Visual Artists, 237 South 18th Street, Suite 3a
Join panelists Sarah Archer, Philadelphia Art Alliance, Julie Courtney, Independent Curator, and Kaytie Johnson, The Galleries at Moore for a conversation with three exciting Philadelphia based curators. Learn about their upcoming projects and curatorial vision. Hear their advice for gaining a curator’s attention and, more importantly, keeping it. All programs begin at 5:30 pm. Each session is $12.00. Registration is required. Individuals who have not pre-registered are not guaranteed a seat. To reserve a space or to receive more information about The Center for Emerging Visual Artists or Direct Dialogues Lecture Series, please contact Genevieve Coutroubis, by phone (215) 546 – 7775 x 11 or by email Genevieve@cfeva.org

Residency Opportunity: The Core Program awards postgraduate residencies to highly motivated, emerging visual artists and critical writers who have not yet fully developed their practices and share a commitment to critical dialogue. Established in 1982 within the Glassell School of Art of the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, the Core artist residencies encourage intensive and innovative studio practice as well as the elaboration of an intellectual framework to understand that practice. In 1998, the Core critical studies residencies were established to provide an opportunity for writers to pursue independent curatorial and writing projects and to promote the discourse necessary for both artists and critics to sustain their practices. Throughout the year, residents engage in ongoing dialogue with each other and with pre-eminent artists, critics, curators, and art historians invited to conduct seminars, lecture, and meet with residents individually. Each resident receives a stipend, health insurance, and private studio/office space. The residency term is nine months, from September to May. Residents may apply for a second term. For application instructions, please visit mfah.org/fellowships/core-how-apply.

Call for entries, ongoing: CALYX, A Journal of Art and Literature by Women. Since 1976, CALYX, A Journal of Art and Literature by Women has published thought-provoking visual art by women and has gained a reputation for publishing exceptional female artists first or early in their careers. CALYX Journal, for example, was the first publication in the United States to publish the artwork of Frida Kahlo in color. Our journal is produced twice a year and showcases a vibrant collection of poetry, short stories, essays, book reviews, hybrid pieces, and a full-color art section. CALYX Journal is now open for submissions of visual art. We welcome art submissions of all media and forms–diverse approaches are encouraged. As a feminist journal, we are especially interested in art which pushes boundaries and hybridizes form. Please send art images electronically as a .tif or .jpg (at least 300 dpi) to editor@calyxpress.org. Limit of 6 images and/or photos. Please include a list of all titles, media, and dimensions; a 50-word biographical statement; and a 50-word statement about your artwork with your submission along with your address, phone number, and email. You may also send artwork on a cd to CALYX Journal/PO Box B/Corvallis, OR 97339. It is free to submit and contributors’ payment for publication includes complimentary copies of the issue and a one-volume subscription to the journal following that issue.

Call for entries, ongoing: Color My Sidewalk invites artists of all types to contribute artwork for their blog and website. We are a young arts organization that showcases artists and promote their hard work. All artwork will be published under the authors name and we don’t ask for anything in return, we just want to support talented artists! so if you are an artist looking to get some of your art out there in the world, we’d like to help! More information about who we are and what we do at www.ColorMySidewalk.com or email us at info@colormysidewalk.com

Call for entries, deadline March 14: Focal Point: Fine Art and Creative Photography National Juried Exhibition. The Maryland Federation of Art (MFA) invites all artists residing in the United States and Canada to enter its open-juried all photography exhibition. Any original work creative in any form of photography, following exhibition guidelines will be considered. The selected works will be on exhibit in the MFA’s Circle Gallery, 18 State Circle, Annapolis, Maryland from May 25 through June 17, 2012. Entry fee. Details at http://www.mdfedart.com/pages/call_for_artists.php

Call for entries, deadline March 15: Philadelphia Sculptors is offering a great opportunity for artists interested in pushing their own personal boundaries and creating innovative site specific works in an unusual setting. We are sponsoring “Catagenesis,” a major exhibition of installations and multi-media works at Globe Dye Works, a former manufacturing facility in Philadelphia that bleached and dyed textiles from 1865 – 2005. Scheduled for September 9 – October 21, 2012, “Catagenesis” refers to the concept that breakdown, instead of being an end, becomes a beginning as it progresses to reorganization, and then ideally, renewal. This concept becomes the core of our project as artists become the catalysts for repurposing, and ultimately transforming, a former industrial structure into a place of growth and creativity. We are seeking submissions from artists that respond to the historic context of the site or to its physical condition. Proposals may acknowledge some aspect of the history of the building such as the role of manufacturing in Philadelphia; the different products created there; the importance of water and its relationship to the city’s economy; the impact of the factory on the community; the lives of the workers; or other related themes. Interactive, multi-media, and installation works are encouraged. Selected artists will receive an honorarium of $750. Entry fee. Details at http://www.philasculptors.org/catagenesis/home.html

Call for entries, deadline March 22: Camera USA: National Photography Award 2012. All photographers residing in the United States are invited to submit one photograph taken in the United States after January 1, 2010 for the exhibition Camera USA: National Photography Award 2012. The photography exhibition will be installed in The von Liebig Art Center’s Frederick O. Watson Gallery from June 4 through August 10, 2012. The von Liebig Art Center is located in Naples, Florida in the heart of the 5th Avenue South shopping, dining and arts district. A maximum of 50 photographs will be included in the Camera USA: National Photography Award 2012 exhibition. A $5,000 grand prize award will be presented to one photographer. The grand prize award winner will receive two nights hotel accommodations in Naples, Florida and round-trip economy class air fare to attend a preview reception and award presentation on Friday, June 1, 2012. Entry fee. Details/to enter: http://www.juriedartservices.com/index.php?content=event_info&event_id=514

Call for entries, deadline March 31: Direct Art 19 Competition. This competition is for Direct Art Magazine, Volume 19, Fall 2012 edition. The competition is for twenty publication awards. Entry fee. Artist winners of the competition will, at no cost to the artist, have their work appear Volume 19 of Direct Art Magazine. http://www.slowart.com/prospectus/spring.htm

Call for entries, deadline April 10 (but get your work in early to get votes): ArtLa.com is giving away $10,000, a MacBook Pro, and an exhibition at a major LA gallery in their Student Artist of the Year contest. No entry fee. Submit your artwork at: http://www.artla.com/

Deadlines

Out & About

Architecture in Film: Mon Oncle – Monday, February 6, 6:30 pm, Philadelphia Center for Architecture, 1218 Arch Street FREE!
“If there is one film that crystallizes the conflict that dominated twentieth century discourse regarding modernization, Mon Oncle introduces this more lucidly than any other. The story is itself rather thin as its entertainment value lies more in a series of visual gags similar to the comedies of Charlie Chaplin in which the main character Monsieur Hulot never speaks (played by Tati, a former mime). Hulot is the uncle of his sister’s young son, whose father is an executive at the local plastic tubing factory. The family lives in a ridiculously modern home, with its absurdly minimalist garden, its fully automated fountain and a state-of-the-art kitchen. Much of the film consists of sequences that demonstrate how the family goes about it its daily routine by submitting to the demands of the house’s harsh design. Corbusier’s “Machine for Living In” becomes reality in the movie, in which the house forces its occupants to suppress the way people would normally live. The people become the props.” – http://architectureandmorality.blogspot.com/. This monthly series, which screens films that explore ideas and themes on architecture and architects, is hosted by John DeFazio, AIA (Architect & Associate Professor @ Drexel University) and Nick Groch, Assoc. AIA. Films begin with a discussion of the relevant themes and elements to notice during the screening and are followed by an informal discussion. Films are generally shown on the first Monday of each month. Join us before every film at 6:30pm for a wine and cheese reception.

Faculty Recital: Allen Krantz, guitar – Monday, February 6, 7:30 pm, Rock Hall FREE!
Featuring works by Granados, Krantz, Yocoh and Matiegka.

Visibly Invisible – DesignPhiladelphia Spring Lectures: Regina Lee Blaszczyk: “From Parlor to iPhone: Our Gadgets, Our Identities.” – Tuesday, February 7, 6 pm, University of the Arts Hamilton Hall, 320 S Broad Street FREE!
An award-winning design historian, Blaszczyk explores the hidden meanings of the things we use every day. Her whirlwind tour of 150 years of consumer culture highlights the invisible links between the Victorian parlor and the I-want-it-now culture of Apple, Facebook and Twitter. Reservations recommended: 215-717-6030.

PAFA Art at Lunch: Long Live the Figure: The Role of Figuration in 2011– Wednesday, February 8, noon-1 pm, Hamilton Auditorium, Historic Landmark Building, 118 N Broad St. FREE!
The long tradition of figurative work at PAFA makes it an especially exciting place to examine the role that figuration plays in twenty-first century art. From Bill Viola’s Oceans Without a Shore (2007), a recent addition to the Academy’s collection, to Lisa Yuskavage’s Triptych (2011), a tour de force of figurative-based painting today, Matthew Palczynski explores why the figure continues to magnetically appeal to such a wide variety of artists.

Lecture: How the New Advertising Industry is Defining Your Identity and Your World – Wednesday, February 8, 6 pm, UPenn Bookstore, 3601 Walnut St FREE!
Penn Professor Joseph Turow explains how the customized media environment we inhabit today actually reflects diminished consumer power. Based on new research and interview with industry insiders, Turow will show how advertisers have come to wield greater power over individual consumers and media outlets.

ICA Whenever Wednesday: Artist Talk: Charline von Heyl – Wednesday, February 8, 6:30 pm, ICA, 118 S 36th St. FREE!
Delve deeper into questions of abstraction within the history of painting and contemporary art as ICA’s exhibition Charline von Heyl concludes with a week-long series of events that shed new light on the artist’s working methods and contexts.

Film Screening: School in the Crosshairs (1981) – Wednesday, February 8, 7 pm, The Bellevue, 200 S Broad St. 7^th Floor FREE!
A gifted high school student fights invading Venusians. Pure filmmaking insanity from the director of the 1977 cult phenomenon House. An Unknown Japan film screening presentation presented by the Japan America Society of Greater Philadelphia.

Artist Talks & Reception for Journeys – Alumni Travel Grant Exhibition at CFEVA- Thursday, February 9, 5 – 7 pm, Center for Emerging Visual Artists, 237 S 18^th St #3A FREE!
Join The Center For Emerging Visual Artists for the Artist Talks and Reception for the Alumni Travel Grant Exhibition Journeys, featuring Keiko Miyamori, Caleb Nussear and Binod Shrestha! The Center’s Alumni Travel Grant program helps its alumni take advantage of opportunities involving travel that could have a significant, positive impact on their work. Examples include apprenticeships, use of a particular facility such as a world-class foundry or print shop, residencies and international workshops, and other specific projects involving travel.

Weeknights at the Wagner: What’s Love Got To Do With It? Fertilization Imagery in the Art of Gustav Klimt, Frida Kahlo, and Diego Rivera – Thursday, February 9, 5:30 pm, Wagner Free Institute, 1700 W Montgomery Ave (behind Liacouras Garage) FREE!
How does an artist paint love? Many people use hearts and flowers, but a few unconventional artists depicted cells and embryos. Dr. Gilbert will examine the artistic work of Gustav Klimt, Frida Kahlo, and Diego Rivera, each of whom used the language of modern science to speak about love, politics, and society. Klimt depicted nascent embryos to champion artistic creativity over government repression; Kahlo used embryonic development to symbolize the consummation of love and the primacy of woman in creation; and Rivera used an image of ovulation to portray workers controlling their fertility and wages.

ICA Keynote Conversation: Charline von Heyl & Kaja Silverman – Thursday, February 9, 6:30 pm, ICA, 118 S 36th St. FREE!
Delve deeper into questions of abstraction within the history of painting and contemporary art as ICA’s exhibition Charline von Heyl concludes with a week-long series of events that shed new light on the artist’s working methods and contexts.

2^nd Thursday@Crane Arts Center – Receptions Thursday, February 9, 6 – 9 pm, Crane Arts Center, 1400 N American St FREE!
In Liquid Presents Robert Solomon: The first series, Place and No Place, is a collection of photographs Solomon took over the course of one year from his single, sliding studio window that faces south. This window frames the sky and roofline of the building across the street, resulting in a simple, but compelling, composition merely suggesting the interior space revealing a tactile sky and industrial silhouette. After the first experimental photograph was taken by Solomon one afternoon, this effect as described above drew him to continue photographing this same frame, resulting in multiple studies, varying the time of day and position of the camera. The images chosen for the exhibition are a sampling of the selective beauty created out of this experiment.
State of the State: State of the State is an exhibition that features the work of current Second State Press (SSP) Fob Holders. It is a snapshot of what is happening in the Philadelphia printmaking community and the work that is being created. Located in the basement of the Crane Arts Building, Second State Press is a communal printmaking studio that provides artists with an affordable, supportive, and professional workspace. Fob Holders are members of SSP that have been accepted into the program and work in the shop for unlimited access to the printmaking facilities. Fob holders are skilled and talented printmakers that are from all over the country who have decided to make Philadelphia their home. Their creative energy in our shop is palpable and is the lifeblood of Second State Press.  Artists: Lauren Abshire, Daryl Bergman, Josh Carlevato, Josh Dannin, Erina Davidson, Emilia Edwards, Siobhan Koslap, Nina Macintosh, Brian Palmieri, Ryan Parker, Serena Perrone, Hannah Riotto, Krista Shaffer, Crystal Shephard, Christina Taylor, and Jake Yeager
Mat Tomezsko: Inspired by the presence of SugarHouse Casino in the working-class neighborhood of Fishtown, this series of paintings explores the allure of the promise of easy and instant wealth associated with gambling — and particularly how this influences men in the community, appealing to their instinct to provide. Much of the imagery was drawn from the ads and billboards put out by the casino, but also from photographs taken from inside the casino. The intention is not to cast judgement one way or the other, but to look at things are they are. Tomezsko is a Tyler School of Art graduate. He has shown in exhibitions at both established and underground galleries, including Fleisher/Ollman Gallery, Projects Gallery, the Crane Arts Building’s Ice Box and Danger Danger Gallery, among others
University of Delaware: Degrees of Abstration: University of Delaware MFA Alumni Exhibition curated by Dr. Vicky A Clark, Art Gallery Director and Art Historian at Clarion University. Featuring: Mark Franchino, Matthew Gehring, Jim Lee, Jennifer O’Neill, Greg Rubio, Shawn Williams, Deborah Winram, Jim Zeske.
Of the Ordinary: The Philadelphia Photo Arts Center is pleased to announce Of the Ordinary, a group exhibition including the work of Adam Broomberg & Oliver Chanarin, Alyse Emdur, Ron Jude, Jason Lazarus, Christian Patterson and Ofer Wolberger. At a time when photography itself is undergoing a tremendous transformation within popular culture and the art world alike, the act of appropriation has become imbued with a new kind of energy. With a galaxy of images circulating without boundaries, moving from one place to another, we can only speculate on what their final resting place(s), if any, may be. Each time the context of a photograph changes, whether it be a digital file or a physical print, the ways in which it is experienced, understood and reinterpreted will also adapt. The act of working with other people’s photographs, whether they are new, old, prints, digital files or otherwise, has been given a new relevance by the mitigating circumstances of contemporary life and image-making. This extends the mutability of meaning embedded within the medium itself and grants more permission to the viewer and author to generate new contexts and interpretations. Of the Ordinary is comprised of imagery that was never intended to be experienced in the context of a gallery or museum. The focus of this exhibition is an interest in the political implications of portraiture, highlighting the various ways in which images are created, distributed and experienced in a contemporary setting. Many of the projects highlighted in this exhibition employ the method of editing an existing body of images to further investigate their meaning.

Faculty Recital: Julie Bishop, soprano and Jean-François Proulx, piano – Thursday, February 9, 7:30 pm, Rock Hall FREE!
Featuring works for voice and piano voice by American composers.

Art after Five: Marco Pignataro Trio Featuring Bassist John Patitucci – Friday, February 10, 5 – 8:45 pm, Philadelphia Museum of Art FREE!*
Saxophonist/composer Marco Pignataro is a member of the Eddie Gomez Quintet and the leader of the Marco Pignataro Jazzet. He has performed with Danilo Pérez, Arturo Sandoval, and Paquito D’Rivera, among others. With Pérez, he leads the Berklee Global Jazz Institute at Berklee College of Music, Boston. *The PMA is free to Tyler students with a Tyler Admission Card and your Owlcard. Download your copy of the Tyler Admission Card from the Links section of the Tyler Student Life Blog at http://tylerstudentlife.wordpress.com/

Manayunk On Ice Festival – Saturday February 11, 11-5 and Sunday, February 12, 12-3, Manyunk Main Street FREE!
Manayunk On Ice is a three day ice carving expo featuring ice carvers from around the world that takes place along the Main Street corridor in Manayunk – a section of Philadelphia. The weekend begins on Friday with a blazing kick-off Ice Bonfire event and continues on Saturday and Sunday with carving competitions, an ice sculpture tour, a performance carving event and more!

For Monday, January 30, 2012

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Lectures & Artist Talks

Art History Practice Talk: Shana Cooperstein, “Scientific Manipulations of Astronomical Photography” and Monica Hahn, “The Embodied Native: Gesture and Performance in Joshua Reynolds’ Omai” – Monday, January 30, 1 pm, Room B83

The Business of Being an Artist: Quick Tips for Survival – Monday, January 30, 6 pm, Room B-04
This will be the first of four monthly seminars run by students for students. This session will cover Resumes & Internships and answer your burning questions: what is the difference between a Resume and a CV? How do I beef up my resume? Where do I find an internship and what sort of etiquette is required in obtaining one? How do I broaden the view of my Fine Art Degree to Advertising, Business and many other job avenues? Seminars to follow will include info on building your own website, writing proposals for Grants, showing your work in Galleries, etc. etc, The seminars will be run by students, faculty and Artist professionals as speakers. Refreshments will be served!

Out of Shape: Gender, Feminism, and the Neglected Art of Reva Urban, Lecture by Gerald Silk – Thursday, February 2, 12:30–1:50 pm, CHAT Lounge, 10th Floor, Gladfelter Hall
Reva Urban (eventually known simply as “Reva”) was an American woman artist who achieved success in the art world in the 1950s and 1960s, but has essentially vanished from art history. Her career offers important insights into the relationship of gender to art production, form, and content. This talk will examine her innovative shaped canvases and constructions and address how her sense of identify affected her output. Like that of some of her contemporaries, Reva’s engagement in feminist ideas augured concerns that became increasingly prominent in the art of the late 1960s and beyond.

Innovation & Entrepreneurship Institute: Idea Creation & Opportunity Assessment – Thursday, February 2, 4:30 pm, Fox Innovation Lab, 503d Alter Hall
Learn how to develop a new idea for a product, service, or business. Come with your creativity! Presented by Robert McNamee, Academic Director of the IEI & Assistant Professor, SGM

Temple University Libraries and Megawords Present a Screening at the PMA! – Sunday, February 5, 2:30 pm, Philadelphia Museum of Art (free*)
Temple University Libraries Urban Archives and Megawords Magazine are partnering for a screening as part of the Zoe Strauss: Ten Years exhibition at the Philadelphia Museum of Art. All films are drawn from our television news collection and are loosely inspired by the work of Zoe Strauss, Megawords and the PMA itself. The pieces explore everyday Philadelphians, their challenges, rituals, celebrations and public spaces. Some material is entirely new and some are highlights from previous UA screenings. *The PMA is free to Tyler students with a Tyler Admission Card and your Owlcard. Download your copy of the Tyler Admission Card from the Links section of the Tyler Student Life Blog at http://tylerstudentlife.wordpress.com/

Exhibitions

Temple Gallery - open Wednesday – Saturday, 11 am – 6 pm.
CofFREE Mondays: 7:45 – 9:45 am – free coffee in the gallery.
This week see Temple Gallery’s fifth and final desk project of the year. Rama Hoffpauir, an artist and farmer from New Auburn, WI, has created a micro-world within an office desk. Sit down and enjoy a snack as you rifle through the drawers of this artwork. Materials are provided to make a rolodex drawing, as you think about places other than the place you are. This installation is intended to make you take that fifteen minute break from the office, call a friend, and smile.

Stella Elkins Tyler Gallery: Gallery is open Wednesday – Saturday 11 am – 6 pm.

BFA Shows
Brian Jerome, Printmaking
Katie Verdieck, Painting
Breeann Deibler, Fibers

Student Lounge Gallery:
Lewis Galli, Printmaking

BFA Receptions are Friday, February 3, 6-9 pm

Cookie Jar & Java – Wednesday, February 1 (and every Wednesday) outside the Stella Elkins Tyler Gallery at 11 am: free cookies and coffee while you see the artwork in the downstairs galleries!

Tyler Lobby: Post Traumatic Packaging Show (through February 11)

Temple Rome Gallery: John James Pron: RomanRemix (through February 3)
Temple architecture professor John Pron questions the destiny of Roman Christian architecture at a time when the Church is being challenged and doubted. The exhibition presents mixed media collages and models produced in Rome during a sabbatical period; they represent six historic churches in six neighborhoods in Rome, which are being “reconsidered for repurposing.” The works are explained and justified by supportive snippets of papal speeches, ecclesiastical writings, encyclicals, from the Vatican website.

See what‘s happening this week at Temple Rome! Visit the Temple Rome blog at artturome.blogspot.com.

Opportunities

First Friday Gallery Walk Bus Trip, Friday, February 3, 6 pm. This month is “do-it-yourself” as we visit the galleries at 319 N. 11^th Street. Meet at the bus stop on the corner of 12^th & Norris Streets (corner of the front of the Tyler building closest to the Engineering Building). You will receive bus tokens and a map for galleries surrounding 319 N. 11^th. You can return to Tyler when you’re finished, or continue on to other areas of Philadelphia. Here are some of the shows you can see:
Napoleon Gallery: Tasty, by Tyler alumna & current adjunct Leslie Friedman
Tiger Strikes Asteroid: Cathedral, by Tyler alumnus & current PDS Secretary Matt Sepielli
Grizzly Grizzly: Totems & Topographies: Samantha Mitchell
Vox Populi Gallery: February show was not publicized at press time, but I’m sure it will be something awesome!

Campus Philly’s 2012 Alternative Spring Break (ASB) will be held March 4th through March 9th. This week-long service-immersion program takes place in Philadelphia and is a fantastic opportunity for students to serve and build relationships with nonprofit and cultural organizations throughout the region. ASB provides students with a transformational service-immersion opportunity that focuses on literacy, urban education and college access in Philadelphia. Students will visit a different nonprofit each day to learn about a social issue affecting the Philadelphia region and how that nonprofit is working to address the problem. Students will then get a chance to work directly on a service project with the nonprofit. At night, students will have the opportunity to explore a select set of Philadelphia’s unique cultural offerings such as the Philadelphia Orchestra. For details see http://campusphilly.org/about-us/campus-philly-events-and-programs/alternative-spring-break-asb/

Volunteers Needed for Alumni Weekend, April 20-22. We want our volunteers to be able to make a real connection with alumni that will be attending that graduated from their school. Tentative volunteer responsibilities include: Interacting with guests at events on/off campus; helping with set-up and break-down of events; if desired: help with planning of specifics of Alumni Weekend. All volunteers are required to attend one of two training sessions that will be held the week before. If you’re interested, contact Kelsey Siano, Student Intern: tub46488@temple.edu.

Call for entries, deadline February 10: Open to “self-identified women artists.” Petroleum Paradox: For Better or For Worse? The discovery of oil, in 1859, in Pennsylvania, transformed our way of life; we are enveloped by petroleum products – from the shoes we wear, to the materials our clothes are made of, to the way we heat our houses, to our modes of transportation. Oil dependency pollutes the environment causing respiratory illness, endangers wildlife, and necessitates the large scale loss of life as we search to secure sources of oil overseas. How do we maintain our optimism despite this rush to grab dwindling non-renewable energy assets, instead of focusing on renewable energy and the prevention of global warming? This exhibit seeks to raise awareness of our imperiled democracy and the Petroleum Paradox. What do you think about the Petroleum Paradox and what is happening in our oil dependent society and world? Entry fee. Details at http://www.entrythingy.com/www.nationalwca.org#dashboard

Call for entries, deadline February 13: What’s New Pussycat—photos from the world of cats. 1650 Gallery is hosting a juried photo exhibition of the love ‘em or leave ‘em world of cats. While we’re thinking mostly of Felis Domestica (the common house cat), if you have shots of lions, tigers, panthers, leapords or any of the big cats, they work too! Whether it’s cute kitties or prowling hunters, farm cat or city kitty — if it’s feline-based you’re good to go. We’re even looking for girls in cat suits! Entry fee. For details, visit http://1650gallery.com/pussycat2012_call.php

Residency Opportunity, deadline February 15: Nida Art Colony invites artists, designers, architects, curators, and art researchers to meet the coming summer and autumn on the Baltic Sea coast in the Curonian Spit National Park. The Colony was opened in March 2011 as a new branch of the Vilnius Academy of Arts (Lithuania). Note that this is NOT a free residency. For detail, see http://www.nidacolony.lt/en/component/content/article/132-call-for-2012-summer-autumn-residency-applications-till-15th-of-february-

Call for entries, deadline February 21: Ceramics Monthly plans to feature the works of emerging clay artists. Submit up to (no more than) five 300 ppi images, a color print of each image, descriptions of the work, and contact info to: Emerging Artists, Ceramics Monthly, 600 N. Cleveland Ave., Ste. 210, Westerville, OH 43082. E-mail materials or questions to: epfeifer@ceramics.org. No entry fee!

Call for entries, deadline February 24: an opportunity for art students at Temple University to showcase their work at The Philadelphia Orchestra’s second annual College Night Art Exhibit on April 20, 2012. College Nights at The Philadelphia Orchestra are post-concert events exclusively for college students to mingle with other students and Orchestra musicians while enjoying free food, drinks and live music by a local band. Last year’s inaugural art exhibit was a tremendous success, and we are very excited to continue this event in its second year! By February 24, send an email to miss.kari@temple.edu indicating that you want to participate and the number of pieces you would like to show (note that you will have to transport and set up your work at the Symphony Hall). You will then be asked to submit images by March 12. There is no theme, but the music for College Night is Tchaikovsky and Shostakovich.

Call for entries, ongoing till April 1: The Storefront, located at 2816 W. Girard Avenue in the Brewerytown section of Philadelphia, will serve as a forum for new ideas of how to improve cities. Bringing best-practices from around the world to Philadelphia, as well as engaging the local urbanism community, the Storefront will host panel discussions, lectures, screenings and exhibitions related to our published content (see the call for artists below). By bringing our ideas and events literally to the street, we hope the Storefront will enable a more robust dialogue about the direction of American cities. We currently are seeking artists to contribute artworks that comment upon central themes of our content, such as the built environment, economy and infrastructure. The artworks, which can be two- or three-dimensional, will be placed in a 12″ x 12″ area in the Storefront for Urban Innovation‘s front window for a period of three to six weeks in 2012. While Next American City cannot offer funding for the creation of artworks (we hope to in the future), we can host an opening event for each exhibition and publicize the work through various channels. Next American City will review and accept proposals on a rolling basis until April 1, 2012. Artists interested in applying to show their work should send an email to info@americancity.org with “Storefront Art” in the subject line. Please provide: a description of the proposed artwork (not to exceed 300 words); any images that will help explain the proposed work (the email’s contents should not to exceed 1 MB total; please consider providing links to images hosted on other sites such as Flickr instead of sending the images themselves); a timeline for the project; the artist’s availability to install and de-install the project, and to participate in related Storefront events.

Deadlines

Monday, January 30: Last day to drop a course.

Friday, February 3: Deadline to apply for Neil Kosh Study/Travel Scholarship
The Neil Kosh Study/Travel Scholarship provides tuition assistance for an undergraduate student to study in Temple University’s Rome or Temple Japan Programs during the 2012-2013 school year*. You can pick up Scholarship information and the application form at room 210J in the Tyler Administrative suite.

Wednesday, February 15: Deadline for application for May graduation.

See more deadlines and important dates on the Academic Calendar: http://www.temple.edu/registrar/documents/calendars/11-12.asp

Out & About

Dr. Johan Botha Speaking at Delaware Photographic Society Meeting – Monday, January 30, 7:30 pm, Cokesbury Village, 726 Loveville Rd. Hockessin, Delaware FREE!
Dr. Johan Botha, an award-winning wildlife photographer from South Africa, will speak at a meeting of the Delaware Photographic Society. Dr. Botha’s program is “Photography of Wildlife in Action,” during which he will show images of wildlife in action taken by he and his wife Margie while on African safaris and trips to North and South America and also discuss photographic techniques used. The meeting is free and open to the public. Dr. Botha holds a PhD in organic chemistry. He started with photography as a hobby in 1991 and immediately got intensely involved. Dr. Botha says it is very rewarding to capture wildlife in any form of action. He said it forces him to acquire knowledge of the species he is photographing in order to be able to predict when and where the action is going to take place; it teaches him to always sharpen his photographic skills; and most of all it teaches him to be patient.

Music Faculty Recital: Elizabeth Hainen, Harp – Tuesday, January 31, 7:30 pm, Rock Hall FREE!
Donizetti/arr. Zabel: Lucia di Lammermoor: Act I, Scene 2; Schafer: The Crown of Ariadne; Guridi: Viejo Zortzico; Benzecry: Horizontes inexporados

Introduction 2012: An Exhibition of work by new CFEVA Fellows – Artist Reception: Wednesday, February 1st, 6 – 8 pm, Moore College of Art & Design, Widener Memorial Foundation Gallery, 20th Street and Benjamin Franklin Parkway FREE!
Leslie Friedman, Daniel Gerwin, Rebecca Gilbert, Kay Healy, Kim Heechan, and Johanna Inman.

Jazz@TheUnderground – Wednesday, February 1, 7:30 pm, Howard Gittis Student Center FREE!
Tim Brey, Piano

PAFA Art at Lunch: The Material World of Early Philadelphia – Wednesday, February 1, noon-1 pm, Hamilton Auditorium, Historic Landmark Building, 118 N Broad St. FREE!
From its beginning as a haven for English Quakers in the colony William Penn founded in 1681, the city of Philadelphia prospered, becoming a leading port in the English Atlantic World and a center of American culture and politics. Richly illustrated with new photography and an array of early American art, George Boudreau’s new book walks its readers through the streets of this august city and the lives of its residents and visitors, exploring the stories of the diverse people – enslaved and free, women and men, rich and poor, patriot and Tory — who made Philadelphia’s unique history.

Penn Humanities Forum: Faculty Forum: Pleasures and Pitfalls of Film Adaptation – Wednesday, February 1, 5 pm, International House, 3701 Chestnut Street FREE!
The history of cinema is one of adaptations from other media. Great adaptations are often more innovative and enduring than their sources. Indeed, they compel us to rethink the whole relationship between originals and copies, sources and targets. Our distinguished faculty discuss some of their favorite film adaptations, including those featured in the Adaptations Film Series.

ICA Whenever Wednesday: Discussion: Pictures & Props - Wednesday, February 1, 6:30 pm, ICA, 118 S 36^th St. FREE!
Consider an alternative narrative of appropriation and the Pictures Generation that foregrounds props and objects with MOCA curator Bennett Simpson and artist Kathryn Andrews. Complimentary La Colombe coffee will be served prior to the event.

A Sense of Place – Public Opening And Reception: February 2, 5:30 to 7:30 pm, Philadelphia Art Alliance, 251 S. 18th St. Pay what you will
Presented in conjunction with FIberPhiladelphia2012. Marian Bijlenga, Marcia Docter, Pat Hickman, Ke-Sook Lee, Amy Orr, Barbara Lee Smith, Wendeanne Ke`aka Stitt, Bhakti Ziek, Guest Curator: Bruce D. Hoffman.

Art after Five: Philadelphia Dance Party with DJ Cosmo Baker – Friday, February 3, 5 – 8:45 pm, Philadelphia Museum of Art FREE!*
Enjoy a night dedicated to Philadelphia music with celebrated DJ Cosmo Baker, who blends hip-hop, disco, rock, funk, and reggae while staying true to his Philadelphia roots. Now based in Brooklyn, he helped found The Rub, an internationally known DJ/remix collective. *The PMA is free to Tyler students with a Tyler Admission Card and your Owlcard. Download your copy of the Tyler Admission Card from the Links section of the Tyler Student Life Blog at http://tylerstudentlife.wordpress.com/

It’s first Friday! Here are some openings, or come with us to 319 N. 11^th (see Opportunities above for details).
Safeword: work from the PennDesign MFA Class of 2013 – Opening reception: Friday February 3rd, 5:30 – 7:30pm, Meyerson Gallery, 210 South 34th St FREE!
Caroline Claflin, Orlando De La Garza, Mark Dilks, Tara Fadenrecht, Elisa Gabor, Laine Godsey, Zenas Hutcheson, Christina Kerns, Yuxue Li, Alex Nguyen, Daniel Oliva, Jacob Rivkin, Scout Segotta, Minmin Shi, Ceaphas Stubbs, Sarah Tortora, Toisha Tucker, Tara White.
Reforesting: An Homage to Gil Ott – Opening Reception Friday, February 3, 5 – 7 pm, Painted Bride Art Center, 230 Vine St. FREE!
Reforesting: An Homage to Gil Ott is a collaboration between poet Julia Blumenreich and visual artist Wendy Osterweil. A multi-layered art installation includes a forest of silkscreened “spirit trees,” papercuts that conjure light and shadow in a forest environment, a wall of sycamore tree bark, “tea skin” composed of stitched and embroidered teabag papers, and an ethereal boat signifying passage to the next world. Reforesting represents a dialog between Wendy and Julia, in response to Julia’s suite of 16 poems that investigate grief and loss. Gill Ott (1950-2004), a poet with over a dozen published books and a community arts activist, is the late husband of Julia.
Soft Village: Studio Makkink & Bey – Opening Reception & Artist Talk Friday, February 3, 6 – 8 pm, Fabric Workshop & Museum, 1214 Arch St. FREE!
The Fabric Workshop and Museum (FWM) is pleased to present an exhibition by the Dutch design collaborative Studio Makkink & Bey which is led by architect Rianne Makkink (b. 1964) and designer Jurgen Bey (b. 1965)—one of the first Droog Design collaborators. Soft Village: Studio Makkink & Bey features recent, insightful projects by this Studio such as: “WashHouse” (2010-11), “Soft News” (2009), “Cleaning Beauty Locker” (2007), “Dust Cabinet” (2005), and “Vacuum Cleaner Chair” (2004). Taking inspiration from The Fabric Workshop and Museum’s mission and permanent collection, Studio Makkink & Bey’s FWM exhibition interweaves the soft, ever-changing features of textiles and fashion—as well as the industries that make them—within the often rigid look and function of today’s cities. Through Makkink & Bey’s installed, fictive, city-like landscape of sculptural work and decorative objects, they imagine ways to incorporate community-wide change t hrough a more pliable form of urban planning, one that utilizes a soft method of shaping the world around us. As a result, Soft Village will promote a different approach to sustainable design, highlighting components that are flexible, impermanent, nomadic, and that can be altered easily according to community need.

2011 Nikon Small World Exhibition – Opening reception Friday, February 3, 5 – 7:30 pm, Wistar Institute, 3601 Spruce St. FREE!
The Wistar Institute hosts an exhibit of winning images from the 2011 Nikon Small World competition, the oldest and most respected photomicrography competition of its kind. The competition, founded in 1974, is regarded as the leading forum for recognizing the beauty and complexity of life as seen through the microscope. This event serves as the kick-off of The Wistar Institute’s six- week exhibition of the 20 winning images. The collection gives you a glimpse into a world that most have never seen—the intersection of art and science as viewed through the lens of a microscope.

Excellence in Printmaking – Opening and Awards Announcements Saturday, February 4, 1-4 pm, Washington Printmakers Gallery, 8230 Georgia Ave, Silver Spring, MD FREE!

The top-prize winning print, with it’s award of $500 to an outstanding young artist, will be announced at the Opening Reception for our 2nd Annual Excellence in Printmaking Exhibition. A Tyler BFA candidate is in this show!

Solo Series Spring 2012 – Opening party Sunday, February 5, 3 – 5 pm, Abington Arts Center, 515 Meetinghouse Rd, Jenkintown FREE!
Join us Abington Art Center for a reception with light refreshments and a wine bar as they celebrate the opening of the first Solo Series of the new year! The show includes four simultaneous solo exhibitions by Colleen McCubbin Stepanic, Susie Forrester, Csilla Sadloch and Emily Steinberg on view through March 25th.

For Monday, January 23, 2012

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Lectures & Artist Talks

None this week!

Exhibitions

Temple Gallery - open Wednesday – Saturday, 11 am – 6 pm.
CofFREE Mondays: 7:45 – 9:45 am – free coffee in the gallery.
This week see BLUEREDYELLOW on Friday, January 27 from 2-5pm
Join us for the first of a three-session workshop with Philadelphia-based design and natural dye house, BLUEREDYELLOW. During this first session, BLUEREDYELLOW will demonstrate how to prepare fabric for natural dyes, prepare an indigo fermentation vat, as well as discuss plant dyes, resist and over-dye methods. The other scheduled workshops will be held on Friday, February 10, and Friday, February 24, both from 2-5pm. Space is limited, if you want to come call Sarah at 215-777-9138 to reserve a spot.
Elissa Gwen Meyers and Mira Sophia Adornetto are BLUEREDYELLOW. By growing and harvesting local dyes, the intention of BLUEREDYELLOW is to provide comfortable, natural, chemical-free textiles with the smallest environmental footprint possible. Click here (http://blueredandyellow.wordpress.com/) to read more.

Stella Elkins Tyler Gallery: Gallery is open Wednesday – Saturday 11 am – 6 pm.

BFA Shows
Alexa Linton, Painting
Michael Catalano, Painting
Cody Griswold, Sculpture
BFA Receptions are Friday, January 27, 6-9 pm

Cookie Jar & Java – Wednesday, January 25 (and every Wednesday) outside the Stella Elkins Tyler Gallery at 11 am: free cookies and coffee while you see the artwork in the downstairs galleries!

Photo Gallery: MILLIMETER / FILMEATER: an exhibition and screening of experimental methods in film and video (January 17 –25)
Film screening and reception: Tuesday January 24th from 6 to 8 pm, featuring work by: Sarah Greenleaf, Paul Hinson, Cally Iden, Chad Sims, Israel Vasquez and Geoffrey Waterman. Please join us in our gallery space at the Tyler School of Art building for an exhibition and film screening featuring works created under the rubric of experimental methods in film and video. These movies explore themes that are brought to the fore by the medium of film, such as dislocation, silence, mapping and identity, memory and expectations of space and of seeing.

Green Hallway: Bird’s Eye View (January 17 – February 26)
One of the greatest dangers to birds is the widespread use of glass in urban structures. As many as a billion birds die each year when they fly into both reflective and nonreflective glass surfaces. This tragic loss of precious wildlife is a serious threat to the survival of many species, particularly migratory birds. Many ways to mitigate this problem are currently being explored. One possible solution, applying specialized film to windows, is intended to enable birds to recognize windows as an obstruction. These films have visible patterns on them and are being tested in a variety of locations including The Philadelphia Zoo and Temple University’s Main Campus. Bird’s Eye View, an initiative of the Graphic & Interactive Design program at Tyler School of Art, aims to raise awareness of this problem at Temple and across the city of Philadelphia and to explore visual options for effective window film patterns. This exhibition includes the work of design students at the sophomore, junior and senior levels. The brief for this project was to design a pattern that would be conceptually and visually compelling for human viewers while being an effective deterrent to birds that might otherwise fly directly into the windows where they are installed.

Ceramics Studio: Clay Programs of Excellence in Philadelphia Area Highs Schools (January 11-29)
Ten high schools were invited to show outstanding clay works from their programs: Philadelphia High School for Girls, Philadelphia’s Creative and Performing Arts High School, Council Rock South High School, Upper Dublin High School, Springfield (Delco) Area High School, Penn Wood High School, Malvern Academy, William Tennent High School, Wissahickon High School, and Springside Chestnut Hill Academy. The exhibit features over thirty works by high school students and will be on view until a public reception on Sunday, January 29, 2012 from 2-4pm honoring the young artists and their teachers. The reception will include student clay demonstrations and tours of Tyler’s studios. The exhibit reveals the first-rate work being done by area adolescents in a variety of outstanding art programs, led by inventive art teachers.

See what‘s happening this week at Temple Rome! Visit the Temple Rome blog at artturome.blogspot.com.

Opportunities

Career Chat for Tyler Students, Monday, January 23, 9:30 – 11:00 am in the Tyler Lobby: Need help with your resume? Looking for an internship or job? Exploring careers? Stop by, ask questions & receive advice from Megan Pongratz, Career Coach and liaison to the Tyler School of Art.

Speaking of Internships, MOMA in NYC offers several summer internships, as well as 12 month internships starting in the fall. The deadline to apply for the summer internships is Tuesday, January 31, so if you are interested, you should apply now! Details at www.moma.org/learn/courses/internships

More internships are available from the Career Center’s OwlNetwork Database: Anthropologie – Display Internship (Deadline: 4/1/12); International Sculpture Center –Spring Internship (Deadline: 5/31/12); Newtown Athletic Club – Graphic Design Internship (Deadline: 5/31/12);

Please Touch Museum – Photographer in Residence (Deadline: 2/15/12); The National Museum of American Jewish History – Museum Internship (Deadline: 1/31/12); Vacamas Program for Youth – Summer Camp Counselor (Deadline: 5/31/12); WebpageFX – Social Media Networker (Deadline: 1/31/12); Ya Man Tee – Documentary Internship (Deadline: 1/25/12). For instruction on using the Career Center’s OwlNetwork Database, visit Tyler’s Internship website at http://tylerstudentlife.wordpress.com/internships/

Volunteers are needed for Temple’s Alumni Weekend on April 20-22. We want our volunteers to be able to make a real connection with alumni that will be attending that graduated from their school. Tentative Volunteer Responsibilities: interacting with guests at events on/off campus, helping with set-up and break-down of events, if desired: help with planning of specifics of Alumni Weekend. If you are interested in helping, contact Kelsey Siano tub46488@temple.edu and let her know you are from Tyler School of Art.

SWAP table, Tuesday, January 24, 10 am – noon. The SWAP Table is a table full of office supplies that were reclaimed from the University Services Building that was torn down. The supplies are available to all students, staff, and faculty for free. Do you have art supplies you don’t need anymore? Feel free to bring them to SWAP with other stuff you need!

Hyphen, Tyler’s Literary and Arts Magazine, is looking for help from a graphic designer major for making a website for our magazine. We are hoping for someone who will work for free and get great experience. Contact Nicole Counts at nicole.counts@temple.edu if you are interested!

Free Workshop: Pop-Ups: Taking Your Books 3-D! Monday, January 30th, 2012; 3:00-5:30 pm, Kimmel Center, 300 S. Broad. Pre-registration required. The most complex of pop-up structures stem from basic mechanisms that only depend on a little glue and paper. Led by Pop-Up artist Colette Fu, this workshop will demonstrate the basic mechanical concepts of pop-up paper engineering including slits, angle folds, platforms and pop-up solids. Learn to add this new dimension to simple book making that you can use in the classroom with students of all ages. No previous experience is required. For more information: http://bartol.org/teaching-artist-programs/workshops/

Call for entries, deadline January 23: Wide Open 3 Juried Art Show NYC. We are excited to announce the third annual national juried art show, Wide Open 3, opening March 18, 2012. And once again we are fortunate to be joined by a very prestigious juror–Charlotta Kotik, Curator Emerita of Contemporary Art at the Brooklyn Museum of Art. With her direction, we look forward to a really awesome show. The broad theme of “Wide Open 3″ encompasses all the possibilities of knowledge and freedom and love–wide open spaces…arms wide open…eyes wide open–but as with all things, there is the inevitable opposite–wide open to attack…corruption…failure. What kind of fantasy is this? What does it really indicate? This juried show looks to explore this idea of “wide open” in all the hidden niches of our collective psyche. Entry fee. Details at http://wideopenartshow.com/

Call for entries, deadline January 26: Open Call for Figurative Art and Portraits. Exhibition Dates: February 8 – March 2, 2012. Dacia Gallery invites emerging and established artists to submit artwork for an opportunity to participate in a group exhibition. This exhibit will focus on the human figure. All artwork must have a concentration on the figure or portraits. The artwork can be traditional figurative work, nudes, contemporary, or figurative abstract, portraits and self-portraits will also be considered for the exhibition. Accepted Artwork: Painting, drawing, printmaking, sculpture, photography, digital art and mixed media. Entry fee. To learn more and to participate please visit our website and follow the guidelines on the submissions page: http://www.daciagallery.com/submissions.php

Call for entries, deadline January 27: February 2012 Artist of The Month. Open to all artists. The selected artist will be showcased as the on TheArtList.com. TheArtList.com is the leading online resource for visual artists and photographers looking for art contests, photography competitions, calls for entries, public art calls, and more etc. TheArtList.com also provides promotion services to art galleries, museums, businesses, and art organizations. Free! Details/to enter: http://www.facebook.com/TheArtList?sk=app_95936962634

Call for entries, deadline February 7: The Morris Arboretum and Woodmere Art Museum, located in Chestnut Hill, Philadelphia, are collaborating to organize an outdoor exhibition during the summer of 2012. Artists of the Philadelphia region are invited to apply and commit to reinterpreting an individual or pair of full size chairs. Child-size chairs can be included as an optional second or third chair. (We did not get this idea from Goldilocks and the Three Bears!) An honorarium of $200 will be awarded to each artist. The deadline for the submission of a letter of interest is February 7, 2012. Selections will be made by February 22 and partially assembled wooden Adirondack chairs will be available to artists by February 27. Completed chairs are due the week of April 30. Prizes will be awarded and chairs will be on view outdoors throughout the summer at either the Morris Arboretum or Woodmere. The exhibit will close September 3 (Labor Day).Details at http://www.business-services.upenn.edu/arboretum/adirondackChair.shtml

Call for entries, deadline February 10: 2012 Diamond Screen Film Festival Poster Contest! We need your graphical creativity to shine this year’s Diamond Screen! 2012 official Diamond Screen Film Festival is calling for entries of our annual poster contest! The winning design will receive a $50 award and recognition on the Diamond Screen website and our official PR materials for this year’s festival. Poster Dimensions: 11″ by 17″. (.jpeg file, less than 1Mb) The submission guildline and deadlines will be announced soon on the website: http://diamondscreen.org/ or email us: diamond@temple.edu

Call for entries, deadline February 14: The Brenda Taylor Gallery Juried Exhibition. The Brenda Taylor Gallery is pleased to announce a call to artists for a juried exhibition. Twelve artists will be included in an exhibition from February 28th through March 14th, 2012 at the Brenda Taylor Gallery, 505 W. 28th St. NY, a ground floor Chelsea location. If you work in painting, sculpture, photography, ceramics, or any other media, you are eligible to apply. Yiyoung Hong was one of our last applicants and now can be found on our Artnet site. We’re hoping to find additional artists to work with through offering this opportunity to you. Entry fee. For details: http://brendataylorgallery.com/juriedexhibition.htm

Call for entries, deadline February 17: Tyler Arboretum invites artisans to submit entries for this unique and fun exhibition. Spanning the summer season from May 26 to October 28, 2012, seats ranging from rustic, to modern, to whimsical will create a unique take on the idea of having a place to sit and enjoy the arboretum. Use this opportunity to display your artistic vision. Cash prizes will be awarded. For complete details as well as rules and regulations, download: http://www.tylerarboretum.org/documents/FinalSitaSpellEntryCallUSETHIS.pdf

Call for entries, deadline February 29: SlowArt Productions presents the group thematic exhibition, Arte Natura. This exhibition will focus on art inspired by the natural world and will be held at the Limner Gallery from June 2 – 30, 2012. Eligible are all art forms relating to, or gaining inspiration from the world of nature. Landscapes, skyscapes, flowers, vegetables, fruits and animals are all eligible. Human images are permitted only as an elemental part of the natural environment. All artist interpretations of the natural world from the realist to the abstract and conceptual will be reviewed and considered. Entry fee. For more information visit http://www.slowart.com/prospectus/natura.htm

Call for entries, deadline March 1: The Fleisher Art Memorial announces the call for entries for the 35th season of the Wind Challenge Exhibition Series. This juried, regional competition, has gained a national reputation for excellence since it began in 1978. Each season, Fleisher exhibits the work of selected artists in three three-person exhibitions. Nine artists will be chosen for three five-week, three-person exhibitions in Fleisher’s galleries. There will be a $750 honorarium to each selected artist and you will receive support from the Fleisher Exhibitions Staff to create a public event or activity in conjunction with the exhibition and be included in Fleisher’s publications, electronic & print announcements, and an artists’ profile on Fleisher’s online Wind Challenge database. Note that you must graduate by Summer 2012 and live within 50 miles of Philadelphia to be eligible to apply. Details at http://fleisher.org/exhibitions/entries.php

Call for entries, deadline March 1: Three Solo Exhibitions in the Print & Picture Hallway Gallery, Parkway Central Library of The Free Library of Philadelphia. Artist books, drawing, photography, and prints. All 2D work must be framed with secure hanging devices ready to install, except for book arts. Entries accepted from Bucks, Burlington, Camden, Chester, Delaware, Montgomery, New Castle, Philadelphia & Salem counties. Shows are May-June, Sept-Oct, or Nov-Dec. Entry fee. For details see http://www.friendsofpix.org/Three_Solo_Shows.html

Call for entries, deadline March 16: Wayne Art Center is pleased to announce the 6th Annual Wayne Art Center Plein Air Festival. The competition is open to all two dimensional artists working in the plein air method. Thirty-two participants will be chosen by this year’s juror, Jeanette LeGrue to compete in the festival from May 15-19, 2012 in Wayne, Pennsylvania and its historic and pastoral surroundings. Works completed during the festival week will be judged for prizes amounting to up to $6000. For prospectus, visit www.waynepleinairentry.com.

Deadlines

Monday, January 30: Last day to drop a course.
Wednesday, February 15: Deadline for application for May graduation.
See more deadlines and important dates on the Academic Calendar: http://www.temple.edu/registrar/documents/calendars/11-12.asp

Out & About

34 Years of Keeping a Journal: Notes on a Daily Practice, a Lecture by Charles Ritchie – Monday, January 23, 4:30 pm, Arcadia University Theatre, Spruance Fine Arts Center, 450 S. Easton Road, Glenside FREE!
Charles Ritchie is an artist based in Washington, D.C. recognized for his watercolors, drawings, and prints depicting views of his studio and home. Meticulously rendered, sometimes over a period of many years, these monochromatic, intimately scaled compositions take light and its passage through the darkened rooms and suburban exteriors of early morning as their primary focus. Parallel and integral to Ritchie’s art making is his practice of journal keeping, an activity he has sustained continuously since 1977 resulting in a total of 136 books. In addition to recording the artist’s immediate response to the numerous subjects that comprise his work, these books also include private notations, written in nearly illegible script, that track his dreams. Beginning with a look at Ritchie’s current journal, this wide-ranging lecture will then look back to the origins of his interest in the book form and his first enthusiasm for art and the creative process. A brief chronology will relate how the journals evolved, augmented by descriptions of technical methods and a discussion of how dreams are recalled and their significance in self-study. A brief look at artists, writers, and poets follows, reflecting the importance of models in developing the artist’s journaling practice. Select journal studies will be presented alongside completed drawings, offering a dialogue between the proposed image and its resolution.

Capitalism by Gaslight: The Shadow Economies of 19th-Century America – Opening reception Tuesday, January 24, 5:30 – 7 pm, Library Company of Philadelphia, 1314 Locust St FREE!
Drawing on books, pamphlets, newspapers, magazines, prints, photographs, and ephemera in the Library Company’s collection, guest curator Wendy Woloson explores underground urban commerce in the 19th century in our exhibition “Capitalism by Gaslight: The Shadow Economies of 19th-Century America.” The exhibition focuses on how many Americans earned their livings outside the spheres of wholesale and retail commerce, conducting economic transactions in illicit and semi-legal ways. From pick-pocketing to gambling, counterfeiting to prostitution, “Capitalism by Gaslight” describes the myriad ways people participated in an earlier, shadowy realm of commerce that required a surprising degree of creativity, cunning, and financial acumen. RSVP to 215-546-3181.

Talk: Unpopular Privacy Laws – Tuesday, January 24, 7 pm, Penn Bookstore, 3601 Walnut Street FREE!
Penn Law Professor Anita Allen sheds light on current privacy laws and the importance of fighting for them. She makes the case for how these laws benefit society and why they should be maintained. Based on her most recent book, Unpopular Privacy: What Must We Hide?

State Of The Union BINGO Viewing Party – Tuesday, January 24, 7:30 pm, National Constitution Center, 525 Arch St FREE!
Cries of “Bingo!” will echo throughout the National Constitution Center during State of the Union Bingo, a highlight of the Center’s State of the Union Viewing Party. This unique version of the popular game engages participants in the president’s annual address to Congress, aired live at the National Constitution Center. The party kicks off with special tours and interactive programs. Light fare and a cash bar will be available. Reservations are encouraged; please email programs@constitutioncenter.org.

Penn Humanities Forum: Michael Gordin-Speaking Utopian: Science in an Artificial Language – Wednesday, January 25, 5 pm, Rainey Auditorium, 3260 South St. FREE!
Princeton historian Micahel Gordin describes a curious moment in the history of modern science, when scientists around the world turned to artificial languages as the best way to share their research.

ICA Whenever Wednesday: Excursus II: East of Borneo Opening Program & Reception – Wednesday, January 25, 6:30 pm, ICA, 118 S 36^th St. FREE!
Launch Excursus II with East of Borneo. This is the second installation in a new series that invites the public to come together, converse, and peruse ICA archival material in the context of the present. Founded by Thomas Lawson and Stacey Allan, East of Borneo is a collaborative online magazine of contemporary art and its history as considered from the vantage point of Los Angeles. For more information: http://icaphila.org/excursus/.

Lecture with Challenge Artist Anita Allyn: Modern Consumer Capitalism and the Media – Wednesday January 25, 7 pm, Fleisher Art Memorial, 719 Catherine St. FREE!
Challenge Artist Anita Allyn invites guest lecturer David Suisman, Associate Professor at the University of Delaware, to give a lecture on modern consumer capitalism and the media, themes that Allyn explores in her exhibition.

Art after Five: Django-a-Go-Go Festival – Friday, January 27, 5 – 8:45 pm, Philadelphia Museum of Art FREE!*
Inspired by the music of Django Reinhardt, guitarist Stephane Wrembel with musicians Biel Ballester, Kyle Dillingham, John Intrator, and Howard Alden offer an evening of French gypsy jazz—with no set break. Wrembel composed the theme to Midnight in Paris and the soundtrack to Vicky Cristina Barcelona. *The PMA is free to Tyler students with a Tyler Admission Card and your Owlcard. Download your copy of the Tyler Admission Card from the Links section of the Tyler Student Life Blog at http://tylerstudentlife.wordpress.com/

People’s Biennial – Reception Friday, January 27, 2012, 5:30 – 8:30 pm, Haverford College, Cantor Fitzgerald Gallery, Whitehead Campus Center, 370 Lancaster Ave, Haverford FREE!
People’s Biennial presents 36 contemporary artists who work in and near cities not traditionally considered American “art capitals”: Portland, Oregon; Rapid City, South Dakota; Winston-Salem, North Carolina; Scottsdale, Arizona; and Haverford, Pennsylvania. Finding artworks through a series of local open calls, studio visits, and serendipitous encounters, curators Harrell Fletcher and Jens Hoffman present a diverse body of drawings, paintings, photographs, sculptures, films, schematics, collections, and other works, questioning existing curatorial practice and the established avenues and institutions of the art world. Artist Maiza Hixson will be on-hand to conduct interviews with visitors from 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. Artist Laura Deutch will give a tour of her Messages In Motion mobile media studio at 6:30 p.m. People’s Biennial Portland-area artist, Rudy Speerschneider will be in attendance and serving homemade ice cream from his Junior Ambassador’s Food Cart: A Mostlandian Venture during the opening.

A Circumstantial Assembly – Reception: Friday, January 27th, 5:30 – 8 pm, Moore College of Art & Design, Levy Gallery, 20th Street and Benjamin Franklin Parkway FREE!
Jill Bell, Susan Benarcik, Ana B. Hernandez, Mark Khaisman, Daniel Kornrumpf, Jedediah Morfit, & Binod Shrestha
This exhibition explores the diverse ways that contemporary artists are (re)interpreting fiber art-based traditions and techniques. This exhibition of CFEVA’s Career Development Program Alumni is held in conjunction with FiberPhiladelphia, a city-wide biennial celebrating fiber-based works.

Sing-along Sound of Music – Sunday, January 29, 5 pm, Church of St. Martin-in-the-Fields, 8000 St. Martin’s Lane FREE!
The Hill is Alive! Watch and sing along with all of your favorite tunes from this classic film! Don’t worry: we’ll run the film with the closed captioning on in case you forget the words. Come in costume if you like! Part of St. Martin’s Good.Clean.Fun series of family-friendly activities. The Church of St. Martin in the Fields is located in the Chestnut Hill section of northwest Philadelphia. All are Welcome.

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Lectures & Artist Talks

None this week!

Exhibitions

Temple Gallery - open Wednesday – Saturday, 11 am – 6 pm.
First CofFREE Monday of the semester: 7:45 – 9:45 am next week, January 23.
This week see Susie Brandt’s I <3 CZ:

In celebration of Valentines Day, Temple Gallery has commissioned artist Susie Brandt to create an artwork led by love. Brandt’s response is I <3 CZ. CZ refers to the late fiber artist Claire Zeisler. Based in Chicago for much of her life, Zeisler (1903-1991) was internationally known for her draped forms of braided and knotted threads. These “Cousin It” like sculptures are the inspiration for Brandt’s commission. Made from 120 skeins of red RedHeart yarn, Brandt’s commission will spill over the gallery couch and floor in a loving tribute to Claire Zeisler. Susie Brandt is an artist who worked at the Claire Zeisler Workshop in Chicago over the summer of 1986. Now living in Baltimore, Brandt’s work has addressed issues of domesticity, consumption, abundance, time, and devotion. Her work has been included in numerous solo and group exhibitions both nationally and internationally. Brandt is on the faculty of the Fiber and Foundation Department at Maryland Institute College of Art Susie will be making this new commission in Temple Gallery on January 17 and 18. If you would like to join in with this labor of love and help make I <3 CZ, please email miss.kari@temple.edu

Stella Elkins Tyler Gallery: Gallery is open Wednesday – Saturday 11 am – 6 pm.
Portraits of the Artist: Faces of Africa and its Diaspora, an exhibition curated by Sophie Sanders, PhD candidate, Art History
A multimedia exhibition of portraits of influential black and multiracial artists from the 20th to the 21st Centuries by Tyler School of Art and Temple University students. The works in this exhibition were created as part of a project for the course, Sensitivity and Spirit: Art of the Black Atlantic World, taught in Fall 2011 by Sophie Sanders, Ph.D. candidate in Art History. Students took inspiration from artists that they researched and wrote about to create a portrait of that artist in his or her style.

BFA Shows
Kiersten Siegl, Sculpture
Student Lounge Gallery: Grace Johanson, Painting

BFA Receptions are Friday, January 20, 6-9 pm

Cookie Jar & Java – Wednesday, January 18 (and every Wednesday) outside the Stella Elkins Tyler Gallery at 11 am: free cookies and coffee while you see the artwork in the downstairs galleries!

See what‘s happening this week at Temple Rome! Visit the Temple Rome blog at artturome.blogspot.com.

Opportunities

Sell Your Work! Submission deadline EXTENDED to Wednesday, February 1: A large regional healthcare facility based in New Jersey would like to feature local emerging artists in their new facility. We’re looking for painting, drawing, and photography to fill this space. Interested artists can submit their portfolio to Nicole@madisonartconsulting.com: 8 mb total, JPEG or PDF preferred. Please be sure to include dimensions and pricing for each piece, and only include work that is available for purchase! Deadline for submission is midnight Wednesday, February 1st.

Are you graduating this spring or summer (or last semester)? Do you want to be Temple’s Student Commencement Speaker? Is your GPA at least 3.0? Temple is accepting applications from students to give a 4-5 minute talk at the Liacouras Center Commencement Ceremony (the all-Temple ceremony) on May 10. For details/to apply, download the information sheet/application here: http://tylerstudentlife.files.wordpress.com/2012/01/commencementspeakerapp.pdf

Before I list the jobs and internships this week, you did read the Opportunities too good to miss email I earlier this month, right? Cuz if you didn’t you should go to the WHAT archives right now and see what you missed. For some of the opportunities, it may not be too late. Visit http://tylerstudentlife.wordpress.com/the-what/ and scroll down past this week’s archive to see it.

Internship Opportunity: The Philadelphia Mural Arts Program has invited the Dutch artist team responsible for the Favela Painting project in Rio de Janeiro, to work on three monster mural projects in Philadelphia, to be completed by fall 2012. As of today, we are looking for talented interns / volunteers to enforce the design and production team. It offers a unique chance to become part of a series of projects of unprecedented scale and great opportunities to learn about creating community based artistic interventions.

Are you several or all of the following?: fluent with an allround graphic skillset (photoshop, illustrator); interested in modelmaking, both analog and digital (3D Max); experienced with using foamcutters, 3D printing, lasercutters; interested in social and community based art interventions; willing to work in a team, potentially together with community members. We have flexible office hours and are looking for dedication and talent in any type of setting, full-time/part-time, long/fixed period. You should bring your own computer and will work in a team, based in an inspiring workspace in an old window factory in North Philadelphia.

We offer: an unforgettable experience, working with world renowned artists; a great way to experience the field of community based art interventions; great networking opportunities and a nice starting point for your CV. Expenses will be paid, hungry bellies will be filled and good laughs will be had! If you are any of the above or have any other great skill-set that you would like to offer, please mail a short and sweet motivational letter and CV to: info@favelapainting.com.

More information about internships is here: tylerstudentlife.wordpress.com/internships. Also make sure you peruse the Scholarships page at tylerstudentlife.wordpress.com/scholarships-for-current-students/ to help you find money for next year!

Hanbury Evans Wright Vlattas + Company is accepting applications for its class of 2012 Summer Design Scholars. This is a juried selection, open to upper-level undergraduates and graduate students in architecture, urban design, landscape architecture, and interior design. We hope you will distribute this link to your students, friends and school acquaintances. The submission deadline is Monday, FEBRUARY 20. Selection will be made by March 15. You can learn more about our program (and applicants can apply) at this link: www.hewv.com/scholar

Summer Jobs!
Be an Owl Team Leader! Applications due by February 1. Owl Team Leaders work with University staff, new students, and each other to create a positive and welcoming atmosphere for new students during summer orientation programs. Each Owl Team Leader works closely with small groups of new students to facilitate group activities and discussions that will help new students in their transition to Temple University. In this position, Owl Team Leaders will learn and practice group facilitation and teamwork strategies, build interpersonal and intrapersonal competence, and serve as positive role models and representatives of Temple University. Owl Team Leaders are required to participate in spring trainings and meetings, summer training including a weekend retreat, and all summer orientation sessions in June, July, and August. Application details at http://www.temple.edu/studentaffairs/orientation/owl-team/

Camp Sequoia, an overnight summer camp located in Pottstown, PA for children who need help with social skills, is seeking camp counselors and art instructors for the 2012 camp season which runs from June 23-Aug 13. Our campers are boys and girls who present with average to above average intelligence and developed language skills. Our campers are diagnosed with one or more of the following: ADHD, mild Aspergers syndrome, high functioning autism, or a non verbal learning disability. We are looking for Activity Specialists for the following positions: Art & Ceramics Instructor, Woodworking Instructor, Comic Book Design Instructor, Movie Making Instructor, Camp Photographer/ Videographer. Qualified applicants should ideally have experience working with our camper population and teaching in their respective program area. Please send your resume to our office at office@camp-sequoia. We look forward to hearing from you! More details at http://www.camp-sequoia.com/Work.html

French Woods, a summer camp in upstate New York is looking for teachers in their Visual Arts department: wood, leather, photography, video, ceramics, jewelry, drawing and painting, screenprinting, and digital media. Salary plus room & board. For more information/to apply, visit www.frenchwoods.com, or email admin@frenchwoods.com.

Understanding Taxes for Artists: Whether you’re getting grants, performing, selling art privately, and/or self employed you have to file taxes. Have you been wondering what the best filing option is for your situation? To help you answer that and other questions, Leeway Foundation presents this special tax workshop led by expert Wally Moyer. The workshop will be offered twice on Wednesday February 1 from 10:00am-12:00pm AND 6:00pm-8:00pm in our office (1315 Walnut Street, Suite 832). Venue is wheelchair accessible. Registration is required to attend this workshop. Please only choose one session. To register, click on this link or call 215.545.4078. FREE!

The Economist’s Which MBA? Online Fair, February 6th and 7th 2012 – FREE! Meet admissions officers from business schools around the world at this FREE online fair. Gain insight into the MBA experience by chatting with alumni, watching webinars and videos, and downloading resources. Sign up free or learn more at http://registermbafair.whichmba.com/?source=undergrad ** Sign up now for your chance to win a free iPad 2 when you visit 5 or more school booths on February 6th and 7th. **

The Center for Curatorial Studies at Bard College accepts 2012/2013 applications: This program is broadly interdisciplinary and provides practical training and experience within a museum setting. Deadline: February 1. http://www.bard.edu/ccs/study/

Art and Social Practice MFA at Portland State University: A program composed of a unique combination of individual research, group work, and experiential learning. The program accepts approximately six students annually. Deadline: February 1. http://pdx.edu/art/graduate-programs

MFA Program at the University of Southern California Roski School of Fine Arts: The two-year, studio-based degree program, accepts eight students each fall, providing a highly rigorous and individualized experience. Deadline is February 1. roski.usc.edu/mfa

The American Institute for Roman Culture is accepting applications for its summer programs. For details, visit http://romanculture.org/page/summer-programs.

The School of Art and Design at West Virginia University is proud to announce its international painting study in China. This program will provide an opportunity for students to study landscape painting in Chinese Ink style in Nanjing and Tangka (scroll painting in Tibetan) in Tongren with extensive traveling to major historical and artistic sites throughout China. For details see http://art.ccarts.wvu.edu/international_programs/painting_in_china

HUB-BUB in Spartanburg, SC, invites applications for our Artists-in-Residence Program by February 15, 2012. (Free live/work space + stipend for 11 months!) If you are an artist or writer between the ages of 20 and 35, if you long to live free and create for 11 months in a huge, beautiful studio apartment, if you would love to be a part of over 100 nights of art and entertainment in a historic downtown, and if you want to spearhead community-based art projects while collaborating with other creative people and organizations, you should apply for the HUB-BUB Artists-in-Residence (air) Program in Spartanburg, South Carolina. Details at http://www.hub-bub.com/air/

De Ateliers Residency program in Amsterdam, application deadline February 1: De Ateliers, founded in 1963, is an internationally acclaimed studio program based in Amsterdam. It offers a two-year residency program in twenty-five spacious studios in a monumental building in the center of Amsterdam. These are placed at the disposal of beginning artists who wish to combine intensive self-motivation with critical guidance of prominent artists: Rob Birza, Angela Bulloch, Marlene Dumas, Chris Evans, Runa Islam, Melvin Moti, Willem de Rooij, Bojan Šarčević, Marien Schouten, Fiona Tan, Didier Vermeiren and Marijke van Warmerdam. De Ateliers is an independent artists’ institute, which is run by visual artists. Check our website for info on our program, side activities, guest tutors and alumni. De Ateliers is open to young artists at the beginning of their professional artistic development. Every year 10 to 15 artists are invited to start a working period at De Ateliers in Amsterdam. You are welcome to apply by submitting a completed application form, together with documentation of your work. Information on the details of the application process and the application form can be found on our website. As per 2012 there is only one yearly deadline for applications. Application for the working year 2012–2013 is possible until February 1st, 2012. Details/apply at www.de-ateliers.nl

Call for entries, deadline January 27: Creative Quarterly 27. Open to all art directors, graphic designers, photographers, illustrators and fine artists in all countries. There are separate categories for professional and student entries. Entries to be published in the next issue of Creative Quarterly. Free digital copies of each issue will be sent to leading art directors and art buyers in North America and Europe. Categories include Fine Art, Graphic Design, Illustration and Photography. Entries are $10 each. For more information: http://www.cqjournal.com/callforentries.html

Call for entries, deadline January 27: American Photography, the leading juried annual, regarded by creative professionals as the number one resource for today’s finest photographers, is accepting entries for AP28. Submit your best work to be included in their hardcover annual. Entry fee. For details/to enter: http://www.ai-ap.com/cfe/

Call for entries, deadline January 28: GoggleWorks Center for the Arts presents its 2012 juried show Vanity Fare: ART inspired by Fashion. Including but not limited to painting, drawing, fiber, sculpture, photography and design. Awards: There will be a juror´s Grand Prize Award for best in show. This award winner will be featured in a solo show at GoggleWorks in the Cohen Gallery. There will be cash prizes awarded for first, second and third place. Jurors: Lyn Godley pioneer in transforming fine art designs into everyday products and Pam Ptak of Season 7 of Project Runway. Entry Fee. For details and prospectus visit http://www.goggleworks.org/Exhibitions/Call-for-Artists/

Call for entries, deadline January 31: Transcending History: Moving Beyond the Legacy of Slavery and the Holocost. Artwork must relate to one or more of the following: Slavery, the Holocaust, Trauma, Captivity, Freedom and/or Resilience. 3 winning entries will be on display at the Rosen Hillel in the Transcending History juried traveling art exhibit. To enter the competition (no submission fee), please send a JPEG image of the artwork (in any medium, maximum size 1 MB) with (1) your name, (2) dimensions and medium (3) title of the work(s) and (4) background regarding work(s) to transcendinghistory@gmail.com QUESTIONS? Please contact Naomi Rosen at Nrosen@phillyhillel.org

Call for entries, deadline January 31: Spring 2012 International Women’s Photography. Professional Women Photographers (PWP) invites all women artists working with any photographic process to submit images for juror Mary Ellen Mark. The contest includes $3000 in cash awards; valuable prizes provided by Datacolor, global leader in color management solutions and color communication technology; a group show in Manhattan’s .NO gallery; an online exhibition and a feature article in IMPRINTS Magazine Spring/Summer 2012 issue. For more information visit http://pwponline.org/calls/individual.php?which=2011-11-28-1. To submit your work go to: https://www.smarterentry.com/imgapp/AccountServices/login.asp?SiteID=5042

Call for entries, deadline February 1: The 19th San Angelo National Ceramic Competition, April 20 – June 24, 2012. Open to all ceramic artists in the United States, Canada and Mexico. Up to 3 pieces may be entered with a post mark deadline of February 1, 2012. Jurors: Garth Clark and Mark Del Vecchio. Invited Artists: Kelly and Kyle Phelps. Fee $20. Cash Prizes. Illustrated Catalog. Call for Entries prospectus available at our website: http://www.samfa.org

Call for entries, deadline February 3: Dublin Biennial – International Exhibition Of Contemporary Art. The exhibit will showcase the work of award-winning and critically distinguished contemporary Artists working in the International Biennial arena. Selected and juried, the Exhibition aims to highlight and promote the cultural diversity and universal dialogue expressed by international Artists. Opening on James Joyce’s world celebrated Bloomsday, 16th June, the inaugural ceremony will be officially opened by The Office of The Lord Mayor of Dublin. Entry fee. For more information/to enter: http://www.dublinbiennial.com/

Radnor Residents: Call for entries, hand-deliver February 6: All artists who are legal residents of Radnor Township are invited to submit one piece of original artwork in painting, works on paper, fine art craft, photography, ceramics, mixed media or sculpture that has been created in the last two years. All 2-D works must be suitably framed and wired for hanging to be considered. Sculpture and other 3-D work must be sturdy, stable and otherwise display ready. No artwork may be withdrawn before the end of the exhibition. Entry fee. Download prospectus: http://www.wayneart.org/exhibition/expressions-of-radnor

Call for entries, deadline February 10: Art in the Open (AiO) invites you to Philadelphia’s waterfronts for a celebration of art, nature, urbanity, and the creative processes that are born when all three are in mind. This May, re-framing the plein air tradition of creating art outside, on-site, AiO will encourage both artists and viewers to draw inspiration from the city’s natural and urban landscapes by creating art in the public domain. AiO showcases the vibrant community of working artists, galleries and institutions while celebrating the extraordinary natural resource of the city’s two rivers. From May 18 through May 20, 2012, a jury-selected group of 40 artists will use designated areas along the Schuylkill River Banks Park-from the Fairmount Water Works to Locust Street, and at Bartram’s Garden, as their studio (AiO will provide additional geographic information to the artists before they begin). Selected artists will be able to move freely within the designated park areas depending on their own inclination and scale of working media. Entry fee. For details/to apply see http://www.artintheopenphila.org/artists/call-artists/

Call for entries, deadline February 17: Slideluck Potshow Philadelphia II. We are currently seeking cohesive, creative, and thought-provoking submissions for the show! All visual artists- photojournalists, painters, performers, sculptors, fashion and fine-art photographers are welcome! Presentations are a maximum of 5 minutes each, but most are much shorter, and we recommend between 15-40 images. We encourage all types of media that can be presented within this framework, be it painting, sculpture, or installation art.-Multimedia pieces are accepted, but no short films. Submissions are free. Details at http://slideluckpotshow.com/submissions/46-submissions/3375-submissions-guidelines-philadelphia-ii

Call for entries, deadline February 20: Meta-Fiber, an exhibition by Art in City Hall and part of FiberPhiladelphia2012 is open to artists working in non-traditional ways and with non-traditional materials that utilize fiber and textile art making techniques such as weaving, sewing, applique`, quilting…Non traditional materials may include: recyclables, post-industrial, organic, or repurposed products. Juror: Sarah Archer, Chief Curator, Philadelphia Art Alliance. Open to Philadelphia area artists working in all media. City Hall Display Case dimensions are 84” H x 94” W x 30”D. You can submit up to four works in the form of digitals. No entry fee. Exhibition Dates: March 12—May 11, 2012 Download prospectus/more information/entry form here: http://tylerstudentlife.files.wordpress.com/2012/01/meta-fiber-call.pdf

Call for entries, deadline April 1 (but apply early for votes): Paige West, Founder and Curator of the West Collection of Contemporary Art, announces the West Collects $300,000 international open call. To view the free online application go to: http://westcollects.com Apply early, the West Collects iPhone app (public vote) starts tallying December 1, 2011. The artist with the most votes by May 14, 2012 wins $25,000. All West Collects 2012 artists will be announced May 15, 2012.

Deadlines

Out & About

Franklin’s Glass Armonica – Tuesday, January 17, 10 am – 4 pm, Independence Visitor Center, 1 N Independence Mall West FREE!
Hear a demonstration on the Glass Armonica, a musical instrument invented by Franklin, and described by his wife as sounding like the “voices of angels.” Demonstrations will be presented throughout the day at the Independence Visitor Center between 10 am and 4 pm.

Willie Cole: Deep Impressions – Reception and informal walk-through with curator Patterson Sims, Thursday, January 19, 5:30 – 7 pm, Rowan University Art Gallery, Westby Hall / Parking Lot A, Route 322, Glassboro, NJ FREE!
The Rowan University Art Gallery is particularly pleased to host Willie Cole: Deep Impressions. Carefully chosen by guest curator Patterson Sims from nearly 30 years of work, the exhibition unites personal history, urban and racial realities, and cultural and religious faith and diversity. Cole’s art situates his life-long New Jersey experience in the context of US and global political life, mirroring the consumer society and the financial anxiety of our times. His deft and probing drawings, prints, and sculptures ingeniously transform everyday consumer products into images and objects of refreshing energy, beauty, and spirituality. It is hoped that this exhibition will prompt discussion across the range of areas that Cole brilliantly explores and combines in his artistic practice – art, sociology, history, anthropology, multiculturalism, politics, and spiritualism. While Rowan University continues its dramatic growth and redefinition as an interdisciplinary and international center of learning, this project heralds the maturation of the Art Gallery as a cultural destination and potent resource for the Rowan community of students, faculty, staff, and the general public.

Emergency Poetry Reading – Tuesday, January 17, 6 pm, University of Pennsylvania – Kelly Writers House, 3805 Locust Walk FREE!
Emergency is designed to address several questions we see arising in contemporary North American poetry around issues of emergence and literary community. We’ve created an ongoing dialogue among working poets on how they think about poetic lineage, theoretical stances and aesthetic practice. The series was launched in 2006 with support from the Kerry Sherin Wright Prize for programming at Kelly Writers House in Philadelphia, an award designed to support a project that demonstrates aesthetic capaciousness and literary communitarianism. All readings are held in Philadelphia and available online at PennSound. Emergency is curated by Sarah Dowling.

Discussion: The Demonstrators Also Waited: A Conversation with Allan Sekula & Kaja Silverman – Tuesday, January 17, 6:30 pm, Slought Foundation, 4017 Walnut St. FREE!
The title of this event comes from a short essay written by Kaja Silverman about Allan Sekula’s Waiting For Tear Gas, a slide show consisting of 81 images taken in Seattle during protests against the World Trade Organization in the autumn of 1999. In Waiting For Tear Gas, Sekula records “the lulls, the waiting, and the margins of the events.” Photographing without a flash, telephoto zoom lens, or auto-focus, he refuses the pressure “to grab at all costs the one defining image of dramatic violence.” Instead he presents us with a sequence that evokes the slow time of conflict in the street where the orchestration of police operations opens onto moments of uncertainty. These are scenes where everyone’s role is pre-determined, but no one is quite sure how things will actually proceed. The conversation between Sekula and Kaja Silverman will be an occasion to ask how a work like Waiting For Tear Gas appears now in the light of the politics of occupation that have taken hold in our own moment, as well as a time to consider the shifting relationship between photography and temporality in Sekula’s larger body of work on the operations of global capitalism, particularly at sea. This subject has been the focus of a related series of projects focused on maritime trade, in works such as Fish Story, The Lottery of the Sea, and Sekula’s latest film, The Forgotten Space, which will be screened at International House in Philadelphia on the evening following this event (January 18, 2012, 7:00 pm).

ICA Whenever Wednesday: Screening: The Forgotten Space with an introduction by Allan Sekula – Wednesday, January 18, 7 pm, International House, 3701 Chestnut St. FREE!
Follow the exchange of container cargo and the workers who facilitate its journey around the world through The Forgotten Space (2010), a film by Allan Sekula and Noël Burch (2010, color/black-and-white, sound, 112 minutes). Sekula will introduce the film and discuss his ongoing exploration of the sea as an essential, but all too often invisible, site of labor and global exchange.

Edgar Allan Poe in the Dark – Thursday, January 19, 4:30 pm, Edgar Allan Poe National Historic Site 532 N. 7th St. FREE!
Celebrate the 203rd Birthday of Edgar Allan Poe by taking a special candlelight tour of his house focusing on the famous stories Poe wrote in Philadelphia. Reservations are required. Call for reservations: 215-597-8780. Tour is limited to 25 people.

Panel Discussion Coworking for Artists: Create, Connect and Promote – Thursday, January 19, 5:30 pm, The Center for Emerging Visual Artists, 237 S 18th St, Suite 3a $12
Moderator:Thaddeus Squire, CultureWorks Greater Philadelphia; Panelists: Darla Jackson, Sculpture Gym, Kelani Nichole, little berlin & Indy Hall, Dan Schimmel, Breadboard. Join the Center for Emerging Visual Artists and CultureWorks for an exploration of the creative and practical advantages of belonging to a coworking community. Find out how you can benefit from the synergy, inspiration, talent and resources and found in coworking spaces throughout Philadelphia. Registration is required. Individuals who have not pre-registered are not guaranteed a seat. To reserve a space please contact Genevieve Coutroubis, by phone (215) 546 – 7775 x 11 or by email Genevieve@cfeva.org

Walkability: Philadelphia Strides Into the Future – Thursday, January 19, 6:30 – 8 pm, Academy of Natural Sciences, 19th & BF Parkway, FREE!
This Urban Sustainability Forum will be one of the many current efforts to make Philadelphia more pedestrian-friendly. Speakers will discuss ways our city can jump from fifth to first place among the country’s most walkable cities, offering various health, economic, and environmental benefits to its residents. Bring your questions for the experts so that you can learn more about how to bring Philadelphians out of their cars and into a healthy, exercise-friendly and sustainable city.

Art after Five: Philadelphia Dance Party with DJs King Britt and Jerry Blavat – Friday, January 20, 5 – 8:45 pm, Philadelphia Museum of Art FREE!*
Join us for the first of three dance parties offered in conjunction with the exhibition Zoe Strauss: Ten Years. Mixing funk, hip-hop, house, and Afro-tech music, King Britt is the first DJ to receive a Pew Fellowship in the Arts. Radio legend Jerry Blavat (“The Geator with the Heater”) helped establish Philadelphia as a center of pop and R&B. *The PMA is free to Tyler students with a Tyler Admission Card and your Owlcard. Download your copy of the Tyler Admission Card from the Links section of the Tyler Student Life Blog at http://tylerstudentlife.wordpress.com/

Eco-Expo – Sunday, January 22, 10 am – 3:30 pm, Congregation Beth Or 239 Welsh Road Maple Glen FREE!
This free event will incorporate speakers, exhibitors, educational opportunities, and interactive activities for all ages, with topics and products related to saving energy, reducing carbon footprints and learning about sustainable lifestyles. Keynote Speaker Michael Krancer: Pennsylvania’s Secretary for Environmental Protection will discuss the Marcellus Shale Initiative, one of the State’s most pressing environmental issues, beginning at 1:30 pm. Event sponsors include Whole Foods, Penn Environment, and Thomas G. Wells Construction. More than 30 exhibitors specializing in renewable energy, energy audits, electric vehicles/bikes, locally raised food and CSAs (community-supported agriculture), native plants, environmentally sensitive products for the home, and more, will have a presence in the Expo. Hard-to-recycle packing foam (e.g.: Styrofoam) and alkaline batteries will be collected and there will be plenty of activities for young people, including planting seeds, making paper, and adding a leaf to the Eco-Pledge Tree.

January 5, 2012–Opportunities too good to miss…

These opportunities have come up, and the deadlines are mostly before my next issue of the Week Here At Tyler. I didn’t want you to miss them, so here you go!

Have you registered for all your classes for Spring 2012? You need to complete your registration no later than January 11, as there will be a late fee of $100 assessed on January 12! If you haven’t registered for a class because of course restrictions (for instance, Architecture Thesis classes), send an email to Laurie Duffy (lduffy@temple.edu) with your name, TUID# (9xx xxx xxx), major, and the course registration number (the blue number when you do a search of classes in Banner) NO LATER THAN January 10 so your registration can be completed by January 11.

Sell Your Work! Submission deadline Tuesday, January 10: A large regional healthcare facility based in New Jersey would like to feature local emerging artists in their new facility. We’re looking for painting, drawing, and photography to fill this space. Interested artists can submit their portfolio to Nicole@madisonartconsulting.com: 8 mb total, JPEG or PDF preferred. Please be sure to include dimensions and pricing for each piece, and only include work that is available for purchase! Deadline for submission is midnight Tuesday, January 10th.

Internship opportunities

Bridgette Mayer Gallery is looking for an energetic and capable intern who is interested in learning about the inside workings of a lively contemporary art gallery in Philadelphia. Duties may include, but are not limited to: independently researching a variety of topics, including artist grants, opportunities for outside exhibitions and artist competitions; organizing and archiving artist biographical information and press; updating new website; light art-handling; and a variety of basic administrative tasks (mailings, filing, supply organization, database management). We would be happy to discuss and develop special long-term projects based on the intern’s skills, talents and interests. They are looking for a motivated, responsible, punctual Undergraduate (Junior or Senior only please) or Graduate student who is pursuing a degree in art, art history or a business related field. Strong communication, computer and research skills are a must, along with an innate attention to detail and a pleasant, professional demeanor. Preference will be given to candidates with previous office or retail experience. This position is unpaid, but course credit is available if accepted by your university. Hours are flexible. Ideally we will work out a schedule of 15-20 hours, over two or three days per week, including Saturday. Limited evening hours during receptions and special events are also expected. Internship will begin mid-January and last through early to mid-May.
To apply, please send cover letter and resume to mhooper@bridgettemayergallery.com. Applications will be accepted and reviewed on a rolling basis and we will contact candidates who we would like to interview. We apologize that we cannot respond to calls about this position or the status of applications.

Fiber Philadelphia has internship/volunteer work during the spring semester for your students. We are looking for students who would be interested in an internship spanning the entire spring semester and students that would commit to a concentrated amount of volunteer work the beginning of March, during the official opening weekend of FiberPhiladelphia. Participating students will attend presentations to learn about the exhibiting artists, Philadelphia galleries and the mechanics of launching a new organization and international art festival. There will be opportunities to work on many different aspects of FiberPhiladelphia from art making to administration to gallery sitting. Students will have the opportunity to work with artists and professionals in their field. FiberPhiladelphia is an international biennial and regional festival for innovative fiber/textile art. Exhibitions are planned for 40 locations including major institutions and independent venues. They will include work by renowned international artists and a new generation of artists breaking into the field. If you are interested, contact FiberPhiladelphia at http://fiberphiladelphia.smarterbydesignonline.com/contact-us

Crane Arts building is looking for a spring intern. They house private studios, multiple visual arts galleries, several small arts businesses, and have recently expanded to a second building, The Crane Old School, with a performance space. They are looking for an arts minded individual who is interested in learning more about the daily operations of our artist’s workspace/community in South Kensington. The position is a minimum of 6hrs a week, unpaid and responsibilities may include press and social media, general office experience, including Microsoft office and excel, building maintenance and special events such as the monthly Second Thursday open house. For more information see www.cranearts.com and if interested, email info@cranearts.com.

Employment Opportunities

Design/drafting help wanted: part−time position for student or recent graduate. Autocad 2008 or later experience required; Sketchup, Photoshop, MS Office experience preferred. Work on local Philadelphia−based projects. Duties to include schematic design, existing building surveys, presentation drawings, cad drafting, etc, salary tbd, based on experience. If interested, send email to info@kjoarchitecture.com attach resume and sample(s) of design/drafting work: please send a maximum of 3 sample files (plus resume), in pdf format. Samples can be selected from school or work, computer−generated or hand−drawn. Minimum (1) example of cad work is required. This is a part−time position (20−30 hrs/wk.), but attention to detail is a must!

Other Opportunities

Residency opportunity, deadline January 20: Casa dell’Arte Artists in Residence Program in Turkey aims to provide an alternative platform for artistic production, collaboration and exhibition in the Eastern Mediterranean region by making the resources of Casa dell’Arte in Bodrum available to visual artists. The residency program is held twice a year, in spring and autumn, with the participation of 5 artists and 1 curator for a period of 6 weeks. At the end of this period an exhibition is held at Casa dell’Arte Hotel of Arts & Leisure in Bodrum, prior to a general exhibition in Istanbul. A yearly publication documenting the program and the artworks is published in autumn with contributions from resident curator and artists. The program also aims to develop a public outreach through the involvement of artists with the local community through an individual or a collaborative project. While each artist is required to have a project proposal in the beginning, we strongly encourage their interaction with the local setting and experimentation with alternative materials and or ideas that may emerge during the residency. More details at http://www.casadellartegallery.com/residency-application.asp

Call for entries, deadline January 9: The Emdash Award is open to artists living outside of the UK, up to five years from graduating from an undergraduate or postgraduate degree or under 35 years of age. The Emdash Award is organised by Frieze Projects, supported by the Emdash Foundation and presented in collaboration with Gasworks. The recipient of the prize will have the unique opportunity to present their work at Frieze Art Fair 2012 to a significant international audience. Additionally the prize will cover production costs of up to £10,000, an artist’s fee, per diems, travel expenses and a studio residency at Gasworks in London from August to October 2012. The closing date for applications is 9 January 2012. The winner of the award will be announced in May 2012. Proposals for work can take the form of site-specific installations; performance; film; video or print work. Applicants will be judged on the innovative nature of their proposal and its suitability for realisation at Frieze Art Fair. To apply visit http://friezefoundation.org/emdash-award/how-to-apply

Call for entries, deadline January 10: This month, as winter bears down, 1650 Gallery welcomes your artistic take on the theme of SNOW & ICE: WINTER PHOTOGRAPHY. Whether it’s icicles hanging from the garage or icebergs in Antarctica, snow covered mountains or snowballs in the face, sun on the snow or a snow-covered Buick… 1650 wants images of your world of winter!The haunting and ethereal beauty of snow and ice is a rite of passage and a grand artistic test for photographers. It challenges their skill in judging exposure and contrast, and it tests their prowess in printing a palette of gleaming whites that dazzles the senses. Those who dare to meet the challenges of the harsh winter elements can be rewarded with one-of-a-kind photographs that are unique and breathlessly beautiful.So put your snow boots on, grab your St. Bernard and damn the icebergs, full steam ahead! This month at 1650, you are King of Cold as we gather photos for SNOW & ICE: Winter Photography. Prospectus: http://1650gallery.com/icesnow2012_call.php

Call for entries, deadline January 11: 25th International Exhibition on Animals in Art. For 25 years, the LSU School of Veterinary Medicine has been proud to showcase the International Exhibition on Animals in Art. This annual art show features 74 pieces in a variety of media celebrating animals and what they bring to our lives. Exhibition of work showing or relating to animals, including fish, insects. $15/1 (CD), no max. A $1,000 Best of Show award will be given and one entry will be chosen to appear on the cover of the Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association. Jury: Bill Fagaley, curator of African Art, New Orleans Museum of Art. For detail see http://www1.vetmed.lsu.edu/SVM/AboutSVM/Events/2012/item37674.html.

Call for entries, deadline January 11: 26th Annual Art Show At The Dog Show. The sponsors are pleased to offer artists who produce dog-related art the opportunity to exhibit their work in a show devoted exclusively to canine art. In addition, the competition will benefit The American Kennel Club Museum of The Dog as the best of show winner will be purchased by the Sponsors for $1,250.00 and donated to The American Kennel Club Museum of The Dog in St. Louis, Missouri. All work submitted must be priced and for sale. Every possible effort will be made to encourage sales. A 30% commission will be taken on all sales. No commission will be charged on purchased Best of Show award. Entry fee $40 for up to 4 works. For detail see: http://www.artshowatthedogshow.com/uploads/Call_for_Entry_2012.pdf

Call for entries, deadline January 15: LENS 2012 INTERNATIONAL JURIED PHOTOGRAPHY EXHIBITION. Perspective Gallery is pleased to announce its second annual juried exhibition of photography, LENS 2012. Photographers are invited to submit work for possible inclusion in the exhibition. All subjectmatter and photographic processes are welcome.ENTRY DEADLINE: JANUARY 15, 2012Juror: Catherine Edelman, Director, Catherine Edelman Gallery, one of the leading galleries in the nation representing prominent contemporary photographers. Awards – One artist will be awarded a featured exhibition at Perspective, and a $200 stipend. The first runner-up will receive a $150 stipend, and the second runner-up will receive a $100 stipend. Awards will be announced at the reception. Submissions – Artists are invited to submit up to five (5) photographic images, JPEG form. The images must have been created within the past five years. Artists should complete the entry form and upload their images at our website. Perspective Gallery is a not-for-profit photography gallery whose purpose is to promote photography as fine art. Perspective is located in Evanston, just north of Chicago. Prospectus : http://perspectivegallery.org/lens-2012

Call for entries, deadline January 20: MIRROR IMAGES, the 2012 Kreft Juried Exhibition, will display the very best in the visual arts that illustrate the reflective nature of the visual arts in the literal, intellectual and metaphorical sense of that word. Prints, drawings, paintings, photographs, digital images, sculpture, etc. are eligible. The juror’s selections for MIRROR IMAGES will be on display from March 6 – April 4. Awards will be announced at the reception for the artists on March 23 in the Kreft Gallery at Concordia University Ann Arbor. Prospectus: http://www.cuaa.edu/CUAA/media/Kreft-Arts/KREFT_JURIED_2012_PROSPECTUS_2.pdf

Call for entries, deadline January 20: Artists from all over the country are invited to submit works for Union Street Gallery’s annual Spring National Juried Exhibit, botanic/organic. This exhibit offers artists an opportunity to present images inspired by or derived from natural processes, structures, forms and forces. Works pertaining to plant life in all its stages and variations; organic progressions, from growth to decay; and micro- or macro- views of nature’s inherent structures all would be appropriate. References might include botany, biology, molecular and cellular biology – the natural sciences and their rules that govern the natural world. Work made from organic materials is also acceptable and encouraged. Entry fee $25/2 images, $30 for 3. For prospectus: http://www.unionstreetgallery.org/documents/ProspectusBotanicOrganic.pdf

For Monday, December 12, 2011

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Good luck on your finals this week! Have a great holiday break and see you back here for the next WHAT on January 16!

Lectures & Artist Talks

None this week!

Exhibitions

Temple Gallery - open Wednesday – Saturday, 11 am – 6 pm. (gallery will be closed December 18 – January 17 for winter break)
Last CofFREE Monday of the semester: 7:45 – 9:45 am (bring a can of food to donate to Philadbundance for the holidays). Next CofFREE Monday will be January 23.
This week see Tim Belknap’s Space Station:
Over the 30 years of its history, the space shuttle has had an indelible impact on America. The United States’ spaceship of choice for three decades helped build the largest space station in history, revolutionized science with the launch of the Hubble Space Telescope, and inspired generations who dreamed of riding the shuttle into the sky. Since NASA‘s 135th and final flight in July of this year, NASA has privatized space travel. Philadelphia artist, Tim Belknap, has created a life-like Space Station set to ignite the imaginations of local school children. The artist will be suspended within the structure to simulate zero gravity as he performs as an astronaut in space. A live video feed connecting the Space Station to a Philadelphia elementary classroom will allow the students to interact with the artist. The purpose of this performance is to inspire and educate children about space exploration and travel. Because of NASA’s recent loss of government funding, the enchantment and mystery surrounding space travel will be absent from our young generation’s consciousness.

Stella Elkins Tyler Gallery: BFA Shows
Casey Weisdock, Ceramics
Serena Niesley, Painting
Bridget Folcik, Sculpture
Gallery is open Wednesday – Saturday 11 am – 6 pm.

Student Lounge Gallery: BFA Show: Nicole Portley, Printmaking

BFA Receptions are Friday, December 16, 6-9 pm

Cookie Jar & Java – Wednesday, November 30 (and every Wednesday) outside the Stella Elkins Tyler Gallery at 11 am: free cookies and coffee while you see the artwork in the downstairs galleries!

See what‘s happening this week at Temple Rome! Visit the Temple Rome blog at artturome.blogspot.com.

Opportunities

Have you lost your phone or keys? Did you know that there’s a lost & found box at the Tyler lobby front desk? As I write this there are a dozen IDs, 2 cell phones, a pair of glasses, and more keys than I can count in Tyler’s Lost & Found. You just need to ask at the front desk when there’s someone sitting there (usually M-F 9-2, TW & Friday till 3). Check this week before you go home for the semester. If you can’t find someone at the front desk, email me (miss.kari@temple.edu) and I will meet you there to open it up.

Are you interested in an Internship next semester? The Career Center has many listed on OwlNetwork, and the following have deadlines for application this month:
Avi Loren Fox Photography –Internship (Deadline: 12/31/11); Teaching Assistant Program in France (Deadline: 12/31/11); The Art Institute of Chicago – Museum Education Paid Summer Internship (Deadline: 12/31/11); Vision for Equality, Inc. – Marketing, Events, Social Media and Video (Deadline: 12/31/11); WPHL-17 – Graphic Design Internship and PR/Promotions/Special Events Internship (Deadline: 12/23/11); YouthBuild Philadelphia Charter School – Graphic Design Internship (Deadline: 12/31/11)
Need details about how to go about doing an internship at Tyler? There is a handy new Internship page on the Student Life Blog, including instructions about how to log on and find these internships on OwlNetwork. Visit the Internship page at http://tylerstudentlife.wordpress.com/internships/

2012 Summer Session I: International Service Learning In Jamaica – Information Session Thursday December 8th, 2-3pm, Ritter Hall Room 303
Earn 6 Credits, Undergraduate Or Graduate and see the real Jamaica (It’s More Than Beach And Sun) We’ll study issues faced by Third World countries – community development, education, and globalization. The program combines community-service learning and educational tourism. Students become involved with ongoing education and development projects in their area: they select a service/field placement and study in depth an individually selected topic. Course reading are provided before departure. Field placements include schools (early childhood, primary & high school; alternative schooling for pregnant teens); community education; Rural Agricultural Development Agency (support women’s cooperatives, research on rural development, agriculture/farmer education); public health. We are located in the rural town of Yallahs, about 45 minutes outside Kingston. Lodging is in a lovely beachfront villa with Internet access). We work with local people, meet with faculty and students at the University of the West Indies, and learn the everyday joys and struggles of living in “the real Jamaica.” For more information, see: http://www.temple.edu/studyabroad/programs/summer/jamaica.html

Nineteenth Annual Temple Undergraduate Research Forum (TURF) and Creative Works Symposium (CreWS)—slated for Thursday, April 12, 2012, in the Gittis Conference Center. What is TURF-CreWS? TURF is a professional development opportunity that allows faculty-nominated undergraduate students to present outstanding empirical research papers, theory-driven critiques or posters to an audience of peers, faculty/administration, family members, and friends. CreWS, born in the School of Communications and Theater (SCT) in 2006, features all manner of brilliantly creative works by SCT , Boyer, and Tyler undergraduate scholars and artists. TURF Nomination Deadline: Friday, Feb. 10, 2012: TURF participation is competitive and by faculty nomination only; students may not nominate themselves. The TURF Review Committee evaluates each nominated work—including panel nominees–on its individual merits. We kindly ask that faculty members vet nominations at the departmental level, and then nominate selectees at http://www.temple.edu/vpus/opportunities/TURF.htm. TURF finalists will be announced via email by March 12, 2012.

A personal note about the opportunities listed in each week’s newsletter. If you were wondering, these are, actually, real opportunities. Your friendly Student Life Coordinator is a working artist as well as a jack-of-all-trades here at Tyler, and many of these opportunities are ones I come across in my own search for places to show my work. In the last 3 semesters that I have been putting together this newsletter for you, I have, myself, entered my work in at least 15 of the calls I’ve listed in the newsletter, and have had my work accepted into 10 of them. It’s a lot of work to keep sending your work around, and you have to develop a thick skin because you will get rejections, but it will pay off, especially if you are judicious about which shows you choose to enter. People in Minnesota, Florida, Virginia, North Carolina, and Illinois, as well as here in the greater Philadelphia region, have seen my work, because I’ve responded to these calls. Through January 29, you can see two of my works, as well as those of recent Tyler graduates and at least one Tyler professor, at the Abington Art Center (515 Meetinghouse Road, Jenkintown) as part of their Annual Juried Show (listed in the November 28 issue of the WHAT). Last year a very recent Tyler BFA won best in show at Abington. Go and see it—it’s local. The gallery is open Wed-Fri 10-5 pm, Thursday till 7 pm, and Sat & Sun 10-3 pm.

Call for entries, deadline, January 15: The Silver Eye Center for Photography in Pittsburgh announces a call for entries for Fellowship 12, our international photography competition. Now in its 12th year, this juried competition identifies and recognizes both rising talent and established photographers from all corners of the globe and from the state of Pennsylvania. This year’s jurors are Julie Saul, owner/director, Julie Saul Gallery, New York City, and Ellen Fleurov, Silver Eye’s Executive Director. In 2012, the first prize International Award is $3,000 and a solo exhibition at Silver Eye Center for Photography. The $1,000 Keystone Award is open to any eligible photographer currently living and/or working in the state of Pennsylvania. The jurors will also select up to five artists for Commendation Awards. Entry fee. Detail at http://www.silvereye.org/Fellowship12.htm

Call for entries, deadline January 15: Lens 2012 International Juried Photography Exhibition. Perspective Gallery is pleased to announce its second annual juried exhibition of photography, LENS 2012. Photographers are invited to submit work for possible inclusion in the exhibition. All subject matter and photographic processes are welcome. Juror: Catherine Edelman, Director, Catherine Edelman Gallery, one of the leading galleries in the nation representing prominent contemporary photographers. Awards – One artist will be awarded a featured exhibition at Perspective, and a $200 stipend. The first runner-up will receive a $150 stipend, and the second runner-up will receive a $100 stipend. Awards will be announced at the reception. Submissions – Artists are invited to submit up to five (5) photographic images, JPEG form. The images must have been created within the past five years. Artists should complete the entry form and upload their images at our website. Full Prospectus available at our prospectus link. Perspective Gallery is a not-for-profit photography gallery whose purpose is to promote photography as fine art. Perspective is located in Evanston, just north of Chicago.Questions? email us orphone: 224-200-1155. Prospectus : http://perspectivegallery.org/lens-2012

Call for entries, deadline January 17: The Renwick Gallery of the Smithsonian American Art Museum is celebrating its 40th — 40 years of the best in American craft, decorative arts, exhibitions, and programs. To commemorate this milestone, we are challenging you to design a postcard to help us celebrate. We are looking for an original design that captures the Renwick Gallery’s past 40 years. The winner of the competition will be announced at the Happy Birthday, Renwick celebration on January 28, 2012, and online at AmericanArt.si.edu. The winning design will also be sold in the Renwick Shop as a professionally-printed postcard, of which the winner will receive 50 copies and full bragging rights. All designs should be inspired by the Renwick Gallery’s collection, exhibitions (past and present), architecture and programs. Designs must be original artwork and may not replicate any of the works in the museum’s collection. Free to enter. Details at http://www.americanart.si.edu/renwick/postcard/

Call for entries, deadline January 23 (discounted early bird, January 4): We are excited to announce the third annual national juried art show, Wide Open 3, opening March 18, 2012. And once again we are fortunate to be joined by a very prestigious juror–Charlotta Kotik, Curator Emerita of Contemporary Art at the Brooklyn Museum of Art. With her direction, we look forward to a really awesome show. The broad theme of “Wide Open 3″ encompasses all the possibilities of knowledge and freedom and love–wide open spaces…arms wide open…eyes wide open–but as with all things, there is the inevitable opposite–wide open to attack…corruption…failure. What kind of fantasy is this? What does it really indicate? This juried show looks to explore this idea of “wide open” in all the hidden niches of our collective psyche. Entry Fee, and prizes will be awarded. For more information or to enter visit http://wideopenartshow.com/.

Call for entries, deadline January 31: Emerging artists now have a chance to get their “artUP,” achieve their big break, and earn $15,000 by entering the first artUP international arts competition. 300 Finalists’ works will be displayed in downtowns, major shopping centers, and other public spaces in several major U.S. cities. Three Grand Prize winners will split $15,000 in total prize money. The contest is sponsored by Britten, Inc., North America’s leading creator of large-format banners and displays. In addition, each entry will be placed in an online “Artist Marketplace,” where more than 6,000 Britten clients will be able to view and purchase the artwork, creating an avenue for artists to earn money and connect with art and business professionals. If an entry is purchased through the Artist Marketplace, and then printed with Britten, the artist will be paid 10% of the total order cost that was printed! (ie. $3,000 order means that the artist would receive $300) The benefits are continuous. Artists may submit fine art, photographs, digital creations, logos and more. Examples might include a modest design such as a typeface, a color theme or background texture, or a painting or computer-generated design. Guest Jurors will judge entries based on artistic merit, overall impression, creativity and originality, but most importantly how it could be applied to the large-format marketplace. Information and examples will be provided on the contest webpage, artUP.BrittenBanners.com. The entry fee is $20 for the first entry and $10 for each additional entry. Students pay only $10. Are you ready to get your artUP? Submit your creative work and join us as Creative Partners to the World! Benefits for participating artists include: cash prizes, large-format display, as well as consistent marketing and exposure to Britten’s 6,000+ international clientele. Each participating artist will have their work exhibited indefinitely in the Artist Marketplace, accessed through the artUP website, and maintained as long as the artist desires. More information/to enter visit http://artup.brittenbanners.com/

Call for entries, deadline February 3: New Media, New Forms will be the theme of MAM’s New Jersey Arts Annual: Fine Arts 2012. As the world becomes increasingly digitized, many contemporary artists are incorporating new technologies and forms into their work. We are seeking New Jersey artists producing work that actively and innovatively engages with digital media, in terms of process, form, or content; examples might range from “new media art” including digital animation, video, or sound; to digital photography; to works in more traditional media that draw on digital imagery as a source. The juried show is open to artists currently living or working in New Jersey and who engage with digital media in their work. Jurors for the exhibition are Alexandra Schwartz, Curator of Contemporary Art , Montclair Art Museum, and Kelly Baum, Haskell Curator of Modern and Contemporary Art, Princeton University Art Museum. Visit montclairartmuseum.org/exhibitions_upcoming for more information and to download the prospectus and application.

Call for entries, deadline February 10: We are happy to annnounce that Art in the Open is now seeking submissions for the May 18-20th, 2012 event. AiO is open to all professional artists (international entries are welcome) working in any medium that can be made ‘outside, on site’. The event will take place on philadelphia’s waterfronts in celebration of art, nature, urbanity, and the creative processes that are born when all three are in mind. Participating artists will receive extensive coverage through the AiO and AiO partner websites; selected works completed during the program will be exhibited at one of Philadelphia’s leading institutions (International Seaport Museum). For more detailed information and a complete listing of partner organizations please visit our website at www.ArtintheOpenPhila.org.

Call for entries, deadline March 1: The City of Evansville and the University of Southern Indiana partnership for better living through art invites sculptors and sculpture collaborations to submit works/proposals to Sculpt EVV —an outdoor sculpture show, running June 9, 2012 through April 21, 2013. Prizes include a $20,000 purchase award, plus a $500 installation stipends for each artwork accepted and installed. Sculpt EVV will congratulate the award winners in a full page ad in Sculpture Magazine. For details and to enter visit http://www.SculptEVV.org

Deadlines

None this week

Out & About

Schumann Trio Residency Recital – Tuesday, December 13, 8 pm, Curtis Institute of Music, Field Concert Hall, 1726 Locust Street FREE!
Anthony McGill, clarinet. Michael Tree, viola. Anna Polonsky, piano. The Schumann Trio’s residency at Curtis culminates in a free performance with students curated by the ensemble.

Artist Talk: Tod Seelie, Miss Rockaway – Tuesday, December 13, 7 pm, Philadelphia Art Alliance, 251 S 18^th St FREE!
As part of the Art Alliance lecture series THE COMMONWEALTH, Miss Rockaway member and photographer, Tod Seelie, will discuss the experience of documenting the adventures of the collective since their formation in 2006 to journey down the Mississippi River on a flotilla of junk rafts. For his lecture, Seelie will discuss Miss Rockaway voyage and projects, while touching on the adjacent projects Swimming Cities of Switchback Sea (New York) and Serenissima (Venice). In addition, Seelie will talk about his his role in the Philadelphia project as a participant member verses his role as a documentarian.

Public discussion led by Lynsey Graeff: Crafting Ideal America: Material Culture and American Utopianism – Wednesday, December 14, 4:30 pm, Arcadia University Art Gallery, 450 S. Easton Road, Glenside FREE!
Please join us for an open conversation planned in conjunction with the exhibition “Francis Cape: Utopian Benches”, on view through December 18, 2011. Organized in the style of a Quaker meeting, this public discussion will be conducted by Lynsey Graeff, a student currently enrolled in the Temple University honors course “Ideal America: Reform, Revolution, and Utopia” taught by Margaux Cowden, Assistant Professor in American Studies and LGBT Studies. The discussion will attempt to engage topics prompted by the 20 historic benches remade by Cape for the project. Originally designed for 19th-century American utopian communities with a craft tradition, including the Shakers, all are faithful reconstructions built from poplar local to the artist’s studio in Narrowsburg, New York. Each bench, as an example of shared seating, strives to represent community and, as an example of craftsmanship, proposes a reconsideration of value. The project also aspires to address the legacy of resistance to capitalist-driven individualism that formed the founding ideals of American groups once referred to as “communisms” and “socialisms”. As such, the exhibition advocates ways in which an increasingly outmoded category of furniture might be instrumental in exploring the importance of community and collective ownership. Francis Cape will attend this event as a participant in the discussion.

Art Exhibit Opening: Skirmantas Pipas and InLiquid Art + Design Video Installation – Wednesday, December 14, 6 pm, International House Philadelphia, 3701 Chestnut Street FREE!
Skirmantas Pipas was born in Vilnius, Lithuania in 1985. He earned his certificate and MFA from the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts. He currently lives and works in Philadelphia. Organized by Sean Stoops in cooperation with the Philadelphia Mural Arts Program, Murals Set in Motion is an exhibition of videos and visual art drawn from a recent international movement of “motion painting” projects. The artistic trend examines the concept of street art and murals through animated film, video, “live painting” and installation art. The works in Murals Set in Motion explore the cinematic possibilities of the mural making process and trace the “visual metamorphosis” over time in the creation of animated videos based on large scale, sequential mural art. The highlighted videos are Cosmic Terrarium and Muralmorphosis—two digital shorts by curator Sean Stoops (in collaboration with the Philadelphia Mural Arts Program); Finnstump featuring the mural art of Paul Santoleri; and a range of both local and international artists. Original art and documentary photographs that correlate with the featured video work will also be on display. RSVP at http://www.eventbrite.com/event/2532583024

Poet-tree En Motion – Wednesday, December 14, 7 pm, The Rotunda, 4014 Walnut Street FREE!
SOLSTICE Celebration! • Kalamandir Dance Company-Classical Indian & contemporary fusion (kalamandirdanceco.com), Lynn Blue-Host of Poetic Minds Plus (blogtalkradio.com/lynnblue), Natalie & Blake-Poetry & Live music (hiyagroundsound.com), PlumDragoness-Spoken Word Collaboration TBA (new.plumdragoness.com)

Art after Five: Mistletoe Hop– Friday, December 16, 5 – 8:45 pm, Philadelphia Museum of Art FREE!*
‘Tis the season for Art After 5 to commemorate the great rhythm and blues and doo-wop artists of the 1950s and 1960s! Spend the evening listening to classic holiday doo-wop, rock ‘n’ roll, and soul with Matthew Piazzi and the Debonairs. *The PMA is free to Tyler students with a Tyler Admission Card and your Owlcard. Download your copy of the Tyler Admission Card from the Links section of the Tyler Student Life Blog at http://tylerstudentlife.wordpress.com/

Space 1026: Off the Blanket Sale – Saturday, December 17, 11 am – 4 pm, 1026 Arch St. 2nd Floor
Space 1026 is a member-run gallery and collective studio space located in Center City Philadelphia, PA. We play an important role in the Philadelphia art community serving as a collaborative and supportive venue for varied gallery programming focusing on emerging artists and exciting non-traditional projects. Members will be selling their prints, crafts, sculptures, books and zines – Perfect for a gift for your loved ones, or yourself! Learn more on our website www.space1026.com

Philadelphia Freedom Band Jacky Frost’s Hot Cider Concert – Saturday, December 17, 7 pm, Arch Street United Methodist Church, Broad & Arch Street FREE!
Join the Philadelphia Freedom Band in a celebration of the sounds of the season during its winter concert. The program features melodies such as: A Charlie Brown Christmas, Christmas Pop Sing-A-Long, Selections from Home Alone, West Side Story, The Nightmare Before Christmas, and Selections from Gypsy. The Philadelphia Freedom Band will also hold a gingerbread competition made by local bakers, chefs, confectioners and creative individuals who love to bake and build. Proceeds will benefit the Student-Run Emergency Housing Unit of Philadelphia. The gingerbread homes will be on display during the concert. This concert is made possible, in part, by contributions from individuals, companies and non-profit organizations. Donations are not required to attend the concert; it is free and open to the public. The Philadelphia Freedom Band is under the direction of Henco Espag, a South African native, who joined the group December 2010. Henco is an accomplished conductor, composer, vocal coach and performer. Henco has directed large and small ensembles and won conducting and composing awards internationally. He is a staff accompanist and vocal coach at Westminster College of Arts at Rider University.

Comcast Holiday Spectacular – November 24, 2011-January 1, 2012, 10 am – 8 pm (15 minute show every hour on the hour except 5 pm weekdays) every day, Comcast Headquarters, 1701 John F Kennedy Boulevard FREE!
In just its fourth year, “The Comcast Holiday Spectacular” has become a must-see holiday tradition in Philadelphia, entertaining thousands of people of all ages and spreading holiday cheer. Full of captivating original holiday imagery and music, this year’s 15-minute show dazzles with new and enchanting scenes from The Nutcracker, beautifully performed by the renowned Pennsylvania Ballet, a magical sleigh ride through the snow covered Pennsylvania countryside, the majestic sounds of a 64-piece orchestra, and the harmony of the Commonwealth Youth Choir’s Keystone State Boychoir and Pennsylvania Girlchoir, and more. Shown on The Comcast Experience video wall, the world’s largest 4mm LED video display, it can be seen at the top of each hour at Comcast Center from Thanksgiving Day through New Year’s Day. In the spirit of the season, The Comcast Holiday Spectacular 2011 welcomes all to share in celebrating the holidays in this free, unique, and family-friendly tradition.

For Monday, December 5, 2011

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Lectures & Artist Talks

Artist Talk: Martha Madigan on Ana Mendieta – Monday, December 5, 11:30 am, Temple Gallery
Tyler Photography Professor, Martha Madigan, contextualizes Ana Mendieta’s work in relation to contemporary photography and feminism. Mendieta and Madigan were friends. Madigan’s gallery conversation will draw from the influence of this relationship. In Ana Mendieta’s Silueta Series (1980-1992), the artist explores her relationship with the earth as she represents the female silhouette using nature as both her canvas and her medium. By making “earth body” sculptures with her own body and various types of land, Mendieta explores her own physical place within the natural world. Ana Mendieta (1948-1985) was a Cuban American photographer, performance artist, sculptor, and video artist who is known for her “earth-body” art work. Mendieta’s work was autobiographical and focused on themes including feminism, violence, life, death, place and belonging. For more than twenty-five years Martha Madigan has been creating photograms that refer to, record and/or transform aspects of nature and the human figure. She has been a professor at Temple University’s Tyler School of Art since 1979.

Lecture: Patricia Fortini Brown, The Lure of the East: Venetian Viaggiatori in Asia Minor and Beyond – Wednesday, 6:00 p.m. Anderson Hall Room 007
Venetians sailed to the most distant reaches of Mediterranean shores, but few ventured very far inland. This lecture is about the notable exceptions: those intrepid viaggiatori –– travelers from Marco Polo to less famous followers –– who mounted camels to cross deserts for purposes of trade or diplomacy. In writing about their adventures, they expanded the world forevermore in the European imagination. Patricia Fortini Brown is professor emerita, Princeton University.

Critical Dialogues: This week’s Critical Dialogues lecture has been cancelled.

Special Program at Blockson Collection Celebrates Marcus Garvey – Saturday December 10, 12:30 PM, First Floor, Sullivan Hall,
The Marcus Garvey Foundation, a non-profit educational foundation, is celebrating its 50th anniversary with a public event at the Charles L. Blockson Collection, Temple University Libraries. Alongside a special viewing of the historical exhibition, “Marcus Garvey and Global Black History,” the event will feature a number of Honorees and Guest Speakers, including: Sonia Sanchez (Poet & Professor Emerita, Temple University), Reverend Dr. William Shaw (Pastor, White Rock Baptist Church), Barbara Mason (Recording Artist), Dr. Tommy Bogger (Historian, Norfolk State University), Jamaladeen Tacuma (Musician), Dr. Khalil Gibran Muhammad (Director, Schomburg Center).

Exhibitions

Temple Gallery - open Wednesday – Saturday, 11 am – 6 pm.
cofFREE Mondays, free coffee every Monday 7:45 – 9:45 am (bring a can of food to donate to Philadbundance for the holidays)
This week see banners and posters from the William Way Community Center and Philadelphia Fight, of ACT UP Philadelphia demonstrations are on view in Temple Gallery through December 16th. ACT UP Philadelphia’s coalition is recognized as the last remaining active chapter in the U.S. ACT UP stands for the AIDS Coalition to Unleash Power. They are a diverse, non-partisan group, united in anger, and committed to ending the AIDS crisis through direct action. ACT UP Philadelphia holds meetings every Monday night, 6-9pm in the St. Luke’s Church Basement at 330 S.13th Street. Interested in getting involved? Right now, ACT UP Philadelphia is campaigning to force the City of Philadelphia to end the waiting list for housing for people living with HIV/AIDS. Click here to learn more and sign the petition. The exhibition of protest ephemera coincides with the 30th Anniversary of World AIDS Day, December 1st, 2011. You can show your support for people living with HIV on World AIDS Day by wearing a red ribbon, the international symbol of HIV awareness, and learning the facts about this disease.

Stella Elkins Tyler Gallery: BFA Shows
Luke Cloran, Printmaking/Photo
Molly Lyons, Painting
Alex Walcroft, Sculpture
Gallery is open Wednesday – Saturday 11 am – 6 pm.

Student Lounge Gallery: BFA Show: Julia Eckenrode, Glass

Photo Gallery: BFA Show: Rachel Kotkoskie

Tyler Atrium West – Duc Tang, My Fair Potter (BFA show) December 4th – 10^th
Reception: Friday, December 9th, 6-9pm. All works will be available for sale during the reception, and a limited number may be purchased by appointment (duc.tang@temple.edu).

Tyler Atrium East – Kat Iannitto (BFA Show)

BFA Receptions: Luke, Alex, Rachel: Thursday December 8, 6 – 9 pm
Molly, Kat, Duc and Julia: Friday, December 9, 6 – 9 pm

Cookie Jar & Java – Wednesday, November 30 (and every Wednesday) outside the Stella Elkins Tyler Gallery at 11 am: free cookies and coffee while you see the artwork in the downstairs galleries!

Assembled and U n b o u n d: altered books as (re)search a show of altered books created by graduate students from arte 8001: contemporary issues in art education - December 5 through December 9 Underground Gallery (lower level north), Artist/educators: Barbara Bjerring, Martha Carey, Amanda Caucci, Alexander Cohn, Amanda M. Eisen, Honora Jackson, Susan Liedke, Sarah Lu, Johanna Marshall, Nicole Polizzi, Beth Pulcinella, Stephen Arthur Schaffer, Lindsay Sparagana, Caitlin Vogel
Opening reception December 5, 5:30 – 7pm ◦ refreshments and reading area provided

See what‘s happening this week at Temple Rome! Visit the Temple Rome blog at artturome.blogspot.com.

Opportunities

Awesome Internship Opportunity: Anthropologie is currently accepting applications for our visual internship program. This internship is for college credits, and is open to all current students interested in how Anthropologie displays are designed and created. We have worked with a variety of materials and applications including, wood working, structural building, metals, sculpture, painting, sewing, paper, found objects, to create unique small and large scale art installations. This opportunity is for the Marlton, NJ store, and will run from early January- early April. Please contact Beth or Keya at 856-596-4507 for additional information.

Internships at the Mural Arts Program: Mural Arts is in search of a photography intern, marketing intern, and graphic design intern. Dates: January 2012–June 2012 (flexible on start date; 6 month commitment required). Hours: 20-25 hours a week. Download full description here: http://leewayfoundation.files.wordpress.com/2011/11/photography-intern-job-description.doc

Want to be a part of welcoming new Owls to Temple? Consider being an Owl Team Leader! The Office of Orientation is looking for Summer 2012 Owl Team Leaders to help facilitate all aspects of summer orientation and welcoming new students to Temple! If you would like to share your Temple pride in welcoming students, consider being an Owl Team Leader! How to apply: Details and applications materials can be found on the Temple University’s Office of Orientation website (http://www.temple.edu/studentaffairs/orientation/owl-team/owl-team-leader.asp)

Deadline: Application is due by February 1st, 2012 by 5:00pm to the Office of Orientation, located in the Howard Gittis Student Center, Suite 318. Questions: Contact the Office of Orientation, Email: orientation@temple.edu, Phone: 215-204-8531

UC Davis offers 2012 Curatorial Fellowship Program: This unique program provides a paid fellowship for curators in the early stages of their careers beginning Fall 2012. During this period the fellow will work with the UAG Director and Exhibition Manager to produce a series of exhibitions and programs for the University Art Gallery. Deadline: January 23, 2012. More information at http://universityartgallery.ucsd.edu/outside/current.shtml.

CFEVA Direct Dialogue Lecture Series: The Artist as Educator: Teaching Opportunities for Artists – Thursday, December 15, 5:30 pm, The Center for Emerging Visual Artists, 237 South 18th Street, Suite 3a, Registration is required: $12
Speakers: Gerard Brown, Tyler School of Art; Michelle Ortiz, The Bartol Foundation; Tremain Smith, Artist. Join us for an exploration of resources, opportunities and points of entry for artists interested in teaching. We will discuss the various roles of the artist as educator both in academia and in community based settings. We will also discuss how to best prepare yourself to be competitive applicant as you pursue employment as a teaching artist. Individuals who have not pre-registered are not guaranteed a seat. To reserve a space or to receive more information about The Center for Emerging Visual Artists or Direct Dialogues Lecture Series, please contact Genevieve Coutroubis, by phone (215) 546 – 7775 x 11 or by email Genevieve@cfeva.org

Understanding Philly Business Tax: A Panel Workshop for Artists and Collectives – Tuesday, December 13, Registration & Breakfast: 8:30 – 9:00 am, Program: 9:00 – 10:30 am, DiBona Conference Room, Greater Philadelphia Chamber of Commerce 200 S Broad S, Suite 700 Cost to attend: $25.00 (Registration is required and space is limited Registration Deadline: Monday, December 12)
Philly bloggers, poets, dancers, bands, consultants, and designers alike flock to PVLA for advice about the Business Privilege Tax. Come learn how it works and how to avoid or cure headaches from the experts: Accountants, Tax Attorneys, and representatives from the City of Philadelphia. Panelists will discuss the rules candidly in light of several realistic scenarios and answer your questions. Be a part of making the rules easy to understand and navigate by suggesting FAQs for PVLA and the city to post, and walk away with a good understanding of your options now and in the future.

Is your heritage Italian-American? The National Italian American Foundation is proud to announce the 2012 Peter F. Secchia Voyage of Discovery program. The Voyage of Discovery is an ALL EXPENSES PAID trip for Italian American undergraduate students that covers round-trip airfare between Italy and America and 10 days of programs. The purpose of this program is to: strengthen the Italian American identity by bonding young Italian-Americans to the country, culture, and heritage of Italy; help students gain an understanding of their heritage and a pride in preserving that heritage for the next generation; and understand the historical significance of Italy and the current contribution Italy is making to the US and the world. Apply today at www.niaf.org/voyageofdiscovery! If you have any questions, please contact Alexandra Dall at alexandra@niaf.org or 202.939.3118.

Still need a studio class? Want to blow glass? There are still spaces in Intro to Glass (MW, 8 – 10:30 am). Register for CRN 6039, Craft 2258-01.
Alternative Materials (TR, 12:30 – 3:20 pm, register for CRN 11432 – Craft 3312 – 01) and Mixed Media Printing (MW, 8 – 10:30 am, register for CRN 6019, Craft 3314 – 01) both in the Fibers departments also have space available.

Call for papers, deadline January 13: Did you write a terrific Art History paper this year? The fifth annual Stony Brook Philosophy & Art Conference will take place on Friday and Saturday, March 30-31, 2012 at the AC Institute in Manhattan. We are pleased to announce our theme Still Life? and keynote speaker Dr. David Wood, Professor of Philosophy at Vanderbilt University. For this year’s conference we will host a public opening reception for the concurrent month-long art exhibition, also themed Still Life? at the AC Institute on Thursday, March 29th. Detailed submission instructions and information about past conferences are available on our website, www.philosophyartconference.org. You may also feel free to contact Darla Migan or Shannan Hayes, 2012 conference co-coordinators, with questions at philosophyartconference@gmail.com.
Call for entries, deadline ongoing: TWOFOLD is a global magazine, and since our launch (mid September) we have managed to attracted visitors to our website from over 110 countries across the globe! If you are interested in submitting work then check us out: www.twofoldmagazine.com

Call for entries, deadline December 6: The Arte Laguna Prize Competition is open to all artists, without any limits of age or nationality, leaving the participants free to decide the subject of the artworks. There are 5 sections of the contest, from the traditional to the most innovative: Painting, Sculpture, Photographic Art, Video Art, Performance and the revolutionary Virtual Art, dedicated to artworks created with iPad and iPhone applications. Details at http://www.artelagunaprize.com/.

Call for entries, deadline December 11: Water Street Studios is proud to announce a call for art for its first themed show, “illuminate” with special guest juror, Frank Maugeri. Frank is the co-artistic director of Redmoon Theater (a cutting edge theater based in Chicago known for their innovation, pyrotechnics and lighting designs). He is also an instructor at the Columbia College Film and Animation department and has served as juried shows for Gallery 37, Project LEAP, UIC, Northwestern University, The Jung Institute, Chicago Park District, and Dept of Cultural Affairs.This show will explore light in all of its forms and is open to conceptual interpretation: mechanically lit pieces are welcome, as are depictions of luminescence, as well as conceptual pieces. Work in all media accepted. This will be a dimly lit show, with the gallery’s house lights off and sporadic track lights on. In addition to our main gallery, work will be exhibited in an additional 3,800 sq. ft. space adjacent to our already large gallery. This space will have all it’s lights off and feature work that is self-illminating. Large sculpture and installations are welcomed!Out of the many artists who submit for the show, the jury panel will select several Honorable Mentions Artists (Announcement on Water Street Studios website, submitted artwork images on postcards, and Honorable Mention Acknowledgment Name Tag in the gallery). One piece will be selected as Best of Show and that artist be awarded a free two week Solo Show in Water Street Studios 2nd floor gallery, valued at $200.Submission deadline: Dec 11, 2011Opening Reception: Jan 27, 2012, 6-10pShow runs till May 12, 2012. Website : http://www.waterstreetstudios.com/.

Call for entries, deadline December 31: The 3rd annual Environmental Photography Exhibit –The Bradford Washburn American Mountaineering Museum today announced a call for entries for the 3rd annual Environmental Photography Exhibition in Golden, Colorado. The show will be held at the American Mountaineering Center in conjunction with the Colorado Environmental Film Festival, beginning February 23, 2012. All photographers are encouraged to submit their work by December 31st. This year’s exhibition will be juried by National Geographic senior photo editor Kim Hubbard, Photo Technique magazine editor Wendy Erickson, and award-winning environmental photographer Stephen Weaver. Best of show will be awarded $500. All images that are selected will be part of a video about the show and streamed on the Internet. Previous shows can be seen here. Show will run 6-weeks beginning February 23rd and reception February 24th .Deadline is December 31, 2011. More information on the show and sign up is here.For more information about the Museum’s hours, exhibits and events, visit our website. Contact the Museum at info@mountaineeringmuseum.org.

Call for entries, deadline December 31: Gothic invites submissions from artists evincing a peculiar, perverse, idiosyncratic sensitivity, influenced by literature, movies, television and the tabloids, in painting, drawing, sculpture, illustration, fashion, graphic design, animation, photography, video, digital media, computer-based works, installation and performance. OCCCA’s museum of the macabre will display supernatural mutations, bizarre curiosities permeated by fantastic and pathological themes. Gothic is a mix of Medievalism, Romanticism, science fiction, Victoriana, punk, the uncanny, the grotesque, and the erotic, inseparable from despair, fear and rapture. Gothic reveals the shadow within, the skull beneath the skin. Website : http://www.occca.org

Call for entries, deadline January 6: Earth Through a Lens is an annual juried photo competition focused on promoting environmental sustainability. Photos of the natural environment and human impact on the environment are selected for prominent display and potential sale. Cash prizes and travel awards to Palm Springs are included. In this our 3rd year we introduce a cell phone image program to supplement our camera-based program. All details are available at our website: http://www.earththroughalensPS.com

Call for entries, deadline January 9: Embracing Our Differences invites artists, photographers, professionals, amateurs, teachers and students to participate in its 9th annual outdoor art exhibit celebrating diversity. National and international submissions are encouraged. 39 artists will be selected for the exhibit. The Embracing Our Differences exhibit will be displayed throughout the months of April and May 2012 at Island Park along Sarasota’s beautiful bayfront. Since 2004, the exhibit has been viewed by more than 1,100,000 visitors. The exhibit will contain 39 billboard-sized (16 feet wide by 12 1/2 feet high) images of the selected artworks. In the judges’ discretion, an additional six “honorable mention” selections may be made. Final selections will be chosen based on artistic excellence in reflection of the theme “Embracing Our Differences”. The art-work will also be evaluated on how effectively it will read outdoors when enlarged to billboard size – 16 feet wide by 12 1/2 feet high. Artists are encouraged to use bold saturated colors and strong lines. Final selections will be made by a 3-judge panel of professional artists, curators and art professionals. A total of $3,000.00 in awards will be presented. Submissions must be postmarked no later than January 9, 2012. There is no submission fee nor limit on the number of entries. The mission of Embracing Our Differences is to use art as a catalyst for creating awareness and promoting the value of diversity, the benefits of inclusion and the significance of the active rejection of hatred and prejudice. Submission forms and more information concerning past winning submissions are available on-line: http://www.EmbracingOurDifferences.org

Call for entries, letter of intent due January 17: Adirondack Chairs, re-interpreted. The Morris Arboretum and Woodmere Art Museum, located in Chestnut Hill, Philadelphia, are collaborating to organize an outdoor exhibition during the summer of 2012. Please respond to this call with a Letter Of Intent (LOI). You’re invited to paint, decorate, reinterpret, redesign, or just do something great with one of America’s great outdoor classics, the Adirondack Chair. Selected works must withstand the elements and physical interaction with visitors of all ages. Artists of the Philadelphia region are invited to apply and commit to reinterpreting an individual or pair of full size chairs. Child-size chairs can be included as an optional second or third chair. (We did not get this idea from Goldilocks and the Three Bears!) An honorarium of $200 will be awarded to each artist. Please submit a letter of interest with contact information and CV electronically to mconners@upenn.edu, accompanied by supporting materials or links to websites that demonstrate the nature of your existing work. A selection of artists will be made with the intent to include a broad range of artistic practices and approaches. The deadline for the submission of a letter of interest is January 17, 2012. Selections will be made by January 31 and partially assembled wooden Adirondack chairs will be available to artists by February 15. Completed chairs are due the week of April 30, with an open-house celebration at Woodmere prior to Memorial Day weekend, and on display at the Morris Arboretum beginning Saturday of Memorial Day weekend, May 26, 2012. Prizes will be awarded and chairs will be on view outdoors throughout the summer at either the Morris Arboretum or Woodmere from May 26 (Memorial Day Saturday) through September 3 (Labor Day). Chairs will be offered for sale with proceeds to be shared by the artists and the exhibit organizers. Contact Michelle Conners with questions: 215.247.5777 x109 or mconners@upenn.edu or visit: www.morrisarboretum.org.

Call for entries, deadline September 16, 2012: Purchase a Mystery Build Materials Kit at MysteryBuild.com on or after December 1st, 2011. Create a work of art using ONLY the materials in the Kit, around the contest’s Theme : Your Favorite Movie. Upload photos or videos of your creation to mysterybuild.com. Over $10,000 in cash prizes. Winners are selected by a panel of judges and online public voting. The specific materials in the Kit will be unknown to you at the time of purchase, but you can expect to find some common sculpting materials like wood, metal, clay, and fiber. The Kits are 10″ wide and 3.5″ deep and contain around 3.5 lbs. of materials. Enter individually or as a team. Enter as many times as you want, using multiple Mystery Build Kits. The contents of multiple Kits may not be combined into a single Entry. You may use one Kit per Entry and create one Entry per Kit. For sale December 2011 through August 2012. Submissions are due by September 16, 2012. Details at mysterybuild.com.

Deadlines

None this week

Out & About

The Nutcracker Suite – Monday, December 5, 7 pm, Temple Performing Arts Center FREE!
Temple University Symphony Orchestra and Jazz Band, Luis Biava, conductor, TUSO and Terell Stafford, director, TUJB. A side-by-side presentation of the familiar yet timeless Nutcracker Suite by Tchaikovsky and the innovative jazz reinterpretation by Duke Ellington and Billy Strayhorn by the Temple University Symphony Orchestra and Jazz Band.

Material Construction: An Investigation into Text and Movement as Artistic Materials – Tuesday, December 7, 7 pm, Penn Kelly Writer’s House, 3805 Locust Walk FREE!
A participatory event with Meg Foley of Moving Parts, Bonnie Jones, Laura Neuman, Megan Bridge and Peter Price of Fidget Space. In artistic practice and production, text and movement are materials with distinct texture, history, function, possibility, charge. This evening’s program includes artists working in choreography, performance, sound and the written word. Through a variety of multimedia performance, “reading” and participatory workshop, each of these artists will lead audience members through an embodied and communal investigation of text and movement: what they are, what they do, the overlap and interstice, the way instances of each construct space, bodies, and community, the possibility of a map, the relationships we find and make.

Temple University Wind Symphony – Tuesday, December 6, 7:30 pm, Temple Performing Arts Center FREE!
Emily Threinin, conductor, Nitzan Haroz, trombone, East Coast Attitude with John Mackey and Nitzan Haroz playing Little – East Coast Attitude, Mackey – Hymn to a Blue Hour, Persichetti – Symphony No. 6, Rorem – Sinfonia and Mackey – Harvest: Concerto for Trombone and Wind Ensemble.

PAFA Art at Lunch: Art and the Illustrated Mass-Market Magazines, Before and After 1945 – Wednesday, December 7, noon-1 pm, PAFA, Historic Landmark Building, 118 N. Broad Street FREE!
Between 1949 and 1959, Life magazine publicized and explained the paintings of Jackson Pollock and other Abstract Expressionists to its readership, which numbered well over ten million. About 50 years earlier the Ladies’ Home Journal, among the first magazines to publish over one million copies, featured a series of paintings by Henry Ossawa Tanner. What do these two encounters between fine art and the mass-market pictorial press have in common? Michael Leja, Professor of Art History at the University of Pennsylvania, will explore this question.

Last Day of Classes Open Mike Night – Wednesday, December 7, 7 pm, Newman Center, 2129 N Broad St. FREE!
Contact Alyssa at tub47526@temple.edu if you would like to perform.

Second Thursday at the Crane – Receptions Thursday, December 8, 6 – 9 pm, Crane Arts Center, 1400 N American St FREE!
Decadence. University of Delaware@Crane, Decadence features: Timothy Belknap, Bob Bickey, Sherman Fleming, C. Pazia Mannella, Matther Alden Price, Heather Ramsdale, Jody Sweitzer, and Andrew Wapinski
In Liquid Presents Prospect – An installation by Rebecca Gilbert. Building narratives through natural imagery including dirt, water, sticks, metal, and people, Rebecca Gilbert’s printmaking installation, Prospect, features life-scale mounted reduction woodcuts, collagraphs, and drawings that regard the strength in elemental forces. Gilbert recognizes her primal cravings that draw her towards simplicity. The images are born from natural tendencies and a methodical process that apply a deliberate color-sparing palette and distinctive mark-making style. The arrangement guides us on a journey, a search similar to our human instinct to search for meaning.
Art Institute of Philadelphia Senior Photo Show. The Art Institute of Philadelphia is proud to present nine graduating photography students. The selected works of the students presents a culmination of each student’s unique experience. The gallery arrangements provide considerable space for the artists’ manifestation of years of research, critical thinking and endless experimentation. Graduating students: Chelsea Hamilton, Tye Worthington, Violet Brown, Meghan O’Neill, Shrish Kothari, Tamika Morris, Bethany Barton, Marielle Scholz and Katie Danz.
Chris Kline: Art Adventures for Families Part 2. A collection of prints, paintings and drawings by Chris Kline. Chris Kline was born in Norristown Pennsylvania, and currently lives in Philadelphia. He works out of his studio at his home. Kline makes multi-layered screen prints, color pencil and ink drawings, and acrylic paintings . His work has been shown in New York, San Francisco, Toronto, Los Angeles and Philadelphia. Kline works for his friend’s south Philadelphia print shop, Awesome Dudes Printing. Check out his work here: www.Chriskline.us.
Pa Bouje Ankò: Don’t Move Again By Laura Heyman. The Philadelphia Photo Arts Center is pleased to announce its first solo exhibition, Pa Bouje Ankò: Don’t Move Again by Laura Heyman. For this ongoing project, Heyman travels to Port-au-Prince, Haiti and creates a roaming formal portrait studio. Heyman operates an outdoor photo studio in a particular neighborhood for a number of days before moving to another location. News circulates through advertisements or word of mouth that a photographer will open a studio in a specific neighborhood, and local community members make appointments to have their portraits made for free. The project questions whether it is possible for a photographer to overcome the hierarchy between first-world photographer, third-world subject, and remote viewer. Heyman loosely models her studio after the large number of portrait studios in Port-au-Prince, using a variety of backdrops, along with reflectors to control and augment the available light. The portraits created in these makeshift studios are designed to explicitly oppose the aesthetics of tourism, reportage and photojournalism. The meaning of these images has changed after the earthquake, as they have become both record and memorial. That event also enlarged the focus of the project, which has evolved to include various rapidly expanding communities in Port-Au-Prince tied to reconstruction.

PennDesign Fine Arts Lecture: Stefan Sagmeister – Thursday, December 8, 6:30 pm, ICA, 118 S. 36th St FREE!
Get happy with designer Stefan Sagmeister whose exhibition The Happy Show opens at ICA on April 4, 2012. Sagmeister, admired for his innovative approach to typography as well as his collaborations with musicians such as The Rolling Stones, Lou Reed, and David Byrne, is the principal of Sagmeister Inc.

Taking Root: The Vision of Wangari Maathai – Thursday, December 8, 6:30 pm, American Friends Service Committee, 1501 Cherry Street FREE!
ITVS Community Cinema and WHYY in partnership with the American Friends Service Committee present Honoring the Vision of Wangari Maathai: Film Screening and Discussion About the Film – Taking Root: The Vision of Wangari Maathai. Three decades ago, Wangari Maathai suggested to rural women in her native Kenya that they plant trees for firewood and to stop soil erosion — an act that grew into a nationwide movement to safeguard the environment, defend human rights, and fight government injustice. The tree-planting groups that formed gave the women a reason to come together and become involved in resolving their communities’ challenges. Using archival footage and first-person accounts, the film documents dramatic political confrontations of 1980s and 1990s Kenya and captures Maathai’s infectious determination and unwavering courage through in-depth conversations with the film’s subjects.

The Commonwealth: A History of American Studio Craft – Thursday, December 8, 7 pm, Philadelphia Art Alliance, 251 S. 18th Street FREE!
PAA welcomes artist and writer Bruce Metcalf for a lecture and presentation about the history of studio craft in America. Metcalf will also be available to sign copies of his most recent book, Makers, co-authored with Janet Koplos, which is the first comprehensive study of the American studio craft movement. Metcalf holds a BFA from Syracuse University and an MFA from Tyler School of Art. He taught at Kent State University in Ohio from 1981 to 1991. He has been a contributing editor of Metalsmith magazine for nearly two decades and currently teaches at the University of the Arts in Philadelphia. Metcalf uses various materials, including wood, metal, and Plexiglass, and diverse techniques for his jewelry, small sculptures, and wall reliefs. Employing disparate images drawn from personal experience, he contrasts familiar, mundane objects with the unfamiliar in an effort to create whimsical yet restrained works of art that comment on the human condition.

Music Therapy Club Benefit Concert - Thursday, December 8^th, 7:30pm, Klein Hall, (second floor of Presser Hall) Admission is $3.
All proceeds will go to Girls Rock Philly, an organization dedicated to empowering young women by fostering self-respect, leadership skills, and collaboration through music and music-based activities. Come rock out for a great cause! Prepare to have your face melted off and your senses shredded. It’s going to be AWESOME!!! Sign up to perform outside of room 327 or email tuc04964@temple.edu with any questions!”

2nd Floor Front Exhibition & Holiday Sale – Friday, December 9, 5 – 8 pm & Saturday, December 10, noon – 5 pm, 2nd Floor Front, 1704 Walnut Street FREE!
2nd Floor Front, a ‘pop-up’ gallery in the office of renowned Philadelphia architect Richard Conway Meyer, FAIA, will host a fall exhibition and holiday sale. All work, including framed drawings and paintings, handmade art books, ceramics, and fine woven textiles, will be for sale.

International Holiday Bazaar - Friday, December 9, 1 – 7 pm, International House Philadelphia, 3701 Chestnut Street FREE!
International House Philadelphia will host an international holiday bazaar featuring vendors selling various items, including crafts, food, jewelry, custom prints, toys and fashion from around the world. There will be something to fit everyone’s taste and budget.

Art after Five: Holiday Klezmer – Friday, December 9, 5 – 8:45 pm, Philadelphia Museum of Art FREE!*
Celebrate the Festival of Lights with the magical exuberance of jazz and Latin-infused klezmer music from Eastern Europe, Yiddish songs, and Israeli dances. This program is supported by Bnai Zion Mid-Atlantic Region. *The PMA is free to Tyler students with a Tyler Admission Card and your Owlcard. Download your copy of the Tyler Admission Card from the Links section of the Tyler Student Life Blog at http://tylerstudentlife.wordpress.com/

The Fleisher Art Memorial’s 2012 Wind Challenge Series – Reception Friday, December 9, 6 – 8 pm, Fleisher Art Memorial , 719 Catharine St FREE!
This is three solo exhibitions by Anita Allyn, Laura Ledbetter, and Erin M. Riley. Established in 1978, the Wind Challenge Exhibition Series is an annual juried competition that is committed to enriching and expanding people’s lives through art. Three Wind Challenge Exhibitions are held from September through May, featuring the work of exceptional artists living in the Philadelphia region. Over three hundred entries are juried each year resulting in the selection of nine winning artists.

Back Where We Started – Opening reception Friday, December 9, 7 – 9 pm, Benna’s Cafe, 1236 S. 8th FREE!
A Square Deal’s 5-year anniversary at Benna’s Cafe in South Philly, the same venue where they had their first show! It’s another opening reception to celebrate 5 years of showing original artwork by artists from around the world. All genres, all mediums, all affordable and all executed on a 20cm square format. Show will be up through January 11th, 2012.

Santa On Ice – Saturday, December 10, 11 am – 2 pm, Main Street in Manyunk FREE
Acclaimed ice sculptor Peter Slavin of “Fear No Ice” will carve several huge blocks of ice into a frozen, crystal throne upon which Santa Claus will sit and pose for photos with good little girls and boys.

Marilyn Holsing: Further Tales of Young Marie Antoinette – Opening Reception Saturday, December 10, 4 – 6 pm, Gallery Joe, 302 Arch St. FREE!
Gallery Joe is pleased to present Further Tales of Young Marie Antoinette, a solo exhibition of drawings and installation by Marilyn Holsing, opening Saturday, December 10 and running through Saturday, January 7, 2012. For this exhibition, Holsing continues her exploration of the imagined life of young Marie Antoinette. Moving from the isolated interior life of young Marie in her previous exhibition, Holsing now concentrates on Marie’s exterior world. Gossiping maids in fantastic landscapes surround her. Titles such as “Mockery”, “The Source of an Ill Wind”, “The Nail Biters” and “Flattery” give clues to the tone of the exhibition.

Hanukkah Bazaar in Elkins Park – Sunday, December 11, 1- 5 pm, Young Israel of Elkins Park, 7715 Montgomery Avenue FREE!
The Young Israel of Elkins Park Sisterhood Chanukah Bazaar is a great place to get Chanukah gifts from great vendors such as: Jerusalem Gift Shop, Tupperware, The Shell Shoppe,Creations by Miriam Eve, Jewelry, Baby Sweaters by Judy Z, Decorated Kippot and Headbands, Beaded serving spoons, Arbonne Cosmetics, Artwork Galore by various Israeli and American artists, Personalized Name tags, Israeli head scarves, Ladies’ Hats, Tiles by Lisa, The Chocolate Girl, Minnes Spices, Papercut Artist Jerome Gabriel food and more! Entertainment for children will be provided as well!

Book Launch: Dead Flowers – Sunday, December 11, 3-5 pm, ICA, 118 S. 36th St FREE!
Please join Vox Populi and Lia Gangitano at the ICA, University of Pennsylvania, for a book launch of Dead Flowers, co-published by Vox Populi and PARTICIPANT INC. Artists from the exhibition will be present, and author Gary Indiana will read selections from his included text on Paul Thek, “On (Not) Being Forgotten.” Based on the work of director and cult legend Timothy Carey (1929-1994), Dead Flowers features new scholarship on this brilliant actor and filmmaker. Carey wrote, produced, directed and starred in the 1962 feature The World’s Greatest Sinner, which was scored by Frank Zappa. Although the film did not have wide commercial release, it built its fervent fan base through repeated screenings at the “midnight movies” in Los Angeles in the 1960s. This publication will certainly appeal to film audiences but also interprets Carey’s cultural contributions through the lens of contemporary art, in works by Charles Atlas, Alvin Baltrop, Johanna Constantine, Genesis Breyer P-Orridge, Marti Domination, Scott Ewalt, Georg Gatsas, Brandon Olson, Kembra Pfahler, Cynthia Plaster Caster, Tabboo! (Stephen Tashjian) and Paul Thek. It contains texts by Johanna Fateman, Randal Wilcox, Douglas Crimp, Genesis Breyer P-Orridge, Gary Indiana, Romeo Carey, Vassily Bourikas, Antony, Max G. Morton, Doug McClemont, Alexandra Blatter, Bruce LaBruce, Michael Vannoy Adams, Vaginal Davis, Elisabeth Kley, Eileen Myles, Ed Halter, and Lia Gangitano.

For Monday, November 28, 2011

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Lectures & Artist Talks

Lecture: Gregg Bordowitz, Testing Some Beliefs – Monday, November 28, 6 pm, Temple Gallery
Gregg Bordowitz writes, “I believe that art can change the world. I believe that art and freedom are necessarily related. There are no facts to support these claims. Still, I carry these beliefs formed decades ago. How do some beliefs remain and what do I gain by believing? At risk of sounding ridiculous, I will try to explain.” With these themes in mind, Bordowitz will present an extemporaneous talk that responds to both the audience and the specifics of the context. For this performance, Bordowitz has selected ten pieces of art to be exhibited in the gallery. These works, on loan from the Print and Picture Collection of the Free Library of Philadelphia, were produced and supported by the Works Progress Administration in the 1930′s. Gregg Bordowitz is an artist and writer and is currently the Chair of the Film, Video, New Media, and Animation Department at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, and he is on the faculty of the Whitney Museum Independent Study Program. Starting on November 23rd, Temple Gallery will be screening Bordowitz’s 1993 video, Fast Trip, Long Drop. This event is supported by Temple University’s Departments of Film and Media Arts, and Art History, as well as the Pennsylvania Council On The Arts.

Critical Dialogues: Alice Aycock - Wednesday, November 30, 6 pm, Tyler B04
Alice Aycock was born on November 20, 1946, in Harrisburg, PA. She is an American sculptor, draughtswoman, installation and environmental artist. She studied liberal arts at Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ (1964-8), and obtained an MA in studio art at the City University of New York (1968-71), where she worked under Robert Morris and became familiar with systems theory. From the 1960s Aycock developed phenomenologically site-orientated works to include metaphor and simile, referring to machinery and construction sites, archaeological sites, models, children’s play areas and funfairs and other public or social settings. For example in a Simple Network of Underground Wells and Tunnels (1975) six concrete wells (1.62 sq. m) with connecting tunnels were sunk into an area of ground c. 6.1*12.2 m at Merriewold West, Far Hills, NJ (destr.). The curious sense of authority within her sophisticated, well-made structures is simultaneously articulated and undermined by a nonsensical, non-functional and fantastical element. Her works are often a synthesis of diverse elements. The imagery of the Game of Flyers (wood, steel, fire, water, birds, 1979-80; Washington, DC, Project A.) derives equally from tantric drawings, the problem of designing and constructing a machine for human flight and thoughts about World War II. By the 1990s Aycock produced both elaborate site-specific and gallery installation works. Examples of her work are housed in the Australian National Gallery, Canberra, the Museum Ludwig, Cologne, and the Whitney Museum of American Art, New York.

Lecture: Melissa Miles, Creating Sustainable Environments through Permaculture – Wednesday, November 30, 5 – 7 pm, Anderson Hall 821
Melissa Miles is an Environmental Biologist/Conservation Planner, Permaculture Designer/Teacher and a sustainability and regenerative design consultant. Melissa serves as the Organizer for the Eastern Pennsylvania Permaculture Guild (www.meetup.com/permie), is an urban farmer, and Director at The Permanent Futures Institute at Two Miles Micro-Farm — a peri-urban, micro-farm, and sustainability training center, located in Montgomery County, PA. Melissa’s particular areas of interest include incorporating permaculture ethics and principles into bioremediation/ecological restoration and agroforestry projects.

Lecture: Jose Manuel Pereiro-Otero, Don Juan Tenorio´s Cemetery: Metropolis and Necropolis in 19th-Century Spain – Thursday, December 1, 12:30–1:50 pm, CHAT Lounge, 10^th Floor, Gladfelter Hall
Don José Zorrilla’s late Romantic masterpiece, Don Juan Tenorio (1844) is the most (in)famous incarnation of the seducer from Seville in the Spanish speaking world. This lecture will discuss how the play attempts to balance a 16th century action with a 19th century approach to the relation between the city of the dead and the city of the living. On the one hand, Don Juan’s cemetery reestablishes the interdependence between the urban setting and the burial ground as it was conceived in Spain until 1787; on the other, its funerary elements and the abstract nature of the drama’s discourse on death—as it pertains to History, Memory, Art and Heritage—are very much part of the modern world.

Exhibitions

Temple Gallery - open Wednesday – Saturday, 11 am – 6 pm.
cofFREE Mondays, free coffee every Monday 7:45 – 9:45 am
This week in Soft Sculpture: Couch Intervention: Anna DeCaria, Sean Goldinger, Courtney Heavens, and Skyler Patterson
This piece is about the personification of an inanimate object, and highlighting how personifying the couch touches upon human contact within limited space confinement. Upon working on the piece as a group, and bringing in individual pieces to form a whole (of the four person group, each member created one of the four major limbs for the couch), we discovered that our pieces served more as a mockery to the human form rather than a direct replication of it. We decided to focus on the humorous aspect of a couch trying to imitate a human being with legs and arms made of the only materials a couch might have readily available to it… fabric. By individually creating each limb, we created a group piece that reflects each of our personalities. Our goal is to make the viewer more aware of their surroundings by the inclusion of these pieces, since they will most likely nudge into the leg/feet of the couch or rest on the arms of it at some point, and to touch upon the idea of human contact within small spaces, like the limited space available on the couch. Depending on the individual, the closeness and contact with other people, especially their skin, can be either very overwhelming or not bothersome at all.
See it before it’s gone: Class Of 1986 By S. Mark Gubb
Take a seat at S Mark Gubb‘s desk entitled Class of 1986. This is the latest in our commissioned series of new front desks at the gallery. Gubb is a British artist who often re-appropriates information and found objects to reuse them within a gallery context. For example, he recently catered a gallery dinner in which all of the options on the menu were comprised of last meal requests from inmates on death row. Through November 30.

Stella Elkins Tyler Gallery: Art of Student Teaching

Reception Sunday, December 4, 2 – 4 pm. Gallery is open Wednesday – Saturday 11 am – 6 pm.

Student Lounge Gallery: Caitlin Garae Steiner, Plastique Bitches
Jazz and juice reception featuring the Sara Street Quintet, Friday December 2, 6 pm

Cookie Jar & Java – Wednesday, November 30 (and every Wednesday) outside the Stella Elkins Tyler Gallery at 11 am: free cookies and coffee while you see the artwork in the downstairs galleries!

See what‘s happening this week at Temple Rome! Visit the Temple Rome blog at artturome.blogspot.com.

Opportunities

Are you a Art Education, BA Arts or Visual Studies major and plan to study at Temple Rome or Japan? The Neil Kosh Study/Travel Scholarship provides tuition assistance for an undergraduate student to study in Temple University’s Rome or Temple Japan Programs during the 2012-2013 school year (Summer, Fall , or Spring semester). Priority will be given to junior or senior students in the Department of Art and Art Education who have completed at least 15 credits in Art and Art Education courses. These students must be pursuing either the BS in Art Education or the BA in Art s or the BA in Visual Studies degrees. Applicants must have a cumulative GPA of 3.0 or higher in order to be eligible. To apply, please submit The Neil Kosh Study/Travel Scholarship application form with associated documents and a digital portfolio of 10 images to the Chair of Art and Art Education Department. You can pick up Scholarship information and the application form at room 210J in the Tyler Administrative suite. Deadline: Friday February 3, 2012.

Gig opportunity: Graphic Arts Position- Small fashion business looking for graphic artist to create html signature and illustration. Please contact owner, Leah Francis, SCT graduate student at leahfrancis1@gmail.com. Rates are negotiable. Please send link to portfolio or attach samples of your work.

Apply for AmeriCorps VISTA and serve Philadelphia 2012-2013! Philadelphia Mayor Michael A. Nutter’s Office of Civic Engagement and Volunteer Service is accepting applications for two full time SERVE Philadelphia 2012-2013 VISTA members, beginning in February 2012, to serve for a period of one year on projects designed to increase access to educational opportunities and strengthen community volunteer networks. This is a GREAT opportunity for anyone interested in gaining professional experience in city government, community organizing, environmental stewardship development, cross sector partnership building and youth development.Positions include:· Parks and Recreation Volunteer Engagement Support Coordinator· Volunteer Initiative Coordinator with the Mayor’s Commission on Literacy Application deadline is Wednesday, December 7th! Visit http://volunteer.phila.gov/press/view_post.php?post_id=119 to view the application and full job descriptions

Calling all Craftsmen of Culture: Paid internships available! Ogilvy & Mather is one of the largest marketing communications companies in the world. They provide a comprehensive range of marketing services including: advertising; public relations and public affairs; branding and identity; shopper and retail marketing; healthcare communications; direct, digital, promotion, relationship marketing.
Associate’s Program: a full time 12 month rotational program will give you the opportunity to learn the craft of client service and its function in the advertising industry. Must be a Senior graduating in May 2012 to apply. You will have the opportunity to explore 4 critical disciplines of advertising:· Strategy· Digital· Account Management· 4th rotation area determined by business need and interest (OgilvyEarth, OgilvyHealthworld, OgilvyAction, OgilvyEntertainment, New Business, RedWorks, Public Relations)
Internship Program: learn the craft of client service and its function in the advertising industry in our 10 week, paid, summer internship program. Must be a Junior or Senior to apply · Participate in weekly seminars to learn about our 360° offerings all while planning a client presentation / pitch· Mentored by some of the best and brightest in the building· Learn what it means to balance the ‘art & science’ of advertising. To apply for either internship, visit http://templeuniv.experience.com/er/security/login.jsp to log into the Owlnetwork. Click job and internship search. Under employer name, type Ogilvy. Choose the Associates Program or the Internship Program link. Follow the additional instructions for submitting an application Deadline to apply is January 31, 2012.

Still need a studio course for next semester? Consider Beginning Lithography. Class meets Tuesday and Thursday 3:30 to 6:00 pm and is open to everyone with no prerequisites. GAD course 2761 section 001 Studio Lithography.

Call for entries, deadline December 1: eighth annual SNAP TO GRID: the UN-Juried Exhibit. The Los Angeles Center for Digital Art seeks artists for an un-juried international exhibit featuring digital art and photography, December 8-30, 2011. All entries will be printed (8.5″x11″ on heavyweight paper) and shown in the gallery arranged in a grid. Entrants submit JPEG files of original work. Exhibit is limited to space available, early entry is advised. All styles of artwork and photography where digital processes of any kind were integral to the creation of the images are acceptable. Digital video stills and screen shots of web/new media are acceptable. Documentation shots of digital installation and digital sculpture are acceptable. Special consideration is given to “Snap to Grid” artists for inclusion in future exhibits. Entrants to our calls for submissions form the pool of artists from which we select the majority of our exhibitors. There have been a large number of “Snap to Grid” participants who have been included in group exhibits, as well as a number of solo shows. Proceeds for “Snap to Grid” benefit these gallery programs and keep LACDA thriving. Exhibit your work, build your resume, and support our gallery. Everybody wins! Entry Fee: Registration fee is $32US. More information/to enter: http://lacda.com/juried/juriedshow.html

Call for entries, hand deliver artwork December 2 or 3: Abington Art Center celebrates the talent of our neighbors and friends with an Annual Juried Show in December and January. Over 50 works of art by local and regional artists are featured. A number of awards provide recognition to the artists for Best in Show, Ceramics, Jewelry, Works on Paper and more. Each year the show is juried by a different art professional — a gallery owner, curator, art writer, etc. The juror for 2011 is Lee Stoetzel, Co-Curator and Director of the West Collection, a corporate collection housed at SEI Investments in Oaks, PA. Entry fee. For details see prospectur: http://abingtonartcenter.org/aac/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/AJ-Prospectus11.pdf

Call for entries, deadline December 5: Donate your work to InLiquid’s annual fundraiser juried show. First entry is free, and accepted artists receive one free and one half-price ticket to the benefit event. Details at http://inliquid.com/features/benefit-v12/

Call for entries, deadline: December 31: The 3rd Annual Environmental Photography Exhibit. The Bradford Washburn American Mountaineering Museum announces a call for entries for the 3rd Annual Environmental Photography Exhibition in Golden, Colorado. The show will be held at the American Mountaineering Center in conjunction with the Colorado Environmental Film Festival, beginning February 23, 2012. All photographers are encouraged to submit their work by December 31st. This year’s exhibition will be juried by National Geographic senior photo editor Kim Hubbard, Photo Technique magazine editor Wendy Erickson, and award-winning environmental photographer Stephen Weaver. Show will run 6-weeks beginning February 23rd and reception February 24th. All photographers, from all regions and working in all styles and processes are encouraged to enter. From avant-garde to f64 images, the Environmental Photography Exhibition hopes to represent the shared vision of world communities that are concerned about environmental issues. The common theme of this environmental exhibition is the images’ ability to inform, convey, motivate or passionately move its viewer. More information/to enter: http://www.mountaineeringmuseum.org/events.php?id=PhotoContest

Call for entries, deadline January 11: Art on Paper: National Juried Exhibition. Juror is Susan Badder,,Adjunct professor of art history at,Maryland Institute College of Art. The Maryland Federation of Art (MFA) invites all artists residing in the United States and Canada to enter its thirty-fifth annual Art on Paper exhibition. Any original two or three dimensional works on or of paper following exhibition guidelines will be considered by the juror. The selected works will be on exhibit in the MFA’s Circle Gallery, 18 State Circle, Annapolis, Maryland from March 22 through April 22, 2012. More information: http://www.mdfedart.com/pages/call_for_artists.php.

Call for entries, deadline January 13: You’ll Find This Offensive, Presented by: Outlaw Artisans. Art has a purpose. It challenges, it offends, it makes people think. In this age of “political correctness”, it’s more important than ever that artists gets out there and wake up the people. This show is for your offending work. The show is open for all flat work as well as literary work of less than 300 words. Keep your prices at an attractive level for purchase, but let your submission be as offensive as you would like. We will be doing a one day purchasing event at Red Door Space in Pittsburgh, PA, and we are collecting all of the work into a book for sale. The book is available as a show piece for advertising your art style and accomplishments, as well as demonstrating your vision. All entries must be submitted through the submission form at www.OutlawArtisans.com. Artists may submit as many submissions as they wish. There is a $20 charge for each set of 3 submissions. Not all submissions may be accepted into the book or show. All work must be submitted in digital format for review. Photographs of work must be professional quality to have the work reviewed. Digital submissions should be less than 600 KB, in .jpg format for review. Once accepted, work will be required to be resent for inclusion in the book at 300dpi, print quality.

Call for entries, deadline April 1 (but enter early-public voting begins December 1): West Collects 2012. Paige West, Founder and Curator of the West Collection of Contemporary Art, announces the West Collects $300,000 international open call. To view the free online application go to: http://westcollects.com Apply early, the West Collects iPhone app (public vote) starts tallying December 1, 2011. The artist with the most votes by May 14, 2012 wins $25,000. All West Collects 2012 artists will be announced May 15, 2012.

Deadlines

Thursday, December 1: Last Day to apply for a Dean’s Grant: The Dean’s Grants for Students proposal deadline is fast approaching! December 1 is the deadline for proposals – these must be signed by the faculty and submitted via email on or before December 1. Students can submit their proposals electronically for faculty signature via this site: (http://tylerstudentlife.files.wordpress.com/2011/11/deansgrantsforstudentsform-2011-12.pdf)

Out & About

Temple University Concert Choir – Tuesday, November 29, 7:30 pm, Rock Hall Auditorium FREE!
Paul Rardin, conductor, American Muses: Barber: Reincarnations; Sametz: Three Mystical Choruses; Paulus: Medications of Li Po; and Smith: Blessed Assurance.

Temple University Lab Band/Jazz Band Number Three – Tuesday, November 29, 7:30 pm, Tomlinson Theater FREE!
Greg Kettinger, director (Lab Band) and Dan Monaghan, director/Larry McKenna, saxophone (Jazz Band 3)

PAFA Art at Lunch: In Conversation: George Scheer and Kate Kraczon – Wednesday, November 30, noon-1 pm, PAFA, Historic Landmark Building, 118 N. Broad Street FREE!
Elsewhere is a living museum in Greensboro, North Carolina, where George Scheer and other artists explore a collaborative artistic model in which individual artists pursue their visions by building from a shared collection of materials. In conversation with Assistant Curator Kate Kraczon from the Institute of Contemporary Art, the artist and curator discuss the genesis of this innovative project and the works that are part of the HERE exhibition, currently on view at PAFA.

Penn Humanities Forum: David Harvey, The End of Capitalism? – Wednesday, November 30, 5 – 6:30 pm, Harrison Auditorium, Penn Museum, 3260 South St FREE!
Three years after the near collapse of global financial markets, America is still struggling with unemployment, debt, and foreclosure, European governments are teetering on the brink of bankruptcy—and the world’s billionaires are getting richer faster than ever before. The current situation is not sustainable. But what changes need to be made to overcome this mounting crisis of our world economic system? How radical an adaptation will be required? David Harvey, the brilliant theorist and scathing critic of postmodern society, looks at what the future holds for global capitalism. David Harvey graduated from the University of Cambridge in 1961 with a PhD in geography. Widely influential, he is among the top 20 most cited authors in the humanities. He is also the world’s most cited academic geographer and the author of many books and essays influential in the development of modern geography as a discipline. His work has contributed to broad social and political debate, and he is credited with helping to resurrect social class and Marxist methods as serious methodological tools in the critique of global capitalism, particularly its neoliberal form.

ICA Whenever Wednesday: Step Into the Studio – Wednesday, November 30, 6:30 pm, ICA, 118 S. 36th St FREE!
Step into the studios of New York School artists with Greg Dinkins, co-founder and principal program director of the New York Stereoscopic Society. In this special 3-D presentation, Dinkins will take the audience for a walk through 1950s New York through the stereo photographs of Max Margulis (1907-1996). Margulis, who was known for his work as a musician, writer, teacher, and co-founder of Blue Note Records, was also an avid stereo photographer. Photographing primarily from 1949 to 1957 he found inspiration in the street life of the Lower East Side, the studios of artists such as Willem de Kooning, and his trips to Mexico with his friend Aaron Siskind. Dinkins has restored and remounted hundreds of these stereoviews, presenting them here alongside anecdotes culled from interviews conducted with family and friends. 3-D glasses will be provided!

Save Money, Live Better: Be an Informed Consumer – Wednesday, November 30, 7 pm, Free Library of Philadelphia, 1901 Vine St. FREE!
PA Consumer Advocate Sonny Popowsky explains what you need to know about utility rates, telecommunications and related issues. The Office of Consumer Advocate helps consumers with questions or problems about their electric, natural gas, telecommunications, water or wastewater service, the OCA is there to help.

Jordan Griska & Tim Portlock: Recent Works – Artist Talks & Reception: Thursday, December 1st, 5 – 7 pm, The Center for Emerging Visual Artists (CFEVA), 237 S. 18th St, 3^rd Floor FREE!
Tim Portlock’s prints are constructed images depicting the contemporary post industrial city using the conventions of the 19th century American landscape. His work, is in large part, created using special effects and computer gaming tools. Jordan Griska’s work deals specifically with metaphors for creation and destruction and the struggle to reconstruct and relate personal experiences in the context of our current political landscape. His sculptures and two-dimensional reinterpretations of objects are based on an understanding of industrial fabrication rooted in the engineering of objects like airplanes, bridges, and bicycles in the real world.

Newman Center Thursday Dinner & Quizzo – Thursday, December 1, 6 pm, Newman Center, 2129 N Broad FREE!
Prizes for the top Quizzo teams! The Newman Center is Temple’s Catholic Community Center.

Artists Cultural Exchange Guest Lecture: Robert D. Lasus – Thursday, December 1, 7:30 pm, Cheltenham Center for the Arts 439 Ashbourne Rd, Cheltenham FREE!
Robert D. Lasus, Sculptor, will show his works with slides, lecture briefly on his work, take questions and speak with the audience. All ACX programs are free and open to the public; bring your friends!

It’s First Friday this week! Here are some places you should visit:
Southern Cross – Reception Friday December 2, 6-10pm Grizzly Grizzly, 319 North 11th Street, 2nd Floor FREE!
This December, Grizzly Grizzly proudly presents Southern Cross, an innovative group exhibition that functions as a singular installation. Five works of art–each by a different artist–are positioned throughout the gallery to mimic the constellation from which the exhibition gets its name. Adapting the visually loaded symbol of the cross through painting, drawing, and sculpture, artists in this exhibition include Patrick Brennan, Stacy Fisher, Rob Matthews, Chris Moss, and Matthew Fisher. Southern Cross is inspired by the smallest of the eighty-eight modern constellations, ‘Crux.’ Historically used as a navigational device in the Southern Hemisphere, this distinctive arrangement of stars serves as the structure for the small group exhibition.
SuperVision – Reception Friday, December 2, 5:30 – 7:30 pm, Locks Gallery, 600 S Washington Square FREE!
Locks Gallery is pleased to present Super Vision, a group exhibition. Artists in the exhibition include Ann Agee, Polly Apfelbaum, Donald Baechler, Louise Bourgeois, Joy Feasley, Nancy Graves, Ellen Harvey, Jane Irish, Louise Nevelson, Fairfield Porter, Eva Schlegel, Alan Shields, Alyson Shotz, and Rob Wynne.
Katherine Kurtz: Recent Paintings and Michelle Malkasian Weisberg: Journeys – Reception Friday, December 2, 5 – 9 pm, 3^rd St Gallery, 58 N 2^nd St FREE!
The Abstract Forms of Pablo Picasso and Wendell Castle – Reception Friday, December 2, 5 – 8 pm, Wexler Gallery, 201 N 3^rd St FREE!
Wexler Gallery is proud to present an exhibition of important works on paper by Pablo Picasso along side new work by innovative designer/maker Wendell Castle.

First Friday: Fairyland of Chemistry: A Victorian Science Performance – Friday, December 2, 5 – 8 pm, Chemical Heritage Foundation, 315 Chestnut St FREE!
As 19th-century scientists began to study the atom, Victorian-era science writers faced a challenge: how could they help children see the unseeable? Authors like Arabella Buckley and Lucy Rider Meyer described chemical reactions as high-adventure fairy tales, portraying atoms as “atomic fairies” and molecular bonding as the fairies’ dancing. In keeping with the magical spirit of the holidays CHF will present an original production based on these 19th-century texts, “Fairyland of Chemistry: A Victorian Science Performance,” written by Gigi Naglak and Megan Slater and featuring some of CHF’s most talented staff members. This event promises holiday fun for children of all ages.

Art after Five: Just Breathe—Yoga Night – Friday, December 2, 5 – 8:45 pm, Philadelphia Museum of Art FREE!*
Get centered before the holidays at the Museum. Learn about the time-honored practice of yoga through meditative exercises, yoga postures, and breathing techniques among the beauty of the Museum’s collection. After a peaceful stretch, dance to DJ-spun bhangra music. Henna tattoos, themed tours, and specialty healthy-menu items will be available throughout the night. Don’t forget to bring your yoga mat.*The PMA is free to Tyler students with a Tyler Admission Card and your Owlcard. Download your copy of the Tyler Admission Card from the Links section of the Tyler Student Life Blog at http://tylerstudentlife.wordpress.com/

Stenton Holiday Tea – Saturday, December 2, 2 – 4 pm, Stenton, 4601 N. 18th St FREE!
Head to Stenton to usher in the holiday season! Get in the holiday spirit with music, tea , light fare, crafts and plenty of holiday cheer! Stenton, an early Georgian House and wooded grounds, is the Plantation home of William Penn’s secretary, James Logan, built between 1723 and 1730. The mansion will be open for tours.

Bill Walton: Gifting the Studio – Sunday, December 4, 2 pm, ICA, 118 S. 36th St FREE!
Come and speak of Bill Walton—his art and life—or speak of studios in general, and in exchange take an object from the ICA’s current installation. Completing the transfiguration of a key figure of Philadelphia’s art community for nearly fifty years, this closing event will be a very special afternoon of words and gifts. Power tools, hand tools, hardware, drawing instruments, coffee cups, scraps, all the equipment and accoutrements of Walton’s studio on view will be given away to become objects of remembrance or, potentially, be used again.

For Monday, November 21, 2011

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It’s Wacky Week! Remember to go to your Monday classes today, your Thursday classes tomorrow (Tuesday) and your Friday classes on Wednesday, then go home and eat lots of turkey or tofurky!

If you were planning to work in the studio next weekend (Thanksgiving holiday weekend), the building will only be open via card swipe: you must be on the access list to get in.. The security guard will not let you in, nor will s/he necessarily be at the desk— you will swipe your card on the handicapped entrance post to unlock the door. Instead, security will be making roving checks of the building. Studio access will be per area access policy. If you don’t know whether you have access, check with your area head. The Galleries at Tyler will be closed from 3:00 pm Wednesday through the weekend. The Paley Library will be closed on Thursday, and open 9 am – 5 pm on Friday (regular Sat & Sun hours). The Tech Center closes at 5 pm Wednesday and does not open again until 11 am Sunday for regular hours the week after Thanksgiving.

Lectures & Artist Talks

None this week!

Exhibitions

Temple Gallery - open Wednesday – Saturday, 11 am – 6 pm.
cofFREE Mondays, free coffee every Monday 7:45 – 9:45 am
Did you miss the Banjoes at Dawn debate with Chase Whiteside and James O’Keefe on partisan media and its place in contemporary journalism? Video excerpts are available now: http://vimeo.com/31829309.

Stella Elkins Tyler Gallery: Art of Student Teaching
Gallery is open Wednesday – Saturday 11 am – 6 pm.

Student Lounge Gallery: Senior Photography Show

Cookie Jar & Java – Wednesday, November 16 (and every Wednesday) outside the Stella Elkins Tyler Gallery at 11 am: free cookies and coffee while you see the artwork in the downstairs galleries!

CHAT Gallery (10^th Floor, Gladfelter Hall): John W. Mosley: Reflections in Black- A Photographic Celebration of African American Life In images of the famous and unknown
John W. Mosley (1907-1969) captured the distinctive culture of Philadelphia’s African American community at mid century. This exhibition is presented by the Charles L. Blockson Afro-American Collection of Temple University Libraries in partnership with the Philadelphia Inquirer and Daily News.
Reception: Tuesday, November 22, 4-5:30 pm

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Opportunities

The second year graduate MFA students at Tyler are creating a catalog to showcase their current work. They are collaborating with Art History graduate students and people in other academic disciplines. Part of making this happen is raising funds to design, print, and make our catalog. They have created a Kickstarter site http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/tylermfa/tyler-school-of-art-collaborative-graduate-catalog, where you can see in greater detail the purpose of their collaboration. They appreciate any contribution you may have and feel free to share our link with others.

Sculpture Studio Assistant Internship Available: Multimedia artist with sculpture studio needs Intern for production mold and sculpture work. Opportunity for cash compensation commensurate with experience. Flexible schedule to allow for students work and academic commitments. Position available immediately. Studio located close to Norristown and Elm St Train Station. Some experience with sculpture molds essential. Please email Resume with contact information and schedule availability to: merspirit@yahoo.com. Call Rose 610-265-0985 with any questions.

Volunteer Opportunity: RW Brown Community Center, 1701 N 8th St, is looking for volunteers to work with the kids in their afterschool program. This could be valuable experience for any student who is interested in teaching, and would be invaluable for the community center. They are specifically interested in Tyler student volunteers, especially anyone who has a specialty or hobby they are willing to share and/or teach to others. The program philosophy is to mentor and expose the kids to ideas and concepts that they may not experience in their daily environment. They also need people to help with homework assistance. If you are interested, contac Branon Gilmore, Assistant Center Director at bgilmore@caringpeoplealliance.org

Win $50 in Diamond Dollars AND have your design printed on 1,000 t-shirts! Submit your RecycleMania t-shirt design by Monday, December 5th to the Office of Sustainability by emailing kathleen.grady@temple.edu. Make sure your t-shirt design meets the following criteria: make sure your design references Temple; make sure your design references RecycleMania; prepare a design for both sides of the shirt; leave space for two sponsorship logos; and, design must be limited to a two-color scheme. The designs will be voted on by the RecycleMania committee. The artist of the winning design will receive $50 in Diamond Dollars. The design will be printed on 1,000 t-shirts that will be distributed at the RecycleMania kickoff event at the Temple Men’s Basketball game against Fordham on February 1st at 7pm at the Liacouras Center. For more info contact: kathleen.grady@temple.edu or visit www.temple.edu/sustainability.

How would you like to get a chance to hang your artwork in the heart of Old City, Philadelphia on 1st Friday? Revolution House, 200 Market Street in Philadelphia, would like to support young aspiring artists by hanging their pieces on the first Friday of every month! First Friday in Old City has been a tradition for art enthusiasts for many years. People come from all over to admire artwork in several galleries and restaurants. It could be your chance to get some recognition, make some contacts or just a great night to hang out in Philly with friends and family and see your creations in a public setting. We welcome business cards to be displayed for each artist. How it works: Submit photos of your work (and dimensions) via e -mail to revhouse200@gmail.com ( minimum of 2 max of 5), this should be done no later than the 5th of each month. Enclose all contact information as well as one paragraph bio about you and your inspirations. Those chosen to be displayed will be contacted by the 10th of the month. Submissions must be at brought to site no later than 1 week prior to 1st Friday. All artwork must be ready to hang. We have cable wires running across a large brick wall, anything in frames must have hanging wire in back. We offer industrial clips for matted items and we have’ S’ hooks for heavier items. Items will be hung for 3 days; artists are responsible for picking up artwork the Monday following 1st Friday. Questions please email revhouse200@gmail.com.

Creative Money Homeownership and Balance Basics – Wednesday, November 30, 6:30-8:30 pm, New York Foundation for the Arts (NYFA), 20 Jay Street, Suite 740, Brooklyn, NY FREE with RSVP*
Are you ready to make a change? Create opportunities instead of responding to crisis. Start building financial clarity and work towards larger goals like homeownership. Even if it’s years away–there are easy steps you can take to prepare now. Come learn the basics from a fellow artist: how to build towards financial security, why and how homeownership can benefit you, the steps to owning a home (including ones you can start right away even if this is a far away goal) and New York City programs and services offered by The New York Mortgage Coalition that can assist you in your journey. *RSVP necessary: http://nyfacreativemoney.eventbrite.com/

Call for entries, deadline November 25: ArtList Artist of the Month. The selected artist will be showcased as the December 2011 Featured Artist on TheArtList.com website which offers a great opportunity for exposure from galleries, exhibition directors, collectors, and even other artists! To enter http://www.facebook.com/TheArtList?sk=app_95936962634. You can submit up to two images of your work. You can even include a link to your website or online portfolio. It’s that easy! Free to enter. We will be selecting the December Artist of The Month on November 26th. If you are selected, we will email you an interview survey to be filled out for your December AOM page. This will need to be completed by November 29th, 2011. For an example of an Artist of the Month page go to: http://www.theartlist.com/aom_11_11.html

Call for entries, deadline November 30: 1650 Gallery is now accepting photography submissions for the juried exhibition: FLOWER POWER. Flowers have been a perennial favorite of photographers from Imogen Cunningham to Robert Mapplethorpe and beyond; the beauty, color, form, texture and compositions that nature offers in the form of flowers is unmatched. Artists from around the globe take delight in capturing this natural beauty with the camera lens, and the different approaches taken (natural, documentary, abstract and even surreal) are a testament to the enduring tenacity of the creative spirit. We look forward to perusing your personal forays into floral photography! There is an entry fee of $25 for up to 5 images. Additional entries may be submitted for $5 each. All accepted entries must submit a high res jpeg (300-360 dpi , minimum size 5×7″) to be included in the printed SHOW CATALOG. For More Information: http://1650gallery.com/flowerpower2011_call.php

Deadlines

None this week!

Out & About

There isn’t much programming this week. Go home. Have a great Thanksgiving. Enjoy your family and/or friends. Eat well. Don’t spend too much on black Friday. BE SAFE. See you back here on Monday the 28^th!

Lecture: David Ngheim, Author of Bicycle Diaries – Monday, November 21, 12:30 pm, Chestnut Hill College, 9601 Germantown Avenue FREE!
Author David Ngheim will present the lecture “Bicycle Diaries: Bicycling through Latin America.” The lecture is sponsored by the Department of Political Science at Chestnut Hill College. Nghiem is the author of Jackfruit: A Bicycle Quest Through Latin America (Booklocker.com, 2009). He will speak about his experience cycling through ten countries for 300 days including Peru, Bolivia, all of Central America and part of Mexico for a total of approximately 2,000 miles in 2001 and 2002. His recently published book Jackfruit is based on this expedition. The lecture is free and open to the public.

A Conversation with Marc Vetri: Rustic Italian Food – Tuesday, November 22, 7:30 pm, Free Library of Philadelphia – Parkway Central Library, 1901 Vine Street FREE!
Trained in Bergamo, Italy, by some of the region’s most distinguished chefs, South Philadelphia native Marc Vetri brings a bold, contemporary sensibility to the classic Italian cuisine served at his three Philadelphia restaurants: Vetri, which has been called “possibly the best Italian restaurant on the East Coast” by Chef Mario Batali; Osteria, nominated for the 2008 James Beard Best New Restaurant award; and Amis, “one of the top 10 places for pasta in the country” (Bon Appetit). Winner of the 2005 James Beard Best Chef Mid-Atlantic Award, Chef Vetri created his Foundation for Children in 2009 to promote healthy eating and lifestyle choices among at-risk youth. In Rustic Italian Food, he celebrates the handcrafted cuisine of Italy, advocating a hands-on, back-to-the-basics approach to cooking.

Arts on South – Fourth Friday Gallery Opening and Reception – Friday, November 25, 5 – 8 pm, South Street (various locations) FREE!
Arts on South (AoS) is the innovative program organized by Philadelphia’s Magic Gardens that loans unrented retail stores to local groups to showcase their artwork and invigorate the community. All galleries offer professional exhibitions and public receptions on the Fourth Fridays of each month. The current AoS galleries are:
Neighborhood Bike Works “The Bikery” -508 S. 5th Street
The Bikery is excited to present a Black Metal for Black Friday event. There will be live music and a suggested donation to support Neighborhood Bike Works’ bike education programming.
Dumpster Divers – 604 South Street
The Dumper Divers will be sending out their Roving Poets as well as having live music performed in the space. There will also be refreshments.
Mighty Vision – 641 South Street
Mighty Writers will feature a new exhibition of original pages from 215 Ink’s comics, including “Blue Moth” by Rolf Lejdegård, “Warped!” by Fernando Pinto and “Footprints” by Joey Esposito and Jonathan Moore. Stop by for a night of refreshments, original comic art that ranges from noir to sci-fi to intergalactic mayhem, and a chance to meet the team behind 215 Ink.
Community Cultural Exchange - 706 South Street
The Community Cultural Exchange (CCE) will host its First Annual Holiday Craft Bazaar this Black Friday. This three-day event will showcase a variety of talented artisans and crafters from Philadelphia’s vibrant artist community to benefit the CCE and its Arts on South location.

String Quartet Recital: Liebesfreud withspecial guest Christoph Eschenbach, piano – Friday, November 25, 5:45 pm, Philadelphia Art Alliance, 251 S 18th St FREE!
We are very excited to announce Liebesfreud will be joined by special guest Christoph Eschenbach, former director of the Philadelphia Orchestra! Eschenbach will join Liebesfreud for a performance of Antonin Dvorak’s glowing A major Piano Quintet. Featuring violinists Geoffrey Michaels and Philip Kates, violist David Giles, and cellist Charles Forbes, the Philadelphia based Liebesfreud is an ensemble devoted primarily to the performance of great literature for the string quartet.

Christmas in the Grand Tradition – Sunday, November 27, 2 – 3:30 pm, The Wanamaker Building (Macy’s), 13th & Market Sts, FREE!
A Philadelphia tradition not to be missed: Wanamaker Grand Court Organist Peter Richard Conte and Philadelphia Brass present Christmas in the Grand Tradition, the annual yuletide concert and live accompaniment for the Christmas Light Show 2 and 3 pm. For more information, please visit www.wanamakerorgan.com.

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Lectures & Artist Talks

Symposium: Passing: Religion, Politics, and Peoplehood – Monday, November 14, 10 am – 5 pm, Temple University Hillel Center, 1441 Norris St.
For details and schedule, visit http://www.temple.edu/isrst/Affiliates/CAJS.asp

Lecture: Sharon L. Hirsh, President, Rosemont College: “The Sick City: Perception of Disease in Symbolist Art” – Tuesday, November 15, 4 pm, Room B004
Symbolist images, when studied, reveal the often surprising attitudes about sickness and disease that existed in late nineteenth century Europe. Knowing these attitudes, their sources and their resulting theories add insights to understanding Symbolist art, especially when they reference the “Sick City”.

Discussion: Bern Porter and Ecopoetics – Tuesday, November 15, 7 pm, Temple Gallery
Temple Gallery will host a discussion of Bern Porter’s poetry and its relationship to ecopoetics, followed by a found-making workshop. Ecopoetics addresses the environment in all of its complexity; it includes both the butterfly and the bulldozer. Although the term “ecopoetics” didn’t exist when Bern Porter started writing poetry, it is a term that now helps us to better understand his projects. Porter is perhaps best remembered for his founds, which were spare collages that recontextualized words one can find in everyday places like fashion magazines or junk mail. During the course of this event at Temple Gallery participants will listen to Bern Porter poetry read by CA Conrad, and a discussion with Conrad and Jena Osman that will address entropy and recycling in relation to Porter’s work, the idea of waste as an essential component of energy, and the notion of permaculture. Additionally, participants are asked to bring a non-precious piece of paper with text (from a magazine or newspaper, or perhaps selected randomly), which will be incorporated into a collective found and hung in the Temple Gallery at the culmination of the workshop.

Lecture: On Music Journalism with George Miller of JUMP Philly and Alex Mulcahy of Decibel, Grid and Magnet – Wednesday, November 16, 3:30 pm Paley Library Lecture Hall
What does it take to publish successful music writing today? How do you follow the music scene in the age of basement shows, MySpace and internet memes? Where do you begin to gain access to bands, and what is the value of publishing print magazines in an information universe of blogs, tumblrs and YouTube? The founders and editors of some of today’s most influential and interesting music journalism projects will answer these questions, and more, at Paley Library.

Critical Dialogues: Dara Birnbaum: Four Decades of Media Light (1975 – 2011) – Wednesday, November 16, 6 pm, Tyler B04
Dara Birnbaum will present work from her earliest inquiries to her latest compositions, within the field of media arts. Her provocative video works have been seen as being among the most influential and innovative contributions to the contemporary discourse on art and television. In her videotapes and multi-media installations, Birnbaum applies both low-end and high-end video technology to subvert, critique or deconstruct the power of mass media images and gestures to define mythologies of culture, history and memory. Focusing on the political promise of subtexts, Birnbaum has questioned the transparency of representation for some thirty-five years.

Presentation: Architecture Faculty Pechakucha Evening – Wednesday, November 16, 6:30 pm, Temple Gallery
Join the faculty of the Architecture Department, Tyler School of Art, Temple University for a presentation of current faculty research and creative work. Those presenting include: Jason Austin, Lindsay Bremner, Phillip Crosby, Peter Hahn, Brigitte Knowles, Rashida Ng, Eric Oskey, Sneha Patel, Scott Shall, Robert Trempe, Ximena Valle, Srdjan Weiss and Kate Wingert-Playdon

Lecture: Christiane Gruber, Associate Professor of Art History, University of Michigan: “Violence’s Vestiges: The Martyrs’ Museum in Tehran” – Thursday, November 17, 4 pm, CHAT Lounge, Gladfelter Hall, 10^th floor
The Central Martyrs’ Museum in Tehran is the largest cultural repository in Iran containing personal artifacts and arts belonging to individuals who perished during the Islamic Revolution (1979) and the Iran-Iraq War (1980-88). Although scholarship frequently considers the museum a secular invention of the Enlightenment, this presentation argues that it also can provide a ceremonial setting that prompts ritual activity. The Martyrs’ Museum, as a case in point, reveals how a cultural institution can provide a dramatic field in which visitors engage in the communal acts of remembrance and mourning, thereby uniting them into a civic body. Based on an analysis of this museum, its layout and display objects, and interviews with its staff and visitors, this presentation explores the institutionalization and aesthetizication of trauma and violence in a post-revolutionary Iranian context with the aim to expand and challenge prevailing theoretical approaches to the concept of the “museum.”

Exhibitions

Temple Gallery - open Wednesday – Saturday, 11 am – 6 pm.
cofFREE Mondays, free coffee every Monday 7:45 – 9:45 am
This week in Soft Sculpture: Couch Intervention: Tia Bianchini, Tom Dinardo, Madeleine Hewitt
When entering the Tyler gallery the viewer is immediately confronted with a decision; interact with the couch in the conventional sense or interpret it as an art object. By transforming the couch we are further questioning what can exist within the confines of an art gallery. We are imposing a three-dimensional space that evokes elements of a traditional landscape painting through the use of interactive forms. Much like a painting the viewer can determine their place with the piece, whether it be to simply view the landscape or imagine themselves within the imposed environment.

Stella Elkins Tyler Gallery and Student Lounge Gallery: BA Seminar Show
Gallery is open Wednesday – Saturday 11 am – 6 pm.
Reception Thursday, November 17, 4-6:30 pm

Cookie Jar & Java – Wednesday, November 16 (and every Wednesday) outside the Stella Elkins Tyler Gallery at 11 am: free cookies and coffee while you see the artwork in the downstairs galleries!

Tyler Lobby East: GAID Restaurant Show.
Students in the first year of the design major (juniors) exhibit restaurant identities. The assignment includes developing an original theme, naming the restaurant and designing the logo and collateral (menus, takeout packaging, etc). This year’s judge is Matteo Bologna of Mucca Design. Closing Reception on Thursday, November 17 from 6-8 pm. Gallery is always open.

Tyler Lobby: Mudslinger’s Pottery Sale – Tuesday, November 15, 10 am – 3 pm.

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Opportunities

Need a job or internship? Click here (http://templeuniv.experience.com/er/security/login.jsp ) to review over 230 opportunities posted by your Career Center on the OwlNetwork. Don’t forget to also search the hundreds of opportunities posted by Experience on the OwlNetwork. Opportunities this week include Higher Mobility – Film & Photography Intern (Deadline: 12/31/11), Please Touch Museum – Media & Communications Intern (Deadline: 10/21/11), SingularityDesign.com – Graphic Design Intern (Deadline: 12/31/11), Setaris – Branding/Graphic Design Intern and Marketing/Analytics Intern (Deadline: 12/15/11), and Throwaway Nation –Graphic Intern (Deadline: 12/31/11).

Top Hat Bar (right next to Lucy’s bar on 3rd and Market) is looking for artists to display their work on First Fridays. They have a large amount of wall space (and floor space) in their bar, and have shows every First Friday. They are looking for any kind of art. They also don’t charge commission or anything- you keep everything you earn. The artist(s) can set up the evening before or before 7 that Friday evening. The show is 7-10, then the work needs to be taken down that night (the bar gets pretty crazy after 10 on Fridays). Please send this information to any artists you think would be interested! Contact: Kate Connor kate@fcm215.com

The Philadelphia Art Hotel is an urban artist residency where local, national, and international artists receive free temporary living and studio space. We will offer residencies lasting between 3 and 6 weeks during our residency season (May 1st–September 30th 2012). Resident artists will receive a private live + work studio with an adjoining bathroom during their stay at PAH. In addition, we have a fully functioning kitchenette & lounge that is shared among artists. The Philadelphia Art Hotel occupies a rowhouse in the urban neighborhood of East Kensington, very close to Center City Philadelphia as well as many wonderful local spots. Public transportation is within a couple blocks of PAH (subway and bus lines) while many amenities are within walking distance. Artists staying at PAH receive free rent and utilities (incl. internet) and are only responsible for their own personal living expenses, supplies, and any other costs relating to the production of work while in residence. Transportation to and from PAH and any shipping expenses are also the responsibility of the artist. Deadline to apply is January 31, 2012. Details at http://www.philadelphiaarthotel.com/PAH.html

Call for entries, deadline November 16: International Call For “Home” Themed Photography - An individual’s connection to Home is highly personal; nonetheless, the concept of Home is shared among all people. Understanding how others define Home strengthens our human connections. Home: Universal. Ubiquitous. Unique. Juror’s Selection: $600; Director’s Selection: $250; plus other prizes. Entry fee. Details: http://www.c4fap.org

Call for entries, deadline November 30: EcoArts Awards, urging all artists to create a world of difference. We know that artists have a very important role to play in keeping ‘ecology’ a top of mind issue in culture. Our six winners are going to be well promoted in all media, as we have a proven and experienced Marketing Director to ensure the best exposure possible. We feature six distinct creative categories: Fine Art, Functional Art/Repurposed Materials in Art & Design, Photography, Literature, Short Videos & Songwriting. We offer $1,000 cash for the first place winner in each category. Entry fee. For more information and submissions: www.ecoartsawards.com/

Call for entries, deadline December 6: Cartoon Art – work should express the humor, whimsy, adventure and/or opinion of life in either individual panel or strip comic format. Open to all artists 18 years and older residing in the U.S. Exhibition Date: Jan 6 – 26, 2012. Submission by jpegs only. Awards: 1st $200; 2nd $100; 3rd $50. Entry fee. Prospectus/questions: http://updated.pacificartleague.org/images/exhibition/2011_cartoon_prospectus_online.pdf

Call for entries, deadline December 10: Printmaking Exhibition And Award – $500 First Place award. This exhibition is open to printmaking students age 18-24 in an MFA/BFA program in the following states: DE, DC, MD, NJ, NY, NC, PA, VA, and WV. Of the 40 works selected by Joann Moser, Senior Curator at the Smithosonian American Art Museum, 1 print will be selected for the $500 first prize award. 2nd and 3rd place awarded as well. Entry fee. Details: http://washingtonprintmakers.com/programs/excellence-in-printmaking

Call for entries, deadline December 31: Based in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, The Emergent Artist Award‘s mission is to promote emerging artists by giving them exposure both in the United Arab Emirates and internationally. The Emergent Artist Award is conducted in partnership with the Alliance Francaise of Dubai, the French cultural organization, who received the Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum Patrons of the Arts Awards 2010 by Dubai Culture & Art Authority. This year the Emergent Artist Award will focus on contemporary photography competition. The panel of judges will assess all submissions scoring them on technical prowess, originality, and quality of execution. The he top three emerging artists announced to the public during the month of January, 2012. The winner will be given the opportunity to exhibit the artworks across Dubai and at Nice’s newest contemporary art gallery, Galerie Oscar, on the pristine French Riviera. The exhibition project will consist of 15 coherent artworks executed in a contemporary way following the theme of the artist’s choice. Entry fee. For more information, visithttp://www.emergentartistaward.com.

Out & About

Artist Talk: Sarah Hunter – Tuesday, November 15, 12:30 pm, LaSalle University Art Museum, 1900 W. Olney Avenue FREE!
La Salle University Art Museum presents an artist talk by emerging Philadelphia artist Sarah Hunter in the Renaissance Room of the museum. Sarah Hunter: Collected Curiosities is on view in the Special Exhibition Gallery of the La Salle University Art Museum from September 22 through December 8, 2011.

Lecture & Reception: Francis Cape: Utopian Benches – Tuesday, November 15, 6:30 pm Room 102, Brubaker Hall, Arcadia University Art Gallery, 450 S Easton Rd, Glenside FREE!
Arcadia University Art Gallery is pleased to announce the opening of Utopian Benches, a new project by the British sculptor Francis Cape. The show, Cape’s first solo exhibition in the Philadelphia area, is comprised of twenty reconstructed benches originally designed for American utopian communities. Cape has remade each seat based on a careful study of available examples and measured drawings, many obtained from his own research. Built from poplar grown near Cape’s studio in Narrowsburg, New York, each unpainted bench suggests a newly minted prototype. To be considered both as contemporary sculpture as well as furniture that can be actively used by gallery visitors, the twenty benches evoke the accumulated aspirations that helped to shape them while inviting collective engagement, speculation, and discourse. The focus of the exhibition is on benches that were designed for 19th-century American utopian communities with a craft tradition, most famously the Shakers, but also the Amana Inspirationists, the Zoar Separatists, and the Harmony Society. In some cases, the examples included were made for use in communal kitchens or feast halls, and in others, for meetings. Cape’s intention is for these benches, as shared seating, to represent community and, as examples of craftsmanship, to propose a reconsideration of value. The project also aspires to address the legacy of resistance to capitalist-driven individualism that formed the founding ideals of American groups once referred to as “communisms” and “socialisms”. As such, the exhibition advocates ways in which an increasingly outmoded category of furniture might be instrumental in exploring the importance of community and collective ownership.

Conversation: On the Architecture of Adjustment – Tuesday, November 15, 6-8 pm, James Gallery, City University of New York, 365 Fifth Avenue, NY FREE!
Participants include Judith Barry, Eduardo Cadava, Katherine Carl, Eva Franch, Aaron Levy, Jakab Orsos, Srdjan Jovanovic Weiss, and others The conversations take as their starting point the publication Evasions of Power: On the Architecture of Adjustment (2011), which is the culmination of a 2007 symposium and subsequent research initiative jointly organized by Aaron Levy of the Slought Foundation and Katherine Carl and Srdjan Jovanovic Weiss of the Normal Architecture Office. This initiative finds its physical form as a book that also functions as a resource for practitioners and proposes a series of extraordinary adjustments to ongoing discourses and practices regarding human rights, geopolitical conflict, and territorial sovereignty. For these contributors, an extraordinary adjustment does not just entail responsiveness to existing situations, but also the production of new practices and strategies. Exploring overlooked urban zones, state borders, enclaves, and extra-territorial sites throughout the world, these contributors probe contemporary perspectives on power and its evasions. How does Evasions of Power, or any publication for that matter, find its public? How can a publication move in and out of, or between, institutions and across various modalities of dissemination? How do different forms of research, production, and dissemination lead to different positions and their performances? The event at the James Gallery will explore these and other questions, but will also go beyond the publication to survey and compile new ideas concerning what constitutes an extraordinary adjustment in these times. Would it be a small gesture or a spectacular intervention? A proposal or a realized project? An image, film, or drawing, or perhaps some other medium? Is it something that is still being investigated, or something that has already happened? Essentially, it is a question of strategizing and doing things differently. Admidst the incessant privatization of culture, can we imagine other paradigms for engaging others? In asking this question, we are interested in renewing the idea of the commons and the common good, understood as a way of thinking and practicing that precedes the individual and does not belong to any individual in particular. Belonging to nobody, and not subject to division, it would no longer be claimed as mine or yours.

Lecture: The Commonwealth: Recycled Artist-In-Residency – Tuesday, November 15, 7 pm, Philadelphia Art Alliance, 251 S. 18th St FREE!
PAA welcomes designer Fern Gookin and artist Billy Blaise Dufala, two co-founders of Recycled Artist-In-Residency (RAIR). They will discuss the partnership between art and industry and the overlapping of disciplines art, sustainability and education. RAIR is a Philadelphia-based nonprofit with a mission to create awareness about sustainability through art and design. Dufala is an artist and musician living and working in Philadelphia. Together, he and his brother Steven have been nationally recognized for their work as the collaborative artist duo Dufala Brothers. They also teach a found materials and site-specific class at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts. They are represented by the Fleisher/Ollman Gallery. Fern Gookin works for Revolution Recovery, a company that provides a full range of recycling services for the construction and manufacturing industries. She graduated from the Masters of Science in Sustainable Design program at Philadelphia University where her thesis project focused on the role of art in sustainability. Fern currently teaches a course in the Sustainable Design program on adaptive design.

PAFA Art at Lunch: Westward the Course of Empire: How the American Artist Traded the Utopian Future for a Road of Ashes – Wednesday, November 16, noon-1 pm, PAFA, Historic Landmark Building, 118 N. Broad Street FREE!
Many 19th c. artists in America were inspired by a vision of America’s future unfolding across the continent and that utopian impulse is still visible in American culture. But another current has been equally inspirational, especially in the late 20th and 21st centuries, which has shown us the desecration of the landscape, the destruction of our inner cities, and a road turned to ashes. Miles Orvell, Professor of English and American Studies at Temple, explores the tension between these two starkly different visions of America, with reference to a range of examples from 19th and 20th century art, photography, and literature.

Lecture: Stephen Graham – Wednesday, November 16, 4 pm, Hillel House – Dubin Auditorium (2nd floor), 215 South 39th St FREE!
Stephen Graham, Professor of Cities and Society, Newcastle University UK Cities under Siege traces the spread of political violence through the sites, spaces, infrastructure and symbols of the world’s rapidly expanding metropolitan areas. Drawing on original research, Stephen Graham shows how Western militaries and security forces now perceive all urban terrain as a conflict zone inhabited by lurking shadow enemies. Urban inhabitants have become targets that need to be continually tracked, scanned, and controlled. He reveals how the New Military Urbanism permeates the entire fabric of urban life, from subway and transport networks hardwired with high-tech ‘command and control’ systems to the insidious militarization of a popular culture corrupted by the all-pervasive discourse of ‘terrorism’. (http://www.goodreads.com) This event is part of our Public Conversation Series, hosted by Penn’s Urban Studies Program and co-sponsored with Penn’s Institute for Urban Research.

ICA Whenever Wednesday: ICA Salon: Studio/Post-Studio with Corin Hewitt, Amanda Ross-Ho, and Nancy Troy - Wednesday, November 16, 6:30 pm, ICA, 118 S. 36th St FREE!
Since Jackson Pollock’s famous Life magazine spread, the artist and the studio have been virtually synonymous in the public’s imagination. Today, we might begin to ask what role the studio plays in our post post-studio landscape. We’ve prompted our guests to consider how the studio functions in their own work and to ask whether the artist’s studio is increasingly fetishized within the art market as a way to lay claim to artistic origin? What happens when the studio—as a work-in-progress or relic— enters the space of the gallery?

Newman Center Thanksgiving Dinner – Thursday, November 17, 6 pm, Newman Center, 2129 N Broad FREE!
The Annual Thanksgiving Dinner brings together students, alumni, faculty and staff of Temple University for a pre-Thanksgiving feast with typical goodies. The Newman Center is Temple’s Catholic Community Center.

Lecture: The Commonwealth: Re-Accessorized: Product Design in a Sustainable World – Thursday, November 17, 7 pm, Philadelphia Art Alliance, 251 S. 18th St FREE!
PAA welcomes two of Philadelphia’s leading designer-makers for a discussion about the creative re-use of materials and the challenges and rewards of crafting hand-made goods in a contemporary urban setting. Founded by Carrie Collins in 2003, Fabric Horse is a two-person, Philadelphia-based design and sewing studio. Their showroom specializes in utilitarian cycling accessories and urban gear, made using sustainable principles and recycled or salvaged materials wherever possible. R.E.Load Bags was founded by Roland Burns and Ellie Lum who saw a need for affordable, custom bags in the Philadelphia messenger community where bold graphics and colors immediately identify messengers who cycle past observers quickly. Like Fabric Horse, R.E.Load operates on an intimate scale and is committed to using American-made materials that are high quality and long lasting, despite the obvious economic benefits of outsourcing labor and using inexpensive fabric and parts.

Temple University Sinfonia – Thursday, November 17, 7:30 pm, Temple Performing Arts Center FREE!
Luis Biava, conductor, Yu Jung Park, piano, plays Ravel’s Alborado del Gracioso, Saint-Saens’ Piano Concerto No. 2 in G Minor, Op. 22, and Haydn’s Symphony No. 101 in D Major (The Clock).

Film Screening: The Muppets – Thursday, November 17, 7:30 pm, The Pearl at Avenue North, 1600 N Broad FREE!*
Temple Film Collective and Disney Pictures Invite You & a Guest to a Special Advance Screening of THE MUPPETS. Download and print out the ticket from https://docs.google.com/open?id=0ByCsdKBGsFZ-MWYwN2IzM2QtYTJhOS00YWU0LWI3NTktNDM3M2U5ZmM0NGI3 and bring it to the screening!!! *Seating is first-come, first-seated. Seating is not guaranteed.

Art after Five: Neil Leonard-Inspired by Calder and Duchamp – Friday, November 11, 5 – 8:45 pm, Philadelphia Museum of Art FREE!*
Inspired by the Museum’s collection of works by Alexander Calder and Marcel Duchamp, Neil Leonard will perform music from his latest album, Marcel’s Window. A Philadelphia native, Leonard grew up admiring Calder’s and Duchamp’s artworks and has built a repertoire that comments on their unique character and presentation in the Museum. Leonard will be joined by Tom Lawton (piano), Lee Smith (bass), and Craig McIver (drums). *The PMA is free to Tyler students with a Tyler Admission Card and your Owlcard. Download your copy of the Tyler Admission Card from the Links section of the Tyler Student Life Blog at http://tylerstudentlife.wordpress.com/

Book Paper Scissors – Saturday, November 19, 10 am – 4 pm, Free Library of Philadelphia, 901 Vine St FREE!
This festive book fair features prints, artists’ books, handmade paper, zines, origami, blank books, paper sculpture, and jewelry, all made by local artists. If it’s paper-based art, it’s here! Free book-making workshops for all ages will also be offered at the Library the day of the fair. Presented by Philadelphia Center for the Book at Free Library of Philadelphia – Parkway Central Library

SAFONA’s 4th Annual Fiber Arts Festival – Saturday, November 19-Sunday, November 20, 9 am – 4 pm, Liberty Fire Company, 339 E. Main Street, New Holland, PA FREE!
Whether you are looking for that unique Christmas gift or just stocking up for those winter projects, this festival is sure to have something for you, from yarn, roving, fleece, and handmade garments and crafts ranging from alpaca to angora, llama to wool and silk to cotton. Plus, spinning wheels, drop spindles, looms and knitting needles. There will also be a food vendor onsite. Presented by Small Alpaca Farms of the Northeast Association.

Art Star Craft Bazaar – Saturday, November 19-Sunday, November 20, 11 am-6 pm, 23rd St. Armory, 22 S. 23rd St FREE!
The Art Star Craft Bazaar, held each spring, is arguably the most visible arts-and-crafts show in town, hauling in huge crowds and expert DIYers from all over the city. So it was no surprise when organizers announced they would get in on some holiday action by throwing their first-ever winter craft fair. It makes perfect sense: an end-of-the-year craft market provides people the opportunity to get all their gift-getting accomplished at one venue while supporting our thriving local-artist set. Expect to see your typical spattering of gifted artists selling everything from jewelry and knitted designs to plush monsters and gorgeous handmade 2012 calendars.

Lecture: “Jewish Art Throughout the Centuries” – Sunday, November 20, 10 am, Temple Sinai, 1401 N Limekiln Pike, Dresher, PA FREE!
The speaker will be Dr. Ruth Sandberg, from Gratz College.

The Kaprelian Camera Collection – Auction Exhibition – Monday, November 14-Friday, November 18, Noon-5 daily, Fullers Fine Art Auctions, 730 Carpenter Ln FREE!
Edward K. Kaprelian (American, 1913-1997) was an avid collector of photographic equipment and materials during his lifetime, and amassed a large collection of important cameras spanning the history of photography. He held more than fifty United States and international patents. During WWII Kaprelian was the Chief of the United States Army Signal Corps Engineering Labs in Fort Monmouth, New Jersey, and later was the Chief Engineer at the Kalart Company. This sale will feature more than 350 cameras spanning the history of photography, including late 19th and early 20th century box cameras, view cameras, tropical cameras, and many early examples of American, British, French and German cameras. There are important early Kodak Cameras in the collection. You are welcome to come and view the cameras before the sale and glimpse into the history of analog photography.

Exhibit: ‘Karmic Abstraction’ – November 15 – December 31, Bridgette Mayer Gallery, 709 Walnut St FREE!
The show’s title reflects gallerist Bridgette Mayer’s “interest in the idea of the karmic cycle of an artist’s history of painting and ideas.” The selected works, by sixteen nationally- and internationally- recognized artists reveals, “how, at a given moment in time, standing in front of a work of art, the viewer is faced with the multiple layers and concepts that create a painting as well as a lifetime of ideas, actions and history that make up the career and art history of a contemporary artist.” Radcliffe Bailey, Odili Donald Odita, Tim McFarlane, Neil Anderson, Nate Pankratz, Iva Gueorguieva, Eemyun Kang, Arden Bendler Browning , Rebecca Rutstein, Ryan McGinness, Leslie Wayne, Matthew Fischer, Graeme Todd, Charles Burwell, Joe Goode, and Thomas Nozkowski. Gallery hours are Tuesday – Saturday 10:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m. & by appointment.

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Lectures & Artist Talks

Artist Talk: Corin Hewitt, Being Dirt – Monday, November 7, 4 pm, Temple Gallery
Corin Hewitt is a sculptor and photographer. He was born in Burlington, Vermont and the plot of his family’s land in Vermont has been a continuing source of inspiration and material for his artistic practice. Corin will be speaking about the soil from this plot of land and its influence on not only his own work, but that of his father’s art as well. Hewitt graduated from the Milton -Avery Graduate School for the Arts in 2007 and attended Skowhegan in 2004. Before teaching full-time at VCU Hewitt taught part-time at Tyler School of Art. A solo exhibition of Hewitt’s work just opened at Laurel Gitlen in New York. He has also recently had solo shows at Western Bridge in Seattle (2010), The Firehouse Center in Burlington (2010), The Atlanta Contemporary Art Center (2009), The Seattle Art Museum (2009), and The Whitney Museum of American Art (2008). He has received a Guggenheim Memorial Foundation Fellowship, The Joan Mitchell Foundation Grant, and was the project recipient for In the Public Realm, Public Art Fund.

Critical Dialogues: Doreen Remen - Wednesday, November 9, 6 pm, Tyler B04
This week Doreen Remen will discuss her work with Art Production Fund, a non-profit organization dedicated to producing ambitious public art projects, reaching new audiences and expanding awareness through contemporary art. Doreen Remen graduated in 1989 from The Rhode Island School of Design with a Bachelor of Fine Arts and a Bachelor of Architecture. She received a Master’s in Advanced Architectural Design from Columbia University’s Graduate School of Architecture, Preservation and Planning in 1991. In 2000, she co-founded Art Production Fund with Yvonne Force Villareal. Remen lives on the Upper East Side with her husband and twin teenage daughters.

Lecture: Andrew Earles, Husker Dü: The Story of the Noise Punk Pioneers Who Launched Modern Rock – Wednesday, November 9, 5:30 pm, Paley Library Lecture Hall (rescheduled from last month)
Andrew Earles writes, speaks and promotes music nearly everywhere you turn. From his just-published book, Husker Dü: The Story of the Noise Punk Pioneers Who Launched Modern Rock, to his frequent appearances on WFMU’s The Best Show, to his writing in blogs, newspapers, magazines and zines fromTennessee’s The Memphis Flyer to ubiquitous hipster tattler Vice, Earles has a unique voice as critic, humorist and writer. Join prolific writer Andrew Earles as he talks about the challenges and techniques of writing histories, the methods and craft of music journalism, his influences and the process of writing and publishing.

Lecture: Shannon Walters: Reshaping Rhetorical Bodies: Disability, Touch, and Technology - Thursday, November 10 12:30–1:50 pm, CHAT Lounge, 10^th Floor, Gladfelter Hall
In “Rhetorical Touch: Intersections of Disability and Identification,” Walters explores the sense of touch as a rhetorical art that establishes physical and emotional connections between people with disabilities and a wide range of various audiences: nondisabled, differently disabled and temporally able bodied. In resistance to a rhetorical tradition that positions the singular, independent, able-bodied and neurotypical rhetor as the norm, she explores how people with various disabilities use touch to create new models for rhetorical production.

Lecture: Art Conservation – Thursday, November 10, 2 pm, Kiva Auditorium, Ritter Annex
Kristin deGhetaldi, a painting conservator at the National Gallery of Art in Washington DC, and her partner Brian Baade will discuss historic painting and techniques, examination techniques and the treatment of artworks. Sponsored by the Graduate Art History Organization.

Artist Talk: Jennifer Martin - Thursday, November 10, 3 – 6 pm, Ceramics Studio
Jennifer Martin reveals the sensual nature of clay in her thrown, asymmetrical hand-altered pieces, which act as a metaphor for the human body. Her work elevates the concept of the ceramic vessel to more than a utilitarian object and breaks traditional grounds while simultaneously celebrating tradition She will be doing a throwing demo, then giving a presentation on her work and finally another demo on altering her thrown pieces, everyone is welcome to stay for the entire demo or just one. This will be helpful to any art student who has had ceramic experience or anyone interested in ceramics or sculpture. From Atlanta, Ga., Martin has served as faculty at the George State University School of Art and Design from 2001 to 2005. She is currently the director of Education & Operation at the Clay Studio. Sponsored by Mudslingers.

Workshop: Embracing the Entire Spectrum: LGBTQ101 Training/Tools for Making Your Art Classroom Safe and Inclusive for LGBTQ Youth – Thursday, November 10, 5 -7 pm, Room B-086
This workshop will feature an exploration of issues surrounding LGBTQ youth and the ways in which these relate to our personal and professional selves. In addition to both knowledge-based and art-making components, the workshop will feature a panel presentation by LGBTQ youth. The Attic Youth Center is Philadelphia’s only independent LGBTQ youth center. The Attic creates opportunities for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and questioning (LGBTQ) youth to develop into healthy, independent, civic-minded adults within a safe and supportive community, and promotes the acceptance of LGBTQ youth in society. As a program of The Attic, The Bryson Institute provides innovative and engaging trainings and workshops to improve support networks for LGBTQ youth. By working within the various systems that impact their lives – social service organizations, schools, healthcare settings, faith organizations – they provide comprehensive resources and support for individuals, organizations, and communities seeking the knowledge and skills necessary to support LGBTQ youth.

Artist Talk: Daniel Kornrumpf Embroidered Portraits – Friday, November 11, 1:30 pm, Room B-089
Daniel Kornrumpf’s embroideries live within the conventions of portraiture yet deal with images from popular social networking websites where desire, vanity, and arbitration play dominant roles. For him, they exist in two states of mind; one where we are isolated, self consciously, representing ourselves through photographs. The other is, on closer examination, completely embedded and woven into the social fabric where everyone is connected and the same. The thread that makes up the portrait is the same as the thread of the canvas. Daniel’s curiosity lies in the ways we are all inextricably connected. Sponsored by Fibers and made possible through the use of General Activity Fees.

Exhibitions

Temple Gallery - open Wednesday – Saturday, 11 am – 6 pm.
cofFREE Mondays, free coffee every Monday 7:45 – 9:45 am
This week in Soft Sculpture: Couch Intervention: Bree Deibler, Shekera Johnson, Kelsey Morton, Diana Mousetis
Our group was interested in using various techniques to imitate natural growth. In this very urban setting, we are often surrounded by the natural process of growth around and into unnatural or man-made objects. We wanted to mimic and pay homage to that growth within the gallery space and in relation to a specific man-made object, in this case the couch. We are hoping that viewers feel open to engage with the growing material on the couch and that they feel free to surround themselves with it by sitting down. We used materials that are extremely tactile to facilitate this interaction.

Join us on Wednesday, November 2 (and every Wednesday) outside the Stella Elkins Tyler Gallery at 11 am for Cookie Jar ‘n Java: free cookies and coffee while you see the artwork in the downstairs galleries!

Stella Elkins Tyler Gallery: Annual Fiber Show (space 1 & 2)
BFA Shows (space 3): Alexandria Mento, Painting
Reception Friday, November 11, 7 – 9 pm. Gallery is open Wednesday – Saturday 11 am – 6 pm.

Student Lounge Gallery – BFA Show: Andrea Harris, Painting
Reception Friday, November 11 at 7-9 pm

MFA Open Studios – Thursday, November 10, 6 – 9 pm, Tyler Studios
You are invited to Tyler School of Art’s MFA Open Studios! Visitors are invited into the graduate studios to interact with students in multiple areas of concentration.

Tyler Lobby West: Immigrant Voices, an exhibition of posters. Gallery is always open.

Wednesday and Thursday Tyler Lobby—Glass Guild Holiday Sale

Gallery of Art-Temple Rome: The exhibition maestro-discepolo presents the works of Celestino Ferraresi, professor emeritus of the Accademia di Belle Arti di Roma, and of three recent graduates of the Academy. Ferraresi continues his role as mentor to Andrea D’Aguanno, Moreno Pette and Alessio Vaccari; together they work in a studio in the neighborhood of Torpignattara. The exhibition underlines the important relationship between Ferraresi and his apprentices. Show closes Thursday, November 11.
See what else is happening this week at Temple Rome! Visit the Temple Rome blog at artturome.blogspot.com.

Opportunities

Free Bus Trip to MoMA/de Kooning Retrospective – Sunday, November 13. Leave Temple (13^th & Diamond Streets) at 8:30 am, return approximately 7:30 pm. Please pick up tickets by 5 pm Tuesday (if any are left)! Bus is free, but admission to the MoMA is $14 with Student ID ($12 if you buy your ticket online before Sunday). This trip is for Tyler students only. Tickets are limited and available from Matt Sepielli, PDS Secretary for Painting or Sculpture majors (in the Administrative Suite) or, if your major is anything else, from Student Life, in the Exhibitions Office Suite through Temple Gallery. Student Life will be at the Tyler information desk on Monday from 2-3:30 with tickets.

Are you interested in the film or animation industry? Would you like a semester internship in Los Angeles? Temple’s College of Communications & Theater has a semester Study-Away program in LA, with internships at major studios and industry firms, There will be an info session Tuesday, November 8 in Annenberg Hall Room 3 from 11:30 am – 12:30 pm. Deadline to apply is November 14. For more information visit Los Angeles General Information page or see the slideshow at http://vimeo.com/31361211.

Looking for a part-time job? Graphic and Interactive Design Majors or students with Web Application, Development, and Programming experience , who in their Sophomore or Junior Year; or 1st year Graduate students and are interested in working approximately 20 hours per week however we have flexibility in scheduling including working remotely from their rooms are eligible to apply. Pay is $12 per hour. Work would involve projects in University Housing and Residential Life, Students Affairs, and the Dean of Students involving Print Design, Web Communications, Social Media, and much more. Great opportunity and would also involve option for Summer Work / Internship (40 hours per week paid) Interested students should schedule meeting with me by contacting Ms. Kristye Howard (kristye@temple.edu) to schedule an interview with Sean P. Killion, Assistant Director for Assignments & Billing.

Do you need a summer internship? There are several listed on the OwlNetwork, and the application deadlines start this week. If you want an internship, log onto Owlnetwork at http://templeuniv.experience.com/er/security/login.jsp, and follow the instructions on the page. Look for MARC USA if you’d like to work at an advertising agency this summer, but check them out before Thursday.

Here’s a paid gig: I am a Tuskegee Airmen in the Philadelphia Chapter. I would like to contract with a student to finalize art work for T Shirts. I have three front and back sketches that need serious artistic help. If you are interested call Mr. Richardson at 215 848 6131

Two students in Tourism and Hospitality Management at Temple University are doing a research project with Temple students who are currently enrolled in the Fox School of Business, or Tyler School of Art. This survey is focused and directed towards those students who have chosen a major from one of the above schools. The purpose of this study is to gauge students’ satisfaction with their major choice and whether their current employment status affects this satisfaction. The survey contains 15 questions and a comment section and should no longer than 10 minutes to complete. All information provided will remain confidential and will not be used for any other purpose beyond this study. If you would like to take part, visit http://templesthm.qualtrics.com/SE/?SID=SV_abNtzbPHIiAVmAs

Help needed with Greek mythology-themed dance battle film: Vocabulary Of The Mysteries is a 16mm senior project, planned to be shot this upcoming spring in our very own North Philadelphia. We are looking for people who are willing to share their artistic talent and help craft the visual aesthetic of our film. There are different positions available at varying levels of commitment. If you are interested in the position of Art Director, Production Designer, or Costume Designer, please check out one of our previous 16mm films, a zombie picture entitled Necropolis, which can be viewed here on our cinematographer’s website: http://zackauron.com/moving/1.html. If this seems like something you would like to devote some of your creativity to, please contact Jacob Shanks Kindlon, writer and director in the Temple film program: tub48320@temple.edu.

CFEVA Direct Dialogue Lecture Series: Leveraging Your Studio: Not Just a Place to Make Art – Thursday, November 17, 5:30 pm The Center for Emerging Visual Artists, 237 South 18th Street, Suite 3a. Note that this presentation costs $12 and you must preregister this week: by phone (215) 546 – 7775 x 11 or by email Genevieve@cfeva.org
Artists are increasingly utilizing their studio as a space not only to create art, but also as a place to exhibit their work and cultivate audiences. Join us for a discussion that will cover a range of topics–from preparing for studio visits to hosting patrons in your space. Each of our panelists will bring their unique insight to help answer the question of how to leverage your studio to gain exposure, connect with audiences and sell your work. Panelists: John Caperton, Jensen Bryan Curator, The Print Center; Shane and Julia Stratton, Visual Artists; and Kristen Kramer, Director of Marketing and Development, GoggleWorks.

Allison Collins, a freshman at the Wharton School of Business of the University of Pennsylvania is working with a group with students in my Management 100 class to help The RIGHT Foundation – a Philadelphia based non-profit – fundraise through a silent art auction in recognition of World AIDS Day. They are hoping to host this event the Thursday, Friday, Saturday or Sunday, November 17th-20th and are currently reaching out to secure a venue. More information about the event can be found on the website: http://www.paint-it-right.org/. The team is looking for art students who would be interested in contributing to the fundraiser. While the money raised by the donated piece would be given to The RIGHT foundation, artists would have the opportunity to display other pieces for attendees to see to generate interest in their artwork. Any contribution would be much appreciated, and they are very flexible in terms of the medium of art, or if artist would prefer to do a commissioned piece as opposed to donating a pre-existing one. If you are interested, she can be reached by e-mail at allic@wharton.upenn.edu or by cell at 203-648-6938.

The Schuylkill Center’s Environmental Art Department seeks artists and crafters for a family craft event this December 4, 2011 at Schuylkill Center for Environmental Education, 8480 Hagy’s Mill Road, Philadelphia, PA. We are looking for artists and crafters who work with eco-friendly materials or with nature themes to create handmade, original items for sale. Merry Making, A Winter Craft Event is geared towards families and will include a series of craft workshops for kids to make their own gifts or holiday decorations. Each artist selected will have a 10 x 10 foot space inside our main building. Artists may share their space, but anyone planning to sell work must be listed on the application. Organizations, collectives, or businesses may also apply. Deadline for Submission: EXTENDED to November 11, 2011 Vendor Fees – $20 per space or FREE for vendors who lead a craft workshop! (You can skip the vendor fee in exchange for leading a 45-minute craft workshop – a children’s version of the kind of work you do. In addition to furthering our mission as an educational institution, we believe that your workshop will draw audiences to the show and specifically draw kids and their families to your table. Materials for workshops will be reimbursed up to $15.) We will ask ALL participating artists to donate one work for a raffle, the proceeds of which will support the Schuylkill Center. Please select an item in the price range of $20 – $50. To apply and for more information, please download the complete APPLICATION FORM (http://library.constantcontact.com/download/get/file/1101617457112-679/Artist+Call+for+Submissions_revised+Oct+28.pdf ) and send it with your images.

Call for entries, deadline, November 15: The Robert Giard Fellowship is an annual award presented to an emerging, early, or mid-career artist from any country working in photography, photo-based media, video, or moving image. This award will support a directed project that addresses issues of sexuality, gender, or LGBTQ identity. For details and how to enter visit http://web.gc.cuny.edu/clags/pages/giard.html

Call for entries, deadline November 18: Studio Montclair presents “ViewPoints 2012″, the Annual Open Juried Exhibition at the prestigious Ben Shahn Galleries at William Paterson University in Wayne, NJ from March 26 to April 20, 2012. $40 entry fee for three images in CD format only (DVD’s accepted for videos). All mediums, including videos and installations, will be accepted. Juror: Alexandra Schwartz, Curator of Contemporary Art, Montclair Art Museum. CASH AWARDS. Prospectus : http://studiomontclair.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/ProspectusAnnual2012final1.pdf

Call for entries, deadline extended to November 30: the National Portrait Gallery in Washington, DC is currently hosting, the 2013 Outwin Boochever Portrait Competition. We encourage fine arts students over the age of 18 to submit a portrait that explores contemporary portraiture. The competition is open to all fine arts media. Group, single, and self-portraits are welcome. The call for entries is open through October 31, 2011, and all competition information can be found at www.portraitcompetition.si.edu. Please let us know if you have any questions – our help line is 202.633.8267 or portraitcompetition@si.edu.

Are you a Texas-based artist? Call for entries, deadline, November 30: The Hunting Art Prize, which is sponsored by the international oil services company Hunting PLC, is a Texas-wide competition open to established artists, talented newcomers and promising amateurs. The $50,000 award is the most generous annual art prize given in North America for painting and drawing. The competition is open to Texas-based artists who are 18 years of age (as of August 1, 2011) or older. Artwork submitted for consideration must be a single two-dimensional painting or drawing no larger than 72″ on any one side (including frame, if any). Artists must sign up using the electronic form at www.huntingartprize.com and upload one digital file representing their selected artwork. The digital file must be in JPEG format and no less than 1MB and no more than 2MB.

Deadlines

Registration for spring 2012 classes is ongoing. Check the University Registrar’s site for the day you are eligible to register, which is based on the number of credits COMPLETED. http://www.temple.edu/registrar/students/registration/priority/spring-12.asp#priority

Out & About

Center for Architecture Film Series: Visual Acoustics: The Modernism Of Julius Shulman (2010, Eric Bricker) – Monday, Monday, November 7, 6:30 pm, Center for Architecture, 1218 Arch Street FREE!
This monthly series, which screens films that explore ideas and themes on architecture and architects, is hosted by John DeFazio, AIA (Architect & Associate Professor @ Drexel University) and Nick Groch, Assoc. AIA. Films begin with a discussion of the relevant themes and elements to notice during the screening and are followed by an informal discussion. Films are generally shown on the first Monday of each month. Join us before every film at 6:30pm for a wine and cheese reception.

PAFA Art at Lunch: So Bravely and So Well: The Life and Art of William T. Trego – Wednesday, November 9, noon-1 pm, PAFA, Historic Landmark Building, 118 N. Broad Street FREE!
William Trego was a painter who could barely hold a brush. He had to move his entire body to mix his colors. Yet Trego’s highly detailed and powerful battle scenes from the American Civil War and the Franco-Prussion War were widely exhibited and critically acclaimed during the late nineteenth century. Partially paralyzed by a childhood illness, Trego never experienced the horrors of war, but his uncanny ability to portray battle from the point of view of the fighting men and horses was much admired. Professor Joseph Eckhardt follows the arc of this artist’s remarkable career and ultimately tragic life.

Mural Dedication: Finding Home – Thursday, November 10, 5 – 7pm, 21 S. 13th Street (13th & Ludlow Streets) FREE!
Created in partnership with the City of Philadelphia Department of Behavioral Health and Intellectual disAbility Services and Project H.O.M.E., Finding Home gives voice to Philadelphia’s homeless, and raises public awareness about issues of homelessness.

Mural sponsored by the City of Philadelphia Department of Behavioral Health and Intellectual disAbility Service, the Hummingbird Foundation, and St. John the Evangelist Church.

Temple Gives Thanks Together Interfaith Dinner – Thursday, November 10, 5 – 7 pm, Newman Center, 2129 N Broad FREE! (with can food donation)
The Interfaith council at Temple is hosting this dinner to bring together all the different religious groups on campus. The dinner is free with a canned good that will be donated to Philabundance. RSVP at http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/Q7BZ37C

Second Thursday at the Crane Arts Center – receptions Thursday, November 10, 6 – 9 pm, 1400 N American St. FREE!
The Unsettled: though the word “grotesque” has in contemporary usage come to refer primarily to the unpleasant or disgusting, The Unsettled instead explores the term as it relates to notions of duality, hybridism, and transformation. The work chosen occupies the physical, mental, and cultural spaces between states of being and emphasizes those unsettling elements that exist just below the civilized veneer of society. It is about those things we attempt to hide from our friends, family, neighbors, and even ourselves, and the transformations that take place as a result of such suppression, It is about the futility of denying our basic natures and examines the mechanisms by which our fears, doubts, and primal instincts – real and imagined – manifest themselves to ourselves and the world around us, on both a personal and societal level. Taken as a whole, The Unsettled suggests that what we think is solid might not be, and dares us as viewers and artists to peek beneath the surface of what we consider normal. Co-currated by Michael Merry and Patrick Koziol, two current University of Delaware MFA students. Featuring: Susan Camp, Erica Eyres, Alex Fogt, Brandon Jones, Patrick Koziol, Michael Merry, Cindy Stockton Moore, Josh Nobiling ,Andrew Prayzner, Elaine Quave, Troy Richards, Terri Saulin, Jacob Smiley, Adam Parker Smith, Lindsay Wraga
Matthew Eiraldi: In You More Than Yourself: We often hear of artists listening to music in their studios whilst working, but what happens when the music directly informs the work itself? How do we perceive and how do we alliterate that music? What type of space does that music provide, and what are we listening to? Most of the music we experience today is digitally processed and or manipulated; this mechanization provides an infinite number of possibilities. These paintings are translations informed by the intangible nature of sound and the presence it instills within us. In this case a psychedelic presence manifests itself in usage of texture, pattern, the subdued, and the immediate.
American Abstract Artists presents ABSTRACTION (Abstraction to the Power of Infinity), curated by Janet Kurnatowski. ABSTRACTION celebrates the perseverance of non-figurative and non-objective art, including the practitioners, pioneers and those currently working in the traditions of abstraction. This exhibition shows the recent work of 78 members of the American Abstract Artists (AAA), along with four guest exhibitors. The works exhibited span a variety of media – painting, sculpture, photography, installation, video, and digital computer art; vividly communicating with color, line, form and texture.
As one of the few artists’ organizations born of the Great Depression, the AAA was a pivotal force in the development and acceptance of abstract art in the US. The group’s continued vitality after 75 years is a testament to the power and reach of these non-objective art forms and points to an infinite future for abstraction. The exhibition is also a tribute to Will Barnet, an esteemed member of the AAA since 1954 and also the AAA’s first centenarian. The artists included in the exhibition are: Alice Adams, Steven Alexander*, Richard Anuszkiewicz, Eve Aschheim, Martin Ball, Will Barnet, Dennis Beach*, Siri Berg, Emily Berger, Power Boothe, Susan Bonfils, Sharon Brant, Henry Brown, Marvin Brown, Kenneth Bushnell, James O. Clark, Mark Dagley, Matthew Deleget, Tom Doyle, Tom Evans, Gabriele Evertz, Kevin Finklea*, Heidi Glück, Vito Giacalone, John Goodyear, Gail Gregg, James Gross, Lynne Harlow, Mara Held, Daniel G. Hill, Charles Hinman, Gilbert Hsiao, Phillis Ideal, Julian Jackson, Roger Jorgensen, James Juszczyk, Cecily Kahn, Steve Karlik, Marthe Keller, Victor Kord, Irene Lawrence, Mon Levinson, James Little, Jane Logemann, Vincent Longo, Katinka Mann, Nancy Manter, Stephen Maine, Rossana Martinez, David MacKenzie, Creighton Michael, Manfred Mohr, Judith Murray, Sharyn O’Mara*, John Phillips, Corey Postiglione, Joan Webster Price, Raquel Rabinovich, Leo Rabkin, Ce Roser, Irene Rousseau, David Row, James Seawright, Edward Shalala, Babe Shapiro, Louis Silverstein, Robert Storr, Peter Stroud, Robert Swain, Susanna Tanger, Richard Timperio, Clover Vail, Vera Vasek, Don Voisine, Merrill Wagner, Joan Waltemath, Stephen Westfall, Mark Williams, Jeanne Wilkinson, Thornton Willis, Kes Zapkus, Nola Zirin. Exhibition curator Janet Kurnatowsk is the owner and director of Janet Kurnatowski Gallery in Brooklyn, NY. Since opening its doors in 2004, the gallery has maintained a strong focus on abstract art from emerging as well as mid-career and established artists. Special thanks to The Golden Rule Foundation for making this exhibition possible.
Philly Photo Day was Friday, October 28th! Everyone in Philadelphia was invited to take a picture of anything you like within the city limits. Make sure to join us on November 10th, from 6-9pm, at the Philly Photo Day Opening Reception. Every single picture we receive will be printed and hung for exhibition in our space at 1400 N American St. Reprints of all the images will be available for $25.This project was supported in part by the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts, a state agency funded by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and the National Endowment for the Arts, a federal agency.
Michael Bednar: Urban Schema is an investigation of metropolitan environments. These places have been constructed to bring community closer, but their direction has become skewed. The lines between an organic and industrial landscape have been disrupted resulting in an environment that desires a return to an earlier time. This exploration takes the core elements of a city and uses examination in a way that is sometimes overlooked. These are an allusion to the ability of man to develop his own world. This is what the artist has done, designing his ideal city; with schools, housing, forms of government, etc. Each light-box is a schematic to be interpreted as one city block. The construction of these “schematics” relies heavily on geometry and mathematics, which is revisited in the box construction. Every element of the artwork has been predetermined and controlled except for the drawing itself. The methodical approach is integrated in the aesthetic, but only enough to leave a sense of human contact. In the end these works are what Society desires today. The ability to create a controlled, almost sterile environment labeled as being “green” or Earth-friendly. The human idea of Nature is the antithesis of actual Nature.
InLiquid presents Prospect – an installation by Rebecca Gilbert: Building narratives through natural imagery including dirt, water, sticks, metal, and people, Rebecca Gilbert’s printmaking installation, Prospect, features life-scale mounted reduction woodcuts, collagraphs, and drawings that regard the strength in elemental forces. Gilbert recognizes her primal cravings that draw her towards simplicity. The images are born from natural tendencies and a methodical process that apply a deliberate color-sparing palette and distinctive mark-making style. The arrangement guides us on a journey, a search similar to our human instinct to search for meaning. Prospect examines the value in the process itself. Exploring the concept of “trial and error”, Gilbert considers the experiment the real treasure. The acknowledgment a driven desire to search alongside moments of failure, the artist clings to the fierce optimism found in hard work. Prospect encourages us to pause and take in the beauty that already surrounds us. Rebecca Gilbert is an experienced printmaker who works primarily in the mediums of woodcut and intaglio. She earned her MFA in Printmaking/Book Arts from The University of the Arts, where she was awarded the Elizabeth C. Robert Prize for Graduate Study in MFA Book Arts/Printmaking. She earned her BFA in Printmaking from Marshall University. More recently, she studied non-toxic etching at the Grafisk Eksperimentarium in Capeliera, Spain. Rebecca has been an artist in residence at Jentel Foundation in Banner, Wyoming and is an alumnus of Nexus Foundation for Today’s Art in Philadelphia, where she presented three solo exhibitions and curated The Extra-Dimensional Printmaking Invitational. Rebecca teaches Printmaking at The University of the Arts in Philadelphia. Her work has been exhibited regionally, nationally, and internationally.
Prince Twins Seven-Seven: Legacy of the Oshogbo Master: Indigo Arts presents a memorial exhibition of the work of the late Nigerian master, Prince Twins Seven-Seven (1944 – 2011), one of the leading members of the Oshogbo art movement, which arose in the early 1960s, and probably the most celebrated African artist of his generation. The exhibition will also include a selection of younger Nigerian artists who were influenced and inspired by Twins Seven-Seven.

Derek Frech: Holodeck – Opening Reception: Thursday, November 10, 6-9 pm, 173 W. Girard Avenue FREE!
A Holodeck is a simulated reality facility from the fictional Star Trek universe. Frech uses this reference to posit a future in which the natural and the technological have become seamlessly intertwined. The individual works that comprise Holodeck present a world where the constructs of technology have been grafted onto the DNA of the natural world. Water, earth and fire become simulated entities. In the video projection ‘Metamorphism of Limestone into Marble’, a large mass of rock slowly grows until the field of view is completely encompassed by the engorged mass. It is evolution driven by mathematical formula. Frech proposes the possibility that there may come a time when the natural world and the technological world will coalesce into an indistinguishable whole. The objects and images in Holodeck project a time and place where nature is managed completely by technology. Derek Frech is a Philadelphia based artist and the co-director of Extra Extra Gallery. Holodeck is his first solo exhibition at Rebekah Templeton Contemporary Art. The exhibition opens on Thursday, November 10th with an opening reception with the artist from 6 to 9 pm. Holodeck closes on Saturday, December 17, 2011

PennDesign Fine Arts Lecture Series: Kota Ezawa: Animate Art! - Thursday, November 10, 6:30 pm, ICA, 118 S. 36th St FREE!
Kota Ezawa, (born in 1969, Cologne, Germany) studied art at Staatliche Kunstakademie Düsseldorf, at San Francisco Art Institute, and at the Stanford University. His recent solo exhibitions were held at Murray Guy, New York (2011), Matadero, Madrid (2009), The Wexner Center for the Arts, Columbus, Ohio (2009), and The St. Louis Art Museum (2008). He was a founding member of the pop group Helen Lundy Trio, along with Craig Goodman and Karla Milosevich. With Mixtape, Ezawa will present a selection of video works ranging from 2000 to 2011, including The Simpson Verdict (2002) an excerpt of the O.J. Simpson law suit, Die deutsche Antiatom Bewegung (2002), or Beatles Über California (2010), in which he combines pictures of The Beatles in the Ed Sullivan Show with music by the Californian punk group the Dead Kennedys. The Animate Art! series foregrounds the recent interest that artists have shown in a variety of animation practices within the museum context. Through conversation with artists from a variety of geographic locations we will consider a variety of questions, including: the relationship between animation and other media; contemporary artists’ engagement with the histories of art and film; the role of music; the differences among various forms of animation; and animation’s treatment of history, time, and place.

Art after Five: Gretchen Parlato – Friday, November 11, 5 – 8:45 pm, Philadelphia Museum of Art FREE!*
Jazz singer Gretchen Parlato, who has worked with Terence Blanchard and Esperanza Spalding, imparts an ethereal freshness and novelty to her compositions and covers. Parlato’s In a Dream was heralded as the best jazz vocal album of 2009 by the Village Voice. *The PMA is free to Tyler students with a Tyler Admission Card and your Owlcard. Download your copy of the Tyler Admission Card from the Links section of the Tyler Student Life Blog at http://tylerstudentlife.wordpress.com/

Slought Foundation Presents: Flat Land: proxy wars, proxy bodies – Friday, November 11, 2011; 6:30-8:00 pm, Slought Foundation 4017 Walnut Street FREE!
Featuring Jeanne C. Finley + John Muse, Kaja Silverman, and Brian Conley in conversation The conversation, which will be held on Veterans Day, draws from themes in Jeanne C. Finley and John Muse’s installation work Flat Land in order to explore the visual culture of men and women at war. The starting point will be the nexus of contemporary narratives concerning the citizen, soldier, family, and national history, as well as the particular archives that prompted Flat Land: the flat daddy pictures, the flat stanley pictures, and the attendant testimonials, captions, comments, and websites.

PMA 35th Annual Craft Show – November 10 – 13, 2011, Pennsylvania Convention Center
Don’t miss the Women’s Committee Craft Show, featuring the work of 195 contemporary craft artists from across the United States and, this year, highlighting the craft of Scotland.

You’ll find one-of-a-kind and limited edition objects made from clay, fiber, glass, wood and metal, as well as unique and unexpected wearables and jewelry. The Craft Show, held at the Pennsylvania Convention Center, Exhibit Hall ‘F’, features daily artist demonstrations ranging from wood turning to knife-honing; the art of roasting coffee and cake decoration; felting wool, weaving basketry, and creating knitwear. Tickets are available online: http://philadelphiamuseumofart.createsend1.com/t/r/l/tukhljd/kthujkkih/c/

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Lectures & Artist Talks

Art History Practice Talks: Brad Cavallo “The Catholic Cosmos Made Small: Athanasius Kircher and His Museum in Rome” – Monday, October 31, 12 – 12:50 pm, B083
Brad Cavallo will deliver his paper at the Florida State University Symposium for Graduate Students of the History of Art, to be held on 4-5 November, 2011.

Artist Talk: Roberto Carracciolo – Tuesday, November 1, 12:30 pm, 3^rd Floor Painting Crit Space
Roberto Carracciolo, Temple Rome Faculty, will be giving a presentation on his work at 12:30 in the crit space on the 3rd floor. All are welcome, especially those students who are going to Rome next semester.

Lecture: Sarah Oppenheimer – Wednesday, November 2, 6pm, Engineering and Architecture Building 102 Auditorium
Sarah Oppenheimer is an artist and critic at the Yale University School of Art and a Gilmore D. Clarke/ Michael Rapuano Rome Prize Fellow in the Visual Arts at the American Academy in Rome, 2010-2011. She opens apertures in existing architectures, modifying the modular spaces that make up our standardized urban world. These apertures demarcate new lines of sight within the space of display, and can function as both holes and screens. This effect forces the viewer’s gaze to toggle between object and void. The space of display is transformed from a container for specific objects into a vectored but non-linear series of filmic views. Ms. Oppenheimer received a B.A. from Brown University in 1995 and an M.F.A. in painting from Yale University in 1999. Recent projects include MF-142 at Annely Juda, London; VP-41 at Art Unlimited, Basel; and Automatic Cities at the Museum of Contemporary Art, San Diego. Her work has been exhibited at such venues as the Drawing Center, the Sculpture Center, Skulpturens Hus (Stockholm), the Saint Louis Art Museum, and the Mattress Factory among others. She is the recipient of a Louis Comfort Tiffany Foundation Fellowship 2009, a Guggenheim Foundation Fellowship 2007, an American Academy of Arts and Letters Award in Art 2007, an NYFA fellowship (in the category of Architecture/Environmental Structures) 2006, and a Rema Hort Mann Foundation Fellowship 2003. Ms. Oppenheimer joined the Yale faculty in 2003 and was appointed critic in painting/printmaking in 2005.

Critical Dialogues: Michael Smith - Wednesday, November 2, 6 pm, Tyler B04
Michael Smith is a video/performance/installation artist known for his eponymous performance persona named Mike, the central figure in an ongoing series of large-scale narrative based projects. Mike, an innocent who continually falls victim to trends and fashions as he negotiates an imperfect landscape, allows Smith to comment on discrepancies and absurdities in our culture while creating an unsettling mixture of humor and pathos. Smith has shown his work internationally at a variety of venues including museums, galleries, universities, festivals, nightclubs, on television and in the streets. He has taught in the Master of Fine Arts programs at Yale, Cranbrook, UCLA, Art Center, Columbia, CalArts and is currently an associate professor in the Department of Art and Art History at the University of Texas at Austin. He has received numerous awards including fellowships from the Guggenheim Foundation, The National Endowment for the Arts, The New York Foundation for the Arts and the Louis Comfort Tiffany Foundation.

Lecture: Rock and Roll with Barrelhouse Literary Magazine – November 3, 3:30 pm, Paley Library Lecture Hall
Barrelhouse Literary Magazine presents short readings on Rock & Roll, engaging the audience while embracing the attitude. Barrelhouse is a biannual print journal that bridges the gap between serious art and pop culture and features fiction, poetry, interviews, and essays about music, art, and the detritus of popular culture. Stories originally published in Barrelhouse have been featured in the Best American Nonrequired Reading, Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy, and the Million Writer’s Award.

Critical Dialogues: Roger Beebe: Films for One to Eight Projectors- Thursday, November 3, 6 pm, Tyler B04
Experimental filmmaker Roger Beebe, whose films have shown around the globe from Sundance to the Museum of Modern Art and from McMurdo Station in Antarctica to the CBS Jumbotron in Times Square, brings a program of his recent mutli-projector films to the Northeast for a fall 2011 tour. In these films Beebe explores the possibilities of using multiple projectors running as many as 8 projectors simultaneously not for a free-form VJ-type experience, but for the creation of discrete works of expanded cinema. The show builds from the relatively straightforward two-projector films The Strip Mall Trilogy and TB TX DANCE to the more elaborate three-projector studies Money Changes Everything and AAAAA Motion Picture on finally to the eight-projector meditation on the mysteries of space, Last Light of a Dying Star.

The Big Shale Teach In – Friday, November 4, 9 am – 4 pm, Temple Gallery
The Marcellus Shale formation is located approximately 7500 feet deep and contains large quantities of natural gas. The extraction of the gas occurs through a procedure known ashydrofracking, whereby large volumes of water, sand, and chemicals are injected into the Marcellus Shale formation to fracture the rock and release the gas. The large quantity of the potentially recoverable natural gas could make Pennsylvania the Saudi Arabia of natural gas. Hydrofracking for natural gas is a relatively new practice, with few studies documenting the economic benefit and the environmental impacts. Please join us for a one-day summit on the issues related to the production, utilization, and future management of this natural resource. A wide range of experts will discuss the various aspects of gas drilling. The symposium will include lectures, poster sessions, artworks and artifacts. The main goal of the symposium is to provide a venue and forum for education, discussion and analysis of the Marcellus Shale issue. The symposium will also provide an opportunity for researchers to develop collaborations related to seeking external funding to further study the issue. This event is organized by The Center for Natural Resources Development and Protection, College of Engineering, and the Department of Exhibitions and Public Programs at Tyler School of Art.

Art History Practice Talks: Heather L. Castro, “Mr. Diamond, Tear Down this Wall: Artistic Intent, Public Reaction and Effective Destruction in Richard Serra’s Tilted Arc” and Jessica A. Cooley, “Unsightly Pieces: Alison Lapper and the Ugly Laws” – Friday, November 4, 11:30 am, room TBA
In preparation for The 26th Annual Interdisciplinary Conference in the Humanities, titled Transformation / Adaptation, November 11th at West Georgia University

Exhibitions

Temple Gallery - open Wednesday – Saturday, 11 am – 6 pm.
cofFREE Mondays, free coffee every Monday 7:45 – 9:45 am
This week in Soft Sculpture: Couch Intervention: Rachel Barnes, Kelly Flegal, and Tatyana Grechina: We seek to explore the idea of a contained sculptural space within a larger formal gallery setting. We investigate the space between what is revealed and what is concealed through the form that we have created. We are interested in discovering how color, texture and material can transform the sterility of a space and bring comfort. While the technique of crochet itself carries associations to craft history we hope to give it a new context, which overwhelms, delights and surrounds while expressing the greater form through only line. By creating a space in which the sitter is surrounded by or displayed within the couch setting, the couch space is fully understood from multiple perspectives.
Also this week: Yo, I’m Soft: A Touch and Feel Petting Zoo – Thursday, November 3rd, 2011, 6:30 – 8:00 pm Temple Gallery
In this age of social media, we’re hyper-connected, but something is missing from those virtual networks: the unmistakable reality of touch. The Interdisciplinary Seminar at the Tyler School of Art is excited to present a one-time, tactilely inclined event. Yo, I’m Soft: A Touch and Feel Petting Zoo invites the Tyler community to engage their sense of touch in an art environment with wallabies, a baby deer, hedgehog, turtle, lamb and a little fox (courtesy of Peaceable Kingdom Petting Zoo). Guests are strongly encouraged to bring their own costume, clothing article, or item that encourages (or discourages) a tactile experience.

NEW! Join us on Wednesday, November 2 (and every Wednesday) outside the Stella Elkins Tyler Gallery at 11 am for Cookie Jar ‘n Java: free cookies and coffee while you see the artwork in the downstairs galleries!

Stella Elkins Tyler Gallery: BFA Shows
Josh Carlevato, Printmaking
Keely Finucane, Painting
Sara Hudak, Painting
Reception Friday, November 4, 6 – 9 pm. Gallery is open Wednesday – Saturday 11 am – 6 pm.

Student Lounge Gallery – Immigrant Voices, an exhibition of posters
Reception Wednesday, November 2 at 7 pm

Opportunities

Free Bus to First Friday Art Walk – Friday, November 4, 6 pm. Leave Tyler (13^th & Diamond, behind the Tyler building) to go to Old City Art Walk. Leave Old City at 9 pm to return to Tyler. This will be on a Temple bus, and the trip is free—PLEASE COME! Bring your friends—all Temple students are welcome!

Free Bus Trip to NYC Print Fair – Saturday, November 5. Leave Temple (13^th & Diamond Streets) at 8:30 am, return approximately 7:30 pm. Please pick up tickets by Wednesday (if any are left)! Visit Editions|Artists’ Book Fair in the morning and the International Fine Print Dealers Association Print Fair in the afternoon. Bus is free, but admission to the IFPDA Fair is $10 with Student ID. Any Temple Student is eligible for a ticket, but you must pick it up in person with your TUID. Tickets are limited and available from Student Life, in the Exhibitions Office Suite through Temple Gallery. I’m not always in my office, but remember that Student Life Office Hours at the Tyler Information Desk are Tuesday from 2-3 pm, that will be an easy time to stop by and pick up a ticket.

Have you heard about T.E.S.T. (Tyler Exhibition Suport Team)? T.E.S.T. is made up of 6 students who work under the supervision of Carmina Cianciulli, Assistant Dean. The students are trained by the staff in the Tyler Exhibitions Office. T.E.S.T. members will instruct students on the correct and appropriate way to install work, ensure that the exhibit has met all requirements regarding Temple University policies and codes, and supervise the de-installation process to ensure that the space where the work was installed is returned back to the way it was prior to the installation. This group also provides an internship opportunity for students to gain curatorial experience as well as help a quantity of students who previously had little or no guidance. Another T.E.S.T. goal, is to help students locate appropriate spaces throughout the Temple campus and beyond where their work would gain greater exposure to a larger audience. They also offer assistance to students to help them promote their exhibition. Find out more about T.E.S.T. at their website: http://testgrp.wordpress.com/

Need help with your Dean’s Grant Application? Gerard Brown has graciously volunteered to consult with students filling out Dean’s Grant Applications. Visit him at his table in the Tyler Lobby on Wednesday, November 2 from 11 – noon. If you need an application or more information about the Dean’s Grant program, download the information from here: http://tylerstudentlife.files.wordpress.com/2011/10/deansgrantsforstudentsform-2011-12.pdf

Need a hand with Art History? Tutoring available from the Undergraduate Art History Guild! We can help with: review and study skills for quizzes and exams, assignments and presentations, papers- research and writing skills, peer editing, general information and continuation of class discussion. If you are interested in setting up an appointment with one of our tutors, please send an e-mail introducing yourself and identifying the course(s) and nature of the assistance you seek to: sara.gatti@temple.edu.

Temple Community Garden presents Fall 2011 Banquet – Thursday November 3rd at 7pm, The Artist’s Palette,
For $5, you will get to: meet awesome people, enjoy delicious homemade vegan, vegetarian and omnivorous food and dessert, experience live jazz, and/or go on an affordable and yet romantic date. Come, bring people and join TCG family for a spring celebration!

Looking for an Internship? The Career Center has them! Here are some you can find on their database:
MARC USA – Internships & Full Time Positions (Deadline: 11/10/11)
Al Dia News –Photography and Graphic Design Internships (Deadline: 12/31/11)
Bravo Group –Communications and Public Advocacy Internship (Deadline: 12/31/11) *For complete job descriptions and to apply follow the instructions below.
1. Visit www.temple.edu/careercenter
2. Click on the “Students” tab at the top of the page and then click on the link to the “OwlNetwork” on the right side of the page.
3. Follow login instructions in box on left – username: TU1234…(TU plus 9-digit Tuid number); password: wiseowl
4. You will be prompted to create a profile if you have not done so already
5. Search by job or employer using the appropriate tab on the upper right hand side of the page
6. In order to apply to a job you will need to post your resume by using the “Documents” tab and clicking on “Upload a Document”
7. If you have any questions please contact the Career Center at 215-204-7981

Learning a critical language? Want to study abroad in a non-traditional country? Academic Interest in U.S. National Security? Need a scholarship? Attend the Boren Scholarship Information Session pm Thursday, November 3^rd from 1:00pm-1:30pm at 200 Tuttleman Learning Center to learn more. The Boren Scholarships provide a unique funding opportunity for U.S. students to study world regions critical to U.S. interests and generally underrepresented in study abroad (including Africa, Asia, Central & Eastern Europe, Eurasia, Latin America, and the Middle East). Boren Scholars are awarded up to $20,000 for an academic year. (The countries of Western Europe, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand are excluded ) Additional information on preferred geographic regions, languages, and fields of study, as well as application procedures can be found at www.borenawards.org. For more information please attend our information session on November 3rd at 1pm in 200 Tuttleman. If you have any questions, feel free to contact Jaime Molyneux, Boren Campus Representative at jaime.molyneux@temple.edu.

Call for entries, deadline November 4: 30 Second Film Festival! This is an open call! All submissions must be submitted via Vimeo.com (vimeo/groups/110109) by midnight on Friday. Please refer to the Vimeo page for details. 30SFF is organized by a group of students from the Graduate Interdisciplinary Seminar who work collaboratively to create a project that seeks to invite dialogue between students at Tyler School of Art and other members of the Philadelphia community. Films will be presented at Tyler School of Art Temple Gallery on Thursday, November 10, 9pm-10pm, immediately following Tyler’s MFA Open Studios event.

Call for entries, deadline November 4: 2-dimensional “Small Works” for the Richeson75 are 144 square inches or less (height x width) image area (not including framing). Artwork selected must be present in the gallery show to be eligible for awards. The exhibit will hang in the beautiful Richeson Gallery from Feb. 6 to March 30, 2012. Small Works is one of our most popular – and best selling – competitions! Don’t miss your chance for excellent exposure of your work at a chance to take home the $5000 Cash Best In Show award or any of the other generous awards of Richeson art materials. Entry fee. You can check out last year’s Small Works finalists by clicking here: http://www.richeson75.com/smallworks/index.html. Find the prospectus and entry instructions here: http://www.richeson75.com/smworkspros.html.

Call for entries, deadline November 14: Hot Shot! International Photography Competition Submit five photos (per entry) for your shot at $10,000 and more. The grand prize recipient is also awarded: A solo exhibition at Jen Bekman Gallery; Representation from Jen Bekman Gallery for two years, commencing with his/her selection. A number of others will receive a $500 honorarium, participation in the 2011 Hot Shot Exhibition at Jen Bekman Gallery; and the opportunity to release an edition on 20×200. Entry fee. Details: http://heyhotshot.com

Call for entries, deadline November 18: Studio Montclair presents “ViewPoints 2012″, the Annual Open Juried Exhibition at the prestigious Ben Shahn Galleries at William Paterson University in Wayne, NJ, from March 26 to April 20, 2012. Three images in CD format only (DVD’s accepted for videos). All mediums, including videos and installations, will be accepted. Juror: Alexandra Schwartz, Curator of Contemporary Art, Montclair Art Museum. CASH AWARDS. Entry fee. Click for prospectus: http://studiomontclair.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/ProspectusAnnual2012final1.pdf

Call for entries, deadline, November 30: This juried show will be a presentation of Women artists exhibiting a theme of Cultural Awareness and/or Social Enlightenment. F&N seeks a broad range of submissions from many different artistic disciplines. Interested female artists should submit 5 images of their work by email to fngallery.coh@gmail.com. The F&N Gallery in the heart of the Frankford Avenue Arts Corridor seeks submissions for a juried art show. The show will open on January 6th at the F&N Gallery (2009 Frankford Ave.) and run for one month. All art worthwhile will be considered but anything racist or hateful will be politely denied. Please send your entries to fngallery.coh@gmail.com The F&N Gallery is part of the Circle of Hope space. We are a circle of hope in Jesus Christ called to be a safe place to explore and express God’s love and the F&N Gallery is a way we can open our doors to niches of the community that might not feel comfortable in a “church”.

Call for entries, deadline December 2: The 2012 Wearable Art Awards invites artists and designers to submit application packages for original garments to be included in the event’s performances and exhibition. $5,000 CDN in prize money will be awarded. Presented by the Port Moody Arts Centre Society, the Wearable Art Awards encourage artists of all mediums to submit evocative, imaginative and thought provoking creations for the human body. Details: http://www.wearableartawards.com/artists/call-for-entries

Deadlines

Out & About

Nosferatu – Silent Film with Live Organ Accompaniment – Monday, October 31, 7:15 pm, University of Pennsylvania Irvine Auditorium, 3401 Spruce St. FREE!
Experience the “Symphony of Terror” as famed organist Peter Krasinski performs the musical score for Nosferatu (the 1922 silent film classic) on the 10,731-pipe Curtis Organ. This is your chance to see a silent film classic the way it was meant to be enjoyed, and a rare opportunity to hear one of the largest pipe organs in the world with a master improvisational organist at the console.

Two Book Talks – Two Philadelphia Suburbs – Tuesday, November 1, 5:30 – 7 pm, Philadelphia Center for Architecture, 1218 Arch St FREE!
Join local authors Mary Anne Eves and Deborah Del Collo as they present their two newest books on two of Philadelphia’s suburbs. Eves’ Middletown Township, Delaware County (2011) investigates this small former farming town, which was originally home to the Unami tribe of Native Americans. Del Collo’s Roxborough (2011) highlights this still-popular enclave just northwest of Philadelphia’s center city. Del Collo and the Roxborough, Manayunk, and Wissahickon Historical Society have selected images that show Roxborough’s distinctive past.

PAFA Art at Lunch: Then and Now: A History of Video Art – Wednesday, November 2, noon-1 pm, PAFA, Historic Landmark Building, 118 N. Broad Street FREE!
In anticipation of the premier of one of PAFA’s newest acquisitions – Bill Viola’s Ocean Without a Shore – this talk will walk through some of the most iconic pieces of video art from past decades. Joshua Mosley, artist and Associate Professor of Fine Art at UPenn, will show selections of important works and speak about how video art as a medium has developed and changed, noting particularly how Viola’s past and present body of work falls into the taxonomy of the art form.

Penn Humanities Forum: Social Knowledge of Monkeys and Apes – Wednesday November 2, 4 – 6:30 pm, University of Pennsylvania Museum of Acheology and Anthropology, 3260 South St FREE!
Adaptation is the process by which individuals, during their lifespan or over generations, become better suited to their environment. For our primate ancestors, a major feature of the environment has been other primates; the demands of social life have shaped the primate mind. Drawing on their decades of pathbreaking research, Penn primatologists Dorothy Cheney and Robert Seyfarth consider what monkeys know—and don’t know—about each other, and how this social knowledge has guided their individual and collective behavior.

Book Talk – Chuck Bloszies Old Buildings, New Designs (2011) – Wednesday, November 2, 6 – 7:30 pm, Philadelphia Center for Architecture, 1218 Arch St. FREE!
The quest for sustainability will increasingly concentrate development in cities, resulting in architecture that will be a fusion of new and old forms, especially as policy incentives are implemented that encourage major additions to existing buildings. San Francisco architect Charles Bloszies will explore this topic as he presents case studies from his recently released book from Princeton Architectural Press. Increasingly, architects are asked to design new work for existing structures. Whether for reasons of preservation, sustainability, or cost-effectiveness, the movement to reuse buildings presents design constraints and possibilities that differ from those encountered during the design of new buildings. Old Buildings, New Designs: Architectural Transformations reveals and explores the issues of working within a given architectural fabric—from the technical matters that arise from aging construction to the controversy generated by the various project stakeholders to the unique aesthetic possibilities created through the juxtaposition of old and new.

ICA Whenever Wednesday: ICA Salon: Art In Transit/Art In Flux with Shanon Bowser, Alex Hubbard and Eduardo Sarabia – Wednesday, November 2, 6:30 pm, ICA, 118 S. 36th St FREE!
Inspired by the exhibitions on view, this season the ICA will host a series of informal conversations about issues relating to medium, process, and the studio. We’ve invited four groups of artists, critics, and curators to gather every other week to talk about their current projects and what is at stake in contemporary art practice. Each salon is loosely organized around a theme aimed at raising further questions and conversation with the audience. The discussion continues over refreshments and picks up again at the next salon. Where does an artwork begin and end? In this discussion we will take a moment to think about practices that reflect on process and the material conditions of an artwork’s production, while also considering the parameters within which art moves—both inside, outside, and between institutions and systems of capital. Our guests will share their experiences working with art objects in transit, making works that change over time, and finding inspiration in alternative economies.

The Commonwealth: The Dumpster Divers of Philadelphia - Thursday, November 3, 7 pm, Philadelphia Art Alliance, 251 S 18^th St. FREE!
PAA welcomes artist Joel Spivak and colleagues from the Philadelphia Dumpster Divers. In keeping with the themes of PAA’s fall exhibition The Miss Rockaway Armada, members of the Dumpster Divers will talk about their nearly twenty-year history making art from cast-off materials in Philadelphia. Relevant discussion of the Miss Rockaway Armada project, on view at PAA through December 30th, will be addressed in the question and answer session following the talks.

It’s First Friday! Lots of openings! Like this one:
LG Tripp Gallery presents Matthew Stemler: Flotsam and Raphael Fenton-Spaid: John Doe Puzzles – Artist Reception on Friday, November 4, 5 – 7 pm, 47 N 2^nd St FREE!
You can visit these shows, by Temple alumni, by coming on the First Friday Bus! Leave Tyler (13^th & Diamond, behind the Tyler building) to go to Old City Art Walk. Leave Old City at 9 pm to return to Tyler. This will be on a Temple bus, and the trip is free—PLEASE COME! Bring your friends—all Temple students are welcome!

Not coming with us to Old City? Here are some other openings:
Gerard Brown “ ” – opening reception Friday, November 4, 6 – 10 pm, Tiger Strikes Asteroid, 319 N 11th St. FREE!
Daniel Lefcourt: “Active Surplus” – opening reception Friday, November 4, 6 – 10 pm, Marginal Utility, 319 N 11th St. FREE!
Recently, I was on a tour of a construction site at a prominent institution. The institution was in the final phase of renovating its galleries. While a few areas were complete, others remained in progress. The rooms were filled with both construction crews and museum staff. Various types of activities were taking place simultaneously – constructing, modeling, cleaning, arranging, preserving, etc. Many of the objects could not yet safely be brought in from storage – the staff was planning the exhibition with mock-ups of both the objects and their display mechanisms. As an outside observer it was difficult to tell what was what. The status of all the objects were in flux. Our tour guide lamented that the modeling, planning, and construction might continue forever.
Art Exhibition: “Spirit and Contemplation” – Artists’ Reception Friday, November 4, 5 – 8 pm, Philadelphia Episcopal Cathedral, 3723 Chestnut Street FREE!

Philadelphia Episcopal Cathedral is pleased to partner with Taller Puertorriqueno in presenting this exhibition featuring the works of four Latino artists. The works of artists, Henry Bermudez, Daniel de Jesus, Tony Rocco and Amalfi Ramirez Finnerty.
Nari Ward: We the People – Opening Reception and Artist Talk, Friday, 4 November, 6–8 pm, The Fabric Workshop and Museum, 1214 Arch Street FREE!
The exhibition We the People highlights recent, prominent installations and sculptural works by Nari Ward, who is a current artist-in-residence at The Fabric Workshop and Museum (FWM). Nari Ward examines contemporary issues that include citizenship, cultural consumption, discrimination, and poverty, which reflects his experiences and observations growing up in Jamaica and his working life as an artist in Harlem. Composed of material collected from his urban neighborhood and the discards of consumerism, Ward’s art reveals the diverse emotions—from treasured to unwanted—inherent in everyday objects, serving as a link to personal connections and the ambiguity of language. His work helps to develop a viewer’s awareness and understanding of social themes, through wordplay as well as juxtapositions of technology and other found objects. Nari Ward’s debut of his installation made in collaboration with The Fabric Workshop and Museum, also named We the People, transcribes the opening phrase of the United States Constitution on the museum wall using hand-dyed shoelaces. These key words “We the People” become powerful clichés, as Ward believes that it is not possible to make these words his because of their strong association to the Constitution. Ward is, however, able to “reclaim” these words by integrating the shoelaces into the text, as a hybrid material, revolutionizing the viewer’s reaction through the magnitude of the arrangement and adaptation of the piece.

MONUMENTAL! Designing and Restoring Philadelphia City Hall – November 4 – 6, Philadelphia City Hall and UPenn’s Meyerson Hall
This three-day Symposium will look at the history of Philadelphia’s City Hall and recently completed restoration of the exterior marble and granite facades and marble and bronze sculptures. Participants will rediscover a landmark literally at the center of William Penn’s original plan of Philadelphia. Michael A. Nutter, Mayor of the City of Philadelphia will welcome Symposium participants at the opening reception at City Hall on Friday, November 4th followed by the Keynote address by Michael J. Lewis, Faison-Pierson-Stoddard Professor of Art at Williams College. On Saturday, November 5th, a special evening reception at The Athenaeum of Philadelphia will follow a day of exhibits, lectures (including Tyler Graduate Student Julie McGinnis at 10:50 am) and panel sessions at the University of Pennsylvania School of Design. Special behind-the-scenes guided tours of interior spaces and on-site demonstrations of conservation methods will take place at City Hall on Sunday, November 6th. Discounted 3-day student tickets are available, more information at http://www.design.upenn.edu/historic-preservation/symposium-restoration-philadelphia-city-hall

Open Studios at the Mill Studios Manayunk – Saturday, November 5 & Sunday, November 6, noon – 5 pm, 123 & 126 Leverington Ave. FREE!
More than 30 local artists, in two adjacent buildings, will open their studios to guests at the annual Open House. This is a unique opportunity for the public to view art and talk to the artists outside of a gallery setting. The work includes paintings, drawings, photography, sculpture, jewelry, and more. Free parking available.

counter)induction Concert - Sunday, November 6, 3 pm, American Philosophical Society – Benjamin Franklin Hall, 427 Chestnut Street FREE!
What kind of music do elephants like the best? Join the adventurous new music group counter)induction for a free-wheeling, family friendly musical tour from the 18th century to tomorrow. Part reenactment of a 1798 concert held for two Asian elephants, part cutting-edge electro-acoustic happening with music by Philadelphia composer Kyle Bartlett, and part anatomy lesson, this program will be 100% pure pachyderm fun. The APS

Pagus Gallery presents: mish-el Benjamin: The Daily Ritual and Nakima Ollin & Emily Erb: Earthly Delights – opening reception on Sunday November 6, 2:00 – 5:00pm, 619 W. Washington St, Norristown FREE!

Penn Museum First Sunday Film Series: Culture Change, Image, and Adaptation – Sunday, November, 2pm, Rainey Auditorium, Penn Museum, 3260 South Street (Donation)
Cree filmmaker Neil Diamond takes a look at the Hollywood Indian, exploring the portrayal of North American Natives through a century of cinema. Introduction and discussion by John Sanchez, Visiting Professor of Anthropology at Penn.

For Monday, October 24, 2011

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Lectures & Artist Talks

Art History Practice Talks: Maite Barragan: “Franco’s Vision and Visuality in the Valley of the Fallen”- Wednesday October 26, 12 – 12:50 pm, B083
Critical Dialogues: John J. O’Connor – Wednesday, October 26, 6 pm, Tyler B04
John J. O’Connor received a Master of Fine Arts and Master of Art History from Pratt Institute in 2000. He attended the Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture in that same year, and has received a New York Foundation for the Arts grant in painting, and the Pollock-Krasner Foundation grant. Mr. O’Connor was a resident artist at the Farpath Foundation in Dijon France. He was recently a visiting artist at the RISD, School of the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston, Maryland Institute College of Art, and Brigham Young University. Mr. O’Connor has taught art and art history at Princeton University, NYU, and Adelphi University. He currently teaches drawing and painting at Sarah Lawrence College, and graduate painting at Pratt Institute. Mr. O’Connor has had recent solo exhibitions at Pierogi Gallery, in Brooklyn, Martin Asbaek Gallery in Copenhagen, and Fleisher Ollman Gallery in Philadelphia. His work has been reviewed in Bomb Magazine, The New York Times, Artforum, the Village Voice, and Art in America. Mr. O’Connor’s work was recently reproduced in Esopus Magazine, Psychadelic – Optical and Visionary Art from the 1960’s (MIT Press), and MOMA’s catalogue of recently acquired works on paper. He recently presented his work in conversation with Fred Tomaselli at the New Museum, and his work is included in the collections of the Museum of Modern Art , Whitney Museum of American Art, Weatherspoon Museum, Southern Methodist University, and New Museum of Contemporary Art in NYC.

Lecture: David Lewis, Lewis.Tsurumaki.Lewis (LTL Architects) – 6pm, 102 Auditorium, Engineering & Architecture Building
David J. Lewis holds a Master of Architecture from Princeton University, a Master of Arts in the History of Architecture and Urbanism from Cornell University, and a Bachelor of Arts from Carleton College. David is an Associate Professor at Parsons The New School for Design, where he directed the Design Workshop and is currently faculty for the Solar Decathlon project. He has also taught at Cornell University, the University of Pennsylvania, University of Limerick, and Ohio State University, and serves as a founding member of the Advisory Board of the School of Architecture at the University of Limerick, Ireland. Lewis.Tsurumaki.Lewis (LTL Architects) is a design intensive architecture firm founded in 1997 by Paul Lewis, Marc Tsurumaki and David J. Lewis, located in New York City. LTL Architects engages a diverse range of work, from large scale academic and cultural buildings to interiors and speculative research projects. LTL Architects realizes inventive solutions that turn the very constraints of each project into the design trajectory, exploring opportunistic overlaps between space, program, form, budget and materials. LTL Architects is the recipient of the 2007 National Design Award for Interior Design from the Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum and was selected as one of six American architectural firms featured in the U.S. Pavilion at the 2004 Venice Architecture Biennale. LTL Architects was included in the inaugural National Design Triennial at the Cooper-Hewitt in 2000. Their work is in the permanent collections of the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art and the Heinz Architectural Center at the Carnegie Museum of Art. The principals are co-authors of two books, the monograph Opportunistic Architecture (Princeton Architectural Press, 2008) and Situation Normal….Pamphlet Architecture #21 (Princeton Architectural Press, 1998). In 2009, LTL Architects was selected by the Museum of Modern Art to execute a design proposal for the exhibition, Rising Currents on display at MOMA in 2010. LTL Architects was chosen by the New York City Department of Design and Construction in 2009 to participate in the Design and Construction Excellence Program. LTL Architects recently completed work on Arthouse at the Jones Center in Austin, Texas and is currently working on the Administrative Center for the Claremont University Consortium in California and projects for Gallaudet University, Syracuse University and Cornell University. Notable past projects include Bornhuetter Hall at the College of Wooster, the Department of Social and Cultural Analysis at New York University, Villa 93 in Ordos, Inner Mongolia, and Xing Restaurant (recipient of the 2007 James Beard Award for restaurant design.) LTL Architects’ principals teach at Princeton University, Columbia University, and Parsons The New School for Design.

Lecture: Inmaculada García Sánchez: Growing Up Moroccan in Spain: Language and the Politics of Difference and Belonging – Thursday, October 27, 12:30–1:50 pm, CHAT Lounge, 10^th Floor Gladfelter Hall
Moroccan immigrant children walk a tight rope between sameness and difference in contemporary Spain, a society deeply ambivalent toward the prospect of cultural change and the multicultural politics of ‘belonging’ provoked by recent migratory trends. In this presentation, Sanchez discusses how surveillance and prejudice are instantiated and (re)created in children’s daily lives at school through discourse and everyday interactions with teachers and peers. The negative identities engendered in these linguistically and corporeally mediated forms of surveillance and exclusion have important consequences for Moroccan immigrant children’s marginal identifications as relational and developmental processes.

Lecture: Katherine Douglas and Ellyn Gaspardi – Teaching for Artistic Behavior: Supporting All Learners for the 21 Century – Thursday, October 27, 4:30-7pm, Room B86
Katherine Douglas has a B.S. in Education from the University of Maryland and a Master’s Degree in Integrated Studies from Cambridge College. She studied with Dr. Peter London in the Drawing From Within Institute and at the Massachusetts College of Art Artist/Teacher Institute. She retired after 36 years of teaching elementary art in Montgomery County, Maryland and East Bridgewater Massachusetts, she also taught at the Massachusetts College of Art and Stonehill College in Easton, Massachusetts. A co- founder of Teaching for Artistic Behavior, Inc., which supports teachers practicing choice-based art education, Douglas has collaborated in international online educational mentoring projects using technology to connect teachers and students. She is co-author, with Diane Jaquith, of Engaging Learners through Artmaking: Choice-Based Art Education in the Classroom. (Teachers College Press) She is a content provider for http://knowledgeloom.org/tab and co-moderates an art education listserv. Douglas was named Massachusetts Distinguished Art Teacher in 2005. Ellyn Gaspardi has a BFA/Edu Syracuse University, MEd Lesley University in Curriculum and Instruction/Creative Arts in Learning. She is in her 17th year of public school teaching. She has taught K-8 as well as Visual Arts Integration for the Elementary Classroom at Cambridge College for the past 3 years and developed a class on Methods and Materials for the public school art room for Bridgewater State University. She has also worked in the field of Social work for 5 years, working with children who have suffered neglect and abuse.

Lecture: Matteo Bologna - Friday, October 28, 1:00 pm, Room B004
Matteo Bologna of Mucca Design will be giving a talk about his work. As the juror of the Annual Restaurant Identity Exhibition, he will also be announcing the winning selections preceding his talk. This program is presented by Graphic & Interactive Design [GAID] and is made possible through the use of General Activities Fees.

Lecture: Music by the People, for the People, of the People: Philly Jazz, Gospel, and Mummers – Friday, October 28, 2:00 pm, Paley Library Lecture Hall
The music of the mummers, jazz, and gospel have this in common: all three are original, American musical forms created, celebrated, and listened to in Philadelphia. Join Patricia Anne Masters of George Mason University, Carol Muller of the University of Pennsylvania and Diane Turner of Temple’s Charles L. Blockson Afro-American Collection in a program that celebrates the diversity of Philadelphia music and the creation of unique musical cultures around Mummers Day, jazz, and West Philadelphia gospel.

Lecture: Haunted histories: Eastern State Penitentiary and Pennhurst State School and Hospital – Friday, October 28, 6 pm, Temple Gallery
At Halloween, many abandoned mental health institutions and prisons become haunted attractions. Historians Kelly George and Anne Parsons will speak about the use of abandoned institutions for material gain, especially through marketing efforts that depict those institutions as haunted. There is an accompanying exhibition that considers what can we learn from these pasts that haunt our present. Kelly George is a Doctoral Student in Mass Media and Communication with a concentration in Disability Studies. Her dissertation research examines public memory of Pennhurst State School and Hospital in news media, in popular culture and in grassroots preservation efforts. Anne Parsons is a PhD Candidate in History at the University of Illinois at Chicago, where she is also a Graduate Fellow at the Institute for the Humanities. She holds an MA in Public History from New York University and studies the history of prisons and asylums in late twentieth century Pennsylvania.

Film Presentation: Secret Cinema Halloween Mini-Marathon: Haunted House Horrors – Friday, October 28, 8 pm – midnight, Temple Gallery
Haunted House Horrors will include three rarely-screened horror features, all focusing on the common theme of the scary aspects of homes, normally a source of shelter and solace. In addition to the features, some short subject and cartoons on the same subject will be included.
The Man They Could Not Hang (1939, Dir: Nick Grinde) Horror movie icon Boris Karloff stars in one of his lesser-known, yet best films as Dr. Henryk Savaard, a brilliant scientist experimenting with bringing the dead back to life by use of a mechanical heart. After the accidental loss of one of his patients, he is executed for murder, but is then secretly revived by his assistant using the doctor’s own method. The resurrected Savaard is now a changed man obsessed with vengeance. When his judge, prosecutor and jury are invited to a mysterious meeting, they find themselves trapped in the home of the man they thought they sent to death, informed that they will themselves be killed before the night is through. The doctor’s once-stately home re-engineered as an instrument of lethal revenge, it appears his gruesome promise will soon come true.
One Frightened Night (1935, Dir: Christy Cabanne) This rarely seen gem is one of the higher-regarded products of B-studio Mascot Pictures, and mixed comedy and suspense in a send-up of “old dark house” thrillers. Cantankerous codger Charley Grapewin invites his greedy relatives to his mansion to tease them with hopes of inheriting his fortune…leading to inevitable foul play. With a cast full of comic character actor greats having a swell time, including Wallace Ford, Lucien Littlefield, Rafaela Ottiano, Fred Kelsey and Clarence Wilson, plus soon-to-be gossip czaress Hedda Hopper. Director Christy Cabanne learned his craft as an assistant to D.W. Griffith.
Who Slew Auntie Roo? (1971, Dir: Curtis Harrington) In this creepy outing from one-time avant-garde filmmaker Harrington, Shelley Winters plays a retired vaudeville performer that keeps the mummified remains of her young daughter in her lonely mansion. When a pair of troubled kids sneak into her annual Christmas meal for orphans, Winters finds the girl resembles her daughter and so kidnaps her – prompting the girl’s brother (Oliver’s Mark Lester) to decide they’ve stumbled upon the home of the wicked witch from HANSEL AND GRETEL. “Walks a fine line between good and bad taste.” - The Motion Picture Guide

Exhibitions

Temple Gallery - Wednesday – Saturday, 11 am – 6 pm.
cofFREE Mondays, free coffee every Monday 7:45 – 9:45 am
This week begins a special Soft Sculpture: Couch Intervention. This week (Wednesday, October 26, 2011 – Saturday, October 29, 2011) Christina Lukac and Caleigh Stednitz’s exploration of the couch deals with texture and form through the use of found fabrics. Their inspiration begins with the artist, Judith Scott, who uses wrapping as means of therapeutic communication. “We wanted to give this couch a “new life” by creating a solid object rather than a piece of furniture. The use of repetitive wrapping makes this possible by adding dimension and building up form. Our use of materials can relate to Scott by continuing her method of collecting found fabrics.”

NEW! Join us on Wednesday, October 26 (and every Wednesday) outside the Stella Elkins Tyler Gallery at 11 am for Cookie Jar ‘n Java: free cookies and coffee while you see the artwork in the downstairs galleries!

Stella Elkins Tyler Gallery: BFA Shows
Dan Jian, Painting/Drawing
Gahee Park, Painting
Reception Wednesday, October 26, 7 – 9 pm. Gallery is open Wednesday – Saturday 11 am – 6 pm.

Student Lounge Gallery: GAID Restaurant Show.
Students in the first year of the design major (juniors) exhibit restaurant identities. The assignment includes developing an original theme, naming the restaurant and designing the logo and collateral (menus, takeout packaging, etc). This year’s judge is Matteo Bologna of Mucca Design. Gallery is always open

Gallery of Art-Temple Rome: The exhibition maestro-discepolo presents the works of Celestino Ferraresi, professor emeritus of the Accademia di Belle Arti di Roma, and of three recent graduates of the Academy. Ferraresi continues his role as mentor to Andrea D’Aguanno, Moreno Pette and Alessio Vaccari; together they work in a studio in the neighborhood of Torpignattara. The exhibition underlines the important relationship between Ferraresi and his apprentices. Show opens Tuesday, October 25 – Thursday, November 11.
See what else is happening this week at Temple Rome! Visit the Temple Rome blog at artturome.blogspot.com.

Opportunities

Vampire Blood Drive – Temple Gallery is sponsoring a Halloween blood drive in conjunction with the Halloween programming all day Friday. Appointments are appreciated, and easy to make online. Just visit www.redcrossblood.org and in the gray box under the picture of the person who just gave blood, click on the blue button that says “Enter a sponsor code.” When you get to the sponsor page, use sponsor code 15343. Click on the “Click here” on the far right of the light gray box, and it will ask for your email and birthday (just to make sure you’re over 18), and it will show you the appointment schedule. GIVE BLOOD for Halloween!

Free Bus Trip to NYC Print Fair – Saturday, November 5. Leave Temple (13^th & Diamond Streets) at 8:30 am, return approximately 7:30 pm. Visit Editions|Artists’ Book Fair in the morning and the International Fine Print Dealers Association Print Fair in the afternoon. Bus is free, but admission to the IFPDA Fair is $10 with Student ID. Any Temple Student is eligible for a ticket, but you must pick it up in person with your TUID. Tickets are limited and available from Student Life, in the Exhibitions Office Suite through Temple Gallery. I’m not always in my office, but remember that Student Life Office Hours at the Tyler Information Desk are Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday from 2-3 pm, that will be an easy time to stop by and pick up a ticket.

Carve for a Cause Pumpkin Carving, sponsored by Temple Community Garden – Thursday, October 27, 8 – 9 pm, Student Activity Center Room 223. $6, proceeds go to supporting garden programs for at-risk youth in North Philadelphia. Pumpkins are first-come, first-served, so get there early and bring your own carving tools.

Have you participated in an Education Abroad Program? Learn how to market and utilize your foreign language skills and international experiences in a variety of career paths. The program will start with a presentation by representatives from the Career Center, Education Abroad, and Verizon Wireless followed by a Q&A session. All students are invited to attend! Tuesday, October 25th, 3:00-4:30pm, 821 Anderson Hall.

Need help with a resume? Not sure where to even start to look for a job? The Career Center has resources to help you! Find sample resumes here: http://www.temple.edu/provost/careercenter/Students/ResumeAndCoverLetter.html#sampleresume or find industry-specific resources here: http://www.temple.edu/provost/careercenter/Students/resources/index.htm or just visit their website to see what other resources they can offer you: www.temple.edu/careercenter

Sapphire Fund’s Tony Sparacino Memorial Scholarship, named for local activist and business owner Tony Sparacino, is given to a lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender or queer (LGBTQ) student–or a student supportive of the LGBTQ community–who is majoring in the arts at a Philadelphia college or university and who has a history of community service. Applications will be accepted until October 28, 2011. To get an application, students should visit the Sapphire Fund’s Web site at www.sapphirefund.org.

Are you interested in going to Medical School? Do you want to become a Physical Therapist or an Occupational Therapist? If so, please join us on: October 24, 4:00 – 5:30pm in the Kiva Auditorium. Program will include: graduate program representative panel, professional insight and direction and goals towards being a competitive applicant.

Call for entries, deadline November 2: 1650 Gallery is hosting a juried photography exhibition Eat Me: The Tasty Art of Food Photography. Food has been glorified and demonized, homogenized and sanitized, but through it all food gets photographed — a lot! Second only to the female form as a favorite photographic subject, food remains our constant companion and a sensory sidekick to our collective photographic psyche. Entry Fee. For more information:http://1650gallery.com/eatme2011_call.php

Call for entries, deadline November 18: Art in City Hall has an open call for ”Fancy Folks – Art and Mummery.” Submit any work – costumes, photos, drawings – that deal with the Mummers. NO FEE! For a full prospectus or more info, e-mail artincityhall@phila.gov

Call for entries, deadline November 28: Project Basho presents ONWARD Compé ’12, a juried photography exhibition exclusively featuring new and emerging photographers with envelope-pushing work. ONWARD Compé has an open theme and any photographic medium including but not limited to historical processes, traditional silver printing, chromogenic printing, and digital processes can be submitted for consideration. Entry fee. For detail, visit http://compe.onwardphoto.org/

Call for entries, deadline November 30: Dave Bown Projects 3rd Semiannual Competition. Jurors: Paddy Johnson, Art Fag City, New York; Richard Polsky, Author and Art Dealer; Christina Strassfield, Guild Hall Museum, New York. Prizes: 1 artist will receive $5,000 and 5 artists will each receive $1,000. In addition to the cash prizes, Dave Bown Projects will be buying works of art, on an ongoing basis, from select artists as submissions are received. Early entries are encouraged. Previewing will occur on a daily and weekly basis by Dave Bown Projects as submissions are received. Entry Fee. Prospectus davebownprojects.com/submissions.html

Deadlines

Tuesday, October 25th at 11:30pm: the ABSOLUTE DEADLINE to withdraw from fall 2011 semester classes. Students can withdraw through self service banner under “registration” and “add/drop classes”. After that, you own the course and will receive a grade.

See policy regarding academic standing http://policies.temple.edu/

Registration for spring 2012 classes begins at 7:30am on Wednesday, October 26th. Check the University Registrar’s site for the day you are eligible to register, which is based on the number of credits COMPLETED. http://www.temple.edu/registrar/students/registration/priority/spring-12.asp#priority

Out & About

Lecture: Monica Zimmerman – Tanner: Modern Spirit – Tuesday, October 25, 1 pm, LaSalle University Art Museum, 1900 W Olney Ave FREE!
Monica Zimmerman, Assistant Director of Museum Education at Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, will give a lecture titled “Henry Ossawa Tanner: Modern Spirit.” The museum’s beloved painting Mary (1898) by Henry Ossawa Tanner (1859-1937) will be part of a travelling exhibition developed by PAFA.

PAFA Art at Lunch: In Conversation: Timothy Portlock and Adelina Vlas– Wednesday, October 26, noon-1 pm, PAFA, Historic Landmark Building, 118 N. Broad Street FREE!
Timothy Portlock’s artwork often deals with invented landscapes and visions of public space that are based in reality but altered by his artistic process. In conversation with Adelina Vlas, Assistant Curator of Modern and Contemporary Art at the Philadelphia Museum of Art, the artist will discuss his process and inspiration, especially the influence of “place” in his work. The conversation will also address themes related to the current exhibition, HERE, in which Portlock is a featured artist.

Town Square: This Little Piggie Went to Market – Wednesday, October 26, 6 pm, Academy of Natural Sciences, 19th St & Ben Franklin Pkwy FREE!
As consumers learn the facts about America’s industrialized meat production system, they increasingly seek humane, local alternatives for their meat supply. Join the Academy of Natural Sciences at its Town Square discussion to find out more about accessing delicious local meat that has been produced in a responsible and sustainable way. Featuring: Marilyn Anthony, Eastern Regional Director, Pennsylvania Association for Sustainable Agriculture (PASA); Ann Karlen, Executive Director, Fair Food; Philip Landis, Farmer, Sweet Stem Farm; and Thomas Parsons, Veterinarian, New Bolton Center, University of Pennsylvania

ICA Whenever Wednesday: Open Video Call - Wednesday, October 26, 6:30 pm, ICA, 118 S. 36th St FREE!
Experience videos by area artists and filmmakers juried by local curators. Artist Jayson Musson hosts this year’s Open Video Call. Judges include: Kate Kraczon, Assistant Curator, ICA; John Vick, Exhibition Assistant, Modern & Contemporary Art, Philadelphia Museum of Art; Andrew Suggs, Director, Vox Populi; and Kristen Neville, Co-Founder, Little Berlin. Selected works will be on view during ICA’s winter exhibition season. Sorry, we are no longer accepting submissions. In addition to the selected artists a video by Alex Da Corte and a short film by Christina M. Acevedo will be shown this evening. There will be lots of free candy and beverages for sale!

Jazz@TheUnderground – Wednesday, October 26, 7:30 pm, Howard Gittis Student Center FREE!
Featuring Jazz Pianist Tim Brey, and part of a monthly jazz series featuring students, faculty and guest artists.

Lecture: John Whitenight – Under Glass: A Victorian Obsession – An Illustrated Presentation – Thursday, October 27, 5:30 pm, Wagner Free Institute of Science, 1700 W Montgomery FREE!
“Under Glass: A Victorian Obsession” by John Whitenight is part of the Weeknights at the Wagner evening lecture series. In nearly every Victorian parlor, beside the overstuffed furniture and heavy draperies, stood the Parlor shade, a glass jar protecting treasured objects—natural history specimens, waxworks, automatons, and tableaux made of human hair, feather, and shells—from dust and curious fingers. Parlor dome collector and scholar John Whitenight will trace the art, history, and allure of these miniature worlds under glass. The lecture will be illustrated by domes from his spectacular private collection, including his “Morticia Collection” of baboon-armed candlesticks and tiny cemetery scenes. John Whitenight, artist, educator and antique collector, has pursued his obsession with Victorian parlor domes for more than 30 years. His private collection consists of more than 175 domes and he has become an expert on the domes and the art form they contain. His forthcoming book, Under Glass: A Victorian Obsession, will spotlight these wonderfully whimsical, and sometimes eccentric, creations.

Commonwealth Lecture Series: Architectural Art: Finding Contemporary Sculpture Forms in Nature - Thursday, October 27, 7 pm, Philadelphia Art Alliance, 251 S 18th St. FREE!
PAA welcomes artists Joel Erland and Kate Kaman for a lecture about their collaborative artistic practice in Philadelphia. Husband and wife team Erlund and Kaman will address the question, “what is your favorite piece of architectural art?” Their historical influences include Ernst Haeckel’s World’s Fair architecture, Constantin Brancusi’s Bird in Space, and Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi’s Liberty Enlightening the World. Erland and Kaman will discuss how public spaces and architecture inform their work and shape their perspectives as artists, and how the constant dialogue of working as a team can provide inspiration for works that neither artist would create alone.

Arts on South – October Fourth Friday Event – Friday, October 28, 3 – 8 pm, 500 – 700 blocks of South Street FREE!
Arts on South (AoS) is the innovative program which loans unrented retail stores to local groups to showcase their artwork and invigorate the community. Featuring artist collectives and community groups that work in a variety of media including photography, fibers, performance, sculpture, found objects, painting, installation, drawing, and new media, these gallery sites brighten the South Street area with creative energy. All galleries offer professional exhibitions and public receptions on the Fourth Fridays of each month. Managed by Philadelphia’s Magic Gardens, in collaboration with the South Street Headhouse District, the current Arts on South participants will occupy four retail spaces from September 15th, 2011 through December 15th, 2011. Participating Galleries. Neighborhood Bike Works, 508 S 5th Street, Dumpster Divers, 604 South Street, Mighty Vision, 641 South Street, and Community Cultural Exchange, 706 South Street

Art After 5: Halloween Dance Party – Friday, October 28, 5 – 8:45 pm, Philadelphia Museum of Art FREE!*
Brian Carpenter’s Ghost Train Orchestra will perform Halloween hot jazz and cartoon medleys from the 1920s, ‘30s, and ‘40s. Get a tarot-card reading, enjoy a spooky art tour, and wear your costume! *The PMA is free to Tyler students with a Tyler Admission Card and your Owlcard. Download your copy of the Tyler Admission Card from the Links section of the Tyler Student Life Blog at http://tylerstudentlife.wordpress.com/

Dracula D.I.Y. – Saturday, October 29, 3 – 8 pm, Rosenbach Museum and Library, 2008 Delancey Place FREE!
Grab a group of your friends and drop in on this gothic inspired evening of do-it-yourself fun. Listen in on 10-minute gallery talks about Dracula. Who knows what factoids might save you from a supernatural death? Interact with a classic in a new way by taking a turn reading a section of Dracula aloud in a reading circle! Tie a fancy cravat, ink a spooky print and craft a Victorian-style brooch! Materials, Steampunk expertise and fun included. Take a spooky shot in the photo booth. You’ll be sent the digital image so that you can post it online!’ This program is a part of the Rosenbach’s 9th annual Dracula Festival, a month-long celebration inspired by Bram Stoker’s Dracul.

Halloween Blowout at the Vox – Friday, October 29, 9 pm+, Vox Populi Gallery, 319 N. 11^th St $10 (21+)
Join Vox Populi gallery for their First Annual Halloween Bash: $10 /// FREE BEER /// COSTUME PRIZES /// KILLER DJs. You REALLY don’t want to miss this!

Orcs, Ogres, and an Organist – Sunday, October 30, 4 pm, Church of St. Martin-in-the-Fields, 8000 St. Martin’s Lane FREE!
The Church of St. Martin-in-the-Fields in Chestnut Hill will be arrayed in Halloween décor and taken over by Orcs, Ogres, and an Organist. The delightfully spooky organ concert combines favorite classical music compositions with video and live performances. Orcs, Ogres, and an Organist also incorporates humor through sight gags and surprise appearances. Musical selections for this year include Toccata & Fugue in D minor (Bach); Danse Macabre (Saint-Saens); In the Hall of the Mountain King (Grieg); March of the Trolls (Grieg); A Night on Bald Mountain (Mussorgsky); Imperial March from Star Wars (Williams); Flight of the Bumblebee (Rimsky-Korsakov). Attendees are invited to come in costume for a parade with prizes for the best costumes. The concert will be followed by a reception of ghoulish snacks. The event is free of charge and all are welcome!

For Monday, October 17, 2011

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Lectures & Artist Talks

Lecture: Lynette Brown and Eric Joselyn: “Embracing Diversity in the Art Classroom: Perspectives from Two Urban Art Teachers” – Tuesday, October 18, 5 – 6:15 pm, Room B86
Lynette Brown, Art Teacher at James Martin Amy 5 Middle School and Eric Joselyn, Art Teacher at Folk Art and Cultural Treasures Charter School (FACTS) will discuss their experiences teaching art to diverse populations in Philadelphia schools.

Lecture: Reclaiming Nature In An Industrial Age: The Origins of Philadelphia’s Fairmount Park, A show and tell lecture by Rob Armstrong – Tuesday October 18, 6:30 pm, Temple Gallery
Philadelphia’s Fairmount Park did not just magically appear as one the largest urban parks in the country. Actually, much of it is reclaimed industrial land. During the mid-nineteenth century, when Philadelphia was on the verge of becoming an industrial behemoth known as the “Workshop of the World,” Philadelphians mounted a campaign to remove industry from the banks of the Schuylkill River and Wissahickon Creek to create Fairmount Park. This was nothing less than radical, and, of course, in a country where capitalism reigns supreme, this action was not without a fight. Their stated goal was the protection of the water supply, essentially one of the earliest forms of large-scale environmental protection in the United States. This environmentally based movement had a profound secondary outcome: Philadelphians became connected to the natural world, a world that by the mid-nineteenth century was disappearing at an intensely rapid pace. This lecture will be illuminated by a display of historic maps and artifacts selected from the Fairmount Park Historic Resource Archive. To reserve your seat at this FREE event, please register by clicking here.

Art History Practice Talks: Agnes Szymańska and Dr. Elizabeth Bolman – Wednesday October 19, 2:30-4:00 pm, B083
Dr. Bolman will give her talk, “The Ascension of Christ: A Newly Revealed Late Antique Painting in the Red Monastery” and Agnes will give her talk, “A Holy Rider from Bawit and the Ascetic Performance of Militant Piety” to practice their talks for the Byzantine Studies Conference, which will be held at DePaul University in Chicago on October 21-23.

Critical Dialogues: Jens Hoffmann: Remembering Istanbul – Wednesday, October 19, 6 pm, Tyler B04
Jens Hoffmann is the Director of the Wattis Institute for Contemporary Arts at the California College of the Arts in San Francisco. From 2003 to 2007 he was the Director of Exhibitions at the Institute of Contemporary Arts in London. He has curated over three dozen exhibitions internationally since the late 1990s. Most recently he was co-curator of the 2nd San Juan Triennial, Puerto Rico, 2009 and in 2010, and co-curated, with Harrell Fletcher, the People’s Biennial, held at five US museums, organized by Independent Curators International in New York. In 2009 Hoffmann founded The Exhibitionist: A Journal for Exhibition Making. He was nominated by the Menil Collection in Houston for the Walter Hopps Award for Curatorial Achievement in 2008. Hoffmann is currently the curator, with Adriano Pedrosa, of the 12th International Istanbul Biennial in 2011. Hoffmann was trained as a theater director and studied Stage Directing, Dramaturgy and Cultural Sociology at the Ernst Busch School for Performing Arts in Berlin. He holds an MA in Theater from DasArts – School for Advanced Research in Theatre and Dance Studies at the Amsterdamse Hogeschool voor de Kunsten, Amsterdam. Remembering Istanbul will look into Hoffmann’s recent experience of curating the 12th Istanbul Biennial, one of the worlds most important exhibitions of contemporary art. Hoffmann will in particular look into the conceptual challenges that an exhibition of this scale and importance poses and how those were creatively integrated into the process of making this exhibition.

Banjos at Dawn: A Debate of Partisanship and Journalism Featuring Chase Whiteside and James O’Keefe – Wednesday, October 19, 6 – 8 pm, Temple Gallery
Temple Gallery at Tyler School of Art invites you to attend a lively and informative debate between Chase Whiteside and James O’Keefe. Although both Mr. Whiteside and Mr. O’Keefe focus on issues from opposite ends of the political spectrum, they each share values of ideological independence for the public services and media outlets their works address. The purpose of this event is to debate the challenges of providing consistent independent journalism within an increasing partisan media. Chase Whiteside is a 23-year old documentary filmmaker and journalist who is most recognized by his films of Tea Party members. He is also the founder of New Left Media. James O’Keefe is a 27-year old journalist who is known for his “muckraking” of tax-funded institutions such as Planned Parenthood, ACORN, and most recently National Public Radio. Support for this event comes from the Pennsylvania State Council On The Arts, and the following departments and committees at Temple University: The Center for the Humanities at Temple (CHAT), Tyler School of Art, Department of Art History, Department of Film and Media Arts, Lecture and Forums Committee, and the General Activities Fund. Seating is limited: reserve a seat here: http://banjosatdawntemple.eventbrite.com/

Lecture: Andrew Earles on Writing Music – Thursday, October 20, 5:30 pm, Paley Library Lecture Hall
Andrew Earles writes, speaks and promotes music nearly everywhere you turn. From hisjust-published book, Husker Dü: The Story of the Noise Punk Pioneers Who Launched Modern Rock, to his frequent appearances on WFMU’s The Best Show, to his writing in blogs, newspapers, magazines and zines fromTennessee’s The Memphis Flyer to ubiquitous hipster tattler Vice, Earles has a unique voice as critic, humorist and writer. Join prolific writer Andrew Earles as he talks about the challenges and techniques of writing histories, the methods and craft of music journalism, his influences and the process of writing and publishing.

CHAT Invitational Lecture: Michelle Alexander, The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness – Thursday, October 20, 7:00 pm, Temple Performing Arts Center
In the era of colorblindness, it is no longer socially permissible to use race, explicitly, as a justification for discrimination, exclusion, and social contempt. Yet, as legal star Michelle Alexander reveals, today it is perfectly legal to discriminate against convicted criminals in nearly all the ways that it was once legal to discriminate against African Americans. Once you’re labeled a felon, the old forms of discrimination—employment discrimination, housing discrimination, denial of the right to vote, denial of educational opportunity, denial of food stamps and other public benefits, and exclusion from jury service—are suddenly legal. Alexander visits Temple University to discuss her provocative and vitally important work on the age of mass incarceration and its myriad consequences. Admission is free and open to the public. Doors open at 6:00 pm. Seating is on a first-come, first-served basis. Advance tickets are not required. A book-signing will follow the lecture.

Third Thursday Film: Pecker (John Waters, 1998) – Thursday, October 20, 7:30 pm, Tyler Café (or outside in the back courtyard if the weather is nice), free refreshments
John Waters wrote and directed this satire on the Manhattan art world, a rags-to-riches comedy about 18-year-old amateur photographer Pecker (so named because he pecks at his food). Pecker (Edward Furlong) is a blue-collar kid who works in a Baltimore sandwich shop and takes snapshots of family, friends, and customers. His mom, Joyce (Mary Kay Place) runs a thrift shop where she offers fashion advice to the homeless, while sis Tina (Martha Plimpton) recruits go-go boys to dance at the local Fudge Palace. Pecker’s younger sister, Little Chrissy (Lauren Hulsey), has a sugar addiction, and his grandmother, Memama (Jean Schertler), the “pit beef” queen of Baltimore, conducts prayer meetings with her talking statue of Mary. After hip Manhattan art dealer Rorey Wheeler (Lili Taylor) becomes fascinated with Pecker’s photos, a big exhibition is in the offing, followed by overnight fame as the young man becomes the new darling of the New York art scene. Soon Pecker discovers that fame has its price. Shown at the 1998 Toronto Film Festival. If you’ve never heard of John Waters, well, then, you better come see this film!

Exhibitions

Temple Gallery - Wednesday – Saturday, 11 am – 6 pm.
cofFREE Mondays, free coffee every Monday 7:45 – 9:45 am
While enjoying your coffee, visit Gabriel Boyce and Preston Link’s From the Desk of (2011): This month’s front desk for the Temple Gallery is by Philadelphia artists Gabriel Boyce and Preston Link. Their piece, From the Desk of, examines the relationship of executive responsibility to executive play. The viewer is invited to look through this corporate work and play station to discover and use different tools of the 21st century executive. Front desks at the Temple Gallery change on a monthly basis. Next month’s artist is S Mark Gubb. His desk will be installed throughout November

Stella Elkins Tyler Gallery: BFA Shows
Kelly McGarrigle, Glass
Zach Sands, Sculpture
Jenn Edwards, Painting
Reception Friday, October 21, 6 – 9 pm. Gallery is open Wednesday – Saturday 11 am – 6 pm

Student Lounge Gallery: BFA Show: Megan Blaskiewicz, Sculpture
Reception Friday, October 21, 6 – 9 pm. Gallery is always open

Photo Gallery (lower level near Photo): Christianna Fail: The Catharsis of Disease BFA Exhibition. October 12 – 24.

See what’s happening this week at Temple Rome! Visit the Temple Rome blog at artturome.blogspot.com.

Opportunities

Free Bus Trip to NYC Print Fair – Saturday, November 5. Leave Temple (13^th & Diamond Streets) at 8:30 am, return approximately 7:30 pm. Visit Editions|Artists’ Book Fair in the morning and the International Fine Print Dealers Association Print Fair in the afternoon. Bus is free, but admission to the IFPDA Fair is $10 with Student ID. Any Temple Student is eligible for a ticket, but you must pick it up in person with your TUID. Tickets are limited and available beginning TUESDAY October 18 from Student Life, in the Exhibitions Office Suite through Temple Gallery. Remember that Student Life Office Hours at the Tyler Information Desk are Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday from 2-3 pm, that will be an easy time to stop by and pick up a ticket.

Paid Gig: A local inventor needs an artist with animation and cartooning skills to help him develop some concept drawings and materials to market his invention. If you are interested, contact him at ggamble@mdesignllc.com

Internship opportunities: The Temple Career Center has a number of internship opportunities available to Tyler Students:
* Higher Mobility – Film & Photography Intern (Deadline: 12/31/11)
* Please Touch Museum – Media & Communications Intern (Deadline: 10/21/11)
* SingularityDesign.com – Graphic Design Intern (Deadline: 12/31/11)
* Setaris – Branding/Graphic Design Intern and Marketing/Analytics Intern (Deadline: 12/15/11)
* Throwaway Nation –Graphic Intern (Deadline: 12/31/11)
For complete job descriptions and to apply follow the instructions below.
1. Visit www.temple.edu/careercenter
2. Click on the “Students” tab at the top of the page and then click on the link to the “OwlNetwork” on the right side of the page.
3. Follow login instructions in box on left – username: TU9xx xxx xxx (TU plus 9-digit Tuid number); password: wiseowl
4. You will be prompted to create a profile if you have not done so already
5. Search by job or employer using the appropriate tab on the upper right hand side of the page
6. In order to apply to a job you will need to post your resume by using the “Documents” tab and clicking on “Upload a Document”
7. If you have any questions please contact the Career Center at 215-204-7981

Ladies! Want to hear about money targeted to women entrepreneurs? Rachel Dukeman hosts an information session on the $15,000 Turning Point Prize for Social Entrepreneurs through Women for Social Innovation. The session is Wednesday, October 19 · 9– 10:30 am at the Philadelphia United Way office, 7 Ben Franklin Parkway.

Are you a Virginia resident? If so, make sure you apply for a Virginia Museum of Fine Arts 2012-13 Fellowship Graduate Students in the Visual Arts or Art History are eligible for $6,000, and Undergraduate Students in the Visual Arts (including college-bound high school seniors) for $4,000. The application deadline is Thursday, November 10, 2011. Eligibility guidelines, application, and a printable PDF flyer available at: http://www.VMFA.museum/fellowships

Louisa Lowenstein and PenTales are excited to announce the opening of the Hemingway Room in Berlin and a contest where you can get 3-4 days free at the small room in Prenzlauer Berg, one of the city’s most inspiring and creative neighborhoods. The only requirement is that you produce creative work during your stay – writing, photography, drawing, filmmaking – anything goes! For more information visit pentales.com/stay-in-berlin-for-the-price-of-your-creativity, or contact louisa_lowenstein@hotmail.com with your intended stay in Berlin and samples of your work. Open deadline.

Call for proposals, deadline October 31: The second year of the Knight Arts Challenge Philadelphia is ready to hear your best ideas for the city’s vibrant arts scene! Applications are now being accepted at KnightArts.org through Oct. 31. We believe the arts can engage and enrich communities and that your ideas can make an impact. That’s why the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation is investing $9 million in innovative arts ideas. To date, 36 ideas have been awarded $2.7 million. Great ideas can start anywhere, so the challenge is open to everyone – independent artists of all types, small and large businesses, established arts institutions, service organizations, and you! No idea is too large or too small, as long as it follows three basic rules:
1. Your idea is about the arts.
2. Your project takes place in or benefits Philadelphia.
3. You find other funding to match the Knight Foundation grant (within a year).
More information or to apply: www.knightarts.org/community/philadelphia/knight-arts-challenge-philadelphia-–-now-accepting-applications

Call for entries, deadline October 17 (discounted) or November 21 (full price): 32nd Annual College & High School Photography Contest sponsored by Nikon. Winning photos will be published in the May 2012 issue of Photographer’s Forum Magazine, entered into Nikon’s Emerging Photographers Hall of Fame and exhibited at Brooks Institute Gallery 27 Early entry fee is $4.95 per photo entered (uploaded or postmarked on or before October 17, 2011). Final entry fee is $5.95 per photo entered (all entries must be uploaded or postmarked on or before November 21, 2011). For more information: http://pfmagazine.com/photography-contest/enter-contest-online/.

Call for entries, deadline, November 17: Surreal Salon IV. Presented by Baton Rouge Gallery center for contemporary art (BRGCCA), Surreal Salon IV is aimed at engaging audiences in a multi-sensory art experience and shedding light on the growing popularity, and exceptional quality of the pop-surrealist/lowbrow/contemporary surrealist movement. This exciting and irreverent movement has come to the forefront of American contemporary art in recent years and Surreal Salon IV will celebrate all the reasons why. This exhibition will be held from January 3 – 26, 2012 at BRGCCA. All artists over the age of 18 living within the United States, its Commonwealths and Territories are eligible. Artists must review the Surreal Salon IV Prospectus to ensure compliance with all guidelines related to this exhibition. The work selected by the exhibition’s juror as “Best in Show” will be showcased in an upcoming issue of BOTH Juxtapoz Magazine and Hi-Fructose Magazine. The artist’s work will appear (w/ title, medium and dimensions listed) along with their name & website and will be recognized as “Best in Show” for Surreal Salon IV. Special Guest Juror: Casey Weldon.Weldon graduated with honors from the Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, CA. His unique works have ben exhibited in galleries throughout the U.S. and has also been published in such notable publications as Juxtapoz Magazine, Hi-Fructose Magazine and Vanity Fair (Italy). For more information: http://www.batonrougegallery.org/pages/sureal_salon.html#show=401.

Call for entries, deadline November 18: 2012 National Women’s Caucus for Art Momentum – Contemporary Women’s Art. Commemorating 40 years of the Women’s Caucus for Art, Momentum presents the art and ideas of intergenerational contemporary women artists. Moving forward and yet still in touch with our roots; what has influenced you as an artist looking back over the past 40 years of women in the arts. Reflecting on struggles and accomplishments; how does this inspire you in your momentum, moving ahead? With this and the definition of momentum in mind (impetus, force, power, drive, energy, strength, physical energy or intensity, vitality, gathering speed, power residing in a moving object, repeat of recent success). Juror: Rita Gonzalez, Associate Curator in the Department of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles County Museum of Art. (LACMA). Exhibition Venue: Los Angeles Art Association, Gallery 825, 825 N. La Cienega Blvd, Los Angeles, CA. Show Dates: February 17 to March 2, 2012. Open to all US self-identified women artists. Entry Fee. For more information, http://www.nationalwca.org

Call for entries, deadline: December 28: Emerging artists now have a chance to get their “artUP,” achieve their big break, and earn $15,000 by entering the first artUP international arts competition. 300 Finalists’ works will be displayed in downtowns, major shopping centers, and other public spaces in several major U.S. cities. Three Grand Prize winners will split $15,000 in total prize money. The contest is sponsored by Britten, Inc., North America’s leading creator of large-format banners and displays. In addition, each entry will be placed in an online “Artist Marketplace,” where more than 6,000 Britten clients will be able to view and purchase the artwork, creating an avenue for artists to earn money and connect with art and business professionals. If an entry is purchased through the Artist Marketplace, and then printed with Britten, the artist will be paid 10% of the total order cost that was printed! (ie. $3,000 order means that the artist would receive $300) The benefits are continuous. Artists may submit fine art, photographs, digital creations, logos and more. Examples might include a modest design such as a typeface, a color theme or background texture, or a painting or computer-generated design. Guest Jurors will judge entries based on artistic merit, overall impression, creativity and originality, but most importantly how it could be applied to the large-format marketplace. Information and examples will be provided on the contest webpage, artUP.BrittenBanners.com.The entry fee is $20 for the first entry and $10 for each additional entry. Students pay only $10. All entries will be uploaded to the Artist Marketplace within three days – pending review for obscene or objectionable material. See the Contest Rules PDF for details. For More Information: http://artup.brittenbanners.com/

Call for entries, deadline November 30: Eco Arts Awards, a themed arts competition seeking innovative interpretations for the meaning of ecology. There are six categories including; photography, fine art, functional art (repurposed materials in art & design) poetry, short video’s, and songwriting. Each category has a $1,000 cash prize, for the first place winner. We have an impressive panel of jurors in each field, not the least of which is Lloyd Herman the founding director of the Renwick Gallery. Ten finalist from each category will be announced early in 2012 on the Eco Arts Awards website. The winners will be announced no later than April 20th 2012. Please visit our website for more information. We are urging artists to use their talent to make a world of difference! Online Event Website : http://www.ecoartsawards.com

Deadlines

It’s advising week! Make sure check with your department for advising meeting schedules.

Out & About

Lecture: Carol E. Soltis: Poulsons and Peales at the Library – Monday, October 17, Reception at 5:30, Program at 6:00 pm, Library Company of Philadelphia, 1314 Locust St, FREE!
Carol E. Soltis, Library Company Trustee and Associate Project Curator at the Philadelphia Museum of Art’s Center for American Art, will discuss the work of the artist James Peale, focusing on the Library Company’s recently-acquired portraits of Zachariah and Susannah Knorr Poulson and on PMA’s Peales, including those recently gifted to the museum by the late Robert L. McNeil, Jr. Co-sponsored by the Center for American Art. Call 215-546-3181 to RSVP for this event or click here to register online.

The Commonwealth Presents a Panel Discussion with Philly Works – Tuesday, October 18, 7:00 pm, Philadelphia Art Alliance, 251 South 18th St FREE!
The Fall 2011 season for PAA’s flagship lecture series, The Commonwealth, continues with the organizers of Philly Works in a panel discussion with three leading design professionals during Design Philadelphia. Designer-educators Alexandra Schmidt-Ullrich and Will McHale will moderate Philadelphia Qualities of Life, a panel discussion with Danielle Denk, Dan Garofalo and James Moustafellos. Pre-register Online, Click Here!

MuralARTS presents: the whole site: Muralism and Public Art in Context – Tuesday, October 18, 5:30 – 8:00 pm, Center for Archictecture, 1218 arch street FREE!
As part of this year’s DesignPhiladelphia, join a stimulating muraLAB conversation with Mural Arts and internationally renowned design partners as we discuss how design can be used to transform the whole space – both physical and social – when deployed creatively in communities. Panelists include: Haas & Hahn (FavelaPainting.com) is the working title of artistic duo Jeroen Koolhaas and Dre Urhahn who strive to bring outrageous works of art to unexpected places, best known for painting enormous murals in the slums of Brazil. (Photo above: Haas&Hahn project in the Santa Marta favela); Interface Studio is an innovative planning and urban design practice based in Philadelphia. Hip and nimble, Interface Studio is a team of creative thinkers and doers. Founding principal Scott Page will join us; International Design Clinic is a nonprofit that provides students, artists and designers the opportunity to use their unique creative talents to design and construct projects for communities in need throughout the world. IDC Director and President Scott Shall will moderate; PrePost is a Brooklyn-based architectural design firm combining architecture, art and research in their practice. Principals Joshua Draper and Joseph Vidich will join us. This event is free of charge but reservations are recommended. RSVP to muralab@muralarts.org.

PAFA Art at Lunch: The City of Murals– Wednesday, October 19, noon-1 pm, PAFA, Historic Landmark Building, 118 N. Broad Street FREE!
Philadelphia’s Mural Arts Program is the largest public art program in the United States. Follow the history of the groundbreaking organization with MAP employee Ryan Derfler, who will highlight some of their most significant achievements and illustrate the impact that the mural-making tradition has on social change. Of particular interest to PAFA audiences are two current mural projects, including a collaboration on a Henry Ossawa Tanner mural and a mural project near the Philadelphia airport designed by PAFA alum Jonathan Laidacker.

Lecture & Book Signing: Tina Barney – Wednesday, October 19, 6:00 – 7:30pm, hosted by the Philadelphia Photo Arts Center at the Crane Art Center 1400 N American St, $5 suggested donation
PPAC is pleased to host a lecture and book signing by photographer Tina Barney. Tina Barney, born in 1945 in New York, began photographing those closest to her, many of whom are New England socialites. Part candid, part tableaux, Barney’s large-scale photographs provide a visually in-depth documentation of lifestyle and the complexities of interpersonal relationships. Tina Barney first used a 35mm camera to chronicle her family and friends before making use of a large format camera. This transition allowed Barney to direct her subjects and further displayed the artist’s attention to extreme detail and vivid color. Her most recent publication, Players, expands the photographer’s subject matter to include fashion, performers, and actors, as well as her own circle of friends. Emboldened by the cacophony when photographing on stage, Barney has embraced a more casual aesthetic that is visual exhilarating. Barney was the recipient of a John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Fellowship, and other her monographs include The Europeans was published by Steidl Press, 2005 and Friends and Relations: Photographs by Tina Barney, published by Smithsonian Institution Press, 1991. Her lush photographs have been exhibited and collected by institutions worldwide, including the George Eastman House of International Museum of Photography and Film, the Museum of Modern Art, and the Museum of Contemporary Photography. Tina Barney currently resides in New York and Rhode Island.

ICA Whenever Wednesday: ICA Salon: Meeting Boundaries with Anthony Huberman, Anthony Pearson, and Gilad Ratman – Wednesday, October 19, 6:30 pm, ICA, 118 S. 36th St FREE!
Introducing the ICA Salon. Inspired by the exhibitions on view, this season the ICA will host a series of informal conversations about issues relating to medium, process, and the studio. We’ve invited four groups of artists, critics, and curators to gather every other week to talk about their current projects and what is at stake in contemporary art practice. Each salon is loosely organized around a theme aimed at raising further questions and conversation with the audience. The discussion continues over refreshments and picks up again at the next salon. This conversation explores what is at stake for artists and curators working between mediums, disciplines, and locations. Is medium specificity still a relevant term, and what role does regionalism play in a globalized art world? How might curatorial practice reshape our notions of pedagogy and art history? Have artists working between disciplines effectively changed the field?

Penn Humanities Forum: Olivia Judson: Time Travel Safari: Adventures in the History of Life – Wednesday October 19, 5:00-6:30 pm, Rainey Auditorium, Penn Museum, 3260 South St FREE!*
If you had a time machine, when would you go? Would you go back 65 million years, to see the extinction of the dinosaurs? Or perhaps 360 million years to see the fearsome Dunkelosteus, a predatory fish that puts most sharks to shame? Or would you turn the dial back 4 billion years, to find out how life began? Once you reached your destination, what would you eat, what might you wish you had packed? The celebrated science writer and television presenter Olivia Judson offers a guided time-travel tour of Earth, its past transformations and their present-day implications. An honorary research fellow in evolutionary biology at Imperial College London, Olivia Judson is more popularly known as “Doctor Tatiana” in the wake of her award-winning international bestseller, Dr. Tatiana’s Sex Advice To All Creation. Written in the form of a sex advice column for animals, the book was shortlisted for the Samuel Johnson Prize for Non-Fiction, won the Zoological Society of London’s BIOSIS award for communicating zoology, and was made into a British television miniseries starring Judson herself.

ICA / PennDesign Fine Arts Lecture Series: Jennifer Levonian: Animate Art! – Thursday, October 20, 6:30 pm, ICA, 118 S. 36th St. FREE!
Jennifer Levonian will screen her latest film, The Oven Sky, with a live performance by New York-based artist and singer Rachel Mason (MarginalUtility.org). Jennifer Levonian is a Philadelphia-based artist who creates cut-paper animations that depict people’s longing for something beyond their everyday lives. Her work has been screened and exhibited nationally, including at the Philadelphia Museum of Art; the National Museum for Women in the Arts, Washington, DC; and the Wexner Center for the Arts, Columbus, OH. Her most recent animation, The Oven Sky, depicts the class dynamics of her Philadelphia neighborhood.

Art After 5: The East Gipsy Band – Friday, October 21, 5 – 8:45 pm, Philadelphia Museum of Art FREE!*
The East Gipsy Band experiments with traditional Roma music while keeping improvisation and jazz central to its performances of French, German, Italian, Hungarian, and Roma tunes. The band recently released its debut album, which features the jazz saxophonist Tim Ries. *The PMA is free to Tyler students with a Tyler Admission Card and your Owlcard. Download your copy of the Tyler Admission Card from the Links section of the Tyler Student Life Blog at http://tylerstudentlife.wordpress.com/

Lecture: Bryan J. Wolf: Between the Lines: Philip Guston and “Bad Painting” – Wednesday, October 19, 4:30 pm, East Building Auditorium, National Gallery of Art, Washington DC FREE!
In the years between 1967 and 1970, Philip Guston scandalized the New York art world by renouncing abstraction and turning instead to figurative modes of painting characterized by cartoonish images that mixed Ku Klux Klan hoods, idioms of popular culture, and a private vocabulary of cigars, light bulbs, legs, shoes and other assorted—and often hairy—body parts. Buried within these outlandish works are three recurring concerns: questions of pilgrimage, revelation, and epiphany that link Guston to Hudson River School painting of the nineteenth century; a covert interest in writing as cultural logic that informs his own painting practices; and an obsessive focus on lines that distinguishes Guston’s art from the drips and gestural forms of Jackson Pollock. Ultimately, each of these concerns points to what can be seen as the real focus of Guston’s figurative work: the history and memory of the Holocaust. Bryan J. Wolf is the Jeanette and William Hayden Jones Professor in American Art and Culture and was the inaugural codirector of the Stanford Arts Initiative and Stanford Institute for Creativity and the Arts at Stanford University, where he has taught since 2002. Professor Wolf received his BA from Rice University in 1969. He completed an MA in religion at Yale Divinity School in 1971 and a PhD in American studies, also at Yale University, in 1977. From 1976 to 2002 he was professor of American studies and English at Yale. Professor Wolf was a John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation Fellow in 1987–1988 and a Violet Andrews Whittier Fellow at the Stanford Humanities Center in 2005–2006. In 2001 he was invited to present the Frey Foundation lectures in American studies at the University of North Carolina.

Sculpture Saturday at Fairmount Part – Saturday, October 22, 10 am – 2 pm, Kelly Drive and Benjamin Franklin Parkway FREE!
The Fairmount Park Art Association will bring free hands-on programming, mobile technology and live music for the whole family to Kelly Drive this fall during “Sculpture Saturdays Presented by PNC Arts Alive.” Kids can make their own sculptures, participants can learn about public art through audio tours, and passersby can enjoy live music, from African drumbeats, to Calypso to folk rock and Brazilian rhythms. The goal: to encourage visitors to stop, look, listen and experience the largest collection of public art in the country in a new way. Live music at 11 am and 1 pm (Dates may be canceled if it rains – check the official website- http://museumwithoutwallsaudio.org/sculpture-saturdays/- for updates!) For more info, call 215-546-7550

Not a Vacant Lot Closing Party – Saturday, October 22, 7 – 10 pm, Empty Lot, 313 S. Broad St FREE!
In the middle of vibrant Center City Philadelphia, just four blocks from City Hall and surrounded by cultural venues, sits a large vacant lot. DesignPhiladelphia – in tandem with The University of the Arts, Independent curator Marianne Bernstein and Penn Design students – will produce Not a Vacant Lot, a 5-day (October 19th-23rd) exhibition at 313 South Broad Street incorporating Bernstein’s Play House. In re-imagining its purpose, the space will become a showcase of cutting-edge, temporary programming, cultural offerings and landscape design, studded with live performances changing daily, as well as video showings at night. Used as little more than a parking lot, the space’s underuse is typical of Philadelphia’s pervasive vacancy problem, adding up to more than 40,000 such empty lots. But due to its prime location, access to transit and neighboring institutions such as the Kimmel Center and Wilma Theater, this lot has unique potential to be reinvented as a major asset to the Avenue of the Arts and Philadelphia as a whole.

bad_moonlight:// IT CAME FROM THE INTERNET – Saturday, October 22, 7 pm – 1 am, Extra Extra Gallery, 1524 Frankford Ave. $6
BEWARE: Extra Extra Gallery to host a night of terror, rhythm, spectacle, commerce, and art to benefit The Nicola Midnight St.Claire. Experimental poetry reading begins at 8:00PM, monster mashing to follow at 10:00PM. Other phantasmagorical visages include a paparazzi photo opportunity, the raffling of the “spells,” a silent auction of 2D talismans, plus much MUCH more. $6 gets you in – dark forces will keep you in. Please join us in disguise and out of character for a hauntingly good time to help a terrifyingly good cause. Please visit the-st-claire.com/bad for a full program of events and items available. CONSPIRATORS: Fireball Printing, The Institute of Contemporary Art, theartblog.org, Philadelphia Brewing Company, Extra Extra Gallery

High Point Sunday Market – Sunday, October 23, 10 am – 4 pm, Allen’s Lane Train Station, 7210 Cresheim Rd FREE!
High Point Sunday Market celebrates Local Crafts and Urban Farmers every Sunday, June through October. High Point Sunday Market is located outside High Point Café at the Historic Allens Lane Train Station on Septa’s R8 Chestnut Hill West line in the West Mt. Airy Section of Philadelphia. With Music Concerts on the first Sunday of every month, the High Point Sunday Market will be your favorite street fair every week!

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Lectures & Artist Talks

Art History Practice Talks – Erin Downey and Rose May, Wednesday, October 12, noon-1:30, Room B083
Erin Downey and Rose May will hold practice talks this week. Both will present papers on October 28 at the Sixteenth Century Society Conference in Fort Worth, Texas. Rose’s title is ”Jockeying for Position, Competition between National Churches in Sixteenth Century Rome,” and Erin’s is ”Artists as Agents: Purveyors of Culture in Early Modern Europe.”

Lecture: Moe Brooker, “The Process of Making Visible” – Wednesday, October 12, 3:30 p.m. – 5:00 pm, Room B004
Professor Brooker has an extensive exhibition record of both solo and group exhibitions. He has had 32 one-person exhibitions. He presently is a regular member and exhibitor of the June Kelly Gallery, New York City, the Sande Webster Gallery, Philadelphia, PA. Brooker has taught art for over 38 years throughout the United States and abroad. After receiving the Master of Fine Arts from the Tyler School of Fine Arts, Temple University in 1972, he joined the faculty at Tyler and taught for one year. He is currently Chair of Foundation and Professor of Fine Arts at Moore College of Art and Design. Brooker is the recipient of several honors and awards including The 2011 Legacy Ward from the African American Museum of Philadelphia; The Hazlett Memorial Award for the Artist of the year for the State of Pennsylvania also known as the Governor’s Award in 2010; Medal of Achievement presented by the Philadelphia Art Alliance The Artists Equity Award of the Greater Delaware Valley, and many other honors and awards. This event is free and open to the public. Lecture sponsored by the Department of Art History; Painting, Drawing, and Sculpture; the University General Activities Fund (GAF); and an anonymous donor.

Lecture: Larry Magid of the Electric Factory in Conversation with Jim Cotter of WRTI – Wednesday, October 12, 5:30 pm, Library Lecture Hall, Paley Library
Join WRTI’s Jim Cotter in Conversation with Larry Magid, one of the founders of Philly music-scene fixture, the Electric Factory and Electric Factory Concerts. A pioneer in the concert industry and a fixture on the Philadelphia concert scene for more than forty years, Larry Magid opened the Electric Factory in February 1968 with a show featuring the Chamber Brothers, who declared, “My soul’s been psychedelicized!” He has produced more than 15,000 concerts, orchestrated such Philadelphia milestones as Live Aid in 1985 and Live 8 in 2005, won two Tony Awards, and produced Billy Crystal’s 700 Sundays—the largest grossing non-musical in Broadway history. At Paley Library, Magid will share the most memorable moments from his over four decades in the music business in conversation with WRTI’s Jim Cotter. After the program, he will sign copies My Soul’s Been Psychedelicized, a spectacular photographic history of the acts that have performed at the Factory and in Factory-produced concerts. The book includes concert posters, photographs, and promotional items featuring both rising stars and established performers, such as Pink Floyd, Jimi Hendrix, Bob Dylan, Bruce Springsteen, Bette Midler, Elvis Presley, Tina Turner, Pearl Jam and many, many more. Since 2002, Jim Cotter has been WRTI’s arts and culture reporter and then editor. And since 2003, he’s been the host and producer of Creatively Speaking! the much-acclaimed Saturday morning arts and culture program that has been the recipient of several awards and commendations including two Philadelphia A.I.R (Achievement In Radio) awards and an Excellence in Broadcasting award from the Pennsylvania Association of Broadcasters.

Lecture: Winka Dubbeldam – Wednesday, October 12, 6pm, 102 Auditorium, Engineering & Architecture Building
Winka Dubbeldam founded Archi-Tectonics, NYC in 1994, and is the Director of the Post-Professional Program [M-Arch2] at PennDesign, Philadelphia. She has served as juror in International design competitions, such as the Prix de Rome, as the External Examiner for the Architectural Association in London, and recently joined the Board of Directors of the Institute of Urban Design, NY [2010]. Archi-Tectonics’ work ranges from residential to commercial, from real to virtual and is realized in urban designs, residential and commercial buildings, and installations. Recent built work includes the 80,000sf Greenwich building, NYC, the 15-story American Loft tower in Philadelphia, the 2500sf GT residence & guesthouse Upstate NY and the 3000 sf DUB-residence in Holland. Current projects under construction are: the 9-story residential Vestry building, the LRH mixed-use building in NYC, a townhouse in Chelsea, NYC, the Flagship stores for PORTS1961 in London, Paris and Shanghai, and a school & orphanage in Liberia, Africa. The work has been published in a large number of International Periodicals and in the three Monographs, “Winka Dubbeldam, Architect” [010 Publishers, Rotterdam, 1996], the AT-INdex [Princeton Press, NYC, 2006], and “Archi-Tectonics” a Monograph by DAAB publishers [March 2010].

Lecture: Michael Klein, Debussy’s Reflections, Proust’s Recollections, and Deleuze’s Three Machines of Modernist Time and Memory – Thursday, September 15 12:30–1:50 pm, CHAT Lounge, 10th Floor, Gladfelter Hall
In this talk, Dr. Klein argues that Proust’s A la recherche du temps perdu offers a model of time and memory that can enrich narrative readings of Debussy’s music. The primary work for discussion is Debussy’s Reflets dans l’eau. Throughout Proust’s Search, Marcel experiences involuntary memories involving a cognitive effort to regain an ecstatic past. Having regained the past, though, Marcel feels regret that he will not live long enough to record his impressions. Deleuze has configured this trajectory as the “three machines of the Search”: memory, eternity, and crisis. Klein traces these machines in Debussy’s music and concludes with a brief discussion of the end of temporality after modernism

Exhibitions

Temple Gallery - Wednesday – Saturday, 11 am – 6 pm.
cofFREE Mondays, free coffee every Monday 7:45 – 9:45 am The gallery has two interesting events coming up next week, for which you can register and get yourself a seat:
*Tuesday, October 18, Reclaiming Nature In An Industrial Age: The Origins of Philadelphia’s Fairmount Park, A show and tell lecture by Rob Armstrong; register at http://reclaimingnaturephilly.eventbrite.com/
*Wednesday, October 19, Banjos at Dawn-a Debate of Partisanship and Journalism Featuring Chase Whiteside and James O’Keefe; register at http://banjosatdawntemple.eventbrite.com/

Stella Elkins Tyler Gallery and Student Lounge Gallery: Future Studies, by Ingrid Burrington, and Posthumous, a student group show by the students of Produce, Tyler’ Student Exhibitions Group. Gallery is open Wednesday – Saturday 11 am – 6 pm.

Photo Gallery (lower level near Photo): Christianna Fail: The Catharsis of Disease BFA Exhibition. October 12 – 24. Reception Friday, October 14, 6:30 – 9:30 pm.

Graduate Open Studios Tour – Saturday & Sunday, October 15 & 16, noon – 6 pm, Tyler Building

Mudslingers Sale – Saturday, October 15, 10 – 4 pm, Tyler Lobby

See what’s happening this week at Temple Rome! Visit the Temple Rome blog at artturome.blogspot.com.

Opportunities

Need money for a special project or to travel to a conference? The Dean has established grants for scholarly and creative activity for undergraduate or graduate students of the Tyler School of Art. Grants will be made in amounts from $500 to $1000. Students may apply for these grants to defray scholarly or creative costs associated with (but not limited to): travel to create/install an exhibition or performance or scholarly paper, or to collect data for research; registration for conferences; equipment and materials; data analysis or research consultants; and technical personnel (for example, to help with technology for an installation or to document an exhibition). A descriptive document along explaining how to apply, along with the one-page application form, is available for download at the Tyler Student Life Blog (http://tylerstudentlife.wordpress.com) in the Links section (look for Dean’s Grant for Tyler Students), and the application is completed on a computer and emailed to your Faculty Project Adviser. Deadline for application is December 1, and the money must be spent by May 30, 2012.

Need a hand with art history? Tutoring available from the Undergraduate Art History Guild! We can help with: review and study skills for quizzes and exams, assignments and presentations, papers- research and writing skills, peer editing, general information and continuation of class discussion. If you are interested in setting up an appointment with one of our tutors, please send an e-mail identifying the course(s) and nature of the assistance you seek to: sara.gummo@temple.edu or sara.gatti@temple.edu.

Are you considering graduate school in Art History? Tuesday, October 11th at 7pm in the Undergraduate Art History Lounge, Dr. Jonathan Kline, the advisor for art history, will be discussing the process and strategies of selecting and getting into graduate school. Whether you’re a senior in the midst of applying for grad school or a freshman just beginning the program here, this talk will be a great opportunity to consider the possibilities beyond undergrad and how to make your applications as successful as possible. For more information, e-mail sara.gummo@temple.edu.

Soliciting Talent - On October 19, 7-10 pm, the Conflict Education Resource Team is celebrating peace by sponsoring Peace of Mind, A Coffeehouse Featuring Expressions of Peace in The Underground of the Student Center, and we are searching for talent! CERT will be providing an exhilarating evening full of entertainment, food and beverages, community art, and an opportunity to unwind with friends. So, what does peace mean to you? Convey your perspectives through a poem, song, dance, artwork, music, photography, video, or any other form of expression. Come join us in our festivities and kick-off for Conflict Resolution Day. Email CERTpeaceofmind@temple.edufor an application and with any questions, and check out our page on Facebook. In collaboration with HEART, we will also be collecting donations for the Rape Crisis Center at the TU Episcopal Campus. Though we will accept anything, we are asking specifically for NEW tees, sweatshirts, and underwear.

Looking for a sculptor! An upcoming short horror film is looking for a sculptor to help design and create a monster. All materials will be provided. The film is about a man lost in the woods. A deadbeat photo journalist falls prey to an invisible monster that can only be seen through the photos he has taken on his journey through the woods. If you are interested, please contact me at lgauditesnap@gmail.com. I would be more than happy to talk on a one on one basis.

REELGirls Needs a logo! REELGirls will be hosing the 2^nd annual High School Girls Film Workshop at Temple University on November 12. They are looking for a student to design a new logo by October 22. They need something big, eye-catching and will attract young girls to the world of filmmaking. Winning design is worth $50. Submit designs to templehsgirls@hotmail.com. For questions, contact astin.sullivan@temple.edu.

CFEVA Direct Dialogue Lecture Series: Public Speaking for Artists – Thursday, October 20, 5:30 pm, The Center for Emerging Visual Artists, 237 South 18th Street, Suite 3a
Speaker: Tom Wright, Director of Public Speaking, Temple University. Whether you are presenting an artist talk to a small group or a lecture to a packed auditorium, public speaking can be a daunting experience. Join us to discuss the basics of public speaking and learn tips that will have you presenting yourself and your artwork like a pro. Tom Wright joined the faculty of the Department of Strategic Communication at Temple University in 2003 after completing his Ph.D. from Purdue University. Dr. Wright has served as the Director of Public Speaking since 2008. As Course Director, Dr. Wright has overseen the inclusion of multicultural perspectives on public speaking. He has also taught communication theory, persuasion, social movements, small group presentations, interviewing, and rhetorical criticism. Dr. Wright has received numerous awards and teaching stipends including the School of Communication and Theatre’s Junior Faculty Award for Innovative Teaching (2007) and the Provost’s Award for Innovative Teaching in General Education (2011). All programs begin at 5:30 pm. Each session is $12.00. Registration is required. Individuals who have not pre-registered are not guaranteed a seat. To reserve a space or to receive more information about The Center for Emerging Visual Artists or Direct Dialogues Lecture Series, please contact Genevieve Coutroubis, by phone (215) 546 – 7775 x 11 or by email Genevieve@cfeva.org

A senior film project needs somebody to make some sculptures to be used as props. If you are interested in helping out, contact tuc49776@temple.edu.

Call for Entries, deadline October 24: The Athenaeum of Philadelphia is a library and museum founded in 1814. Its legacy collections, surviving from the 19th and early 20th centuries, include rich holdings in designed bindings. The Decorated Book invites artists, through the medium of the book, to explore and respond to book covers from the legacy collections of the Athenaeum. Selected items from the designed binding collections, including work by Margaret Armstrong, Olive Grover and the studio artists of Decorative Designers, are emphasized in this call. See the scans below or visit the Athenaeum from 9 to 5 Monday through Friday, at 219 South 6th Street, Philadelphia, PA. The proposed books may be editioned or one-of-a-kind, artist books, book objects, altered books or zines but must in some way respond to the specified items from the designed binding collection posted on the Athenaeum website and on view at the museum. Juror Dr. J. Susan Isaacs, Curator of Special Projects of the Delaware Center for the Contemporary Arts, Wilmington, DE, and Professor of Art History/Curator for the Center for the Arts and Holtzman Galleries, Towson University, MD. There is no fee to submit a proposal for this competition. For more information and to submit, visit www.philaathenaeum.org/competition.html.

Call for entries deadline: October 27: 36th Anniversary International Women Only Photography. To celebrate our 36th anniversary, Professional Women Photograpers invites all women photographers – non-members and members, amateur and professional to submit entries. Juror Debra Klomp Ching will award $3000 in prizes and the Grand Prize image will appear on the cover of IMPRINTS Magazine Fall/Winter issue. Selected images, as well as 15 Jurors’ Selections, will be exhibited in May 2012 in a group show at .NO gallery, located in Manhattan’s hottest new arts and culture area, the Lower East Side, and in an online exhibition on the PWP website for six months, December 1, 2011 – May 31, 2012. An additional 35 images selected for Honorable Mention will also be included in the PWP online Exhibition. More information and to enter: http://www.pwponline.org/calls/individual.php?which=2012-05-01-1

Call for entries, deadline October 28: Exhibition Series: Perspectives on African-American Experience: Emerging Visions, presented by Residential College in the Arts and Humanities, Michigan State University. Applicants sought for solo exhibition Feb. 13-Mar. 2, 2012, including 5-day residency for artist’s talk, class visits, and/or workshops. This initiates a projected annual series of exhibits and campus visits by emerging artists whose works reflect on African-American experience past or present. For 2012, engagement with issues of war and its legacies is especially sought. The RCAH is a living-learning environment in which creative explorations of arts and humanities are cultivated through emphases on transcultural studies, ethics, and civic engagement (see rcah.msu.edu). Open to all media. Please send CD with 20 jpeg images numbered to correspond to image list with dimensions (videos – DVD), 250-word artist statement, cv, and SASE for return of materials to: Carolyn Loeb, LookOut! Art Gallery, Residential College in the Arts and Humanities, Snyder Hall, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan, 48825. Contact loeb@msu.edu for further information.

Call for entries, deadline, October 31: the National Portrait Gallery in Washington, DC is currently hosting, the 2013 Outwin Boochever Portrait Competition. We encourage fine arts students over the age of 18 to submit a portrait that explores contemporary portraiture. The competition is open to all fine arts media. Group, single, and self-portraits are welcome. The call for entries is open through October 31, 2011, and all competition information can be found at www.portraitcompetition.si.edu. Please let us know if you have any questions – our help line is 202.633.8267 or portraitcompetition@si.edu.

Call for Entries, deadline November 1: LBIF’s Small Works Exhibition: The Long Beach Island Foundation of the Arts and Sciences (LBIF) on Long Beach Island, NJ is seeking submissions for their annual Small Works Exhibition. The exhibition runs from November 4 – December 19, 2011. All submitted work will be shown and juried for prizes. Work may be in any chosen medium that fits the size requirement: two-dimensional work must not exceed 12″x12″ square; three-dimensional work must not exceed 8″x8″x8″. All entries must be original and must have been executed since 2008. Please include a bio along with your submission for the gallery book. Juror: Michael Cagno, Executive Director of the Noyes Museum of Art. Entry fee: $20.00 for up to four works. Works in series count as separate works if they take up more than 12″x12″ square. For more information see the prospectus: lbifoundation.org/programs/2011SmallWorksProspectus.pdf.

Deadlines

Tuesday, October 11: Last day to register to vote: www.votespa.com/portal/server.pt/community/residents_with_unique_voting_needs/14311/college_student/591535.

Out & About

Design in Action Keynote: Teddy Cruz – Monday, October 10, 5:30 – 7:30 pm, Friends Center, 15th and Cherry St, Registration: $20
Join us for a talk and public reception, when Teddy Cruz comes to Philly as the keynote for Design in Action 2011. Guatemalan-born architect Teddy Cruz is a tireless advocate, designer, and urban theorist whose work urges us all to think beyond traditional borders. Inspired by his San Diego office situated nearby the busiest border crossing on the globe, Cruz will share insights on the public engagement strategies and research that fuels his firm’s work, and how we can all respond creatively to an increasingly interconnected world. RSVP here.

PAFA Art at Lunch: Paint Torch: From Start to Finish– Wednesday, October12, noon-1 pm, PAFA, Historic Landmark Building, 118 N. Broad Street FREE!
PAFA President and CEO David Brigham discusses the commission of the architecturally scaled, site-specific Paint Torch by Claes Oldenburg for Lenfest Plaza. From formal considerations to urban context and subterranean challenges, Brigham will explore the nuts and bolts of the commission as well as the composition and content.

Penn Humanities Forum: Pascal Boyer: Culture, Creativity, and Adaptation – Wednesday October 12, 5:00-6:30 pm, Harrison Auditorium, Penn Museum, 3260 South St FREE!*
Can evolutionary science explain human creativity? We like to think of the cultural and creative dimensions of human life as fundamental, timeless, unbounded by hard limits. But evolutionists and psychologists increasingly link human inventiveness to definite forms of mental machinery that have evolved and become more specialized over time. Renowned French anthropologist Pascal Boyer explains how this scientific perspective can account for many features of otherwise puzzling cultural phenomena, from religion to romance. Pascal Boyer studied philosophy and anthropology at the University of Paris-Nanterre and Cambridge, completing his graduate studies on how memory constrains the transmission of oral literature. His early fieldwork focused on the transmission of oral epics and religious narratives in Cameroon, and formed the basis for his first attempts to understand the cognitive abilities that make cultural transmission—and especially transmission of religious ideas—possible. He believes that certain innate mental systems predispose humans toward particular cultural elements, including the belief in supernatural beings. We are thus guided by instinct toward religious beliefs, “hardwired for God.” Boyer has explored these controversial ideas in three influential books: The Naturalness of Religious Ideas: A Cognitive Theory of Religion (1994), Religion Explained: The Human Instincts that Fashion Gods, Spirits and Ancestors (2001), and The Fracture Of An Illusion. Science And the Dissolution of Religion (2010).

Second Thursday at the Crane Arts Center – Thursday, October 13, Receptions 6 – 9 pm, 1400 N American St FREE!

InLiquid presents Hold
Hold is inspired by instability, insecurity, anxiety, and the desire to cling tightly to our belongings. Artist Candace Karch has collected a myriad of items throughout her entire life, each claiming their own sentiment and back-story. A manifestation of clutter, nostalgia, and the eventual necessity to disband oneself from their belongings, reincarnates these objects and gives them purpose. The artist assembles her visual timeline for our feasting eyes, while allowing the audience space to question what makes up their own. Which objects define us, which can’t we part with, and which are so unassumingly loaded with personal attachment and memory? Karch hands her story to us, walking away free from so many of her things. Candace Karch started saving everything as art supplies from an early age. In high school she won “most individualistic” and rocked an aqua net Mohawk. After graduating from the University of The Arts with a major in photography, Candace Karch, spent the next 12 years traveling. She worked on archeological digs in Greece, gave drinking tours in London, collaged in Paris, watched the Berlin wall collapse, food styled in Prague, and walked inside a glacier. She spent endless days at museums and photographed everything in front of her. It was not until she settled in California that she realized she wanted to open up a gallery in Philadelphia. Bambi Gallery was born in 2005. Karch curated new shows every first Friday for 6 years, proudly showing over 300 local artists. The gallery recently closed and she is back in her studio. Most recently she has been published in The Photo Review and Metalsmith magazine.
Appalachian Visionaries: Fred J. Carter, Ollie Cox, Shawn Crookshank, D.R. Mullins
Indigo Arts hosts an exhibit of the work of visionary artists from the Appalachian region of southern Virginia and eastern Tennessee. The artists have exhibited in several regional museum and gallery shows, but most have not previously been exhibited outside of the area. The exhibit includes paintings, sculpture and mixed media work by Ollie Cox, paintings by Shawn Crookshank and D.R. Mullins, and wood sculpture by the late intuitive sculptor and painter, Fred Carter (1911-1992).
Crane Arts & the International Curatorial Exchange present Alexandre Arrechea’s Dardo Blando
Curated by Anabelle Rodríguez-Lawton, Soft Dart (2011) is Alexandre Arrechea’s initial proposal for the 54th Biennale di Venezia, where he is currently representing Cuba in a group show located in the island of San Servolo. The piece was originally meant to be projected on metal planks, and this choice of surface reflects the original meaning of the piece and its relationship with failure. The visual effect functions as a substitute for a certain reality. This is a piece that continues and expands the original idea presented in Black Sun (2009), a powerful 3-D animation exhibited at Crane Arts as part of the International Curatorial Exchange (ICE), and curated for Philagrafika 2010 by Anabelle Rodríguez-Lawton. The aesthetic of Soft Dart is somewhat reminiscent of socialist realism. It resembles the triumphalist images of communist graphics about work and progress. The piece functions as a trap for the eye and the ear. In this case, and in contrast to Black Sun, it has a sound component that accentuates the trompe-l’œil. It gives the sensation that it is real until we realize it is all illusion. Presented on the metal planks the piece functions as a double-sided projection, while in the Icebox the projected “soft darts” slide unilaterally over the length of one of the long walls of the lengthy space.
Dialogo 365 – A Latin American Arts Exhibition
Casa de Venezuela pleasantly invites you to attend its annual Art Exhibition showcasing the work of Latin American and Caribbean artists from our region and beyond.
The Unsettled
Though the word “grotesque” has in contemporary usage come to refer primarily to the unpleasant or disgusting, The Unsettled instead explores the term as it relates to notions of duality, hybridism, and transformation. The work chosen occupies the physical, mental, and cultural spaces between states of being and emphasizes those unsettling elements that exist just below the civilized veneer of society. It is about those things we attempt to hide from our friends, family, neighbors, and even ourselves, and the transformations that take place as a result of such suppression, It is about the futility of denying our basic natures and examines the mechanisms by which our fears, doubts, and primal instincts – real and imagined – manifest themselves to ourselves and the world around us, on both a personal and societal level. Taken as a whole, The Unsettled suggests that what we think is solid might not be, and dares us as viewers and artists to peek beneath the surface of what we consider normal. Co-currated by Michael Merry and Patrick Koziol, two current Univeristy of Delaware MFA students
Matthew Eiraldi: In You More Than Yourself
We often hear of artists listening to music in their studios whilst working, but what happens when the music directly informs the work itself? How do we perceive and how do we alliterate that music? What type of space does that music provide, and what are we listening to? Most of the music we experience today is digitally processed and or manipulated; this mechanization provides an infinite number of possibilities. These paintings are translations informed by the intangible nature of sound and the presence it instills within us. In this case a psychedelic presence manifests itself in usage of texture, pattern, the subdued, and the immediate.

ICA / PennDesign Fine Arts Lecture Series: Robert Pruitt – Animate Art! - Thursday, October 13, 6:30 pm, ICA, 118 S. 36th St. FREE!
Robert Pruitt is an artist living and working in Houston, Texas. He makes drawings and sculptures about the complexity of black identity by combining contrasting signs and imagery of disparate Black influences and aesthetics. He layers Science Fiction, Hip Hop, comic books, and black political and social struggles into layered portraits of his friends and community. Mr. Pruitt has exhibited at the Museum of Fine Arts Houston, The Studio Museum Harlem, The Whitney Museum of American Art (2006 Biennial) and various other museums and artists spaces. He is also a founding member of the artist collective Otabenga Jones & Associates and will be discussing his recent works and projects as well the work of the collective. The Animate Art! series foregrounds the recent interest that artists have shown in a variety of animation practices within the museum context. Through conversation with artists from a variety of geographic locations we will consider a variety of questions, including: the relationship between animation and other media; contemporary artists’ engagement with the histories of art and film; the role of music; the differences among various forms of animation; and animation’s treatment of history, time, and place.

Penmanship, a DesignPhiladelphia exhibition – reception Thursday, October 13, 7-9 pm, Vox Populi AUX, 319 North 11th St FREE!
Penmanship plays upon the double meaning of “character,” exploring the idea that the way a person forms letters (and handles their medium) provides a window into their personality. For this DesignPhiladelphia special exhibition, top local artists employ their inherent typographic instincts to create black and white prints. The letterforms within each piece are differentiated by shape, scale, contrast, manipulation, and layering. A study of personal touch and distinction, the works in the show clearly reflect individual aesthetics.

Art After 5: Jimmy Amadie – Friday, October 14, 5 – 8:45 pm, Philadelphia Museum of Art FREE!*
In his first public performance since 1967, jazz pianist Jimmy Amadie celebrates the release of his new record, Something Special. Since the 1950s, Amadie has accompanied artists like Mel Tormé, Woody Herman, and Red Rodney in addition to overcoming tendinitis in both hands and fighting lung cancer. The Chicago Tribune notes, “the restrictions on Amadie have enabled him to express ideas with remarkable brevity and eloquence.” *The PMA is free to Tyler students with a Tyler Admission Card and your Owlcard. Download your copy of the Tyler Admission Card from the Links section of the Tyler Student Life Blog at tylerstudentlife.wordpress.com.

CAFé Community Arts Festival – Sunday, October 16, 12 – 4pm, Crane Arts Building, 1400 American St. FREE!

InLiquid, Crane Arts, Kensington South Neighborhood Advisory Council, and ArtsRising present a full day of arts, environmental education, and fun for all ages, the CAFé festival will feature live music, food, drink, and tables for interactive activities hosted by arts and environmental organizations.

Philadelphia Open Studio Tours (POST) – Saturday, October 15 & Sunday, October 16, noon – 6 pm, Studios East of Broad Street FREE!

The Philadelphia Open Studio Tours is the largest tour of artist studios and creative workspaces in the region, and one of the premier open studio tour events in the country. For details and a map of what studios are open, see their website at www.philaopenstudios.com/tour_overview.aspx. Remember Tyler’s graduate students will have their studios open as part of this tour!

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Lectures & Artist Talks

Lecture: Wendy Heller: “Rescuing Ariadne” – Monday, October 3, 2 pm, Room B04 Professor Heller specializes in the study of 17th- and 18th-century opera from interdisciplinary perspectives, with particular emphasis on gender and sexuality, art history, and the classical tradition. The winner of numerous awards and Fellowships from such organizations as from the National Endowment for the Humanities, the American Council of Learned Societies, Gladys Krieble Delmas Foundation, and the Mellon Foundation, Heller has been a Fellow of the American Academy in Rome, the Villa I Tatti Harvard University Center for Renaissance Studies, and has taught in the Folger Institute at the Folger Shakespeare Library. Specializing in the music of Monteverdi, Handel, Cavalli, and recognized for her expertise in the interpretation of Venetian opera, Heller has published numerous articles in the Journal of the American Musicological Society, Music & Letters, Early Music, and Saggiatore Musicale. Her book, Emblems of Eloquence: Opera and Women’s Voices in Seventeenth-Century Venice, was the winner of the annual book prize from the Society for the Study of Early Modern Women, and was named a finalist for the Otto Kinkeldey Prize from the American Musicological Society. She is currently completing a book on the reception of antiquity in Baroque opera. Sponsored by The Boyer College of Music and Dance

Critical Dialogues: Hal Foster: Toward a Grammar of Emergency – Wednesday, October 5, 6 pm, Tyler B04
In his talk titled Toward a Grammar of Emergency, Hal Foster will discuss four key concepts in the work of Thomas Hirschhorn: the precarious, the creaturely, expenditure, and emergency. Hal Foster is Townsend Martin ’17 Professor of Art and Archaeology at Princeton University. He teaches lecture and seminar courses in modernist and contemporary art and theory; he also directs the graduate proseminar in methodology. Foster is an associate member of the School of Architecture and the Department of German; he also works with the programs of Media and Modernity and European Cultural Studies. Recent books include Art Since 1900 (2005), a co-authored textbook on 20th-century art; Prosthetic Gods (2004), concerning the relation between modernism and psychoanalysis; and Design and Crime (2002), on problems in contemporary art, architecture, and design. His book, Figment: Painting and Subjectivity in the First Pop Age, is due out in 2011, to be followed by Image Building: Essays on the Art-Architecture Rapport. He is presently at work on a theory of modernism as a way (in the words of Walter Benjamin) “to outlive culture, if need be.” A member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, Foster continues to write regularly for October (which he co-edits), Artforum, and The London Review of Books.

Lecture: Sara Marcus: Girls to the Front: The True Story of the Riot Grrrl Revolution – Thursday, October 6, 3:30 pm, Paley Library Lecture Hall
Author Sara Marcus discusses researching and writing her extraordinary Girls to the Front, the first-ever published history of the seminal 1990s Riot Grrrl movement. She will address the culture, the music, and the art that have made an indelible impact on music and feminism today, the personalities that brought this movement to the forefront, and how the Riot Grrrl story lives on. The past few years have seen a resurgence of interest in Riot Grrrl, and a renewed appreciation for the music, art, and politics of this vital cultural movement.

Sara Marcus is a writer and musician living in Brooklyn, New York. Her prose and poetry have appeared in publications including Artforum, Bookforum, Slate, Salon, the San Francisco Chronicle, Death, and EOAGH. She is a founding editor of New Herring Press.

Riot Grrrl roared into the spotlight in 1991: an uncompromising movement of girls with no patience for sexism and no intention of keeping quiet. Young women everywhere were realizing that the equality they’d been promised was still elusive. In response, thousands of riot grrrls published zines, founded local groups, and organized national conventions, while fiercely prophetic punk bands such as Bratmobile, Heavens to Betsy, Huggy Bear, and Bikini Kill helped spread the word across the US and to Canada, Europe, and beyond.

Exhibitions

Temple Gallery - Wednesday – Saturday, 11 am – 6 pm.
cofFREE Mondays, free coffee every Monday 7:45 – 9:45 am
While enjoying your coffee, visit Cups by Marie Christine Katz (through October 29):To coincide with our CofFREE Mondays Temple Gallery is exhibiting artworks that comment on the uses of coffee and coffee cups in our contemporary society. Between 1996-1999, Marie Christine Katz collected 128 cups from New York City’s homeless population. The installation also includes fifteen empty spaces for people who wouldn’t give up their cup when asked. Throughout the process of creating this work, Katz paid $1.00 for each donation, reversing the process of the traditional pan-handling agreement. At times, when Katz would tell a homeless person what the project was about, that it was for art, she would be asked to give $2.00. If a cup wasn’t given, she would give the person a dollar anyway.

Stella Elkins Tyler Gallery and Student Lounge Gallery: Future Studies, by Ingrid Burrington, and Posthumous, a student group show by the students of Produce, Tyler’ Student Exhibitions Group. Reception Friday, October 7, 6-9 pm with a talk by Ingrid Burrington at 6 pm. Gallery is open Wednesday – Saturday 11 am – 6 pm.

See what’s happening this week at Temple Rome! Visit the Temple Rome blog at artturome.blogspot.com.

Opportunities

Friday is First Friday, so we’re going art-hunting: Friday, October 6, FREE!
This month is a “do it yourself” gallery hunt–meet me at the corner of 12th & Norris Streets (the SE corner of Tyler, kitty-corner across the street from Engineering & Architecture) at 6 pm on Friday, October 7. You will receive a map to the galleries in the neighborhood of 319 N 11th Street and 2 free bus tokens. You can then ride the #23 bus to either the Mausoleum of Contemporary Art at 531 North 12th St. (and then walk to 319 N 11th–it’s about 4 blocks) or get off at 12th & Callowhill and walk one block to 319 N 11th St, where there are several galleries in the building (including Vox Populi, Grizzly Grizzly, Napoleon, Tiger Strikes Astroid, as well as Katie Murken’s closing reception). When you’re done looking at art, you can take the bus back–the #23 runs about every 20 minutes, stops right in front of 319 N 11th St, and takes you right back to campus! Or, if you’re feeling adventurous, you can go onto someplace else (but you’ll only have one return token, so if you go someplace else, you’ll have to get back to campus on your own. I’ll be leaving on the first #23 bus that comes after 6 pm, so be there by 6. I’ll try to be at the corner by 5:40 or so, so if you’re early, you can take an earlier bus if you want.

It’s Career Week at Temple University. Here are 3 events you should consider attending!
Career Fair Prep: Monday, October 3, 4:00-5:00 pm, 217 C & D Student Center
Prepare to maximize the Career Fair – Rotate through stations to learn what to wear and how to research, approach, and follow-up with employers.
Information Session: Internships & Jobs with the United Nations: Tuesday, October 4, 4:00-6:00 pm, 200 Student Center
Learn how to navigate the application process for internship and full-time positions at the United Nations.
Career Fair: Thursday, October 6, 12:00-4:00 pm, Room 200 Student Center
Click here for the list of registered employers

Volunteer Opportunity: Mighty Writers is a non-profit organization that holds workshops for kids ages 7-17 to teach them how to write and draw comics. They also have a gallery located on South Street. Mighty Writers is currently looking for people who would either like to have their art showcased at the gallery or want to volunteer to teach a workshop to the students. This is a good opportunity for students at Tyler to have some of their work in a gallery and to obtain some experience in teaching art to young kids. If you are interested, contact Temple English major and Mighty Writers Intern, Alexsia Brown at alexsia.brown@temple.edu.

Internship Opportunities: The career center has several internship opportunities for Tyler students on their database. Here are just two examples:
Camden County Historical Society – Fall Museum Internship (Deadline: 10/15/11)
Campbell Soup Company – Photography Internship (Deadline: 12/31/11)
These and other internships are available to you online on the OwlNetwork, Temple’s Internship and Job Opportunities Database. Find these and more here: www.temple.edu/provost/careercenter/students.html

Fundraising for Artists: Online Ecosystem for Funding Artists – Leeway presents a workshop led by United States Artists on Friday, October 7 from 12:00pm to 1:30pm in our office (1315 Walnut Street, Suite 832. Wheelchair accessible). The session will feature a new online micro philanthropy website, discuss how it works, how supporters become engaged and the opportunities the platform presents for the future of funding for artists. This workshop is free and open to the public. RSVP by emailing info@leeway.org or by registering online here: http://www.leeway.org/news-and-events/registration/fundraising-for-artists-workshop.html. More information is here: http://www.leeway.org/news-and-events.html?action=NewsDetail&newstype=EVENTS&NewsID=159.

Curatorial & Arts Administration Fellowship: Program Dates: February 2012 – February 2013. Application Deadline: November 22, 2011 (postmark date). Email applications must be received by midnight. The Museum of Contemporary African Diasporan Arts (MoCADA) is proud to invite submissions for its Curatorial Fellowship, made possible through the generous support of the Institute for Museum and Library Services (IMLS) and the Lambent Foundation. The goal of the Fellowship is to cultivate emerging curators of African descent who are grounded in the belief of the power of art to transform individuals and communities. From an open competition, two individuals will be selected to come to Brooklyn, New York to participate in the year-long program. Selected fellows will be immersed in the conceptual and practical methods necessary in working as a museum curator and arts administrator within a community based institution. More information and application is available here: http://mocada.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/MoCADA-Fellowship_app2012-13.pdf

Call for Submissions: CRED Magazine is seeking submissions for its December issue (by October 14) from artists, poets, designers, art schools, journalism schools, writing workshops, galleries and performers. More information is here: http://leewayfoundation.wordpress.com/2011/09/14/credmagazine/

Call for Submissions: We at Catch Up — a new print journal of comics and literature — would like to invite your students and alumni to submit comics. Submissions are taken at our website www.catch-up.us. Please submit no more than five comics (100 cells or less), and comics submissions should be sent as JPEG 300 dpi. Also, the first issue of Catch Up is out in the world. It includes comics from Gil Gentile, Sam Gaskin, Joshua Ware, Jeffrey Meyer, Lane Milburn, Lala Albert, Pete Toms, PB Kain, Michael Miles, as well as poetry from Paul Celan, Yehuda Amichai, Donald Revell, Aime Cesaire, D.A. Powell, Amy Gerstler, Cal Bedient, Miranda Field, Paul Muldoon, and many more. You can buy the journal, see extra material from contributors (video, audio, and text), and more at www.catch-up.us.

Call for entries, deadline October 11: International Call for Photography Portraits - Open to all photographers world wide, both amateur and professional. The Center invites photographers working in all mediums, styles and schools of thought to participate in its exhibitions. All accepted images submitted for exhibition must be printed and framed or mounted professionally. Juror’s Selection: $600; Director’s Selection: $250; plus other cash and non-monetary awards. Entry fee. Details/questions: 970-224-1010 OR http://www.c4fap.org OR exhibitions@c4fap.org

Call for entries, deadline October 13: “Hope” Themed Juried Photo Exhibition – Hope is the first in a three part photo series focusing on the positive aspects of life. Hope can be poignant as well as fanciful or even humorous. The competition provides multiple opportunities to exhibit their work in an art-supporting Washington DC area gallery, be listed in the Washington Post, be included in a book publication and more. Awards for each theme include a gallery exhibition of all accepted work, Best in Show – $500, Second place- $250, Third Place – $100 and Ten Honorable Mentions, including additional awards. Details: http://artincubator.org/hopesurvivalrenewal.html

Call for entries, deadline October 15: 12 x 12 Juried Art Exhibition — The Art Center in Highland Park, IL announces a call to regional artists for a juried art exhibition, November 4 – December 31, 2011. Cash Prizes: 1st Place $200, 2nd Place $100, 3rd Place $50. Open to all artists ages 18 and older. Work (unframed) must not exceed 12″ in any direction. All original works created by the submitting artist must have been completed in the last 5 years and not have been shown at TAC previously. All media except film and video are eligible. Entry fee $35 for up to 3 works. Download prospectus (PDF format), or send a SASE to: 1957 Sheridan Road, Highland Park, IL 60035. Questions? Contact Stephanie Lentz at slentz@theartcenterhp.org or call 847/432-1888.

Call for entries, deadline October 18: Intimate Landscape Photo Call for Entry – Juried Book Competition — Open to Interpretation is now calling on photographers worldwide to submit images for consideration in a juried book competition. Theme: Intimate Landscape. The chosen photos become the literary inspiration for the writers’ submissions. A book is created that matches each winning photo with two stories or poems that offer different interpretations of the image. The unique collaboration adds new dimensions to both the photos and the written word. $300 Jurors Choice. Juror: Karen Irvine. Entry fee $40 for 5 images, $10 each additional. Visit website for details. Questions? Contact Clare O’Neill at info@open2interpretation.com or call 651-312-0113.

Call for entries, deadline October 25: EXPO 31 National Juried Competition — B.J. Spoke Gallery in Huntington, NY announces a call to artists for a juried art exhibition. Winners will have from one to six works included in the month-long show in March 2012. Juror: Margot Norton, Assistant Curator, Whitney Museum of American Art. Open to all artists living in the United States. All fine arts media; no crafts. Installations must be placed and removed by artist. Download prospectus (PDF format), or send a SASE to: B.J. Spoke Gallery, 299 Main Street, Huntington, NY 11743. $35 entry fee. Questions? Call the gallery at 631-549-5106 or send questions to Liz Ehrlichman at elize11771@yahoo.com or Marilyn Lavi at managerbjs@verizon.net

Call for entries, deadline, October 28: 8 Fluid Ounces Cup Show — The Glassell Gallery at the LSU School of Art in Baton Rouge, Louisiana announces a call to artists for a juried exhibition, January 25 – February 25, 2012. Juror: Kristen Kieffer. The exhibition is juried by uploaded digital images. Selected finalists are required to send actual work for exhibition. Open to all artists living in the United States. Entries from outside the US must agree to pay round-trip shipping to be considered. Cup may not exceed 10x10x10 inches. Cups must be made of clay. The concept of cup may be interpreted freely. Please submit original work completed in the last two years. Entry fee $20 for up to 5 images. Visit website for prospectus, or download prospectus (PDF format). Submit images online. Questions? Please contact Malia Krolak at kkrolak@lsu.edu or call 225.389.7180.

Call for entries, deadline, October 31: Shy Rabbit Print International 3: An International Juried Online Exhibition — SHY RABBIT Contemporary Arts seeks entries for a juried online exhibition, January 1 – December 31, 2012. Special Recognition will be given to an exemplary print through a Purchase Award. Juror: Juergen Strunck. This exhibition is open to all artists 18 years of age or older. Original contemporary works in traditional and nontraditional printmaking media including book arts, three-dimensional and mixed media prints are eligible. All submissions must have been completed within the last three years. Straight or purely digital prints and photography are not eligible. Entry fee $30 for 1-3 images, plus $5 for each additional image, up to a maximum of 10. Visit website for prospectus. Questions? Contact D. Michael or Denise Coffee at shyrabbit01@aol.com or 970-731-2766.

Call for entries, deadline November 30: Emerging Artists 2012 - this is the twentieth annual competition for gallery exhibition and awards. This exhibition is devoted to the discovery, introduction and promotion of emerging artists. The exhibition will be held in April 2012 at the Limner Gallery and is open to all artists working in any media. There will be a $1000 cash award and $2400 in publication awards. Entry fee. Entry information is online at: http://www.slowart.com/prospectus/ea2012.htm

Call for entries, deadline January 9: Embracing Our Differences - seeking submissions for its 9th annual outdoor art exhibit celebrating diversity to be displayed April & May 2012. National and international submissions are encouraged. 39 artists will be selected for the exhibit. A total of $3,000.00 in awards will be presented. There is no submission fee nor limit on the number of entries. Submission forms and more information concerning past winning submissions are available on the web site. Details/questions http://www.EmbracingOurDifferences.org OR Info@EmbracingOurDifferences.org

Deadlines

None this week

Out & About

Architecture in Film: CONTEMPT (1953, Jean Luc Goddard) – Monday, October 3, 6:30 pm, Center for Architecture, 1218 Arch St FREE!
This monthly series, which screens films that explore ideas and themes on architecture and architects, is hosted by John DeFazio, AIA (Architect & Associate Professor @ Drexel University) and Nick Groch, Assoc. AIA. Films begin with a discussion of the relevant themes and elements to notice during the screening and are followed by an informal discussion. Films are generally shown on the first Monday of each month. Join us before every film at 6:30pm for a wine and cheese reception.

PAFA Art at Lunch: Gristle: Art in Urban Nature – Wednesday, October5, noon-1 pm, PAFA, Historic Landmark Building, 118 N. Broad Street FREE!
Stacy Levy is an installation artist who works with nature’s forgotten places. She has created large scale commissions in Philadelphia, New Jersey, Boston, Phoenix and Japan. Her art shows the natural processes of a site, making visible the actions of tides, wind, growth and decay. She uses lyrical diagrams to explain how nature works. Levy will be talking about her collaborations with nature and how art can be the new translator of ecological processes.

ICA Whenever Wednesday: ICA Salon: Approaching Imagery with Dona Nelson, Scott Olson, and R.H. Quaytman – Wednesday, October 5, 6:30 pm, ICA, 118 S. 36th St. FREE!
At a moment when painterly abstraction is both critically and commercially pervasive, we will hear directly from three artists who address painting from different perspectives. Each will reflect on their individual working methods and historical reference points. What boundaries, if any, exist for artists today between terms such as abstraction and figuration, graphic and gesture, influence and appropriation? What feels outmoded and what have we yet to discuss?

Penn Humanities Forum: Terrence Deacon: The Non-Adaptive Origins of Language – Wednesday October 5, 5:00-6:30 pm, Rainey Auditorium, Penn Museum, 3260 South St FREE!*
It seems obvious that the human capacity for language is a result of adaptation, our biological nature adjusting to its social and cultural environment. But according to Terrence Deacon, the pioneering theorist of human brain development, this is not the whole story. In his latest work, Deacon argues that the emergence of language actually depended on a reduction rather than an increase of natural selection, and that it might never have occurred without the degeneration and loss of certain innate abilities.
Terrence Deacon is an American anthropologist whose work combines the fields of human evolutionary biology and neuroscience to understand the evolution of human cognition. He is the acclaimed author of The Symbolic Species: The Co-Evolution of Language and the Human Brain, a seminal study of how language itself was part of the process responsible for evolution. His latest book, Incomplete Nature: How Mind Emerged from Matter, offers a radical new approach to the riddle of consciousness. In other work, he helped devise the concept of the autocell as a way to answer the age-old question of how the realm of living creatures emerged out of the realm of physical forces and things. Most recently, Deacon was among those interviewed in the award winning documentary The Anatomy of Hate: A Dialogue for Hope, in which he explained the cognitive processes involved in acquiring the ability to hate. *(preregister at http://humanities.sas.upenn.edu/registration.shtml)

It’s First Friday! Join us on the Do-It-Yourself Art Hunt (see first entry on the Opportunities section). Don’t wanna? Here’s some other openings:
O. Henrietta at the Hex Factory – Opening reception 5 – 9:30 pm, 2080 East Cumberland St FREE!
Show curated by Jakob Brunner. Meet the artist, plus live music by MFM- Musik Fließende, Momente (featuring Dr. K. Malcolm Richards, Rick Henderson, George Draguns, Lemuel Pidlaoan & David Stanley Aponte) and Euro Electro spun by DJ Wheatboy. This show will consist of O. Henrietta’s most recent body of work, the drawing/painting series Playa VS Puma. These works will be on display in the back gallery at The Hex Factory.
Five by Eight: New Art From at the Clay Studio – reception 5 -9 pm, 139 N. 2nd S FREE!
Five by Eight is an exhibition of 40 works by eight contemporary potters from Japan, coordinated by Makiko Maki, a Curator and Gallery Owner from Tokyo, Japan. The artists included in this exhibition represent an overview of the contemporary art world in Japan, with some of the makers working within the confines of tradition, while others are pushing those boundaries, with the remaining artists in the group abandoning it all together. The trend within the Contemporary Japanese ceramic scene has been on sculptural works, making the choice to focus on the vessel one born out of a commitment to the importance of handmade wares in daily life.

Sonya Clark, Solo Exhibition at Snyderman-Works – reception 5:30 – 9 pm, 303 Cherry St FREE!
Sonya Clark uses materials from black culture as symbolic elements in her work. Featured will be “Madam C.J. Walker” a remarkable 10′ x 7′ portrait of a historically important 19th century black cosmetologist and entrepreneur, constructed entirely of hair combs – first exhibited at the inaugural exhibition of the Museum of Art & Design in New York, and currently on view at the Milwaukee Museum of Art.

Projects Gallery: Abstraction – Opening reception Friday, October 7, 6 – 9 pm, 629 N. 2nd St. FREE!
Projects Gallery is pleased to present Abstraction, the first in a series of exhibitions exploring a variety of artistic genres utilizing the talent of contemporary artists (including Tyler Art History Grad Student Sophie Sanders). Beginning with the first completely abstract painting made by Wassily Kandinsky in 1910, artists have used abstraction to create forms that have no reference to figurative reality. In its wider definition, abstraction describes art that depicts real forms in a simplified or reduced way that keeps only an allusion of the original subject matter. Even into the 21st century, abstraction continues to invigorate and liberate many artists to think beyond the limits of conventional forms and media. Whether working with geometric shapes, pure color fields, symbols or expressionistic gesture, abstractionists try to convey a feeling or a sense of the known and unknown. According to Rudolph Arnheim in Visual Thing, “Abstract art uses a visual language of form, color and line to create a composition which may exist with a degree of independence from visual references in the world.”

Art After 5: AMLA Quintet – Friday, October 7, 5 – 8:45 pm, Philadelphia Museum of Art FREE!*
In January 2010, Artistas y Músicos Latino Americanos (AMLA) created a Latin jazz quintet under the direction of Cuban master percussionist Juan “Cuco” Castellanos. The group’s performances blend traditional and contemporary Latin jazz, inspiring everyone within earshot to get off their seats and dance. *The PMA is free to Tyler students with a Tyler Admission Card and your Owlcard. Download your copy of the Tyler Admission Card from the Links section of the Tyler Student Life Blog at http://tylerstudentlife.wordpress.com/

A Rembrandt Bundle: Music and Culture of Rembrandt’s Time – Saturday, October 8, 2011, Starts at 1:30, 2:15, and 3:00 pm, Second floor galleries, Philadelphia Museum of Art FREE!*
Enjoy music in the galleries with a performance by students from the Curtis Institute of Music. Immediately after each set, join us for a conversation about a work of art in the Dutch galleries. Concerts begin at 1:30, 2:15 and 3:00 p.m., with conversation immediately following. *see above note!

Woof, Wag n’ Walk – October 8, 2011, West Laurel Hill Cemetary, 215 Belmont Avenue, Bala Cynwyd FREE!
People and pooches alike are invited to enjoy a free guided tour of West Laurel Hill Cemetery’s magnificent grounds. Visit the burial places of well-known residents and see some of the Cemetery’s most unique and treasured monuments. If you haven’t yet visited West Laurel Hill Cemetery this is the perfect opportunity to learn a bit about their history, get some exercise and support two worthy organizations all while giving Fido a chance to frolic in the fresh fall air! (Say that ten times fast!) Donations support Main Line Animal Rescue and Montgomery County SPCA. After the walk you’ll have the chance to win pooch prizes and take home a doggy goody bag courtesy of Braxton’s Animal Works. Walk departs from the Conservatory on the grounds of the Cemetery.

A Sephardic Journey: From Amsterdam to Philadelphia (and Places In Between) – Sunday, Oct. 9, 2:00 pm, National Museum of Jewish History, 101 S Independence Mall East FREE! w/student ID
Rembrandt’s Jewish neighbors in Amsterdam would largely have been Sephardic families (from Spain and Portugal) who settled in the region seeking religious tolerance. In this lecture, William Pencak, professor of American History at Pennsylvania State University, looks at the history of the Sephardic Diaspora as it crossed Europe to Amsterdam in the sixteenth century and then to the Americas. It also spotlights Philadelphia’s Mikveh Israel, a Sephardic Jewish congregation founded in 1740. Call (215) 923-3811 for ticket info for free student tickets.

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Lectures & Artist Talks

Trends in Photography Lecture Series: Valerio Spada – Monday, September 26, 1 pm, Room B04
Valerio Spada‘s self-published photo book Gomorrah Girl was awarded the top prize of $25,000 in Blurb’s Photography Book Now Competition. “Gomorrah Girl shows the problems of becoming a woman in a dangerous, crime-ridden area,” says Spada, who studied in Milan and has worked as a fashion photographer. “At age 9 they make themselves up as TV personalities and dream of becoming one of them. At age 13 or 14 they often become mothers, skipping the adolescence which is lived fully everywhere else in Italy.”

Dr Bronwen Wilson: Social Networking: The Album Amicorum and Early Modern Public Making – Wednesday, September 28, 5:00 6:00 pm, Anderson Hall Room 007
Small and portable, the album amicorum are artifacts of social networking on an international scale in the pre-industrial world. It was a book in which early modern Europeans, particularly students, collected names of their friends, professors, and notables whom they met on their travels. The function of these understudied objects—from serving as introductions to remembrances of friends and events—condensed the traveler’s experiences and associations, providing intriguing evidence of ways in which social worlds were assembled by material forms. Dr Bronwen Wilson is recognized as an authority on visual culture and making publics, having been one of the project directors of the international SSHRC-funded multi-year Making Publics: Media, Markets, and Association in Early Modern Europe collaborative research initiative. This event is free and open to the public. Lecture sponsored by the Department of Art History in Tyler School of Art, Faculty Senate Lectures and Forums Committee, and the University General Activities Fund (GAF).

Critical Dialogues: please note that the Borys Groys lecture originally scheduled for this week has been postponed to a future date to be announced. Instead, this week:
Wangechi Mutu – Wednesday, September 28, 6 pm, Tyler B04
Artist Wangechi Mutu will discuss her work. Born in 1972 in Nairobi, Kenya, Wangechi Mutu is an artist who lives and works in Brooklyn, New York. Originally from the Kenyan Kikuyu tribe, she was educated in Nairobi at Loreto Convent Msongari (1978-1989) and later studied at the United World College of the Atlantic, Wales (I.B., 1991). Mutu moved to New York in the 1990s, focusing on Fine Arts and Anthropology at the New School for Social Research and Parsons School of Art and Design. She earned a BFA from the Cooper Union for the Advancement of the Arts and Science in 1996, and then received an MFA from Yale University (2000). Mutu’s work has been exhibited at galleries and museums worldwide including the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, the Miami Art Museum, Tate Modern in London, the Studio Museum in Harlem in New York, Museum Kunst Palast in Düsseldorf, Germany, and the Centre Pompidou in Paris. Her first solo exhibition at a major North American museum opened at the Art Gallery of Ontario in March 2010. She participated in the 2008 Prospect 1 Biennial in New Orleans and the 2004 Gwangju Biennale in South Korea. Her work has been featured in major exhibitions including Greater New York at the P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center and The Museum of Modern Art in New York, Black President: The Art and Legacy of Fela Anikulapo-Kuti at the New Museum of Contemporary Art in New York and the Barbican Centre in London, and USA Today at The Royal Academy in London. On February 23, 2010, Wangechi Mutu was honored by Deutsche Bank as their first Artist of the Year. The prize included a solo exhibition at the Deutsche Guggenheim in Berlin. Titled My Dirty Little Heaven, the show traveled in June 2010 to Wiels Center for Contemporary Art in Brussels, Belgium. She is represented by Barbara Gladstone in New York, Susanne Vielmetter Los Angeles Projects in Los Angeles and Victoria Miro Gallery in London.

John Campbell: From Barbershop to BlackPlanet: Examining the Necessity of Online Hush Harbors – Thursday, September 29, 12:30–1:50 pm, CHAT Lounge, 10th Floor, Gladfelter Hall
Given the uproar created in 2008 when the mainstream media broadcast segments of Reverend Jeremiah Wright’s sermons, the necessity of online sites dedicated to a shared marginalized racial identity seems apparent. This study examines such a site—the largest commercial site dedicated to the African American community, BlackPlanet.com—and argues for its continued importance as an online hush harbor. Historically, hush harbors were places where black folks could negotiate their identity and affirm their community outside the purview of whites. These locations of emancipatory politics were traditionally associated with physical spaces such as barbershops. This study suggests BlackPlanet.com fulfills the discursive functions of a hush harbor.

WRTI’s Legendary Bob Perkins: A Conversation on Jazz – Thursday, September 29, 2 pm, Paley Library Lecture Hall

“This is BP with the GM!” That’s legendary broadcaster Bob Perkins (BP), bringing you conversation on the status of the Great Music (GM) that is called jazz straight from Paley Library.

Exhibitions

Temple Gallery - Wednesday – Saturday, 11 am – 6 pm.
cofFREE Mondays, free coffee every Monday 7:45 – 9:45 am
Mary Temple‘s new installation responding to the architectural color palette of Tyler was installed last week. Stop into the gallery any time to see the final piece. It will remain in the space until February 25, 2012.
Temple’s work is exhibited within the context of other works in the gallery that are quietly noticeable. Other artists incorporated into this project include Jennifer Danos, Tyler Held, Susan Collis, and Richard Rigg.

Stella Elkins Tyler Gallery and Student Lounge Gallery: Festa di Roma
Including The Project Room; work by the Temple Rome Program 2010-11 graduate students: Bernardo da Bicci, Jean-Jacques du Plessis, Kristen Mills (MFA candidates in Painting) and José A. Ortiz Pagán (MFA in Printmaking, 2011)
Reception Wednesday, September 21, 4 – 6 pm: as part of the Festa di Roma exhibition events, presentations on the Study Abroad program in Rome will be given by Odili Donald Odita and Dan Dallman, both faculty members at the Tyler School of Art / Temple Rome Program, and Sara Sequin, a representative from Education Abroad and Overseas Campuses.
Gallery is open Wednesday – Saturday 11 am – 6 pm

See what’s happening this week at Temple Rome! Visit the Temple Rome blog at artturome.blogspot.com.

Opportunities

Create some snazzy public art with Hillel: On October 12, the Jewish community is building a sukkah (a shelter) by the Bell Tower to celebrate the holiday Sukkot. The structure will be up until October 19. Hillel is calling for art students and architecture students with a passion for public art to help us design and decorate the sukkah in order to open the holiday up to the whole Temple community like never before. You do not have to be Jewish—only interested in creating art! Please contact Abe Roisman if you are interested at aroisman@phillyhillel.org. Also, check out some extravagant sukkot by clicking here.

Undergraduate Art History Guild: Interested in discussing past and current art issues? Want to build a community with other art and art history students? Hoping to improve the atmosphere of the art history department? Then come down to the art history lounge (through the double doors of the back basement, first door on the left), and join the Guild! Meetings are every Monday, 5:15pm, in the art history lounge. For more info, contact Sara at sara.gummo@temple.edu, or Grace at grace.bonds@temple.edu.

Want to play in a band? Boyer College introduces the Temple University Night Owls Campus Community Band. Directed by Deborah Sheldon and assisted by Emily Threinen, the Night Owls Campus/Community Band is a large concert wind band that comprises community members from the Greater Philadelphia area with Temple University students. The ensemble performs one concert at the end of each semester and meets one evening per week, totaling two hours of rehearsal. Repertory performed includes standard wind literature and crowd-pleasing favorites. Membership in the Night Owl Campus/Community Band requires no audition and members may elect to participate for academic credit or Continuing Education credit. To register for TUNO – Click Here.

Tyler Czajkowski, Temple student, former Disney intern and Disney College Program Rep, invites you to learn about the Disney College Program at a presentations on Monday, September 26 or Tuesday September 27 at 5:30 pm in the Kiva Auditorium at Ritter Annex. He writes: I personally highly recommend this program because I got so much experience and had so much fun. It was definitely a highlight of my life!

Career Week starts September 29! Senior Kick-off Event, Thursday September 29, 12:00-2:00 p.m., Student Center Atrium. Seniors – drop by to pick up your Senior Success Portfolio. Connect with Employer Partners. Learn about career resources for senior year. Then attend Resumania, Friday September 30, 10:00-3:00 p.m., Career Center 220 Mitten Hall. All students – receive immediate feedback from our Employer Partners on your resume. Stop by between classes for a 15-minute session to make your resume “pop”.

2011 Call for McNair Scholars Program - The McNair Scholars Program is a two year preparatory program for students interested in pursuing a PhD. Accepted students will conduct a research project in their field with the guidance of a faculty mentor, complete a teaching fellowship in their discipline, participate in summer programs on qualitative and quantitative research methods, GRE preparation, and graduate school application preparation, and travel to McNair and disciplinary specific research conferences nationally to present their research. There are stipends and housing subsidies for the summer programs. Applicants should be in the first semester of their sophomore year and must have demonstrated academic ability and an interest in pursuing a career in research and teaching in higher education. The McNair Scholars Program is particularly mandated to serve students who are low income, first generation academics in their families, and/or from populations under-represented in graduate studies in their field. Interested students are invited to attend one of the informational sessions next week on Monday 10/2: 10:00-11:00, 12:00-1:00, or 2:00-3:00 or Tuesday, 10/4: 9:30-10:30, 11:00-12:00, 1:00-2:00, or 4:00-5:00. The 2011 application deadline is October 31, 2011. Please see http://www.temple.edu/rcc/site/mcnair/mcnair_main.html for details. For more information, contact Dana Dawson at dgdawson@temple.edu or 215 204 8023.

Interested in paid summer internships? Want a guaranteed job when you graduate? Join the ProRanger Philadelphia program – A partnership between Temple University and the National Park Service Program is open to all majors. Bilingual students are especially encouraged to apply. Complete this program as part of your current degree. Come to the information session to learn more: October 25, 2011 5:00 – 6:30 PM Career Center – Mitten Hall. Application deadline is November 3rd. Visit bit.ly/proranger or email proranger@temple.edu for more information.

Scholarship opportunity, deadline October 28: in 2008, the Sapphire Fund created a scholarship in honor of local activist and business owner Tony Sparacino. The $1,000 annual award is given to a lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender or queer (LGBTQ) student — or a student supportive of the LGBTQ community — who is majoring in the arts at a Philadelphia college or university and who has a history of community service. Sparacino was deeply involved with Philadelphia’s LGBTQ, arts and business communities. A founding member of the Sapphire Fund, he helped to shape its mission of raising funds to address health and social issues within Philadelphia’s LGBTQ, and more broadly, its HIV/AIDS communities. His passion and hard work helped raise hundreds of thousands of dollars. The application process for this year’s scholarship is now open. Applications will be accepted until October 28, 2011. To get an application, students should visit the Sapphire Fund’s Web site at www.sapphirefund.org.

Part Time Job Making MechaniCards® – Do you enjoy putting models with lots of little pieces, together? Here is a good opportunity for you to make some money, for the holidays. We have part‐time openings for people who can do paperboard assembly, and some light machine work, in a production studio environment. Art students with demonstrated 3D skills, preferred. For more info, contact blit@bradlitwin.com. No Phone Calls, Please.

Short-term paid gig: A local company producing a coloring book on an environmental theme is looking for an art student (or students) to assist with finalizing the artwork for the book. Students would be able to work on their own timeframe, and the book needs to go to press in February, so this is a temporary position. Interested? Contact James Harrison at 609-290-9905 or protemp99@hotmail.com.

The Editions|Artists’ Book Fair is looking for interns to work as Front Desk Assistants during the run of Fair. People are needed Nov 2-6 at various times, esp. Thurs 5-9 PM Opening Night Party, Fri 10-7, Sat 11-7 & Sun 11-4 for Public Hours. Interns are responsible for staffing the front desk, greeting visitors, coat check, and general info. Interested parties may forward their resume and availability to: info@iceditions.com. For more information visit www.eabfair.com

Call for participants – Sabrina’s Cafe is hosting a monthly (the first Monday of every month) Chalkboard Showdown in the first dinning room at Sabrina’s Cafe at 910 Christian on the two chalkboards. The competition will feature the winning artist from the month before and a challenger. They’ll both compete against one another in creating their best work, judged by the people for a cash prize. Students will be given a theme to work around 1 week prior to participating in the competition. The competition starts at 3pm on Monday and would run to 6pm. Interested in participating? Contact John Brumbaugh (johnmbrumbaugh@gmail.com) or www.facebook.com/SabrinasCafe or tweet @SabrinasPhilly

Call for entries, deadline, September 28: ArtList.com Artist of the Month for October. The selected artist will be showcased as the October 2011 Featured Artist on TheArtList.com website which offers a great opportunity for exposure from galleries, exhibition directors, collectors, and even other artists! Free. To enter to go: http://www.facebook.com/TheArtList?sk=app_95936962634. You can submit up to two images of your work. You can even include a link to your website or online portfolio. It’s that easy!

The Papermill Community of Artists currently has a small theatre, a gallery and affordable artist studios starting at $100 per month. Their goal is to create a place where artists can practice their mediums, converse with other artists as well as dedicate a few hours per month teaching the children in the local community their medium. They are located very close to Kensington and Lehigh Aves (a bus or bike ride from Tyler) Please visit our facebook group for pictures and more details www.facebook.com/groups/125291004153353/

Deadlines

Did you have a FERPA waiver set up in OwlNet? When we moved to Banner this summer, existing FERPA waivers did not roll forward, so students (particularly sophomores, juniors and seniors) will now need to activate them in Banner. It’s easy to do–just visit http://www.temple.edu/studentaffairs/deanofstudents/parent_resources/ferpa.html for more information and instructions.

Out & About

MIKROKOLEKTYW: Artur Majewski, trumpet + electronics; and Kuba Suchar, drums + electronics – Tuesday, September 27, 8pm, The Rotunda, 4014 Walnut Street FREE!
Mikrokolektyw’s debut for Delmark Recordings, Revisit (2010), starts with two reverb-sprinkled trumpet phrases conversing above a constellation of glistening electronic warbles, pings, and splatters. The discussion is initially vibrant but placid, though the stride of the exchange ever-so-gradually accelerates, ultimately mutating into a tight, dynamic polyrhythmic groove. Kuba Suchar and Artur Majewski have been creating music together for over a decade, and it shows. The two Polish composers and improvisers first partnered in the late-1990s with Robotobibok, a quintet that released three albums on their own Vytvornia OM imprint between 2000 and 2004. They’ve also collaborated with Austrian guitarist-electronicist Fennesz, Rob Mazurek’s Exploding Star Orchestra, and Norwegian trumpeter Nils Petter Molvær. In 2004, they formed Mikrokolektyw as an improvising duo aiming to explore fresh territories between and beyond jazz and electronic musics. With hints of Don Cherry, Miles Davis, Max Roach, Tortoise, and ECM’s glacial breeze, Suchar and Majewski’s sonic architecture is supported by pondering spaces, propulsive beats, digital elation and glitch, and ebullient, perpetually expanding melodies. Tonight they will play Philadelphia for the first time.

PAFA Art at Lunch: Advertising Beauty and the Modern American Woman – Wednesday, September 28, noon-1 pm, PAFA, Historic Landmark Building, 118 N. Broad Street FREE!
New ideals of feminine beauty emerged in American culture in the early 20th century, fostered by new consumer businesses and by women who self-consciously embraced the “modern.” Kathy Peiss, author of Hope in Jar: The Making of America’s Beauty Culture explores these images as they were pictured and publicized in cosmetics advertising, revealing tensions over artifice and the “natural,” women’s identity and appearance, and tradition versus modernity. Did you know? Tyler has a group membership to PAFA’s galleries. Admission is always free for students with an OWL Card!

Double Book Talk – “Philadelphia’s Lost Waterfront” & “Philadelphia and the Civil War” – Wednesday, September 28, 6 – 7:30 pmJoin authors Harry Kyriakodis and Andy Waskie, PhD, as they discuss their recent History Press releases. Kyriakodis’ “Philadelphia’s Lost Waterfront” covers the story of the streets by the Delaware river’s edge, as well as many of interesting personalities who lived and worked in this waterfront corridor. It is ultimately a study of the conflict of land use – residential vs. commercial vs. recreational vs. transportation – along the Delaware River over time. Waskie’s “Philadelphia and the Civil War” includes details on manufacturing, transportation, recruiting, training camps, military units, hospitals, Lincoln in Philadelphia, civic benevolence for the volunteers, prominent commanders and civilians, among others. The book takes a detailed look at the political and social side of Philadelphia during the war and a synopsis of military units from the city.

Jacob Pastrovich: I Still Don’t Know Which Way to Go - Closing reception Wed., Sept. 28, 6:30-8:30 p.m., free, through Sept. 30, Gravy Studio, 2212 Sepviva St FREE!
When Philadelphia photographer Jacob Pastrovich visited Eastern Europe in 2008, he captured a society out of place. It had been more than a decade since the republics of the former Soviet Union had broken up, and his pictures — exhibiting at Fishtown’s Gravy Studio through the end of the month — show a region still mired in transition. This wasn’t his intent. Even though his work hangs alongside ephemera from his time abroad — a Russian camera, T-shirts in Cyrillic, an LP by Bosnian singer Nada Obri, a Rubik’s Cube (a game invented by a Hungarian) — Pastrovich regards the exhibit not as a travel essay, but a highly personal work, an introverted reflection of solitude and isolation. Perhaps, while gathering images for “I Still Don’t Know Which Way to Go,” he saw himself reflected in these stunted surroundings because he, too, was in transition.

Istvan Banyai and Tibor Kárpáti – Thursday, September 29, 6:30 pm, Hungarian Cultural Center , 5th floor, 447 Broadway, New York FREE!
Istvan Banyai, the author of Zoom and up-and-coming graphic artist Tibor Karpati will present previously unexhibited works at the Hungarian Cultural Center. Reception with Opening remarks by H.E. Ambassador Károly Dán Consul General of the Republic of Hungary.

Raymond Bellour & Christa Blumlinger: Film as object of study and as archive – Thursday, September 29, 2011; 6:30-8:00 pm, Slought Foundation, 4017 Walnut St . FREE!
Bellour will speak for 30 minutes on “Forty years of stopped images”, followed by Blumlinger on “Archival Gestures,” with a moderated conversation to follow. This program has been organized by Nora Alter, Professor of Film and Media Arts at Temple University.

Temple University Symphony Orchestra – Friday, September 30 at 7:30pm, Temple Performing Arts Center FREE!
Luis Biava, conductor, playing REVUELTAS Sensemayá, PROKOFIEV Love for Three Oranges, Op. 33bis, and BRAHMS Symphony No. 2 in D Major, Op. 73

City of Philadelphia to Host Free Financial Planning Day – Saturday, October 1 10:30 to 3:30, Ben Franklin High School, 550 North Broad St. FREE!
In today’s uncertain economy, planning for you financial future is more important than ever. If you have financial questions or concerns, or would like to learn how to better manage your personal finances, the City of Philadelphia invites you to Philadelphia Financial Planning Day, where you’ll have an opportunity to receive FREE, personalized, confidential answers from professional financial planners. At the event, experts from the Financial Planning Association and highly qualified Certified Financial Planner™ professionals will be stationed at tables and will meet with you one-on-one to offer free personalized advice on a variety of financial topics, including – getting out of debt, retirement planning, investment strategies, tax issues, insurance, and estate planning, among many others. There are no strings attached! All financial planners are participating as volunteers and they will not be selling products or services, or giving out business cards. Come as you are, or come prepared with any paperwork related to your personal finance questions. And, you can consult with as many different financial planners as you need. The event will also feature a series of free classroom-style workshop presentations addressing key financial planning topics, including: Planning & Investing for Retirement, Managing Debt & Credit, College Funding & Financial Aid and Social Security Planning. Walk-ins are welcome, but admission will be granted first to those who have registered online at www.FinancialPlanningDays.org/Philadelphia or by calling toll free at 877-861-7826. A large crowd is expected, so we encourage you to register early.

PAFA Invites you to the Party on the Plaza Celebrating the new Lenfest Plaza – Saturday, October 1, Lenfest Plaza, Broad @ Cherry St FREE!
Family Arts Festival, noon- 5 pm: The afternoon Family Arts Festival will include free art activities and other kid-friendly entertainment from noon until 5 p.m. PAFA will offer complimentary admission to the Historic Landmark Building and free museum tours; the museum’s doors will remain open until 5 p.m. Entertainment and a variety of food vendors will be on-site throughout the day.
The Enlightenment, 6:30 pm: As evening descends, visitors are invited to witness the lighting of Claes Oldenburg’s Paint Torch, a 51-foot paintbrush marking the start of Philadelphia’s Museum Mile, and the unveiling of PAFA alumnus Jordan Griska’s sculpture, Grumman Greenhouse. This is a free once in a lifetime event!

Here and Now: Prints, Drawings, and Photographs by Ten Philadelphia Artists - through December 4, Philadelphia Museum of Art FREE!*
The works featured in this exhibition are a lively, arresting, and timely celebration of ten Philadelphia artists, ranging in age from 25 to 50, who are currently making art on paper. The ten artists on view are Astrid Bowlby, Steven and Billy Blaise Dufala (who operate in collaboration), Vincent Feldman, Daniel Heyman, Isaac Tin Wei Lin, Virgil Marti, Joshua Mosley, Serena Perrone, Hannah Price, and Mia Rosenthal. Some of them are also known for their work in other mediums, such as installation, video, sculpture, and painting. Collectively, they represent an important facet of the remarkable work being produced in Philadelphia today. *The PMA is free to Tyler students with a Tyler Admission Card and your Owlcard. Download your copy of the Tyler Admission Card from the Links section of the Tyler Student Life Blog at http://tylerstudentlife.wordpress.com/

For Monday, September 19, 2011

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Lectures & Artist Talks

Art History Practice Talk: Monica Hahn, “Images of Novelties: The Adorned Body in John Webber’s A Man of the Sandwich Islands, Dancing” – Monday, September 19, 2:00 pm, B082
Monica will present a practice talk for her paper, which she will deliver for ”Globe Trotting Visions: Picturing the Voyages of the Mind and Body” at the R.W. Norton Gallery in Shreveport, LA on September 23-24.

Critical Dialogues: James Voorhies: THE FUTURE IS NOW (brief notes on the instrumentalization of art) – Wednesday September 21, 6 pm, Room B04
In 1972 the Swiss curator Harald Szeemann made the exhibition Questioning Reality—Image Worlds Today for Documenta 5 in Kassel, Germany. It was a groundbreaking exhibition that elevated the role of the curator to a vital, creative producer and by extension lent more agency to the art institution. It was a pivotal moment when the curator acquired a greater level of input in the way artists produce work and how it is installed, rearticulating the form of the public exhibition. THE FUTURE IS NOW traces an evolution of the instrumentalization of art by way of the exhibition medium – from Szeemann’s Documenta 5, Martha Rosler’s If you lived here and sculpture project Münster to Manifesta, Bilbao and the Frieze Art Fair. These ideas are examined within the context of Bureau for Open Culture, an institution practice by James Voorhies.
James Voorhies is a curator, an art historian, and the director of Bureau for Open Culture. BOC operates through exhibitions, screenings, performances, and informal discussions that happen in and outside of the gallery space. Working with a variety of collaborators, Voorhies has sought to question the role of institutions in the dissemination of various art practices. He has produced numerous exhibitions of international contemporary art and has taught at the San Francisco Art Institute and Parsons The New School for Design. He has served as Director of Exhibitions at Columbus College of Art & Design and as the Deputy Director at the Wattis Institute for Contemporary Arts. He has also worked in curatorial departments at the Brooklyn Museum and the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Voorhies has written essays for several exhibition catalogues, edited publications, and made academic contributions to the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s online education resource, Timeline of Art History. He is currently a visiting faculty member at Bennington College in Vermont.

FEAST OF FORAGE: Urban Plant Foraging in North Philly with Nance Klehm and Brooke Sietinsons – Wednesday, September 21, 6-8:30 pm, Temple Gallery
We’ll begin with a foraging for key ingredients in the wild urban vegetation growing in North Philadelphia led by the horticultural consultant Nance Klehm. Foraged local edibles are the staples in this potluck meal prepared by Klehm and artist Brooke Sietinsons. Plants from this forage will be used in Sietinsons’ newly designed kaleidoscopic projection illuminating the meal. Bring a dish to share and enjoy a potluck meal!

Exhibitions

Temple Gallery - Wednesday – Saturday, 11 am – 6 pm.
cofFREE MONDAYS – your most important meal of the week!
Join us in the gallery every Monday morning from 7:45 – 9:45 for a FREE well-brewed cup of joe, Learn about the current week’s programs and events and partake of guest lecturers and seasonal breakfast bites that will occasionally accompany the gallery’s Monday morning ritual.

Stella Elkins Tyler Gallery: Artist as Educators: Masters of Education Student Work  September 14 – 24. Reception Monday, September 19, 6:30 pm Gallery is open Wednesday – Saturday 11 am – 6 pm

Student Lounge Gallery: light ● sleep ● post ● drink
September 14-24. Gallery is always open.

Mudslingers Ceramics Sale: Tuesday, September 20, 10 am to 4 pm in the Tyler Atrium

See what’s happening this week at Temple Rome! Visit the Temple Rome blog at artturome.blogspot.com.

Opportunities

Do you have something you want to discuss with Tyler’s Dean Stroker? He’ll be holding an open office hour on Tuesday September 20 at 11 am and Friday September 23 at 10 am. No appointment needed, just go to his office in the Administrative Suite on the 2nd floor of Tyler!

The Undergraduate Art History Guild has its first meeting of the semester this Monday, September 19th at 5:15pm in the Art History Lounge, found in the art history basement. Majors and non-majors are welcome. Snacks and drinks provided! Email Grace at grace.bonds@temple.edu for more information if needed.

Want to install work in the green hallway or outdoors, or someplace that’s not a crit room or gallery? Did you know you need permission and to fill out a form to do that? You will need to consult with the Assistant Dean’s office to make certain that the desired area is available and appropriate. If you want to exhibit your work on the Temple campus outside of the Tyler building/immediate area, The Offices of Facilities Management and Planning and Design must first review installations elsewhere on campus in order to determine as to whether the selected site is appropriate for the installation. The guidelines and approval form are available for download from the Links section of the Tyler Student Life blog, or you can download the guidelines and the approval form here: http://tylerstudentlife.files.wordpress.com/2011/09/2011_non-studio-gallery-control-form.pdf

2011 Call for McNair Scholars Program Applicants: The McNair Scholars Program is a two year preparatory program for students interested in pursuing a PhD. Accepted students will conduct a research project in their field with the guidance of a faculty mentor, complete a teaching fellowship in their discipline, participate in summer programs on qualitative and quantitative research methods, GRE preparation, and graduate school application preparation, and travel to McNair and disciplinary specific research conferences nationally to present their research. There are stipends and housing subsidies for the summer programs. Applicants should be in the first semester of their sophomore year and must have demonstrated academic ability and an interest in pursuing a career in research and teaching in higher education. The McNair Scholars Program is particularly mandated to serve students who are low income, first generation academics in their families, and/or from populations under-represented in graduate studies in their field. Interested students are invited to attend one of the informational sessions listed below. The 2011 application deadline is October 31, 2011. Please see the attached application for details or go to http://www.temple.edu/rcc/site/mcnair/mcnair_main.html. For more information, contact Dana Dawson at dgdawson@temple.edu or 215 204 8023.

James Oliver Gallery is looking for an (unpaid) intern: Established Philadelphia contemporary art gallery seeks one intern to manage the gallery’s website for single semester or yearlong commitment. The gallery is looking for someone to update photographs of artwork, information on past/present/future shows, gallery information and especially to make website easier to edit by non-web designers. Hours can be flexible, and student should have experience designing websites and working independently. While this position is unpaid, a credit-based internship is possible for college students. Interested applicants please submit a resume and cover letter to James Oliver at jamesolivergallery@gmail.com.

Call for entries, deadline October 14: CRED Magazine invites greater Philadelphia Area residents ages 25 and under should submit artwork, creative essays, poetry, photography etc. to The Portfolio section of the magazine. Feel free to submit on someone’s behalf with permission to do so. Submissions will be reviewed in an open youth voting session (date TBD.) Published artists and writers receive a $$ stipend and their work will be published for 30,000 people to see. What if I created the work last year? There are no limitations regarding time. If you made it last semester, freshmen semester or when you were 10 it still qualifies. Deadline is 10/14/11. Get your work in early! + Download Forms / Submit Now CRED’S Mission is to support local artists, designers, journalists, activists and entrepreneurs by providing them with opportunities to contribute and curate published content as well as advertise their businesses and services.

Bucks County Illustrators Society Holds “Licensing Your Artwork” Seminar – Tuesday, October 11, 7 pm Deadline to register, Oct 7.
The Bucks County Illustrators Society will host “Licensing Your Artwork” with Megan Halsey, Jeremy Jeffries and Monika Hinterwaldner on Tuesday October 11 at 7:00 PM in Paxson Hall at St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, 84 E. Oakland Avenue, Doylestown, PA 18901. Megan Halsey has illustrated 44 books and is the designer of the “Farm Fresh Style” line of giftware with Demdaco, and is Professor of Illustration at Moore College of Art. Jeremy Jeffries is Vice-President of Sales at Print Concepts Fabrics in New York City, which produces fabrics for quilting that are distributed internationally. Monika Hinterwaldner is a Bucks County illustrator who creates and markets her own line of greeting cards and textile collections. The seminar is open to the public and admission is $10, and $5 for students with ID. BCIS asks those interested to register for this event by October 7. Registration and further information is on the BCIS website, www.buckscountyillustrators.webs.com

Deadlines

None this week!

Out & About

Designing the fair of the Future: the 2010 Ed Bacon Student Design Competition Winners – 1218 Arch Street, Monday – Saturday: 10 am – 6 pm, Sundays: 12 – 5 pm FREE!
In 2010, the Ed Bacon Committee challenged university-level students to imagine a world’s fair in Philadelphia in the year 2026. During that celebratory year, the city and our nation will be celebrating the 250th anniversary of our country. As Ed Bacon used the 1976 bicentennial as an opportunity to invest in infrastructure both for the fair and for the future of Philadelphia, the students were asked to consider how the creation of a modern world’s fair could be used to help improve the southern edge of the city, currently filled with stadiums, parking lots, oil refineries, highways, and a few isolated residential areas. Come explore the winning entries and help us imagine the Philadelphia of the future! Extended through September 28, 2011

PAFA Art at Lunch: Katherine Bradford: 2011 Guggenheim Fellow – Wednesday, September 21, noon-1 pm, PAFA, Historic Landmark Building, 118 N. Broad Street FREE!
PAFA faculty member and recent Guggenhiem winner Katherine Bradford talks about her practice, from her beginnings in the 70s, living and working in Maine, to her most recent work with images of superheroes. Bradford will show slides of her paintings and discuss what inspires her and how she proceeds from one body of work to another. Did you know? Tyler has a group membership to PAFA’s galleries. Admission is always free for students with an OWL Card!

ICA Whenever Wednesday: Free For All: an expansive evening of art and music – Wednesday, September 21, 6:30 pm, ICA, 118 S 36th Street FREE!
Get a snapshot view of art today from ICA Senior Curator Ingrid Schaffner’s annual lecture “What Is Contemporary?” Stay for a screen printing workshop with PennDesign MFA students and customize a free ICA tote. Music by Purling Hiss and savory snacks!

215/610: A Juried Drawing Exhibition of Regional Emerging Artists – Opening Reception: Wednesday, September 21, 5 – 8 pm, Delaware County Community College, 901 S Media Line Rd, Media, PA FREE!
The Gallery at Delaware County Community College presents 215/610 : A Juried Drawing Exhibition of Regional Emerging Artists, set to open in September 2011 and juried by Kate Kraczon, Assistant Curator of the ICA in Philadelphia. The purpose of the Juried Drawing Exhibition is to engage the community in regional art and participate in an exchange of ideas and abilities. Taking the simple concept of drawing, artists can bring new life to an age-old way of creating imagery, helping to build a contemporary definition of drawing.

Blick Madness – Thursday, September 22, 9 am – 8 pm, 1330 Chestnut St FREE!
Visit the Philadelphia Dick Blick store on September 22, for Blick Madness, and see demos: Copic Marker Demo (see store for times) and Book and Paper Art with professional artist Valeria Kremser (see store for times). Not to mention a live screen printing demo with a takeaway canvas tote! Also pick up your Instant Win Game Piece! You could win a discount up to 50% off your entire purchase or a gift card valued up to $1,500. Every game piece is a guaranteed winner, so don’t miss your chance to win! Every store will also be raffling off a prize pack valued at $1000 full of products by major brands. On top of these great prizes, there will be music, art, food, and giveaways.

Phillip Adams’ Love at the Matterhorn – Opening Reception: September 24, 5-8 pm, Seraphin Gallery, 1108 Pine St. FREE!
This show has a mix of charcoal drawings and charcoal with oil or acrylic paint.

For Monday, September 12, 2011

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Lectures & Artist Talks

Critical Dialogues: P. Adams Sitney – Wednesday September 14, 6 pm, Room B04
P. Adams Sitney will discuss the aesthetic roles of sequencing, shot changes, and camera movement in establishing cinematic rhythms(and their relationship to meaning) over the history of the medium. Several short films and passages from longer films will be used as examples. P. Adams Sitney is a preeminent film theorist and historian of European and American avant-garde film. Known for his early intellectual and critical support of the New American Cinema movement, he wrote Visionary Film (Oxford University Press, 1974), widely regarded as the first major history of postwar American avant-garde filmmaking. The author of Eyes Upside Down: Visionary Filmmakers and the Heritage of Emerson (Oxford University Press, 2009), Vital Crises in Italian Cinema: Iconography, Stylistics, Politics (University of Texas Press, 1995), and Modernist Montage: The Obscurity of Vision in Cinema and Literature (Columbia University Press, 1992), he has also edited several essay collections on filmography. Sitney was an important figure in the early years of New York University’s doctoral program in Cinema Studies, which was established in 1970. He was a founder of New York’s AnthologyFilmArchives and has served as a member of its Essential Cinema film selection committee. The Critical Dialogue Series is co-sponsored by the Philosophy Department, the Architecture Department, and the Film and Media Arts Department and general activity fees.

Michael Klein, Debussy’s Reflections, Proust’s Recollections, and Deleuze’s Three Machines of Modernist Time and Memory – Thursday, September 15, 12:30-1:50 p.m., CHAT Lounge, 10th Floor, Gladfelter Hall In this talk, Dr. Klein argues that Proust’s A la recherche du temps perdu offers a model of time and memory that can enrich narrative readings of Debussy’s music. The primary work for discussion is Debussy’s Reflets dans l’eau. Throughout Proust’s Search, Marcel experiences involuntary memories involving a cognitive effort to regain an ecstatic past. Having regained the past, though, Marcel feels regret that he will not live long enough to record his impressions. Deleuze has configured this trajectory as the “three machines of the Search”: memory, eternity, and crisis. Klein traces these machines in Debussy’s music and conclude with a brief discussion of the end of temporality after modernism.

Free Movie Night: Who the *&^% is Jackson Pollack? – Thursday, September 15, 7:30 pm, Tyler Back Lawn (outside adjacent to the green hallway, near the construction site)
Teri Horton, a 73 year-old long-haul truck driver, picked up a painting in a thrift shop. When she went to sell it in a garage sale a local art teacher recognized the painting as a possible work by famed American artist Jackson Pollock. What followed pitted a blue collar worker against the highest and mightiest people in the art world and would perhaps change forever the way art is authenticated. Bring your lawn chairs/blankets. Free refreshments will be served. If it rains the movie will be in the Tyler cafe.

The Midnight in Review: Selected readings from The Nicola Midnight St.Claire – Friday, September 16 7 – 8:30 pm Temple Gallery
Please join us for a night of fun, serious fun, thinking, and complexity as the editors of The Nicola Midnight St.Claire present a selection of personal favorites from issues past and current. Come experience a multi-media program that is guaranteed to entertain and delight you, for sure. Light refreshments served. The Nicola Midnight St.Claire (www.the-st-claire.com) is an artist-run, digital forum which investigates, engages, and supplements Philadelphia’s cultural output. Released on the second Sunday of every month, she is a platform for reviews, essays, and interviews—as well as a venue for experimental modes of analysis and communication.

Exhibitions

Temple Gallery - Wednesday – Saturday, 11 am – 6 pm.
Project Shift is an evolving design-build project that has been collaboratively created through the partnership of Temple Gallery, Village Workshop (formerly FEI) and The Village of Arts and Humanities. Project Shift’s semi-permanent structure functions as a site for weekly activities, public programs and research. The project provides on-the-job construction skills training for the students of Village Workshop and exemplifies an innovative way to utilize their developing skills set. Project Shift exists as an evolving series of three structures that will be imagined, planned, constructed, dismantled, redesigned, and rebuilt in the gallery from September 2011 through February 2012. Designers of this evolving structure include Tyler architecture student Zachary Stevenson, artist Tim Belknap, and selected community partners. Village Workshop’s construction job skills trainees will build each of these architectural designs in the gallery.

Student Lounge Gallery: Site Specific Sculpture Installation (students will be creating works this week)
September 14-24. Gallery is always open.

See what’s happening this week at Temple Rome! Visit the Temple Rome blog at artturome.blogspot.com.

Opportunities

Foundations of Study Abroad – Today, Monday, September 12, 11 am – noon, Tuttleman 200
This information session is designed for students who are interested in studying abroad but don’t know where to start. This session provides the basic information needed to start planning a semester, year or summer abroad including, program options, application procedures, finances, travel essentials and more. This is study-abroad week at Temple! More sessions and other activities are going on all week. Get more information here: http://www.temple.edu/studyabroad/news/index.html

Get your All-School Woodshop Shop Card: Use of the All-School Woodshop by either graduate or undergraduate students requires that the student carry a shop card. After attending orientation, students receive a shop card, signed by the technician. Students must have their shop card and Temple Student ID with them to gain access to the All-School Woodshop. The All-School Woodshop may only be used during monitored hours and when classes are not scheduled in the shop. Classes and open shop hours will be designated on the schedule posted outside of the shop. Open hours will initially be on a limited basis until all monitors are hired to fill the designated time slots. These shop cards are good for the All-School Woodshop ONLY. To insure safe working practices within the shop, all students must attend an All-School Woodshop Orientation annually in order to attain a valid shop card. Students enrolled in the woodshop section of Foundations classes will get shop cards and orientation as part of their classes and do not need to attend the All-School Woodshop Orientation All-School Woodshop.
Orientations will take place in room B50 lower level on the following dates:
Monday, September 12th, 6:15-8:15 pm
Wednesday, September 14th, 6:15-8:15 pm

Hyphen, Temple’s Literary and Arts Magazine, is looking for staff members. If you are interested in writing, editing, visual art, or graphic design, this is the club for you. Initial meeting of the year will be Thursday, September 15, at 5:00 pm on the second floor of Tuttleman Hall.

Visually Documenting your Artwork and Career – Thursday, September 15, 5:30 pm, The Center for Emerging Visual Artists, 237 South 18th Street, Suite 3a  Set yourself and your artwork apart. Come learn the most effective and affordable techniques and equipment for documenting your artwork, exhibitions and studio ractice. Speaker: Todd Zimmerman, Pictures by Todd. Each session is $12.00. Registration is required. Individuals who have not pre-registered are not guaranteed a seat. To reserve a space or to receive more information about The Center for Emerging Visual Artists or Direct Dialogues Lecture Series, please contact Genevieve Coutroubis, by phone (215) 546 – 7775 x 11 or by email Genevieve@cfeva.org

Public Art Intern/Volunteer (Unpaid): The City of Philadelphia’s Public Art Division, which consists of the Public Art Program and Art in City Hall, periodically seeks self-motivated part-time intern/volunteer(s) to handle various duties. The Public Art Program is responsible for commissioning new works of public art throughout the city and oversees the preservation of the City’s public art collection. Art in City Hall exhibits artwork in City Hall by professional and emerging Philadelphia artists. This is an excellent opportunity to gain practical experience in the varied responsibilities of an arts program. Projects include managing databases, public art site-visits, photographic documentation, hanging exhibitions, art handling, digital photo-editing, designing brochures, research, event planning, and website management. Interns will work directly with the program directors and duties can be tailored to your specific interests. Hours are flexible, 15-20 hours per week. Please e-mail resume and cover letter to publicart@phila.gov with list of references.

Volunteers Needed in the Name of Design! DesignPhiladelphia is looking for a few great volunteers to help with its 2011 celebration running October 13 – 23. Opportunities abound. Work in the back office, help at events, build signage, distribute materials, take photos, and more. Now in its seventh year and running October 13 – 23, DesignPhiladelphia is enjoying overwhelming participation and support. We have nearly 150 events and are representing more than 450 designers. We’re brimming with new events and new ideas. The DP celebration is a chance to see what it takes to create an office tower, assemble a website, publish a newspaper, design a car, craft a lamp, mount an exhibition, stage a fashion show, conduct a workshop, and address big issues like sustainability, transportation systems, and international networks. DesignPhiladelphia places Philadelphia in the spotlight as a city rich in innovation and vibrancy – an excellent place to live, work, play and grow! Contact Volunteer@DesignPhiladelphia.org to be part of DP2011

Merion Art and Repro in Ardmore, is looking for a part-time sales assistant. Flexible hours; part time 20-35 hours; one weekend day is a must. Must have retail experience (worked on a register in the last 3 years). Starting rate between $8.00 – $9.00 per hour + 30% OFF discount on supplies. Contact Alysha, 610-896-6161 or sales@merionart.com

Call for entries, deadline, Nov 30: Dave Bown Projects 3rd Semiannual Competition Jurors: Paddy Johnson, Art Fag City, New York Richard Polsky, Author and Art Dealer, Christina Strassfield, Guild Hall Museum, New York. Prizes $10,000 USD (1 artist will receive $5,000 and 5 artists will each receive $1,000). In addition Dave Bown Projects will be buying works of art, on an ongoing basis, from select artists as submissions are received. All styles and media are eligible. The top 25 artists will each receive the most recent book by Richard Polsky  The Art Prophets: The Artists, Dealers, and Tastemakers Who Shook the Art World. Entry fee. For details, http://davebownprojects.com/submissions.html

KimmelSTIX-Your Hookup for $10 Student Tickets: KimmelSTIX is a members-only connection for $10 student tickets to select Kimmel Center and Broadway performances. Members receive periodic email notifications about $10 ticket offers. Buy tickets online with your KimmelSTIX promo code, pay NO service fees and get the best available seating! More information at http://www.kimmelcenter.org/events/kimmelstix.php

Deadlines

Are you planning to graduate at the end of this semester? CONGRATULATIONS! Now schedule a final review with your adviser to make sure everything’s in order. Email Laurie Duffy at lduffy@temple.edu for an appointment.

All Art Education majors who are not enrolled in Intership or Student Teaching need to attend a MANDATORY meeting in B086 on either Monday, Sept 12th at 12 noon or Wednesday, Sept 14th at 12 noon. Students who are unable to attend one of those meetings must email me at courtney.todd@temple.edu to make an appointment.

Out & About

Paley Library Presents Philadelphia Sound and Vision: Musical Film Excerpts from the Urban Archives – Tuesday, September 13, 7:30 pm, The Piazza at Schmidts, N 2nd & Germantown Ave, Just below Girard FREE!
Temple University Libraries, Urban Archives presents a look at hidden stories of music and sound in Philadelphia, featuring Sun Ra, David Bowie, Kenn Kweder and other musicians in the City of Brotherly Love. All footage is from the Urban Archives KYW and WPVI collections. SPECIAL SCREENING OUTDOORS AT THE PIAZZA AT SCHMIDTS!

“Tables of Contents: Ray Johnson Bob Box Archive”: A Conversation between Robert Warner and Tod Lippy, Editor, Esopus Magazine. Followed by a reception in the art gallery – Tuesday, Sept. 13, 6:30 pm, Little Theatre, Spruance Art Center Arcadia University, 450 S. Easton Road FREE!
“Tables of Contents: Ray Johnson Bob Box Archive” offers visitors rare and intimate access to the collage-based, associative processes of a legendary figure often identified as the founder of “mail art” and described by the New York Times as the city’s “most famous unknown artist”. Johnson attended Black Mountain College in the late 1940s and went on to cultivate an innovative practice that included the production of prototypical examples of Pop art, Fluxus-oriented performance, and the extensive postal-based networks of the “New York Correspondence School” before his 1995 suicide. Warner did not begin to archive the contents of the boxes until after Johnson’s death, a process that continues as a component of this exhibition. Arranged on a variety of tables sourced from the campus, the myriad of items — both gleaned by and given to Johnson, including works by fellow artists and an entire mail art exhibition from 1974 — are presented in a way that allows visitors to explore for themselves the web of references and puns connecting words, people, and objects that informed Johnson’s work as well as the production of his exquisite collages.

Newman Center Bible Study: Thinking about joining a bible study? Want to learn more about bible study? – Tuesday, September 13, 7 pm, Newman Center, 2129 N Broad St FREE!
Check out the first bible studies of the semester (Newman Center is Temple’s Catholic Student Center). Contact Alyssa at tub47526@temple.edu if you have questions.

ICA Whenever Wednesday: Opening Event – Excursus I: Reference Library  Up on My Back, and I Will Take You Thither – Wednesday, September 14, 6:30 pm, ICA, 118 S 36th Street FREE!
Join us for the launch of Excursus, a new series that invites the public to come together, converse, and peruse ICA’s archival material in the context of the present. Designer Andy Beach, known for his blog and curatorial interventions under the name Reference Library, inaugurates the series with Up on My Back, and I Will Take You Thither, a project that takes inspiration from the Centaur Book Shop, Philadelphia’s own Prohibition-era radical press, record store, and bohemian meeting place.

Christianna Fail: Alternative Recreation: A Photographic Exhibition – Opening Reception Friday September 16, 6:30-9:30 pm, The Romano/ Jaffe Studio in Crane Arts: OLD SCHOOL Studios 1417 N. 2nd St./ 3rd floor, Unit i FREE! (enter through the parking lot and take stairs to 3rd floor) Presented with help from the Leeway Foundation’s Arts and Change Grant.

FERIA del BARRIO (Neighborhood Festival) – Sunday, September 18th, 12:15 – 5:30 pm, 2700-2800 blocks of N 5th St between Lehigh and Cambria FREE! The 27th annual FERIA del BARRIO brings together national and Philadelphia-based Latino musicians and dancers for six (6) hours of live entertainment presented on its main stage. Free to the public, FERIA also provides art demonstrations, information booths, craft sales, artists and artisans, children’s games, and performances by emerging local artists that offer fun for the entire family. FERIA attendees have their choice of cuisine from various Latin American countries.

For Tuesday, September 6, 2011

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Lectures & Artist Talks

Artist Talk: Fionn Meade After Images – Wednesday September 7, 6 pm, Room B04
Fionn Meade will discuss his recent work as a curator. Metaphores of consuming images and thinking around the insufficiency of images, drives his current work. In After Images he will also explore the status of images and the relationship between belief and image.Fionn Meade is Curator at SculptureCenter, NY, where recent group exhibitions include Knight’s Move, a survey of new sculpture in New York, and Leopards in the Temple, with Lothar Baumgarten, Das Institut, Patrick Hill, João Maria Gusmão and Pedro Paiva, Lucy Skaer, and Kathrin Sonntag, among others. Recent curatorial projects also include Nachleben, co-organized with Lucy Raven at Goethe Institut, NY, which engaged Aby Warburg’s thinking and included works by Matthew Buckingham, Patricia Esquivias, William E. Jones, Harun Farocki, Rachel Harrison, John Miller, Stan VanDerBeek, James Welling, Christopher Wool, and Akram Zaatari, among others, and Entr’acte at Catherine Bastide with Tom Burr, James Coleman, David Noonan, William Pope.L, Catherine Sullivan, and Rosemarie Trockel. His writing appears in Artforum, Bomb, Bidoun, The Fillip Review, Mousse, and Parkett, among other publications, and he received a 2009 Arts Writer Grant from Creative Capital and the Andy Warhol Foundation. Recently released catalog writing includes essays on Elad Lassry for the Kunsthalle Zurich (JRP/Ringier), and Mark Morrisroe for the Fotomuseum Winterthur (JRP/Ringier). He holds an MA from the Center for Curatorial Studies, Bard College, and and MFA in Creative Writing from Columbia University.

Exhibitions

Temple Gallery - Wednesday – Saturday, 11 am – 6 pm.
See Sara MacKillop’s Desk Space. A gallery’s front desk is often indicative of that organization’s consideration for the public.For the month of September rummage through our drawers to discover newly commissioned artworks made for the front desk by British-artist Sara MacKillop. Staples meets 20th century Modernism as MacKillop re-organizes office clutter into newly commissioned artworks. Through her mastery of the mundane, MacKillop arranges stationary, pens, and post-its into observations of post-minimal form and color theory. These shrewd and defiant acts of secretarial counter-productivity, re-imagine office products as a source of cultural production. Sara MacKillop lives and works in London, England. Her work has been shown extensively over the past decade including solo exhibitions at White Columns, New York (2011); Dundee Contemporary Art, Scotland (2010); and the Saison Poetry Library with the Hayward Gallery, South Bank Centre, London (2010). www.saramackillop.co.uk

Stella Elkins Tyler Gallery and Student Lounge Gallery: Jumbalaya: work by the second year MFA candidates in the Tyler Crafts Department – Bridget Farnack, Kate Coppola, Liz Hamilton, Samantha Jones, Nick Lenker, Bethany Pelle, Daniel Petraitis, Ashley Rodriguez Reed, Emma Salamon Farina August 23 – September 10.  Gallery is open Wednesday – Saturday 10 am – 5 pm

See what’s happening this week at Temple Rome! Visit the Temple Rome blog at artturome.blogspot.com.

Opportunities

BFA Lottery – Thursday, September 8, 11 am, Exhibitions Conference Room (through Temple Gallery) If you are graduating with a BFA in December 2011 or May 2012, you are eligible to participate in the Fall BFA lottery for a space in Stella Elkins Tyler Gallery this fall (another lottery will be held in November for dates in the Spring of 2012–this lottery is just for dates in October, November and December). You must be present or send a friend you trust to get a space. If you send a friend, you must make an appointment with Kari Scott (miss.kari@temple.edu) or Adam Blumberg (ablumber@temple.edu) after the lottery to receive the information you missed at the meeting.

Personalize your e-mail address: if your Temple e-mail address is in the form of tua9876@temple.edu and you would prefer to have an alternate address, create an alias or nickname. To create an alias, log in to TUportal, go to Cherry and White Update, and complete the information. You can create a maximum of five aliases. Once you’ve created your alias(es), you can set up your e-mail account in Temple’s Gmail system so you have the option to use your alias address in the From section when you send messages using TUmail.

Bicycle Riding in the City: learn tips and strategies for riding your bicycle in Philly – Wednesday, September 7, 5:00 pm in the Tyler Courtyard (green space adjacent to the green hallway)
Participants will learn the rules of the road, basic care for your bike, and how to properly fit safety equipment. An open forum for questions will be at the end of the course. Bike Temple will be offering water bottles to the attendees of the course as an incentive for participation. No students will be riding around and the only bike in the room will be that of the instructor.

Dean’s Office Hour: meet and talk to Dean Stroker in Tyler 210B on Wednesday, September 7, 4 – 5 pm. Open to faculty, students and staff, and no appointment is required.

Jill Luedke, Tyler’s own Art Librarian, holds Desk Hours Tuesdays and Wednesdays 11:30 am – 1:00 pm in the Tyler Lobby. Stop by and visit her; you can ask her anything about Temple’s Paley Library or get help figuring out how to begin to research your art history (or other) papers!

Get your All-School Woodshop Shop Card: Use of the All-School Woodshop by either graduate or undergraduate students requires that the student carry a shop card. After attending orientation, students receive a shop card, signed by the technician. Students must have their shop card and Temple Student ID with them to gain access to the All-School Woodshop. The All-School Woodshop may only be used during monitored hours and when classes are not scheduled in the shop. Classes and open shop hours will be designated on the schedule posted outside of the shop. Open hours will initially be on a limited basis until all monitors are hired to fill the designated time slots. These shop cards are good for the All-School Woodshop ONLY. To insure safe working practices within the shop, all students must attend an All-School Woodshop Orientation annually in order to attain a valid shop card. Students enrolled in the woodshop section of Foundations classes will get shop cards and orientation as part of their classes and do not need to attend the All-School Woodshop Orientation All-School Woodshop.
Orientations will take place in room B50 lower level on the following dates:
Tuesday, September 6th, 6:15-8:15 pm
Thursday, September 8th, 6:15-8:15 pm
Monday, September 12th, 6:15-8:15 pm
Wednesday, September 14th, 6:15-8:15 pm

Are you female? Plan on studying abroad in the summer? Have a 3.0 GPA? Never been out of the US before? If you answered yes to all those questions, you may qualify for a study abroad scholarship! On Tuesday, September 13 at 4:00pm Education Abroad will be hosting a reception to provide information about the Vira I. Heinz study abroad scholarship for women. Each year Temple University is granted three scholarships in the amount of $5,000 from the Vira I. Heinz Foundation. The scholarship must be used toward a summer study abroad program after your sophomore or junior year. If you meet the eligibility requirements above, please plan on attending to learn more about this exciting opportunity. RSVP to jaime.molyneux@temple.edu by Thursday, Sept. 8. The reception will take place on Tuesday, September 13 from 4pm-5pm in Education Abroad, Tuttleman 200.

Createadelphia – Monday, October 17, 2011, 4pm-6pm, The Market & Shops at the Comcast Center, 1701 JFK Boulevard, Philadelphia, PA 19103 (Concourse Level of the Comcast Center)
Campus Philly invites you to participate in our first annual creative industry fair – Createadelphia. Createadelphia will connect tomorrow’s talent with today’s vibrant creative industry, right here in Philadelphia. The fair will present students with internship opportunities for Spring 2012 as well as a chance to network with regional professionals and gain valuable advice and insights from some of Philadelphia’s leading creative industry experts. This event is exclusively for current college students interested in various fields of design, including: Graphic Arts, Fashion, Entertainment, Environmental and Arts & Culture. This event is free for students, but space is limited, so students should register today! CONTACT: Ashlie Thornbury, Director, ashlie@campusphilly.org, 215.988.1707 x104
Internship Fair: 4pm-5:30pm: Up to 20 different employers will be present, offering internship opportunities for students interested in various fields of design, including: Graphic Arts, Fashion, Entertainment, Environmental and Arts & Culture.
Expert Gallery: 4:45pm-5:30pm: Students will have a chance to network with up to 10 different regional professionals and creative industry experts, exchange business cards and gain valuable advice for their future careers.
Featured Guest Speakers: 5:30pm-6:00pm: Listen to a few of our featured guests, all well-known leaders in Philadelphia’s creative industry, as they share their insights about the future of Philadelphia’s creative economy.

YESPhilly, an AmeriCorps program, is looking for two “full time” Media Arts Coordinators. These positions are full-time and year-around, but the program will work around your class schedule if you have a light schedule. Also ideal for a recent graduate. Pay is a $1250 monthly stipend, health benefits, plus tuition or loan repayment awards upon successful completion of service. Skills needed include the ability to develop and teach a web design/digital animation course and an audio production/digital broadcast course. For more information, visit http://yesphilly.org/contact/employment.

Call For Entries, deadline September 11: “Manipulated” is an open call for entries of photo-based works which have been altered by the artist’s physical hand at any point in the process of its creation. All content and photographic media is acceptable — alternative processes, traditional black and white, and/or digital methods, as long as the actual hand of the artist has been employed to manipulate either the negative, the print, or both. The juror for “Manipulated” is Ariel Shanberg, Executive Director of The Center for Photography at Woodstock. As the fourth executive director in the organization’s history, Shanberg sets and oversees the CPW’s artistic mission and creative offerings, working with the staff and Board to ensure its historic & continued excellence. Cash Awards and prizes will be given, and all selected artists will receive full exhibition exposure at Castell Photography, as well as on our website for one year. Entry fee. Details at http://www.castellphotographygallery.com/3/artist.asp?ArtistID=22862&Akey=RTJLS9E5

Call for entries, deadline September 23: Nestology, a store in the King of Prussia mall caters to local artists and designers. We have decided to collaborate with various schools to hold events that will give students of art and/ or design exposure. They will be hosting an event at King of Prussia Mall at the Court, 640 W DeKalb Pike, King of Prussia on Friday, October 7th from 4 – 7 pm. Each student who RSVP’s will be allotted a given space to display their work. Bring one or a few pieces that you would like the public to see. There will be no fee to do so. If you wish to only attend the event, then there will be no need to RSVP through e-mail. However, there is a facebook event (Search: Nestology First Friday) and if you would like to RSVP through these means, feel more than free to do so! If you are interested in participating, RSVP to Adam Ray, the event coordinator at: adam.ray@temple.edu to let him know you will be attending and if you desire to have your own exhibit. The latest we will accept RSVP’s is September 23rd. Space for exhibits may be limited. There will be live music as well as appetizers being served. It is sure to be a memorable event.

Call for entries, deadline September 30: Art by Architects 2011 - The Philadelphia Center for Architecture is seeking art by architects and architecture students for inclusion in our fifth annual Art by Architects (AxA) fundraising exhibit, to be held at the Philadelphia Center for Architecture from October 24 to November 18, 2011. All artwork will be for sale and a portion of the proceeds will benefit the Center for Architecture’s educational and other outreach programs. We encourage submission of art from those who consider themselves amateur artists as well as those who are professional and are open to submissions in all mediums, including sketches, drawings, paintings, prints, photographs, sculptures, carvings, models, etc. Please note there are a few new requirements this year- these changes will greatly assist in coordinating and marketing of the show and help boost sales. To download the call for entries and entry form, please click here.

Call for entries, deadline October 19: Calling emerging artists everywhere! Visual Overture Magazine is currently welcoming submissions for the upcoming Winter 2011 “Featured Emerging Artists” juried exhibition-in-print which will display the work of 7 artists – each receiving two pages in the magazine showcasing their art, a short artist interview, and juror notes. Additional artists may be selected for smaller features. This publication opportunity gives artists the direct connect to hundreds of galleries, curators, and collectors who are all searching for the newest in emerging visual art. Also accepting entries for the feature “Spotlight on Science” exhibition-in-print competition. Artist must submit portfolio showing a portfolio of artworks that are the result of influence by the ideas and practices of the sciences, either contemporary or historical. One selected finalist will be featured in a one-page article showing 3-6 images of his/her work and a write-up about their innovative practice in the Winter 2011 issue of Visual Overture Magazine. Entry fee. For details, see http://visualoverture.com/callforartists.htm.

Beth Rhoads (BFA Tyler ’87), a doctoral student at Chestnut Hill College in clinical psychology, is recruiting fine arts students and faculty members to participate in my dissertation research about the feelings, behaviors, and attitudes of visual artists. The study will explore the relationship between resiliency, mood, and creativity, and highlight the unique characteristics that distinguish creative artists from non-artists. Participants must be 18 years of age or older. Study volunteers will be asked to complete four web-based questionnaires. Participation will take fewer than 30 minutes and the survey may be completed at the participants’ convenience online. All responses will be kept completely confidential and no personally identifying information will be collected. As a gesture of thanks, participants will be invited to enter a raffle for a chance to win an Amazon™ gift card valued at $100.00. Non-artists are also needed for a comparison group and are encouraged to participate. You may click on this link to access the login page of the survey to view the questionnaires and take the survey if you wish: https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/699HKN7.

Deadlines

Last day to add or drop a class: Monday, September 12. Remember that this week you need to have instructor’s approval to add a class.

Are you a SENIOR? Schedule your senior portrait for this year’s Templar yearbook: Log onto Herff Jones’ 24-hour scheduling site, www.ouryear.com, entering school code 87120. You can also call 1-800-687-9327, during normal business hours, to schedule an appointment.

Out & About

“Meet me at the Mason Dixon” – Tuesday, September 6, 6:30-8pm Slought Foundation, 4017 Walnut St FREE!
A public conversation between artist Lisa Blas and art historian Thierry de Duve. The event will be introduced by Jean-Michel Rabate, Senior Curator for Discursive Projects at Slought Foundation, on the occasion of the Sesquicentennial Commemoration of the Civil War. Since the Missouri Compromise of 1820, the “Mason’s and Dixon’s Line” has functioned and symbolized as a legal and cultural boundary between the Northeastern United States and the Southern United States, and has been often associated with questions concerning the legality and legacy of slavery. Today, what does it mean to speak about this divide, and to situate one’s artistic or art historical practice within this complex geography of disunion, total war, and reconciliation? Although the Civil War technically ended in 1845 with the cessation of fighting, for many the unresolved tensions between the North and South persist, and the political and social challenges of reconstruction are still unresolved. With these considerations in mind, this conversation will consider questions such as: In what sense can one say that the Civil War ever ended? Does anything historic ever end? What does it mean to address history in the twenty-first century, and who is one addressing in that regard? What is the function of a confederate or union monument? What does it mean to re-visit the American Civil War era today, not as a historian but as an artist?

Second Thursday at the Crane Art Center – Thursday, September 8, 6 – 8 pm, 1400 N American St FREE!
InLiquid presents Hold: Hold is inspired by instability, insecurity, anxiety, and the desire to cling tightly to our belongings. Artist Candace Karch has collected a myriad of items throughout her entire life, each claiming their own sentiment and back-story. A manifestation of clutter, nostalgia, and the eventual necessity to disband oneself from their belongings, reincarnates these objects and gives them purpose. The artist assembles her visual timeline for our feasting eyes, while allowing the audience space to question what makes up their own. Which objects define us, which can’t we part with, and which are so unassumingly loaded with personal attachment and memory? Karch hands her story to us, walking away free from so many of her things. Candace Karch started saving everything as art supplies from an early age. In high school she won “most individualistic” and rocked an aqua net Mohawk. After graduating from the University of The Arts with a major in photography, Candace Karch, spent the next 12 years traveling. She worked on archeological digs in Greece, gave drinking tours in London, collaged in Paris, watched the Berlin wall collapse, food styled in Prague, and walked inside a glacier. She spent endless days at museums and photographed everything in front of her. It was not until she settled in California that she realized she wanted to open up a gallery in Philadelphia. Bambi Gallery was born in 2005. Karch curated new shows every first Friday for 6 years, proudly showing over 300 local artists. The gallery recently closed and she is back in her studio. Most recently she has been published in The Photo Review and Metalsmith magazine.

Indigo Arts presents Appalachian Visionaries-Fred J. Carter, Ollie Cox, Shawn Crookshank, D.R. Mullins: Indigo Arts hosts an exhibit of the work of visionary artists from the Appalachian region of southern Virginia and eastern Tennessee. The artists have exhibited in several regional museum and gallery shows, but most have not previously been exhibited outside of the area. The exhibit includes paintings, sculpture and mixed media work by Ollie Cox, paintings by Shawn Crookshank and D.R. Mullins, and wood sculpture by the late intuitive sculptor and painter, Fred Carter (1911-1992).

Tim Belknap: Ordnance – Opening Reception: Thursday, September 8, 6-9 pm, Rebekah Templeton. 173 W Girard Ave FREE!
Rebekah Templeton Contemporary Art is pleased to present Ordnance, a solo exhibition of new sculptural works by Timothy Belknap. For this exhibition, Belknap will present a group of deconstructed and augmented objects that juxtapose the latent danger of their inherent makeup with the innocuous symbols of the idyllic American dream. Belknap’s current body of work explores the role and meaning of an instantaneous moment of transformation in a loosely based narrative. An ordnance is military armament and artillery, normally inert and safe unless it is triggered. However, the unknown “X factor” of any inert, but potentially dangerous, situation is what produces fear, anxiety and panic. He presents a vivid and colorful collection of cakes crafted out of fireworks and a whirlwind view of an exploded lawn mower. Viewed together, these objects point towards an unraveling of their symbolic, pleasant, suburban condition. With wit and humor, Belknap reminds us that the trappings of the American dream can breed complacency and denial in the face of danger. Timothy Belknap is a Philadelphia based artist and a Fleisher Challenge recipient. Ordnance is his first solo exhibition at Rebekah Templeton Contemporary Art.

Artist Reception: Rob Wynne: In Cog Nito and Neysa Grassi: Rose Gatherer – Friday, September 9, 5:30 – 7:30 pm, Locks Gallery, 600 Washington Square South FREE!

PEPON OSORIO – Opening Reception: September 10, 6-8pm Ronald Feldman Fine Arts, 31 Mercer St. New York, NY FREE!
Pepón Osorio, known for his multimedia installations that overpower the space they inhabit, will exhibit four new works in his first solo exhibition in New York since 2005. In this exhibition, Osorio’s socially engaged art practice transforms real life stories, weaving together themes of psychological hunger and nourishment within the cultural context of class difference.  Pepón Osorio was born in Puerto Rico and lives in Philadelphia where he teaches at Tyler School of Art, Temple University. Ronald Feldman Fine Arts has represented him since 1995. His previous installations at the gallery, Badge of Honor (1995), Las Twines (1999), Face to Face (2002), and Trials and Turbulence (2005), explore issues pertaining to the Latino community and society in general. A MacArthur Fellowship recipient and participant in the PBS Art21 documentary, Osorio has had numerous solo exhibitions, including the Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofia in Madrid, the Escuela de Artes Plásticas in San Juan, and the Institute of Contemporary Art in Philadelphia. His work was included in the traveling exhibition, NeoHooDoo: Art for a Forgotten Faith, co-organized by The Menil Collection and P.S.1 Contemporary Arts Center; and Voces y Visiones at El Museo del Barrio in 2010. Public collections include the Brooklyn Museum of Art, Walker Art Center, the Whitney Museum of American Art, Museo de Arte de Puerto Rico, and the National Museum of American Art.

Senior Recital: Rich Hans Thompson, guitar – Friday, September 9, 7:30 pm, Rock Hall FREE!
Featuring works by Luis de Narvaez, J.S. Bach, Mauro Castelnuovo Tedesco and Leo Brouwer.

The Miss Rockaway Armada – Saturday, September 10, 5-6 pm, Front & Porter to N Hope Streets, Kensington FREE!
The Miss Rockaway Armada will take to the streets and waterways of Philadelphia with an outdoor moving sculpture; complete with musical performances, film presentations, shadow puppet theater, a ferris wheel and more, all made completely of recycled and salvaged materials. This project is being supported by a grant from the Pew Center for Arts and Heritage.

Music & Culture of Rembrandt’s Time – Saturday, September 10, Philadelphia Museum of Art FREE!*
Part of the exhibition Rembrandt and the Face of Jesus. Enjoy music in the galleries with a performance by students from the Curtis Institute of Music, followed by a conversation in the Dutch galleries. Concerts begin at 1:30, 2:15 and 3:00 pm in Gallery 255. Free after Museum admission. *The PMA is free to Tyler students with a Tyler Admission Card and your Owlcard. Download your copy of the Tyler Admission Card from the Links section of the Tyler Student Life Blog at http://tylerstudentlife.wordpress.com/

For Monday, August 29, 2011

Welcome (back) to Tyler School of Art! We’re going to have a great year this year!

Watch www.facebook.com/TylerActivities for latebreaking news.

Lectures & Artist Talks

There are no lectures this week, but we will be running the first trip to the First Friday Art Walk! – Friday, September 2, 5:30 pm
Free bus to Old City Philadelphia art galleries for First Friday Art Walk. Just show up at 13th and Diamond Streets (behind Tyler) for the bus. We will travel to Old City and you can tour the galleries on your own. Most galleries will be having new shows and receptions. Bus will leave Old City and return to 13th & Diamond at 8:30 pm. No tickets required but the bus only holds 40 people, so the first 40 people to show up get to go! Come and see some great new art!

Exhibitions

Temple Gallery -
Gallery is open Wednesday – Saturday, 11 am – 6 pm.

Stella Elkins Tyler Gallery and Student Lounge Gallery: Jumbalaya: work by the second year MFA candidates in the Tyler Crafts Department – Bridget Farnack, Kate Coppola, Liz Hamilton, Samantha Jones, Nick Lenker, Bethany Pelle, Daniel Petraitis, Ashley Rodriguez Reed, Emma Salamon Farina
August 23 – September 10.
Gallery is open Wednesday – Saturday 10 am – 5 pm

See what’s happening this week at Temple Rome! Visit the Temple Rome blog at artturome.blogspot.com.

Opportunities

Have you “liked” the Tyler Activities Facebook Page (www.facebook.com/TylerActivities)? All latebreaking events, jobs and gigs go up on that page; if you get it in your news feed, you’ll be one of the first to see a new opportunity. For instance, last week I posted these opportunities:
* Are you looking for an on-campus job? Have you taken Foundations 3-D or another art class in the wood shop? Do you have work-study? Come to a Hiring Meeting for the All-School Woodshop! The All School Woodshop is in need of a few good monitors. Please meet us outside the All-School Woodshop on Monday and Wednesday at 1:30 PM and Tuesday and Thursday at 11:30. We’ll compare schedules and, if all goes well, put you in the shop for a shift or two.
* Sodexo, Inc. is looking for a student who is interested in face painting before Temple Football games. The dates we have now are: September 1, September 17 and October 1. It would be a great way for a student to support school spirit, while getting paid! If you’re interested, contact monica@temple.edu.

Meet your Dean! Dean Stroker will hold an office hour Tuesday, August 30 from 1 – 2 pm. No appointment necessary. Tyler Administrative Suite, second floor, room 210B.

Did you know? If you need enrollment verification, you can print a current enrollment letter using the TUPortal. When first logging into the TUPortal you will need to use your TU ID and password. Select the Student Tools tab and locate the Enrollment Verification button under the Records channel. Need more help? Full instructions are on the Student Life Blog at tylerstudentlife.wordpress.com.

Did you know? Students can get free classes on how to ride their bikes safely in urban areas from Bike Temple and they can get a free U-lock when they register their bikes with Campus Safety. Temple students, staff and faculty can save up to 15 percent on a new bike from Breakaway Bikes.

Opportunities for Workshop Instructors: Markeim Arts Center in Haddonfield, NJ is seeking professionals to teach workshops in fine art and craft, to various age groups. Forward resume, teaching rate and workshop concept to Markeim@verizon.net for consideration.

Call for entries, deadline September 8: Dacia Gallery invites emerging and established artists to submit artwork for an opportunity to participate in a Group Exhibition in September. The theme for this exhibition is Contemporary Design. Imagine that you have been given an opportunity to decorate the front lobby in a new building or a nice apartment or home. What artwork or style would you decorate it in? How would the overall exhibition design fit in and will the work compliment the setting? For this project you are to decorate with your own personal artwork. The artwork may be abstract, figurative, portraits, landscapes, paintings, drawings, sculptures, photography or any medium that you may use. Artwork dimensions may be of any size. So lets get started, show us your best work that would fit into the theme of Contemporary Design. Entry fee. More information at www.daciagallery.com/submissions.php

Call for entries, deadline September 15: Mighty Engine is opening its doors to artists who are undergrad students, recent graduates (out of school for 1 year or less), or are age 22 and under in Philadelphia through The Little Engine Gallery. Our first show is titled, Next Stop: Philly. The theme is “Philadelphia: Reflecting your Neighborhood.” Philadelphia is a city of neighborhoods, in our kick-off event we’re asking artist to share creative views of our city and its culture. The exhibition will be held on Friday, October 7th, 2011. Pieces will be sold through a silent auction and Little Engine will be taking a 20% commission to cover event costs. Selected pieces will also be displayed on our website. To apply please send an email to littleenginegallery@themightyengine.com with the following information by September 15th, 2011: name, age, school, artist’s statement and titles, media, dimensions and images (jpegs are fine) for up to 5 pieces.

Call for entries, deadline September 30: Sponsored by NICHE ["neesh"] magazine, the annual NICHE Student Awards competition recognizes the creative achievement of individual student artists and provides a new level of exposure to their work. The competition is open to any student craft artist residing in the U.S. or Canada and attending an undergraduate, graduate or certificate arts program. You can enter up to 3 works. Entry fee. For more information: artistfront.lwcr.com/artcontest/billboard/?id=2044

Call for entries, deadline October 3: Breadboard and muraLAB, a special initiative of the Philadelphia Mural Arts Program are pleased to offer a joint artist residency and exhibition opportunity exploring the intersection of muralism and technology. Up to four selected artists or artist teams (maximum of two members per team) will be given access to NextFab Studio’s high-tech fabrication equipment and expert staff for five months (November 2011 through March 2012) while they produce public art project concepts and/or models and prototypes to be exhibited in an April/May 2012 exhibition at Breadboard’s Esther Klein Gallery. Each project will also be considered for development into a full-scale public art project in Philadelphia produced by Mural Arts in 2013. Artist or artist teams will be awarded a stipend of $2,000 to cover artist fees and supplies and any other related residency expenses. In addition, each team will receive a $500 credit towards workshop and machine time fees and staff consultations to help them in the development of their project concepts. Artists residing outside the Philadelphia area will be responsible for their own accommodations and living expenses. This call is open to established and emerging artists, along with interdisciplinary teams (maximum of two individuals per team) that include an artist. Priority will be given to artists/design teams having a strong connection to Philadelphia. Partnerships between local and non-local artists, as well as between artists and other design professionals, are encouraged. For details, including information sessions, visit muralarts.org/learn/request-proposals-muralab-and-breadboard

Call for entries, deadline October 16: GRACE (Greater Reston Arts Center) is a non-profit arts center in Northern Virginia dedicated to presenting visual art that illuminates new ideas and promotes dialogue between artists and audience. The exhibition program offers artists from the mid-Atlantic region opportunities to experiment and expand their work in an open, contemporary space. Artists living or working in Virginia, Maryland, the District of Columbia, Pennsylvania, Delaware, and West Virginia are invited to submit proposals. Exhibitions are scheduled from September through July and include solo exhibitions, thematic shows, site-specific and inter-active installations, and an annual juried exhibition. The arts center also sponsors opening receptions, artist talks, workshops, readings, music, dance, and other cultural programs as part of its mission to engage the community in contemporary art. The arts center is now accepting proposals for periods of approximately 4 – 6 weeks from November 2012 through September of 2013. Six solo artists will be grouped into two Focus Exhibitions, each featuring three artists in separate areas of the gallery. Group exhibition proposals are also welcomed. Entry fee. More information at www.juriedartservices.com/index.php?content=event_info&event_id=454

Call for entries, deadline, October 16: 86th Annual International Competition: Photography. Selected artists will be featured in an online exhibition, June 2012 – March 2013. Three artists will be chosen to mount solo exhibitions at The Print Center, which will take place January – March, 2013. Awards include a purchase award for the Philadelphia Museum of Art, up to $3,000 in purchase, cash and material prizes and a two-year contract from The Print Center Gallery Store. Selected artists included in the online exhibition are eligible to receive all awards. Three artists will be chosen to mount solo exhibitions at The Print Center, which will take place January – March 2013. More information or to apply: www.printcenter.org

Residency opportunity, deadline September 16: Penland School of Crafts, in Penland, NC, is currently accepting applications for the Penland Core Fellowship Program, which offers emerging artists the opportunity to explore artistic interests and career possibilities in a supportive artistic community. Accepted artists both participate in classes year-round and are employees of the school with compensation consisting of a modest stipend, room, board, and tuition. Artists are chosen for one to two years, the second year being a possibility after a positive one-year review. Eligible candidates must submit a CV, a statement of intent, 10 images of work, and two letters of recommendation. Residency runs February through Thanksgiving. For more information and to apply to the program, click here.

Residency opportunity, deadline September 30: The Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts, located in Omaha, NE, is currently accepting applications for its artist-in-residence program. Residents are provided with a live/work studio with a private bathroom and 24-hour access to facilities, including a wood shop, installation spaces, a dark room, and a large sculpture fabrication facility, along with a $750 monthly stipend. The length of a residency at Bemis varies from six weeks to three months. In exchange, artists in residence are asked to donate one piece of art and give a 20-minute public lecture about their work. Along with their application, applicants must submit a current résumé and/or CV, up to 10 images, video, and/or audio clips of work created in the last two years along with an image list, and a $40 application fee. For more information and to apply, click here.

Deadlines

Last Day to add or drop courses: Monday, September 12

Out & About

Katie Murken Opening Reception – September 2, 4-9pm, Gallery 2J. 319 N. 11th Street, 2nd Floor FREE!
In her upcoming solo exhibition, Katie Murken creates a site-specific environment using reclaimed Philadelphia phonebooks as the raw material for the spatial mapping of thousands of colors in spectral progression. Two-years in the making, Continua is a systems-based project that explores the foundational aspect of color as a continuous and singular element that is fragmented into formalized units of three-dimensionally parceled space.

Headhouse Square Crafts & Fine Arts Fair – Saturday, September 3, 10 am – 9 pm, Head House Square, S. 2nd and Pine St. FREE!
Come join the 43rd annual Headhouse Square Crafts and Fine Arts Fair! The fair runs every Saturday from Memorial Day weekend through Labor Day weekend (2 day show May 27 & 28). Fine arts and crafts from some of Philly’s finest. A great Philly traditions and family event!

For Monday, August 22, 2011

Watch www.facebook.com/TylerActivities for latebreaking news.

Did you graduate in the spring or summer? Do you still want to get this newsletter? This may be your last issue–the mailing list gets updated this week. If you still want to receive the newsletter each week, with all the listings and opportunities, send an email to me at miss.kari@temple.edu with your updated email address, and I will put you on the new mailing list.

School starts next week! Are you excited to be coming back? I’m sure excited to see you all again. Here are some things to get you in the mood to start!

Lectures & Artist Talks

None this week! But there are a plethora of activities listed on the Welcome Week web page. Head on over to there to see what’s going on this week at Temple!

Exhibtions

Stella Elkins Tyler Gallery and Student Lounge Gallery: Jumbalaya: work by the second year MFA candidates in the Tyler Crafts Department – Bridget Farnack, Kate Coppola, Liz Hamilton, Samantha Jones, Nick Lenker, Bethany Pelle, Daniel Petraitis, Ashley Rodriguez Reed, Emma Salamon Farina
August 23 – September 10. Reception Tuesday, August 23, 3:30 – 5:30 pm
Gallery is open Wednesday – Saturday 10 am – 5 pm

Opportunities

Have you “liked” the Tyler Activities Facebook Page (www.facebook.com/TylerActivities). All latebreaking events, jobs and gigs go up on that page; if you get it in your news feed, you’ll be one of the first to see a new opportunity. For instance, last week I posted this gig:
Philadelphia Dance Theater is looking for a few students to help paint backdrops for a historic “Germantown” Nutcracker. This is a gig position until the backdrops are painted. There are 3, one of the Thomas Mansion, one of Fairmont Park and one of Germantown Avenue. The budget is modest, but they can compensate. If you are interested, contact Joy Capponi at joycapponi@comcast.net.

Have you bookmarked the Student Life blog? There’s a wealth of information there, including on-campus resources, scholarship opportunities, and new this summer, a parents’ FAQ. Tired of answering your mom’s pesky questions about stuff here at Tyler? Let her know about the FAQ page! http://tylerstudentlife.wordpress.com/

On-campus job: The Office of Sustainability is looking for an individual with strong skills in visual and written communication to maintain the Office of Sustainability website, including contributing content for featured articles and visual media; update the Office of Sustainability’s social networking media, including facebook and twitter; capture events organized by the Office of Sustainability via photos and video media; and other general duties/events for the Office of Sustainability. The successful candidate will be able to express ideas clearly through written and visual communication, will have experience in maintaining a website, will have a strong interest in sustainability and will work well in a team environment. The successful candidate will be available to work eight to ten hours per week in three to four hour increments, in a minimum of three days a week. While not required, work study funding is preferred. Interested candidates should send ALL of the following documents: resume, examples of past written work and a paragraph explaining how they can help the Office of Sustainability promote sustainability on campus. We will not consider applications that do not contain all of these required components. Interested candidates that have experience maintaining a website should submit links to the websites that they have maintained. sustainability@temple.edu.

Interested in photography? Can’t find the time in your busy schedule to take a class? Introducing: GAD 2401 – Introduction to Photography (Online Digital Course) CRN: 17581. A course offered to all Temple students by the Tyler School of Art. This introductory course in photography will give you a better understanding of your camera and camera functions. You will learn the basic science of photography, and how to manipulate it’s variables to make photographs that express that which you wish to share. This course is about looking: taking the time to determine what it is you are looking at, thinking about why you are looking at it, and different ways you can look at the same thing. There are no pre-requisites or lab fees for this course, non-majors welcome. This course is an ONLINE course, there will be no studio, lab, or class time. Assignments must be completed by their due dates, may be completed at times that best fit your schedule. (This course does NOT fulfill any GenEd requirements. It is a free elective.)

Call for entries, deadline August 22 (TODAY!!!): Los Angeles Center for Digital Art International Juried Competition. Entrants submit three JPEG files of original work. All styles of artwork and photography where digital processes of any kind were integral to the creation of the images are acceptable. The competition is international, open to all geographical locations. Entry fee. For details see http://lacda.com/juried/juriedshow.html

Call for entries, deadline August 24: UNREAL: Staged, Fantasy and Fictitious Photography. Call it what you will, but we like to lump it all under the banner of “constructed imagery”– which means if you can dream it, we want to see it! With it’s roots in 20th Century Pictorialism (itself a construct of Alfred Steiglitz!), the contemporary constructed photograph is coming on strong in the 21st Century. Whether digitally created in Photoshop or shot “in-camera” on physical sets, constructed imagery strives to tell the stories that candid photography cannot. Entry fee. We offer free matting and framing for accepted photographs that fit our pre-cut mat sizes for the duration of the exhibition. Photo sizes are 8×10″, 11×14″ 16×20″, or 20×24″ . Photos can also be submitted any size on 11×14″, 12×16″,16×20″ or 20×24″ paper and be framed without a mat. Selected artists may choose to offer their work for sale.We will also print your photo for a nominal fee if you are accepted into the show and would prefer not to mail a print. For more information: http://www.1650gallery.com/unreal2011_call.php

Call for entries, deadline August 26: September 2011 Featured Artist on TheArtList.com website, which offers a great opportunity for exposure from galleries, exhibition directors, collectors, and even other artists! To enter to go to: http://www.facebook.com/TheArtList?sk=app_95936962634 You can submit up to two images of your work. You can even include a link to your website or online portfolio. Free.

Call for entries, deadline August 31: SlowArt Productions presents the annual group thematic exhibition, A Show of Heads. The exhibition will be held at the Limner Gallery from November 3 – 27, 2011. Open to all artists working in any media, this exhibition will include all interpretations and portrayals of the human head, from the traditional to the abstract and conceptual. All visions of the The Head, including partial and multiple heads, will be reviewed and considered. Entry Fee. For more information: http://www.slowart.com/prospectus/head.htm

Call for entries, deadline September 15: Craft Forms 2011, Wayne Art Center’s 17th Annual International Juried Exhibition of Contemporary Craft, December 2, 2011-January 21, 2012. The 16th international juried exhibition dedicated to enhancing the public’s awareness of contemporary craft while providing a venue for established and emerging artists alike to share their functional and sculptural creative endeavors. All work must have been completed within the past two years and may not have been previously exhibited at the Wayne Art Center. Entry fee; prizes will be awarded. For details visit www.craftforms.com

Call for entries, deadline September 16: Art In City Hall issues a call to Philadelphia area artists for the fall exhibition in historic City Hall. ”Following the Line” is an exploration of the fundamental element in art, the line, as a feature that defines two-dimensional flat shape or three-dimensional form. Open to all media. You can submit up to four works in the form of digitals. No entry fee. Please email artincityhall@phila.gov for entry details and to receive an entry form. Exhibition Dates: October 7—November 18, 2011.

Call for entries, deadline September 29: The premier student competition and exhibition of ceramics in the United States, the NCECA 2012 National Student Juried Exhibition will be hosted by the University of Washington’s Jacob Lawrence Gallery from March 6 – March 31, 2012, in conjunction with the 46th Annual NCECA Conference, “On the Edge” held in Seattle, Washington at the Washington State Convention Center, March 28 – March 31, 2012. The NCECA 2012 NSJE is open to all fulltime undergraduate and graduate students (as defined by their home institution) and all post-baccalaureate students enrolled in the United States of America, except for those enrolled at the institutions of the jurors. The applicant must be working towards a degree or be a post-baccalaureate in art at the time of submittal. Entry fee. For details see http://nceca.net/static/NSJE2012.php

Call for entries, deadline October 8: Some Things Looming, a fiber arts gallery in Reading, is looking for work from all fine craft artists to sell at their “Handmade Holidays” event. All work for “Handmade Holidays” must be one-of-a-kind and original, created by the artist submitting it. A minimum of six representative images of the work must be included. Entry fee. For details, visit http://www.somethingslooming.com/

Call for entries, deadline, November 11: Texas A&M International University is accepting art works in any media to be juried into the “Back to the Future” exhibition at the Center of Fine and Performing Arts Gallery. The exhibition will be held from March 5th – April 6th 2012. Inventions, alchemy, robots, modernity, science fiction, artificial intelligence, undiscovered life forms. This juried exhibition aims to explore these topics and how they can be manifested through diverse artistic practices and materials. We invite artists of all media to interpret the path of our ever changing world and their own visions of the future. Artists are free to investigate past predictions of the future, that have failed or have yet to pass, as well as to create their own predictions. We are interested in work that is both playful and work that reflects seriously upon the social and political climate ahead of us. Entry fee. For more information or to appy: http://www.juriedartservices.com/index.php?content=event_info&event_id=381

A group of Temple students are developing an alternative comic book for online and print distribution. We seek artists whose styles are not regularly utilized in graphic novels. ie. watercolor, oil acrylic, photography etc etc. Of course we are also seeking illustrators that like to work in a more traditional comic style. We’re equally interested in the personal sketchbook style you may develop sitting around in class + your fine art portfolio. Different artists are collaborating on a large graphic novel project. This will be published in stages online and through print. Basically if you make fine art and want to try something new then contact us. Come hang out with us at a coffee shop and we can talk about making work together. For more information GreyUnicornComics@gmail.com

NewCourtland Fellowship Project, The Travelers working with Artist Maria Anasazi (http://mariaanasazi.com/) is looking for college students/recent graduates to participate in several collaborative projects with seniors in a NewCourtland nursing home to create an amazing pieces of artwork. Care Pavilion, 6212 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, PA 19139 (easy access to public transportation), Thursdays 2:00-3:30 September 8th- November 10th. The travelers will be a project about real and metaphorical travel, and individual trajectories. The participants will use actual suitcases as the vehicle for a narrative of personal stories about life experiences and places of departures and arrivals. The NewCourtland participants along with the students will be using painting and drawing, photo-collage and mixed media to work on individual pieces of art. The final artworks will be arranged and exhibited as an installation. If you are interested please contact Genevieve Coutroubis at 215 5467775 x11 or Genevieve@cfeva.org.

Gender Reel Art & Film Festival is looking for volunteers. Gender Reel is a groundbreaking a transgender and gender variant art and film festival. Dates are Friday, September 9th, 7-10pm, Saturday and September 10th 10am-10pm at the University of the Arts, Hamilton Hall. Volunteers needed for ticket taking, greeting, distributing food and drinks, monitoring the art gallery and other tasks. Two hours of volunteer time will earn volunteers a weekend festival pass. Volunteers will be encouraged to attend one brief volunteer meeting in Center City prior to the festival. Please contact rdrew.philly@yahoo.com if interested in volunteering

The Artist Expo is looking for artist participants. This is an event focusing on the exposure of local artists in fields of fashion, music, spoken word, and general art. It will give young artists an outlet to showcase their talents in front of a large audience including their peers; also giving the opportunity to network with their fellow artists to build solid connections, creating future collaborations with their peers. This expo will mainly target college students within the areas of Philadelphia, New York, New Jersey, & D.C. THEXPO will be held on a Thursday night, September 15th 2011 at The Arts Garage. Located inside is a bar and with proper ID, drinks can be purchased. This is a social gathering therefore one should plan on bringing business cards and having contact information available. Social networks, flyers, and word of mouth will help spread awareness for thExpo. As well we will reach out to magazines, newspapers, and blogs to come out and support the movement. With each of the artists’ encouragement and support, we can make this event as best as possible. SUPPORT YOUR LOCAL ARTIST! For more information, contact Shakir Blanding at Tub77654@temple.edu

Deadlines

Last Day to add classes without instructors’ signature: Friday, September 2

Last Day to add or drop courses: Monday, September 12

Out & About

“Displaced” Noah Addis and Bohyun Yoon Artist Talk & Reception - Thursday, August 25th, 5 – 7 pm, The Center for Emerging Visual Artists (CFEVA), 237 S. 18th Street
Noah Addis has been photographing the Colorado River and the communities that depend on its water for their survival in a harsh desert landscape. Addis’ photographs speak to The Colorado River’s influence on the history, urbanization and agricultural development of the American West. Bohyun Yoon’s work similarly looks at the displacement and relocation of populations but through the lens of immigration to the United States and mixed urban communities. Yoon has created an installation highlighting portraits of diverse inhabitants of his Philadelphia neighborhood. The installation of these portraits screen-printed on glass suggests that despite differences in race, nationality, and language, we are all a unified by our basic humanity and shared human values.

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Alan Baren says:

November 17, 2011 at 10:18 am

Some new “fairly easy to apply to” scholarships with upcoming deadlines listed here for those needing a little extra cha-ching.

http://www.facebook.com/groups/tylerparentscouncil/doc/203428579733767/

Also, don’t forget about the Tyler StudentLife Scholarships page at:
http://tylerstudentlife.wordpress.com/scholarships-for-current-students/

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Alan B. says:

November 19, 2011 at 1:27 pm

Spring\Summer Interships 2012 at UrbanOutfitters
Location: Philadelphia
Interview day coming in January.
Application deadline is Dec 2. 2011.

Programs available include:

The Stylist intern responsibilities include:
•Styling on photo sets
•Logging product and cataloging items

Photo Studio interns will:
•Take photography at shoots
•Set up and breakdown of photo sets
•Digital Technology

The Merchandising intern will:
•Scan imagery and input data for the media library
•Organize creative presentations for product stories for web team
•Trend Research to support bi-annual presentations

Apply now if interested:
https://urbanoutfittersinc.silkroad.com/epostings/index.cfm?fuseaction=app.jobinfo&id=23&jobid=307148&company_id=15602

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Brad Stevens says:

December 8, 2011 at 10:45 am

Our new site has just launched – ArtInternships.us

We aggregate internship opportunities for Art Students to find Summer and Year-Round internships. Visit us at artinternships.us. Like our ArtInternships.us

page on FaceBook or follow us on Twitter @ArtInternships) to learn about new art internships as they get posted.

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Kaitlin says:

January 31, 2012 at 8:03 pm

I would like to go on the first friday Gallery walk, but my friend from home will be coming down on friday. Is he allowed to take the bus with me if he pays for bus fare? Someone please answer me soon! Thank you

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- kariscott says:
  
  February 1, 2012 at 1:43 am
  
  Kaitlin, this month we’re taking SEPTA, so anyone can ride–it won’t be a Temple bus. Please bring your friend! You’ll have more fun!
  
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  - Kaitlin says:
    
    February 3, 2012 at 8:02 am
    
    Awesome! is everyone still meeting at the corner of Norris and 12th at 6 p.m.?

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