Photo credit:  Denton Record Chronicle

These students are getting wrapped up in their art. Literally.
About 130 students in an introductory 3D design course at the University of North Texas College of Visual Arts and Design will wrap their bodies — or a friend’s body — in tape for their final class project. When they cut off the tape, the resulting castings will be their body of art.
The students will display all 130 taped castings in a temporary installation before making stop-motion films of the taped figures.
This sticky undertaking will teach the students how to tackle a large-scale project using “a playful, contemporary material,” said James Thurman, the assistant professor of art overseeing the project.
“As long as humans have been making art, they have been dealing with the human as subject,” Thurman said. “With tape, the students can learn to form a body relatively easily, and it’s relatively affordable.”
 

See an army of 130 human-sized taped castings on display from 2 to 3 p.m. Nov. 25 (Wednesday) on Level 1 of the University Union, one block west of Welch and West Prairie streets. The general public is welcome.

A silent auction of art works benefiting the United Way. The project is a collaborative effort by the UNT Humanics students from the PACS(Public Affairs and Community Service) College and CVAD Drawing 2 students. The auction is this Sunday November 22 from 4-7pm in the Lightwell Gallery at CVAD. See announcements for details.

CVAD Fashion Design Junior Neil Marek won the Design Your Future Contest in Orlando, Florida during the 23rd annual HACU conference. HACU, Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities, is decicated to the promotion of higher education amongst hispanic and diverse background students, and the purpose of the conference is to bring together students organizations from all over the country to create networking opportunities and general information sharing. The Design Your Future contest is presented by Gap Inc., LATINA Style magazine and the HACU and the objective was to design and construct an interview suit that the designers would be wearing. Five finalists were chosen from the  nation wide design search to attend the conference in Orlando where they showcased our designs for an audience of HACU conference attendees and three judges: Antoine Andrews,director of diversity and inclusion Gap Inc; Erin Herrera, senior recruiter Old Navy; and Melinda K. Adams, Ph.D. assistant professor fashion management. As winner of the competition Marek received a $5000 scholarship and will be featured in an article, along with the other contestants, in a major Hispanic publication.

CVAD Professor of Photography Dornith Doherty was recently awarded an inaugural fellowship from the University of North Texas' INSTITUTE FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE ARTS. The new Institute will provide recognition for artistic contributions by outstanding faculty members. The fellowship and grant will support Doherty's continued work on Archiving Eden and travels to Colorado and England during the 2010 spring semester.

 photograph and text courtesy Holly Johnson Gallery, Dallas, TX

 
In Archiving Eden, Dornith Doherty explores the role of seed banks and their preservation efforts in the face of climate change, the extinction of natural species and decreased agricultural diversity.  This work questions the complex philosophical, anthropological, and ecological issues surrounding the role of science, technology, and human agency in the context of seed banks.
 
Dornith Doherty is Professor of Photography at the University of North Texas and has been a faculty member since 1996. A recipient of grants from the Fulbright Foundation, the Japan Foundation, the United States Department of the Interior, the Indiana Arts Commission, and the Society for Contemporary Photography, Doherty received a B.A. cum laude in Spanish and French language and literature at Rice University, and a M.F.A. in photography from Yale University.

Dornith Doherty
 
Archiving Eden II
 
October 17 - November 14, 2009
 
Holly Johnson Gallery
1411 Dragon Street
Dallas Texas 75207
T 214 369 0169

Regents Professor of jewelry and metalsmithing Harlan Butt received the inaugual Creative Impact Award from the UNT Office of Research and Economic Development. The prize was created to honor a UNT faculty member in creative fields such as dance, music, theater, art, or design for the positive societal impact of their work.  Professor Butt is the president of the Society of North American Goldsmiths. His work can be seen at:

 Mobilia Gallery    or on his website at HarlanButt.com

Burnley-Schol Studios Exhibit featuring the work of CVAD faculty members Don Schol and Pamela Burnley-Schol
Stephen F. Austin University
The Cole Art Center,  Reavley Gallery, 329 E. Main Street, Nacogdoches
Closing reception December 4. 6-8 pm

CORA STAFFORD GALLERY - in Oak St. Hall, Corner of Oak and Ponder Sts
Sept1 – 4 – “Global Fusion & Frogman’s Invitational” 2009, curated by CVAD faculty, Andy Decaen and Lori Gibbons
Sept 22 – 25 – “Simon and Garfunkel” – printmaking student group show
Oct 13 – 16 “PANTS Open” – P.A.N.T.S. – printmaking student organization open exhibition
Oct 20 – 23 “Parallax” – (photography student organization)
Oct 27 – 30 Christopher Carver – MFA exhibition – sculpture, mixed media
Nov 3 – 6 Julie Barnofski – MFA exhibition, photography
Nov 17 – 20 Rene Muhl – MFA exhibition, sculpture, installation
Dec 1 – 4 Watercolor exhibition
Dec 8 – 11 Photography Seniors exhibition
Dec 15 – 18 Drawing and Painting Seniors exhibition

LIGHTWELL GALLERY – 1st floor Art building
Sept 1 – 4 – Watercolor exhibition – all level
Oct 6 – 9 – Drawing exhibition – curated by CVAD faculty, Vincent Falsetta
Oct 13 – 16 – Core Design I + II exhibition
Oct 20 – 23 – Drawing and Painting Graduate student exhibition
Oct 27 – 30 – Drawing and Painting Seniors student exhibition
Nov 3 – 6 – Fibers Seniors student exhibition
Nov 10 – 13 Ceramics Seniors student exhibition
Nov 17 – 20 Sculpture Seniors student exhibition
Nov 23 – 25 – Humanics/United Way auction and exhibition
Dec 1 – 4 – Printmaking Seniors student exhibition
Dec 8 – 11 – Sculpture Graduates student exhibition
Dec 15 – 18 – Communication Design Seniors student exhibition
 

NORTH GALLERY – 1st floor Art building
Sept 1 – 4 – Watercolor exhibition – all level

Oct 27 -  30 - Ashley Hurst - BFA Metalsmithing, exit exhibition

Nov 3 - 6 -"ParaPants" - Collaborative student exhibition b/w Parallax (photography organization) and PANTS (printmaking organization)

Nov 9 - 13 - "Where the Ocean Meets the Sky" - Marissa L. Harris - BFA Ceramics, exit exhibition

Nov 17 - 20 - Exhibition of redesigned sculptural chairs by CVAD sculpture students, curated by Don Schol, Professor of Art, Sculpture

Dec 1 – 4 – Design I exhibition, curated by CVAD Adjunct faculty, Mary Becker

Dec 7 - 11 - "Light as  Feather, Stiff as a Board" - Kelly Stiles - BFA Metalsmithing,  exit exhibition

Dec 14 - 18 - Advanced New Media Studio exhibition

CVAD painting and drawing faculty member Matthew Bourbon, Emeritus faculty member Vernon Fisher, and former BFA student Edward Setinaare featured in the exhibition "Death of a Propane Salesman: Anxiety and the Texas Artist" at FORT WORTH CONTEMPORARY ARTS
The Art Galleries at TCU
2900 W Berry St. Fort Worth, TX 76109

October 30, 2009 – December 13, 2009.
Opening Reception: Friday October 30, 6-9pm

November 10 - December 12, 2009

Opening Reception, Tuesday 11/10, 4:30-6:30

Artist Talk, Thursday 11/19, 7:00 PM, Eagle Student Services Center Room 225

The UNT Art Gallery hosts the traveling exhibition Faces and Mazes: Lia Cook, organized by the Robert Hillestad Textiles Gallery at the University of Nebraska.  This exhibition features Lia Cook's most recent series of weavings, in which she uses an electronic Jacquard hand loom to weave faces that dissolve into continuously changing maze-like patterns.  Drawing on familiar and childhood sources, Cook uses a detail, often re-photographed, layered and re-woven in oversize scale, to intensify an emotional encounter.  The exhibition includes examples of earlier Jacquard weavings to provide context for the current work.  This exhibition is made possible in part by a grant from the Texas Commission on the Arts and contributions from the CVAD Studio Department and Fibers Program.

Image: A-Maze Doll, 2007, Woven cotton and rayon, 80" x 53"