David Gibson Sept 24th: BC Critics & Curators Fall 2009

Brooklyn College MFA Fine Arts
GASU Critic & Curator Walk-Through Series:

LUNCH WITH CRITIC & CURATOR
DAVID GIBSON
SEPT 24th - 12:30 p.m.
Boylan Hall, room # 5313 (lunch will be served)

David Gibson is a native-born New Yorker and art world denizen. He began his post-college career as a critic writing for Cover, NY ARTS, Zingmagazine, Flash Art, and Performing Arts Journal. After a period of three years, during which he also worked in galleries and museums in various capacities, he also started his freelance career as a curator.

articleprojects.blogspot.com


The Better Half - Sept. 10 to Oct. 29, 2009
An exhibit of artwork by artists married to artists

Curated by David Gibson and Jeffery Rakien Nomura
Ernest Rubenstein Gallery/The Educational
Alliance 197 East Broadway New York, NY 10002

Artists: Chris Bors and Ketta Ioannidou, Daniel Davidson and Tricia Keightley Jennifer Burbank and Chris Coffin, Linda Ganjian and Jesse Lambert, Liz-N-Val, Donald Porcaro and Leslie Wayne

Joe MacNamara Sept 17th: BC Visiting Artist Fall 2009

The Meier Bernstein Visiting Artist & Lecture Series:Brooklyn College MFA Fine Arts


JOE McNAMARA
SEPT 17th - 12:30 p.m.
Boylan Hall, room # 5313

(FREE & OPEN TO ALL CUNY STUDENTS)

Joseph McNamara is an American-born painter and photographer known for his penetrating depictions of narratives portraying human industry’s engagement with the landscape and compositional diligence manifest in the balancing of structural abstraction and perspectival extension.

www.josephmcnamarastudio.com

Ward Shelley Sept 10th: BC Visiting Artist Fall 2009

DON'T FORGET --> THIS THURSDAY!

To kick off the BC Visiting Artist Series, Ward Shelley will be speaking
this Thursday.

---> I hope to see you ALL there, Your attendance will help the visiting artist series gain more support both internally and within the larger art community.


WARD SHELLEY
Thurs Sept 10, 2009 -> 12:30 PM
Woody Tanger Auditorium/ inside BC Library

Ward Shelley is a Brooklyn-based artist with 2 distinct bodies of work. He specializes in large projects that freely mix sculpture and performance. Shelley also works on a series of diagrammatic paintings, time-lines of art and culture related subjects that attempt to give shape to information and ideas.

More Info: http://www.wardshelley.com


**Studio visits to follow lecture. We will post the student list asap or
by the latest on the day of. If you have special engagements, email us
to arrange a time, from 1:30- 6:30ish. bcvisitingartist@gmail.com


Antonio, Luiza, Elias
BC Visiting Artist Coordinators

Brooklyn College Visiting Artist: Fall 2009

Brooklyn College / MFA Fine Arts
The Meier Bernstein & Graduate Studies
Visiting Artist Program FALL 2009

The Visiting Lecture Series is open to the public and all Brooklyn College Students. Lectures are on Thursdays starting around noon in the Woody Tanger Auditorium BC Library unless otherwise noted. Visit the www.brooklynmfa.com for more updates or email bcvisitingartist@gmail.com with any questions you may have... (TBC = to be confirmed)


Sep 10 Ward Shelley artist, multimedia
http://www.wardshelley.com/

Sep 17 Joe MacNamara artist, painter

Sep 24 Critic/Curator: David Gibson
http://articleprojects.blogspot.com/

Oct 1 Hilary Harkness artist, painter
http://www.maryboonegallery.com/artists.html

Oct 8 Sterling Ruby artist, painter (TBC)
http://www.foxyproduction.com/artist/view/6

Oct 15 Inka Essenhigh artist, painter (TBC)
http://www.inka-essenhigh.com

Oct 19-24 Mid-terms

Oct 22 Critic/Curator: Sarina Basta (TBC)
http://www.harrislieberman.com/no_bees/NBNB.html

Oct 29 Rita Ackermann artist, painter
http://www.andrearosengallery.com/artists

Nov 4 (wed) Gary Stephan artist painter
http://cultureport.com/cultureport/artists/stephan/

Nov 12 Yael Bartana artist, video (TBC)
http://www.ps1.org/exhibitions/view/203/

Nov 12 Guy Ben-Ner artist, video/performance (TBC)
http://www.cca.org.il/guy-ben-ner/

Nov 19 Critic/Curator: TO BE DECIDED

Nov 26 Thanksgiving

Dec 7-12 Semester Reviews

Dec 15-21 Final Exams Week followed by winter recess

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The Visiting Lecture Series is open to the public and all Brooklyn College Students. Lectures are on Thursdays starting around noon in the Woody Tanger Auditorium BC Library unless otherwise noted. Visit the www.brooklynmfa.com for more info or email bcvisitingartist@gmail.com with any questions you may have. MFA students: Email your 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th picks to bcvisitingartist@gmail.com *Check for updates and unless noted lectures will begin at 12:30. V.A. Coordinators: Antonio, Elias, & Luiza w/ help from Miryana.

russian winnie the pooh or at least that is what it says..

this could have been done better. But i think it is worth watching it

Making the Most of Left-over Bigness

Consumed,Repurpose-Driven Life - NYTimes.com
America’s shopping infrastructure is vast and abundant. That’s the problem.

Article in the New York Times about the shopping mall crisis in the USA mentions the photography of Julia Christensen (above) which documents the conversions of big-box stores in the Big Box Reuse book and BigBoxReuse website and a new book “Retrofitting Suburbia,” by Ellen Dunham-Jones...

A similar book worth mentioning is Rem Koolhaas and his students work at Harvard called "The Harvard Guide to Shopping" .. if you can get your hands on a copy. $112 and up on Amazon. We happened to read the intro to Koolhass' "S, M, L, XL" in Vito Acconci's "Aesthetics of Information class" (Spring 08) and we also read a criticism of his books by Hal Foster in Siebren Versteeg's "Workshop in Design History" (Spring 08)

In regards to re-purposing and mix-use space, here is a film by an artist friend of mine Hatuey Ramos-Fermin, which documents a special mix-use space in Holland.



Coexistence: "Since the year 2000 this Latin American migrants pentecostal church shares their worship space with a ping pong club in Amsterdam. Each weekend they transform the space."

Finally, this is a great little guide book from architects(?) Atelier Bow-Wow in Japan called "Made in Tokyo"... It's an index of all the uniqueness of Tokyo's architectural condition, that is very little space...

Open Source Embroidery

Since embroidery and needle work came up several times this past semester with several students at Brooklyn College doing projects with needle and thread I figure I share this group that I discovered called Open Source Embroidery.. They are having a show in Sweden, so make due with the website info.. http://www.open-source-embroidery.org.uk

Look closely, there are circuits in the embroidery to the left!!!

Radio Open Source with Christopher Lydon: "Knitting: Stitch 'n' Bitch" (July 28, 2005 - 52min)

B.C. Art MFA Student Meeting. (TOMORROW!)

B.C. Art MFA Student Meeting. (TOMORROW!)

Monday June 1st, 2009
5pm.
Brooklyn College - Boylan Hall (west wing)
4th floor studios, common area (a.k.a granny's room)


Below is a tentative list of topics to be discussed. Following each
topic student request/concerns will be discussed. Bring your
questions, comments, concerns or email them to us in advance. Although
it is very last minute we feel it is a little overdue, we hope all of
you can attend. Please let us know if you can or cannot attend. We
will post and email the minutes for those who cannot attend but wish
to be informed.



GASU RELATED
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- GASU Constitution
- Elections: procedures, elections, terms
- GASU Budget: figures, uses (current, future)
- Structure within Brooklyn College (see Student Affairs)
- GASU transitional elections
- GASU future: resources/contacts, budget templates, communications, etc.
*** Student inquiries for GASU.



VISITING ARTIST RELATED
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- Visiting Artist responsibilities, cycle.
- Visiting Artist List 2009/2010: procedures, liaisons, payments, announcements.
- Visiting Artist transitional periods.
- Visiting Artist/ Lecture series future.
***Student inquiries for current Visiting Artist.



DIVISION OF STUDENT AFFAIRS RELATED
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- Student Center (SUBO)
- Graduate Student Organization (GSO)
- College Association
- Student Development Club Liaison.
- Starting a new club with art potentials.
***Student inquiries for Student Affairs



ART MFA DEPARTMENT RELATED
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- Internet in studios.
- Information resources, future resource repository.
- Streamlining BC Art MFA experience (student portal, identity)
- Studio move in times/dates, current petition to extended stay.
- Senior Thesis Show 2010. Responsibilities, deadlines.
***Student inquiries for MFA Art Department.