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Welcome

Speaker Bios

Session I

Session II

Session III

Session IV

Schedule

Board of Directors

Sponsors and Donors

Vendors

Poster Presentations

Membership Information

Financial Information

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CONTENTS

MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT

Welcome to Austin and the TASA Conference at St. Edward’s

University. It promises to be an outstanding program of speakers,

events and forums around the topics of Community and Art.

After 42 years, the members of the Texas Association of Schools

of Art, though well versed in both topics, are in for a exceptional

gathering of stimulating, informative and downright fun with

fellow artists and friends.

We would like to welcome you and thank you

for being a part of Art + Community, the 42nd

Annual TASA conference, hosted by St. Edward’s

University. We’ve had a lot of fun planning this

year’s conference, and hope you enjoy what’s

in store. The 2012 conference theme, Art +

Community: a shared dialog of green art, social

activism, collaboration and community art,

explores the open exchange of ideas, influences,

policies and actions that artists and communities

engage in both at the local and global level. With

over 40 speakers from all corners of Texas, and

a keynote speech and workshop from Houston-

born artist Mel Chin, we hope this will be an

exciting fun-filled conference.

Hollis HAMMONDS & Angela RODGERS

Cathie TYLER

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Through his community actions, he has engaged innercity neighborhoods and helped to rejuvenate local

economies. His interest in science, ecology and the environment can be seen in some of his most famous

works including Revival Field, s.p.a.w.n. and knowmad were featured in the first season of the pbs series

art21 (Art in the Twenty First Century).

His most recent project, the Fundred Dollar Bill Project, is an innovative artwork made of millions of

drawings. This creative collective action is intended to support Operation Paydirt, an extraordinary art/

science project uniting three million children with educators, scientists, health care professionals, designers,

urban planners, engineers and artists. After Katrina had wiped out much of New Orleans, Chin was

invited to the city to see how he could make a difference in the community. Working with scientists, Chin

found that the lead contamination in the soil in New Orleans was at a hazardous level. To find a solution

to this problem, Operation Paydirt was put into action. In 2012, once Fundred reaches its goal of 3

million artworks, an armored truck, running on vegetable oil, will pick up the drawings and take them to

Washington d.c., where we will request from Congress an even exchange of Fundred Dollars for 300 million

dollars worth of aid for New Orleans.

KEYNOTE SPEAKER

Mel Chin was born in Houston, Texas in 1951, he graduated

from Peabody College in Nashville, Tennessee in 1975,

and later moved to New York City in 1983. Chin is highly

motivated by social, political and cultural realities, and his

work reflects his concern for the environment and social

consciousness. His work is often exhibited or installed in

public spaces beyond the traditional confines of the gallery

or museum. A conceptual artist, Chin’s body of work ranges

from earthworks to animated films. For Chin, art has the

power to provoke greater social awareness and a sense of

responsibility in the viewer.

Mel CHIN

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Stacy Schultz received her Ph.D. in Art History from Rutgers University in 2004.

Her previous teaching positions include two appointments as Visiting Assistant

Professor at Kentucky Statement University (2004-2005) and The University of

Texas at Arlington (2007-2008). She has also taught a variety of courses in the

California State University system (CSU Northridge, CSU Fullerton, CSU San

Bernardino, and San Diego State University) ranging from women’s studies to

nineteenthcentury art. Professor Schultz’s research and teaching concentrate on the

intersections of race and gender in contemporary performance art, photography,

film, and video. Her dissertation, “The Female Body in Performance: Themes of

Beauty, Body Image, Identity, and Violence,” has evolved into the departure point

for two lectures given at the College Art Association: “Performing the Black Nude:

The Artist’s Body as a Contested Site” (2005) and “Southern California Feminism

and Body Image: A Performative Response” (2007). She will present her paper,

“The Intersection of Social Activism and Community: Performing Civil Rights in

Southern California”, at the 2012 TASA conference.

ART HISTORY PRESENTATIONS

Catherine CEASARCatherine Caesar’s current research interests include feminist art,

conceptual practice, and reading rooms/libraries in contemporary art.

Earning her doctorate at Emory University in 2005, she produced a

dissertation titled “Personae: The Feminist Conceptual Work of Eleanor

Antin and Martha Rosler, 1968-1977.” She is an Assistant Professor of

art at the University of Dallas. Caesar’s paper will investigate Robert

Smithson’s notion of “aerial art”, investigating its relationship to the

Texas landscape and its impact on the conception of sculpture and the

formation of a modern, itinerant identity in a transglobal community.

Stacy SCHULTZ

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Ken Little was born in Canyon,Texas in 1947. He

received a bfa from Texas Tech in 1970, and an mfa from

the University of Utah in 1972. He has worked in various

media including: bronze, ceramics, neon, performance,

wood, steel, cast iron, $1 bills, shoes, and other found

objects. His work has been featured in over 35 one person

exhibitions, 200 group exhibitions, numerous national

publications, and catalogs. Since 1988 he has been a

Professor of Art (Sculpture) in the Department of Art and

Art History at the University of Texas at San Antonio.

Since 1993, he has maintained a studio and alternative

exhibition space, “Rrose Amarillo”, in downtown San

Antonio. His work is included in many public and

private collections around the country. Since 1993, he

has maintained a studio and alternative exhibition space,

“Rrose Amarillo”, in downtown San Antonio. His work

is included in many public and private collections around

the country. Collections include The Contemporary Art

Museum, Honolulu Hawaii, The City of Seattle, The

Nelson Gallery of the University of California at Davis,

Microsoft Corporation, Seattle and many others. A sixty

four page retrospective catalog titled, Ken Little: Little

Changes with essays by Kay Whitney and Dave Hickey is

available. His artist’s web site is found at www.kenlittle.

com. Ken Little’s talk will cover his multi faceted career,

his artwork and its development over his lifetime.

PAUL HANNA LECTURE

Ken Dawson LITTLE

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Born in 1956 in rural Virginia, Robert Hite attended Virginia Commonwealth University in Richmond

and the Corcoran School of Art in Washington, D.C. After studying traditional ink brush painting in

Malaysia, he worked as a studio assistant with Washington Color School painter Leon Berkowitz. Informed

both by a rich southern narrative tradition and a closeness to natural environments, Hite’s imagery often

draws upon his memories of youthful wanderings in the Virginia tide waters. He has sought out and

photographed rural dwellings not only in the southern United States and the Caribbean, but also in Central

and South America, as well as Europe and Asia. Working within and between painting, sculpture and

Robert HITE

ST. EDWARD’S SPONSORED SPEAKER

Hite’s highly refined technique and meticulous attention to detail

produce illusions that are both confounding and transformative.

In the photographic series Imagined Histories, Hite resituates his

architectural sculptures in outdoor settings, magnifying the effects

of dislocation and displacement that is central to all his imagery.

In 1997, Hite and his family moved to a nineteenthcentury

Methodist church and parsonage in the village of Esopus, New

York. The artist is currently represented by Susan Eley Fine Arts

in New York City, Cardwell Jimmerson Gallery in Los Angeles,

Espacio En Blanco in Madrid, and Pearl Arts Gallery in Stone

Ridge, New York. Hite will be a visiting artist at St. Edward’s

University, and will give a lecture presentation of his work at

the 2012 TASA conference. An exhibition of his photographs

will be on display in the Scarborough Phillips Library at St.

Edward’s University. While a visiting artist, Hite will install a new

sculpture specifically designed for the St. Edward’s Campus. This

new work, “Crossing Safely”, was inspired by a modest shack

in Arrazola, Oaxaca, Mexico. This sculpture addresses issues of

immigration and border crossing. You can see more of his work

at www.roberthite.com.

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FLECK 106 PANEL: Col laborative/Community

Multiplicity in Collaboration and Community Sang-Mi Yoo // Assistant Professor at Texas Tech University

Globalization has seemingly brought the world closer together and has resulted in a heightened sense of the

familiar. This feeling of familiarity provides a bridge through which Yoo can access and magnify her perception

of a world derived from personal experience. In her work, the fictive nature of a space that is both idealized and

conditioned by our society reflects skepticism and multiplicity as she obscures the distinction between the past

and the present, stereotypes and the real, and collective and personal memories. By embracing both personal

and collaborative presentations, her work explores the possibilities of an idealized environment.

Borderland Youth: A Social Geography Revealed through Participatory Art Practices Jason Reed // Assistant Professor of Photography // Texas State University-San Marcos

Guided by a conceptual framework of reciprocity, Borderland Youth at Texas State University is working

collaboratively with various communities of youth living in the US/Mexico border region to creatively reflect

upon the cross-cultural, human experiences existent within this significant social geography. By utilizing

participatory art practices we are able to create a public body of work that functions as a tangible mechanism to

activate social awareness and provide access to a more realistic, complex, and complete story of the US/Mexico

border and its residents. The resulting work is exhibited, published, and ultimately archived at Texas State

University.

Eastland Outdoor Art Museum Cathi Ball // Assistant Professor // Howard Payne University

Cathi Ball has completed work on the Eastland Outdoor Art Museum, a project conceived in her sketchbooks.

This unique Museum is an attempt to make art history accessible to all the children of Eastland, Texas. The

museum includes 4ews2 works at 40 locations completed over 3½ years with 144 local volunteers and students.

The project allows the students of Eastland access to world famous art while advertising the artist ‘work. This

community wide project has truly “painted the town”.

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FLECK 108 PANEL: Green Art/Environmental

We’re Green, Participatory and Public! Randy Jewart // Director of Austin Green Art//

www.austingreenart.org

The mission of Austin Green Art is to help the community to fully understand the revolutionary calling that defines

“sustainability” by visually representing it, inspiring people to engage it, and building participatory programs that

give people a real feeling of its transformative power. We aspire to train a new generation of artists who serve their

communities and to inspire a new generation of creative citizens. A Green Artist is an agent for change, uniquely

qualified to merge environmental, social and economic considerations into collaborative projects that raise social

network capital and community standards of sustainability.

Curly, Shaggy, Gleaming, Streaming, The Art of Hair: An Intimate Recycling Program Rosemary Meza-DesPlas // Artist & Educator At El Centro College

This presentation examines the history of recycling human hair to create art. The utilization of human hair in art can

be traced back to Queen Victoria’s reign in the mid nineteenth century. The presentation examines the multiple ways

human hair is used by contemporary artists. Artists ‘go green’ by recycling a personal part of the human body - hair.

Cultural perceptions and myths about hair will be discussed in an art historical context.

Red Listed Catherine Prose // Assistant Professor of Art & Gallery Director // Midwestern State University

Pulitzer Prize winner Edward O. Wilson is quoted as saying that “destroying rainforest for economic gain is like burning a Renaissance painting to cook a meal.” Art certainly does not have the ability to correct global climate change, but it can educate and inform in an evocative rather than didactic manner. There is an abundant history of using nature as a metaphor to reflect and comment on morals, values and humankind. In the same respect, the use of nature as a metaphor emulates an attempt to place ourselves within nature. Today we face an unknown and unseen nature as it is being lost before we discover it and invented before we understand it.

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FLECK 109 PANEL: Art & Community

Appreciating Life Through Art Terry Barrett // Professor of Art Education & Art History // University of North Texas

This presentation will look at a diverse group of people responding directly to contemporary works of art and how

these works affect their lives. Barrett has been working with elderly in assisted-living homes, cancer patients, autistic

teen-agers, business men and women, and students of all ages, pre-K through Ph.D., in the USA and in Holland

(visiting artist position). He is concerned with people building meaningful connections between contemporary art and

their personal and communal lives.

The Struggle for Meaning Between The Artist & The Audience: A Balance between Artist and Community Joe Kagle // Professor of Art // Lone Star College- Kingwood

To understand the artist, we start with what makes an artist the creator that he becomes: the Complete Artist

Communicator. To accomplish this, the 21st century artist uses all his/her talents and abilities to serve human beings

through a team effort that make up for deficiencies in a single individual. Building this ‘creative-effort-team’, we

must understand fundamental ingredients: 1) recruiting a team of dedicated individuals who use all their senses to

communicate with each other; 2) mix in the dedication and passion of the focused creative effort; and 3) envision an

ideate transcending the surface to universal humanity.

Moving Beyond Image and into Community with: Relational Aesthetics: Part 1 Georganna Tapley // Artist & Teacher at Art Alliance Center // Brazosport College, Lee College

This workshop has a structure that deals with the individual person as the artist and the teacher. When catastrophic

things occur within communities it affects everyone. When hurricanes IKE and Katrina devastated the shores and lives

of thousands, it was impossible for me to go into the classroom with the attitude of lessons as normal. The relational

and artist parts of me collaborate with the participants to respond to the events in the world around us. I use these

events to teach how artists with conscience might respond. The Art becomes the result and or response to these events.

FLECK 1 1 1 WORKSHOP: Art & Community Pt. I

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FLECK 106 PANEL: Masters Showcase

VIRTUAL HUMANS AND LIVING WORLDS –GRADUATE PROGRAMS IN ARTS AND TECHNOLOGY AT UT DALLAS Marjorie A. Zielke, Ph. D // Assistant Professor //University of Texas at Dallas

The University of Texas at Dallas (UT Dallas) offers a unique masters and mfa in Arts and Technology (atec). The

atec program is one of the fastest growing degree plans at UT Dallas. A Ph.D. program is also in the final phases of

development. Students study the application of technology in art to produce interactive exhibits, computer games,

training and simulations, web programs, animation, 3-d modeling and other technology-based art media. Students can

also combine the study of atec with Emerging Media and Communications (emac) to study the evolution of text and

narrative within the context of arts and technology.

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A GROWING UNIVERSITY – THE GRADUATE PROGRAMS AT UT ARLINGTON Leighton McWilliams // Associate Professor & Assistant Chair of Art & History // University of Texas Arlington

UT Arlington is a growing University with enrollment approaching 30,000. UT Arlington has a mfa program that

offers study in one of four media areas- Visual Communications, Film/ Video, Glass, and Intermedia. Their large

department enrolls more than 800 undergraduate majors and boasts extensive facilities. Arlington is situated directly

between Dallas and Fort Worth and is convenient to an extensive cultural experience, many world-class museums, and

a growing economy.

PREPARING STUDENTS FOR EFFECTIVE PRACTICE AND LEADERSHIP IN ART EDUCATION Christopher Adejumo // Associate Professor of Visual Art Studies/Art Education // University of Texas at Austin

The mission of the art education program at the University of Texas at Austin is to provide excellence in the

preparation of art teachers, art museum educators, and community art programmers. The aim of the program is to

cultivate top-rated scholarship through institutional and community partnerships and research-based development

of art education theory and practice. The art education faculty members are committed to helping students make

connections between knowledge acquired in the classroom, student teaching in the public schools, and experiential

learning in alternative settings in the community. The introduction of the program at the 2012 TASA conference will

entail a detailed description of the degree options in the graduate art education program, which are school focus, art

museum education, and community-based art education.

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THE RETURNING VET AND FILM NOIR: THE PROBLEMATIC Dr. John A. Calabrese // Professor of Visual Arts // Texas Woman’s University

Dr. Calabrese will present film noir clips and discourse related to the problematic. This means that the films attempt to

deal with a problem without overtly stating it. Ostensibly these are thriller/suspense films, murder mysteries. Beneath

many plots are issues dealing with the returning vet to a society that is less than eager to have him, a world in which he

does not fit. He is oftentimes forced to assume the position of a criminal who has to vindicate himself by overcoming

various insurmountable obstacles. Each film presents variations on this theme.

FLECK 108 LECTURE: Art & Community

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THE ARTS TRIANGLE ARTSWALK PROJECT Gary Washmon // Interim Chair of Visual Arts // Texas Woman’s University

A committee of faculty members was formed from the various departments in the School of the Arts (soa); Dance,

Music, Drama and the Visual Arts to create an identity for this new school and to create an event that would

encompass all of the arts in the soa. The concept of the Art Triangle came about through looking at a map of campus

and noting that a line drawn around all of the buildings in the soa created a triangular shape. Following this theme

the concept of a connective experience tying these sites together began to emerge as an interactive tour or artswalk,

featuring the various arts in non-traditional settings; in and around the buildings on the map, where virtually anything

could happen.

COLLABORATIVE PROJECTS Colby Parsons // Associate Professor of Art // Texas Woman’s University

Colby Parsons is a sculptor who has been involved in several collaborative projects. One in Denmark with sculptor

Brian Boldon in 2006, one in Dallas with the painter/sculptor Mark Collop from 2007–2008, and one in Denton with

electroacoustic composer Greg Dixon from 2008 up to now. These collaborations have incorporated a broad range of

media including clay, glass, video, wood, cardboard, found objects, and light; and each one has taken its own direction

depending on the particular interests we share, and the “chemistry” of the collaborative relationship. Most of these

have involved installation settings with some kind of interactive element inviting the viewer’s participation in the work.

FLECK 109 PANEL: Collaboration

LOW-RIDER BIKES IN HIGHER EDUCATION: A PROJECT BY THROW AWAY YOUTH Future Akins // Assistant Professor of Art Education & Visual Studies // Texas Tech University

Inspired by Chicano youth culture that involves “low-rider” bikes and hoping to motivate junior high students to

consider art as a stepping stone towards attending college, Future Atkins co-created an art opportunity for low-income

youth in Lubbock, Texas. Fourteen and fifteen year-olds enrolled in an art class where they created low-rider bikes

with discarded parts and throw-away materials, while Texas Tech University art studio majors in a kinetic sculpture

course created “dream bikes” using metals and fabrication work. Both sets of resulting bikes were displayed along

with true low-rider bikes from the local community in a sidewalk parade. This presentation will dissect and discuss

both student populations’ experiences and performances, community and academic reactions/feedback, fund-raising

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FLECK 1 1 1 WORKSHOP: Art & Community Pt. I I

MOVING BEYOND IMAGE AND INTO COMMUNITY WITH RELATIONAL AESTHETICS: PT 2 Georganna Tapley // Artist & Teacher at Art Alliance Center // Brazosport College // Lee College

This workshop deals with the person as the artist and the teacher... The Relational Aesthetics workshop will be offered

to individuals uniting them in a common theme of research. They will actively participate in all stages of a creation to

be completed during the conference. Although this is the second part of a two-part workshop, if you missed part one,

you can still participate in part two.

FLECK // IRON POUR

MEET TRANSPORT VAN IN BACK OF FLECK AT 3:30 Butch Jack // Lamar University

Amy Gerhauser // St. Edward’s University

Donnie Keen // Keen Foundry

Watch students & faculty pour their molds for the Charm Bracelet of Texas and other projects

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WEATHERGRAMS: A SPRING PEACE PROJECT Judy Stone- Nunneley // Artist & Educator

Judy will present a hands-on workshop focusing on the creation of simple printed collages with found images, text,

and expressive monoprints. Printed on recycled paper sacks, the Weathergrams are records of contemplation, shared

observations of the natural world, and messages of hope. The Weathergrams will be installed on campus for the Spring

season and will recycle with the season’s weather.

* Limit first 15 participants

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A CAST IRON CHAIN FOR AMERICA Meredith “Butch” Jack // Professor of Art // Lamar University

Meredith Jack will present his on-going project to cast a cast iron chain with a link cast in all 50 states of the union. This

project is an extension of his involvement with the “Iron Trail to the Arctic” in 2008 and the in-state extension of the

“Chain” that is the “Charm Bracelet for Texas”, to be cast during the 2012 TASA conference. The academic iron casting

community begun by Julius Schmidt in the 1950’s, has grown and prospered. There are university iron foundry programs

in most states and many independent artists have set up their own facilities. The “Cast Iron Chain” is an effort to bring all

these disparate individuals into communication for the exchange of ideas, techniques, and aesthetic deliberations.

Imagillaboration – A National Sculpture Collaboration Project: The Logistical Challenges and Rewards of Working, Exchanging and Exhibiting These 3-D Compositions on a National Scale Jack Gron // Director & Professor of Fine Art // Texas A&M Corpus Christi

From 2007–2009, 106 sculptors representing twenty-six states across the country have joined together to undertake a

collaborative art project of unprecedented proportions. Working in regional groups of five to nine people, the artists have

created an immense body of collaborative three-dimensional artwork. Each participant was to create a “seed” element, the

beginning segment of a sculpture, which was then passed onto other group members who each added their own artistic

element to every piece. Once the cycle of exchange was complete, each artist will have contributed to every sculpture, and

ARTS 1 13 PANEL: Collaborative Projects

TAKING IRON TO THE ARCTIC Donnie Keen // Director of Keen Foundry // Houston, TX

In 2008 Donnie Keen of Keen Foundry in Houston led a group of artists and artisans north of the Arctic Circle to the

Village of Wiseman, permanent population 13, to cast a cast iron public sculpture. Wiseman is known outside of the

arctic primarily from the PBS documentary “Gateway to the Arctic: the Brooks Range”, which featured the village and its

inhabitants. Collaborating with the Alaskan sculptor Patrick Garley, Keen has been instrumental in establishing a thriving

artist/iron casting community in the US’s northern-most state. He will present the planning, logistics, and implementation of

this ambitious endeavor and the five year reunion pour set for June 2012.

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UTSA COLLABORATIVE EDITIONS Kent Rush // Professor of Art // University of Texas at San Antonio

Since 1983 the University of Texas at San Antonio has informally run utsa Collaborative Editions (utsace). Professors Dennis Olsen and

Kent Rush who head the printmaking program at utsa have worked with the semester long visiting artist/faculty and faculty members

to produce a substantial portfolio of wonderful prints primarily in lithography, intaglio and relief. Recently Kent Rush, in an effort to

reach out to the community, offered the press to Dr. Ricardo Romo as a format for printing editions for local and regional Chicano/a

and Mexican American artists. The two Master Printers are former mfa graduated printmakers, Neal Cox (two years now teaching at

sfau) and currently, Steven Carter. Since 2004 over 20 prints in editions of 30 have been printed and we are working with more artists

ARTS 1 16 WORKSHOP: Innovation of Foundations*

COLORED SLIPS AND THE CLAY SURFACE Stan Irvin // Professor of Art // St. Edward’s University

Connie McCreary // Artist & Educator // St. Edward’s University

There is a long history of potters using colored slips and engobes to decorate the clay surface. Due to their opacity, sensuous texture,

potential for color, and possibilities for application at various stages of drying, these types of liquid clays offer artists and potters

many decorative options. seu art faculty, Stan Irvin and Connie McCreary, will demonstrate various surface decoration and forming

techniques using primarily colored clays and slips. They will present options for both low and high-fire. Workshop attendees are

invited to participate in a hands on experience with slip decoration that can be employed by beginning students and offer some

interesting options for more advanced

exploration. * Limiit first 20 participants

INNOVATION IN FOUNDATION CURRICULUM Leslie Mutchler // Assistant Professor of Art & Area Head of 2-D Foundations // University of Texas at Austin

Mutchler’s interests in Foundations derive from the Bauhaus Preliminary Course- and consequently bringing relevance to these ideals.

Foundations should be comprised of three equally emphasized components: craft (the teaching of technical proficiency), context

(relevant vocabulary and history), and conceptual acuity (art and design as a pursuit of knowledge). For the last forty years many

art departments have overlooked the critical potential of Foundations. “I thrive on working with young, fresh talented students

that remain open and observant, malleable and motivated” says Mutchler. “I hope to heighten the status of Foundations within the

academic world, to bring about the new Bauhaus.”

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DRAWING STRUCTURE: BEGINNING DRAWING AND A DIY TEXTBOOK Hollis Hammonds // Area Coordinator & Assistant Professor of Art // St. Edward’s University

Drawing is possibly the most important foundational skill for the beginning artist. It is also one of the most popular subjects

in art, with more drawing books on the market today than most other disciplines. Finding the right textbook for your course

however is almost impossible. As faculty we find ourselves piecing together resources for our students, trying to balance

technique with concept, and often failing at finding source material that is truly appropriate for a specific course. Sometimes

you have to take matters into your own hands, and if you can’t find the right book… just make one.

FROM 2D TO CROSS-DISCIPLINARY SPACE – REVISING BEGINNING DESIGN Eric Zimmerman // Assistant Professor of Art // St. Edward’s University

How might two-dimensional design courses better respond to contemporary cross-disciplinary space and student needs? St.

Edwards University Art department recently undertook a restructuring of its two-dimensional design course with this question

in mind. Emphasizing design process, conceptualization, and the relationship between two, three, and four-dimensional

thinking, in a laboratory type studio environment, this restructuring embeds learning hand skills and design principals with

reading and discussion. The goal is to provide students with the tools to be both articulate and technically accomplished within

a world that is increasingly cross-disciplinary. By providing them with technical skills and theoretical frameworks students are

better prepared to engage and make in a variety of fields.

TEACHING SOFTWARE ON THE FLY OR RESOURCES FOR TEACHING TECHNOLOGY OR HOW TO TEACH COMPUTER INSTRUCTION FOR DUMMIES Peter Tucker // Assisant Professor of Media Arts // Suny Fredonia & St. Edward’s University

This workshop will provide participants with the tools and resources needed to introduce technology into studio classes. It is

designed for the educator that does not use technology in his or her own work, and may not be comfortable with technology,

but would like to incorporate digital tools in their classroom. I will discuss what technology is important, what is absolutely

necessary, and what you can teach with no budget. The heart of the workshop explores teaching resources, tutorials and on-line

opportunities for both teacher and student to learn and explore digital technologies. Workshop attendees will be given access to

a website created specifically for the workshop that has links to resources, ideas for assignments, and on-line tutorials.

ARTS 121 WORKSHOP: Technology*

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ARTS 1 13 Panel: Art & Activism

HUMAN RIGHTS ART & COMMUNITY EDUCATION Jenny Bryson Clark // South Texas College Political Science Faculty

Professor Richard Lubben // South Texas College Visual Arts Faculty

We are entering our 5th year at South Texas College hosting an annual human rights art exhibition in conjunctions with the

Human Trafficking Conference sponsored by the Women’s Studies Committee. Jennifer Clark from the STC Political Science

Department and Women’s Studies President would present an overview of the Sex Trafficking Conference and how they

collaborate with artists to educate the community and bring awareness of this global and regional problem. Richard Lubben

from the STC Art Department and Exhibit Curator will show selected images from previous shows and discuss how artists have

used their art to communicate a personal experience, open a dialogue or encourage self-reflection about the issue.

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“CASH PAID FOR RAGS”: A “SKETCHBOOK” PERFORMANCE Carol Flueckiger // Associate Professor of Art // Texas Tech University

This “sketchbook performance” is inspired by the nineteenth-century practice of recycling rags for paper. Many early American

broadsides, children’s books, almanacs, and newspapers printed the phrase “Cash Paid for Rags” to solicit old cloth for use in

paper-making. My project revisits the rag trade by taking discarded or second-hand shirts and blueprinting them with phrases

and images from nineteenth-century material culture, creating wearable hybrids of the early American women’s movement

and contemporary “artifacts” from my local thrift store. Research and ideas for this project were gathered at the American

Antiquarian Society in Worcester, MA, and the TTU Women’s Studies Program.

ART, AESTHETICS, EDUCATION AND ACTIVISM DEALING WITH BORDER WALL David Freeman // Visual Arts Faculty // South Texas College

Photography has been a tool for social and political change for many years and it can exude tremendous educational authority.

What better time than now for artists to utilize art as a tool of enlightenment and education on the specific issue of the border

fence and all the challenges it produces. The border fence strikes at the very essence of our culture and democracy. I ask my class

how we can investigate the relationships of image, community, concept, and the cognitive process. In this political climate how

do we produce a didactic principle and call authority into question and do it via digital photography.

DEPORTES PARA COMPRATIR AND THE ALBERGUES ESCOLARES INDIGENAS (SPORTS FOR SHARING AND THE INDIGENOUS SHELTER SCHOOLS OF MEXICO) Roger Colombik & Jerolyn Bahm Colombik // Columbik Studios // Wimberly, TX

Working in Collaboration with the Mexican Association of the United Nations and Deportes Para Compartir, we are developing

a documentary project that will raise awareness about the cultural heritage of indigenous children that are educated and cared

for in shelter schools. The shelters are located throughout the country and often provide the only means of insuring that children

living in very remote communities can receive three meals a day as well as a fine general education. Deportes Para Compartir uses

group sport activities to promote the United Nations millennial goals that include issues of gender equality and child health.

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THE BORDER WALL AND COMMUNITY BASED ART EDUCATION Bret Lef ler, Ph.D // Assistant Professor & Art Education Adviser // Houston, TX

The border wall controversy affects every citizen of the United States and Mexico in one way or another whether directly

or indirectly. Teaching eight miles from the border in McAllen, Texas has heightened Matthews’ awareness of the effects the

wall is having on our two countries and how these changes will impact our lives for years to come. He uses the classroom

as an incubator to discuss the pros and cons of the wall and what artists can do to bring awareness to the situation. “Can

border wall artwork change minds, influence policy and alter popular culture?” asks Matthews. “Yes, I believe it can.”

CAN BORDER WALL ARTWORK CHANGE MINDS, INFLUENCE POLICY AND ALTER POPULAR CULTURE Tom Matthews // Assistant Chair & Visual Arts Faculty // South Texas College

This presentation focuses on how art education majors at the University of Texas at Brownsville have addressed the needs of

the community by developing an exhibition using the border wall as a theme. It also includes specific research and curriculum

to heighten awareness for the need of community based art and arts education within secondary and upper division students.

WHAT ROLE CAN ART PLAY? – BORDER WALL Scott Nicol // Visual Arts Faculty // South Texas College

The art of the modern and postmodern eras sought to establish its autonomy, “art for art’s sake,” leaving behind the societal

functions of the past. In our time, art is not supposed to do something, it is merely supposed to be. This has led to the

segregation of fine art, relegating it to the rarified world of galleries and museums, as distinct from daily life and the “real

world.” This poses a dilemma for artists who seek to engage social or political issues, such as the walls that are being erected

along the U.S. – Mexico border. More than 600 miles of border wall have been built, tearing through cities, farms, and

wildlife refuges. In the face of something that inflicts itself so powerfully and destructively upon the “real world,” what role

can art play?

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FUNDRED: ENGAGING IN A 300 MILLION DOLLAR DIFFERENCE Mel Chin // Artist & Keynote Speaker

This workshop will engage Texas artists and educators in a fun and simple art project with a powerful solution based mission.

You will leave prepared to mobilize your community! The Fundred Dollar Bill Project reaches out to students of all ages to

create Fundred Dollar Bills in hopes of gathering 300 million creative voices from across the country in the form of drawings.

The original artworks will be delivered to congress with a request that they are exchanged for their equivalent in goods and

service to transform the lead contaminated soils in New Orleans and ultimately every lead affected city.

BLOG, DESIGN, TECHNOLOGY Daniel Lievens // Graphic Designer & Faculty Member // St. Edward’s University

This presentation will discuss the use of blogs to archive work, present new work, and give students a venue for receiving and

giving feedback outside of the traditional critique. We’ll look at the use of blogs from the student/user perspective as well as

setting up and structuring of the blogs from the faculty perspective.

ARTS 121 WORKSHOP: Technology*

REALITY COMMUNITY: FOSTERING A SENSE OF INVOLVEMENT IN THE CLASSROOM AND BEYOND Jana C. Perez // Assistant Professor of Graphic Design // Texas Woman’s University

Many students today believe that they possess a sense of community through social and screen media such as Twitter,

Facebook, blogs and texting – often engaging in several of these simultaneously. Design students in particular, as learners and

future practitioners of visual communication, must be able to function in both virtual and real communities. Are students

really interacting in a communal way via technology or simply settling for a less active, internal dialogue? This presentation

will outline the results of key objectives and projects incorporated into graphic design coursework that utilize both personal

relationships and technology to create and contribute to the idea of community in and outside of the classroom.

*Limit First 20 Participants

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FLECK: SESSION IFRIDAY, APRIL 13TH, 2:00PMFleck 106 Panel: Collaborative/Community

Fleck 108 Panel: Green Art/Environmental

Fleck 109 Panel: Art & Community

Fleck 111 Workshop: Art & Community – Part 1

SESSION I IFRIDAY, APRIL 13TH, 3:30PMFleck 106 Panel: Masters Showcase

Fleck 108 Lecture: Art & Community

Fleck 109 Panel: Collaboration

Fleck 111 Workshop: Art & Community – Part 2

Fleck Iron Pour ( meet transport van in back of fleck at 3:20)

SESSION I IFRIDAY, APRIL 13TH, 2:00PMFleck 106 Panel: Collaborative/Community

-Multiplicity in Collaboration and Community

-Borderland Youth: A Social Geography Revealed

through Participatory Art Practice

-Eastland Outdoor Art Museum

SESSION IFRIDAY, APRIL 13TH, 2:00PMFleck 108 Panel: Green Art/Environmental

-We’re green, participatory and public!

-Curly, Shaggy, Gleaming, Streaming,

The Art of Hair: An Intimate Recycling Program

SESSION IFRIDAY, APRIL 13TH, 2:00PMFleck 108 Panel: Green Art/Environmental

We’re green, participatory and public!

Curly, Shaggy, Gleaming, Streaming,

The Art of Hair: An Intimate Recycling Program

Red Listed

SESSION IFRIDAY, APRIL 13TH, 2:00PMFleck 109 Panel: Art & Community

-Appreciating Life Through Art

-The Struggle For Meaning Between The Artist And The Audience,

A Balance between Artist and Community

-Eastland Outdoor Art Museum

SESSION IFRIDAY, APRIL 13TH, 2:00PMFleck 111 Workshop: Art & Community – Part 1

-Moving Beyond Image and into Community with Relational

-Aesthetics: Part 1

SESSION I IFRIDAY, APRIL 13TH, 3:30PMFleck 106 Panel: Masters Showcase

-Virtual Humans and Living Worlds – Graduate Programs in

Arts and Technology at UT Dallas

-A Growing University –

The Graduate Art Programs at UT Arlington

-Preparing Students for Effective Practice

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SESSION I IFRIDAY, APRIL 13TH, 3:30PMFleck 108 Lecture: Art & Community

-The Returning Vet and FILM NOIR:

-The Problematic

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FRIDAY, APRIL 13TH, 3:30PMFleck 109 Panel: Collaboration

-The Arts Triangle ArtsWalk Project

-Collaborative Projects

-Low-Rider Bikes in Higher Education:

A Project by Throw Away Youth

SESSION I IFRIDAY, APRIL 13TH, 3:30PMFleck 111 Workshop: Art & Community – Part 2

-Moving Beyond Image and into

Community with Relational Aesthetics: Part 2

SESSION I IFRIDAY, APRIL 13TH, 3:30PMFleck Iron Pour

MEET TRANSPORT VAN IN BACK OF FLECK AT 3:20

ARTS: SESSION I I ISATURDAY, APRIL 14TH, 9:30AMArts 110 Workshop: Green Art/Environmental

Arts 113 Panel: Collaborative Projects

Arts 116 Workshop: Innovations in Foundations

Arts 120 Panel: Innovations in Foundations

Arts 121 Workshop: Technology

SESSION IVSATURDAY, APRIL 14TH, 11:00AM Arts 113 Panel: Art & Activism

Arts 114 Panel: Collaboration

Arts 120 Panel: Art & Community

Arts 121 Workshop: Technology

SESSION I I ISATURDAY, APRIL 14TH, 9:30AMArts 110 Workshop: Green Art/Environmental Weathergrams:

A Spring Peace Project

SESSION I I ISATURDAY, APRIL 14TH, 9:30AMArts 113 Panel: Collaborative Projects

-Imagillaboration- A National Sculpture Collaboration

Project, the logistical challenges and rewards of

working, exchanging, and exhibiting these 3-D

compositions on a national scale

-A Cast Iron Chain for America

-Taking Iron to the Arctic

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SESSION I I ISATURDAY, APRIL 14TH, 9:30AM Arts 120 Panel: Innovations in Foundations

-Innovations in Foundation Curriculum

- From 2D to Cross-Disciplinary Space – Revising Beginning Design

-Drawing Structure: Beginning Drawing and a DIY Textbook

SESSION I I I SATURDAY, APRIL 14TH, 9:30AMArts 121 Workshop: Green Art/Environmental

-Teaching Software on the Fly or

Resources for Teaching Technology or

How to teach computer stuff you don’t know or

Computer Instruction for Dummies

SESSION IVSATURDAY, APRIL 14TH, 11:00AMArts 113 Panel: Art & Activism

-Human Rights Art & Community Education

-“Cash Paid for Rags” A “sketchbook” per formance

-Deportes Para Compartir and the Albergues Escolares Indigenas

(Sports For Sharing and the Indigenous Shelter Schools of Mexico)

SESSION IVSATURDAY, APRIL 14TH, 11:00AMArts 114 Panel: Collaboration

-Art, Aesthetics, Education and Activism dealing with the Border Wall

-Can border wall artwork change minds,

influence policy, and alter popular culture?

SESSION IVSATURDAY, APRIL 14TH, 11:00AMArts 120 Panel: Art & Community Fundred:

Engaging in a 300 Million Dollar Difference

SESSION IVSATURDAY, APRIL 14TH, 11:00AMArts 121 Workshop: Technology

-Reality Community: Fostering a Sense of

Involvement in the Classroom and Beyond

-Blog, Design, Technology

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ONE CUBE FOOT EXHIB ITION 2012

Every year at the tasa Annual Conference, conference attendees are

invited to participate in the tasa One Cube Foot Exhibition.

As tasa’s One Square Cube Exhibition’s title indicates, submissions

for this show must be limited to one square foot, and submissions

can be 2-d or 3-d. This year Robert Hite will judge the exhibition.

There will be an opening reception for the exhibit on Saturday, April

14th, in the St. Edward’s University Fine Arts Gallery from 8:30 a.m.

– 9:30 a.m., and will include an awards presentation.

Note: Work from the One Cube Foot Exhibit should be picked

up from ARTS140 between 2:30 – 3:30pm. (Unless you’ve made

arrangements to have the work shipped)

SOLAR POWERED PAPER DOLL

Carol Flueckiger

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TASA BOARD OF DIRECTORS

President 2008-2012

President-Elect 2009-2010

Board Member/Recorder 2007-2012

Board Member/Academic Affairs, Professional Standards 2007-2012

Board Member 2008-2012

Board Member/Treasurer 2008-2012,

Annual Exhibitions Coordinator, Gallery Network

Board Member/Academic Affairs, Photography Survey 2007-2012

Board Member/Database 2008-2012

Board Member 2009-2012

Board Member/Newsletter 2007-2012

Board Member/Membership 2008-2012

Staff Member/Executive Assistant

Staff Member/Web Master

Conference Chair 2012

Conference Chair 2012

Cathie Tyler // Paris Junior College

Greg Reuter // Texas A&M University Corpus

Susan Wilta-Kemph // San Antonio College

Greg Elliot // University of Texas San Antonio

Bill Simpson // Trinity Valley Community College

Liz Yarosz-Ash // Midwestern State University

Gary Fields // Stephen F. Austin University

Brian Row // Texas State University- San Marcos

Sandra Baker // Brazosport College

Kurt Dyrhaug // Lamar University

Omar Hernandez // El Centro College- DCCCD

Linda Fawcelt // Hardin-Simmons University

Victoria Taylor-Gore // Amarillo College

Hollis Hammonds // St. Edward’s University

Angela Rodgers // St. Edward’s University

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ST. EDWARD’S UNIVERSITYSchool of Humanities

ST. EDWARD’S UNIVERSITYThe Kozmetsky Center of Excellence in Global Finance

THE STILL WATER FOUNDATIONBLICK ART MATERIALSdickblick.com

RED RIVER PAPER redriverpaper.com

GOLDEN ARTIST COLORS goldenpaints.com

CHEAP JOE’S ART STUFFcheapjoes.com

AMPERSAND ampersandart.com

JACK RICHESON & COMPANY richesonart.com

ART LIES artlies.org

AUSTIN MUSEUM OF ARTamoa.org

CONFERENCE SPONSORS & DONORS

LUCKY 13 lucky13mixology.com

LADY BIRD JOHNSON WILDFLOWER CENTERWildf lower.org

MEXIC-ARTE MUSEUMmexic-artemuseum.org

BLANTON MUSEUM OF ARTblantonmuseum.org

GUERO’S RESTAURANT ON SOCOguerostacobar.com

AUSTIN CHRONICLEaustinchronicle.com

PRISMACOLORprismacolor.com

LIQUITEXliquitex.com

SMOOTH-ONsmooth-on.com

OLMSTED-KIRK PAPER COMPANY okpa

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On Friday, April 13th in the Robert and Pearle Ragsdale Center, Mabee Ballroom B, and several vendors will set up displays and materials to view or take. Vendors will set up around 8 a.m. and will be available until 2 p.m.

CONFERENCE VOLUNTEERSPilar Arrieta

Erica Bogdan

Emily Borneman

Mary Brantl

Jessica Buie

Walle Conoly

Barbra Curtin

Caroline Eck

Chrissy Flanigan

Amy Gerhauser

Hollis Hammonds

Kelly Hanus

Donal Haughey

Guillermo Hinojosa-Canales

Stan Irvin

Miriam Jurgensen

Daniel Lievens

Justin Martin

Rebecca Marino

Michael Massey

Connie McCreary

Jorge Muñoz

Tuan Phan

Kaletia Roberts

Angela Rodgers

Kate Rosati

Nicole Ryder

Jennah Slinran

Emily Speck

Art Thompson

Brenda Torres

Vicki Totten

Khristine Tugangui

Kelly Waguespack

Lindsey Webb

Maline Werness

Colleen White

Monica Wright

Eric Zimmerman

On Friday, April 13th, students from various schools in Texas will present their research in a poster session. The session will be held in the Ragsdale Center’s Mabee Ballroom B from 9 a.m. until 2 p.m.

Chris Adams // Texas Tech University

Bruce Alves // Texas Tech University

Jared Applegate // Texas Tech University

Rebecca Beals // Texas Tech University

Shelly Forbis // Texas Tech University

Scotty Hensler // Texas Tech University

Sarah Jamison // Texas Tech University

Benjamin Lamb // Texas State University

Kris Leinen // Texas Tech University

Aidan Liller // St. Edward’s University

Shannon Ramos // Texas Tech University

Emily Speck // St. Edward’s University

Kelly Waguespack // St. Edward’s University

Chris Walnoha // Texas Tech University

STUDENT SPOTLIGHT:Poster Presentations

LIQUITEX REPRESENTATIVEPeter Andrew

BIG MEDIUM bigmedium.org

ART LIESwww.artlies.org

PRISMACOLOR REPRESENTATIVEShelley Minus

CONFERENCE VENDORS

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2012 vs. 2011

Members 396 +17 739

Professors 122 -42 164

Adjuncts 62 +9 53

Students 201 +48 153

Artists 9 0 9

Corporate Groups 2 +2 0

2011-12 Beginning Balance: $34,382.91

2011-12 Ending Balance: $48,654.41**

Expenses: $87,003.42

Revenue: $101,274.92

YTD Profit/Loss: +$14,271.50

MEMBERSHIPS

FINANCIAL

SOCIAL MEDIAFacebook: TASA Art (Group): 759 members (+210)

Twitter: @tasart: 1,101 followers (+667)

Linkedin: TASA Art Group: 541 members (+263)

Current number of subscribers: 834

Last year: 764

Total number of emails sent:

This year to date: 37

All of last year: 56

Average of 3 emails sent out a month. On average, over a third of our list opens the emails.About 10% of the list clicks through.

If you don’t receive our emails and would like to be added to our mailing list, subscribe through tasart.org or email communications@aigaaustin.org.

SUBSCRIBER EMAILS

Flickr (photos): Flickr.com/photos/tasart The photos document most of our TASA events from 2004-2011.

Website: tasart.org You can also subscribe to our iCal feed and follow our event schedule.

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REVENUE & EXPENSES

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Revenue/Expense Detail: Expense Revenue Profit/LossAdministrative

Membership Dues $0 $14,775.69 $14,775.69

Student Group Reimbursements $1,900.00 $0 -$1,900.00

Chapter Development $4,294.20 $13.78 -$4,280.42

Supplies, Admin and Operations $4,806.57 $883.82 -$3,922.75

Events

Artist Ranch 2011 $56,430.77 $62,809.28 $6,378.51

2011 Annual Membership Party $585 $0 -$585

2010 Annual Membership Party $2,804.17 $1,771.91 -$1,032.26

Artist Breakfast Series $670.74 $1,560 $889.26

Creative Mass $0 $0 $0

Art Speak $0 $180 $180

Finding Grants $329.02 $458 $128.98

Reel Artist $732.94 $1,470.69 $737.75

Small Talks $302.56 $1,131 $828.44

“Making Faces” screening $139.64 $130 -$9.64

Lounge Bowl $4,324.64 $5870 $1,545.36

What’s New With Easels $110.62 $601.75 $491.13

Get on Press! Workshop $630.91 $650 $19.09

The Mix $4,068.24 $4,790 $721.76

Student Portfolio Review $96.69 $0 -$96.69

Preparing and Speaking About Your Portfolio $0 $99 $99

Self Promotion in the Digital Age $0 $55 $55

Resume Workshop $0 $80 $80

Brand You $0 $50 $50

Student Picnic $161.76 $45 -$116.76

Summer Shindig $3,573.66 $3,850 $276.34*

The Texas Show 2012 $764.95 $0 -$764.95

TOTAL $87,003.42 $101,274.92 $14,271.50

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4 Hyatt Regency Austin Hotel 208 Barton Springs

5 Zax Pints and Plates 312 Barton Springs

6 Threadgills Restaurant 308 W. Riverside

7 Uchi Restaurant 801 S. Lamar

8 Jo’s Hot Coffee Good Food 1300 S. Congress

9 The Highball 1141 S. Lamar

10 Guero’s Taco Bar 1412 S. Congress

11 Home Slice Pizza 1415 S. Congress

12 South Congress Cafe 1600 S. Congress

13 Vespaio 1610 S. Congress

14 La Mexicana Bakery 1924 S. 1st

15 Woodland 1716 S. Congress

16 Magnolia Cafe South 1920 S. Congress

17 Garden District Coffee House 2810 S. Congress

18 Ruta Maya Importing Co 3601 S. Congress

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