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Art Department Newsletter2018-2019

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TheArtDepartmentstaff,fromlefttoright:LouisePutnam,SamToabe,ManuelaDaCosta,

NancyMcCormack,JonBakos,andBrianGlaser.

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DearStudents,Faculty,andFriends:

I’mhappytowelcomeyoutothe2018-2019schoolyearatUMassBoston.ThefacultyandstaffoftheArtDepartmentareexcitedabouttheyearahead.Asyou’llseeinthisnewsletter’s“FacultyNews,”thedepartment’sprofessorshavebeenbusyasusual–presentingtheirresearchatconferencesandsymposia,curatingexhibitions,writingandpublishingbooksandarticles,andexhibitingtheirartingalleries,museums,andatfilmfestivalsintheUnitedStates,Europe,andAsia.Returningtocampus,ourprofessorswillbeofferingtheirtypicallyrichvarietyofcoursesinstudioartandarthistory.

Beyondtheknowledgeandcreativitybeingsharedinourclassroomsandstudios,thedepartmentcontinuestosponsortheannualVisitingArtistLectureSeries,organizedbyChristopherSchade.Thisfallwewelcomethreevisitingartists:JamesBills,GinaRuggeri,andNormParis.Also,theUniversityHallGallery,underthedirectorshipofSamToabe,ishostingseveralexhibitions:MonsterA.,acollaborationbetweenVictoriaFuandMattRich;DreamsWithin,showcasingtheworkofincarceratedartists;FromTheorytoPractice:TrajectoriesoftheWhitneyIndependentStudyProgram,organizedbyJohnTysonandSamToabe;andthefirstNewEnglandsoloexhibitionfortheartistJoiriMinaya.Capstone’19,theannualexhibitionofworkbystudentsinthestudiocapstonecourse,concludestheschoolyear.

Thisfall,wewelcometwonewadjunctinstructors.JungminLee,arecentPh.D.graduateinFilmandVisualStudiesatHarvard,willteachART250:ArtoftheTwentiethCentury.AndSofieHodara,whoearnedherM.F.A.inVisualCommunicationfromMassArt,willteachabrandnewcourse–ART210:IntroductiontoGraphicDesign.

EspeciallynoteworthythisyeararetheaccomplishmentsofProfessorErikLevine.NotonlywashisvideoworkfeaturedinamajorexhibitioninGermany(accompaniedbyanin-depthcatalog)buthewasalsopromotedtotherankoffullprofessor.CongratulationstoProfessorLevine!Finally,itismypleasuretospotlight(seethephotototheright)andthanktheoutstandingArtDepartmentstaff–thetalented

andhighlyskilledstudiotechniciansBrianGlaser,JonBakos,andNancyMcCormack;ourexpertonvisualresourcesLouisePutnam;theUniversityHallGalleryDirectorSamToabe;ourAdministrativeAssistantLaurenBrackett;andlastbutcertainlynotleast,ourDepartmentManagerManuelaDaCosta,withoutwhomourdepartmentwouldscreechtoahalt.

DavidS.ArefordDepartmentChair

UniversityHallGalleryExhibitionSchedule

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DavidS.ArefordThispastyear,DavidArefordcompletedtheessay“ChristChildCreator”whichwillbepublishedinQuidestsacramentum?OntheVisualRepresentationofSacredMysteriesinEarlyModernEuropeandtheAmericas,1400-1700,editedbyWalterMelion(Brill,2019).HecontinuestopursuevariousprojectsconcerningtheworkoftheAmericanconceptualartistSolLeWitt,includingtheexhibitionStrictBeauty:SolLeWittPrints,organizedbyWilliamsCollegeMuseumofArtandnowopeningin2020.ThemainlenderfortheexhibitionistheNewBritainMuseumofAmericanArt,whichwillserveasasecondvenuein2022.Theexhibitionanditscatalogrepresentthefirstcomprehensiveinvestigationoftheartist’sprintmaking.Lastspring,he

organizedthesession“LocatingLeWitt:IssuesofSite,Space,andMovement”fortheannualmeetingoftheCollegeArtAssociation.ThesessionfeaturedAreford’spaper“LeWittMoves:ChoreographingthePrintedImage,”whichheisdevelopingintoanarticle.Inaddition,thissummerhecompletedadraftofanotherarticleentitled“VoicesBeyondtheWall:NotesonSol

LeWitt’sJewishArt.”Thisstudyexploresvariousartworks(includingwalldrawings,sculptures,andprints)inwhichLeWittrespondedtoissuesofJewishhistory,architecture,religioustexts,andcommunalmemory.Theseworksprovetobenotonlysurprisinglypersonalbutalsohighlypoliticalandhistoricalintheirmeanings.Duringthecomingyear,ArefordwillserveaseditorofLocatingLeWitt:BetweenMindandBody,acollectionofnewLeWittresearchfromeightcontributors,includingKirstenSwenson,VeronicaRoberts,AnnaLovatt,EricaDiBenedetto,JamesMiller,LindsayAveilheandJohnA.Tyson.Infall2018,ArefordwillteachART101:AncientandMedievalArt.

RenaissanceVenicewillbeavailableinOctober2018.Hehascontinuedtospearheadthenewly-formedMuseumPartnershipsCommitteeatUMassBoston,aninitiativeaimedatstrengtheningtheuniversity’sconnectionswithlocalmuseums,especiallytheMuseumofFineArts,Boston.Buonannoisonleaveforthefallsemesterbutwillreturnin

spring2019whenhewillteachART102:RenaissancetoModernArtandhisnewcourseART326:Materials,Materiality,andMeaning.KevinDaceyKevinDaceycontinuesasArtist-in-ResidenceattheRedwoodLibraryandAthenaeuminNewport,RI.Thispastyearhasbeenfocusedondevelopingapublicationofcollectedimages,newwork,andlong-terminterventionsthatwillbeinstalledthroughthefallof2018.Duringthispastsummer,twolarge-scalephotographicworkswereinstalledlinkingarchitectureandtextandimage,alongwithrelatedcompanionpiecesinvariousprinted

LorenzoBuonannoThispastyearLorenzoBuonannocontinuedtoworkonhisfirstbook,TullioLombardoandthePerformanceofSculptureinRenaissanceVenice.Heco-organizedasessiononVenetianartists’signaturesforthe2018RenaissanceSocietyofAmericaConferenceinNewOrleans,atwhichhepresentedmaterialfromhisbook’sfinalchapteronsculptors'signatures.Hedeliveredapaperbasedonthebook’ssecondchapterattheNewEnglandConservatoryinNovember2017.InOctober2017heco-organized,alongwithShannonMcHugh(UMassBoston,MLLC),theannualNewEnglandRenaissanceConference,hostedatUMassBoston,onthetheme“Deception,Deceit,andDishonestyintheEarlyModernEra.”HiscontributiontothecatalogfortheexhibitionTintoretto:Artistof

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formats.Forfall2018andspring2019,DaceywillteachsectionsofART281:DrawingI,offeredthroughUMB’sCollegeofAdvancingandProfessionalStudies.

MargaretHartDuringthispastacademicyearMargaretHarthadasoloexhibitiontitledSituatedBecomingsattheStetsonGalleryinMarblehead,MA,withanaccompanyingpublishedcatalog.Shealsoparticipatedinseveralgroupexhibitionsbothnationallyandinternationally.InOctober,hercollageworkswillbeincludedintheNewDirections2018

exhibitionattheBarrettArtCenterinPoughkeepsie,NY.InNovember,HartwillpresentherworkattheFrankensteinSymposiumatUMassBoston.AndattheupcomingannualmeetingoftheCollegeArtAssociationinNewYorkCity,shewillchairapanelonfeministspeculativefictionandart.Lastbutnotleast,inthenewyearshewillcompleteherPhDincreativepractice.Infall2018,Hartisonsabbatical;andinspring2019,shewillteachART293:PhotographyIandART393:PhotographyWorkshop.

ZachHorn

ZachHorncontinuestopursuevariousprojectsindrawing,painting,andstop-motionanimation.Thispastacademicyear,hecompletedasoloexhibitionattheCommonwealthMuseumtitledUnitedWeBargain,DividedWeBeginsupportoflocallaborunions.Healsoparticipatedintwogroupexhibitions,TimeMachinesatWorcesterStateUniversityandTransformationsatEasternKentuckyUniversity,forwhichhewasrecognizedwithaJuror’sChoiceAward.Heiscurrentlyworkingonasoloexhibitionthatwillopenthis winterattheUniversity of MaineMuseumofArtinBangor.

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Infall2018,HornwillteachART175:VisualTechniques,ART281:DrawingI,andART283:IntroductiontoPainting.Inspring2019,hewillagainteachART175andART281,aswellasART286:IntroductiontoContemporarySculpturalPractices.SarahKellerSarahKellerhasrecentlycompletedresearchandwritingrelatedtotwobookprojects.Thefirst,entitledAnxiousCinephilia,focusesoninstancesofanxietyinrelationtothecinema,particularlyinthewayspectatorsfindthemselvesinthralltomovingimages.ShehasalsofinisheddraftinganessayfortheforthcomingOxfordHandbookofQueerCinemaandthefirstchaptersofhersecondbookproject,bothofwhichareonthesamesubject,namelypioneeringqueerexperimentalfilmartistBarbaraHammer.Tosharethefruitsofsomeofherresearch,shewillbesponsoringanopentalkwithHammerforherfallsemesterclass,ART310:WomenandExperimentalFilm,aswellaslecturesthroughtheyearbyscholarsoffeministandqueercinemaart.KellerservesasthedirectoroftheCinemaStudiesprogramatUMassBostonandisthefounderandcoordinatorfortheBostonCinema/MediaSeminar,amonthlycolloquiumthatgatherscinemaandmediascholarsfromthegreaterBostonareaandbeyondforpresentationsbycolleagues.SheisalsoanactivecontributortotheSocietyofCinemaandMediaStudiesandtoDomitor:theSocietyfortheStudyofEarlyCinema,forwhichsheservesontheexecutivecommitteeandastheEnglishlanguagesecretary.Inaddition

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toART310thisfall,shewillbeteachingalecturecourse,CINE101:IntroductiontoCinemaStudies.Inspring2019,shewillofferthesecondinaseriesofcourses,CINE202:CinemaHistoriesII.

ErikLevineLastyearErikLevinepresentedhisworkinamajorsurveyexhibitionentitledErikLevine:AsaMatterofFactatLudwigForumAacheninGermany.Inaddition,hewaspromotedtotherankoffullprofessor.Theyearwaspartlyspentfocusingontheproductionofseveralcreativeprojects.HecompletedScenario,asinglechannelhighdefinitionvideoworkthatwasfilmedattheMassachusettsFirefightingAcademyinStow,Massachusetts.Inproductionforfouryears,theworkcontinuesLevine’sexplorationintourgentlifeanddeaththemes. Usingdummies,sets,andprops,itlooksatthetheaterofcalamitythroughstagedsituationsthatobscurethelinesbetweenfictionandreality.CurrentworksinprogressincludeOutofPlay,avideopiecethatwasfilmedfrom2014-2018withtwoSpecialWeaponsandTactics(SWAT)

teamsfromRochesterandMonroeCounty,NewYork.Foramonththissummer,LevinefilmedasherodeshotgunwiththeovernightshiftsoftheRochesterPoliceDepartment.Theresultingfootagewillbetransformedintoafuturevideowork.Levine’svideoswererecentlyselectedforinclusionintheDistributionProgramattheInterMediaArtInstituteinDüsseldorf,Germany.Asaresult,hisworkisnowincludedinanonlinecataloguecomprisingabout1200videoartworksbymorethan200artistsfromthebeginningofmediaartuntiltoday.Forfall2018,LevinewillteachART286:IntroductiontoContemporarySculpturalPractices

andART386:SculptureWorkshop.Inspring2019,hewillagainteachART286,aswellasART199:VisualThinking.ElizabethMarranElizabethMarranisreturningtocampusafteraproductiveyear-longsabbatical,duringwhichsheworkedonthreerelatedprojects:Wearegoodright?,adrawingandcollageseries;FearEatstheSoul,aseriesoftwo-dimensionalconstructionsfor a

portfolioofphotoetchings;andNotEnoughMother,anongoingseriesofsmall-scalepaintingsoncanvasandpaperthatexplorethepsychologicalunderpinningsofherworkthroughacombinationofabstractionandfiguration.Shebegantheyearwiththeproductionofintuitiveandfree-associativelarge-formatdrawingsandcollagesthatframedhercreativegoalsandhelpedanchorherconceptualinterests.Inthesevariousprojects,Marranmergeddisparateimagesintoloosevisualnarrativesthatarebroadlyaboutmemory,thepassageoftime,andthecelebrationoftheeveryday.Eachseriesischaracterizedbyodd,quirkyandplayfulvisualsensibilities.Aselectionofherworkwasfeaturedinthepop-upexhibitionofprintsTangibleProofattheModestinoGalleryinCambridge.HerworkisalsoincludedinthecurrentgroupexhibitionArtistsfromNewEnglandCollegesattheBerkshireArtMuseum.During2018-2019,shewillshowworkinexhibitionsinTurkey,Slovenia,andCroatia.InMay2018,MarranorganizedthethirdInternationalArtistsandUMBStudentPrintWorkshoponcampus.Theten-

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dayworkshopbroughtartistsfromCubaandSloveniatoworkbesideUMBartmajors,alongwithgraduatestudentsandvisitingfacultyandstafffromtheSchooloftheMuseumofFineArts,Boston,theRhodeIslandSchoolofDesign,andHarvardUniversity.Thisfall2018andspring2019,MarranwillteachART287:IntroductiontoPrintmakingandART387:PrintmakingWorkshop.CatMazza

CatMazza’snewestworkTakingtheCureiscurrentlyonviewattheDeCordovaMuseumandSculptureParkthroughJuly2019.Theoutdoorsculpturewascommissionbythemuseumandisinspiredbynineteenth-centuryNewEngland“curecottages,”openairporchesintendedtorehabilitateurbanworkerssufferingfromtuberculosis.ThewoodenstructureoverlooksthelakeintheparkwithsampleddetailsofMassachusettscurespacesthattakeshapeasawindowlessstructure,platform,andloungeporch.MazzaalsohasworkonviewattheMuseumofDesigninAtlanta,GA(June3,2018-September9,2018)intheexhibitionMakingChange:TheArtandCraftof

Activism.Atimelineof75yearsofcraftproducedbyTheAmericanCraftCouncilhighlightsoneofMazza’searlyartworks,NikeBlanketPetition,whichrepresents“craftivism”fortheyear2003.AforthcomingexhibitorganizedbyPeertoSpaceinBerlin,GermanywillhighlightoneofherembroideredanimationsFilmtoFiber(2005).Forthefall2018, MazzawillteachART297:IntroductiontoDigitalMediaArtandART397:DigitalMediaWorkshop,incorporatingprojectsusingdigital prints,animations,and lasercutprojects.Inspring2019,shewillagainteachART297,aswellasanewcourse,ART208:IntroductiontoContemporaryPracticesinFiberArt.Thenewcourseexplorestextilehistories,traditions,andtechniques,includingembroidery,handknitting,machineknitting,andthewaysfibermediacaninterfacewithdigitaldesign. AaronNorfolkInFebruary2018,AaronNorfolkorganizedanexhibitionofstudentprintsattheFPACGalleryindowntownBoston.JuriedbyprofessorsChristopherSchadeandDavidAreford,theshowrepresentedtheworkofnearlytwo-dozenundergraduateartistsfromUMassBoston.Formanystudents,theexhibitionrepresentedthefirsttimethattheyshowedtheirworkpublicly;andforseveral,itwasthefirsttimetheysoldtheirwork.Norfolkwouldliketocongratulateandthankallthestudentswhoparticipated.Alsoearlierintheyear,Norfolk’sownworkwasincludedintheexhibitionBonàTirer:Prints&MonotypesfromtheCenterStreetStudioArchivesattheHarnettMuseumofArtattheUniversityofRichmondin Richmond,VA.TheexhibitionfeaturedprintspublishedbyCenterStreetStudioinMilton,MAand nowpartofthe

museum’spermanentcollection.ThisfallNorfolkwillteachbothART281:DrawingIandART287:IntroductiontoPrintmaking.Inspring2019,hewillteachART281andART283:Intro.toPainting.ChristopherSchadeChristopherSchadecontinuesworkingonseverallong-termpaintinganddrawingseries,primarilyhisAbstractedLandscapesandBlackImages.Inbothseries,heusesthegenreoflandscapetoexploreideasaboutcognitiveandvisualdissonance,perception,ambiguity,clichésandsymbols.Duringthispastyear,heexhibitedhisworkinnumerousgroupexhibitions:SocialPhotographyVIatCarriageTrade,NewYork,NY;ArtOntheMarqueeatBostonConvention&ExhibitionCenter(acollaborationwithWenhuaShi);TheNatureLabatLABspace,Hillsdale,NY;andTheCreekFlowsIntotheRiver:NewWorkfromtheHudsonRiverValley,WalnutHillGallery,Hudson,NY.ThispastyearSchadewasawardedtheBlancheE.ColmanAwardfromBNYMellon.InMay2018,SchadewasinvitedtobeaVisitingCritic forfinalcritiquesin

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firstyearStudioDrawingclassatRhodeIslandSchoolofDesigninProvidence,RI.BeginninghisthirdyearatUMassBoston,SchadecontinuestoorganizetheVisitingArtistLectureSeries,aforumfornationallyandinternationallyrecognizedartists.Infall2018hewillbeaMentorintheMFAprogramoftheNewHampshireInstituteofArt.Forfall2018,SchadewillteachART383:PaintingWorkshopandART381:DrawingWorkshop.Andinspring2019,hewillagainteachART383,alongwithART481:SeminarinVisualStudies(StudioCapstone). CarolG.J.ScollansThispastyearCarolScollanspublishedherbooktheAllureofVenice:PaintingsbyWalterFranklinLansilintimefortheexhibitionopeninginAprilattheWhistlerMuseumofAmericanArtinLowell,Massachusetts.The showwaswellreceivedandextendedforanadditionaleightweeks.InadditionScollanswastheguestcuratorforalargeexhibitionofworksbytheBostonartistsLeeLufkinandWillamJ.KaulaattheMicheleandDonaldD’AmourMuseumofFineArtsinSpringfield,MA.Theexhibitionand

theaccompanyingcatalogentitledTwoLivesOnePassion:AmericanImpressionistWorksbyWilliamJurianKaulaandLeeLufkinKaulabuilduponScollans’2008bookaboutthecouple.InFebruary2018ScollansparticipatedinapaneldiscussionattheUniversityofNewHampshirecenteredontheAmericanartcolonyonAppledoreIslandamidtheIsleofShoalsoffthecoastofMaineandNewHampshire.Inpreparationforafutureexhibition,sheiscurrentlyresearchingtheartistsandwriterswhotraveledtoAppledoreforsummerseasonsfromthelate1860stothefirstdecadesof

the20thcentury.Hercourseofferingsforfall2018includeART229:AmericanPrints,PoliticsandPopularCulture,ART102:RenaissancetoModernArt,andtwosectionsofART100:LanguageofArt.Inspring2019,shewillofferART222:SurveyofAmericanArt,ART101:AncientandMedievalArt,andART100.WenhuaShiThispastyear,WenhuaShiwasawardedanEndowedFacultyCareerDevelopmentGranttosupportthecompletionofSensesofTime,whichpremieredinfall2017aspartofArtontheMarquee.Sincethenthepiece

hastourednationalandinternationalvenuesandfestivals,fromAnnArbortoBerlin,Germany.InJune2018,ShiwasinvitedtoscreenhisrecentfilmandvideoworkinChinahostedbytheInstituteofHumanitiesandSocialSciencesatPekingUniversityandtheCenterforArt&TechnologiesoftheCentralAcademyofFineArtinBeijing.OtherlecturesandscreeningeventsalsotookplaceinShanghai,HangzhouandWuhan.HisvideoworkWalkingCyclewasincludedinfilmfestivalsinKolkata,India;Trondheim,Norway;andChapelHill,NC.Mostrecently,Shi’sliveaudio-visualperformance,DoubleDreamReverberation,receivedanAwardofMeritfromthe70thUniversityFilmandVideoAssociationjuriedNewMediaExhibitioncompetitionatNewMexicoStateUniversity.ImaginedLandscapes,ananimationcollaborationbetweenShiandcolleagueChristopherSchadewillbeonviewatArtontheMarqueethroughtheendofSeptember.Infall2018,ShiwillteachART295:IntroductiontoVideoandART395:VideoWorkshoponVisualSpecialEffects.Inspring2019,hewillteachtwosectionsofART295,alongwithART395:VideoWorkshoponMusicandVideo.

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StaceySloboda

VictoriaWestonVictoriaWeston’sprimaryresearchfocusthispastyearhasbeenpreparingalargeloanexhibition,Eaglemania:CollectingJapaneseArtinGildedAgeAmerica,openingatBostonCollegeinFebruary2019.Theexhibitioniscenteredonthecollege’smascot,alargeJapanesebronzeeagle,whichhasbeeninstoragefordecadesandisnowbeingrestored.TheexhibitionwillalsoincludeworksfromtheMetropolitanMuseum,WorcesterArtMuseum,andtheMuseumofFineArts,Boston.WestonintroducedtheexhibitioninatalkatHunterCollegeinOctober2017.Additionally,WestoncontinuesresearchonhernextmonographexploringtheworkoftheartcriticOkakuraKakuzō(akaTenshin),whowasoneofJapan’smostimportantinterpretersofitsarttoEnglish-speakingaudiences.Weston’sparticularaimistorecovertheroleNewEnglandwomenplayedinOkakura’sriseasaculturalcriticintheWest.Infall2018,WestonwillteachART104L:IntrotoEastAsianArtandART256:ArtsofJapan.Inspring2019,shewillteachART258:ArtsofChinaandART362L:JapanandtheWest(linkedtotheBostonCollegeexhibition).

JohnA.TysonJohnTysonhadaproductivefirstyearatUMassBoston.Inthefall,hepublishedthreeessays:ontheprintsofHansHaacke,theanthologiesofSethSiegelaub,andthepaintingsofAnneNeely.Inthespring,Tyson’sessayonthecardboardplateengravingsofCyTwomblyappearedinPrintQuarterly;healsocompletedthefinalsectionofNewWaves:TransatlanticBondsbetweenFilmandArtinthe1960sfortheNationalGalleryofArt’swebsite.Tysonchairedapanel,“ImaginingConstructivism’sConstellations”attheannualCAAconferenceandalsopresentedapaperonprojectsbyEdKienholz.InMarch,Tysonpresentedapaperontheroleofnewspapersinshapingdiscoursearoundartworksby

AfricanAmericansinWashington,DCatHowardUniversity’sJamesA.PorterColloquium.AlongwithSamToabe,TysonisdevelopingFromTheorytoPractice,anexhibitionthatexplorestheimpactoftheWhitneyMuseumofAmericanArt’sIndependentStudyProgramoncontemporaryart(openinginJanuary2019attheUniversityHallGallery).Tysonwillbeonleaveforfall2018.Inspring2019,hewillteachART250:Artofthe20thCenturyandART375:ContemporaryArt.

StaceySloboda’sbookEighteenth-CenturyArtWorlds:GlobalandLocalGeographiesofArt,co-editedwithDr.MichaelYonan,willbepublishedbyBloomsburyAcademicinearly2019.Thebookexploresvarioussignificantlocalesthatmadeupaglobalartworldinthe18thcenturywithessaysbythirteeninternationalscholars.Sloboda’sessayinthevolumedescribesthecirculationofLondonfurnituredesigninthecolonialAmericasandIndia,andispartofherongoingresearchonnetworksofartistsandartisansbasedinLondon’sSt.Martin’sLane.Lastspring,shegaveapubliclectureattheAsianArtMuseumofSanFrancisco,aseminarforgraduatestudentsatUCBerkeley,andparticipatedinaseminarattheMFABostonrelatedtothecurrentexhibition,Casanova’sEurope:Art,Pleasure,andPowerinthe18th

Century.Forfall2018,UMBstudentswillhavetheopportunitytoexploretheMFAexhibitioninherART315:18th-CenturyArt.Inspring2019,SlobodawillbeteachingacourseinUMB’sHonorsCollegefocusedontheworksof18th-and19th-centuryartandarchitectureinBoston,aswellasanewcourse,ART235:HistoryofGlobalDesign.

JamesBillsThursday,September27

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Visiting Artist Lecture Series (Fall 2018)

MonsterA.Sept.4–Oct.26,2018Publicreception&performance:Oct.21,3-5pmThisexhibitionfeaturesthecollaborativepracticeofartistsVictoriaFuandMattRich,presentingnewworksfromtheirongoingseriesofwearablesculpturesandaninstallationinspiredbytheutilitariananddomesticgarmenttheapron.DreamsWithinNov.13–Dec.14,2018Publicreception&discussion:Nov.13Howcanpeoplemaintaintheirhumanitywithinapunitivesystemdesignedtodehumanizethem?DreamsWithinisanexhibitionbyincarceratedartists acrosstheUnitedStates.

FromTheorytoPractice:TrajectoriesoftheWhitneyIndependentStudyProgramJan.14–March8,2019

JoiriMinayaMarch18–May3,2019Publicreception:April10Thisisthefirstsolo-exhibitioninNewEnglandforJoiriMinaya.BornintheDominicanRepublic,shegraduatedfromtheNewSchoolforDesignatParsonsin2013.Herworkdealswithrepresentation,identityconstructions,genderroles,migration,andthenaturalworldfrombothpersonalandtransculturalandhistoricalframes.Capstone‘19May15–June15,2019ForinformationontheseexhibitionsandtheUniversityHallGallery,contactSamToabeatUHGallery@umb.edu

ArtDepartment,UniversityofMassachusettsBoston,UniversityHall,04,Room4232TomakeagifttotheArtDepartmentortheUniversityHallGallery,pleasecontact:anne.kellycontini@umb.edu

University Hall Gallery Exhibition Schedule 2018-2019

GinaRuggeriMonday,October152:00pm,UniversityHall4190

NormParisMonday,November55:30pm,UniversityHall4130

GinaRuggeriisavisualartistwhoseworkscombinepainting,drawing,collage,andinstallationstrategies.HerexhibitionsincludesoloshowsatNancyMargolisGalleryinNYC,101/ExhibitinLA,andtheAldrichContemporaryArtMuseuminRidgefield,CT.SheteachesartatVassarCollegeandSUNYPurchaseandlivesandworksinBrooklyn,NY.www.ginaruggeri.com

NormParislivesandworksinBrooklyn,NY.HereceivedhisBFAfromtheRhodeIslandSchoolofDesign,hisMFAfromYale,andhasbeenaresidentattheSharpe-WalentasStudioProgramandtheTriangleArtistWorkshop.HehasexhibitedinternationallyandhisworkisincludedinthepermanentcollectionsofTheJewishMuseum,NewYorkandtheWestCollection.HeisanAssociateProfessoratRISD.normparis.com

JamesBillsstudiedmathematicsandfineartsatVassarCollegeandreceivedhisMasterofFineArtsattheMarylandInstitute,CollegeofArt.Amixtureofinformationvisualizationanddecorativearts,hisworkhasbeenexhibitedatvenuessuchastheBronxMuseumoftheArtsandtheLaholmDrawingMuseuminSweden.HewasrecentlyaparticipantinFacebook’s2017WinterCommissionfortheirNewYorkoffices.www.jamesbills.com

OrganizedbyAssistantProfessorofArtJohnTysonandGalleryDirectorSamToabe,thisexhibitionbringstogetherworksbyfacultyandparticipantsofvariousgenerationsoftheWhitneyMuseum’sIndependentStudyProgram,whichhasservedasabreedinggroundforadvancedartandcriticalthoughtsinceitscreationin1967.Locatedbeyondthewallsofthemuseum,theprogramopensupanindependentspacefortheexchangeofideasbetweenemergingandestablishedartprofessionalshailingfromacrosstheglobe.