Art and Art History

This past weekend, members of the Student Art Association headed up to NYC.  They visited the Guggenheim, the MoMA, the New Museum, and galleries galore.  We’ll be going again next year, so ask the SAA members how the trip was!

Please join us for the opening reception for the first senior exhibition, Afterpiece, in duPont Gallery from 5-7pm this Wednesday, Feb 20.

Featured Artists:
Christina Bendo
Callie Bitter
Kayla Bretzin
Anna Chavez
Christine Cook
Cheryl Elliot
Nic…

This week, Professors Marjorie Och and Carole Garmon and Assistant Professors Rosemary Jesionowski and Jon McMillan head to NYC for the College Art Association’s National Conference.  While in NYC, they will attend lectures, panel discussions, museums, galleries, and receptions. Joining them in the city will be members of the Student Art Association.  While the faculty [...]

Sunday, February 10th, Yuki Hibben, Assistant Head of Special Collections and Archives at the John Branch Cabell Library at Virginia Commonwealth University will be presenting Opening the Page: The Evolution of Artists’ Books, and will be discussing the history of artists’ books and the value of artists’ books in academic and studio programs. The lecture [...]

Assistant Professor Jon McMillan is currently showing his sculpture in the 69th Scripps College Ceramic Annual, the longest running exhibition of contemporary Ceramics in the country.  For this year’s show, titled “Denatured Nature,” Jon and 9 other artists whose works transform the natural qualities of the familiar were invited to participate by guest curator Virginia [...]

Congrats go out to the following students and their faculty sponsors! Kelsey Witt, faculty sponsor Joe DiBella Christina Bendo and Katie Sleyman, faculty sponsor Jon McMillan Chelsea Neal and Kristine Woeckener, faculty sponsor Marjorie Och The Department of Art and Art History joins you in celebrating your Undergraduate Research Awards and looks forward to seeing [...]

The Art of the Book Ridderhof Gallery Reception Thursday, Jan 24 from 5-7pm Robert The, The Art Crisis, 2003-08, cut up hard cover book, 7 11/16 x 4 13/16 x 7/8, © Robert The Double-Booked: Works by Brian Davis and Lauren Jacobs duPont Gallery Reception* Thursday, Jan 24 from 5-7pm (*this reception was originally scheduled [...]

UMW Athletics Chris Ellis, Director of Strength and Conditioning at UMW, is heading up the revamping of the athletics weight room. He is interested in having students paint some logos, etc. in this room. To start off he needs student artists to create sketches of some motivational quotes, mixed with the UMW athletics logo, and [...]

As we begin an exciting new semester, here are some quickly approaching IMPORTANT DATES: JANUARY 17 5-7 pm Reception: Double Booked: works by Brian Davis and Lauren Jacobs, duPont Gallery 18 5 pm Undergraduate Research Grant Proposal due for Spring (GW 309) 24 5-7 pm Reception: The Art of the Book, Ridderhof Martin Gallery 25 [...]