The University of Dallas’ Beatrice M. Haggerty Gallery presents CUT AND PASTE Recent Artwork by Gordon Young and Enrique Fernández Cervantes

November 12-December 12, 2010

Opening Reception with the Artists:
Friday, November 12, 2010 (6:30 pm-8:30 pm)

Irving, TX – The University of Dallas’ Beatrice M. Haggerty Gallery
announces the opening of the exhibition Cut and Paste, featuring recent
artwork by Dallas artists, Gordon Young and Enrique Fernández Cervantes.
The exhibition is scheduled to open on Friday, November 12, 2010 with a
reception with the artists from 6:30 to 8:30 PM.  The exhibition and the
reception are free and open to the public.

HOURS AND LOCATION: The Beatrice M. Haggerty Gallery is located at 1845
East Northgate Drive, Irving, Texas 75062.  Gallery hours are
Monday-Friday, 10 am-5 pm and Saturday and Sunday, 12 noon-5 pm.  For
directions to the gallery, please visit
http://www.udallas.edu/aboutus/about/directions. For more information
about this exhibition please visit
http://enriquefernandezcervantes.com/news.html or visit the University of
Dallas’ website at http://www.udallas.edu.

Enrique Fernández Cervantes,
Visual Artist / Curator / Graphic Designer

www.enriquefernandezcervantes.com

Signs of Sustainability Artists Claudia Smalley and Magda Smolenska Chicago

Artists Claudia Smalley and Magda Smolenska will be exhibiting November 23rd  through January 8th at Elephant Room, Inc. in Chicago.  Signs of Sustainability is an exhibition resulting from Claudia and Magda’s artistic partnership, HOBOartlab.  Through this collaboration, the artists focus on developing unique oil, watercolor and mixed media paintings on canvas.  HOBOartlab donates a percentage of sales to select charities, with the goal being to exhibit art that can positively influence a community and possibly make an impact.

Signs of Sustainability is an exhibition of new paintings and mixed media works by Claudia and Magda.  Claudia’s work frequently explores the familiarity of color and composition of historical works by freely reinterpreting them from her own contemporary perspective.  For this exhibition, Claudia  also introduces a new body of work that harkens back to her industrial design roots and features figurative shapes while playing with composition and color schemes.  Magda’s work is a series of paintings that experiment with different media and techniques.  Her vast pallet and evidence of tools reveal paintings that are a manifesto of feelings, colors and assemblies.  Signs of Sustainability  is a visual marriage of strokes, colors, and shapes between two contemporary artists who are interested in positively contributing to the community through the display of their work.

HOBOartlab reached out to their fans through Facebook and Twitter and asked what organizations they were most passionate about.  Chicago-based not-for-profit, Vital Bridges was chosen as the organization to donate a portion of the sales to from this exhibition.  Vital Bridges’ mission is to help people through metropolitan Chicago impacted by HIV and AIDS to improve their health and build self-sufficiency by providing food, nutrition, housing, case management and prevention services.

The opening reception for Signs of Sustainability is Friday, December 3rd 6-9pm.  There will be an artist talk open to the public on Thursday, December 9th 5-6pm.  The closing reception is on Friday, January 7th 7-9pm.

www.HOBOartlab.com

www.elephantroomgallery.com
704 S Wabash Ave, Chicago IL

DRAWING FROM LIFE

NUDES at Mary Tomas Gallery
1110 Dragon Street
Dallas, Tx

ARTISTS:
MARY TOMAS, KIKI CURRY, NANCY LEIGH HILLIS, JOSE' CRUZ, ERIN HINZ, RENATO MAZZA, ROGER MOORE

Anderson Ranch Arts Center presents James Surls: The Black Arts, December 6, 2010 – February 25, 2011

James Surls, All Diamonds, 2006

Snowmass Village, CO – Anderson Ranch Arts Center is proud to present the upcoming exhibition James Surls: The Black Arts which will showcase the incredible artwork of Carbondale, CO-based sculptor James Surls. The exhibition will feature significant recent works which will include sculpture, drawing and the monumental woodcut print, Through it All, recently printed for the first time.  To commemorate the groundbreaking continuous drawing, To Touch the Center, made by Surls 20 years ago at Anderson Ranch, a similar large wall drawing will be on view in the Patton-Mallott Gallery.

The exhibition will extend outside the gallery onto the Ranch campus to include large-scale sculpture on the grounds. The exhibition will be on view December 6, 2010-February 25, 2011; opening reception will be held on December 14, 5-6:30 pm. The opening reception corresponds with the Anderson Ranch Annual Holiday Open House & Live Auction (details and schedule below).

James Surls, Through it All, cut 1988, printed 2010

In 1986, Surls cut a woodblock called "Cut Hands, Hurt Eyes" while working with printer Chip Elwell at Anderson Ranch. Chip unexpectedly died a week after the block was cut and so the block was never printed. This wood block was six foot by three foot and was the parent block for Through it All, which was cut in 1988. This block was four feet by eight feet and due to its large size and inherent printing difficulties, the block went dormant and has been in storage for the last twenty-three years.

John Smither, print publisher from Huntsville, Texas and Surls have collaborated to bring this wood block back to life. They have printed an edition of 12 on Kochi Mashi Japanese paper at 52” x 100.”  The print is signed with a notation that the block was cut in 1988 and printed in 2010.  This print will make its debut in James Surls: The Black Arts exhibition at Anderson Ranch.

For inquiries into artwork sales please contact Paul Collins, Chair of Exhibitions, at 970/923-3181 ext. 236 or email pcollins@andersonranch.org.

Anderson Ranch will host an opening reception on Tuesday, December 14, 2010 from 5-6:30 pm— free and open to the public. The reception will take place in the Patton-Malott Gallery located on the second floor of the Dows Barn administration building.

ANDERSON RANCH ANNUAL HOLIDAY OPEN HOUSE & LIVE AUCTION

The opening reception for James Surls: The Black Arts corresponds with the Annual Holiday Open House & Live Auction where in celebration of the holidays, the Ranch opens its doors to the community for the following series of activities on Tuesday, December 14, 2010. All are welcome! Free and open to the public.

• Children’s ornament decorating, 5 - 6 pm

Children are invited to participate in an ornament decorating activity.

• Open studios, 5 - 6:30 pm

Follow candle-lit paths leading to the studios of our staff and resident artists.

• James Surls: The Black Arts opening reception, 5 - 6:30 pm

This exhibition will feature drawings and large-scale sculpture and will commemorate the 20th anniversary of Surls’s groundbreaking wall drawing, To Touch the Center, created at Anderson Ranch. On view December 6, 2010 - February 25, 2011 in the Patton-Malott Gallery.

• Gideon Gartner Solo Show opening reception, 5 - 6:30 pm

On view December 6, 2010 - February 25, 2011.

• Live Auction, 6:30 - 7 pm

Join us for a special live auction featuring select artwork by nationally and internationally renowned artists. Wine & beer and light snacks will be served. Proceeds benefit the educational programs at Anderson Ranch.

• Dinner at the Ranch Café, 7 pm, $20
Call 970/923-3181 to make reservations (required).

MORE ON THE ARTIST

James Surls

James Surls is one of the most preeminent sculptors in the United States. His wood-and-steel sculptures are in many major art museums throughout the country including the Museum of Modern Art, Albright Knox, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, and the Whitney Museum. Surls has been the recipient of an NEA Grant and was given the Living Legend Award by the Dallas Visual Art Center in 1993. For more information visit: jamessurls.com.

Images available on request.

Anderson Ranch Arts Center is a world-class learning community dedicated to creativity and growth through the making and understanding of the visual arts. We promote the personal and professional development of artists of all levels of expertise through year-round workshops, artists’ residencies, exhibitions, lectures, public events and community outreach. The facilities feature fully-equipped studios, galleries, café, dormitory and ArtWorks store. Anderson Ranch programs and activities attract thousands of artists, art-lovers, students, faculty and patrons annually to this historic and beautiful 5-acre mountain ranch near Aspen.

For more information on our programs, call 970.923.3181, email info@andersonranch.org, write Anderson Ranch Arts Center, P.O. Box 5598, Snowmass Village, CO 81615, or visit our web site at www.andersonranch.org.

MEDIA CONTACT:

Holly Bornemeier, Director of Marketing/Communications

970.923.3181 ext. 216

hbornemeier@andersonranch.org
www.andersonranch.org

Printed Matter New York City Art Book Fair

Printed Matter, Inc. presents The NY Art Book Fair November 5-7, 2010 at MoMA PS1 Free preview tonight, Nov. 4, 6-9 p.m. www.nyartbookfair.com

Please join use this evening, Nov. 4 from 6-9 p.m. for a free preview of the NY Art Book Fair, presented by Printed Matter, Inc. The preview includes a performance by Norwegian artists Nils Bech & Bendik Giske. The NY Art Book Fair will showcase more than 280 international presses, booksellers, antiquarians, museums, galleries, and artists from twenty-four countries, exhibiting the very best of contemporary art publishing. Visit the NY Art Book Fair website and Facebook page for updates as well as a complete list of programs. FAIR HOURS AND LOCATIONS Printed Matter, Inc. presents The NY Art Book Fair November 5-7, 2010 Preview: November 4, 6-9 p.m. MoMA PS1, 22-25 Jackson Ave. at the intersection of 46th Ave., Long Island City, NY Free and open to the public: Thursday, November 4, 6-9 p.m. Friday & Saturday, November 5 & 6, 11 a.m. - 7 p.m. Sunday, November 7, 11 a.m. - 5 p.m. ----- SPECIAL THANKS TO OUR SPONSORS Printed Matter, Inc. and The NY Art Book Fair thank our generous sponsors for their support of these events: WNYC and WQXR The official media sponsors for the NY Art Book Fair, WNYC and WQXR named the Fair a "Must See Arts in the City" event for this weekend. The Standard Visit Standard Culture to read an interview with Printed Matter chief executive AA Bronson about the NY Art Book Fair. Once again, The Standard is the Fair's official hotel partner. Opening Ceremony presents OC ♥ NY Art Book Fair OC ♥ NY Art Book Fair is a month-long series of posts by Opening Ceremony focused on the exhibitors of the NY Art Book Fair, featuring a diverse array of emerging and established publishers. BOOK BAGS A collaboration between Printed Matter, Inc. and American Apparel For BOOK BAGS, Printed Matter and American Apparel collaborated with Panayiotis Terzis, Edie Fake, and Geoff McFetridge—three artists whose work represents the spirit of independent publishing. Each artist created a graphic for these limited edition, heavy-weight totes, manufactured by American Apparel in downtown Los Angeles. BOOK BAGS are available this weekend from Printed Matter (booth Z05) at the NY Art Book Fair and American Apparel select locations and online. A portion of the proceeds will support Printed Matter's commissioned projects with artists. ----- Printed Matter, Inc. and The NY Art Book Fair thank our generous sponsors for their support of these events: Press inquiries: Peter J. Russo, peter@printedmatter.org Printed Matter Inc. is an independent 501(c)(3) non-profit organization founded in 1976 by artists and art workers with the mission to foster the appreciation, dissemination, and understanding of artists'' books and other artists'' publications. Printed Matter, Inc. has received support, in part, through grants from the New York State Council on the Arts, the New York City, Department of Cultural Affairs, the Milton & Sally Avery Arts Foundation, The Cowles Charitable Trust, The Horace W. Goldsmith Foundation, the Schoenstadt Family Foundation, the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, the Trust for Mutual Understanding, the Gesso Foundation, the Foundation for Contemporary, Arts, the Morris B. and Edith S. Cartin Family Foundation Inc., the Mondriaan Foundation, and individuals worldwide.

Printed Matter, Inc.
195 Tenth Avenue
New York, NY 10011
www.printedmatter.org

T: 212 925 0325
F: 212 925 0464

Anderson Ranch Arts Center 2011 Art Educator Institute Call to Artists

June 20-24, 2011

Snowmass Village, CO—In conjunction with the University of Northern Colorado’s Center for Integrated Arts Education, Anderson Ranch Arts Center is pleased to provide a unique week-long opportunity for k-12 art educators to reconnect as artists and earn graduate or continuing education credits through the University of Northern Colorado.  The Art Educator Institute at Anderson Ranch in Snowmass Village, CO, will bring 15 art educators together from around the nation to think critically about their dual identities of artists/educators. Besides extensive studio time to focus on personal art making, there will be specific seminar sessions themed Art Sci: Aesthetics of Inquiry, Experimentation and Discovery where educators will relate art studio practice to scientific process with specific applications to classroom pedagogy. 

The Institute will build a community of learners and activate the expertise of each participant through dialogue, critique, inquiry, art making, and reflection.  This opportunity is funded by the National Endowment for the Arts, in partnership with the Center for Integrated Arts Education, and covers most expenses for each participant. 

Time at the Ranch will be rigorous; each art educator will enroll in a week-long workshop and spend a large portion of their week in the studio.  Art educators will be able to select from a five-day workshop topic in the areas of painting and drawing, printmaking, sculpture, ceramics, photography or digital media in order to learn from professional artists through demonstrations, individual instruction, and slide lectures.  Some of the workshops available to art educators will be Michael Schall, “Drawing with Pencil: the natural world;” Alan Lerner, “Screen Printed Posters;” Carl Reed, “Art in the Garden: the garden as art;” Victoria Christen, “Constructed Forms and Slipped Surfaces” and Brendyn Boykin, “Editing with Final Cut Studio”.

The seminar component, Art Sci: Aesthetics of inquiry, Experimentation and Discovery, will be facilitated by Amy Youngs, Associate Professor of Arts and Technology at Ohio State University and Julia Marshall, Professor of Art Education at San Francisco State University.  Amy Youngs creates biological art, interactive sculptures and digital media works that explore the complex relationships between technology and our changing concept of nature and self.  Dr. Marshall explores the ways art addresses themes and concepts from domains outside art, particularly the life sciences, and how art employs methods and aesthetics from science in studio practice and artwork. The objectives for the arts education seminar include:

• Create a community of learners
• Utilize the theme of art practice as creative, aesthetic research, and creativity for understanding
• Investigate current scholarship in the area of arts integration, arts partnerships, cultural knowledge, and social action
• Apply Arts and Science integration to one’s classroom/school practice through practical engagement in curriculum planning and resource bank development
• Understand the teacher/artist identity
• Make connections between studio practice and teaching practice

All participants will be required to enroll in both a workshop and the educator seminars as well as submit final documentation on how they incorporated what they learned at Anderson Ranch into their classroom practice.

The Art Educator Institute is conducted in partnership with the University of Northern Colorado’s Center for Integrated Arts Education. CIAE supports broadly based partnerships for arts education reform, creation of models for innovative art curriculum development and arts education research examining systemic change in arts instruction.

Dates

The Art Educator Institute will run from June 20 – 24, 2011.  Participants are expected to arrive at Anderson Ranch on June 19, 2011.

Compensation

This Institute is funded in part by the National Endowment for the Arts and participants will receive workshop tuition, lodging in a shared dorm, a full meal plan at the Anderson Ranch Café, and a $100 travel stipend.  Participants will be responsible for a registration fee of $55, studio fees, and additional travel expenses.

Eligibility and Requirements

Currently practicing, licensed k-12 art educators within the United States. Past participants in the Art Educator Institute at Anderson Ranch Arts Center are not eligible to apply or participate again.

Each educator must complete course work outlined in the seminar and submit documentation, such as lesson plans and a reflection paper, upon returning and integrating the ideas from the Institute into their classroom practice.

Facilitators

The seminar portion of this Institute will be facilitated by Amy Youngs and Julia Marshall, professional visual artists, arts educators and teaching artists and leaders in the field of the arts and education. 

Amy Youngs

Associate Professor of Arts and Technology at Ohio State University

Amy Youngs creates biological art, interactive sculptures and digital media works that explore the complex relationship between technology and our changing concept of nature and self. Her work engages viewers in a visual, tactile and auditory realm, to elicit a dialogue regarding the relationship between technology and our changing concept of nature and self.  She is interested in the way that our increasingly enhanced and extended human capabilities allow us to perceive the world in micro and macro modes, explore it more thoroughly and even make attempts to remedy past ecological errors. That technology can simultaneously ruin, reveal, reinvent and repair nature is a paradox I investigate in my work She has exhibited her works nationally and internationally. She has exhibited her works nationally and internationally at venues such as the Biennale of Electronic Arts (Perth, Australia), Te Papa Museum (Wellington, New Zeland), John Michael Kohler Arts Center (Sheboygan, Wisconsin), the Tweed Museum (Duluth, MN), Circulo de Bellas Artes (Madrid, Spain), the Visual Arts Museum, Pace Digital Gallery (New York, NY), the Art Institute of Chicago's Betty Rymer Gallery, Vedanta Gallery, Northern Illinois University Art Gallery (Chicago, IL), Blasthaus, (San Francisco, CA) and Works (San Jose, CA). Her artwork has been reviewed in publications such as, The Chicago Reader, Toronto Star, San Francisco Bay Guardian, RealTime and Artweek. Youngs has published several essays, including one on genetic art in the journal Leonardo and another on art, technology and ecology in the international art publication Nouvel Objet in 2001. Her work was profiled in the recent book, Art in Action, Nature, Creativity & our Collective Future. She has lectured on her work widely, including at Columbia College, (Chicago, IL), the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Boston, Massachusetts), the Australian Center For the Moving Image (Melbourne, Australia) and the Walker Art Center (Minneapolis, MN) and has participated in panels at professional conferences such as the Women’s Caucus for the Arts and the College Arts Association. In 2002, Youngs was awarded an Individual Artist Fellowship Grant from the Ohio Arts Council. Youngs received a BA from San Francisco State University, graduating Summa Cum Laude and Art Student Honoree of her class. She was awarded a full Merit Scholarship to study at The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, where she completed her MFA in 1999. Youngs is currently an Associate Professor in the Department of Art at The Ohio State University. She was born in 1968 in Chico, California.

                             

Julia Marshall

Professor of Art Education, San Francisco State University

Julia Marshall teaches art education at San Francisco State University. She holds an EdD from the University of San Francisco and an MFA from the University of Wisconsin. Julia was as a teaching-artist for many years in the Bay Area where she specialized in art integration for elementary, middle and high school. She also has extensive experience working with youth in museums and cultural centers. Julia’s scholarship and interests lie in contemporary art and its role in art education, integration of art with the academic curriculum, creative inquiry-based pedagogy, and the intersection of creativity and learning. Her latest work explores the notion of ‘art practice as research’ and how that concept provides a new framework for transforming art curriculum, learning and teaching. Her writings, which include multiple articles in Studies in Art Education and Art Education and numerous art education anthologies, and her many presentations at international and national conferences, address these topics. Julia has also developed curricula based on contemporary art for The Yerba Buena Center for the Arts in San Francisco, KQED (San Francisco Public Television) and The Nelson Gallery at the University of California, Davis. As a practicing artist, she finds a dynamic interaction between her studio work and her investigations as a teacher, scholar and theorist.

Graduate Credits / Continuing Education Credits

Two graduate credits can be earned from the University of Northern Colorado for participation in this Institute. Contact Connie.Stewart@unco.edu for further information. Participants are responsible for paying $100 per credit and for determining transferability towards their professional development requirements. Continuing education credit will also be offered.

Application and Deadline

Applications can be downloaded from andersonranch.org/arteducatorinstitute and the deadline to apply is January 28, 2011.

Notification
Applicants will be notified of their acceptance by February 16, 2011. If accepted, participants must enroll by March 1, 2011 to confirm their participation and desired workshop choice.

For questions or further information contact:   

Sonya Taylor

Children’s and Outreach Program Coordinator
Anderson Ranch Arts Center
PO Box 5598, Snowmass Village, CO 81615

Phone: 970/923-3181 x204, staylor@andersonranch.org

Dr. Connie Stewart

Executive Director
Center for Integrated Arts Education

501 20th Street, Campus Box 30

Guggenheim Hall, Room 003, Greeley, CO 80639

Phone: 970/351-2443 or 970/351-2426, connie.stewart@unco.edu or ciae@unco.edu

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Anderson Ranch Arts Center is a learning community dedicated to creativity and growth through the making and understanding of the visual arts. We promote personal and professional development of artists of all levels of expertise through workshops, residencies, exhibitions, lectures, public events and community outreach programs. Café, studios, galleries, year-round classes and events attract thousands of artists, art-lovers, students, faculty and patrons each year to this historic mountain ranch near Aspen.

For more information on our programs, call 970.923.3181, email info@andersonranch.org, write Anderson Ranch Arts Center, P.O. Box 5598, Snowmass Village, CO 81615, or visit our web site at www.andersonranch.org.

MEDIA CONTACT:

Holly Bornemeier, Director of Marketing/Communications

970.923.3181 ext. 216

hbornemeier@andersonranch.org
www.andersonranch.org

ART SHOW HAPPY HOUR Absinth Lounge Dallas Texas

Absinthe Lounge

1409 S Lamar #008

(Entrance is located on Belleview Ave.)

Dallas, TX 75215

214.421.5500

www.absinthelounge.net

Saturday, November 6, 2010

Closing - Friday, December 3, 2010

7pm - 10pm (Happy Hour Prices at the Bar)

21 and Over are Welcome

Featured Artist:

Delia deVer

www.deliadever.net

 

*Silent Auction Purchases will be Cash or Check ONLY

**All Artwork will be up for 1 MONTH for viewing and bidding (absentee bids are accepted)

Come and Enjoy Happy Hour on Saturdays with Creative Dallas-based ARTISTS,

FUNKY Music by local DJ's

HAPPY HOUR Drink Prices and a

COOL, Sexy, Laid Back Atmosphere.

Remember To Bring Your Best Bid and Have Fun, Fun, Fun!!!