http://www.finearts.utexas.edu/events/index.cfm#variables.linkArgument# Upcoming Events for the Department of Art and Art History, College of Fine Arts at the University of Texas at Austin en-us leslie.lyon@austin.utexas.edu cofawebmaster@austin.utexas.edu Tue, 24 Nov 2009 8:00:06 AM CST http://www.finearts.utexas.edu/events/detail.cfm?calset=aah&id=2159 <p>This exhibition features the work of artist Kenneth Hale. Hale received his M.F.A. from the University of Illinois, Champaign/Urbana. His paintings, prints, and drawings have been widely exhibited and collected. One–person exhibitions have been held in numerous cities including Los Angeles, San Francisco, Bangkok, Madrid, Dallas, San Francisco, Ft. Worth, Houston, Austin, and San Antonio. Professor Hale's prints are represented in collections such as the Whitney Museum of American Art, The National Museum of American Art, Washington DC, the Achenbach Foundation, San Francisco, the Atlantic Richfield Collection, the American Airlines Collection, the McNay Art Museum, the Chicago Art Institute, the Boston Museum of Fine Arts, and the Modern Art Museum of Ft. Worth.</p> <p>This exciting exhibition of new work produced summer 2009 showcases Hale’s pursuits with digital and collage works on paper evolving from his recent series, <em>Now and Then</em> and <em>The Same Only Different</em>. There will be an essay provided by Laura Lindenberger Wellen.</p> <p>A reception with the artist will be held September 24, 4-6 PM.</p> <p><strike>-</strike>&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;-</p> <p>The Courtyard Gallery, a new art exhibition space in the AT&T Executive Education and Conference Center, features the artwork of faculty and alumni of the Department of Art and Art History in the College of Fine Arts.</p> <p>Gallery Hours: 9 AM&#8211;7 PM daily</p> Tue, 24 Nov 2009 8:00:06 AM CST http://www.finearts.utexas.edu/events/detail.cfm?calset=aah&id=2433 <p>Kelly Fearing is a living, national art treasure. An internationally respected artist and art educator, he has conducted the bulk of his career in Austin. A Professor Emeritus in UT-Austin's Department of Art and Art History, he co-authored four, major text books in art education and mentored&#8212;and inspired&#8212;hundreds of art teachers during his forty years of teaching at UT. Fearing has received innumerable awards and has been the subject of many museum exhibitions. He was selected as the Texas Tribute Artist for the 2009 Texas Biennial; in 2008 he received the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Center for the Study of Early Texas Art; in 2007 he received the prestigious E. William Doty Award from UT-Austin's College of Fine Arts; and he was inducted into the Austin Arts Hall of Fame in 2003.</p> <p>The exhibition provides a brief introduction to the massive amount of art that Kelly Fearing has created during his long and distinguished career. Included are a few of his early works, many mid-career pieces, and a few items fresh from his studio in West Lake Hills. It is a modest tribute to Fearing’s notable career. His admirers may see some of their favorites here, and viewers discovering his work for the first time will hopefully be inspired to see more by this exceptional artist.</p> Tue, 24 Nov 2009 8:00:07 AM CST http://www.finearts.utexas.edu/events/detail.cfm?calset=aah&id=2258 <p><em><strong>No Lone Zone</strong></em> is a performance exhibition series featuring past and present students from the Department of Art and Art History at the University of Texas at Austin.</p> <p>By definition a no-lone-zone is a military term often used in nuclear sites describing an area where individuals must be in visual contact with each other and with the object requiring a no-lone-zone area designation. The seven artists in this exhibition will examine the interpersonal intricacies of this militant security model through a series of performances exploring the spaces of the Creative Research Laboratory. During the extent of this exhibition, the CRL will be in a state of constant flux as participating artists manipulate, perform and transform the gallery into their own concept of a charged territory.</p> <p>Featured artists include:<br /> Mark Aguhar<br /> Andrea Bonin<br /> Kristina Felix<br /> Ryan Lauderdale<br /> Daphane Park<br /> James Willard Pierce<br /> Jen Frost Smith</p> <p>In conjunction with the exhibition, the Creative Research Lab will collaborate with participating artists to create a reading room adjacent to the main gallery, containing materials pertinent to their practice as performance artists, as well as to the history of the medium.</p> <p><strong>Exhibition Dates</strong><br /> November 14&#8211;December 19</p> <p><strong>Opening Reception</strong><br /> Saturday, November 14, 6-9 PM</p> <p><strong>CRL Gallery Hours</strong><br /> Tuesday – Saturday, 12-5 PM</p> Tue, 24 Nov 2009 8:00:07 AM CST http://www.finearts.utexas.edu/events/detail.cfm?calset=aah&id=2493 <p>As part of the <em><a href="http://uts.cc.utexas.edu/~crlab/">No Lone Zone</a></em> exhibition at the Creative Research Lab, there will be a screening of <em><strong>The Films of Kenneth Anger, Vol. 1</strong></em> (2006).</p> <p>Short works from the first half of avant-garde filmmaker Kenneth Anger's career make up this remarkable collection. An influence on everyone from Andy Warhol to Martin Scorsese, Anger blends striking<br /> imagery and universal symbols to create innovative experimental pieces. Included are "Fireworks" (1947), "Puce Moment" (1949), the 16-minute version of "Rabbit's Moon" (1950), "Eaux d'Artifice" (1953) and "Inauguration of the Pleasure Dome" (1954).</p> Tue, 24 Nov 2009 8:00:07 AM CST http://www.finearts.utexas.edu/events/detail.cfm?calset=aah&id=2451 <p>The Fine Arts Library and the University of Texas Libraries invites you to<br /> an art presentation in recognition of World AIDS Day.</p> <p><em><strong>Alafia</strong></em>, a performance and installation of Africana art by artist Issa<br /> Nyaphaga, Texas State University professor of theater arts Nadine Mozon<br /> and University of Texas Art History faculty Moyo Okediji, will take place<br /> from 5-6 p.m. on Tuesday, December 1.</p> <p>Alafia&#8212;which means "health" in Yoruba&#8212;will focus on health matters,<br /> especially the scourge of epidemic and pandemic ailments such as AIDS, swine<br /> flu, tuberculosis, Ebola and other devastating medical conditions. Art and<br /> healing go hand-in-hand in African and African diasporic arts.</p> <p>A procession of masks will start from the "Igbale" (or shrine) at the<br /> Warfield Center for African and African American Studies at 4:30 p.m., and<br /> lead to the exhibition gallery at the Fine Arts Library, where the grand<br /> performance and installation will take place. The installation will be on<br /> view for one week.</p> <p>Please RSVP by calling Eve McQuade at 512-495-4363 or via e-mail at<br /> emcquade@austin.utexas.edu</p> Tue, 24 Nov 2009 8:00:07 AM CST