Category: artsXpose

Title of Event: Photography and Video Art in the Internet Age.

Date & Time of Event: Friday, March 4th, 3 pm
Location of Event: Samek Art Gallery
Type of event: Guided walkthrough

Title of Event: Shark Tank, by Natalie Ring

Date & Time: Feb 7th, 1:25pm

Location: Holmes Hall Exhibition Space

Type of Event: Personal visit to the exhibit

Title of Event: Lya Finston’s Honey From the Stone

Date & Time: Jan. 28th 5pm

Location: Holmes Hall Gallery

Type of Event: Artist Reception

Title of Event: Shark Tank by Natalie Ring

Date & Time of Event: Thursday, February 10th, 5pm

Location of Event: Holmes Hall 

Type of event: Senior Exhibition/ Art Show

Title of Event: Shark Tank by Natalie Ring

Date & Time of Event: Thursday February 11th 

Location of Event: Holmes Hall 

Type of event: Senior Art Show/Reception

Title of Event: Honey From The Stone by Lya Finston

Date & Time of Event: Friday January 28th 5-8pm 

Location of Event: Holmes Hall 

Type of event: Artist Show/Reception

Title of Event: Creative Careers – Curating Exhibitions for Contemporary Artists
Date & Time of Event: Thursday, February 10th, 6 pm
Location of Event: Zoom
Type of event: Presentation followed by Q&A

Title of Event: Studio Art Major Senior Exhibition by Natalie Ring
Date & Time of Event: Tuesday, February 14th
Location of Event: Holmes Hall
Type of event: Senior Exhibition/ Art Show

Title of Event: Creative Careers – Curating Exhibitions for Contemporary Artists
Date & Time of Event: 6pm – 7pm, February 10
Location of Event: Zoom Meeting
Type of event: Visual Arts Talk

Title of Event: Studio Art Major Senior Exhibition by Natalie Ring
Date & Time of Event: Thursday February 10th @ 5pm
Location of Event: Holmes Hall
Type of event: Senior Exhibition/ Art Show

Title of Event: Creative Careers – Curating Exhibitions for Contemporary Artists
Date & Time of Event: Thursday, February 10th, 6 pm
Location of Event: Zoom
Type of event: Presentation followed by Q&A

Title of Event: Screen Time: Photography and Video Art in the Internet Age
Date & Time of Event: January 18 – March 27
Location of Event: Samek Art Museum (3rd floor ELC)
Type of event: Visual Arts Exhibition

Title of Event: Prototype, Control, & Conquer

Date & Time: April 4th, 7-9pm

Location: Maker-E

Type: Workshop with visiting artist Everest Pipkin

 

Title of Event: Language and Other Games

Date & Time: April 13th, ~2pm

Location: Samek Downtown Gallery

Type: Gallery visit

 

Title of Event – Mattress Factory

Date and Time of Event – March 13, all day

Location of Event – Pittsburg PA

Type of Event – Art Museum

Event: Samek Museum in the ELC: Private Island

Date: 4/22/2019

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Title of Event – Senior Art Exhibit

Date and Time of Event – Tuesday April 23, 12:00pm

Location of Event – Samek Art Museum (LC)

Type of Event – Gallery Visit

Senior artist presentations and exhibit

Friday, April 12, 6 p.m.

Gallery Theater, Samek Art Museum

Seniors and other artists

 

Five seniors gave quick presentations on their artwork in 10-15 minute periods. They talked about their pieces across their college career, their inspirations and then their final pieces. Afterwards, in the museum the students’ art pieces, along with other artists’ pieces, were on display.

 

The students each had their own approach to art and their own journey to reach where they are today in skill and achievement. I could tell they were excited to show their work and entertain us with their experience. They were well prepared and the art was very inventive, unique and authentic. In the museum, there pieces were masterly exhibited and were even more impressive in person than on the presentations.

 

The fact that students who are the same age as I am could create such incredible pieces of art was impressive. Their poise while telling the audience about their creations and art experiences was inspiring. In the museum, the pieces were on a whole new level of artistic ability. In all honesty, I was a bit jealous and wanted to try and catch up to their level of mastery.

 

This double event was an easy 9. The students were great, in both artistic talent and presentation, the other artists were okay too, Dan’s work is interesting, and the food was incredible.

 

Wynwood Walls

March 10th

Wynwood Walls –  Miami Beach, Florida

Exhibition

Afro Surrealism

Rochelle Spencer gave about an hour lecture with about a half hour of questioning in the Great Room of the Humanities Center.  She was discussing the topic of Afro Surrealism through the mediums of literature, fine art, and music.  She showed music videos, images, and other lectures within her presentation.

Rochelle Spencer was clearly very passionate about the topic.  She showed vast examples of work so that the audience could understand the topic of Afro Surrealism, which is typically not every day knowledge.  One part that I found particularly interesting was when she showed photographs by artist Rachel Eliza Griffiths.  These photos show hardships that African American women face by placing the figures in strange yet dream like atmospheres, but covering their faces with objects from masks to wigs.

I was impressed that Spencer was such an expert on a topic that is not particularly popular.

I would rate this event a six.

The information was very interesting and Spencer had a lot of passion, but there was a lot of technical problems that made it take longer than necessary.

 

Senior Art Show

In the gallery theater, the seniors artists each gave a short presentation on their previous work and their current final project.  There was then a short questioning from audience members at the end.  The whole discussion took about an hour.

I really enjoyed seeing artwork that was personally meaningful to students and friends that I share campus and courses with.  Sometimes in an art class, you only make a few projects so you don’t get a full representation of their aesthetic.  I think that the structure of allowing students to discuss work that they produced in the summer, high school, or even abroad allowed me to understand their pieces even further.  The questioning allowed me to hear questions I might not thought of to ask myself, but appreciated knowing the answers to.

I was impressed by the vast differences in all of the projects, even though the student artists worked so closely.

I would rate this event as an 8.

I found the presentations and work very interesting, but sometimes I wanted more context for the work.

Event: Senior Snap Talks

When: Friday April 12th, 5PM

Where: Great Room, Samek Museum

 

Afro-Surrealism

Wednesday, March 27, 7 p.m.

Great Room, Hildreth-Mirza Hall

Guest Editor/ Professor of Race Lecture

 

Rochelle Spencer gave an hour-long presentation with a thirty-minute period, afterwards, for questions. She used a presentation equipped with links to guide her talk. She showed pieces of artwork, talked about history and discussed the future path for her research.

 

Professor Spencer was enthusiastic, bubbly and fun to listen to. Moving past the original technical difficulties, her love of the subject carried me through her presentation gracefully. I learned about a topic I had never heard of, or thought needed to exist in Afro-Surrealism and saw some interesting pieces of art that could influence my future work. The history was interesting, but the stunning artwork, that professor Spencer showed, stole the show. I think that there existing a category of stories, art and music completely centered on an African-American protagonist that anyone can write, or create is a beautiful addition to our society.

 

As I mentioned above, some of the artwork, namely this one sculpture really blew me away. I do not remember the artist, but it was a black form on a canvas with rocks hanging below on these old worn out ropes. I am not positive of what I saw in it, or its true meaning, but it was abstract and caught my eye.

 

I would rate this event an 8 because while interesting, it did not have a linear path, or one that made sense. Professor Spencer kind of jumped from idea to idea in a rough way.

Artist: Rochelle Spencer

Title of Event: Afro-Surrealism

Date & Time: March 27th, 7-8

Location: Hildreth-Mirza Great Room

Type: Lecture

 

I went to the lecture from the creator of the ACT (Art Crime Team) at the FBI and he told some AMAZING stories. I also visited the Samek museum before spring break but I forgot to post. My apologies!

Title of Event: Bill Westenhofer talk

Date & Time: February 22, 2019. 5-6:30pm

Location: ELC Forum

Type: lecture

1) Provide a brief, detailed description or summary of the event you attended.

In this lecture, Bill Westenhofer, who is a Bucknell CSCI alum, talked about his journey from engineering to visual effects supervisor. He discussed what motivated his career decisions, as well as how his engineering background supported him in a visual arts world.

2) Use the section below to write a well-structured paragraph focusing on your personal critical insight/response to the event. How did you interpret or react to what was presented to you?

I really enjoyed the talk because he gave a behind-the-scences look into how many movie’s visual effects are created, which I don’t normally think about. He talked about some of the engineering techniques he used to create the visual effects, including physics, fluid dynamics, calculus, and motion capture. I was really interested in his use of motion capture because I have used motion capture systems at Bucknell for research and I always found them fascinating.

3) What information, ideas, images, etc. most impressed you and why?

He displayed various video clips of movies that he has worked on, with dramatic music and sound effects as well. The clips he chose from each movie were emotionally compelling and definitely captivated the entire audience.

4) Overall how would you rate this event? (1-10)

9

5) Justify your rating in the question above.

I didn’t go into the lecture with many expectations, but he kept my attention the entire time. The topics he discussed were intriguing, but I wish he talked a little more about how he created some of the images/videos.

Title of Event: Women’s Work

Date & Time: February 3, 2019 ~1pm

Location: Samek Downtown Gallery

Type: Exhibit

Title of Event: Empty Bowls
Date & Time of Event: Thursday, March 7th, 8:30-11am
Location of Event: 2nd Floor ELC
Type of event: Charity featuring ceramic artwork. Helped to make pieces for the event, as well as set up the event.

Title of Event: Art Crime in the 21st Century 
Date & Time of Event: Wednesday, March 6, 6 PM
Location of Event: ELC Forum and Samek Art Gallery
Type of event: Robert Whittman lecture and reception

Title of Event: Language and Other Games by Jonathan Frey

Date and time of event: Thursday March 7 2019. 12pm

Location of Event: Samek downtown gallery

Type of Event: exhibit

1.) Provide a brief detail-oriented technical description or summary of the event you attended. (This section should remain journalistic and should not be reflective of your opinion.)

The gallery includes several interactive white boards with mad-libs. A few large tarps hang from the walls. Each piece represents a type of common game, but with a modern twist.

2.) Use the section below to write a well-structured paragraph focusing on your personal critical insight / response to the event. How did you interpret or react to what was presented to you?

These pieces were very thought provoking. All of the games (madlibs, trivial pursuit, Minesweeper, etc.) are well known games. Frey introduces a modern twist in which most pieces relate to current events. I found it interesting that the descriptions of the pieces were about the original game- just introducing the viewer to the normal game instructions and then leaving the modified artwork up to interpretation. My favorite piece was a modification of trivial pursuit titled “I Think Everyone is Going to be Happy in the End.” I was very impressed by the detail put into this piece. It captured many current issues such as global warming, immigration and police brutality.

3.) What information, ideas, images, etc. most impressed you and why?

I was impressed with the detail and all the thought that went into each piece. Additionally I liked the interactive aspect of the mad libs on white boards.

4.) Overall, how would you rate this event (10 being the most worthwhile)?
(10 / 9 / 8 / 7 / 6 / 5 / 4 / 3 / 2 / 1 )

10
5.) Justify your rating in the question above:

I really enjoyed viewing and thinking about these pieces – even if some of the topics presented (such as the Minecraft piece) are frightening to think about as they are real-life problems we are facing/can face in the future.

 

^ this last one is the trivial pursuit piece that I admired the details of

Title of Event: Border Cantos/ Sonic Border

Date and time of event: Wednesday March 6, 2019. 12pm

Location of Event: LC Samek

Type of Event: Exhibit

1.) Provide a brief detail-oriented technical description or summary of the event you attended. (This section should remain journalistic and should not be reflective of your opinion.)

This exhibit featured photographs and information about the U.S.- Mexico border and the stories of people immigrating across it. Various common materials were constructed as musical instruments. There were large photographs of the scenery at the border.

2.) Use the section below to write a well-structured paragraph focusing on your personal critical insight / response to the event. How did you interpret or react to what was presented to you?

This exhibit was very eye-opening because it is part of the U.S. that most people are far removed from. The sculptures were made from material that seemed to be trash, yet it was reconstructed in a way that could be used as musical instruments. Additionally, many of the photos and sculptures were eerie yet aesthetically pleasing and captivating. The most intriguing aspect of the gallery were “effigies.” I attached a photo below and there was also a photograph of them at the border. The artist describes seeing these haunting figures near Jacumba, California and not knowing whether they were intended as art or as memorials, warnings or protective symbols – but either way, they are captivating and impactful. I found it interesting and saddening that the artists were left to guess the story behind these pieces, as the immigrants are often unable to tell their own story.

3.) What information, ideas, images, etc. most impressed you and why?

I was impressed by the wall where people can post their own immigration stories. This is an examples where the viewers are participating in the art and the meaningful message of the exhibit. Additionally, it is important that immigrants are able to tell their stories – as was not the case for all of the exhibit’s pieces.

4.) Overall, how would you rate this event (10 being the most worthwhile)?

(10 / 9 / 8 / 7 / 6 / 5 / 4 / 3 / 2 / 1 )

nine
5.) Justify your rating in the question above:

This exhibit was very meaningful and there was a lot of textual supplementation to assist in telling the story.

Title of Event: Robert Wittman
Date & Time of Event: Wednesday, March 6, 6 PM
Location of Event: ELC Forum and Samek Art Gallery
Type of event: Artist lecture and reception

This is from the Johnathan Frey art talk and gallery. I couldn’t really get a good picture during the talk unfortunately.

 

 

Title – Language and Other Games

Time – Feb. 22, 6 pm

Location – Iron Front and Downtown Samek Art Museum

Type – Artist talk and show

Title of event: Language and Other Games, Jon Frey

Date and time of event: Friday, February 22 at 6pm

Location of event: Iron Front Event Space and Downtown Samek Gallery

Type of event: Artist talk and exhibition

 

Title of event: Language and Other Games

Date and time of event: Friday, February 22 at 6pm

Location of event: Iron Front Event Space and Downtown Samek Gallery

Type of event: Artist talk and exhibition

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