Visit the College of Fine Arts Centennial web-site at www.cmu.edu/cfa/centennial for activities celebrating the College's anniversary.
Campus Events____________________________________________
Please join the School of Art, the Master of Arts Management Program and Jackson Clark Partners for two presentations by independent artistic director, artist and curator MEG ROTZEL. She is director of the Berwick Research Institute and Curatorial Associate of the Center for Advanced Visual Studies at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).
Ms. Rotzell will offer two presentations in Pgh:
Tuesday, 7 February, 6:30pm - 9:20pm, CFA Rm 303 (in conjunction with Michelle Illuminato's course on planning/creating artworks that consider new audiences, new methods and new contexts as well as theoretical underpinnings associated with art in the public domain).
Presentation topic will include how and why the Berwick Institute came about in the specific context of Boston, policy initiatives (including Artist Live/Work projects), how three groups of artists (including Carolyn & Fereshteh's Tea Party project) have used the city and its formal and informal systems as a way to investigate, involve and comment upon our culture. Electronic slides of projects with local and national artists will also be included in this presentation.
Wed, 8 Feb, 6:30pm - 8:00pm at Future Tenant Presentation will focus on additional aspects of the Berwick Institute not covered in the Feb 7th presentation, and specifically focused on artists' work and projects in Boston.
Kindly RSVP to silvern@andrew.cmu.edu by 6 FEBRUARY with name, program/degree and which presentation you will attend. Seating is limited at both events. First-come, first-served until seating is filled.
Presentations are both free of charge. __________________
'Jump Start' Saturday, January 21, 2006
Start the New Year with 'Jump Start '. This program is an opportunity for you to enhance your academic and personal success at Carnegie Mellon University. Jump Start is sponsored by Student Affairs and the Office of Orientation and First Year Programs. It is open to all students and intended to:
Increase communication between students, faculty and staff
Enable students to formally reflect on and re-focus their academic and personal goals
Re-expose students to the academic and personal resources at Carnegie Mellon. Create an informal support network of students
You can rsvp for the program at aw0w@andrew.cmu.edu. You can also register the day of the program. Schedule Program will begin at 11:30am and conclude by 4:00pm.
PGH Events________________________________________________
AIGA Pittsburgh 100 Show ONE NIGHT ONLY The Pittsburgh Chapter of the AIGA, the professional association of design, announces their annual PGH 100 SHOW.
Carnegie Mellon School of Design faculty and students have been awarded to present at the show.
Student winners: Andy Babb Tammy Chang Michael Sui Margaret Szeto James Soracco
Faculty winners: Kristin Hughes (Awarded for the design of the School of Drama posters) Stacie Rohrbach (Awarded for the design of the alumni newsletter)
Enjoy food, libations, and the exceptional work of regional designers on Thursday, February 9 at the Three Rivers Arts Festival Gallery
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The Whiffenpoofs will perform at Ellis School Saturday night, January 21.
The Whiffenpoofs claims to be the oldest collegiate a capella singing group in the country. They have sung for ambassadors around the world and at Presidential inaugurations in the White House and were even on an episode of The West Wing a couple of years ago. You can learn more about them on their website at http://www.yale.edu/whiffenpoofs/history/.
There will be a reception with The Whiffenpoofs before the concert from 6:30 -- 7:30 p.m. (at the Ellis School) and the concert, scheduled to start at 7:30 p.m., should last a little over an hour.
Tickets can be purchased for $30 pp or $100 pp for patron tickets (which buys you seating in the very front rows). To order your tickets you just send a check to Mark Stadler at Cohen & Grigsby, PC, 11 Stanwix St. 15th Floor, Pittsburgh PA 15222. You can also buy tickets at the door.
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From Book to Blog: Creating An Online Journal Public Workshop
Saturday, January 28, 2006 10:30 AM-3:30 PM RSVP and advance required (space is limited). To register, please call 412.231.3169 or write to education@mattress.org Act 48 credit available. Cost: $20 ($15 MF members, students/seniors); box lunch included. Led by new media artist Liz Perry. Information: www.mattress.org.
Participants should bring a sketchbook, journal or artist's book created or in progress, to share online with a larger audience. Participants will learn a range of techniques for creating online books and walk through the process of setting up a free, online illustrated journal, using a digital camera, scanner and free online software. Participants will complete a personal art blog and learn to upload images and text. If possible, participants should bring a laptop and a digital camera. Workshop includes a guided, behind-the-scenes tour and discussion of Messages & Communications.
Elizabeth Perry is a writer and new media artist working at The Ellis School, where she helps teachers integrate technology into a K-12 curriculum, and teaches classes in digital media. She is a founding editor of the award-winning Pittsburgh Signs Project, an online public art project documenting the visual landscape of western Pennsylvania (www.pittsburghsigns.org). Think Cool Thoughts, a children's book she has written, was published in 2005 by Clarion Books. Her formal background includes a BA in English from Yale, and an MFA in fiction writing and PhD in cultural and critical studies from the University of Pittsburgh. Her sketchbook journal may be found at www.elizabethperry.com/woolgathering. ____________________
GLASS BIRTHDAY SUIT EXHIBITION OPENS JANUARY 27
Pittsburgh Glass Center showcases regional talent and celebrates fifth year of classes
Pittsburgh Glass Center announces the opening of the Glass Birthday Suit exhibition featuring the work of its students and instructors on Friday, January 27 from 6 to 9 pm. Located at 5472 Penn Avenue in the East End, Pittsburgh Glass Center is one of the top public access glass art studios and galleries in the U.S.
The Glass Birthday Suit exhibition runs from January 27 to March 31, 2006. On view will be the work of 39 glass artists.
Fifth Year of Classes Begins at Pittsburgh Glass Center
Pittsburgh Glass Center began its fifth year of classes on January 9. PGC offers a full schedule of eight-week classes for beginning to advanced artists including glassblowing, flameworking, beadmaking, casting, fusing, coldworking, stained glass and more. Three-hour workshops to create marbles, beads and paperweights are also available. To learn more about classes at Pittsburgh Glass Center, visit our Web site at www.pittsburghglasscenter.org or call 412-365-2145 ext 201.
5472 Penn Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15206 www.pittsburghglasscenter.org 412-365-2145 ___________________
Pittsburgh Chamber Music Society presents:
THE BRAHMS FESTIVAL Complete Piano Trios and more...
featuring
TRIO JOHANNES (Italy) with William CABALLERO, horn and Fabio DI CASOLA, clarinet
Sunday, January 29, 3PM, Carnegie Music Hall Monday, January 30, 8PM, Carnegie Music Hall
The Brahms Festival is underwritten in part by The Juliet Lea Hillman Simonds Foundation.
PRE-CONCERT OVERVIEW with renowned Brahms scholar Dr. David Brodbeck, University of California at Irvine, one hour prior to each concert in Main Hall. (Reservations are not required.)
SPECIAL FESTIVAL TICKETS: $15 (adults), $5 (students) per concert. Call 412-624-4129 or buy on-line at www.pittsburghchambermusic.org Fiberarts Guild of Pittsburgh for immediate release __________________
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Collaborative Fiber Art Exhibition to Open at Pittsburgh Center for the Arts
Up Over and Down Under, a collaborative exhibition featuring works by both Australian and Pittsburgh fiber artists opens at the Pittsburgh Center for the Arts on February 3, 2006. It features one hundred fiber art pieces, fifty from members of the Australian Textile Arts and Surface Design Association and fifty from members of the Fiberart Guild of Pittsburgh. The exhibition is representative of the broad variety of materials and techniques employed by todays fiber artists, who all worked within a specified size criteria12 inches by 12 inches for this particular show.
After the exhibition closes here on April 23, 2006, it will travel to Australia where it will be exhibited first in their prestigious Parliament House (Australias oldest public building) in Sidney during the month of August and then at the Gap Gallery in Brisbane during September.
Janice Lessman-Moss, professor of textile arts at Kent State University, was juror for the Fiber Arts Guild of Pittsburgh portion of the exhibition. Ms. Lessman-Moss, who is internationally recognized for her graphically patterned jacquard weavings, will give an illustrated lecture about her work at 7:00pm on Wednesday, January 25, at the Pittsburgh Center for the Arts.
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