Associate Professor of Art Pete Schulte, who was selected for a prestigious artist residency at the Chinati Foundation this summer, will present a solo exhibition of his work at the John Wesley Gallery on the main museum grounds, opening July 26, 2019. Schulte will present an installation of his recent works on paper, including a suite of drawings developed in response to the gallery itself: the architecture, atmosphere, and the paintings that are normally housed there. Schulte, who teaches drawing at UA, said that his work is "rooted in the daily practice of drawing." Primarily with graphite, he builds layers of texture to create balanced, abstract, geometric compositions. He also includes the integration of sculpture, site-specific wall drawings, and installations. Schulte said: “Whatever form it takes, the work is an earnest attempt to provide a rare moment of pause within a culture that is relentlessly negating the quiet and contemplative.” Now a mecca for artists, the town of Marfa is located in the Chihuahuan Desert of west Texas. As an artist in residence at the Chinati Foundation, Schulte is provided with a furnished apartment on the grounds of the Foundation's museum, and a studio in Marfa, as well as a stipend of $1,000 is provided to assist with travel and art materials. Resident artists have unlimited access to Chinati's art collection and archive, and the museum staff and interns are available to assist in securing materials and preparing exhibitions. Pete Schulte received the MFA in painting and drawing from the University of Iowa in 2008. He has presented recent solo exhibitions at Jeff Bailey Gallery, Hudson, New York; Whitespace Gallery, Atlanta; Luise Ross Gallery, New York City; and the Woskob Family Gallery at Penn State University. He received the 2017 Southern Art Prize Fellowship for the state of Alabama. In 2013, with Amy Pleasant, he co-founded the Fuel and Lumber Company curatorial initiative to facilitate exhibitions and related programming. For more information about The University of Alabama’s programs in studio art and art history, go to this page: https://art.ua.edu/academics/.
Art and Art History Faculty Accolades for Spring 2019
Jonathan Cumberland had a poster design accepted to the Third International Poster Biennial Oaxaca, in Mexico. Cumberland also had a poster design accepted to the 9th Eco Poster: Climate Changes Exhibition, hosted by the Art Institute of Cieszyn, and exhibited at the Karolinka Cultural Center in Radzionków, Poland. Lucy Curzon published “Visualising the Home Front: Evelyn Dunbar and Wartime Citizenship” in Oxford Art Journal, December 2018. Bill Dooley had two paintings accepted to the Marshall University School of Art & Design’s Eighth Annual National Juried Exhibition, in January, at the Charles W. and Norma C. Carroll Gallery in Huntington, West Virginia. Two paintings were juried into the Meridian Museum of Art’s Bi-State Juried Exhibition. Chris Jordan had a solo exhibition, Twilight Passages, in February, at The Photographic Gallery, San Miguel de Allende, Mexico. Bryce Speed had a solo exhibition, Psychic Reader: Narratives of the Sea, at the Walnut Gallery in Gadsden. Speed won first place for his paintings, Stars Fell On and The Garden, in the juried Valdosta National 2019. Jennifer Feltman was elected to a three-year term on the board of directors of the International Center of Medieval Art, The Cloisters. Feltman co-edited The Long Lives of Medieval Art and Architecture, and authored the introduction. The book was published in March in both ebook and hardback by Routledge. Jason Guynes had two works accepted to the juried exhibition Valdosta National 2019; two works juried into the 25th Annual El Corazon Exhibition at the Bath House Cultural Center in Dallas, Texas; and a work accepted in Arts in Harmony 2019: the North Show International Juried Exhibition in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Megan Moore had an art work juried into the Southern Graphics Conference International 2019-2021 Members Traveling Exhibition. The biennial exhibit will travel around the United States for the next three years. For more information about The University of Alabama’s department of art and art history, visit this link: https://art.ua.edu/.
UA Instructor Jamey Grimes Wins Select Southern Art Award
Full-time instructor Jamey Grimes has been named the 2019 South Arts State Fellowship recipient for Alabama and awarded $5,000. The South Arts State Fellowships are awarded to one artist each in nine southern states whose work reflects the best of the visual arts in the South. Artistic excellence is the sole criterion for selection. Grimes will now compete for the Southern Prize, which includes an additional $25,000 cash award and a two-week residency at the Hambidge Center for the Creative Arts and Sciences. Grimes, along with the other State Fellows, will be featured in an exhibit at the 701 Center for Contemporary Art in Columbia, South Carolina, from March 21 – May 5, 2019. The winner of the Southern Prize and a $10,000 finalist award will be announced at a ceremony celebrating the State Fellows on April 15 at 701 CCA. The South Arts Southern Prize and State Fellowships acknowledge, support and celebrate the highest quality artistic work being created in the American South. The program is open to individual artists living in Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina and Tennessee. This is the first year that the South Arts fellowship winners will be featured in a group exhibit. “One of our goals is to celebrate the excellence, innovation, value and power of the arts of the South,” continued Surkamer. “By curating a public exhibit of the State Fellows, we are able to share their dynamic work and highlight the breadth of style cultivated throughout our region.” Jamey Grimes, who has taught in UA's Department of Art and Art History since 2008 and is an alumni of its MFA program, has shown his artwork widely throughout the US. His exhibitions include the Montgomery (Ala.) Museum of Fine Arts; Austin Peay State University’s New Gallery, Clarksville, Tenn.; Stephen Smith Fine Art, Fairfield, Ala.; Kendall Galleries, Grand Rapids, Mich.; Dunedin Fine Art Center, Fla.; Delaware Center for the Contemporary Arts; Urban Institute for Contemporary Arts, Grand Rapids, Mich.; Sculpture Key West; and FAT Village, Fort Lauderdale, Fla. Grimes’ sculpture has been installed in temporary and permanent venues around the country. Throughfall was permanently installed at Pinnacle Bank, Nashville, Tenn., in 2009. In 2012, his work was selected for the lobby of the Pinellas County Health Department in Largo, Fla., and in 2013 his sculpture was installed at the Fairmont Chicago at Millennium Park in Chicago, Il. In 2017, Grimes installed a second large-scale sculpture, Flow, in the headquarters of Pinnacle Bank in Nashville, Tenn. Grimes was awarded the 2015 Visual Arts Educator of the Year by the Arts Council of Tuscaloosa. He is a 2012-2013 Alabama State Council on the Arts Visual Arts Fellowship Recipient. He won the 29th West Alabama Juried Art Show Purchase Prize (2013); the Purchase Award at the 39th Annual Bi-State Art Competition, Meridian Museum of Art, Meridian, MS (2012); and was selected for the 10th Anniversary Installation, 4 Bridges Arts Festival, First Tennessee Pavilion, Chattanooga, TN. Grimes was also the Guest Juror for the 2015 Orange Beach (AL) Arts Festival; he was the 2014 Creativity in Collaboration Grant recipient for Projection Mapping, with UA's Creative Campus. Go to our website for more information about UA’s Department of Art and Art History degree programs.
Associate Professor of Drawing Awarded Prestigious Artist Residency
Associate Professor Pete Schulte was awarded a prestigious artist residency at the Chinati Foundation in Marfa, Texas in June and July of 2019. Founded in the late 1970s by sculptor Donald Judd, the Chinati Foundation has hosted renowned and emerging artists including Ingólfur Arnarsson, John Newman, John Wesley and Karl Haendel. Schulte, who was the recipient of the South Arts State Fellowship for Alabama in 2017, said that this is one of the more prestigious residencies for visual artists. "I am quite honored to have received it," he said. Now a mecca for artists, the town of Marfa is located in the Chihuahuan Desert of west Texas. The Chinati Foundation provides resident artists with a furnished apartment on the grounds of the Foundation's museum as well as a studio in Marfa. Artists have unlimited access to Chinati's art collection and archive, and the museum staff and interns are available to assist in securing materials and preparing exhibitions. A stipend of $1,000 is provided to assist with travel and art materials. Pete Schulte has taught drawing at The University of Alabama since 2011. He received the MFA in painting and drawing from the University of Iowa. Schulte has held solo exhibitions at Jeff Bailey Gallery, Hudson New York; Whitespace, Atlanta; Luise Ross Gallery, New York City; Biggin Gallery at Auburn University; and UAB Visual Arts Gallery at the University of Alabama at Birmingham. His work has been in recent group exhibitions at Zeitgeist Gallery, Nashville; Museum of Contemporary Art of Georgia, Atlanta; Transmitter Gallery, Brooklyn; Galerie Look&Listen in Saint-Chamas, France and Jeff Bailey Gallery, New York City. Schulte has been awarded art residencies at the Hambidge Center, Yaddo, Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts, Atlantic Center for the Arts and Threewalls. His work has been reviewed in Art in America, World Sculpture News, Burnaway and New Art Examiner, among other publications. In 2013 he co-founded The Fuel And Lumber Company curatorial initiative with artist Amy Pleasant. His work is represented by Jeff Bailey Gallery in Hudson, New York and by Whitespace in Atlanta. For more information about The University of Alabama’s programs in studio art and art history, go here: https://art.ua.edu/academics/.
Digital Media Professor’s Designs Selected In Three Juried Competitions
Poster designs by Assistant Professor Jonathan Cumberland were recently selected in three international juried competitions. In Zapopan, Mexico, his poster was one of 53 chosen from among 1,598 entries for the competition "Turn A Light On." For the international juried competition, "Poster for,” in New York, NY, Cumberland's poster was recognized in the top 10 in the Climate Change category. The competition received 5,863 posters from 45 countries. Cumberland also had a poster design accepted to the Third International Poster Biennial Oaxaca. The winning posters will be displayed at the Institute of Graphic Arts of Oaxaca in Oaxaca, Mexico, through March 1, 2019. Before coming to The University of Alabama in 2018 to teach digital media and graphic design, Jonathan Cumberland taught at Mississippi University for Women. Cumberland has an active practice in design and illustration. Select clients include: Johns Hopkins Magazine, Scholastic Magazine, Mississippi Tourism Association, Mississippi University for Woman, Marin Magazine and Charleston Magazine. His illustrations and posters often employ bold colors and play on visual puns. Cumberland has exhibited his work both nationally and internationally. For more information about The University of Alabama’s programs in studio art and art history, go here: https://art.ua.edu/academics/.
Sella-Granata Gallery Vital Resource for UA Art Students
Have you visited the surprising little gallery, tucked away in Woods Hall? The Sella-Granata Art Gallery features student exhibitions and special exhibitions, including visiting artists. It is also a favorite space for concerts, readings and receptions for campus organizations. Click here to find out what's showing right now. Founded in 1998 as the Woods Hall Gallery, in 2009 the gallery was officially named for two longtime professors, Alvin Sella (painting) and Angelo Granata (sculpture). Foundations and introductory students, bachelor of fine arts senior exhibitions, master of arts exhibitions, thesis exhibitions for master of fine arts candidates, and a variety of solo, small and larger group exhibitions run throughout the regular school year, from August through May. The gallery is also the site of scholarship reviews, graduate reviews and other departmental events. The Sella-Granata is a vital learning resource for the department of art and art history. In the video below, featuring graduate students from this year's show, Assistant Professor Allison Grant talks about how important it is for students to learn how to talk about their work: 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 always free. Hours are Monday through Wednesday 9:00 a.m.- 5:00 p.m., Thursday 9 a.m.-8 p.m., Friday 10 a.m.-2 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/. For more information, contact the gallery at (205) 348-2783 or go to https://art.ua.edu/gallery/sgg/. Sella-Granata press releases and news Sella-Granata past exhibition photos on Flickr Sella-Granata archived exhibitions
Foundational Skills Showcased in Woods Hall Exhibition
The Department of Art and Art History proudly presents, Foundations and Introductory Classes Exhibition, January 21 through February 10, 2019, in the Sella-Granata Art Gallery in Woods Hall. Thursday, January 24, there will be a reception for the artists in the gallery from 4 to 6 pm. The exhibition features the introductory art work done by UA students during the past semester. Assistant Professor Allison Grant, who heads the Sella-Granata gallery committee, said, "This exhibition captures the breadth and diversity of artwork being made by University of Alabama students at the 100 and 200 level. Often our department showcases work by advanced students; what you will see in this exhibition are the skills and ingenuity that instructors are imparting early on. As students develop into artists, they draw on these early lessons to craft intellectually engaging art practices and bring voice to their individuated sense of the world we inhabit. This show represents the bedrock upon which Tuscaloosa's next generation of artists will build their work. We are excited to share it." Faculty from each of our studio concentrations and our Foundations area have selected work to showcase. The work, hung high up the walls in the traditional salon style of 19th-century academic exhibitions, highlights of the students’ creativity and technical skill in media in the areas of Ceramics, Digital Media & Graphic Design, Drawing, Foundations, Painting, Photography, Printmaking and Sculpture. MORE ABOUT UA STUDIO CONCENTRATIONS Ceramics, Digital Media & Graphic Design, Drawing, Painting, Photography, Printmaking, Sculpture For more information about The University of Alabama’s programs in studio art and art history, go here: https://art.ua.edu/academics/graduate-programs/art-requirements/. 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. Contact the gallery at (205) 348-1891 or go to http://art.ua.edu/gallery/smga/.
Gay Burke Memorial Fellowship in Photographic Arts
The Alabama State Council on the Arts announces the creation of the Gay Burke Memorial Fellowship in Photographic Arts for individual artists living in Alabama. Applications are open January 2 through March 1, 2019. Apply online at http://www.arts.alabama.gov/grants/howtoapply.aspx. Over four decades, photographer and professor of art Gay Burke developed a distinguished art photography program in The University of Alabama’s Department of Art and Art History, all the while creating her own artwork. Burke died May 1, 2017 after inspiring generations of photographers, artists and educators. Through a generous gift, the Gay Burke Memorial Fellowship in Photographic Arts was established in 2018 to provide Fellowships to Alabama photographers to advance their artistic careers. Applications will be accepted between January 2, 2019 - March 1, 2019. The selected artists will be announced in June 2019 with their fellowship period effective October 1, 2019 - September 30, 2020. $5,000 cash awards are made to individual artists in the photographic arts based on merit of work, career achievement, career potential and service to the state. This fellowship provides awards to recognize artistic excellence as well as professional commitment and maturity and contributes to the further development of the artist and the advancement of his or her professional career. Fellowships are competitive. Quality of work and professionalism as determined by samples of work and narrative are particularly important. Provide samples of the highest quality work completed within the last five years. Eligibility: All Fellowship applicants must be legal residents of Alabama for a minimum of two years prior to the application deadline, and are expected to maintain residency during the grant award year (Oct. 1 -Sept. 30). Artists who have previously been awarded any ASCA Fellowship are eligible to apply for a second Fellowship six years after their first Fellowship. After an artist has received two Fellowships, they are no longer eligible to apply. For more information about all the Fellowships offered by the Alabama State Council on the Arts, go to http://www.arts.alabama.gov/grants/howtoapply.aspx. To read more about Professor Gay Burke, go here: https://art.ua.edu/tag/gay-burke/ Download the flyer.
Art Historian Publishes on Early 20th-Century Women’s Art in China
Assistant Professor Doris Sung published a chapter, “Redefining Female Talent: ‘The Women’s Eastern Times,’ ‘The Ladies’ Journal,’ and the Development of ‘Women’s Art’ in China, 1910s-1930s,” in the book, Women and the Periodical Press in China’s Long Twentieth Century: A Space of their Own, edited by Michel Hockx, Joan Judge, and Barbara Mittler (Cambridge 2018). Sung joined the Department of Art and Art History at UA in 2018. Her research focuses on modern and contemporary art of East Asia, cultural interactions between Asia and Europe, and gender and visual culture. Prior to coming to Capstone, she was an Assistant Curator at the Peabody Essex Museum (PEM) where she worked on Empresses of China’s Forbidden City, an exhibition organized by PEM, Freer|Sackler of the Smithsonian Institution, and the Palace Museum, Beijing. She taught Chinese and East Asian art at York University (Toronto), and the University of Toronto Scarborough. She also held the position of Project Coordinator for the international research and digital humanities project “A New Approach to the Popular Press in China: Gender and Cultural Production, 1904–1937.” Dr. Sung is also an independent curator and has curated a number of exhibitions on the works of Chinese-Canadian women artists, new art of the Asian diaspora in Canada, and experimental calligraphy. She earned her Ph.D. in Humanities, and MFA in visual arts from York University. For more information about The University of Alabama’s programs in studio art and art history, go here: https://art.ua.edu/academics/.