Congratulations to CVAD Fashion Design senior Gordon Steinecke who won the Judge's prize for First Place in the Annual "Go Red" style show in Denton on Friday, February 10. Congratulations also to Fashion Design Junior Kaitlin Scott who won the Preople's Choice Award for second place in the show.  UNT students exhibited nineteen pieces in the show.  Their dresses are shown here, with Gordon Steinecke's dress on the right and Kaitlin Scott's shown on the left.

CVAD IT Staff members Michael Baggett, Craig Berry, and Kacey Close were honored this week at the UNT President's Sack Lunch.  The CVAD IT Department won the Outstanding Department award.  Baggett, Berry and Close were nominated by the chairs of the three CVAD academic departments for their outstanding work supporting students and faculty.  Congratulations Michel, Craig, and Kacey!

Dr. Paul Niell, Assistant Professor of Art History and the Art History Program Coordinator will be the guest speaker at Honors Hall on Wednesday, February 22nd at 5 p.m. He will speak about "History and Visual Culture in Latin American and Caribbean Carnial Traditions." Come learn about Carnival/Mardi Gras as it is celebrated throughout Latin American and enjoy delicious Caribben food in the Honors Hall Commons Room. This event will include faculty guest speakers as well as a catered Cuban dinner and desserts. All are welcome! 

CVAD MFA student Irby Pace's controversial art project, which lifts pictures customers take of themselves on electronic devices in Apple stores, was featured in a February 1 post from Wired Magazine.  Pace's exhibition of the photos, titled "Unintended Consequences"  is on view in CVAD's Cora Stafford Gallery located at 1120 W. Oak St, Denton, TX 76201. The reception is on Thursday, February 9th, between 5-7 pm.

SPRING 2012

P.R.I.N.T Press is pleased to announce its spring 2012 schedule of events:
 
Mokuhanga Workshop with Kazuko Goto
Saturday, March 31 and Sunday April 1, 2012, 9:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Learn a traditional Japanese woodblock printing technique that uses water-based inks and does not require a press or toxic chemicals.
More information.
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Open House with Leslie Mutchler
Friday, February 17th from 4:00 to 6:00 p.m.
Meet artist-in-residence Leslie Mutchler, who is printing components of a community-driven, multi-participatory installation piece.
More information.

Open House with Erika Adams and Michelle Samour
Friday, March 2nd from 4:00 to 6:00 p.m.
See new work and visit with Master Printer Erika Adams and papermaking artist Michelle Samour, who are collaborating for five days at P.R.I.N.T Press to create a limited edition of hand-pulled prints.
More information.

Open House with Jon Lee and Albert Paley
Friday, April 20th from 4:00 to 6:00 p.m.
See new work and visit with Master Printer Jon Lee and renowned sculptor Albert Paley, who are collaborating for five days at P.R.I.N.T Press to create a series of hand-pulled monotypes.
More information.
 
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Contact: print@unt.edu or (940) 369-7575
 
Location: 1120 W. Oak Street
(Oak Street Hall Annex, at the intersection of Oak and Ponder Streets)
Denton, Texas 76201
UNT campus & parking (pdf download)
 

Painting show at UTA

http://www.uta.edu/gallery/exhibitions/medium-is-the-message.php

Acclaimed artist Nick Cave's Soundsuits to be seen in UNT exhibition, new performance piece

Nick Cave: Soundsuits

• Soundsuits from internationally renowned visual and performing artist Nick Cave, artist-in-residence for the University of North Texas Institute for the Advancement of the Arts, will be on display. This event support by the UNT Fine Arts Series.
• Feb. 24 (Friday) - March 24 (Saturday) Hours: 9 a.m. to noon and 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday, with extended hours until 8 p.m. Thursday, and 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday. Opening reception: 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. Feb 24 (Friday)
• UNT on the square, 109 N. Elm St. in historic downtown Denton
• Admission is free
• For more information. visit www.untonthesquare.unt.edu or call 940-369-8257

Nick Cave: Herd

•  A new performance piece called Herd, featuring 30 newly created horse-like Soundsuits, will be unveiled in two public performances on the UNT campus and one performance in Dallas. Cave collaborated with UNT art, dance, music and theatre students; UNT faculty members; and community members in the creation of the suits, choreography, musical score and other aspects of the performance. Herd was commissioned by the UNT Art Galleries and the UNT Institute for the Advancement of the Arts and organized by Tracee Robertson, director of the UNT Art Gallery.
• Denton: 5:30 p.m. March 12 (Monday) and 12:30 p.m. March 13 (Tuesday) on the Library Mall outside UNT's Willis Library, one block east of Highland Street and Avenue C on the UNT campus. Reception in the University Union will follow the March 12 performance. Admission is free.
• Dallas: 1:30 p.m. April 1 (Sunday) in the Nasher Sculpture Center in association with UNT. Admission is $10 for adults, $7 for seniors, and $5 for students. Admission is free for Nasher Sculpture Center members.
• For information, visit www.gallery.unt.edu.

DENTON (UNT), Visual and performance artist Nick Cave's Soundsuits have drawn acclaim from around the world and have been called "Must Be Seen to Be Believed" by The New York Times.

This semester, The renowned artist is capping his appointment as 2011-12 artist-in-residence of the University of North Texas Institute for the Advancement of the Arts with a free exhibition of his Soundsuits and a highly collaborative performance piece featuring 30 newly created horse-like Soundsuits - made and performed with the help of UNT students. Cave's Soundsuits - wearable lauded internationally in performances and exhibitions

"By working with an artist of Nick Cave's caliber on this project, UNT students have learned the importance of being disciplined in their field and how to focus their time and energy to complete a project successfully in the competitive world of art," said Amie Adelman, coordinator of the fibers program at the UNT College of Visual Arts and Design. "They've had firsthand experience learning about the benefits and complexities of working on an interdisciplinary project that involves music, dance, theater and art. With this experience, our students will be even better prepared when they launch their professional careers."

Selected Soundsuits from Cave will be on display Feb. 24 (Friday) through March 24 (Saturday) at UNT on the Square, a downtown Denton art space. Exhibition hours are 9 a.m. to noon and 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday, with extended hours until 8 p.m. Thursday, and 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday. For information, visit www.untonthesquare.unt.edu or call 940-369-8257.

Herd, the new performance piece from Cave, will be performed at 5:30 p.m. March 12 (Monday) and 12:30 p.m. March 13 (Tuesday) on the lawn between Willis Library and the Hurley Administration Building on the UNT campus. Commissioned by the UNT Art Galleries and the UNT Institute for the Advancement of the Arts, Herd will feature UNT student dancers in 30 horse-like Soundsuits being corralled by UNT percussionists and then breaking apart into 60 hybrid beings that move in increased improvisation. Admission to the UNT events is free.

 Herd also will be performed at 1:30 p.m. April 1 (Sunday) at the Nasher Sculpture Center, 2001 Flora St. in downtown Dallas. Admission to the Dallas event is $10 for adults, $7 for seniors, and $5 for students. Admission is free for Nasher Sculpture Center members.

About Nick Cave

 Cave has had numerous one-person exhibitions, including a large traveling exhibition, Nick Cave: Meet Me at the Center of the Earth, organized by the Yerba Buena Center or the Arts in San Francisco in 2009 and featured at the Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art and Fowler Museum, University of California Los Angeles, Norton Museum in West Palm Beach, Fla., and at the Seattle Art Museum. Cave received the prestigious Joan Mitchell Foundation Award in 2008, the Artadia Award, the United States Artist Award and the Joyce Foundation Joyce Award in 2006, Creative Capital Grants in 2004 and 2002, and the Louis Comfort Tiffany Foundation Award in 2001. His work is in many public art collections, including the Brooklyn Museum of Art in New York, Birmingham Museum of Art in Alabama, Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, The Portland Art Museumin Oregon, and theStudio Museum in Harlem, N.Y.,among others. Cave is represented by Jack Shainman Gallery in New York.

Cave earned a bachelor of fine arts degree from the Kansas City Art Institute in 1981 and a master of fine arts degree from Cranbrook Academy of Art in Bloomfield Hills Mich., in 1988 after beginning graduate studies in 1984 at UNT, where he worked with professors Vincent Falsetta in painting and Shigeko Spear in fibers. Cave also was trained as a dancer by the renowned Alvin Ailey Dance Theater.

About the Institute for the Advancement of the Arts

Launched in October 2009, the UNT Institute for the Advancement of the Arts (IAA) aims to showcase, support and advance excellence in the visual, performing and creative literary arts at UNT, among its faculty members and in conjunction with their renowned colleagues and collaborators.

The three central components of the Institute are UNT on the Square, the IAA Faculty Fellows program and the IAA Artist-in-Residence program. Previous artists-in-residence are filmmaker Guillermo Arriaga (2009-2010) and composer Jake Heggie (2010-2011)

The IAA is an initiative of the offices of the Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs and the Vice President for Research and Economic Development. Participating colleges include the College of Arts and Sciences, College of Visual Arts and Design, and College of Music.

 For information about the institute and related activities, contact Herbert Holl, director of the Institute for the Advancement of the Arts, at 940-369-8257 or herbert.holl@unt.edu.

About the UNT Art Galleries

Part of the UNT College of Visual Arts and Design, the UNT Art Galleries support the educational mission of the university, enrich the aesthetic environment of the community and serve as a cultural resource for the public at large. Through their focus on curatorial projects involving vanguard contemporary art, the galleries challenge and promote the current discourse surrounding living artists and their works.

For information about involving classrooms or community groups in the residencies and performance, please contact TRasee Robertson, director of the UNT Art Galleries, at 940-369-8914 or tracee.robertson@unt.edu.

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OFFICE OF THE VICE PRESIDENT FOR RESEARCH AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

UNT Junior Faculty Summer Research Fellowship

In cooperation with the Office of the Provost, the Office of Research and Economic Development is now accepting applications for the Junior Faculty Summer Research Fellowship for 2012 awards.

The UNT Junior  Faculty Summer Research Fellowship is intended to stimulate and aid the initiation of research programs. Untenured, tenure-track assistant professors in their first three years at UNT are eligible to apply. In order to recieve the funds, recipients must certify that in the academic year following funding, they will continue to a tenure-track position at the University of North Texas.

This competition is for fellowships during the summer of 2012.

Visit our website at http://research.unt.edu/faculty-research/intramural-funding/junior-faculty-summer-research-fellowship for further information and application materials.

 The 2012 Junior Faculty Summer Research Fellowship proposals are due to the Office of Vice President for Research and Economic Development by 5:00 PM on Wednesday, February 29, 2012. You are asked to submit the full application electronically (as a single PDF file with signature page) to Rick.Knight@unt.edu, or via hand delivered hard copy to the Office of the Vice President for Research & Economic Development, Hurley Administration Building, Room 175.

Please check with your Chairperson and Dean's office for earlier deadlines in order to obtain the required signatures prior to final submission.

Please address any Junior Faculty Summer Research Fellowship application questions to Rick.Knight@unt.edu, or contact via phone at (940) 565-3975.

Appalachian Center for Crafts

Tennessee Tech University College of Education

1560 Craft Center Drive, Smithville, TN 37166

National Parks Project

Vessels & Haiku

by Harlan W. Butt

January 6 - February 17, 2012

Presentation by the artist followed by a reception

Monday, January 30 at 4:30

Appalachian Center for Crafts

tntech.edu/craftcenter

931-372-3051

Buster Graybill has a solo exhibition at the Austin Museum of Art with 28 new sculptures, photographs, and video, November 20, 2011–February 19, 2012.
http://www.amoa.org/site/PageServer?pagename=ex_future
http://bustergraybill.com

Jasmyne Graybill has a solo exhibition at Women and Their Work in Austin with 20 new works, November 19 - January 5, 2012.
http://www.womenandtheirwork.org/upcoming_exhibitions.html?itemid=727
http://jasmynegraybill.com