The University of Alabama Department of Art and Art History is pleased to present two Bachelor of Fine Arts exhibitions, November 19-29, 2018. Youth Expressions by Caroline Japal, and Sensory Notions by Candace von Hoffman, will be held in the Sella-Granata Art Gallery. The public is invited to a reception for the artists in the gallery Tuesday, Nov. 20, from 4:00 to 6:00 pm. In her exhibition, Youth Expressions, CAROLINE JAPAL focuses on portraits of young people and their experience of coming of age in Birmingham, a small Southern city, something that Japal realized had never been done before. "In researching this," she said, "I found only photo projects that focused on youth culture in larger cities and none in small cities like Birmingham, or in the South." Japal's photos of young people feel personal because the artist actively engages with her subjects while she takes pictures. "I meet with them in a public place, like Railroad Park or UAB campus, and we walk around talking while I photograph them." She says she catches "the in-between moments" when her subjects are open and unself-conscious. "I think viewers will be able to relate to them whether they know my photographic subjects or not." Birmingham native Caroline Japal is a creative director at Belladonna magazine, the first fashion magazine founded in Birmingham, Alabama. She is the founder and editor-in-chief of Art Concept Magazine and owner of Caroline Japal Photography. Japal was recently featured in Freelancer Magazine: http://frlmag.com/meet-woman-on-the-rise-birmingham-based-photographer-caroline-japal/. She has exhibited her work in UA's 2018 Annual BFA Juried Exhibition and in the Loft Show in Birmingham, and TheMix Birmingham Showcase. Japal is the recipient of the Carol B. Merkle Endowed Scholarship in 2017 and the Windgate Charitable Foundation Endowed Studio Arts Scholarship in 2016. Her website is https://www.carolinejapal.com/. Throughout her college career, CANDACE VON HOFFMAN has experimented with the overlapping the media of painting and photography. The body of work in her exhibit, Sensory Notions, von Hoffman said, "is guided by the idea that our bodies are in constant conversation with our surroundings. I am curious about exploring the relationship between the body, the human sense, and the fragility of perception. What does it mean to inhabit the body and how do our bodies direct our perception of reality?" Alabama native Candace von Hoffman has exhibited her work in UA's 2018 Annual BFA Juried Exhibition at Harrison Galleries; in a four-woman show, Canorous, in 2018 and in the 2016 and 2017 Open Media exhibitions in the Sella-Granata Art Gallery. She is the recipient of the Farley Moody Galbraith Endowed Scholarship in 2018 and the Julie Peake Holaday Memorial Endowed Scholarship in 2017. Image credits: (top) Caroline Japal, Ana, 2018, photographic print, 30” H x 20” W. (bottom) Candace von Hoffman, Untitled Study 4/16, September 2018, multimedia collage, 4 x 4 inches. Both images courtesy of the artists. The Bachelor of Fine Arts degree is the professional degree for the artist; it is also the foundation for the masters program in studio art at UA. For more information about the BFA degree and our other degree programs in the Department of Art and Art History, go to http://art.ua.edu/academics/undergraduate-programs/babfa-in-studio-art/ or contact the department at (205) 348-5967. Woods Hall is a five-minute walk from the Campus Drive Parking Deck and Bus Hub on Hackberry Lane. Gold 1, Crimson, Blue and Bronze CrimsonRide buses stop between Garland Hall and Gorgas Library. Information about visitor parking is available here: http://bamaparking.ua.edu/visitor-information/. For more information contact Rachel Dobson, communications specialist, at (205) 348-1893 or rachel.dobson@ua.edu.
Exhibitors Announced for 2018 BFA Juried Exhibition
2018 Annual BFA Juried Exhibition, April 20-28 Harrison Galleries, 2315 University Boulevard, Tuscaloosa Opening Reception: Friday, April 20, 6-9 p.m. Tuscaloosa. — The University of Alabama Department of Art and Art History is pleased announce the student exhibitors who have been selected for the 2018 Annual BFA Juried Exhibition at Harrison Galleries in Tuscaloosa, April 20-28. Bachelor of fine arts majors selected to exhibit in the show are Natalie Cox, Alice Ermert, Megan Goldman, Jordan Hadley, Caroline Japal, Jonathan Lanier, Samantha Joslin, Susannah “Ringo” Lisko, Ashley Livingston, Aislynn Lupien, Margie Powers, Caroline Rothschild, Madison Smith and Candace von Hoffman. The public is invited to attend the reception for the artists, Friday, April 20, 6-9 pm, in Harrison Galleries. The exhibition features bachelor of fine arts candidates whose work has been selected by faculty jurors. All UA undergraduate art majors who passed the review for the BFA degree are eligible to enter the competition, juried by a committee of UA studio faculty. Coordinator for the event, Associate Professor Pete Schulte, said, “The diverse body of work presented in the 2018 edition of the Annual BFA Juried Exhibition represents the most ambitious and informed work being created by undergraduates working toward to a professional arts degree (BFA) in the studio program at UA. The exhibition features a diverse array of works from students across media areas and provides the audience with the unique opportunity to take the pulse of a variety of contemporary art practices – from traditional to rigorously experimental – as well as that of some of the most creative students at The University of Alabama.” The Bachelor of Fine Arts degree is the professional degree for the artist and the foundation for the masters program in studio art at UA. The annual juried event seeks to give BFA students the chance to compete and exhibit their work while still in school, rather than at the end of their tenure, providing art students more opportunities to exhibit and participate in art events before graduation. For more information about all our programs, visit this link: https://art.ua.edu/academics/ or contact the department at (205) 348-5967. Harrison Galleries, LLC, is located at 2315 University Boulevard in downtown Tuscaloosa. It is open Monday through Friday, 12 noon to 5:00 pm, and by appointment. Call (205) 464-0054 for more information.
Richard Oliver Reed Exhibits at Harrison Galleries
Tuscaloosa. — UA student Richard Oliver Reed will present his bachelor of fine arts final exhibition, Best Forms Available, at Harrison Galleries, April 6-14, 2018. A reception for the artist will be held on Friday, April 6, from 6 to 9 p.m. In his artist statement, Reed writes, “I feel that our world is characterized by opposition and anxiety.” His current work “focuses on repetition and multiplicity, attempting to find a unity or holism within those separate but same parts.” By bringing together separate sculptural forms he creates through molds and from templates, he hopes “to draw attention to the underlying cohesion that I find to be the actuality of our existence.” Recently, we sat down with Reed to talk about his experiences since he has been in school. Before he decided to work towards the BFA, which is the professional artist's degree, Reed was a double major in history and studio art. But, after a hectic year working full-time in a restaurant while taking three studio courses and an art history course, he changed his mind. He decided he wanted to focus on making art. Reed said, “I’ve always liked the tactile, kinetic aspect [of art].” His preference for being actively engaged with the physical world is part of what led him to 3-dimensional media, and to a concentration in sculpture and ceramics. Reed explained his work process for the pieces in this exhibition. To create the forms for his sculptures, he poured liquid clay into an egg-shaped plaster mold in a process called ceramic slip casting. Reed smiles and adds, “Last year after Easter, I found a bunch of plastic eggs on sale.” After the clay dried, he refined the surface by sanding it. Then he bisque-fired the pieces to completely dry them out and took them through another round of smoothing. Recently, his process has changed. In earlier works, he joined the spherical pieces that he described as “at odds with each other” with epoxy, “forcing them together,” in their bisque state and then glazed, hiding the joint and thus smoothing over any signs of struggle. Now, he’s decided to reveal more of his work process by allowing the joined areas to show the epoxy. After firing and glazing, the final stages of construction involve gluing the ceramic pieces and mounting them on found objects such as pieces of brick and metal rods. The final product, Reed hopes, will convey that “underlying cohesion” of life. What helped Reed decide to focus on studio art was the physical, hands-on aspect in his studio practice, which counterbalances the intellectual part of the process. Reed excels at both. Except for the semesters he worked full-time and slipped down to a 3.5 GPA, Reed has maintained a 4.0 throughout his college years. He also has been awarded a number of scholarships, which have allowed him to work fewer hours at his restaurant job. Among those are the Farley Moody Galbraith Endowed Scholarship, the Julie Peak Holaday Memorial Endowed Scholarship, the Elizabeth Bashinsky Endowed Art Scholarship and the Angelo Granata Endowed Scholarship. In the spring of 2017, he was awarded Outstanding Academic Achievement in Studio Art. In addition, Reed served in the Peer Mentor Program for the department of history from 2015 through 2017 and as an Art Ambassador for art and art history since 2017. One of Reed's ceramic works has just been accepted into a group exhibition in Philadelphia at the Clay Studio, Small Favors, his first juried show. “I applied on a whim and got in!” he said, obviously excited. His work will be shown with professional artists who have many more years' experience than he does. “That made me feel great,” Reed said. We expect to see and hear more about Richard Oliver Reed's successes after his graduation in May. This exhibition is part of the bachelor of fine arts degree program in the Department of Art and Art History at The University of Alabama. For more information about all our programs, visit this link: https://art.ua.edu/academics/. Harrison Galleries, LLC, is located at 2315 University Boulevard in downtown Tuscaloosa. It is open Monday through Friday, 12 noon to 5:00 pm, and by appointment. Call (205) 464-0054 for more information.
BFA Juried Exhibition To Showcase Professional Degree Students
Exhibition: 2018 Annual BFA Juried Exhibition Dates: April 20-28, 2018 Where: Harrison Galleries, 2315 University Blvd., Tuscaloosa Reception: Friday, April 20, 6-9 p.m. The University of Alabama Department of Art and Art History is pleased to announce the 2018 Annual BFA Juried Exhibition, April 20-28, in Harrison Galleries, in downtown Tuscaloosa. The public is cordially invited to an opening reception for the artists on Friday, April 20, 6-9 p.m. The exhibition features bachelor of fine arts candidates whose work has been selected by faculty jurors. All UA undergraduate art majors who passed the review for the BFA degree are eligible to enter the competition, juried by a committee of UA studio faculty. Coordinator for the event, Associate Professor Pete Schulte, said, "The diverse body of work presented in the 2018 edition of the Annual BFA Juried Exhibition represents the most ambitious and informed work being created by undergraduates working toward to a professional arts degree (BFA) in the studio program at UA. The exhibition features a diverse array of works from students across media areas and provides the audience with the unique opportunity to take the pulse of a variety of contemporary art practices - from traditional to rigorously experimental - as well as that of some most creative students at The University of Alabama." UPDATE! BFA majors selected to exhibit in the show are Natalie Cox, Alice Ermert, Megan Goldman, Jordan Hadley, Caroline Japal, Jonathan Lanier, Samantha Joslin, Susannah “Ringo” Lisko, Ashley Livingston, Aislynn Lupien, Margie Powers, Caroline Rothschild, Madison Smith and Candace von Hoffman. Harrison Galleries is located at 2315 University Boulevard in downtown Tuscaloosa and is open Monday through Friday, 12 noon to 5:00 pm, and by appointment: (205) 464-0054. The Bachelor of Fine Arts degree is the professional degree for the artist; it is also the foundation for the masters program in studio art at UA. The annual juried event seeks to give BFA students the chance to compete and exhibit their work while still in school, rather than at the end of their tenure, providing art students more opportunities to exhibit and participate in art events before graduation. For more information about the BFA degree and our other degree programs in the Department of Art and Art History, go to http://art.ua.edu/academics/undergraduate-programs/babfa-in-studio-art/ or contact the department at (205) 348-5967.
Historic Drish House Hosts BFA Exhibition
AUG 4-8 Geo-Synergies: Mallorie Beth Roberts BFA Exhibition, The Historic Drish House, Tuscaloosa AUG 4 First Friday reception, 5-9 pm The Historic Drish House will host an exhibition of ceramic sculpture by University of Alabama BFA major Mallorie Roberts, August 4 through August 8. Geo-Synergies opens with a reception on First Friday, August 4 from 5:00 to 9:00 pm. The Drish House is located at 2300 Seventeenth Street in downtown Tuscaloosa. "We're very excited to have Mallorie's exhibition at the Drish," said event coordinator Soapy Jones, "It is our first public exhibition and we're looking forward to opening the home to celebrate her hard work." Roberts describes the works in this exhibition as "a melding of materials, and my own exploration of the physical world and its intricacies. [They] encompass playful compositions featuring geometric forms that highlight the fluidity of various substances while celebrating their materiality. These forms emphasize the importance of composition and portray the significance of individual relationships created throughout Geo-Synergies." Mallorie Roberts holds an associate of arts degree from Shelton State Community College. She will graduate with the Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from UA in August 2017 with concentrations in ceramics and printmaking. In the fall of 2017, Roberts will enter the ceramics post-baccalaureate program at the University of Florida after which she plans to pursue a Master of Fine Arts degree. She is a member of the National Council on Education for the Ceramic Arts (NCECA), and was one of ten students featured in the Professor and Student Exhibition at the Alabama Clay Conference in 2017. In 2016, she received a Windgate Charitable Foundation Endowed Studio Arts Scholarship. She has been an active participant and served as secretary for UA's Crimson Clay Club. Image credit: Mallorie Beth Roberts, Terrain, 2017, porcelain with ceramic shell and resin. Image courtesy of the artist. The Historic Drish House is located at 2300 17th Street, one block off Greensboro Avenue in Tuscaloosa, by Band of Brothers Brewing Company. Visitors may park around the circle, in the parking lot on the side of the house or on the streets surrounding the Drish House. The Bachelor of Fine Arts degree is the professional degree for the artist; it is also the foundation for the masters program in studio art at UA. For more information about the BFA degree and our other degree programs in the UA Department of Art and Art History, go to http://art.ua.edu/academics/undergraduate-programs/babfa-in-studio-art/ or contact the department at (205) 348-5967.
Exhibitors Announced for BFA Juried Exhibition
2017 Annual BFA Juried Exhibition, April 17-30 Harrison Galleries, 2315 University Boulevard, Tuscaloosa Opening Reception: Friday, April 21, 6-9 p.m. The University of Alabama Department of Art and Art History is pleased announce the student exhibitors who have been selected for the 2017 Annual BFA Juried Exhibition at Harrison Galleries in Tuscaloosa, April 17-30. Julia Courtney, Margaret Alice Ermert, Jennifer Gault, Jordan Hadley, Kalypso Homan, Rachel Jones, Samantha Joslin, Jonathan Lanier, Margie Powers, Richard Oliver Reed, Jamie Reschke, Caroline Rothschild, Ivey Scott and Dana Tokarzewski will all have art works on display at the downtown gallery. The public is invited to attend the reception for the artists, Friday, April 21, 6-9 pm. Check out photos of the exhibition on Flickr and on Facebook. Assistant Professor Pete Schulte, who coordinates the annual exhibition, describes the range of work that will be on display: “From works on paper and canvas to experiments in digital animation, sculpture, printmaking and ceramics, the 2017 Annual BFA Juried Exhibition represents a broad cross-section of creative production from students in the BFA program at The University of Alabama. This annual event provides the viewing public with a unique opportunity to see firsthand a variety of contemporary art practices, as well as the work of some most dynamic and creative students the university has to offer.” The exhibition, which runs from April 17-30, features Bachelor of Fine Arts candidates whose work has been selected by UA studio faculty jurors. All UA undergraduate art majors who passed the review for the Bachelor of Fine Arts degree were eligible to enter the competition. Harrison Galleries is located at 2315 University Boulevard in downtown Tuscaloosa and is open Monday through Friday, 12 noon to 5:00 pm, and by appointment: (205) 464-0054. The Bachelor of Fine Arts degree is the professional degree for the artist; it is also the foundation for the masters program in studio art at UA. The annual juried event seeks to give BFA students the chance to compete and exhibit their work while still in school, rather than at the end of their tenure, providing art students more opportunities to exhibit and participate in art events before graduation. For more information about the BFA degree and other degree programs in the Department of Art and Art History, go to http://art.ua.edu/academics/undergraduate-programs/babfa-in-studio-art/ or contact the department at (205) 348-5967.
UA Art Student Creates Moments in Painting and Sculpture
APR 7-16 First Friday reception, Moment | Momento: Jamie Reschke BFA Exhibition, Harrison Galleries, 6-9 pm Harrison Galleries will host an exhibition by University of Alabama BFA major Jamie Reschke, April 7 through April 16 in downtown Tuscaloosa. Moment | Momento opens with a reception on First Friday, April 7 from 6:00 to 9:00 pm. In this exhibition, Reschke intends to capture an ephemeral moment of experience, creating a "momento," the Italian word for "moment," for the future, in her two- and three-dimensional art. "My sculptures are figurative glimpses of vulnerability cast into bronze...I use the figure to capture unseen moments I have experienced and overcome." Art-making also becomes an activity connecting her to others as she incorporates the images of people she meets in her travels into her work, in both painting and sculpture. About working on this exhibition in her last year at UA, Reschke said, "This whole process has taught me a lot about myself, my abilities and the value of the important moments we experience in our lives. Through this body of work, I hope the viewer experiences their own moment with my art." Born and raised in Las Vegas, Nevada, Jamie Reschke transferred to The University of Alabama from Huntingdon College in the fall of 2015. She is a candidate for the Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in 2017; her major concentration is painting and her secondary concentration is sculpture. She has participated in numerous regional art exhibitions including Annual West Alabama Juried Shows in Tuscaloosa in 2015 and 2016 and Annual BFA Juried Exhibitions at UA in 2015 and 2016. She curated the exhibition, Intimacy: Enrico Berni, at the Ganzo Cultural and Gastronomic Association at Apicius International School of Hospitality in Florence, Italy; and co-curated the UA student sculpture exhibition, QUICKTURNAROUND, at the UA Gallery in Tuscaloosa. Reschke has had internships at the Florence University of the Arts (Florence, Italy) and the Montgomery (Ala.) Museum of Fine Arts. She was awarded the Ann D. Lary Scholarship, the Windgate Charitable Foundation Endowed Studio Arts Scholarship. She received the David Larson Student Award at the 49th Annual Montgomery Art Guild Regions Bank Exhibition. After graduation, Reschke hopes to earn a master's degree in art history and continue in museum studies. Harrison Galleries is located at 2315 University Boulevard in downtown Tuscaloosa and is open Monday through Friday, 12 noon to 5:00 pm, and by appointment. Please call (205) 464-0054 to check for updates to the exhibition schedule. The Bachelor of Fine Arts degree is the professional degree for the artist; it is also the foundation for the masters program in studio art at UA. For more information about the BFA degree and our other degree programs in the UA Department of Art and Art History, go to http://art.ua.edu/academics/undergraduate-programs/babfa-in-studio-art/ or contact the department at (205) 348-5967.
Bachelor of Fine Arts Students Exhibit Sculpture at UA Gallery
Bachelor of Fine Arts students Kat Bornhoft, Graham Harrison and Meg Howton will showcase their sculptures in an exhibition titled Opposites Attached at The University of Alabama Gallery in the Dinah Washington Cultural Arts Center in downtown Tuscaloosa Nov. 1–30. A free, public reception will be held Friday, Nov. 4 at 5 p.m. Bornhoft, who presented a 3D printed piece as a part of the gallery’s EnterConnect show in 2014 and the 2016 Annual BFA Juried Exhibition, will be featuring mixed-media sculptures that explore the relationship between beauty and the grotesque. Harrison, who also presented at the 2016 Annual BFA Juried Exhibition, will exhibit ceramic sculptures, crafted from the broken pieces of fired clay. His work highlights hexagonal shapes with irregular surface treatment. Meg Howton presents clay forms and aqueous media in her exhibition titled Opposites Attached. The artist said that the works speak about fragility. Howton has shown her art work in the 2016 Annual BFA Juried Exhibition and the 2015 Annual BFA Juried Exhibition. The Bachelor of Fine Arts degree is the professional degree for the artist; it is also the foundation for the masters program in studio art at UA. For more information about the BFA degree and our other degree programs in the Department of Art and Art History, go to http://art.ua.edu/academics/ or contact the department at (205) 348-5967. Image credits: top right: Graham Harrison, Just a Dance, 2016, charcoal and ink on paper, 58 x 40 inches. middle right: Kathryn Bornhoft, "Ripened," 2015, acrylic, ink, varnish on plaster, 5 feet x 6 x 3 inches. Images courtesy the artists. The University of Alabama Gallery offers a year-round schedule of exhibitions of artistic works, artifacts, textiles and more from permanent collections held by UA, as well as works by faculty, students and guest artists and designers. The UA Gallery is located at 620 Greensboro Ave. in downtown Tuscaloosa. It is open Monday through Friday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. and the first Fridays of the month until 8 p.m. For more information, phone the gallery at 205/345-3038 or phone 205/342-2060. UA Gallery is part of UA’s College of Arts and Sciences, the University’s largest division and the largest liberal arts college in the state. Students from the College have won numerous national awards including Rhodes Scholarships and Goldwater Scholarships.
An Exhibition of Gravity: Taking Art Seriously
Exhibition: Gravity: Ausharea Adams, Tanika Powers and Haylee Walker BFA Exhibition Dates: February 24-March 9, 2016 Where: The University of Alabama, Sella-Granata Art Gallery, 109 Woods Hall Reception: Thursday, March 3, 5-7 p.m., Sella-Granata Art Gallery Three seniors take their next step toward the professional degree in art with this culminating Bachelor of Fine Arts exhibition at the Sella-Granata Art Gallery. The exhibition opens February 24 and runs through March 9. Artist Tanika Powers noted that the title, Gravity, means for her, "the seriousness of our work and subjects we use." Artist Ausharea Adams writes that for her the title "reflects the very grounded physical presence contained in our work." Ausharea Adams, from Warner Robins, Georgia, has concentrations in photography and drawing. Adams, who also does performance art, participated in the Anthony Braxton collaborative installation and concert at the Dinah Washington Cultural Arts Center in 2015. Her artist statement, part of the research process for all BFA candidates, reveals the relationship between her two areas of concentration as well the physicality of her work. In an excerpt, Adams writes: "My work is an exploration of the residual marks created by the presence and absence of light. Light and dark rule my every day...My work is an exploration of the residual marks created by the presence and absence of my body. My body rules my every day. It is in chronic motion, constantly informing and reshaping how I perceive the world around me as well as myself." Adams' art can be seen on Facebook here. After she graduates, she plans to relocate to Birmingham and become very active in that community while keeping close ties with Tuscaloosa. Originally from Cincinnati, Ohio, Tanika Powers writes that her work is inspired by her everyday life: "Through painting and printmaking, my work is produced by what happens when I am myself, [when I] try new things." Powers' art focuses on her encounters with the body and is a commentary on society’s ideas about female sexuality. She emphasizes that, "the medium is just as important as the subject. In life, and so in art, I try to experiment, which helps me create process-driven works that have aesthetic pleasure." She plans to go to graduate school in art after taking a year off. Haylee Walker, whose concentrations are printmaking and digital media, creates work based on her mood and interests. Highly influenced by her inner world and surrounding environment, she says, she draws inspiration from her daily routine, her peers and her travels. Walker's print, "Subway Rat," was accepted to the 2016 Delta National Small Prints Exhibition at Arkansas State University in Jonesboro, juried by Dennis Michael Jon, associate curator of prints and drawings at Minneapolis Institute of Art. Walker, a senior BFA major, is from Pelham, Alabama. Tanika Powers and Ausharea Adams participated in the 2015 BFA Juried Exhibition. Participants in the 2016 BFA Juried Exhibition, in April, will be announced in the coming weeks. Some people who will be attending the reception on Thursday, March 3, have sensitivities to various chemical-based or scented products. We ask for everyone's cooperation in our efforts to accommodate their health concerns by refraining from wearing heavily scented perfumes and other products. Thank you. The Bachelor of Fine Arts degree is the professional degree for the artist; it is also the foundation for the masters program in studio art at UA. For more information about the BFA degree and our other degree programs in the Department of Art and Art History, go to http://art.ua.edu/academics/undergraduate-programs/babfa-in-studio-art/ or contact the department at (205) 348-5967. Funding support for the Sella-Granata Art Gallery comes from the Department of Art and Art History and the College of Arts and Sciences. Admission to the gallery is free. Hours are Monday through Thursday 10:00 – 4:00 p.m. The gallery is located at 109 Woods Hall in the heart of the UA campus on Woods Quad. Information about visitor parking is available here: http://bamaparking.ua.edu/visitor-information/. Parking is free on campus in a legal space after business hours. For more information, contact the gallery at (205) 348-2783 or go to http://art.ua.edu/gallery/sgg/.