Thursday, April 26, 2007
Otis - Sojung Kwon
No pics for this one. Work was highly conceptual. Check out www.stickyelephant.com. She is also in "OnSite" - the juried show at Angels Gate.
Otis - Kathrin Burmester
These are better than they look here. On the left are photo collages taken from NY Times online images on certain days. On the right I believe are surveillance camera photos rendered into small, painterly portraits.
Otis - Adam Mars
The objects on the right are deep-fried tabloid magazines.
otismfagrads.com/adammars
Art Center - Sam Magowan
This was an elaborate, room-sized installation with animatronic animal figures made out of jewelry.
Friday, April 20, 2007
Art Center Open studios and Treasurer update
Just notice that Art Center is holding their MFA open studios this saturday. Details: http://www.artcenter.edu/accd/events/college.jsp?y=2007&m=04#event5463
Also I wanted to provide a quick COTA update... I am working with Zion to finalize our 2007 2008 grant proposals. I am proposing 4 grants for FAR during the COTA meeting next wednesday the 25th. They are Open studios, GLAMFA, an Annual CSULB MFA BFA review and publication, and also a visiting artist stipend. The first 2 grants are pretty self explanatory.
Regarding the 3rd proposal, Christen and I (as well as Evan of the Photo Guild) have been tossing around the idea of an Annual review exhibition and publication of final year MFA and BFA students. A show (which may just exist virtually for longevity) that is accompanied by a 'yearbook' of artists of sorts. This physical publication would be patterned very loosely after the faculty book that was created a couple years back. This document could be created using ibook, shutterfly or such programs. FAR would publish in limited quantities to distribute to faculty at CSULB and maybe some select other institutions, museums, and galleries (such as Mark Moore) that we hope to build ongoing relationships with for our graduates. This publication could happen in the spring as a preview to the Open studios and GLAMFA to ferment some interest in our department over the summertime and draw larger crowds when the events hit in the fall. Since an ibook can live on virtually on line, any interested party or student could then order as many copies as they like on their own and our extended involvement after creation would be next to nothing. I think short blurb with a link on the Open Studios webpage to direct you to the purchasing site would suffice.
Regarding the fourth proposed grant, if anybody has a suggestion for a great visiting artist that we could bring onto the campus give me an email asap so I can drop some names on the 25th. Many of the other organizations are proposing grants to bring in visiting lecturers and performers. I think it would be a good thing for FAR to take the initiative to bring in a really kick ass visiting artist without the involvement of the department. Just because of recent talk in the graduate seminar course about his local residence, maybe Bill Viola? Anybody got a wish list for this? We can ask for up to $400 - $500 bucks for this so we could get a really great artist in the LA area (to reduce travel and lodging expenses).
Feedback on these last two is much appreciated, Michael
Also I wanted to provide a quick COTA update... I am working with Zion to finalize our 2007 2008 grant proposals. I am proposing 4 grants for FAR during the COTA meeting next wednesday the 25th. They are Open studios, GLAMFA, an Annual CSULB MFA BFA review and publication, and also a visiting artist stipend. The first 2 grants are pretty self explanatory.
Regarding the 3rd proposal, Christen and I (as well as Evan of the Photo Guild) have been tossing around the idea of an Annual review exhibition and publication of final year MFA and BFA students. A show (which may just exist virtually for longevity) that is accompanied by a 'yearbook' of artists of sorts. This physical publication would be patterned very loosely after the faculty book that was created a couple years back. This document could be created using ibook, shutterfly or such programs. FAR would publish in limited quantities to distribute to faculty at CSULB and maybe some select other institutions, museums, and galleries (such as Mark Moore) that we hope to build ongoing relationships with for our graduates. This publication could happen in the spring as a preview to the Open studios and GLAMFA to ferment some interest in our department over the summertime and draw larger crowds when the events hit in the fall. Since an ibook can live on virtually on line, any interested party or student could then order as many copies as they like on their own and our extended involvement after creation would be next to nothing. I think short blurb with a link on the Open Studios webpage to direct you to the purchasing site would suffice.
Regarding the fourth proposed grant, if anybody has a suggestion for a great visiting artist that we could bring onto the campus give me an email asap so I can drop some names on the 25th. Many of the other organizations are proposing grants to bring in visiting lecturers and performers. I think it would be a good thing for FAR to take the initiative to bring in a really kick ass visiting artist without the involvement of the department. Just because of recent talk in the graduate seminar course about his local residence, maybe Bill Viola? Anybody got a wish list for this? We can ask for up to $400 - $500 bucks for this so we could get a really great artist in the LA area (to reduce travel and lodging expenses).
Feedback on these last two is much appreciated, Michael
Tuesday, April 10, 2007
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