Spring 2009 Speaker Series
EARLIER THIS SEMESTER
ALBERT CHONG, Professor of Photography, University of Colorado, Boulder
Artist’s Lecture, Tuesday, January 27, 2009 at 7:00 PM in Art B-01
Reception following lecture in Folio Gallery where photography by Chong will be on display.
Albert Chong is a contemporary artist best known for his photography, which includes still lifes, self-portraits, Jamaican portraits, and representations and reanimations of his family history. His other works include installations, sculpture, artist books and a new series titled Projections. Chong’s work deals with personal mysticism, spirituality, race, identity and the beauty of images and objects.
image :: Albert Chong, Self-Portrait with Baboon Skull, photograph, 1995.
COLLEEN HAYWARD, Artist, Seattle, Washington
Artist’s Lecture, Monday, February 2, 2009 at 7:00 PM in Art B-01
A long-time professor in academia, Colleen Hayward is now a full time artist working in Seattle, Washington. Her work consists of painting, drawing, sculpture and installation. Better known for her paintings, Hayward’s large oil paintings are created through a process of layering and deal with movement. She also has a body of encaustic paintings, which are created by the application and manipulation of a mixture of paint and wax. Floor pieces, wall pieces and outdoor site works are typical of her sculpture and installation work.
SPRING 2009 SPEAKERS SERIES
ALEJANDRO ANREUS, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Art History, William Paterson University, Wayne, New Jersey
"Politics in Latin American Art", Wednesday, April 15, 2009 at 7:00 PM in Art B-01
A focused lecture by Prof. Alejandro Anreus, will guide the viewer through Latin American and Latino visualities that are especifically political, not just in their artistic intent and content, but also in their figurative and narrative strategies that re-define formal experimentation from a non-Parisian and New York-centric paradigm.
Beginning with the Mexican muralists in the 1920s, through neo-figuration in the late 1950s and 60s, and the contemporary work of Latino artists that live and work in the U.S., the talk will familiarize the audience with Los Tres Grandes of Mexican muralism, Argentina's Otra figuración, and east coast Latino artists such as Luis Cruz Azaceta, Juan Sánchez and Catalina Parra. As the late Guatemalan poet and art critic Luis Cardoza y Aragón wrote many years ago: "Our images are beautiful and our content is powerful" - this should be the effect of this lecture.
Born in Havana, Cuba, Dr. Alejandro Anreus is an art historian who specializes in Latin American Studies and Art. He received his doctorate degree in art history from the Graduate Center at City University of New York, NY. The topic of his dissertation was Orozco in Gringoland, The Years in New York. Before teaching, he was a curator of exhibitions, serving as Curator at the Jersey City Museum between 1993-2001.
LOTT ENDOWMENT FUNDED PROGRAM
DAVID TAYLOR, Associate Professor of Photography, University of New Mexico, Las Cruces.
Taylor will be the artist speaker at The 2009 Joint Conference on “Migration, Border, and the Nation-state,” co-hosted by the TTU Comparative Literature Program and the United States Association for Commonwealth Language and Literature Studies, April 8th – 10th, 2009. David Taylor’s participation in the Conference is made possible by the TTU School of Art with funds provided by the Ryla T. & John F. Lott Endowment for Excellence in the Visual Arts.
Wednesday, April 8th, 7:00-8:30 p.m., English Auditorium, English 001
“Embedded: Photographing the United States Border Patrol”
Thursday, April 9th , 5:30 – 6:30 PM, SRO Photo Gallery, Art Building
Reception for Art Exhibition: Working the Line
Exhibitions and visiting speakers programs at the School of Art are supported by generous grants from the Helen Jones Foundation and The CH Foundation, both of Lubbock. Additional support comes from Cultural Activities Fees administered through the College of Visual & Performing Arts.