Art & Art History
Department

Fall 2010 - SCHEDULE OF EVENTS

Life model sessions: Tuesdays from 8-10PM. in MH 129
First session of the semester is Sept. 15

Mon Sept 20, 4:45-5:45PM
Artist Talk: Karley Klopfenstein
Library 321  
Karley Klopfenstein is a sculptor living working in New York City and is the sole Artist House artist-in-residence for the fall semester. An SMCM alumna (class of ’97 Art and Sociology/Anthropology), Klopfenstein studied sculpture at Virginia Commonwealth University and served as the director of Sculpture Key West in Key West, Florida. Her current work involves the creation of tapestries and sculptural fiber work that reflects political/social concerns. She draws upon the richness of fiber art, decoration and traditional American craft techniques as a timeless means of cultural expression.  Her works also reflect a dark humor-- Carpet Bombs, Macramé Machine Guns, Freedom Rugs. For more information see the artist’s website: http://www.karleyklopfenstein.com/

Thur. Sept 30, 4:15
Art History Lecture: Dr. Elizabeth Chew, Meals Fit for a President: Jefferson's and Madison's Culinary Tastes
St. Mary’s Hall
Sponsored by Museum Studies

Tues Oct 5, 4:15-5:45
Artist Talk: Heather Harvey
Library 321   Heather Harvey is here at St. Mary’s for the year as a visiting faculty teaching drawing and painting. She received a BA in Anthropology from University of Buffalo, an MA in Archeology from the College of William and Mary, and an MFA in painting from Virginia Commonwealth University. Harvey describes her current work as existing somewhere between painting, sculpture, and drawing. She creates installations directly on the wall with the same materials the wall is made of thereby subtly transforming the walls from a “placid, inanimate architectural space to something stranger and less expected.” For more information see the artists website: http://www.heather-harvey.net

October 25-28
ARTWEEK 2.0
ARTWEEK emerges from departmental efforts to diversify our programmatic offerings, find collaborative opportunities for faculty and students alike, and offer a wide range of art-related events to the campus community. ARTWEEK kicks off with a Gallery Opening and Artist Reception - Tenterhooks: Karley Klopfenstein and Anja Marais, includes open studio and curatorial lab events, the no-holds barred Faculty Throwdown!, and culminates in a lecture by Argentinean mixed-media artist Mirta Kupferminc.

Link to the full ARTWEEK calendar of events here.

Thurs Nov 11, 8pm
Art History Lecture: The Politics of Representation: Art and Human Rights in Latin America 
Dr. Andrea Giunta, Professor of Art History, University of Texas at Austin
Location: St. Mary’s Hall
Dr. Giunta's lecture will focus on the complex relationship between political policy, visual representation and human rights in Argentina from the Vanguard of the 1960s through the Dirty Wars of the 1970s and 1980s. She will also discuss the political dimensions of recent artwork by a new generation of artists working in present-day "post-crisis" Argentina.

Mon Nov 22, 4:45-5:45
Artist In Residence Open Studio: Join Artist House Artist in Residence Karley Klopfenstein as she opens her studio to share her work while inb residency at SMCM.
Location: Artist Hose Studio

Mon Dec 6, 4-5:45
Gallery Opening Reception: Studio Art SMP 1 Exhibition
Boyden Gallery  
An exhibition of this year’s studio SMP students including Tara Hutton, Allie Snyder, Allison Moore, Diana Abells, Kathleen Overman, Allison Yancone, and Courtney Teed