Spring 2012 Lecture Series
Cone 2012: Texas Woodfire Gathering
February 15th – 21st at 3D Art Annex and LHUCA Clay Studio
Ceramics Demonstrations and Presentations by:
Bede Clarke, ceramic artist and Professor of Art, University of Missouri
Dale Huffman, woodfire sculptor/potter and Associate Professor of Art, Carlow University, Pittsburg, PA
Eva Zethraeus, ceramic artist, Göteburg, Sweden
Jason John, artist, Assistant Professor of Painting and Drawing, University of North Florida
Tuesday, February 21st at 5:00 PM in Art B-01
Sherri Irwin, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Aesthetics, University of Oklahoma, Norman
Thursday, March 1st at 7:30 PM in Human Sciences 139
“Making Contemporary Art: Fabrication and Negotiation”
Making a contemporary artwork is not simply (and at times not at all) fabricating an object. The artist’s negotiations with curators and conservators are often crucial in determining the artwork’s very nature. This lecture will examine how the hybrid process of fabrication and negotiation shapes works of art.
Sean Star Wars, printmaking artist, Laurel, MS
Tuesday, March 27th at 5:00 PM in Art B-01
Shannon Jackson, Ph.D., Richard & Rhoda Goldman Distinguished Professor, UC – Berkeley
Tuesday, April 3rd at 6:30 PM in Art B-01
"Theaters and Galleries"
While we often understand ourselves to be in a contemporary world that values "cross-disciplinary" art, the histories and conventions of the "theater" and of the "gallery" still structure many experiments across the performing and visual arts. Examining the work of signature artists from mid-century to the present, this lecture investigates historic and contemporary aesthetic discourses on the relationship between media, reminding ourselves of the terms and anxieties that have both propelled and blocked cross-arts experimentation.
Mickey S. Abel, Ph.D., Associate Professor-Art Education and Art History, UNT – Denton
Monday, April 23rd at 6:30 PM in Art B-01
"Land, Water, Power: The Building Program at Maillezais Abbey."
Western France in the 9th C. was geographically configured quite differently than it is today. One island, within the waters of the Gulf of Picton, near the mouths of the Autize and Sevre rivers, came to be the site of Maillezais abbey. This abbey played a significant role in the political world of the tenth and eleventh centuries.
Catherine Lee, Wimberly, TX and New York, NY
Thursday, April 26th at 6:30 PM in Art B-01
Born in Texas in 1950, Catherine Lee is a noted American artist whose works in painting, sculpture and ceramics have been exhibited and collected internationally since the 1980s. Lee’s abstract art is developed within a clear theoretical framework with an emphasis on material, color and form.
Earlier This Semester
Raul Aguilar – MFA Lecture
Thursday, January 26th at 7:00 PM in Art B-01
Nancy Reddin Kienholz
Thursday, February 2nd at 7:00 PM in Chemistry Building Room 49
Internationally recognized for installation work produced with her late husband, Ed Kienholz, Ms. Kienholz will select and discuss one major work from each decade since the 1970s when their work began receiving recognition. Kienholz is presented at Texas Tech by the Office of the Director of the School of Art in collaboration with Farm 2 Market Arts.
Melanie Yazzi – Juror for Beyond Printmaking III: 2012 National Juried Exhibition
Associate Professor of Art, University of Colorado, Boulder
Saturday, February 4th at 5:00 PM in Art B-01
Opening Reception for Beyond Printmaking III: 2012 National Juried Exhibition follows lecture.
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.