events

SFA ART EDUCATORS' RETREAT: CELEBRATING FIVE YEARS!
Sunday, June 20 to Thursday, June 24
Join the Stephen F. Austin State University School of Art in celebrating its fifth year for the Art Educators’ Retreat for community college, elementary, middle and high school art educators. This year’s four-day summer retreat hosts two extraordinary guest artists. Caroline Jasper will present studio workshops Powercolor, Plein Air Painting, and Keys to Contrast in Painting and Ted Kincaid will present an extra special presentation, Optics and the Renaissance for the Classroom and Drawing, Using Techniques of the Renaissance Artists. David Lewis will present an extraordinary art history lecture Making Faces: Portraits and Masks.
Details available at the Art Educators' Retreat Website


SCHOOL OF ART OFFERS MASTER OF ARTS IN ART EDUCATION

The Master of Arts in Art Education is designed for individuals pursuing professional training as art teachers in public schools, museums, and other educational sites. Emphasis is given to research, creativity, and pedagogy through courses in art education, including graduate-level studio work, to add breadth and depth beyond the undergraduate program in studio, art education, art/design history and analysis, and museum education. For program information, visit the M.A.A.E. page.

ART DAY 2009 ANNOUNCED
Friday, November 6; activities begin at 8:30 a.m.
You and your select junior and senior art students are invited to participate in Art Day at SFA on FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 2009. This event will consist of a full-length, college-level art studio class tailored to give your students a taste of college life as an art major at Stephen F. Austin State University.
Details available at the Art Day Website

SFA PHOTOGRAPHY STUDENTS RECAPTURING HISTORIC VIEWS OF NACOGDOCHES
The city of Nacogdoches, Texas, dates all the way back to the 1700s and is, in fact, known as the "oldest town in Texas." Intrigued by the town's past, a group of art students at SFA set out to recapture historic locations throughout the town. Using a group of old photos found at the East Texas Research Center in the Ralph W. Steen Library on the SFA campus as a guide, they attempted to pinpoint the exact positions where the pictures were originally taken and re-photographed the area to show the development of the town over the past 100 years.
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galleries

JUDY PFAFF - TEXAS NATIONAL JUROR
April 10-May 23, Reavley Gallery in the Cole Art Center
The recipient of numerous awards and fellowships, Pfaff is best known for her exuberant, sprawling sculptures and installations that weave landscape, architecture and color into a tense yet organic whole. Her Nacogdoches exhibition will include both large and small drawings with 3D elements.
Opening reception April 10 at 6 p.m.


TEXAS NATIONAL 2010
April 10-May 23, Ledbetter Gallery in the Cole Art Center
This annual juried competition and exhibition attracts entrants from all 50 states and the District of Columbia. It provides emerging artists an opportunity to have work juried by internationally acclaimed artists such as this year’s juror Judy Pfaff. At the 6 p.m. reception on April 10, Pfaff will announce the winners of TEXAS NATIONAL 2010 and open her own solo show in Reavley Gallery.
Opening reception April 10 at 6 p.m.


REFINED VI: BIENNIEL JURIED ART METALS/JEWELRY COMPETITION AND EXHIBITION
January 30-March 21, Reavley Gallery in the Cole Art Center
The sixth REFINED exhibition will demonstrate the wide breadth of originality in the jewelry discipline throughout the world. Juror Lisa Gralnick is a jeweler and professor of art at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Opening reception with a gallery talk and announcement of exhibition winners Jan. 30 at 6 p.m.


HOME
January 22-March 13, Griffith Gallery
This exhibition showcases four artists from Texas and Massachusetts who explore architectural construction and deconstruction, encompassing themes that include suburbanization, entropy, recycling and shelter. Paintings, sculptures and an outdoor installation are included.
Opening reception January 22 at 6 p.m.

BURNLEY-SCHOL STUDIOS

October 9-December 6, Reavley Gallery in the Cole Art Center
Collaborative artists Don R. Schol and Pam Burnley-Schol, both members of the University of North Texas art faculty, share their distinctive paintings, drawings and sculptures in this exciting exhibition.
Closing reception with the artists on Dec. 4 at 6 p.m.
Gallery closed November 24–28


SFA FACULTY EXHIBITION

September 11-November 8, Ledbetter Gallery in the Cole Art Center
Recent works of art in a variety of media will be presented in this annual event by studio faculty, instructors and adjunct professors of the SFA School of Art. The exhibition enables East Texans to see the vast pool of talent within the school.
Opening reception with the artists on Sept. 11 at 6 p.m.

MICHELLE ROZIC: ECOTONE

August 21-September 27, Reavley Gallery in the Cole Art Center
A member of the SFA art faculty since 2007, Michelle Rozic received her MFA from Indiana University, Henry Radford Hope School of Fine Arts, in Bloomington, Ind., and her BA from Columbus College of Art & Design (CCAD) in Columbus, Ohio. This is her first solo show at SFA.
Opening reception Aug. 21 at 6 p.m.


 

in the news

Caitlin Williams, a senior painting major from Beaumont, Texas, was selected as a finalist for her painting, "Car Herd," in the 2009 Fine Art Finals Scholarship Competition. The competition is dedicated to the promotion of talented and gifted emerging artists at the collegiate level and awards their mastery of technique and excellence of artistic achievement.
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SFASU Films Available for Purchase On-line!
The films WITHIN US (2007) and SKIPPING TOMORROW (2008) are now available on DVD at the price of $10 each. Please visit the School of Art Store for more information and to purchase the DVDs on-line using a credit card.

Sara Kreuter, Brian Kempf and Debra Szczepanski, three Advanced Metal/Jewelry students from Fall 2007, have been juried into "Cresting," the Student Digital Slide Show taking place this March during the annual Society of North American Goldsmiths Conference. Additionally, Sara Kreuter was also juried into "Surge," the Student Exhibition taking place during the conference. Both exhibitions will showcase works from University Metal/Jewelry programs across North America.
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John Holbrook, SFA graduate (1989), has been selected to photograph the Texas Death Row inmates. The "Voices from Death Row" exhibition is made possible by Amnesty International. The purpose of the event is to bring global attention to the injustice of capital punishment. The "Voices from Death Row" exhibit will begin its world tour in Oslo Norway at the Norwegian National Opera House.

Emily McLoughlin's (2007 BFA) earrings have been selected for the publication 500 Earrings by Lark Books. Emily's ring titled "Sleeping Beauty" was accepted into Texas National, The Cole Art Center @ The Old Opera House, Nacogdoches, Texas.
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New works by Russ Havard, SFA MA alumnus, are currently on display at the George Billis Gallery in New York.

Julie King, SFA MFA alumnus, will be represented in the forthcoming Assistance League of Houston's Celebration Art 2007 at Williams Tower in the Houston Galleria in January.

Jan Anderson-Paxson, SFA MFA alumnus, has also been accepted in the upcoming Assistance League of Houston's Celebration Art 2007 at Williams Tower in the Houston Galleria in January. In addition, she will be represented in The Center for Fine Art Photography's exhibit "Fantasy and Fantasies," opening January 12 and running through February 17 in The Center's gallery in Fort Collins, CO. Anderson-Paxson's works will also be included in The 22nd Members' Only Show of the Texas Photographic Society to be held in San Antonio January 25 - February 23, 2007, at the University of the Incarnate Word's Semmes Art Gallery.

A work by Assistant Professor of Art Maki Hajikano has been selected for the international exhibition Contained Art at sei-un-do gallery in Zürich, Switzerland.