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Art Department Newsletter2020-2021

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DearStudents,Faculty,andFriends:

The2020-2021schoolyearhasbegun,althoughwithoutthecheerfulpresenceofstudentsandcolleaguesfillingtheclassroomsandstudiosofUniversityHall.Althoughthisyearhasproventobeextremelychallengingandweremainphysicallyseparated,theArtDepartmentfacultyandstaffaredeterminedtomoveforwardwitharangeofinterestingremotecourses,onlineexhibitions,andZoomlecturesfromvisitingartists(detailedthroughoutthisnewsletter).

Aswelookahead,wereflectonlastyear’saccomplishments,withourstellarfacultysharingtheirartworkandscholarshipinexhibitions,presentations,andpublications.ChristopherSchadeexhibitedaseriesofpaintingsinasoloshowattheBostonDesignCenter;WenhuaShi’slatestshortfilmswerescreenedatovertwentynationalandinternationalfilmfestivals;andZachHornhadasoloexhibitionofhisworkattheAmerican

LaborMuseum.MargaretHart’sseriesSituatedBecomingswasfeaturedinasoloexhibitionatBoston’sKingstonGallery.CatMazza’sartworkElectroknitDymaxionwasincludedinanexhibitionattheBowdoinCollegeMuseumofArt;andduringthesummer,shealsocreatedPandemicViews.Thearthistorianshavebeenespeciallyproductivewith

LorenzoBuonannopublishinganessayonRenaissanceVenetiansculptureinthevolumeTheArtofSculptureinFifteenth-CenturyItalyandJohnA.TysonpublishinganessayintheexhibitioncatalogueHansHaacke:AllConnected.Twoseniorfacultymembers

completedmajorbookprojects.SarahKellerpublishedAnxiousCinephilia:PleasureandPerilattheMovies(ColumbiaUniversityPress),whichexaminesanxietyinrelationtothecinema.AndDavidArefordpublishedStrictBeauty:SolLeWittPrints(YaleUniversityPress),

thefirstcomprehensiveexplorationofSolLeWitt’sprintmakingpractice.

Intermsofspecialfacultyaccomplishments,I’mhappytospotlightVictoriaWestonandMargaretHart,bothofwhomwerepromotedtotherankoffullprofessorthisyear.Congratulations!

Finally,wecelebratethestudentrecipientsoftheannualdepartmentalawards.Thisyear,boththeBookPrizeforhighestGPAandtheRuthButlerTravelScholarshipweresharedbytwostudents:AJSolomonandSatomiNishimiya.AJwillbetravelingtoIsraelandItalytoconductresearchonthearchitectureandaestheticsofseveralsynagoguesdatingfromc.100BCto2002.AndSatomiwillstudytraditionalwoodblockprintingtechniquesinJapan.

DavidS.ArefordDepartmentChair

UniversityHallGalleryExhibitionSchedule

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AsnapshotfromSpring2020:AZoomArtDepartmentfacultymeetinginprogress–partofour“newnormal”duringthecoronaviruspandemic.

Faculty News

DavidS.ArefordAfterseveralyearsofresearchandwriting,DavidAreford’sexhibitioncatalogueStrictBeauty:SolLeWittPrintsisbeingpublishedbyYaleUniversityPressinSeptember2020.ThisisthefirstbooktoofferacomprehensiveexaminationoftheAmericanconceptualartist’sprintmakingpractice.Duetothecoronaviruspandemic,therelatedexhibitionwillnowopenattheNewBritainMuseumofAmericanArtinfallof2021andthenattheWilliamsCollegeMuseumofArtinspringof2022.

ProfessorArefordhasalsocompletedaneditedbookonLeWitt’sart–nowtitledLocatingSolLeWitt–consistingofessaysbyeightcontributors,includingdepartmentcolleagueJohnTysonandUMassLowellProfessorKirsten

Swenson.ThebookincludesanintroductionandtwoessaysbyProfessorAreford–“LeWittMoves:ChoreographingthePrintedImage”and“VoicesbeyondtheWall:OnSolLeWitt’sJewishArt”–andwillbepublishedbyYaleUniversityPressinMarch2021.

Thispastyear,ProfessorArefordalsopublishedanessay,“ChristChildCreator,”inQuidestsacramentum?VisualRepresentationofSacredMysteriesinEarlyModernEurope,1400-1700,editedbyWalterMelion,ElizabethCarsonPastan,andLeePalmerWandel.Theessayexploresseveralfifteenth-centurywoodcutsintermsoftheso-calledProlepticPassion,thethemeoftheChildofSorrows,andthesubtlewaysinwhichtheimagescollapsetime.

ForFall2020,Prof.ArefordwillteachART101:AncientandMedievalArt.

LorenzoBuonannoThispastyear,LorenzoBuonannopublishedanessay“TullioLombardo,AntonioRizzo,andSculpturalAudacityinRenaissanceVenice,”intheeditedvolumeTheArtofSculptureinFifteenth-CenturyItaly(ed.AmyBlochandDanielZolli,Cambridge,2020),andhadanotheressayonthecraftguildsofVeniceacceptedforpublicationinthejournalSource:NotesintheHistoryofArt.Healsocompletedadraftofhisbookmanuscript,ThePerformanceofSculptureinRenaissanceVenice,undercontractwithRoutledgePress.LastNovemberhewasaguestonWGBH’sLunchHourLiveprogramdiscussingthecontinuedimpactofandfascinationwithLeonardodaVinci.BeginningthisfallhewillbeginservingasChairoftheCatherineFrisoneScottCenterforItalianCulturalStudiesatUMassBoston.

ThisyearhewillteachART102:RenaissancetoModernArt(FallandSpring),andalsolooksforwardtoteachingART312onlaterItalianRenaissanceintheFall,andacourseontheartofVenicethisSpring.

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MargaretHartProfessorMargaretHartcontinuestocreatecollageworksinformedbygender,technologyandsciencefiction.ShewillexhibitsomeofthesenewworksatKingstonGalleryinBostoninOctober.Herpreviousbodyofwork,SituatedBecomings,wasfeaturedinanexhibitionattheKingstonGalleryinOctober2019.TheseworkswillbeexhibitedinBerlin,Germany,in2021.HeranimatedvideoPoly-morphosishasbeenincludedinseveralfilmandvideofestivals,includingtheRevolutionsPerMinuteFestival,theLAShortsInternationalFilmFestivalandtheTransart(NotSo)ShortFest.IntheFallsemester,ProfessorHartwillbeteachingART293:Photography1andART393:PhotographyWorkshopandintheSpring,ART293:Photography1andART481:StudioCapstone.

SarahKeller

SarahKellerhasrecentlycompletedtwobookprojects.Thefirst,entitledAnxiousCinephilia:PleasureandPerilattheMovies,waspublishedbyColumbiaUniversityPressinApril2020.Itfocusesoninstancesofanxietyinrelationtothecinema,particularlyinthewaysspectatorshaveengagedwithmovingimagesandfindthemselvesinthralltothem.Thesecond,BarbaraHammer:PushingOutoftheFrame,willbepublishedinWinter/Spring2021byWayneStateUniversityPressfortheirQueerScreensBookSeries.Keller’sbookisthefirsttosurveyHammer’sfifty-yearcareerasapioneeringqueerexperimentalfilmandvisualartist.

fortheMuseumofWorkandCulture,RIthatwillopeninOctober.

InFall2020,ZachwillteachART175:VisualTechniquesandtwosectionsofART220:GraphicDesign.InSpring2021,hewillteachtwosectionsofART220:GraphicDesignandART381:DrawingWorkshop.

ZachHorn

ZachHorncontinuestopursuevariousprojectsindrawing,painting,andmixedmedia.Thispastacademicyear,hisworkwasfeaturedinasoloexhibitionattheAmericanLaborMuseum,NJ,inaseconditerationofUnitedWeBargain,DividedWeBeg,Zach’songoingworkinsupportoforganizedlabor.HealsoparticipatedingroupshowsatDelMarCollege,TX,MonmouthUniversity,NJ,KentStateUniversity,OH,andattheArtComplexMuseum,MA.Zach’sworkwasincludedinthesurveyofcontemporaryDorchesterartistshereatUMassBoston,curatedbySamToabe.In2020,ZachwasafinalistandgrantrecipientfromtheMassachusettsCulturalCouncilinDrawing.Zachiscurrentlyworkingonasoloexhibition

KevinDacey

KevinDaceycontinuesasArtist-in-ResidenceattheRedwoodAthenaeuminNewport,RI.ThisFallhehasashow,“LookingGlass:ImagesforSelfReflection,”thatwillbeopeningonSeptember1,2020,attheRedwood.Theshowisthemostrecentinstallationofthreeyearsofrelatedworkingraphicarts,photography,anddrawing.

ForFall2020andSpring2021,KevinwillteachsectionsofART281:DrawingI.

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ErikLevine

LastyearErikLevinefocusedonseveralmovingimageprojectsinvariousstagesofproduction.OutofPlay,avideopiecethatwasfilmedfrom2014-2018andsubsequentlyeditedthrough2020,withtwoSpecialWeaponsandTactics(SWAT)teamsfromRochesterandMonroeCounty,NewYork,isnearlycomplete.Also,TheGuiltySleep,apieceLevinefilmedasherodeshotgunwiththeovernightshiftsoftheRochesterPoliceDepartment,iscurrentlybeingedited.And,hespentamonthfilminganotherworkintheMonroeCountyJail,alsoinRochester,withtheendresultbeinganupcomingsingle-channelvideo.ProfessorLevineattendedtheRobertRauschenbergFoundationResidencyinCaptivaIslandthispastNovember-Decemberandfilmedanadditionalupcomingwork,yettobetitled,atTweenWatersResort,anhistoricalresortlocatedonCaptivaIsland.

IntheFall2020andSpring2021,hewillbeteachingART199:VisualThinkingandART286:IntrotoSculpture.

Faculty News

ElizabethMarran

ElizabethMarrancontinuesmakingdrawings,collage,printsandpaintings.Lastwinter,shetraveledtoLjubljana,SloveniaforagroupexhibitionattheGalerieDrunzinawheresheexhibitedaseriesofeightintaglioprintstitled,Similar,andAlongThoseLines.ShepresentedanartisttalkattheCatholicInstituteofBusinessandLawtoadiverseaudienceofartists,journalists,andeducatorsandwasoneofthreeartistsselectedtoparticipateinapaneldiscussiononthecreativeartsinhighereducationandonfreedomofexpression,atopicleadbytheHonorableKlemenJaklicfortheCourtofSloveniaandConstitutionalscholar.

Inthefallof2019andwinterof2020,ProfessorMarranworkedonintaglioprintportfoliosfromhertimeatCrownPointPresstheprevioussummer.Sincethepandemicandtheclosingofcampus,shehasreorientedher

AnactivecontributortotheSocietyofCinemaandMediaStudiesandtoDomitor:theSocietyfortheStudyofEarlyCinema,KelleralsoservesontheexecutivecommitteeofthecinemastudiesprogramatUMassBostonandisthefounderandcoordinatorfortheBostonCinema/MediaSeminar,acolloquiumthatgatherscinemaandmediascholarsfromthegreaterBostonareaandbeyondforpresentationsbycolleagues.Forthefall,theseminarwillbefullyonlineandwillfeaturescholarsandfilmartistsfromallovertheworld.Formoreinfoabouttheseminar,seehttps://bostoncms.wordpress.com

IntheFall2020,ProfessorKelleristeachinganupper-levelseminaronthreemajorfilmgenres—comedy,westerns,andmusicals(CINE350:FilmGenres).IntheSpring2021,shewillbeteachingafilmhistorysurveyfrom1945tothepresent(CINE202:HistoryofInternationalCinema2)andanonlinecourseonAmericanblockbusterfilms(CINE355:AmericanCinema).

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ChristopherSchade

ThispastyearSchadeexhibitedinthegroupexhibitionsEnsemble:TogetherAgainatThePaintingCenter,NewYork,NY;TheSwordintheSun,curatedbyEssyeKlempneratBlackburn20/20,NewYork,NY;SocialPhotographyVIIIcuratedbyPeterScottatCarriageTradeGallery,NewYork,NY;SmallandSmaller,curatedbyHeatherDarcyBhandariatSite:BrooklynGallery,Brooklyn,NY;MotherAltaratMotherGallery,Beacon,NY;andLoveMatch,curatedbyBethKantrowitzandKathleenO'HaraatDrive-ByProjectsinWatertown,MA.HisworkwasalsoaddedonlinetotheWhiteColumns'CuratedArtistRegistry,WhiteColumns,NewYork,NY.ProfessorSchadecontinuestoorganizetheVisitingArtistLectureSeries,aforumfornationallyandinternationallyrecognizedartistsofalldifferentdisciplinestoengagedirectlywithUMassBostonstudents,visitclassesforcritiques,andspeakabouttheirprofessionalwork.ForFallof2020andSpringof2021SchadewillbeteachingART283:IntroductiontoPaintingandART383:PaintingWorkshop.

ChristopherSchadeisworkingonseveralpaintinganddrawingseriesinwhichheexplorescognition,perceptionandvisualdissonance.InSeptemberhewillhaveasoloexhibitionofhispaintingsanddrawingsentitledEnvisagedLandscapesatThePaintingCenterinNewYorkCity.Duringthispastyear,hehadasoloexhibitionPassingIslandsattheBostonDesignCenter,Boston,MA,curatedbyTheSphinxNortheast(KariAdelaideandMaxRazdow)whichwasreviewedbyKatyDiamondHamerinBostonArtReview.

inthenineteenthandearlytwentiethcenturies,whentherewasnotyetaneffectivemedicationforthisinfectiousandairbornedisease.https://pandemic-views.net/

Earlyintheyear,sheledaworkshopatBowdoinCollegeMuseumofArt,whereherartworkElectroknitDymaxionwasonview(January15-August2,2020)intheexhibition“FastFashion/SlowArt,”curatedbyBibianaOblerandPhyllisRosenzweig.HersculptureTakingtheCurewasextendedforasecondyearthroughmid-Julyin2020attheDeCordovaMuseumandSculpturePark,andduringshelter-in-placeordersshedevelopedvirtualcontenttoaccompanythepiece.

For2020-2021,shewillteachART208:IntrotoContemporaryPracticesinFiberArt,astudiocourseexploringtextilehistories,traditionsandtechniques,suchasembroidery,knittingandthewaysfibermediacaninterfacewithdigitaldesign.ShewillalsoofferART297:IntrotoDigitalMedia&ART397:DigitalWorkshop.

InAugust2020,ProfessorCatMazzacreatedPandemicViews,aSpecialProjectoftheinauguralartfairAREACODEthathighlightsartsinNewEngland.PandemicViewsinvitesparticipantstocross-stitchlandscapescapturedduringthepandemic.Mazzadigitallydesignsthepatternsfortheneedleworkers,andaftertheyarestitched,compilesthemintoalimitededitionzineandinanongoingwebbasedformat.PandemicViewsisinspiredbyMazza'sresearchintocraftpracticesduringdaysofisolationandquarantineforTuberculosis

CatMazza

practiceprimarilytodrawingandpaintingandisspendingmoreofhertimelookingatandreflectingonherworkofthepastseveralyears.Sheshares,“Iamtryingtoseethisasanopportunity.Lookingbackatthelastsixmonths,Iam,assomanyothersare,confrontingagreatmanyideas,mostofwhichcallforaprofoundneedforchange.”

ForbothFall2020andSpring2021,ProfessorMarranwillteachART287:IntroductiontoPrintmakingandART387:PrintmakingWorkshop.

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WenhuaShiThispastyearWenhuaShipresentedhisfilms,DieNacht,GutaiandRoseatmorethantwentynationalandInternationalfilmfestivals,includingtheBogataExperimentalFilmFestival(Columbia),AlchemyFilmandMovingImageFestivalinHawick(Scotland),RigaPasaulesFilmFestival(Estonia),FestivalInternationalSignesdeNuit(France),KOSMA(KoreanSocietyofMedia&Arts)(SouthKorea),AthensInternationalFilmandVideoFestival(Ohio),andtheCrossroadsFilmFestival(SanFrancisco).HewasalsofeaturedasasoloartistduringtheFingerLakeEnvironmentalFilmFestivalatIthacaCollege.

Duringthespring2020semesterWenhuawasavisitingresearchfellowattheHarvardCAMlabwherehewastheexhibitiondirectorforobjectplayPeonyPavilionimmersiveexhibition

StaceySlobodaStaceySlobodacontinuesresearchonherbook,St.Martin’sLane:Art,Design,andtheCulturalGeographyoftheMid-Eighteenth-CenturyLondonArtWorld.Infall2019,sheparticipatedinaworkshopattheMorganLibraryinNewYorkfortheirexhibitionHogarth:Crueltyand

andtheproductionadvisorforthemulti-channelinstallationTotheMoon,whichcelebratesTaiwaneseabstractpainterLiuGuo-song’sartworkandlife.MostrecentlyWenhuawasawardedgrantsforhisnextproduction,apoeticessayfilm,RedSpectrum,byLightPressinSeattleandtheLEFFoundationMovingImageGrants.CurrentlyheispreparinghissoloexhibitiontitledBlueonBlue,attheOxWarehouseGalleryinMacau,settoopeninOctober2020.

InFall2020,ProfessorShiwillteachtwosectionsofART/CINE295L:IntroductiontoVideo,andinSpring2021,hewillteachART/CINE295L:IntroductiontoVideo,andART/CINE395:VideoWorkshop,anadvancedexplorationofvideowithafocusonvideospecialeffects.

CarolG.J.ScollansCarolScollanscontinuesherresearchonthefirstAmericanArtColonyonAppledoreIslandlocatedamongtheIsleofShoalsoffthecoastofNewHampshireandMaine.Shecomposedandpublishedacatalogueessayon“SituatedBecoming”fordepartmentcolleagueMargaretHart’sexhibitionlastOctoberatKingstonGalleryinBoston’sSouthend.LastyearshereceivedaMellonGranttodevelopahighimpactMuseumPracticescourseopentoalloncampusandimplementedforthefirsttimeintheSpringof2020.ThissummershedeliveredtwovirtuallecturesfortheFalmouthArtCenterfocusedonClaudeMonetandhisconnectiontoBostonCollectorsandaSurveyoftheAmericanCollectionattheMuseuminFineArts,Boston.ShewasinvitedtojointheFacultySenatethisspringastheNTTfacultyrepresentativeforthenexttwoyears.CurrentlysheiswritingacatalogueessayfortheBaltimoreMuseumofFineArt’sFall2021exhibitionontheworkofformerUMassBostonartprofessorRichardYarde.

ForFall2020,ProfessorScollanswillbeteachingtwosectionsofART100:LanguageofArtandART102:RenaissancetoModernArt.

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Humor,andtraveledtoLondontogiveapaperataconferenceatthePaulMellonCentreforStudiesinBritishArtrelatedtotheSoaneMuseum’sexhibitionHogarth:PlaceandProgresswhichbroughttogetherallofthesurvivingpaintingsofHogarth’sfamous“modernmoralsubjects”series.Thisfall,shewillgiveanonlinetalktotheFurnitureHistorySocietyrelatedtoamapofthemid-eighteenth-centuryLondonartworldthatshecreatedontheInstituteforHistoricalResearch’sLayersofLondononlineproject(www.layersoflondon.org).ThisFall2020,ProfessorSlobodawillteachART315:Eighteenth-CenturyArt.AndinSpring2021,shewillteachART230:Architecture,Design,andSociety.

JohnA.TysonLastacademicyearsawJohnTysonjoiningdepartmentcolleagueLorenzoBuonannoasaco-chairoftheUMassBostonMuseumPartnershipsCommittee.TogethertheyorganizedaUMBeveningattheMuseumofFineArtsBoston(MFA),acareersinartfair,and“QuestioningtheCanon,”asymposiumforartsprofessionalsandacademicsalsoattheMFA.Forthelatterevent,TysonpresentedananalysisofKehindeWiley’sJohn,1stBaronByron(2013).WithLillian-YvonneBertramoftheEnglishDepartment,TysonmoderatedaconversationwiththepoetArianaReinesandtheartistGalaPorras-Kim,heldundertheauspicesoftheCenterforHumanities,CultureandSociety.InFebruary,TysontravelledtotheGettyResearchInstitutetoconductarchivalresearchforthepaper“CinetismoandSistemas:SituatingtheWorkofHansHaackewithinAdvancedArtExchangesinthe

VictoriaWestonVictoriaWestonpublishedacomprehensive,annotatedbibliographyforOxfordUniversityPress’sonlineentity,OxfordBibliographies.Titled“MeijiPainting,”thisbibliographysurveysEnglish-languagesourcesonJapanesepaintingintheMeijiPeriod,1868-1912,includingafewseminalworkswritteninJapanese.ProfessorWestonusedtheCOVID19quarantinetoformalize,rewriteandcomplete,andillustratehertextbookmanuscript,AnIntroductiontoEastAsianArt.Thebookusesthreeyears—752,1250and1591—toexploreartandvisualanalysisinChina,Korea,andJapan,andrepresentsthefirsttextbooksurveyofEastAsianart,ratherthanallofAsia,anditgivesequalattentiontotheartsof

Korea,whichhavelongbeenrelegatedtotheshadowsofChinaandJapan.

InFall2020,WestonteachesART104L:IntroductiontoEastAsianArtandART212L:TraditionalJapaneseArchitecture.InSpring2021,sheteachesART256:ArtsofJapanandART258:ArtsofChina.

Americas,”whichhewasinvitedtopresentattheAmericanArtofthe60sConferenceatTexasA&M.Tyson’sessays,“TheWashingtonRenaissance”intheRoutledgeCompaniontoAfricanAmericanArtHistoryand“BeyondSystemsAesthetics:Politics,Performance,andPara-Sites”intheNewMuseum’sHansHaacke:AllConnected,werepublishedinlate2019.Indeed,histhinkingabouttheworkofHaackeisongoing,asheisworkingonabookfocusedontheartist’soutputinthe1960sand70s.InApril2021,hewillbeorganizingtheVisualCultureConsortium’sannualUndergraduateArtHistorySymposium.

In2020-2021TysonwillbeteachingART250:ArtoftheTwentiethCenturybothsemestersaswellasART310:HistoryofPhotographyintheFallandART375:ContemporaryArtintheSpring.HewasrecentlyawardedaCLACareersGrant,whichsupportstailoringthecurriculumofhisHistoryofPhotocoursetowardprofessionaldevelopmentforstudents.ThusnumerousguestspeakerswillbeZoomingintohisclass.

JeanMarieCasbarianWednesday,October28

Visiting Artist Lecture Series (Fall 2020)

PLATONICINTIMACIESOctober–December2020OnlineExhibition

Thisonlineexhibitionwillpresentartworksthatfocusontheimportanceofhumanconnection,care,andaffectioninthetimeofCOVID-19.Wehavelosttouchwithoneanotherduringthistimewhenphysicaldistancingisnecessarytomitigatethecurrentpublichealthcrisis.PlatonicIntimacieswilllookatidealsofphysicalconnection,familiarity,andcollectivecorporealitythroughcontemporaryart.

GATHERDecember2020–February2021OnlineExhibition

ThroughacallforartbyNewEngland-basedundergraduatestudentartists,thisexhibitionaimstouniteagenerationofartistsinanexpansive

virtualrealm.Wewillgatherworksbystudentsfromacrosstheregion,whoseartshowsskillincraftandconcept,aswellashostsocialmediaforumstoconnectparticipants.

MOHAMADHAFEZJanuary–May2021

ThisexhibitionwillbethefirstsoloshowinBostonbytheacclaimedSyrian-Americanartist&architect.RespondingtotheatrocitiesoftheSyriancivilwar,Hafez’srecentworkcapturesthemagnitudeofthedevastationandexposesthefragilityofhumanlife.Incontrasttothewar’sviolence,hisartimbuesasubtlehopefulnessthroughitsdeliberateincorporationofversesfromtheHolyQuran,streetart,andsignsofresistancethroughtheadaptationofcultureanddailylife.

CAPSTONE2021May–June2021

Attheendofeachschoolyear,theUniversityHallGallerypresentstheCapstoneexhibitiontogatherandcelebratetheworksproducedbythejuniorandseniorparticipantsoftheStudioArtCapstonecourse.TheclassisofferedbytheArtDepartmentatUMassBostonaspartofthestudiofocusedB.A.track,forthepurposeofdevelopingastrongportfolioandenrichingtheunderstandingofacomplexsetofprofessionalpracticesinthearts.ForinformationontheseexhibitionsandtheUniversityHallGallery,contactSamToabeatUHGallery@umb.edu

ArtDepartment,UniversityofMassachusettsBoston,UniversityHall,04,Room4232TomakeagifttotheArtDepartmentortheUniversityHallGallery,pleasecontact:anne.kellycontini@umb.edu

University Hall Gallery Exhibition Schedule 2020-2021

JeanMarieCasbarianwasborninAberdeen,MarylandandreceivedherMFAfromMiltonAverySchoolofArtatBardCollegeinNewYork.Herworkconsistsofinterdisciplinaryinstallationpracticesandincorporatesphotography,filmandvideoprojections,sound,sculptureandperformanceintoherartworks.AlongwithexhibitingthroughouttheUnitedStates,Europe,CentralAmericaandAsia,shehasreceivedanumberofawardsandartistresidencies.SheisaprofessoratTransartInstitute,alow-residencyMFAprogrambasedinBerlinandNewYorkCityandisalsoa facultymemberwiththeICP-BardMFAprogramandtheGeneralStudiesProgramattheInternationalCenterofPhotographyinNewYorkCity.ShelivesandworksinNewYorkCity.

www.jeanmariecasbarian.com

DanielZellerDayandtimeTBD

DanielZellerwasborninSanRafael,CaliforniaandreceivedhisMFAinSculpturefromtheUniversityofMassachusettsAmherst.Hiscurrentpracticeiscenteredonmakingdrawingsbasedonsatellitephotography,electronmicrographs,topographicmaps,anatomicalandschematicdiagrams.HehasexhibitedwidelywithsoloexhibitionsatthePierogiGalleryinNewYorkCity;MichelSoskineInc.inParisandMadrid;andLoraReynoldsGalleryinAustin,TX.Hisworkhasbeenreviewedinnumerouspublications,includingArtinAmerica,Artnews,ArtonPaper,andTheNewYorkTimes.HewastherecipientofaPollock-KrasnerFoundationGrantandhisworkcanbefoundinmanypubliccollectionsincludingTheMuseumofModernArtandtheWhitneyMuseumofAmericanArt.

www.danielzeller.net