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Gallery Program Schedule | Gallery Hours: | Mon. & Thur. 10 to 5 Tue. & Wed. 10 to 7 Fri. & Sat. 10 to 2 | |
Download the 2010 Great Lakes Drawing Biennial prospectus here Winter 2010 The art department is happy to welcome Greg Tom as our new Gallery Programs director. Greg comes to us most recently from the Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit where he was Deputy Director of Exhibitions, Programs and Development. His unique background is a perfect fit for the position, and we are excited to be working with him!
January 11 - February 26 For thirty years Electra Stamelos painted in watercolor, acrylic and pastel media. Her subject matter often included landscape imagery, botanical forms and still life objects; some works are highly abstracted, with familiar images assembled like mosaics to form complex images. The works are derived from photographic collages that Stamelos created from photos taken during her travels around the world. Stamelos was a member of the Michigan Watercolor Society, Watercolor USA Honor Society and the National Watercolor Society. She received numerous awards and recognition for her paintings and drawings and has works in numerous collections around the country. Stamelos received her MFA from Eastern Michigan University, her BFA from Wayne State University and taught at University of Michigan. 
January 6 - January 22 EXTENDED Winner of the 2008 Kresge Foundation Detroit Eminent Artist Award, Charles McGee is one of the most important Michigan artists of the last century. His work pulses with the energy of life, and he sees the world as a wholly interconnected global thicket in which all species are equal and interdependent. His art is, thus, intensely relevant today as it artistically addresses our environmental crisis and calls for respect among all ethnic, racial, and religious groups. Through high quality and representative works of art, this sixty-year retrospective will document all phases of his work. McGee has received numerous honors and awards during his lengthy career, including the 1978 Governor’s Michigan Artist Award and the 1989 Michigan Artist of the Year Award. Since 1971, he has completed numerous, large-scale public commissions in Michigan and Ohio. His work is in hundreds of museums, galleries, art centers, and private collections in Michigan and throughout the U.S. this project is funded in part by the Michigan Humanities Council, an affiliate of the National Endowment for the Humanities. Any views, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed in this project do not necessarily represent those of the National Endowment for the Humanities. March 8 - March 26 This exhibition showcases the work of the Art Department’s graduate students and coincides with the annual Graduate Research Fair. The 2010 Graduate Research Fair Event will take place in the Student Center on Monday, March 22, 2010. Numerous media and types of subjects are represented in this exhibition. All art is eligible for the Graduate School’s Artistic Excellence Awards. Recognition Awards will be announced at 5 p.m. February 1 - March 12 This annual event features the artwork of both full and adjunct faculty members. Photography, painting, watercolor, printmaking, ceramics, drawing, graphic design, sculpture, fibers, metalsmithing, video, and mixed media are all represented, thus highlighting the work of this diverse and talented faculty. March 16 - April 2 This annual exhibition showcases the best of the best of EMU's undergraduate art students. This juried exhibition showcases student talent in all artistic disciplines ranging from photography, painting, ceramics, watercolor, printmaking, drawing, graphic design, sculpture, fibers, metalsmithing, video, and mixed media. Award announcements will be made at 5 p.m. March 30 - April 9 This exhibition will display the work of art majors graduating during the 2010-2011 academic year. It will be the culminating experience for those pursuing a degree in art and art education and will allow the art department to showcase the richly varied work of its graduating seniors. April 13 - April 23 Honors students and scholarship recipients from the Art Department show examples of their work in this exhibition that recognizes the talent and dedication of these students. Awards are announced during the reception. April 5 - June 15 This Exhibition investigates the role of the book in the contemporary art world. For this show, the curators have expanded on the traditional definition of a book: they have defined the term ”book” loosely as a vehicle for information that is organized into ”sections.” The exhibition includes unique traditional books, altered books, sculptural books, digital books, and installation-, photography-, and performance-based books. Curated by EMU faculty members Leslie Atzmon and Ryan Molloy, the exhibition features the work of a group of national and international artists and designers. April 26 - April 30 One of the delights of the exhibition year, this showcase features the artwork of the children enrolled in EMU’s Children’s Institute. The brightly colored paintings and free-form sculptures are a feast for the eyes. A silent auction will be held with all proceeds benefiting the Family Scholarship Fund. February 16, 2010 Sydney walker is the author of Teaching Meaning in Art Making and has published widely in ’art Education’ journals and NAEA publications. She lectures and gives workshops nationally and internationally. Her textbook co written with Marilyn Stewart, Rethinking Curriculum in Artis used in major Visual Art Education programs across the country. March 16, 2010 6:00 PM Lori Nix is best known for her projects photographing carefully constructed sets in ways that blur the lines between truth, memory and fiction. She first gained national exposure with the project Accidentally Kansas, a series recounting her experiences growing up in Kansas, ”a place that seems to attract disaster like no other.” More recent projects include ”Lost” and ”The City,” which depicts post-apocalyptic urban spaces. Nix's work has been shown extensively internationally. She has had solo exhibitions at NAB Gallery in Chicago, the Jenkins Johnson Gallery in New York, and the Stephen Cohen Gallery in Los Angeles. February 16, 2010 12:30 PM Marcella Carla Sirhandi has a PhD in Art History from Ohio State, an MA in Art History from California State University Fresno and a BA in Art from California State University Turlock. She has been a professor of art at Oklahoma State University, Kansas City Art Institute and University of Oregon Eugene. She will be discussing social/political themes and other controversy in Neo Miniature painting in 21st century Pakistan. In the mid 1980s the last surviving master of Mughal miniature painting in South Asia, created a curriculum to teach this art form at the National College of Arts (NCA) in Lahore, Pakistan. Rather than mimic traditional subject matter, the professor and grads of his program adopted contemporary themes. Their paintings, nevertheless, utilize the meticulous technique invented by their 18th century predecessors. The diverse content of social/political themes, a focus of this presentation, is manifested in styles ranging from super real to purely abstract. Is pure abstraction inappropriate for this art form? Ford Gallery and University Art Gallery Hours: Website: http://emich.edu/fordgallery 734-487-0465, 734-487-1077 gtom@emich.edu |
| E.M.U.'s Art Department is the repository for a large number of lithographs by renowned printmaker Emil Weddige. These works are available for purchase at fair market value. All proceeds from the sale of these works will go into the scholarship funds of the Art Department and Music Department at Eastern Michigan University and the Art Department and Music Department at The University of Michigan. The collection may be viewed using the link below. For further information or to purchase prints contact Greg Tom . |
| For further information contact: |
gtom@emich.edu |
| Phone: | (734) 487-0465 |
| | Greg Tom | Colin Blakely |
