Jovana Stokic Lecture Thursday, April 17th

The next visiting speaker for the Painting Department will be critic and curator Jovana Stokic. Ms. Stokic will give a lecture called "Best Regards from the Blind Spot: Feminine Representations in Video from Serbia and Montenegro (1976, 2007)"on Thursday, April 17th in Alexander Auditorium at 7:30pm.

Ms. Stokic was born in Belgrade and is based in New York City where she is a Ph.D. candidate at the Institute of Fine Arts at New York University. She is writing a dissertation titled The Body Beautiful: Women's Self-Representations and the Shifting Currents of Feminism, 1970-2000, advised by ProfessorLinda Nochlin. She received her BA from the Faculty of Philosophy, Department of History of Art at Belgrade University (Yugoslavia), and her MA from the Art History Department at the University of California, Riverside.

She has been writing art criticism for several years, and has curated several thematic exhibitions in New York and Belgrade. "Beauty Matters" was a group exhibition of works by prominent women artists representing the female figure. She is currently a curator at the Kimmel Galleries in New York University's Kimmel Center for University Life, dedicated to exhibiting a broad range of artistic work originating from the University community, students, and faculty. She also curated a video selection titled Best Regards form the Blind Spot, with works by Marina Abramovic and younger artists from the region in the Center Montehermoso, Vitoria, Spain.

Ms. Stokic's lecture is free and open to the public.

Wedding Photography Internship Opportunity

UPDATE: Joseph no longer needs an assistant, but expressed his interest in sponsoring interns.

Please contact Joseph if you are interested in assisting a wedding photographer in Massachusetts. The position begins in August. This is a paid position, and a great learning opportunity.

Joseph Prezioso
781-858-5502
www.JosephPrezioso.com
2 Debush Ave,
Unit A-3
Middleton, MA 01949

Silverworks Framing Discount

The SCAD framing shop at Ex Libris will be offering a 40% off retail discount for framing of images for the Silverworks open studio exhibition. Please see the shop manager, Nonny (Nanette) Troiani for details.

ntroiani@scad.edu

Phase One Training

If you have completed PHOT 313, Studio Lighting Technique and would like additional training on the new Rollei/Phase One digital camera systems, plan to attend...

PHASEONE KIT TRAINING SESSION DAY:

THIS FRIDAY, 4.11.08

ROOM 308

2PM

Graduate Students: Graduate Class Gift Call

Graduate Class Gift

Graduate Students of the class of ’08 are encouraged to submit work for the 2008 Graduate Class Gift. Selected works will be presented to SCAD as a class gift and sold at the Scholarship Gala the following year. Work can include past work as well as current pieces and may range from painting to furniture to metals and jewelry – all submissions are welcome! Proceeds will be donated to a graduate degree scholarship selected by participating students.

To apply, please send an email by Friday, April 11, that contains a brief concept statement, explanation (visual or written) of process, and a photo of the piece at its current state. This will then be followed by a selection process with final pieces to be due Monday, May 5th. Participants will be honored at a reception on Friday, May 9.

To become a part of this new SCAD tradition and to benefit future graduate students, please email mgarriga@scad.edu

Call for Entries

desot-o-row of starland presents...

GO GREEN OR GO HOME, a juried show

reduce reuse recycle...accepting all media with material or content relating to the environment

Non refundable $10 for submission due with entry
Submissions can be made through April 14th at gallery
Submit actual work or CD with images in JPG format
Include contact information and, if appropriate to work,
please include image documentation or artist statement
Accepted work will be notified by April 16th

RECEPTION April 18 Friday 7-10pm
SHOW RUNS April 18-23


Gallery Hours
M-W 2-5pm
Friday 2-5pm
Saturday 10am-2pm

desot-o-row 2427 Desoto Ave.
Between Bull and Whitaker off 41st
desotorow@gmail.com
www.rockandrollrailroad.com/desoto

AIPAD NYC

Rebecca Nolan and several students will be attending the AIPAD, (association of international photographic art dealers), Photo Show event April 10-13, New York, Park Avenue Armory.

A SCAD gathering will be hosted on Friday April 11, 8:00 pm at Dan Saelinger’s Studio. The studio location is 273 Grand Street #5E, between Forsyth and Eldridge streets. Closest subway is the B, D train to Grand street. We hope to see any of you folks around there. If you have any questions please contact Rebecca or Dan.

Student Help Requested! Open Studio Exhibit

The photo department will self-host the their Silverworks Open Studio reception on Saturday April 26th 5-8pm at The River Club (3 MLK Jr Blvd.)

The photography department will be responsible for cleaning the space before the Saturday event. We need student volunteers to help clean up 2-4pm on Saturday and 11-noon on Sunday. Please email Prof. Jaclyn Cori (jcori@scad.edu) with your commitment.

If you are in the show, plan to commit some time, even if it is just an hour.

Julian Cox Lecture...NOT TO BE MISSED!!!

Lecture by Julian Cox, Curator of Photography at the High Museum of Art, Sponsored by the SCAD Photography Department.
When: Wednesday, April 9 at 7PM
Where: Savannah College of Art and Design Student Center
120 Montgomery Street, Savannah, GA

Julian Cox, Curator of Photography, High Museum of Art will present a lecture “Road to Freedom: Photographs of the Civil Rights Movement, 1956-1968” to commemorate the 40th anniversary of the death of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

“Road to Freedom” is the most comprehensive art museum exhibition devoted to photography of the Civil Rights Movement in two decades. Consisting of approximately 130 photographs, many of which have never been displayed publicly, the exhibition will be drawn primarily from the High’s permanent collection, as well as loans from institutions and private-collections. These unforgettable images changed a nation, increasing the momentum of the non-violent movement by raising awareness of injustice and the struggle for equality.

http://www.high.org/experience/exhibitions/upcoming.aspx

Julian Cox
Curator of Photography
Julian Cox joined the High as the new Curator of Photography in June 2005. Cox came
from the J. Paul Getty Museum in Los Angeles where he served as associate curator in the
department of photographs. He is a co-author of the critically acclaimed publication “Julia
Margaret Cameron: The Complete Photographs” (2003), the first catalogue raisonné of her
work. He has also worked at the National Museum of Photography, Film & Television in
Bradford, England, and the National Library of Wales, Aberystwyth. He received a Master
of Philosophy degree in the history of photography from the University College of Wales,
Aberystwyth, in 1990, and a Bachelor of Arts degree in art history from the University of
Manchester, England, in 1987.

Yinka Shonibare Lecture...NOT TO BE MISSED!!!

The Confession, 2007

Artist Lecture by Yinka Shonibare, MBE
Tuesday, 6-7:30 p.m., Lucas Theatre, 32 Abercorn St., Savannah, Ga.
Join artist Yinka Shonibare, MBE, for a presentation about the development of his artistic practice over the past decade.

PRESS RELEASE:

Internationally recognized artist Yinka Shonibare, Member of the Order of the British Empire, will discuss the development of his artistic practice over the past decade. The lecture is presented by the Savannah College of Art and Design and will take place April 8, 6-7:30 p.m., at the Lucas Theatre, 32 Abercorn St., Savannah, Ga. The event is free and open to the public.

Born in London, raised by his Nigerian parents in Lagos and educated in England, Shonibare considers himself "truly bicultural." His upbringing has led him to frequently explore themes of race, ethnicity and cultural stereotypes in his art.

With his signature material of colorful 'African' fabric from the Brixton market, Shonibare comments on collective, multicultural identity. Although the fabric purports to represent African character and culture, it was originally inspired by Indonesian batik designs and sold to colonies in West Africa after being mass-produced in Holland. Assimilation and popularity led the fabric to become recognized as a symbol of African identity.

Currently, Shonibare is one of six artists shortlisted for the next commission for the Fourth Plinth in Trafalgar Square. Intended for an equestrian statue in 1841, the Fourth Plinth stood empty for many years. Today it is the site for specially commissioned artworks. Shonibare has proposed a replica sculpture of the "HMS Victory," Admiral Lord Nelson's ship, which fought in the Battle of Trafalgar. The sculpture would incorporate Shonibare's signature fabrics in a celebration of London's multicultural wealth.

Shonibare has held prestigious solo exhibitions throughout the world, in such locations as London, Rome, Milan, New York, Austria, Israel and the Netherlands. His work has also been included in Sensation, Documenta 11, the 49th Venice Biennial and the 52nd Venice Biennial. In 2008, the Museum of Contemporary Art in Sydney will present a major retrospective of his work.

Shonibare won the Turner Prize in 2004 and became a Member of the Order of the British Empire in 2005. He is represented by the Stephen Friedman Gallery in London and the James Cohan Gallery in New York.