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The long anticipated Senior Art Show holds its opening reception tonight from 6-8pm at the Tang.
The show features the work of 47 senior studio art majors. The show and the reception are free and open to the public and will be up till May 20th.
via: the tang
We all can have our fantasies...
And that’s no joke. The lovely ‘bare cubs’ are about to put together the 3rd annual sex & sexuality magazine, so submit yo works of art and literature and you may be published. The BARE zine (what is this, Rocket Power?) that comes out is hella professional, nothing like the brightly colored sprites moored on red yarn that you might have seen across campus. So last call: if you write about sex, make art about sex, or like masturbation, you are encouraged to submit.
Check out their blog – the link is over to the right…. there, a little lower, there… oh God! Yes!
Communication is good, huh?
As promised, here is the video from the art & ES collaboration info session. It is chock full of words, ideas, pictures and potential, and two mysterious men. Try to not fall asleep.
Here’s hoping that this thing gets some takers. Go to it, artists!
Here’s a pretty dorky yet informative open letter from the kids running the now-infamous “environmental art project”:
Greetings Skidmore Artists!
Gordon MacPherson & Alex Ethier (that’s us) have been collaborating with professors and the administration to make sustainability initiatives at Skidmore more visible to the campus community, and we are now excited to invite student artists to join us in the next phase of this project. We are hoping to work with students who are interested in designing and creating permanent art installations for the College campus.
We know that there has already been some discussion about the project, but the project framework have evolved dramatically to incorporate many of your concerns and suggestions. As such, we would like to invite any and all members of the Skidmore community to join us for an information session this Friday, 2:00pm, at Saisselin 308 so we can clarify the details of the project and our motivation behind it, as well as discuss the ways you might want to become involved. If you have questions that need clarification or ideas to present, we hope to see you this Friday.
Thank you,
Gordon & Alex
gordon.e.macpherson@gmail.com
alex.r.ethier@gmail.com
And it sounds like they’re going to post a video of the info session online, in case you can’t be there tomorrow. We will link to it here when we get it.
Check it out.
Smith's Untitled (Head of Kuan Yin)
On September 17th, I Myself Have Seen It—an exhibit of artist Kiki Smith’s photography—will open at the Tang. Though she is mostly known for her work in other media, Smith’s photography is pretty striking and provocative and radical and other artsy words.
Smith has a perennial interest in feminist, sexuality, and gender issues, and her work certainly reflects these themes. Take note, guys-doing-Intro-to-Gender-Studies-to-meet-girls.
The show will run through December 30th, with several complementary events scheduled.
Works in ALL media will be accepted. For more information and downloadable applications visit the Library’s exhibits page or contact Fine Arts Librarian Yvette Cortes.
Student artists looking to display some of their art will be happy to hear that the library is having an open call for submissions. The juried exhibition is open to all sophomore, junior and senior Studio Art majors or minors currently enrolled at Skidmore College. Two exhibits are held each academic year, one in the Fall semester and one in the Spring semester. The exhibitions are held in the Scribner Gallery, on the 2nd floor of the Lucy Scribner Library.
The Fall show begins October 21st and runs through the semester. The submission deadline is next Monday October 5th. To have your artwork considered send digital images of your work or works to Yvette Cortes.
ProArts club hosts an Open Model Session- a FREE nude figure drawing session-for anyone enrolled in an art class. This is a great oppertunity to build your portfolio ro to practice your skills.
It’s from 7:30 to 9:30 on Wednesday nights in Saisselin Art Building, room 311.
Yvette Cortes, the Fine Arts Librarian, will be accepting artwork submissions until February 6th from students looking to have thier artwork displayed in the Library. The exhibition will run from February 27- May 1, 2009. Pick up applications in the Art Department or somewhere in Case Center.
If you have any further questions please contact
Rachel Downes rdownes@skidmore.edu
Untitled photograph by Mattan Ingram, an award-winning selection from the 2008 Skidmore Student Exhibition in Schick Art Gallery
Each January the Schick Art Gallery hosts a student show displaying work completed over the previous year. This year’s show was juried by artist Michael Oatman, who has selected several student works in a variety of media. Only one third of submissions are typically chosen for exhibit, with upwards of 200 submissions annually. In addition to curating the show Oatman has selected several of the works to receive further praise to be announced at the opening reception. The Schick Show is particularly important because it gives students a chance to show and possibly sell their work to the larger Saratoga community. The opening reception for the show, which will hang until March 1st, is Thursday (1/29) at 6:30pm.
