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Welcome to the monthly arts newsletter from the School of Art & Design + Performing Arts Division at Alfred university. This newsletter highlights stories and news from faculty, staff, students and alumnx in addition to recent and upcoming on campus arts events and programs.
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Alfred Summer Arts 2023 features a return or Summer Ceramics Workshops and four weeks of arts workshops in a variety of media areas designed for participants working at all levels: artists, teachers, community members and visiting professionals.
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Save the Date! Casual reception for Alumni & Friends in conjunction with the 2023 NCECA conference in Cincinnati, OH.
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Alfred University’s School of Art and Design will host three artists in February as part of the University’s continuing Black Glass Artist Series.
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The Institute for Electronic Arts is bringing a number of artists in residence in the spring of 2023. The Experimental Projects Residency is made possible by the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Kathy Hochul and the New York State Legislature, and the Schein-Joseph Endowment.
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Alfred University Theatre students and Visiting Professor of Theater Eliza Beckwith recently attended a performance of "Frankenstein's Monster is Drunk and the Sheep Have all Jumped the Fences" at 59 E. 59th Street Theatre in New York City. The play is produced by Big Telly, a theater company based in Northern Ireland.
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Alfred University Associate Professor of Light Sarah Blood has been awarded a 2023 Arts/Industry Artist residency at the John Michael Kohler Arts Center, in Sheboygan, WI.
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Alfred University alumnus Bang Geul Han ’04 MFA has been named a recipient of a prestigious Creative Capital Award, presented to artists to finance their project and assist them in building their artistic careers.
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Alfred University MFA student Chelsea McMaster has been awarded a 2023 Graduate Fellowship from the National Council on Education for the Ceramic Arts.
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Alfred University MFA student Rose Schreiber will present a paper, “Your Boasted Liberty: American History and Public Memory in a Contemporary Bust of George Washington,” at the upcoming College Art Association Conference, in New York City.
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Daisy Wu, visiting professor of music at Alfred University, performed on guzheng, a traditional Chinese instrument, at a December 29 concert at Carnegie Hall’s Stern Auditorium, New York City.
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Alfred University alumna Jennifer McClure ’04 has published a book about blood as a special effect in stage performances.
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Artwork by Alfred University alumnus and School of Art and Design faculty member Leslie Rollins ’20 M.F.A. has been acquired by the South Bend (Indiana) Museum of Art (SBMA) for its permanent collection.
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Rose Schreiber, a graduate student in Alfred University’s School of Art and Design, has been awarded the inaugural Environmental Sustainability Fellowship from the National Council on Education for the Ceramic Arts (NCECA).
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Artwork by Alfred University alumnus Li Hongwei, MFA ’07, is featured in a current exhibition at Long Museum in Shanghai, China.
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Alfred University Professor of Sculpture Coral Lambert is featured in the January/February issue of “Sculpture,” a leading publication regarding international contemporary sculpture.
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Eric Souther ’11 (MFA), associate professor of Video Art at Alfred University, recently was honored by the New York State Council on the Arts for his project “Spiral of Deep Time,” which was selected for the NYSCA Individual Artist Grant in the Film, Media and New Technology category. The award is for NYSCA’s 2023 fiscal year.
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Alfred University has earned a $300,000 grant from the Fred L. Emerson Foundation to support the design and construction of a new foundry. The project will enhance the University’s art, design and engineering programs, while also replacing the central steam plant with a new, energy-efficient distributed boiler heating system.
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During the Month of February 2023 Alfred University School of Art and Design (SOAD) will host glass artists who hail from the afro diaspora. Each week an artist working with glass will lead workshops and lecture on their work and experience.
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February 8 : Black Glass Artist Series: Percy Echols II
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An exploration of drawing as a practice on view at the Robert C. Turner Gallery February 10 - 17. Opening Reception Friday, February 10, 6-8pm
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February 15 : Vanessa Maltese (International Randall Chair in Painting)
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Kelsey Sucena, “The Ghosts of Instagram: On Photography at the End of the World” Asking the question "what might a post-capitalist photography look like?" Kelsey Sucena, Visiting Asst. Prof. of Photography, will explore the historical and theoretical relationship between photography and the rise of the new economy.
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During the Month of February 2023 Alfred University School of Art and Design (SOAD) will host glass artists who hail from the afro diaspora. Each week an Artist working with glass will lead workshops and lecture on their work and experience.
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Featuring Choreography by AU Faculty, Students and guest artists
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Opening Reception, Friday, February 17, 6-8pm. Perhaps Home is Not a Place features nine BIPoC artists who work in a variety of media from fiber to ceramics to explore how bodies are seen or not seen, and how home is not always a physical place we inhabit.
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Part 1 (of 2) Workshop led by Victoria Walton
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Opening Reception 5-7pm, February 23, 2023
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February 22 : Art History Professors (Meg Bernstein, Hope Childers, and Mary McInnes)
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On view at the Cohen Gallery through February 16, 2023
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Wednesdays 7pm BMH 106 (room C) February 1 – March 1
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