AIGA | MEETING & TRIP INFO
(halloween snacks & drinks provided!)
• AIGA trip coming up Saturday Nov. 16th! Mark your calendars!
We’ll be heading to Dallas to see GDD Interactive, WELD and more! Stay tuned for info & plan to have a little money for lunch together!
Weekly Announcements – 10/28/2013
A&D Departmental Chapel
Our chapel theme this semester is Encountering God. We are looking forward to hearing from Dan McGregor this week on the topic, “Encountering God in Atheists.” We will meet this Thursday, October 31st at 11:00am in 141.
Mat Cutter
As many of you are probably aware, we are missing the metal insert that fits into the straight-cut side of our mat cutter. This is the part that holds the blade for making straight (non-bevel) cuts into matboard.
IF YOU KNOW WHERE THIS IS, PLEASE RETURN IT!!! It is a $50 part and its absence reduces the effectiveness of our mat cutter significantly. You can return it to the mat cutting room or drop it in the art office. No questions will be asked; the department just needs the cutter fully functioning again.
Printmaking Workshop
The workshop will focus on ways to produce high quality prints without the expensive presses. The workshop is Saturday the 2nd from10am to 5pm at the Amy Graves Ryan Fine Art Gallery at McMurry University. This workshop is for anyone 12 and over and has a cost of $15 per person for materials. We will be producing in a hands-on environment, 1. foam cut relief, 2. Plexiglass Intaglio, 3. Linocut, 4. Monotype and 5. Silkscreen. We hope that you will plan to join us and stay to enjoy the exhibition. Please contact oilerb@mcm.edu to reserve your spot today.Lunch may be ordered on Saturday morning from Jason’s Deli for $10.00.
Encountering God in Expected and Unexpected places by Jack Maxwell
Encountering God in Expected and Unexpected places by Jack Maxwell
Thursday, October 24th, 11:00 AM, DM141
Senior INTD major Wins ASID TX Chapter Student Competition
Senior INTD major, Gracie Ferreyro, received FIRST PLACE honors for her entry in the TX Chapter of the American Society of Interior Designers Student Competition for 2013. The announcement of her win came during the TX Chapter of ASID Student Symposium in Dallas. Gracie’s entry, The Candor Boutique Hotel, competed against other student entrants across the state. Her FIRST PLACE win was in the Hospitality Design category which judged portfolio projects showcasing hotels, restaurants, spas and etc. Gracie’s project included the public lobby of the hotel, a luxury spa, and two types of hotel guest room options. Her solution utilized cutting edge technologies and portrayed design features that would be responsive to a young generation of emerging professionals. The youthful design, based on the popular Grammy hit, “We are Young,” by the band fun. features a mixture of patterns, finishes and details expressive of the post college crowd of professionals seeking lodging for business and pleasure today. Congratulations! Gracie!
2013 Big Country Art Association Competition
BCCA COMPETITION 2013
The Big Country Art Association is a regional collective of artists whose work reflects the stunning diversity of artistic talent in west central Texas. This juried exhibition is open to all Big Country artists, amateur and professional, 18 years and older. Work in any medium (painting, drawing, photography, sculpture, ceramics) is welcome. You may enter a maximum of 3 pieces. The ACU Downtown Gallery, located at 1133 North 2nd St. in downtown Abilene, hosts the Fall 2013 Exhibition from Nov 6-Dec 6, Wed-Sat, Noon-3PM. We are pleased to announce the juror for this year’s show is Ben Sum, an artist and art professor from Angelo State.
CATEGORIES:
3-DIMENSIONAL: Submissions must be stable, structurally sound and are limited to 50 lbs. in weight, 72” in height and 24” in width, including the base. 3-D artists must provide their own display stands if appropriate stands are insufficient. Works that hang on the wall must be entered in the 2_D category
PHOTOGRAPHY: Submissions must be framed and wired for hanging. No saw-tooth hangers. Work must be no larger than 54” in width and 72” in height. Photographs must be matted and printed no smaller than 8”x10”.
2-DIMENSIONAL: Submissions must be framed and wired for hanging. No saw-tooth hangers. Work must be no larger than 54” in width and 72” in height. Artwork must not exceed 30 lbs. and must be completely dry. Mixed media and paintings done on canvas may be exhibited without frames but must have finished edges and follow all other rules of this category.
ENTRY FEES:
Standard Fees————– $20 for first artwork, $5 for additional work.
Students and Seniors—– $10 for first artwork, $5 for each additional work.
SUBMISSION DEADLINES:
All presentation-ready work to be dropped of at the gallery:
FRI, NOV 1 ———- Noon to 3PM
SAT, NOV 2———- 9AM-Noon
PRIZES:
Cash prizes will be awarded for Best-of-Show, Second and Third Place. All work selected by the juror will be displayed in the ACU Downtown Gallery, 1133 North 2nd Street.
SAT, NOV 2 ——— 3:30 PM We will be having a short meeting and a time for the juror, Ben Sum, to talk about his choices. At this time all work that was not accepted into the show needs to be picked up.
SHOW RECEPTION
THURSDAY ARTWALK, NOV 14———– 5:30PM-8PM
WORK PICK-UP:
All work is to be picked up at the close of the exhibition*
FRI, DEC 6——– Noon to 3PM
SAT, DEC 7———- Noon to 3PM
*Works not picked up are no longer the responsibility of the ACU Downtown Gallery or the BCCA.
Student Work
