MFA Open Studios/ MA Exhibition to be held at CSUN

The CSUN Art Department invites the public to view the work of its graduate students and meet the emerging artists themselves at the First Annual M.F.A Open Studios & M.A. Exhibition, May 10, 2008, 1:00-6:00 pm.

Featuring graduate work in photography, painting, illustration, sculpture, ceramics, graphic design, drawing, public art, video, animation, and printmaking, this event is a must-see. The 2008 MFA Open Studios/ MA Exhibition was organized by the graduate students themselves, and will include the fresh new work of nearly 30 artists.

This event will be on the same day as a lecture by Amir Fallah, creator of Beautiful Decay art magazine (11-12:00), the opening of Melissa Thomson’s MFA Thesis Show (3-6:00) and the Annual Juried Student Art Exhibition (12-4:00).

MFA Open Studios/ MA Exhibition is being funded by the CSUN Art Department and the CSUN Painters’ Guild.

The MFA Open Studios/ MA Exhibition will be on Saturday, May 10th, from 1:00-6:00 pm in various locations throughout the CSUN Art Department. The Art Department campus is best accessed by parking lot E6 (which is off of Halsted St. and Lindley Ave.). Parking is $5. Look for the bright yellow buildings! CSUN campus address is 18111 Nordhoff St. Northridge, CA 91330. For more info, please contact the Art Dept. at (818) 677-2242 or by email at CSUN.MFA@gmail.com.

2008 Art Department Scholarship Recipients

Congratulations to our 2008 annual department scholarship award recipients! Awards will be presented at the Arts Council Awards Ceremony & Reception, on Friday, May 16, 2008, 11:00 am in the Art Gallery.


Arts Council Awards
Undergraduate: Leaf Belviz
Graduate: Katrina McElroy
Incoming Graduate: Jessika Edgar

Dean’s Recognition Program Awards
Junior: Pearleen Kaur
Senior: Anna Gevorgyan
Graduate: Niku Kashef

Edwin R. Sievers Memorial Award
Desiree Ashourzadeh

Hans Burkhardt Memorial Awards
Undergraduate: Kimberly Hejna
Justine Shaker
Graduate: Katrina McElroy

Irving Block Memorial Award
Katrina McElroy

Leyo Lopez Memorial Award
Pearleen Kaur

Valerie and Steven Svec Memorial Award
Gina Aparicio

Image Transfers on Clay - Paul Andrew Wandless - Workshop and Lecture

Paul Andrew Wandless author of Image Transfers on Clay will be giving a workshop at California State University, Northridge on Wednesday, April 23rd from 2-5pm, he will also present a lecture on his work on Friday April 25th from 1-3pm.

Artist Bio
Born in Florida, artist Paul Andrew Wandless has his studio in the Philadelphia, PA area. The artist works in a variety of media, crossing boundaries between traditional craft and contemporary image making in ceramic, painting and printmaking. A Presidential Appointee to the National Council on Education for the Ceramic Arts (NCECA) since 2003,
Wandless is one of a select few internationally prominent African American artists working in the ceramics medium. A published author, and curator of exhibitions, Wandless actively promotes artists whose work, like his, challenges traditional notions of image and the "art object." In his words..."ultimately, my work is meant to engage and inform the viewer by telling my side of the story of how I see the world through my personal experiences, insights and philosophy."

More on Paul Andrew Wandless
http://www.mudfire.com/paul-andrew-wandless-workshop-20081017.htm
http://www.studio3artcompany.com./

Wednesday, April 23rd 2-5pm.
Workshop and Demonstration (printing on clay)
CSUN Ceramics Studio RM. 511

Friday, April 25th from 1-3pm.
Artist Lecture
CSUN ADC 300 (purple crit room)

The workshop and lecture is available to everyone no cost (other than parking). Please let me know if you have any questions about the workshop or how to get to CSUN. I hope you are well and hope you can join us for this event!

Patsy Cox
Associate Professor, Associate Chair
Department of Art
California State University, Northridge
18111 Nordhoff Street
Northridge, California 91330-8300
patsy.cox@csun.edu
818.677.3011/2986/2242

New Department of Art T-SHIRTS

Send an email to art.dept@csun.edu for more info on how to get your hands on one.
American Apparel - Black - all sizes!

Artist Visit: John Humble

12-3pm on tuesday, april 1st



John Humble received a B.A. in philosophy from the
>> University of Maryland and an M.F.A. from the San
>> Francisco Art Institute. His large-scale color
>> photographs of the ironies and paradoxes of the Los
>> Angeles landscape have been exhibited and published
>> internationally. His work is in numerous collections
>> including the Corcoran Gallery of Art, the National
>> Museum of American Art, the Smithsonian Institute,
>> the Library of Congress, LACMA, the San Francisco
>> Museum of Modern Art, and the J. Paul Getty Museum.
>> In addition to making fine-art photographs of the
>> L.A. landscape, he has also done editorial work for
>> Time, Newsweek, U.S. News and World Report, Elle,
>> The Los Angeles Times Magazine, Harper's, Esquire,
>> and Geo. He is represented by the Jan Kesner Gallery
>> in Los Angeles.
>> The J. Paul Getty Museum recently exhibited "A Place
>> in the Sun, Photographs of Los Angeles by John
>> Humble," from March 27th to July 8th, 2007. The
>> exhibition was accompanied by a book of the same
>> title, also published by The Getty. (http://www.johnhumble.com/)

Disney Channel Director of Development - J Francis

J FRANCIS
Disney Channel Director of Development
Tuesday March 11

12N - 2PM
see flyer for details

Burkhardt Speaker Series Presents: Adam Ross

Wednesday February 27, 2008
2:00pm
Purple Crit Room

Adam Ross Earned his MFA from UC Santa Barbara. He has had solo exhibitions at the Museum of Contemporary Art, San Diego, The Hales Gallery, London, Angles Gallery, Santa Monica, and the Sara Meltzer Gallery, New York amung many others. His work has been included in group exhibitions at the Orange County Museum of Art, MaCA, White Columns, and The San Francisco Museum of Modern Art. His most recent show was in 2007 at Suzanne Vielmetter Projects n Culver City. Galerie Jean-Luc & Takako Richard has produced a new catalog on his work called "Adam Ross" which includes an essay by renowed art critic Barry Schwabsky.

Wayne Healy Visit

Wayne Healey (member of muralist group "East Los Streetscapers")
Member of first graduating MFA group in Art of CSUN
In ADC332 on 2/19 at 2pm
This will be hosted by Kim Abeles

IDEAS FOR COMMUNICATING DIGITALLY

Presented by Apple Computer's
SCOTT KOZIOL

Tuesday February 19 @ 330pm in ADC332

TRILOGY GAMES, ITLA UNIVERSITY, & VAP DOMINICA VISIT

PETER CHOE
Trilogy GAme Studios
& ITLA UNIVERSITY
& VAP DOMINICANA

VISIT TO ANIMATION AREA, WED. FEB 13

PETER CHOE:
PREVIOUSLY WITH EA GAMES, MEDAL OF HONOR & FORMER RINGLING STUDENT OF PROF. TRUJILLO.

4:00PM AC330 LAB: STUDENTS
3:00PM AC402 LAB: ANIMATION FACULTY

SEE FLYER FOR MORE DETAILS

Graduate Student/Faculty: Erica Lizee @ Moorpark College

I'd like to invite you to see my drawings and paintings in a solo show at MoorparkCollege. The show will be open from February 5th - March 4th, with an opening reception on February 12th from 2-4 pm. Gallery hours are Monday - Friday 8 am - 9 pm, and Sat. 9 am- noon.
For a sneak peak of the work, please visit my website, www.erikalizee.com. For more information on MoorparkCollege, visit www.moorparkcollege.edu. (The gallery is located in the Administration building.)

Hope to see you there!
Erika

Prof. Samantha Fields @ Air Apparent

Air Apparent
Samantha Fields, Gregg Bayne & Alison Foshee
Rio Hondo College Art Gallery
Feb 11-Mar 3, 2008

Opening Reception: Feb 14 7pm
Artists talk at the opening

Prof. Samantha Fields @ Wignall Museum at Chaffey College

INLANDIA opens at the Wignall Museum at Chaffey College

Rancho Cucamonga, CA - Chaffey College and the Wignall Museum are pleased to present Inlandia. Like the 2007-2008 College Book of the same name, Inlandia assembles a group of artists who explore disparate ideas that make the Inland Empire a place with a cultural landscape all its own. The artists in Inlandia are based in TX, MN, OR, NY and CA, but regardless of their proximity to the Inland area, their works are informed directly by this regions political and social landscape or investigate ideas relevant to the IE community. Inlandia surveys the Inland Empire’s status as the fastest growing region in Southern California, the resulting suburban sprawl and ecological impact on the area, the beauty and inspiration of the landscape of the sprawling IE territory, and the characters that make this region unique and diverse. Artists utilize various media to comment on, record and realize the Inland Empire.

Inlandia features work by Edith Abeyta (CA), Adam Belt (CA), Sasha Bezzubov (NY), Margarita Cabrera (TX), Misty Cervantes(CA), Samantha Fields (CA), The Institute for Figuring (CA), Roman Jaster (CA), Sant Khalsa (CA), Kimberly Kolba (OR), Amy Maloof (CA), Michelle Mayer (CA), Thomas McGovern (CA), Jessica Newman-Skrentny (CA), David Rathman (MN), Alex Slade(CA), Jessica Swanson (CA), and Roger Tilton (CA).

Inlandia opens Monday, January 28 and runs through Saturday, March 1, 2008. An artist’s talk featuring various Inlandia artists (TBA) will be held on Tuesday, January 29, 2008 from 6:00-7:00 p.m. at the Wignall Museum, immediately followed by an artists’ reception at the Wignall Museum from 7:00 – 9:00 p.m. The exhibition and reception are free and open to the public.

Artist talks with Inlandia artists Edith Abeyta, Roman Jaster, Thomas McGovern and Sant Khalsa are co-sponsored by the One Book/One College program. The schedule for these free lectures are:

Various artists
Tuesday, January 29, 6:00-7:00 p.m.

Edith Abeyta and Roman Jaster
Monday, February 11, 12:30-1:30 p.m.

Thomas McGovern
Friday, February 22, 12:30-1:30 p.m.

Sant Khalsa
Monday, February 25, 12:30 – 1:30 p.m.

All lectures will be held at the Wignall Museum and are free and open to the public. Special thanks to OBOC for their co-sponsorship and support.

LOCATION:
The Wignall Museum/Gallery is located at 5885 Haven Avenue, Rancho Cucamonga, CA 91737-3002. Admission is free. Park in the North Parking Lot, permits can be purchased at vending machines for $2. Parking is free during museum receptions and special events.

HOURS:
Monday – Friday, 10:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.; Saturday, noon - 4:00 p.m.

CLOSED Sundays and Holidays. The Wignall will be CLOSED Friday, 2/8 in observance of Lincoln’s Birthday and again on Monday, 2/18 in observance of Washington’s Birthday

EVENT INFO:
(909) 652 - 6492
www.chaffey.edu/wignall

CSUN represented by 6 speakers @ AHSC

On behalf of several members of the Department who attended this symposium I would like to extend congratulations to five graduate students (Kris Shoemaker, Art History, Deana Hight, Art History, Briana Simmons, Art History, Christine Terry, Art Education and Jennifer Smith, Art History) who presented at the recent Art Historians of Southern California Annual meeting, held at Pepperdine University. Each student spoke on her MA thesis work in a polished and professional talk. I have even heard of one student who got a job offer after her talk!

Prof. Peri Klemm delivered a revealing lecture on "Labor Theatre: The Birth of the Cabbage Patch Kids at Babyland General" which was very well received.

AHSC is a CAA affiliate that includes student and faculty members at the major LA area institutions, from Irvine to Santa Barbara. This year's presenters included students and faculty from UCLA, USC, CSU Long Beach, CSU Channel Islands, Otis and the Getty Museum. A very impressive crowd, and all the more impressive given that CSUN was represented by 6 speakers.

Warmest congratulations to all!

Owen Doonan

Michelle Moode

Michelle Moode
Millions of Happy People


Michelle will be discussing her mixed media prints which combined etching drawing, sewing and found materials - in the Printshop

AC 503
Tuesday, November 20 at 3:00PM.

All are invited and welcome to join us.