#SeniorThesisExhibitionPresentationSchedule

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Senior Thesis Exhibition Presentation Schedule

The Senior Thesis Exhibition Presentations have finally been arranged!

Meetings will take place next week on Monday, April 23rd in Rood 51.

The schedule is:

9:30am Bri

10:00am Claire

10:30am Jacob

Please let me know ASAP if you have any problems or questions about this meeting or the schedule.

Images above, from top:

work by Mike Cloud from 2015

installation view of current exhibition at Big Pictures Los Angeles called “Airtight Garage” curated by Laurie Nye. The show is on view until May 12, so there is still time to check it out...

From the press release:

“In 1976 The Airtight Garage, conceived by French cartoonist Jean Giraud aka Moebius, began appearing as a comic strip in the French magazine, Métal Hurlant. The garage refers to an asteroid contained in the constellation Leo, which houses a pocket universe of developing worlds, overseen by a space colonist. Collected into a graphic novel, Airtight Garage has been described as a “map of creation”, which goes beyond world-building to explore the creative act itself. The fantasy world of the Garage accommodated any idea and welcomed any representational style of self description.

Like the interstellar garage, holding an interconnected multiverse, the artists assembled for this exhibition represent a microcosm of visionary modalities. Each has developed a singular vision and created a new world born from various experiences and influences such as primitivism, psychedelic abstraction, and neo-symbolism. The artworks range from sculpture, painting, and drawing, and convey shifts between fantasy and reality. By being so thoroughly concerned with the worlds they describe these works create an interesting tension at the fringe of the contemporary art sphere, while being wholly modern in their timeless abandon.”

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Senior Thesis Exhibition Presentation Schedule

As per our sign up sheet in class last week, here is the schedule for the Senior Thesis Exhibition Presentations....

Monday, November 27th in Room 98

1:30pm Emily // 2:00pm Laura // 2:30pm Kat // 3:00pm Shelby // 3:30pm Janna // 4:00pm Amanda

Tuesday, November 28th in Room 98

10:30am Delanie // 11:00am Kibbi // 11:30am Wesleigh // 12:00pm Lisa // 12:30pm Brianna // 1:00pm Marika

Friday, December 1st in Rood 51

2:30pm Kaila // 3:00pm Lu // 3:30pm Michelle // 4:00pm Rebecca // 4:30pm Trevor // 5:00pm Jordan // 5:30pm Tony

Remember that even though these presentations are happening outside of class time, we will still have class as usual from 4:30 to 7:30 on Tuesday and Thursday of presentation week.

Image above:

There has been a surge of overtly political artwork everywhere in the art world this year. "Hate is a Sin Flag” by artist Faith Ringgold, made in 2007, is included in a current exhibition at the Whitney (just in case you are in New York over the Thanksgiving break...) called “An Incomplete History of Protest”. Read more about some of the issues around the relationship between protest and art in our current political climate this article published earlier this year. What is your responsibility as an artist in the world? Do you think art should be political?  How does your faith drive your arts politics? 

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THIS WEEK: Senior Thesis Exhibitions Presentations and Dye Party

Senior Thesis Exhibition Presentations are scheduled for this coming Tuesday, May 10th, in room Rood 51. The presentation schedule goes like this:

1:30pm is Devan

2:00pm is Avery

2:30pm is Melanie

3:00 is Savannah

3:30 is Adrianna

To celebrate your successful presentations and otherwise awesomeness, Thursday we will spend class time having a dye party. Plan to be on time because we will want to get started right away and be sure to wear your studio clothes because this can get messy...

The plan: You will each learn the basics of how to mix a dye bath for use with immersion dyeing on cellulose fabrics like cotton, canvas, rayon or linen to name a few. I will also briefly introduce you to some basic shibori techniques to create patterns on fabric.

We will be joined by Los Angeles artist Kate Sikorski who works for Jacquard Products, a company who manufactures dyes and other chemicals and products for use in this exciting process. Jacquard has supplied the bulk of the dyes and chemicals we will be using on Thursday and I will provide each of you with some sample fabrics to use to explore with.

Here is a link to some dye instructions, which I will also be emaling you this week.  

A few more resources for you to remember for future dye and fabric stuff if this process is something you decide you want to explore further on your own:

Dharma Trading Company- online supplier of dyes, chemicals, as well as fabrics and dyeables

Pro Chemical and Dye- supplier of chemicals and dyes and good source of MSDS information as well as dye instructions and recipes 

Images from top:

a few examples of shibori a Japanese technique of resist to create patterns on fabric through various methods of folding, binding, clamping and stitching

an image of artwork done by Kate Sikorski who will be joining us on Thursday to teach us all about how to use Jacquard Procion MX dyes.