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POUR YOUR HEART OUT!

February 1, 2012

You are invited to attend Pour Your Heart Out, the The Foundry Guild Public Fundraising Event, Saturday Feb. 11th  from 2 – 6pm.

Events include:
‘Molten Metal Pour’ : Foundry Guild Students cast relief sculptures in hot metal : designed by YOU!
Also   ‘Spin Art’ + ‘Raffle’  + ‘Silent Art Auction’ +  ‘DJ Millhouse’
Auction + Raffle will end at 5 pm
T-Shirts, Food and Beverages available from the Foundry Guild !

Proceeds will be split 50/50 between Doctors Without Borders and The Foundry Guild Student Club for participation in National and International Conferences. TO RESERVE A $10 SCRATCH BLOCK TO MAKE A RELIEF PLEASE email Jeff Crawford at JCT4@alfred.edu.

The National Casting Center Foundry at Alfred University   www.alfredmeltdown.blogspot.com

Love Dance?

February 1, 2012

Then this might be for you! It’s free, it’s Friday and it’s fun.

Guest Artist Tiffany Mills is going to teach an open master improv/movement class open to all levels of experience this Friday from 1 – 2:15 in Miller 300.  She will be warming everyone up, then using words or city names to begin a composition exploration that will involve improvisation. This isn’t just a straight up dance class, so no need to have any experience. It will be fun and will draw on your creativity whether you are comfortable or not with Dance.

Tiffany Mills:  http://www.tiffanymillscompany.org/

Daniel Brag!

January 24, 2012

Next week our new Randall Chair will arrive from Munich Germany. His name is Daniel Brag and he will be here with us for the semester. To get a preview of his work, check out his site at http://www.daniel-braeg.de/_./Daniel_Brag.html

And look forward to welcoming him to Alfred!

IART Exhibition!

December 5, 2011

The IART Foundations student exhibition opens Wednesday, 4:30 – 6pm.
Painting and Drawing from class: “Seeing, Perception and Interpretation”
Performance and Video from class: “Body, Time and Movement”

Performances ONLY at the opening.
Exhibition continues Thurs+Friday, noon – 5pm.

 

Review Schedule!

November 30, 2011

The schedule for reviews is posted in the Harder Hall Studio or download a copy here: FINAL REVIEW 2011

Review Info!

November 29, 2011

Thanks to Alison Derwallis for the image.

It’s that time of year… you are finishing up your coursework and soon you will be experiencing your first Foundation review! So what can you expect?

At the end of each semester you will meet individually with a team of faculty to for a personal review of the work you created this semester. We will look at your progress, discuss your artwork, applaud your successes and give you an idea of what you can do to improve next semester.

The 15 minute reviews will be held from December 5 – 9th and will take place in the Harder Hall studio. You should arrive 20 minutes before your appointed time with the required items listed below. Please take time to clean up drawings or repair any work that has been damaged. In instances where you will be bringing in photo documentation make sure they are printed in 8 1/2 x 11 color format. Photographs on cell phones are not permitted.
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Coming this January!

November 27, 2011

Laurel Jay Carpenter and Terese Longva will be performing in Rochester this January! And there will be a free Alfred bus going to the performance on January 20th! See the poster for more information. LCposter or go to their website by clicking here: http://longvacarpenter.com/

Malcolm Cochran @ STUDIO Visits!

November 15, 2011

Please join us for the final STUDIO Visits of the semester on Wednesday at 9 am in Nevins. This week we are hosting Ohio-based sculptor Malcolm Cochran. He’ll share his insightful delightful installations and public works that call attention to the details of the places and objects around us.

Malcolm Cochran teaches sculpture in the Art Department at the Ohio State University in Columbus, Ohio. He holds an MFA from Cranbrook Academy of Art in Bloomfield Hills, MI and an MA and BA from Wesleyan University in Middletown, CT.  For more about his work, visit www.art.osu.edu/people/malcolm-cochran

Michelle Grabner @ STUDIO Visits!

November 7, 2011

Rocket Gallery, Michelle Grabner

This week’s guest at STUDIO Visits is Chicago artist, writer, curator, Michelle Grabner. When she writes about her own work, here’s what she says,

“My work consists of identifying, indexing, and transposing patterns. I also build elemental compositions that are foundational to the language of abstraction. These works take the form of painting, drawings, paper weavings, photographs, and stitchery. I am most concerned with enacting rudimental organization, articulating notations and embracing repetition. I believe that these dedicated activities are progressive and principled.”

Since 1999 she has co-directed The Suburban, an artist project space in Oak Park, Illinois. Since 1999 The Suburban has hosted over 150 artist projects.  (thesuburban.org)

Join us at 9am this Wednesday in Nevins to learn more about Michelle Grabner!

ART + WORK

November 7, 2011

Guide/Vodič, was shown at the Kontekst Galerija in Belgrade, Serbia. A project of next question + Kim Beck. To learn more go to www.nextquestion.org/guide.htm

 

This week the Bergren Forum will present M. Michelle Illuminato. Her talk is titled, ART+WORK: From Tour Guides to The Alfred Line. She will talk about investigation, exchange and risk-taking in the process of making art.  She’ll share her recent interactive public works and works from art freshmen who learn how to practice these methods in the Studio Research course, an experience that has simply become known as ‘the Alfred Line’.

12:10 p.m. on Thursday, Nov. 10 in the Nevins Theatre, Powell Campus Center. Bring a brown bag lunch; coffee and tea are complimentary.


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