The UA Department of Art and Art History will present scholarship awards for the coming academic year and recognize outstanding student achievement during the Honors Day Convocation and Reception, Friday, April 5, 2019, at 2 p.m. in the Sarah Moody Gallery of Art, Garland Hall. Students who have been awarded scholarship awards for the upcoming 2019-2020 school year will receive certificates from department chair Professor Jason Guynes and faculty members. Last year, in 2018, the department was proud to give more than $109,900 in in-coming, merit-based and need-based scholarships, which are made possible by our generous donors. These are the students who were awarded for the 2018-2019 academic year: Bradley Endowed Scholarship in Art: Noah Dasinger, Ashleigh McCool, Anna Pitts, Nadia DelMedico; Farley Moody Galbraith Scholarship: Ramsey Chandler, Julie Cunningham, Amber Daum, Allison Gant, Jordan Hadley, Ellen Hart, Alyssa Hochstetler, Maggie Hocutt, Michael Hodge, Jonathan Lanier, Hannah Lincoln, Susannah Lisko, Ashley Livingston, Camille Mancuso, Deminica McCall, Lane Pernell, Anna Sella, Jaime Taylor, A’Neshia Turner, Candace Von Hoffman, Shannon Walsh; The Galbraith Endowed Art Scholarship, Susannah Lisko; Julie Peake Holaday Memorial Endowed Scholarship: Chandler Noordhoff, Brittany Pitts, Kali Sturgis, Alexandra Thomasson; Mary M Morgan Memorial Art Scholarship: Nadia DelMedico, Shaqueria Dial, Melissa Givens, Lyndsay Krebs, Sophie Lee, Hailee Singleton; Matthews Memorial Endowed Scholarship: Michael Hodge; Paul R. Jones Endowed Scholarship: Samantha Joslin; Richard Zoellner Scholarship Fund: Allison Gant; Rutledge Endowed Scholarship: Maggie Hocutt; Windgate Charitable Foundation Endowed Studio Arts Scholarship: Camille Mancuso, Jonathan Lanier. For more information about all the UA Department of Art and Art History programs, visit our website: https://art.ua.edu/academics/. In the photo, Shaqueria Dial receives Mary M Morgan Memorial Art Scholarship award certificate from department chair Jason Guynes during Honors Day in 2017.
Art and Art History Scholarship Applications Open Now
Scholarship applications are now available for current and incoming undergraduate students in studio art and art history in the UA Department of Art and Art History. Deadlines begin February 1, 2019. Students are urged to download application materials now and begin the process of applying. Last year, the Department of Art and Art History awarded almost $110,000 to our students, through in-coming, merit-based and need-based scholarships, which are made possible by our very generous donors. Scholarship applications and guidelines and contact information for questions are available on this page: https://art.ua.edu/academics/scholarships/ For Current and Incoming Undergraduates FARLEY MOODY GALBRAITH ENDOWED SCHOLARSHIP (art history and studio majors) Due date: February 1, 2019 ART HISTORY SCHOLARSHIPS Due date: February 6, 2019 by 4:00 pm STUDIO ART SCHOLARSHIPS Due date: February 6, 2019 by 4:00 pm INCOMING UNDERGRADUATE SCHOLARSHIP Due date: February 18, 2019 For Incoming Graduate Students Contact our graduate directors about scholarships and assistantships for graduate study: Dr. Lucy Curzon, Director of Graduate Studies, Art History Professor Sarah Marshall, Director of Graduate Studies, Studio Art For more information about The University of Alabama’s programs in studio art and art history, go here: https://art.ua.edu/academics/.
Honors Day 2017 Student Photos
Here are a few of our outstanding students who received scholarship awards during Honors Day ceremonies in April, 2017. Return to Honors Day 2017 awardees list.
UA Art Students Awarded Scholarships During Honors Day 2017
Our new chair, Jason Guynes, presided over our Honors Day award ceremony in the Sarah Moody Gallery of Art on April 7, 2017. Because of our generous benefactors, the Department of Art and Art History was able to give a total of $118,075 in scholarships for the coming academic year. Here are our top four scholarship recipients in descending award amount and our remaining twenty-five awardees in alphabetical order, all listed with the name of their scholarship(s). Top Four Scholarship Recipients Megan Fletcher Windgate Charitable Foundation Endowed Studio Arts Scholarship Maggie Hocutt Windgate Charitable Foundation Endowed Studio Arts Scholarship Arianna Barley Windgate Charitable Foundation Endowed Studio Arts Scholarship Vernon Rutledge and Eugenia Otwell Rutledge Endowed Scholarship Lane Pernell Paul R. Jones Endowed Scholarship Farley Moody Galbraith Endowed Scholarship Mary M. Morgan Memorial Art Scholarship Fund Remaining Scholarship Recipients (Alphabetical) Faith Berringer The Bradley Endowed Scholarship in Art Brianna Bolton Farley Moody Galbraith Endowed Scholarship Catie Lee Bruni Windgate Charitable Foundation Endowed Studio Arts Scholarship Richard Zoellner Scholarship Fund Nadia DelMedico The Ruth King Larcom Endowed Fine Arts Fund Shaqueria Dial Paul R. Jones Endowed Scholarship Carol B. Merkle Endowed Scholarship Jocelyn Fitts Paul R. Jones Endowed Scholarship Megan Goldman Carol B. Merkle Endowed Scholarship Alexander Green Julie Peake Holaday Memorial Endowed Scholarship Jordan Hadley Mary M. Morgan Memorial Art Scholarship Fund Sommer Hallquist Ann D. Lary Scholarship Ellen Hart Mary M. Morgan Memorial Art Scholarship Fund Caleb Hendrix Granata Endowed Scholarship Farley Moody Galbraith Endowed Scholarship Francie Hogan Carol B. Merkle Endowed Scholarship Kalypso Homan Windgate Charitable Foundation Endowed Studio Arts Scholarship Caroline Japal Carol B. Merkle Endowed Scholarship Samantha Joslin Carolyn Haddon “Julie” Matthews Memorial Endowed Scholarship Alexandra Laroche Myra and Jim Morgan Endowed Scholarship Ashley Livingston Carolyn Haddon “Julie” Matthews Memorial Endowed Scholarship Aislynn Lupien Carol B. Merkle Endowed Scholarship Camille Mancuso Julie Peake Holaday Memorial Endowed Scholarship Vernon Rutledge and Eugenia Otwell Rutledge Endowed Scholarship Deminica McCall Farley Moody Galbraith Endowed Scholarship Lisa Meister Julie Peake Holaday Memorial Endowed Scholarship Taylor Murray The Bradley Endowed Scholarship in Art Chandler Noordhoff Farley Moody Galbraith Endowed Scholarship Alex Picazo Jr. William Garnet Anderson Endowed Scholarship Margie Powers Mary M. Morgan Memorial Art Scholarship Fund Mei Ray Windgate Charitable Foundation Endowed Studio Arts Scholarship Oliver Reed Julie Peake Holaday Memorial Endowed Scholarship Christopher Richmond Carol B. Merkle Endowed Scholarship Anna Sella Mary M. Morgan Memorial Art Scholarship Fund Rebecca Skipper Farley Moody Galbraith Endowed Scholarship Alyson Katherine Smith William Garnet Anderson Endowed Scholarship Bailey Smith Farley Moody Galbraith Endowed Scholarship Kassidy Stewart Paul R. Jones Endowed Scholarship Farley Moody Galbraith Endowed Scholarship Dana Tokarzewski Carol B. Merkle Endowed Scholarship Candace Von Hoffman Julie Peake Holaday Memorial Endowed Scholarship Maia Wade Carol B. Merkle Endowed Scholarship Jamie Weiland Mary M. Morgan Memorial Art Scholarship Fund More student photos here.
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.
Dual Exhibition Reveals Transformative Nature of Art
Exhibitions: Francesca Baldarelli: 54 Phillips Way | Tobias Layman: Grinding Away Dates: February 2-16, 2017 Where: Sella-Granata Art Gallery, 109 Woods Hall, UA campus Reception: Thursday, February 2, 4-6 p.m., Sella-Granata Art Gallery The University of Alabama Department of Art and Art History is pleased to present the Master of Arts exhibitions of Francesca Baldarelli and Tobias Layman, February 2-16, 2017, in the Sella-Granata Art Gallery. Layman's exhibition, titled Grinding Away and Baldarelli's exhibition, 54 Phillips Way, will have their opening reception on Thursday, February 2 from 4 to 6 p.m. Join us then to meet these artists and experience their work first hand! In her exhibition, 54 Phillips Way, Francesca Baldarelli salvages and reuses discarded or re-gifted materials. As she describes it, she combines the objects “to create curious moments of memory,” for herself and the viewer. “As time passes,” Baldarelli explains, “they transform. A crack here, a bend there, they slowly become different.” Changed, the objects move into the future, to create an open-ended experience for the artist and viewer alike. In this exhibition, Tobias Layman creates wood and metal sculptures that celebrate motion. Shaped like gears and other moving parts, Layman presents a sensory experience to the viewer, of sound, sight, texture, as well as an experience of the art works’ imperfection. “The gears are not cast from a mold or cut with state-of-the-art technology," Layman explains, "They are created by hand. Over and over. The gears do not align perfectly and they do not spin effortlessly.” In fact, Layman says, their flaws transform them beyond the realm of machines. “The imperfections warrant a sense of mortality. Their life span is unknown, and that unpredictability helps augment them and give them life.” About the Artists Tobias Layman is a graduate student in sculpture, with an assistantship teaching Ceramics I and Drawing I. Layman received the BFA, cum laude, in ceramics, from Jacksonville State University in 2014. He has exhibited in national and regional exhibitions including 35 Live: CoCA Member’s Show, Center on Contemporary Art, Seattle, WA; DAMNED IX, Detroit, MI; A Different Vision, Plymouth, MA; The Big Dance Exhibit, a juried exhibition in Des Moines, IA; and Abstracts Art Exhibition, Light Space & Time Online Art Gallery, where he received an honorable mention. Layman has been a studio assistant for the Department of Art at Jacksonville State University, an assistant instructor at John C. Campbell Folk School in Brasstown, NC, and an instructor and ceramic technician at Earthworks Pottery Studio in Rome, GA. He is a recipient of the Thames Endowed Scholarship and the Joseph and Allen Sella Endowed Scholarship at UA. His art website is http://talceramics.weebly.com/. Francesca Baldarelli is a graduate student in printmaking with an assistantship. She currently teaches Introduction to Printmaking and assists in Color Theory. She has assisted in Drawing II and Intro to Printmaking. Her work combining printmaking and ceramics will be in the group exhibition, Clay Review 3 at the Abernathy Arts Center in Sandy Springs, GA, in January and February, 2017. She has exhibited her work in the Chautauqua Institution Student Exhibition at the Fowler Kellogg Gallery, Chautauqua, NY. Her Graduating BFA Show was held at the John J. McDonough Museum, Youngstown, OH and she has been included in several group exhibitions at Bliss Hall Gallery at Youngstown State University. Baldarelli received the BFA, cum laude, in painting and printmaking from Youngstown State University in 2012. She attended the Chautauqua Institution School of Art in Chautauqua, NY, in 2014 and the Scuola Internazionale di Grafica in Venice in 2010. She received a UA College of Arts and Sciences Graduate Council Fellowship in 2015, the CISA Visual Arts at Chautauqua Institute Scholarship in 2014. At YSU, Baldarelli received a four-year American Legion Auxiliary Scholarship, a Study Abroad Grant, Venice, Italy, in 2010 and the Student Art Association Painting Award in 2009. Her art website is http://fmbaldarelli9.wixsite.com/portfolio. A thesis exhibition is one of the requirements for the successful completion of the Master of Arts program in the UA Department of Art and Art History. For more information about our graduate programs, visit this page: http://art.ua.edu/academics/undergraduate-programs/. GALLERY VISITOR PARKING ON UA CAMPUS The Campus Drive Parking Deck at the corner of Hackberry Lane and Campus Drive provides visitor parking at a nominal cost, and is only a five-minute walk to Garland and Woods halls. Buses also run on varying schedules from the deck. To walk to Woods Quad from the parking deck, exit the main doors of the parking deck and cross Hackberry Lane southwest to Margaret Drive. Follow Margaret Drive to Capstone Drive, which runs between Gorgas Library and Garland Hall. Follow Capstone Drive to Garland Hall and the Sarah Moody Gallery of Art, and to Woods Hall and the Sella-Granata Art Gallery. For more information on bus schedules, go to http://crimsonride.ua.edu/
UA Art Students Awarded Scholarships During Honors Day 2016
Interim department chair Tom Wolfe presided over our Honors Day award ceremony in the Sarah Moody Gallery of Art on April 8, 2016. Because of our generous benefactors, the Department of Art and Art History was able to give a total of $65,000 in scholarships for the coming year. Here are our top four scholarship recipients in descending award amount and our remaining twenty-five awardees in alphabetical order, all listed with the name of their scholarship(s). Top Four Scholarship Recipients Camille Mancuso The Julie Peake Holaday Memorial Endowed Scholarship The Vernon and Eugenia Otwell Rutledge Endowed Scholarship The Angelo Granata Endowed Scholarship Oliver Reed The Julie Peak Holaday Memorial Endowed Scholarship The Elizabeth Bashinsky Endowed Art Scholarship The Angelo Granata Endowed Scholarship Megan Fletcher The Matthews Memorial Endowed Scholarship Erika Busse The Mary M Morgan Memorial Art Scholarship Fund The Galbraith Endowed Art Scholarship Remaining Scholarship Recipients (Alphabetical) Mia Borelli The Paul R Jones Endowed Scholarship The Wingate Charitable Foundation Endowed Studio Arts Scholarship Christina Burroughs The Windgate Charitable Foundation Endowed Studio Arts Scholarship Jordan Clark The Windgate Charitable Foundation Endowed Studio Arts Scholarship Grace Fitts The Paul R Jones Endowed Art Scholarship John Paul Foley The Galbraith Endowed Art Scholarship The Russell Jack Drake End Support Fund Alexander Green The Windgate Charitable Foundation Endowed Studio Arts Scholarship Sommer Hallquist The Windgate Charitable Foundation Endowed studio Arts scholarship Rachel Hamner The Elizabeth Bashinsky Endowed Art Scholarship The Paul R Jones Endowed Art Scholarship The Windgate Charitable Foundation Endowed Studio Arts Scholarship Bradley Hankins The Paul R Jones Endowed Scholarship Ellen Hart The Windgate Charitable Foundation Endowed Studio Arts Scholarship The Rutledge Endowed Scholarship Kalypso Homan The Myra and Jim Morgan Endowed Scholarship The Carole B Merkle Endowed Scholarship Caroline Japal The Windgate Charitable Foundation Endowed Studio Arts Scholarship Rachel Jones The Windgate Charitable Foundation Endowed Studio Arts Scholarship The Richard Zoellner Scholarship Fund Casey Marshall The Windgate Charitable Foundation Endowed Studio Arts Scholarship Anissa McGhee The Windgate Charitable Foundation Endowed Studio Arts Scholarship Shane Montz The Paul R Jones Endowed Scholarship The Windgate Charitable Foundation Endowed Studio Arts Scholarship Alayna Pernell The Windgate Charitable Foundation Endowed Studio Arts Scholarship Rebecca Powell The Carole B Merkle Endowed Scholarship Marguerite Powers The Marilyn Williams Elmore Endowed Art Scholarship The Galbraith Endowed Art Scholarship Jamie Reschke The Windgate Charitable Foundation Endowed Studio Arts Scholarship Mallorie Roberts The Windgate Charitable Foundation Endowed Studio Arts Scholarship Caroline Rothschild The Windgate Charitable Foundation Endowed Studio Arts Scholarship Jaclyn Schillenger The William Garnet Anderson Endowed Scholarship The Wingate Charitable Foundation Endowed Studio Arts Scholarship Zoe Simpson The Windgate Charitable Foundation Endowed Studio Arts Scholarship The Rutledge Endowed Scholarship Laura Wymer The Windgate Charitable Foundation Endowed Studio Arts Scholarship
Loupe Spring 2015 Extra – Honors Day
Department chair Dr. Cathy Pagani presided over our Honors Day award ceremony in the Sella-Granata Art Gallery this April 3, 2015. Because of our generous benefactors, the Department of Art and Art History was able to give a total of $91,000 in scholarships for the coming year. Here are our top seven scholarship recipients in descending award amount and our remaining twenty-two awardees in alphabetical order, all listed with the name of their scholarship(s). Top Seven Scholarship Recipients Mitchell Griest: The Elizabeth B. Bashinksky Endowed Art Scholarship, The Myra and Jim Morgan Endowed Scholarship, The Windgate Charitable Foundation Endowed Studio Arts Scholarship. Erin Hein: The Elizabeth B. Bashinksky Endowed Art Scholarship; The Paul R. Jones Endowed Scholarship. Jaclyn Schillinger: The Elizabeth B. Bashinksky Endowed Art Scholarship; The Myra and Jim Morgan Endowed Scholarship; The Windgate Charitable Foundation Endowed Studio Arts Scholarship. Erika Busse: The Windgate Charitable Foundation Endowed Studio Arts Scholarship; The Myra and Jim Morgan Endowed Scholarship. Casey Marshall: The Carolyn Haddon “Julie” Matthews Memorial Endowed Scholarship; The Bradley Endowed Scholarship. William (Shane) Montz: The Windgate Charitable Foundation Endowed Studio Arts Scholarship; The Myra and Jim Morgan Endowed Scholarship. Zoe Simpson: The Carolyn Haddon “Julie” Matthews Memorial Endowed Scholarship; The Windgate Charitable Foundation Endowed Studio Arts Scholarship. Remaining Scholarship Recipients (Alphabetical) Robin Anderson: The Russell "Jack" Drake Endowed Support Fund. Kathryn Bornhoft: The Bradley Endowed Scholarship. Jenna Cape: The Marilyn Williams Elmore Endowed Art Scholarship. Tanesha Childs: The Art Students Endowed Scholarship. Jordan Clark: The Paul R. Jones Endowed Scholarship. Matthew Edgeworth: The Paul R. Jones Endowed Scholarship. Megan Fletcher: The Angelo Granata Endowed Scholarship. Megan Goldman: The Julie Peake Holaday Memorial Endowed Scholarship; The Vernon and Eugenia Otwell Rutledge Endowed Scholarship. Alex Green: The Paul R. Jones Endowed Scholarship. Rachel Hamner: The Carol B. Merkle Endowed Scholarship. Francie Hogan: The Paul R. Jones Endowed Scholarship. Nicholas Jones: The Julie Peake Holaday Memorial Endowed Scholarship. Rachel Jones: The Carolyn Haddon “Julie” Matthews Memorial Endowed Scholarship; The Richard Zoellner Scholarship. Jonathan Lanier: The Paul R. Jones Endowed Scholarship. Timothy Larsen: The Julie Peake Holaday Memorial Endowed Scholarship. Whitney Lloyd: The Julie Peake Holaday Memorial Endowed Scholarship; The Angelo Granata Endowed Scholarship. Katie Neal: The Myra and Jim Morgan Endowed Scholarship. Bridget O'Hara: The Art Students Endowed Scholarship. Tanika Powers: The Carol B. Merkle Endowed Scholarship. Seth Saunders: The Farley Moody Galbraith Scholarship. Samantha Soliz: The Carol B. Merkle Endowed Scholarship. Xinyao Zhang: The William Garnet Anderson Endowed Scholarship.
Farley Moody Galbraith
In January of 2013, Farley Moody Galbraith, the primary patron of the Sarah Moody Gallery of Art for the past 25 years, passed away. Because of Galbraith’s longstanding interest and her endowment, the gallery (originally supported by and named for Galbraith’s mother, Sarah McCorkle Moody) enjoys a strong reputation in the national art community. This issue is dedicated in part to Mrs. Galbraith. Bill Dooley, director of the gallery since 1988, has written a tribute to her, below. Farley Moody Galbraith dedicated significant support to the arts throughout the state. One of the founders of the Shakespeare Festival at its original location in Anniston, Mrs. Galbraith was generous to arts organizations in her native Calhoun County, as well as those at The University of Alabama. She added significantly to support initially given by her mother to the art department at the time of the renovation of Garland and Woods Halls. Mother and daughter both believed that art exhibitions are a key component of the university’s fine arts cultural enrichment and the education of studio artists and art historians. In 1989, Mrs. Galbraith established an endowed exhibition fund to produce changing exhibitions devoted to important contemporary arts programming. She wanted to make sure there was enough financial support available to attract significant artists’ exhibits so that UA students and community would have direct access to notable and influential art. Mrs. Galbraith loved the idea that the work of an internationally known artist such as Robert Rauschenberg could be on view in the department’s art gallery on Woods Quad. Her support was intended to bring the culture here. She wanted visitors to be able to see such a show as many times as they wanted without having to travel to an urban center. Periodically Mrs. Galbraith would call on me to ask how the endowment was supporting exhibit production. Since it was an endowed account, there were a few years when a funding shortfall might require us to adjust our programming accordingly. This did not sit that well with her, and as a result, she made additional gifts to the endowment so that it became more and more robust. In her mind, she did not want us to be limited in programming by a lack of funding! Over the years, we have been fortunate to be able to maintain a high quality of contemporary arts programming for UA students and the surrounding community. The gallery is an amazing amenity for the Department of Art and Art History, thanks in large part to the sustained support created by Mrs. Galbraith. She was modest about her role as supporter of the arts and did not wish to have her name in lights. She herself enjoyed making art and understood the fragility of the creative process and its need for stable funding. She was a solid supporter who expected real-life benefits to come from her gifts, such as an education rich in the arts. That was thanks enough for her. It is my hope that the Sarah Moody Gallery of Art will continue to meet the high expectations enabled by her endowment. It is truly exciting to be part of a gallery program that has had such a dedicated and significant patron as Farley Moody Galbraith. — William T. Dooley Images from the Permanent Collection of the Sarah Moody Gallery of Art