SPAC Senior Studio

A Dialogue with the Imagination

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Walter

a film by Niels Hoebers

Senior Shows 2011

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Pictured here is a sampling of the 17 artists exhibited in 2011. Above: Melissa Ergo; Natalie Mobius. Below: Lexie Hofman, Emily Lowenberg, and Naomi Trego. See more of

SPAC Seniors 2011:Illustration/New Pictures and Studio Art.

Hannah Peitila, Ben Rowe, Rani Ban 2011

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Leo Oledan 2011

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Mission Statements

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Here are some links that might be helpful in shaping your Mission Statements.

http://www.evomend.net/en/3-steps-your-personal-mission-statement

http://www.franklincovey.com/msb/

http://www.missionstatements.com/

http://managementhelp.org/plan_dec/str_plan/stmnts.htm

Also, have a look at the links under 'Wisdom and Advice'. These resources might be helpful to review before tackling that SPU Capstone Reflection Paper.

Tim Lowly

2011-03-15T04:48:00.000-07:00

Tim Lowly: A Profile

Karen Halvorsen Schrek

IMAGE Journal, Issue 7, 1994

Tim Lowly Influences

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Fra Angelico

George Tooker

Andre Tarkovsky

Design Boom: Making Stuff

2011-03-04T07:57:00.000-08:00

Belzael Academy: ‘Thinking Hands’ at Milan design week 2011

the show will take visitors through a range of products, many of which experiment with new combinations of materials and technological processes, resulting in a diverse grouping of projects that address areas of transportation, furniture, clothing and jewelry and tools.

Tom Sachs

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Tom Sachs Studio in NY

Design Boom Sunday Papers

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Design Boom

Newsletter Feb. 6, 2011

Cigarett Ash made of photographs, Yang Yongliang 01.17.11

Marnie Weber

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Marnie Weber

Have a look at her website to see the wide range of work from this artist. See the performance suit pictured here and others in "Costume".

Justin Milgate, Amber Rist, Susan McCurry 2009

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Moorea Seal 2009

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Nicole Mulder, Erica Valponi, Lindsey Mapels 2009

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Ian Gill 2007

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Andrea Johnson & Jessica Vehorn 2008

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Sonia Verguet

2011-02-02T07:54:00.000-08:00

Sonia Verguet: My Family

Jeremy Mangan

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Jeremy Mangan

Western King

February 3 - February 26, 2011

Reception for the Artist: Thursday, February 3, 5-8 pm

Gallery Hours: Tues.-Fri. 10:30-5:30, Sat. 11 - 5 or by appointment

Mangan's paintings begin somewhere- nowhere- in the American West. They are set in real places that don't exist. They operate in a landscape where myth must contain fact, where promise and beauty continually grapple with melancholy and isolation. And in this landscape people have found reason to be busy, the results of which are staged for our consideration. In this work Mangan accesses a range of regional categories and cliches including vernacular architecture, Manifest Destiny, the outdoor lifestyle, legends of the Wild West, even ecological concerns- but always from the flank, and without verdict.

Designing Meaningful Experiences

2011-01-05T07:53:00.000-08:00

In a market economy characterized by commoditized products and global competition, how do companies gain deep and lasting loyalty from their customers? The key is in providing meaningful customer experiences. Steve Diller, Nathan Shedoff, and Darrel Rhea, the authors of Making Meaning observe, define, and describe the meaningful customer experience.

CaFE

2010-12-09T08:29:00.000-08:00

CallForEntry.org is an online resource for exhibition opportunities. New opportunities are listed and many application deadlines are approaching. You can go to www.callforentry.org to see and get details on how to aplly for one of these opportunities. Here's an example of what you might find there.

Showing Your Work

2010-12-09T08:03:00.000-08:00

GALLERIES

Here's what Chicago based Artist, Nicholas Sistler has to say about gallery etiquette in a recent interview with Chicago Art Magazine.

SHOWING ART ONLINE
Everyday there are more and more placers to show your work on line. Be careful when selecting sites to run with. Research who the managers are, what are the stipulations of the site, and most important - the quality of the work of other artists. Here's a few examples.
The Open Museum
Imagekind.com
ArtistsWanted official video of SCOPE Miami 2010
Art Takes Miami
the Museum of Narrative Arts
PUBLIC COMMISSIONS
How do I find them?
Black Rock Art Foundation
North Carolina Arts Council
Who owns them?
LEGAL ISSUES FOR ARTISTS
ART LAW is a legal resource for Artists - and although this site springs from the UK - it will help you become familiar legal issues that concern artists like, commissions, contracts, etc.

Denis Dutton: A Darwinian theory of beauty

2010-12-01T06:38:00.000-08:00

TED collaborates with animator Andrew Park to illustrate Denis Dutton's provocative theory on beauty -- Denis Dutton is a philosophy professor and the editor of Arts & Letters Daily. In his book The Art Instinct, he suggests that humans are hard-wired to seek beauty.

Installation Inspiration

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Jack Hudson and Eric Otto are among the artists featured in the exhibition, Graffitti Gone Global. GGG is an exhibition powered by SUSHISAMBA (not to be confused with sushibama and produced in collaboration with Primary Flight, Operation Design and Haas & Hahn curated by Cristina Gonzalez — aka She Kills He — and will feature work from today’s top street and graffiti artists. Cool Hunting features wall paper designed by artists - have a look at their Gallery. Tres Trintas is among the studios they represent and one of their designs is pictured here. Following is a link to San Francisco Arts Commission Public Art Project Proposals.

ILL/NP & Looking for Work

2010-11-21T19:50:00.000-08:00

Try these staffing agencies for help in looking for work.

24 Seven

FILTER

Creative Circle

Places to post your work on line.

Imagekind.com

Ask an Art Critic: Jerry Saltz on Shyness

2010-11-13T07:02:00.000-08:00

-Dear Jerry, These days it seems like artists have to schmooze in order to make it. I’m shy. I hate party chat, and I'm inept at it. Am I doomed?
-Dear ShyArtists, Believe it or not, I hate schmoozing too, and I’m not very good at it either. Neither is Jeff Koons, for that matter. But virtually all of us do it. The only artist I’ve met who made it without socializing is Matthew Barney. (If you’re that talented and good-looking, you don’t have to go out, either.)

ShyArtist, I want to tell you that you don’t have to chat people up. But I’m afraid artists (and dealers, and their associates) are like vampires. You have to go out at night. Besides, it’s not good for you to be too alone. You need to commune with your own kind as much as possible. You also need to partake of the blood of others to grow....
to continue click on
ASK AN ART CRITIC: Jerry Saltz on Conflicts of Interest, Tribes of Shyness, and High Hopes for the New Museum

Randy Nelson from Pixar

2010-10-03T07:45:00.000-07:00

Here's a really interesting talk about problem solving and adaptability as a predictor of success. At Pixar they want someone who is interested rather than interesting.

WATCH VIDEO

Steve Hamilton 2010

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Jonathan Shaw 2010

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Theo Pulver 2010

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Alive Not Dead

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alivenotdead.com is an online community dedicated to helping artists. Our goal is to strengthen artist communities worldwide and to help connect these communities together. Through our website, artists can connect with and grow their audience, share their creative works, and meet and collaborate with other artists. Alive Not Dead

Disembodied Communities 3

2010-05-14T06:37:00.000-07:00

Disembodied animation of a song by Cold Play

We Live in a Beautiful World

Flash Mobs & Leadership

2010-05-06T06:04:00.000-07:00

Most people are in the great race to be 2nd - Here's proof!

Scroll down to Derek Sivers at TED Conference and see video clip of a playful example of Rene Girad's theory of, "Memetic Contagion".

Kurt Andersen

2010-04-19T05:45:00.000-07:00

Kurt Andersen is a noted columnist, author, & host of PRI's award winning program, Studio 360.

Meet Kurt Andersen.

Simultaneous Broadcast & Peer to Peer Communication

2010-04-11T09:40:00.000-07:00

BRAVO TV: 'Work of Art: The Next Great Artist'

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'Work of Art: The Next Great Artist'

Bravo TV has a new series which begins airing in June

Bravo’s latest stroke on the reality canvas brings Golden Globe and Emmy Award winner Sarah Jessica Parker and her production company, Pretty Matches, together with the Emmy-nominated Magical Elves (Top Chef, Project Runway) and Eli Holzman, to produce Work of Art: The Next Great Artist, an hour long creative competition series among contemporary artists. Work of Art: The Next Great Artist will bring together fourteen aspiring artists to compete for a solo show at a nationally recognized museum and a generous cash prize.

What else Theo might do with yarn

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Guerilla Knitters

T.S. McFadden

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Watch T.S. Mc Fadden install a series of paintings in the Gallery.

2007 Samantha Orr, Kristen Oliver, Dawn Wheeler

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Mike Braun 2008

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Jess Marie 2008

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Blaze Robertson 2009

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Blaze featured here

Matt Naylor 2009

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Have a look at how Matt has launched his studio practice since graduation from SPAC.

Building Your Portfolio

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Have a look at this terrific site created for all of you by Professor Karen Gurtowsky.

BUILDING YOUR PORTFOLIO

Thanks Karen!!

Wisdom & Advice

2009-05-21T06:59:00.000-07:00

Here are links to bios and images of the generous artists who shared their words of wisdom with us. Full text from each contributor is in our Senior Studio Booklet.

ILL/NP

Jang Lee (where he works)

STUDIO ARTISTS

Defining a Studio Practice: Here are a few of my favorite artists talking about their life & work.

Kiki Smith

George Tooker - Part 1

George Tooker - Part 2

George Tooker - Part 3

Nick Cave - Part 1

Nick Cave - Part 2

Andrei Trakovsky: On Art

Andrei Tarkovsky: Interview

Tarkovsky on Art

Agnes Martin

And here are a few videos on individuals whose vocations may be an inspiration. You may want to watch these before tackling that SPU Reflection paper.

Thomas Merton

Madeleine L'Engle - 1

Madeleine L'Engle -2

Graduate School: To Go or Not To Go?

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Video - help for Graduates

WHY go?

An MFA is the norm for anyone pursuing a career/vocation in Studio Art.

For ILL/NP border crossers, I would strongly recommend that you consider it. You just never know where your future will take you and being prepared is always the best plan.

WHAT will an advanced degree provide?

An opportunity to grow in yourself and your art through intense concentration on your own work.
Experience critiques and dialogue about art, history, and theory with new faculty and peers.
Create relationships that will help open doors, and more importantly provide support as you move forward in your life and vocation as an artist.
Provide a terminal degree in your field with which you can pursue an academic career.

Graduate School: How do I get there?

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Select a school and visit their web site.

So, for example let's visit the School of the Art Institute of Chicago

and look at How to Apply.

Graduate School: Where to go?

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Begin your search by looking at US News and World Report 2008 survey of the best fine art schools. This will give you a sense of programs around the country.

US News & WR has also ranked the TEN Best Schools in Particular Areas of Concentration.

Here's a few direct links.

GradSchool.com is a site that can help you find a program in a particular location like - well lets say, Denver CO or New York NY.

Campus Explorer helps you learn more about a particular school.

After you've researched the program - research the faculty. You can usually find a brief bio and sample pics of their work on the schools website. Look at what kind of artwork are they are doing and more importantly, ask yourself does their work inspire you? Then do a google search to read what has been written about them and/or their work. Here's an interesting anecdotal story about a member of the SAIC faculty.

Learn about the location of the school. Big city? Small town? What kind of environment and cultural experience are you looking for?

Finally, try to get in touch with some current students or recent grads and ask them questions about their experience.

Programs in Illustration

MFA Illustration as Visual Essay School of Visual Arts

Hartford Art School

ANNOUNCEMENT: Hartford has launched a low residency MFA in Illustration

Savannah College of Art and Design

MA Program in Theology & ART

Graduate Theological Union

MFA Programs in Figurative Painting

New York Academy of Art

Laguna College of Art

MFA Programs at Christian Colleges

Azuza Pacific University