Molly Bowen, BFA Exit Show

UWF ART DEPARTMENT PRESENTS 

“MATERIAL MEMORY"

ART EXIBITION BY MOLLY BO BOWEN

The University of West Florida’s Art Department presents Molly Bo Bowen’s BFA EXIT Exhibition “Material Memory”. Painting landscapes from memory, her new series is based on real perceptual experiences and remembered places. 

“Material Memory” exhibition dates are December 4-14^th with as opening reception Thursday December 4^th, 5pm-8pm in the UWF Center of Performing Arts Art Gallery, Building 82.  “Material Memory” will be open on weekends in conjunction with CFPA’s Theater production of the “Christmas Carol”. Art Gallery hours are Tues-Thurs 10am-5pm, Fri 10am-4pm. This event is free and open to the public.

 

For more information, contact the Art Department at (850) 474-2696 or visit www.uwf.edu/art/art. 

Jamie McMillen, BFA Exit Show

On November 21^st, 2008 Jamie Rose McMillen will present her BFA Senior Exhibition JROSE.  The exhibition will display a reflection of Jamie McMillen’s oil paintings done over the past six months. 

            Jamie McMillen, an aspiring artist in our local area, is attracted to the Urban Mecca of street art and tagging. McMillen incorporates her own expression of these ideals and techniques using an exciting application of paint. 

Opening Reception: 4pm

Gallery Night: 5pm-9pm

Genius Loci artist & scholar series Mary Anderson

“BY AIR, BY LAND, BY SEA: PERFORMING PLACE IN AUSTRALIA”

For Thursday Oct. 23, 2008

 PENSACOLA – The University of West Florida Department of Art will present “By Air, By Land, By Sea: Performing Place in Australia,” a Genius Loci Series lecture by Mary Anderson Oct. 23 at 4 p.m. in the Art Gallery of the Center for Fine and Performing Arts, Building 82. The event is free and open to the public.

Mary Anderson, visiting professor in the UWF Department of Theatre, recently returned from a year as an Australian Fulbright Scholar. Anderson was an honorary research associate in the School of Geography and Environmental Studies at the University of Tasmania, studying sense of place in site-specific performance.

With a background as a dancer and puppeteer, Anderson’s interests focus on the way objects move from place to place. Her dissertation investigates the relationship between site and performance and how each influences the notion and experiences of the other. She earned a master’s in theatre from California State University-Sacramento and master of fine arts degree in dramatic art from the University of California-Davis.

   Lecturer Marry Anderson presents her performance piece "By Air, By Land, By Sea: Performing place in Australia".   Photo credit: John Dourgherty

 

Performers acted out various roles during the performance and wandered through the audience. Photo credit: John Dourgherty 

  

Lecturer Mary Anderson rehearses in the Gallery space before her performance. Photo credit John Dourgherty

 Audience members were asked to participate by flipping through images given to them as they entered the lecture. The images were used to guide the audience and to encourage participating in the act. Photo Credit: John Dourgherty

 

Audience members followed along with Mary's performance and  filled the gallery. Photo credit: John Dourgherty

 

The aftermath of Mary's  tenacious performance include both the papers she tossed throughout and the shoes that she kicked off. Photo credit: John Dourgherty

America is Very Wide

A Crash site between Art and Technology
by Artist Chad Eby

 Artist Chad Eby gives a lecture before his opening October 16th. 

Visiting Assistant Professor Joseph Herring, his wife Amy, and student Lyla Dove mingle during Chad Eby's "America is Very Wide" opening. 

Deparment Chair, Suzette Doyon; Assistant Professor, Felicia Carlisle; Artist, Chad Eby; and sponsor from Contract Resources, discuss Chad's work during the opening. 

 The night also coincided with the Grand Opening of the Art Departments new Technology Labs. Department Chair, Suzette Doyon and Visiting Assistant Professor, Joseph Herring prepare for the ribbon cutting ceremony. 

Guests wander through the new Technology Labs          

 Some of the equipment in its new home.

 Suzette Doyon, the University's Dean of Arts and Sciences, Jane Halonen, and Sponsors from Contract Resources all join in the celebration of the opening of the Technology Lab, which would never have been possible without the help and generosity of Contract Resources

  Eby's "Nielsen Slit" is made from an analog television and custom electronics, it also emits its own sound. Photo credit: John Dourgherty

 

The center piece of the show "America is Very Wide" is a sound installation that is meant to be heard from the center of the room allowing the listener to feel as if they are located in the middle of the United States(A location in Kanas).  Photo credit: John Dourgherty

 This piece titled "1'20"", is glowing by using electroluminescent panels inside sheets of velum. Photo credit: John Dourgherty

Genius Loci presents "My Tel Aviv"

“My Tel Aviv” an event and lecture by Nili Yosha Sept. 25th at 4 p.m. in the Center for Fine and Performing Arts Art Gallery, Building 82, in the Art Gallery. All events are free and open to the public.

Israeli-American artist
, scholar and activist Nili Yosha, presents her
 photo-project called "My Tel Aviv," an activist's
 reflection on the human side of Tel Aviv, unseen by the 
eye of the tourist. Visiting artist Nili Yosha is invited as a part of the Genius Loci’s theme “Friends and Family”, an invitation by lecture series coordinator and Art Faculty, Felecia Carlisle.

The daughter of independent filmmakers Yaki and Dorit Yosha, Nili worked in the Department of Art for the Yosha’s latest feature film entitled, "Still Walking," a drama about contemporary Israeli life. As the 2008 Haas/Koshland award winner, an award for a year of independent work in Israel, she will continue to develop her photo essay series, "My Tel Aviv", study Arabic, and translate a novel for her Masters Thesis in Literature from San Francisco State University beginning in January of 2009.

CosmoPlastic

Lyla Conrad, an art student at UWF will be curating and renovating the formerly known space "The Cigar Bar" in downtown Pensacola. To ensure the success of this large project become a team member, contact lyladove@gmail.com about

Donations for the show:
-Lighting
-white paint
-cleaning supplies
-fabric to make a curtain (preferably white)
-Box fans

"I'd really like to make this the best show on gallery night, we need to show the downtown crowd what we are made of," Lyla Conrad.

* there will be musical performances
* a feature piece by Professor of Digital Art Joseph Herring

UWF Students, Faculty, Art Lovers, & everyone else contact LYLA Dove CONRAD about COSMOPLASTIC a UWF debut for October 3rd Gallery night downtown. Don't miss it!

presents Raina Benoit "The Artist as Curator"
Thursday September 4 @ 4:00 PM in UWF Art Gallery

Join us Thursday Sept. 4th at the UWF Art Gallery for the opening of the Genius Loci Artist & Scholar Lecture series with Raina Benoit new UWF Art Gallery Director and contemporary artist.