Call for Student Art: Fresh Looks 2020

FRESH LOOKS 2020: A Free Juried Student Art Exhibition specifically for graduating art students in Michigan and Ohio

Ford Gallery at Eastern Michigan University
Deadline: November 14th 2019

In an effort to continually enhance and expand dialog among emerging artists and regional institutions, Eastern Michigan University announces FRESH LOOKS 2020.

CLICK HERE TO APPLY.

This exhibition is designed to celebrate the creative accomplishments of emerging undergraduate art majors in the region, and showcase the diverse approaches to art making found within neighboring institutions in Michigan and Ohio. All media and approaches are welcome! Those selected to participate will represent student excellence and highlight the unique voice of a new class of young artist as they prepare to transition into their professional careers or an advanced degree program.

This exhibition is open to undergraduate art majors who expect to complete their studies during the 2019/2020 academic year. There is no application fee attached to this exhibition. However, selected artists are expected to cover any costs associated with the delivery and return of their work. Questions may be directed to Gregory Tom, Gallery Director at gtom@emich.edu.

See the schedule below for details:

Applications Due: November 14th, 2019

Applicants Notified of status: November 26th, 2019

Deadline for delivery of accepted work: December 20th , 2019

Exhibition Dates: January 13th – January 30th, 2020

Opening Reception: January 14th 4:30-6:30, Ford Gallery

Return Shipping (pick-up) of Artwork: Early February

CSUphoto Student’s Show Getting Buzz

CSU photo student, Nico Pico Train has a new photography exhibition at Art on Madison in Lakewood. Her show, “Uncensored: Liquid Sex Series” has been getting some buzz in local media, including write ups in Cleveland Scene and Collective Art Network (CAN) Journal. The exhibit is, well uncensored.

According to the articles,  the work “ingeniously poses more questions than answers about sex, ” and that “formally, the photographs are stunning.”  The work “forces us to grapple with the realness of sexuality, as well as its humorous side. This is not cheap boudoir photography.  [the work] manages to balance her take on erotic art in a yin-yang way.”

Check out the article in Cleveland Scene here.

Check out the article in CAN Journal here.

 

University Hospitals Unpaid Summer Internship

*UNPAID INTERNSHIP OPPORTUNITY:
Provider: University Hospitals Art Department

Address: 11100 Euclid Ave., Wearn B-14, Cleveland, OH 44106

Contact: Thomas Huck, Art Curator
Phone: 216-844-6086 (office)
Email: Thomas.Huck@UHhospitals.org

POSITION: ART DEPARTMENT INTERN
Number requested: 2

Hours available: Mon – Fri, 8am – 5pm; flexible

Responsibilities:
University Hospitals’ Fine Arts Program was established in 1988 to support the acquisition of art for UH’s public spaces. Twenty-five years later, UH is home to roughly 2,200 original works of art by regional, national and international artist. The collection ranges from works on paper (paintings, drawings and photographs) to ceramics, glass, textiles, and various sculptural media. With the collection, the intent is to foster a comfortable, healing environment for patients and their families, as well as a stimulating workplace for UH’s many employees.

Art Department Associates will assist with general maintenance and management of the art collection. This will include upkeep of artwork currently on display throughout UH’s Main Campus facilities located directly across from Case Western. Associates will assist with bi-monthly exhibitions featured in the Trudy Wiesenberger Gallery, located on Main Campus. Another key responsibility will involve behind-the-scenes collections management. In this capacity, Associates will, for example, assist with: research on artwork and artists, registration, data entry, creating didactics, filing and shipping and receiving.

The Ideal Candidate:
Current enrollment in or recent graduate from a Program in Art, Art History, Museum Studies, Studio Art or related field; curatorial and/or registrar experience; skilled researcher and writer; passion and respect for the arts; advanced visual arts knowledge; good work ethic, enthusiasm, and a willingness to learn; efficient filing and data entry skills; keen attention to detail; computer and general technical proficiency; reliable transportation.

Download Internship Listing: UH Art Dept Unpaid INTERNSHIP OPPORTUNITY job description

Foreign Exchange Photography Exhibition

Foreign Exchange
2731 Prospect Contemporary Art
Opening reception: Friday, April 1, 6-9pm

The first annual Foreign Exchange Photo Competition showcases some of the most exciting and diverse images from around the world and brings the work to Cleveland. From a highly competitive field of international applicants, Foreign Exchange’s panel of jurors selected the following artists for presentation at 2731 Prospect:

• Michelle Atkinson, Austin, TX
• Chris Dorley-Brown, London, United Kingdom
• Marcus Desieno, Tampa, FL
• Penn Chan, Portland, ME
• Urszula Kluz-Knopek, Ustron, Poland
• Min Kim Park, West Lafayette, IN

These 2016 awardees were selected by Foreign Exchange jurors:

Andy Adams, Editor and Producer of FlakPhoto, a website that promotes the discovery of photographic image-makers from around the world.

Laura Ruth Bidwell, artist, collector, philanthropist and co-founder of Transformer Station located in Cleveland.

Katherine Oktober Matthews, writer, photographer and Chief Editor for GUP Magazine, an international art photography quarterly print publication and online platform.

Our thanks and appreciation to Brandon Juhasz, Founding Director of Foreign Exchange, for his ideas, energy and management of this project. We also extend our thanks to Deidre McPherson and the staff at MOCA Cleveland for hosting the exhibition’s Preview Party and Panel Discussion at MOCA on March 17.

Liz Dare on Her Upcoming Show

While many students spent their winter break eating too many holiday cookies and sleeping in late, senior photography and anthropology major Elisabeth Dare was trekking France, Portugal and Iceland creating work for an upcoming end-of-year art show… Read the article by Becky Byron on The Cleveland Stater website.

Unfixed at Transformer Station

Paul Shambroom, Poppy, 2014 Pigmented Inkject Print

UNFIXED: The Fugitive Image
Transformer Station
Opening Reception: Friday, Jan 15, 6pm
Additional events below

This winter Transformer Station presents UNFIXED: The Fugitive Image, an exhibition featuring 11 national and international artists who are exploring the ephemeral image in a wide variety of ways with and without cameras, in still images as well as video. Although photographic images existed long before, the birth of photography is marked by the date when we learned to “fix” a representative image on a light sensitive surface permanently. Since then, the truth of photographic representation has been often questioned and much discussed. Less debated, but just as questionable is the permanence of the photographic image. Of course, eventually, all surfaces decay and images fade, but the artists in this exhibition embrace the fleeting nature of the image that is created by light and is eventually destroyed by it.

Many of the works in UNFIXED have been created for the exhibition, including a site-specific installation of Wait and See by Swiss artists

F + D Cartier and a project by Matthew Gamber that deconstructs the illusion of color photography through the lyrical use of obsolete slide projectors. John Opera’s application of natural, light-sensitive dyes mean that his photographs will fade gradually, while Phil Chang’s unfixed photographs will disappear within hours of the opening party. A group of vernacular photographs from the collection of Peter Cohen reveal the surprising beauty of Kodacolor snapshots from the 1950’s that, owing to a faulty dye couplers, have all turned pink. Other works in the show are elegiac—Brian Ganter’s heat sensitive tintypes reveal haunting portraits of queer porn stars, all of whom died of AIDS, when held in the viewer’s hands. Meanwhile Paul Shambroom’s photographs of lost pet flyers, washed out by sun and rain, quietly mourn what can never be recaptured. Also featuring work by Eric William Carroll, Dustin Grella, Luke Stettner, and Tom Persinger, UNFIXED brings together objects and images that cause us to consider mortality and entropy, time and memory and the beauty of moments that can never last.

UNFIXED: The Fugitive Image will open on Friday, January 15^th. Transformer Station members are invited to preview the exhibition from 5 – 6 p.m. Artists Françoise and Daniel Cartier will deliver a free public lecture at 6:30 p.m., followed by a reception.

Additional Programs

Matthew Gamber Gallery Talk, Saturday, January 16^th, 2 p.m.

Dr. Kate Albers Lecture, “The Ephemeral Photograph: From Salt Prints to Snapchat,” Saturday, March 12^th, 2 p.m.

Tom Persinger Gallery Talk and Performance, Sunday, April 3^rd, 3 p.m.

Prof Eric Vaughn’s Photography at Beck Center

Eric Vaughn: Cross Section
Beck Center for the Arts
Opening reception: Sat, Jan 9, 6-7:30pm

The Beck Center main gallery is proud to host the opening reception for Eric Vaughn’s one person photography show, Cross Section. Eric’s images demonstrate his techinical skills as well as his unique artistic vision and a contemporary art approach to his medium. “Retaining the photographic trace of observable phenomena operates as a guiding principle in my art practice..” – E. Vaughn

The public is welcome to attend the artist’s reception free of charge. The show will be on view from 1/8/16 – 1/31/16. Please visit www.beckcenter.orgfor more information on open hours.

Eric teaches photography at CSU. His exhibition features an 18-piece display of 40″ prints from his Distant, Disrupted Visions series. Click here to visit the Facebook Event page.

Photography and Video Exchange

Want to see what other photo students around the country are doing? Want to share with them what you’re up to? You can even give and receive feedback on work. Check out the Photography and Video Exchange.

Participating is easy. Just check out the blog and comment on any work that strikes your interest. To share your work, send an email to the blog’s creator, Adriane Little at photographyexchange@gmail.com. But first, take a look at the details by checking out the blog’s Instructions Page.

Galleries at CSU highlight Chinese art, past and present

At first glance, the image above could pass for a traditional Chinese ink painting.

Look closer. Factories, highways and skyscrapers disrupt the majestic landscape.

The image itself is actually a still from “Rising Mist,” a video by artist Yang Yongliang. See it for yourself at The Galleries at CSU, where two exciting new exhibitions – “A Spirit Resonates: Chinese Art from the Degenfelder Collection” and “A Tradition Re-Interpreted: New Work by Contemporary Chinese Artists” – open Thursday, October 22.

“It’s a great pairing,” said Robert Thurmer, director of the Galleries at CSU.

“A Spirit Resonates” features historical works dating from the Tang Dynasty (618-907 A.D.) to the 20th century, from the collection of Pauline and Joseph Degenfelder.

“A Tradition Re-Interpreted” showcases latter-day Chinese artists working in a variety of media, including painting, photography and digital animation.

“In Eastern art, the implication rather than the representation has always been important,” Thurmer said.

“You let the ink run, and it forms an image in your mind. The viewer fills in the blank. ‘A Spirit Resonates’ is steeped in this history, while ‘A Tradition Re-Interpreted’ features artists who use traditional techniques in fresh ways – ink paintings on rice paper depicting iPhone images, for example.”

Curators Diana Chou (who assembled “A Spirit Resonates”) and Zhijian Qian (who put together “A Tradition Re-Interpreted” with CSU Professor Qian Li) will host a gallery conversation at 4 p.m. October 22 in the Galleries at CSU. A reception will follow from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m.

“A Tradition Re-Interpreted” includes a pair of unique installations – a sand painting as well as a cut-paper piece – created by artists Cui Fei and Xin Song, respectively.

The exhibitions, on view through Saturday, December 5, are presented with the support of CSU’s College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences and the Ohio Arts Council. “A Tradition Re-Interpreted” is also made possible with the generous support of the Confucius Institute at CSU.

T.R. Ericsson at Transformer Station

CLEVELAND, Ohio – Harrowing is one word that describes artist T.R. Ericsson’s current exhibition at the Transformer Station gallery in Ohio City; the word exquisite also fits.

Organized by photography curator Barbara Tannenbaum at the Cleveland Museum of Art, the show delves into the artist’s 15-year exploration of the life and death of his mother, who committed suicide in 2003 at age 57 after struggling with depression, multiple sclerosis and alcoholism.

On view through Sunday, Aug. 23, the exhibition presents a compelling and portentous array of photographs, drawings, sculptures and installations, plus a 45-minute video.

Read Steven Litt’s full review on cleveland.com.