Embed Size (px)
Citation preview
offside this Issue:
“ROOTS an exhibition” Art Installations by Artists, Ron Bechet,
Professor of Art, Ronteherin Ratliff, & Patrick Waldemar
Curated by Dr. Sarah A. Clunis, Director of AADS
1
Rontherin Ratliff, Art Installation ‘Opening’ February 15
Xavier University Chapel Gallery —April 15, 2017
& Level Artist Collective Co-Founders artwork exhibit
2
Patrick Waldemar, frt Exhibition ‘Opening’ February 15
Xavier University Chapel Gallery—April 15, 2017 3
“Roots an exhibition” ‘Opening Reception’ XU Chapel Gallery 4
Congratulations Professor Ron Bechet! Artwork “For My Fathers”
‘New Acquisition’ by the New Orleans Museum of Art (NOMA)
‘Opening Reception’ Thursday, March 9 (RSVP by March 3)
5
“Passing It On”...Mary Kahn Davis ‘71 returns to XULA Art
Volunteered to assist Art Majors with Art ‘Portfolio’ Development 5
Cartoonist Keith Knight ‘Talk & Book Signing’ | XULA March 22
“Artist talk focuses on how he uses art to respond to police
brutality and racism” —Dr. Jason Todd, Associate Professor
of English & Associate Director of CAT & Faculty Development
5
6
Martin Payton, ‘73 Sculptor Recognized by the CAC
& MaPo Kinnord, Associate Professor of Art | Artwork
Antenna Gallery Exhibition “Congregation”
7
MaPo Kinnord shares Dr Kim Vaz-Deville, Ph.D., LPC ‘talk’
to Art Appreciation students on her beading practice and history
of New Orleans Baby Doll Tradition & Mikelene Thomas
“Waiting on a Prime-time Star” Exhibition-Newcomb Art Museum
8
The
Gestalt
Department of Art Newsletter
The Department of Art
The Art Village
John T. Scott Sculpture Garden
3520 Pine Street
Business Mailing Address
Xavier University of Louisiana
1 Drexel Drive
New Orleans, LA 70125
Phone: 504-520-7556
Fax: 504-520-7949
Issue
March
2017
*Reminder! Art Majors
Mandatory Annual Reviews
Digital Portfolio & Video Presentation
Submission Deadline March 10, 2017
“ROOTS an exhibition”
Art Installations by Artist, Ron Bechet, Professor of Art, Rontherin Ratliff,
& Patrick Waldemar
Curated by Dr. Sarah A. Clunis, Assistant Professor of Art History
& Director of AADS
Xavier University Chapel Gallery —April 15, 2017
>Mid-Semester Evaluations
Due March 14
>Senior Comp Exams March 18
*Mapo Kinnord, Facilitator
“Roots are passages and opportunities, a subtle dialogue between the secular and the sacred. My roots are my connection to my ancestors and
my “knowing” without being told. In my landscape there is the intermingling of community, a metaphor for joy, grief, pleasure, and suffering. Death is respected here, as the continuation of life.”
— Ron Bechet
Art Installation by Ron Bechet Photos courtesy of Dr. Sarah A. Clunis
“Roots an exhibition” Art Installation by Rontherin Ratliff
Xavier University of Louisiana Department of Art www.xula.edu/art
The Gesta l t Page 2
March 2017
“When I reached my grandmother’s shotgun house, I found myself standing waist high in water. Through the open door the sun shone in and revealed what lay at the bottom of all the murky water. The floor was covered with family photographs my grandmother had always
loved collecting of her children and grandchildren.
— Rontherin Ratliff
Level Artist Collective
Rontherin & Ana, Co-founders Photos provided by Joan Ulmer ‘85
Photo courtesy of MaPo Kinnord
Xavier University of Louisiana Department of Art www.xula.edu/art
The Gesta l t Page 3
March 2017
“Roots an exhibition” Artwork by Patrick Waldemar
“As the Magnolia browns, new seeds seek fertile ground.
Stripped of petals, passion remains in the bones.”
— Patrick Waldemar
Photos provided by Joan Ulmer ‘85
Xavier University of Louisiana Department of Art www.xula.edu/art
Photos provided of Joan Ulmer ‘85, Art Administrative Assistant
The Gesta l t Page 4
March 2017
“Roots an exhibition” Opening Reception...
“Passing It On”... Mary Kahn Davis ‘71
Xavier University of Louisiana BFA Graduate, Arts Educator,
Arts Administrator, and now Volunteer returns to assist Art Majors with
‘their Portfolio’ Development.
Sessions Begin Tuesday, March 7, 2017
*Note—Rough Draft & Digital File Required for review
Mandatory Annual Portfolio Review Video Presentation &
Digital File Submission Deadline is Friday March 10, 2017
Congratulations Professor Ron Bechet!
Xavier University of Louisiana
The Gesta l t Page 5
March 2017
“Keith Knight's body of work involves many of the topics that we grapple
with in “The Graphic Novel and Social Justice “course. Mr. Knight is one of the
contributors to a comic anthology that is one of the required readings for the
course APB (Artist's Against Police Brutality).
Currently, the class is being offered as a directed readings course during the Fall
in both the English and Art Departments by co-instructors Dr. Jason Todd
and Augustus ’Gus’ Jenkins. This upcoming Fall semester will be the third time
that the course has been offered. We are in the process of submitting the proposal for the course
to the Academic Council for approval as a listed course within the University catalog for both departments.”
—Gus Jenkins ‘04
NEW at NOMA: Recent Acquisitions in in Modern and Contemporary Art Opening Reception Thursday, March 9
“For My Fathers” by Ron Bechet
“This exhibition showcases Ron Bechet’s “For My Fathers”,
NOMA’s recent acquisitions of modern and contemporary art,
and celebrates the museum’s enduring commitment
to championing the work of emerging and underrepresented
artists, especially from the American South. Bringing together
new works by both locally and nationally recognized artists,
the exhibition spotlights new acquisitions made possible
by the Leah Chase Art Purchase Fund, created to honor
the New Orleans chef and civil rights activist.”
Cartoonist Keith Knight “Talk & Book Signing” at XULA...
Xavier University of Louisiana Department of Art www.xula.edu/art
Dr. Jason Todd
*RSVP by Friday, March 3, 2017
Photo credit:
New Orleans Homes & Lifestyles
The Department of English Presents:
Cartoonist Keith Knight
Xavier University Center Ballroom | Wednesday, March 22 at 7:00pm
The Gesta l t Page 6 March 2017
Contact: Jason Todd, Ph.D., Associate Professor English
& Associate Director, Center for the Advancement of Teaching & Faculty Development
Phone: 504-520-7207 | Email: [email protected]
Xavier University of Louisiana Department of Art www.xula.edu/art
The Gesta l t Page 7
March 2017
Photos courtesy of MaPo Kinnor, Associate Professor of Art
“SweetArts is the CAC’s premier annual gala. Since 1984, the CAC has recognized the exceptional and diverse
artists, performers, educators, and philanthropists whose influence
and contributions shape New Orleans’ arts and culture community”
Honors Martin Payton ‘73 Sculpture
& Xavier University Alumnus...
ANTENNA Gallery
Exhibition
“Congregation”
www.antenna.works
Xavier University of Louisiana Department of Art www.xula.edu/art
Issue::004 of Antenna::Signals takes its inspiration from Antenna’s January exhibition,
“Congregation”, featuring ceramics artists Rachael DePauw, Miki Glasser, Sarah House,
Nikki Jackson, and MaPo Kinnord. The exhibition highlights the influence of Alligator Clay,
a Baton Rouge-based clay distributor that was devastated by the August 2015 SE Louisiana
floods, on ceramicists and potters in the Southeast United States.
Antenna 3718 St Claude Ave New Orleans, LA 70117
Honorees/Patron Party...
Dr Kim Vaz-Deville, Ph.D., LPC gives a talk to Art Appreciation students on her beading practice and the history of New Orleans Baby Doll Tradition.
The Gesta l t Page 8
March 2017
Photos courtesy of MaPo Kinnor, Associate Professor of Art
Xavier University of Louisiana Department of Art www.xula.edu/art
“The baby dolls are a group of African-American men and women carnival
maskers," says Dr. Kim Vaz, Associate Dean, College of Arts & Sciences at Xavier University.
"They would dress up on Mardi Gras day in short satin skirts, with bloomers, and they
would have garters. Dr Vaz-Deville has written a new book about the baby dolls,
says the tradition dates back to 1912, when Jim Crow was the law of the land
in the South.”
—MaPo Kinnord
Mickalene Thomas: Waiting on a Prime-time Star. Newcomb Art Museum - January 18 – April 9, 2017 | free & open to the public.
“Mickalene Thomas: Waiting on a Prime-Time Star brings together more than 40 works
including paintings, photographs, collages, sculptures, film, and a site-specific installation that
broadly engage the subject of portraiture through an interplay of different media.
An internationally renowned artist recognized for lush works celebrating the power of female beauty toward
claiming women’s agency. Thomas combines allusions to iconic historical artworks and popular culture
that introduce complex notions of femininity and challenge common definitions of beauty
and aesthetic representations of women.”
For more information visit: https://newcombartmuseum.tulane.edu/portfolio-item/mickalene-thomas/
